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at New York 4, Philadelphia 3: Endy Chavez hit a two-run double during a three-run sixth inning to spark the Mets. Jon Lieber had retired 17 straight batters and led, 3-1, behind Ryan Howard’s league-leading 38th homer before throwing wildly for an error on Carlos Beltran’s sixth-inning grounder.

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at Chicago 7, Pittsburgh 5: Mark Prior got his first win this season, yielding two earned runs in 5 2/3 innings. Making his eighth start, he won for the first time since Sept. 10, 2005, at San Francisco.

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Colorado 2, at San Francisco 1: Clint Barmes’ RBI single in the 11th inning lifted the Rockies. Choo Freeman led off with a walk and was sacrificed to second. With two out, Barmes hit a soft liner to right, easily scoring Freeman.

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at Cincinnati 8, Atlanta 6: Brandon Phillips homered twice and drove in four runs to lead the Reds. His second homer, a one-out solo shot in the eighth, gave the Reds a 7-6 lead.

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Houston 9, at Arizona 3: One day after his 44th birthday, Roger Clemens earned his 344th victory. Brad Ausmus hit his third career grand slam and Clemens scattered eight hits over seven innings.

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at San Diego 6, Washington 3: Mike Cameron hit a tiebreaking RBI double in the seventh inning. With the score 3-3, Cameron drove Pedro Astacio’s pitch to left-center, scoring Dave Roberts from first base.

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