PHILADELPHIA — Pedro Feliz's RBI double in the bottom of the ninth inning capped a four-run rally that carried the Philadelphia Phillies to a 4-3 victory over the Houston Astros on Tuesday night.
Houston starter Shawn Chacon allowed only four singles in eight impressive innings before handing the ball to closer Jose Valverde.
But pinch-hitter Chris Snelling hit a leadoff homer in the ninth off Valverde (2-1), and Chase Utley was hit by a pitch. After Ryan Howard struck out, Pat Burrell tied the score at 3 with a two-run homer to right.
Geoff Jenkins struck out, but the ball eluded catcher Brad Ausmus for a passed ball and Jenkins scampered safely to first before Feliz ripped a shot into the left-field corner. Jenkins slid home with the winning run just ahead of the tag.
Rudy Seanez (1-1) earned the win with a hitless inning.
National League
MARLINS 4, BRAVES 0: At Miami, Scott Olsen pitched seven innings of five-hit ball and Josh Willingham hit an RBI triple and scored a run. Olsen (2-0) struck out three and did not walk a batter. He entered 1-4 with an 8.54 ERA against the Braves. Renyel Pinto and Kevin Gregg each pitched an inning to complete the six-hitter, Florida's first shutout since a 4-0 victory over St. Louis on July 17.
Atlanta starter Jair Jurrjens (1-2) gave up two runs and four hits in six innings.
DIAMONDBACKS 8, GIANTS 2: At San Francisco, Chris Young hit a two-run homer and Conor Jackson connected for the second consecutive game to support Micah Owings. Owings (3-0) struck out six in six innings and didn't give up a hit until Eugenio Velez singled leading off the fourth. The right-hander gave up one run and three hits with two walks.
Young hit his third career home run in his first eight at-bats off Kevin Correia (1-2), who allowed five runs and five hits in six innings, struck out six and walked three.
METS 6, NATIONALS 0: At New York, David Wright homered and drove in five runs, Jose Reyes returned to the lineup with four hits and New York beat struggling Washington on Jackie Robinson Night. Mike Pelfrey (2-0) pitched a career-high seven innings in his 19th major league start, his first scoreless outing in the majors. He gave up five hits and two walks with four strikeouts, sending the Nationals to their 10th loss in 11 games.
Back in the lineup after missing two games with a strained left hamstring, Reyes singled, doubled and tripled in that order during his first three at-bats.
Odalis Perez (0-3) gave up two runs and six hits in six innings for the Nationals.
CARDINALS 6, BREWERS 1: At St. Louis, Braden Looper pitched around Prince Fielder and limited the rest of a Milwaukee lineup without Ryan Braun to three hits in five innings, leading St. Louis to a victory. Skip Schumaker had two hits and two RBIs and Adam Kennedy was 3-for-4 with an RBI for the surprising Cardinals, who lead the NL Central with a 10-4 record. Chris Duncan also had an RBI and Kennedy added a heads-up baserunning play, going from first to third on a groundout and then scoring an insurance run in the seventh.
CUBS 9, REDS 5: At Chicago, Derrek Lee hit a three-run homer and started a pivotal double play to help Chicago beat former manager Dusty Baker and Cincinnati on a blustery Tuesday night. Baker managed the Cubs for four seasons and got them within five outs of the World Series five years ago, but after a last-place finish in 2006, his contract was not renewed.
PADRES 6, ROCKIES 0: At San Diego, 6 1/2 months later, Matt Holliday and Colorado didn't get anywhere near home plate. Randy Wolf held the Rockies hitless for 6 2/3 innings and struck out nine, and Brian Giles collected his 1,000th RBI to lead San Diego to a 6-0. It was the first time the teams met since Colorado's 9-8 win in the wild-card tiebreaker at Coors Field on Oct. 1. Holliday never appeared to touch home plate in the 13th inning that night, but umpire Tim McClelland's delayed safe call gave the Rockies a thrilling victory as they rallied for three runs against career saves leader Trevor Hoffman.
DODGERS 11, PIRATES 2: At Los Angeles, Jeff Kent and Russell Martin homered, James Loney extended his season-opening hitting streak to 14 games with an RBI single, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat Pittsburgh to end the Pirates' four-game winning streak.
American League
TIGERS 6, TWINS 5: At Detroit, Miguel Cabrera hit a two-run homer to cap Detroit's second straight eighth-inning rally, beating Minnesota. Magglio Ordonez homered and drove in two runs, and Gary Sheffield and Carlos Guillen also hit home runs for Detroit, which scored six times Monday in the eighth inning for an 11-9 win over Minnesota. Justin Morneau homered for Minnesota and Joe Mauer drove in two runs.
