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Arizona 9, at Colorado 5: Livan Hernandez (10-9) pitched into the seventh inning at Denver and benefited from a five-run fourth to earn his first win since being acquired Aug. 7.

at Philadelphia 3, New York 0: Jon Lieber (5-9) pitched his first shutout in more than five years, Chris Coste hit a two-run homer and the Phillies won their third straight over the Mets.

Chicago 1, at Houston 0: Emergency starter Ryan O’Malley gave up five hits in eight innings in his major league debut and Michael Barrett homered to help the Cubs complete a three-game sweep. O’Malley replaced Rich Hill, who pitched the last two innings in Tuesday’s 18-inning game.

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at Washington 9, Atlanta 6: Ryan Zimmerman homered and singled to raise his rookie-leading RBI total to 78, and the Nationals handed John Smoltz (10-6) his first loss since June 13.

Milwaukee 5, at Pittsburgh 2: David Bell’s bases-loaded single, his fourth hit of the game, drove in two runs in a three-run 13th inning that carried the Brewers.

San Francisco 7, at San Diego 5: Barry Bonds hit his 724th home run in a game that the Giants won in 13 innings when Eliezer Alfonzo singled in Ray Durham with the go-ahead run with two outs. Bonds’ home run also gave Bonds 1,903 RBIs, tying him for seventh with Willie Mays.

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