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at San Diego 2, Colorado 0: Rookie Paul McAnulty hit the first homer of his career, a two-run shot with one out in the 11th inning, to help the Padres remain within one game of the NL West-leading Dodgers. The Padres have won five straight and seven of eight and also opened a three-game lead in the wild-card race over Philadelphia and Florida. Padres rookie Cla Meredith (5-1) pitched 1 2/3 innings to extend his scoreless innings streak to 29 -- over 25 appearances -- and break the franchise record for a reliever. Mark Davis set the old mark of 27 2/3 innings in 1988.

San Francisco 3, at Cincinnati 2: Jonathan Sanchez (3-0), who had made 22 relief appearances, gave up one run and two hits in 5 2/3 innings in his first major league start, striking out seven and walking two. Ray Durham homered twice for the Giants, who have won eight of 12.

at Washington 7, St. Louis 6: Jose Vidro had a two-run single in the bottom of the ninth against Jason Isringhausen (4-8), who has 10 blown saves in 43 chances.

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Houston 5, at Philadelphia 3: Lance Berkman hit a bases-clearing double against Ryan Madson (10-9) with two out in the ninth for the Astros.

at Chicago 7, Pittsburgh 2: Derrek Lee hit a grand slam against John Grabow (4-2) on his 31st birthday to overcome a 2-1 deficit, the fourth straight year he has homered on his birthday. Michael Wuertz (2-1) got two out in the eighth to win in relief of Rich Hill, who struck out 11 in 7 1/3 innings.

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