Peavy Strikes Out 16, but Padres Lose

Jake Peavy set a Padres regular-season record with 16 strikeouts on Monday night, but allowed Ryan Langerhans’ two-run homer in the second inning and lost, 3-1, to John Smoltz and the Atlanta Braves at San Diego.

The 24-year-old Peavy had the most strikeouts in the majors since Mark Prior fanned 16 for the Cubs on Sept. 30, 2004, against Cincinnati. San Diego set a team record with 18 total strikeouts.

Smoltz (4-2) beat Peavy (3-5) for the second time this season by holding San Diego to six hits in seven scoreless innings and striking out five. The Padres stranded seven runners against Smoltz, two each in the sixth and seventh.

Peavy struck out every Braves regular at least once, and got Andruw Jones swinging in three straight at-bats.

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San Francisco 9, St. Louis 2 -- Jamey Wright won his third straight start, holding Albert Pujols without a homer at San Francisco.

Omar Vizquel hit a two-run shot for the Giants. Barry Bonds, as thrilled to be back home as his fans were to see him, remained at 714 home runs, one shy of moving past Babe Ruth and into sole possession of second place on the career list.

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Arizona 4, Pittsburgh 3 -- Luis Gonzalez had a run-scoring bunt single and Orlando Hudson drove in the go-ahead run with an eighth-inning sacrifice fly at Phoenix. Jason Bay homered for Pittsburgh, which dropped to 4-20 on the road.

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Florida 9, Chicago 1 -- Ricky Nolasco pitched seven strong innings at Miami and hit his first career home run as the Marlins’ season-high seven-game losing streak ended.

Hanley Ramirez, Chris Aguila and Nolasco each had two RBIs for Florida, which won for the fourth time in 18 home games.

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Cincinnati 15, Milwaukee 5 -- Ken Griffey Jr.’s three-run homer highlighted the Reds’ five-run first inning at Cincinnati. David Ross set a career high with four RBIs.

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Houston 10, Washington 3 -- Craig Biggio had four hits and Lance Berkman hit an upper-deck shot at Washington for his 14th homer.

Making things worse for the Nationals, right-handed starter Zach Day (2-5) left in the fourth inning with a sore throwing shoulder. He was put on the 15-day disabled list with what was diagnosed as tendinitis in the shoulder, part of a series of roster moves Washington made after the game. Outfielder Alex Escobar (strained left hamstring) also went on the 15-day DL after appearing in just two games since being called up from the minors, while right-handed relievers Saul Rivera and Santiago Ramirez were brought up from triple-A New Orleans.