CINCINNATI — Jay Bruce singled off Trevor Hoffman with two outs in the 10th inning Monday night, rallying the Cincinnati Reds to a 5-4 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers that extended their NL Central lead to a season-high six games.
The six-game lead is Cincinnati biggest since 1995, the last time the Reds reached the playoffs.
Hoffman (2-7) walked Ryan Hanigan to open the 10th. Pinch-runner Brandon Phillips stopped at second on Chris Heisey's two-out single. Bruce, who led off the Reds' first with a homer, then singled through the hole at shortstop to end it.
ASTROS 3, CARDINALS 0: At Houston, J.A. Happ threw a two-hitter and rookie Brett Wallace had a career-high three hits and drove in a run to help Houston beat struggling St. Louis. Happ earned his fourth complete game and third shutout of his career
BRAVES 9, METS 3: At Atlanta, Jason Heyward homered and drove in four runs and Martin Prado drove in three runs for NL East-leading Atlanta.
DIAMONDBACKS 7, PADRES 2: At Phoenix, Mark Reynolds hit a pair of two-run home runs and drove in five runs to lead Arizona over slumping San Diego. Reynolds homered to the opposite field with two outs to cap a four-run first inning for Arizona.
CUBS 14, PIRATES 2: At Chicago, Carlos Zambrano allowed one unearned run in 5 1/3 innings and hit a two-run homer to lead Chicago. Aramis Ramirez was 2 for 3 with four RBIs to help Mike Quade win his first game at Wrigley Field as manager and improve to 5-2 since taking over for Lou Piniella.
NATIONALS 9, MARLINS 3: at Miami, Adam Dunn and Ryan Zimmerman each hit three-run home runs to power lead Washington in a game that's start was delayed nearly three hours by rain. Jason Marquis (1-7) won his first game in nearly a year pitching 5 2-3 innings and giving up three runs.
DODGERS 3, PHILLIES 0: At Los Angeles, Hiroki Kuroda took a no-hitter into the eighth inning and Rod Barajas homered in his home debut for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
ROCKIES 2, GIANTS 1: At San Francisco, Carlos Gonzalez hit a tying triple with no outs in the ninth and scored on second baseman Freddy Sanchez's second throwing error of the game.