RESULTS

* at New York 4, Houston 1: Pedro Martinez tossed five shutout innings in his first start at home this season, outpitching Roy Oswalt. Martinez scattered six hits and struck out four. Moises Alou hit a two-run homer and Carlos Beltran drove in two runs for New York, which has won eight of nine.

* at Pittsburgh 10, Chicago 5: Freddy Sanchez’s bases-loaded triple highlighted Pittsburgh’s six-run second inning and rookie Nyjer Morgan made an exceptional catch and drove in two runs, helping the Pirates knock the Cubs out of a tie for first place.

* at Philadelphia 8, Florida 5: Pat Burrell homered and drove in three runs, and Carlos Ruiz also homered for the Phillies, who tagged Dontrelle Willis and took two of three from the Marlins. Hanley Ramirez, Jeremy Hermida and Mike Jacobs homered during a five-run sixth for the Marlins.

* Washington 7, at Atlanta 4: Ryan Church hit a three-run homer to give the Nationals the lead, and D’Angelo Jimenez drove in three runs. The Braves led 3-1 through five innings before Church hit the go-ahead homer against Lance Cormier in the sixth. Ryan Zimmerman also went deep for Washington.

* at Arizona 6, St. Louis 5: Jose Valverde retired pinch-hitter Yadier Molina with the bases loaded for the final out as the Diamondbacks won their fifth in a row.

* Milwaukee 10, at Cincinnati 5: Rickie Weeks and Ryan Braun each homered twice and J.J. Hardy had a homer and two doubles -- all in the first four innings -- to keep the Brewers in first place in the NL Central.

* at Colorado 4, San Diego 2: Garrett Atkins hit a two-run homer and Matt Holliday hit his 26th home run for Colorado, which took two of three in the series.

* at San Francisco 4, Dodgers 2: Pinch-hitter Ray Durham’s three-run homer against Jonathan Broxton in the bottom of the eighth inning gave the Giants the win.