Jackson Stays Hot in Padres’ Victory

San Diego Padre Manager Bruce Bochy will have to figure out what to do with Damian Jackson when second baseman Mark Loretta comes off the disabled list Tuesday.

Jackson, one of the backups who have helped keep the Padres atop the National League West despite several injuries, extended his hitting streak to a career-high 11 games with a solo homer in the Padres’ 4-1 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Saturday night at San Diego.

Ryan Klesko homered for the second consecutive game and Khalil Greene also connected for the Padres, who increased their lead over the second-place Diamondbacks to a season-high 6 1/2 games.

“Wow, you can’t say enough about what Jackson’s been doing,” Bochy said. “D.J.’s just played tremendous ball. We’re going to have get creative here when these guys get back.”

Bochy wouldn’t say where he plans to play Jackson once Loretta returns, or if he’d stay in the starting lineup.

Washington 5, Milwaukee 3 -- Jose Guillen’s two-run single in the seventh inning broke a tie at Milwaukee, Jose Vidro homered and the Nationals ended a four-game skid.

Atlanta 3, New York 0 -- Tim Hudson (7-5) gave up five hits in six innings at New York and scored a run in his first start since June 13, when he went on the disabled list because of a strained muscle in his left side.

St. Louis 4, Houston 2 -- Jason Marquis (9-6) gave up two runs and six hits in eight innings to earn his first victory in more than a month, and Larry Walker hit a three-run homer to help the Cardinals defeat the Astros at Busch Stadium for the ninth consecutive time.

Pittsburgh 3, Chicago 0 -- Left-hander Zach Duke (2-0), in the third start of his career, struck out four in eight innings at Chicago to extend his scoreless innings streak to 17, and Jason Bay came out of an 0-for-18 slump with a homer to help end the Cubs’ five-game winning streak.

Philadelphia 10, Florida 5 -- Chase Utley hit a three-run homer, Jon Lieber (9-8) earned his first win in seven starts and Todd Pratt hit a homer and a run-scoring single to lead the Phillies at home.

Cincinnati 7, Colorado 6 -- Wily Mo Pena drove in the tying run with a double in the eighth inning and Ray Olmedo followed with a pinch-hit double to rally the host Reds, who also got a homer from Ken Griffey Jr., his 520th.