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* Atlanta 6, at Colorado 2: John Smoltz continued his mastery of the Rockies and Chipper Jones drove in two runs for the Braves at Denver. Smoltz (3-1) gave up two runs and nine hits, and struck out eight in seven innings to improve to 11-4 with nine saves and a 3.43 earned-run average in his career against the Rockies.

* Florida 11, at Philadelphia 5: Miguel Cabrera had a career-best five hits for the Marlins, and Dontrelle Willis won despite struggling through 6 1/3 innings. Cabrera had four singles and his seventh homer of the season. Willis gave up nine hits and five runs. Aaron Rowand extended his career-best hitting streak to 16 games for the Phillies.

* New York 6, at Washington 2 (12 innings): Carlos Beltran and David Wright delivered two-run hits in the 12th inning to lead the Mets. Beltran’s double down the first-base line against Ryan Wagner broke a 2-2 tie, and Wright’s single to left tacked on two more runs.

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* at Houston 10, Milwaukee 1: Craig Biggio had a triple and three RBIs, and the Astros ended a seven-game losing streak. Houston came into the game batting only .240 and had scored 11 runs in its previous five games.

* Cincinnati 8, at Pittsburgh 1: Matt Belisle didn’t allow a baserunner until the sixth inning and finished with a five-hitter for his first complete game. The Pirates had won five in a row.

* Chicago 8, at St. Louis 1: Jacque Jones hit a bases-loaded triple in a seven-run fifth and Carlos Zambrano pitched seven innings to lead the Cubs.

* at Arizona 5, San Francisco 4: With the tying run at second, Diamondbacks reliever Jose Valderde got Ray Durham to fly to center and Dave Roberts to ground out to end the game.

* at San Diego 3, Dodgers 2: One night after blowing his second consecutive save chance, all-time saves leader Trevor Hoffman pitched a perfect ninth for the Padres.

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