Braves Hit Eight Home Runs in Win

Edgar Renteria hit two of the Atlanta Braves’ club-record eight homers in a 13-12 victory in 11 innings over the host Chicago Cubs on Sunday.

Marcus Giles hit a three-run homer and Adam LaRoche homered twice for the Braves. Andruw Jones, Ryan Langerhans and Brayan Pena also homered for Atlanta to complete the three-game sweep of the Cubs, who have lost 21 of their last 25 games, including six straight.

The eight home runs by the Braves tied a club record set Aug. 30, 1953, when the franchise was in Milwaukee. Chicago also set a club record for giving up the most home runs in one game. The Cubs broke the old record of seven, most recently set on Sept. 9, 2000, against Houston.

The Braves’ bullpen couldn’t hold a 12-8 lead in the ninth.

San Diego 10, St. Louis 8 -- Mark Bellhorn hit the longest home run in Petco Park’s three-year history and drove in four runs, and Josh Bard connected twice and had three runs batted in for the Padres.

San Diego scored eight runs in the fifth inning, and Jake Peavy (4-5) got the win.

Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols hit a three-run drive for his major league-leading 24th homer; Juan Encarnacion and Scott Rolen also homered.

Cincinnati 5, Arizona 4 -- Javier Valentin had a pinch-hit, two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning to lift the Reds.

Austin Kearns hit a pinch-hit single against Diamondbacks closer Jose Valverde with one out in the ninth. Valentin followed with the first pinch-hit home run of his career.

Houston 5, Pittsburgh 4 -- Preston Wilson singled in the go-ahead run in the 10th inning, and the visiting Astros ended a five-game losing streak.

Jason Bay homered in a sixth consecutive game and Jose Bautista hit a three-run shot for the Pirates, who missed out on their first three-game series sweep in almost two years.

Philadelphia 6, Milwaukee 2 -- Ryan Howard hit a two-run homer in the fifth inning for the host Phillies.

Howard’s home run was his 17th of the season and his major league-leading 12th this month. Ryan Madson (5-3) struck out a career-high seven batters in five innings to win his first start since May 6. He also had a two-run double.

New York 7, Florida 3 -- Orlando Hernandez, acquired from the Diamondbacks on Wednesday, won his first start with the Mets at Miami, and Carlos Beltran homered.