Padres’ Comeback Is a Power Play

Khalil Greene hit a grand slam to cap a five-run, two-out rally in the ninth inning, and Ramon Hernandez had a three-run homer in the 12th inning to give the San Diego Padres an 8-5 victory over the Washington Nationals on Saturday night at San Diego.

Greene led off the 12th with a single. Pitcher Woody Williams pinch hit and struck out when his bunt attempt with two strikes went foul, and Dave Roberts followed with a bloop single to right, with Greene stopping at second. Hernandez then homered off Jon Rauch (1-4) for the Padres’ first walkoff homer of the season.

With the victory, San Diego maintained its 5 1/2 -game lead over San Francisco in the NL West.

San Diego came back from a 5-0 deficit in the ninth to tie the score on Greene’s grand slam off Washington closer Chad Cordero.

Philadelphia 10, Florida 2 -- Once the Phillies broke up Dontrelle Willis’ shutout in the ninth inning, there was no stopping them.

Thanks in part to poor relief pitching and defense, the first 10 batters in the ninth inning reached base and the Phillies scored 10 times to beat the Marlins at Miami.

Willis (21-9) took a three-hitter and a 2-0 lead into the ninth. But the Philadelphia rally ended his streak of victories in six consecutive starts.

Houston 7, Milwaukee 0 -- Craig Biggio hit his NL-record 43rd leadoff homer and the host Astros won their fourth game in a row.

Biggio, leading off for only the 10th time this season, connected against Wes Obermueller (1-4). Biggio also had a leadoff homer May 12 against San Francisco and has 22 home runs overall.

St. Louis 5, Chicago 1 -- Mark Mulder (16-7) gave up eight hits and a run in seven innings and helped himself with a squeeze bunt and single against Greg Maddux (12-13) at Chicago to earn his first win since Aug. 22.

Atlanta 7, New York 4 -- Adam LaRoche homered and had four hits, and Marcus Giles also connected to help Tim Hudson (13-8) win at New York.

Arizona 6, Colorado 5 -- Tony Clark hit home runs from both sides of the plate, including a go-ahead drive in the seventh inning, and Chad Tracy was four for four, including a homer, to rally the Diamondbacks at Phoenix.

Pittsburgh 4, Cincinnati 0 -- Jason Bay had three hits at Pittsburgh, including his 30th homer, and extended his hitting streak to 10 games.