ROUNDUP

at Pittsburgh 5, Houston 3: Willy Taveras extended his club-record hitting streak to 27 games with two hits and Chris Burke hit his eighth home run for Houston, but the fading Astros lost for the 10th time in 13 games. The Pirates are 20-18 since the All-Star break.

at Milwaukee 12, Colorado 6: Pitcher Tomo Ohka drove in a career-high four runs batting left-handed for the first time in his major league career, and Prince Fielder hit a three-run homer as the Brewers extended the Rockies’ losing streak to six. Ohka (4-3), a right-handed pitcher, drove in runs in his three plate appearances after deciding to bat left-handed.

at Chicago 11, Philadelphia 2: Aramis Ramirez homered and tripled, and the Cubs hit four homers to stop the Phillies’ five-game winning streak. Before the game, umpire Paul Emmel was taken to the hospital after complaining of dizziness and nausea.

Cincinnati 6, at San Francisco 3: David Ross’ solo homer broke a tie with two out in the eighth, and the Reds rallied from a three-run deficit to win. Ross connected against Vinnie Chulk for the NL wild-card-leading Reds, who pulled to within percentage points of first-place St. Louis in the NL Central.

Around the league: Atlanta put reliever Danys Baez on the 15-day disabled list after he underwent an appendectomy.