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San Diego 6, at Houston 3: Todd Walker, Josh Barfield and Mike Cameron homered in the fourth inning off newcomer Jason Hirsh and the Padres stopped a four-game losing streak. Lance Berkman homered for the second game in a row for the Astros, who had won four in a row.

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at Arizona 6, Florida 3: Brandon Webb became the National League’s second 13-game winner and Carlos Quentin hit a bases-loaded triple in the Diamondbacks’ six-run fourth inning.

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New York 6, at Washington 4: John Maine took a one-hitter into the sixth inning, Carlos Beltran had three hits and the Mets took advantage of the Nationals’ thin bullpen.

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at Pittsburgh 3, St. Louis 2: Ian Snell pitched seven innings and Freddy Sanchez’s three hits led to each of the Pirates’ runs. Snell (10-8) is the only Pirates starter with a winning record.

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Milwaukee 8, at Atlanta 5: Bill Hall and Prince Fielder homered to back seven innings by injury-plagued Ben Sheets (3-4) to lead the Brewers to the victory.

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at Colorado 8, Chicago 4: Matt Holliday homered and drove in four runs to help the Rockies batter the Cubs’ pitchers for the second game in a row.

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Cincinnati 9, at Philadelphia 7: Edwin Encarnacion hit a go-ahead run-scoring single in the ninth inning against All-Star closer Tom Gordon to lead the Reds to the victory.

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