Juan Uribe leads the Giants to victory
at San Francisco 9, San Diego 4: Juan Uribe hit two home runs and a triple, and Brad Penny (2-0) didn’t give up a hit until the fifth inning. The Giants remained two games behind Colorado in the National League wild-card race.
St. Louis 3, at Milwaukee 0: Chris Carpenter (16-3) gave up only a fifth-inning double by Jody Gerut and won his 11th decision in a row.
Chicago 4, at Pittsburgh 2: Derek Lee hit two home runs for the Cubs, who helped assure the Pirates of a 17th consecutive losing season, the longest for any team in the four major North American pro team sports.
at Houston 4, Philadelphia 3: Hunter Pence hit two home runs and the Astros completed a four-game sweep.
Dodgers 7, at Arizona 2
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