The Tigers trailed 4-3 going into the eighth, but Placido Polanco walked with one out. He advanced to third on Jesse Crain's wild pick off throw to first. An out later, Ordonez doubled to right to tie it and Cabrera followed with a drive over the left-field fence.
Crain (0-1) allowed three runs in the eighth.
Clay Rapada (1-0) got his first major league win by getting two outs in the eighth.
Todd Jones worked the ninth for his second save after allowing Delmon Young's triple and Craig Monroe's RBI single in the ninth.
Tigers starter Nate Robertson left after 6 1-3 innings with tightness in his left lat muscle and will be evaluated further on Wednesday.
RED SOX 5, INDIANS 3: At Cleveland, Jason Varitek hit a pinch-hit home run in the ninth inning off Jensen Lewis to lead Boston to a two-game sweep in an ALCS rematch. Varitek didn't start as Kevin Cash caught knuckleballing starter Tim Wakefield. But he came up with one out in the ninth and drove a 1-2 pitch from Lewis (0-1) the opposite way to left-center for his third career homer as a pinch-hitter.
The Red Sox, who won three straight over the Indians to advance to the World Series last October, will take a four-game winning streak to New York for a two-game set at Yankee Stadium starting Wednesday.
David Aardsma (1-1) got the final out in the eighth and Hideki Okajima worked the ninth for his first save.
Boston rookie infielder Jed Lowrie drove in three runs in his major league debut.
ANGELS 7, RANGERS 4: At Arlington, Texas, Gary Matthews Jr. snapped out of a slump with a tiebreaking, three-run double, and Los Angeles rallied to hand Texas its fifth straight loss. Matthews was in a 3-for-27 slide before his double to left-center in the sixth inning off Josh Rupe (0-1) broke a 4-all tie. Darren Oliver (1-0), like Matthews a former Ranger, threw 2 2/3 scoreless innings in relief of starter Dustin Moseley. Francisco Rodriguez worked the ninth, overcoming two walks for his fifth save.
WHITE SOX 4, ATHLETICS 1: At Chicago, John Danks celebrated his 23rd birthday with his first win in 12 starts, taking a shutout into the eighth inning to lead the White Sox past Oakland. Danks (1-1) held the Athletics to five singles while striking out four and walking two. Carlos Quentin hit a three-run homer in the fourth for Chicago.
Bobby Jenks came on with runners at first and third in the ninth after Scott Linebrink walked Daric Barton and allowed a single to Mike Sweeney. Jenks threw two pitches, resulting in a sacrifice fly for Emil Brown and double-play grounder by Bobby Crosby, for his fifth save.
Oakland's Dana Eveland (1-1) had his worst outing of the year, allowing four runs — three earned — in 4 2-3 innings.
MARINERS 11, ROYALS 6: At Seattle, Jose Lopez became the 12th player in major league history to hit three sacrifice flies in a game, Yuniesky Betancourt drove in three runs and Seattle set a season high for runs. Lopez joined Edgar Martinez as the only other Mariners player to have three sacrifice flies in a game. The Mariners had five sac flies overall to tie a team record set Aug. 7, 1988, at Oakland.
Kansas City starter John Bale (0-3) allowed seven hits and five earned runs in three-plus innings. Hideo Nomo, in his second game of a comeback at the age of 39 after having elbow surgery in 2006, allowed four runs while pitching the fourth and fifth.
Seattle's Miguel Batista (1-2) labored through five innings, allowing seven hits and four runs.
YANKEES 5, RAYS 3: At St. Petersburg, Fla., Andy Pettitte allowed three runs over seven innings and Hideki Matsui homered to lead New York to a two-game sweep. Pettitte (2-1) gave up nine hits — seven in the first three innings — struck out five and walked three. The left-hander is 14-2 against Tampa Bay overall, including 8-1 in games at Tropicana Field. Pettitte got the loss in his first start of the season against the Rays on April 5. Mariano Rivera pitched the ninth for his fifth save in five opportunities.
BLUE JAYS 11, ORIOLES 3: At Baltimore, Aaron Hill hit a three-run homer, Alex Rios and Matt Stairs each had two RBIs for Toronto. David Eckstein had three hits and scored three runs for the Blue Jays, who reached season highs in runs and hits (16).
Shaun Marcum (2-0) allowed two runs and four hits in 6 2-3 innings. He walked three, struck out four and lowered his career ERA against Baltimore to 6.39 over seven appearances.
Nick Markakis, Adam Jones and Melvin Mora homered for the Orioles, who have lost five of seven following a 6-1 start.
Toronto went up 5-0 with a four-run third inning against Steve Trachsel (1-1).