ATLANTA — Chase Utley hit his first two homers of the season and drove in four runs, helping the Philadelphia Phillies take another series at Turner Field by beating the Atlanta Braves 7-6 Thursday night.
Jimmy Rollins, Bobby Abreu and Utley hit homers in the Phillies' five-run first inning.
Utley added another home run in the fifth inning to knock Braves starter Kyle Davies (0-1) out of the game. The Phillies' second baseman added a sacrifice fly in the seventh off reliever Lance Cormier.
DODGERS 13, PIRATES 5: At Pittsburgh, Cody Ross hit a grand slam and a three-run homer in successive at-bats and the Dodgers rode a big game from a player whose roster status is in doubt. Bill Mueller added a two-run double in the Dodgers' five-run sixth inning, and Olmedo Saenz had a two-run homer among his three hits and drove in four runs.
METS 13, NATIONALS 4: At Washington, Carlos Beltran, David Wright and Cliff Floyd homered in the first inning, and Carlos Delgado later tacked on a two-run shot, all off All-Star Livan Hernandez, starting the Mets on their way to a 13-4 win over the Nationals on Thursday. Victor Zambrano (1-0) allowed three runs in five innings in his first start of the season for the Mets, who've won six straight games. Washington, meanwhile, has lost five in a row.
MARLINS 9, PADRES 2: At Miami, Dewon Brazelton gave up eight runs in four-plus innings and fell to 0-16 lifetime on the road. Florida's Mike Jacobs hit a three-run homer, his third, and Dan Uggla added a two-run homer, the first of his career.
BREWERS 4, CARDINALS 3 (11): At St. Louis, Carlos Lee hit a tiebreaking home run in the 11th inning to lift Milwaukee to the win. Lee also made a pair of game-saving catches at the left-field wall in the bottom of the 10th to help the Brewers avoid a three-game sweep.
The Cardinals couldn't overcome the first two-error game of center fielder Jim Edmonds' career, which led to a pair of unearned runs off St. Louis starter Jeff Suppan and a 3-1 deficit in the fifth. St. Louis lost for the first time in three games at new Busch Stadium.
Jorge De La Rosa (1-0) retired Edmonds in the 10th to get the win. Derrick Turnbow got the last three outs for his fifth save in five chances
Lee's drive just inside the left-field foul pole in the 11th was his fourth of the season and came off closer Jason Isringhausen (0-2).
REDS 8, CUBS 3: At Chicago, Adam Dunn hit a solo homer, and Felipe Lopez and Austin Kearns added three-run shots for the Reds. Eric Milton (2-0) allowed three runs — two earned — in 6 2/3 innings in his second solid outing.
GIANTS 5, ASTROS 3; ASTROS 8, GIANTS: At San Francisco, Moises Alou hit the 300th homer of his career and Matt Morris allowed four hits and three runs in 7 2/3 innings for the Giants. Randy Winn blooped a tiebreaking RBI single to left in the fifth. In the nightcap, Lance Berkman his a pair of homers to power the Astros to the win.