NATIONAL LEAGUE Phillies edge Cards 5-4 for 4th straight

Albert Pujols extended his hitting streak to 30 games.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
PHILADELPHIA -- Jim Thome and Mike Lieberthal hit back-to-back homers to spark a four-run sixth inning as the Philadelphia Phillies won their fourth straight on Saturday, 5-4 over the St. Louis Cardinals.
Albert Pujols extended his hitting streak to 30 games with a seventh-inning single, the longest by a St. Louis Cardinals player since Stan Musial hit in 30 straight in 1950. Pujols finished 1-for-2 with three walks.
Jim Edmonds tripled off the head of center fielder Marlon Byrd in the third inning and former Phillies third baseman Scott Rolen homered for the Cardinals, who have lost three of four.
After Lieberthal hit an RBI single in the first, the Phillies couldn't put together anything against rookie Danny Haren (3-4), who retired 13 straight before the sixth inning.
Marlon Byrd led off the sixth with a double and moved to third on Placido Polanco's sacrifice. Bobby Abreu doubled off the left-field wall to score Byrd and cut the deficit to 3-2.
Thome followed with a two-run homer to right-center -- his 32nd of the year, then Lieberthal hit his seventh homer to left for a 5-3 lead.
Brett Myers (12-7) allowed four runs on six hits over 6 1/3 innings. He walked five and struck out six.
ST. LOUISPHILA
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St. Louis001101100--4
Philadelphia10000400x--5
E--BMyers (2). DP--St. Louis 1, Philadelphia 1. LOB--St. Louis 11, Philadelphia 5. 2B--Rolen (33), Renteria (34), EduPerez (13), Byrd (21), BAbreu (29), Ledee (13). 3B--Edmonds (2). HR--Rolen (24), Thome (32), Lieberthal (7). S--OPalmeiro, Polanco.
IPHRERBBSO
St. Louis
Haren L,3-4675515
Simontacchi2-310010
Kline1-310000
Eldred100000
Philadelphia
BMyers W,12-76 1-364455
Plesac1-300001
MiWilliams1-300010
Adams110010
Mesa S,22100012
Kline pitched to 1 batter in the 8th. HBP--by MiWilliams (Rolen). Umpires--Home, Gerry Davis; First, Mark Carlson; Second, Ed Rapuano; Third, Paul Nauert. T--2:51. A--35,046.
Expos 4, Giants 1
MONTREAL -- Zach Day pitched seven shutout innings and hit an RBI single, leading the Montreal Expos to a win over the San Francisco Giants.
Vladimir Guerrero went 2-for-3, including a two-run double in the fourth inning, as Montreal moved to 5-0 against the NL West leaders this season.
Playing its second game in a row without Barry Bonds, who is on bereavement leave to be with his ailing father, San Francisco fell to 0-4 on its six-game road trip.
Day (7-4) scattered four hits, improving to 3-0 in his last four starts. Luis Ayala allowed a two-out RBI single to Edgardo Alfonzo in the ninth before Rocky Biddle retired Neifi Perez on one pitch for his 29th save in 34 chances.
Giants center fielder Marquis Grissom was sent for X-rays after he was hit on the left hand by a pitch leading off the fourth. He left the game after J.T. Snow grounded into a double play and was taken to a hospital.
SAN FRANMONTREAL
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Chrstns p0000
Totals32171Totals334104
San Francisco000000001--1
Montreal02002000x--4
DP--San Francisco 1, Montreal 2. LOB--San Francisco 7, Montreal 7. 2B--BSantiago (13), Alfonzo (18), VGuerrero (15), WCordero (19). 3B--Schneider (1).
IPHRERBBSO
San Francisco
Schmidt L,12-54 1-394414
Correia2 2-310011
Worrell2-300001
Christiansen1-300001
Montreal
Day W,7-4740024
Ayala1 2-331101
Biddle S,29 1-300000
HBP--by Day (Grissom). Umpires--Home, Jeff Nelson; First, Hunter Wendelstedt; Second, Larry Young; Third, Jim Wolf. T--2:46. A--16,446.
Marlins 6, Padres 3
MIAMI -- Juan Pierre drove in two runs with a triple and saved two runs with a running catch as the Florida Marlins beat the San Diego Padres.
Pierre's seventh-inning triple put Florida ahead for good, giving the Marlins their fourth win in five games, and took rookie Dontrelle Willis off the hook for the loss.
Trailing 3-1, Juan Encarnacion led off the seventh with a double and later scored on Miguel Cabrera's single -- a hit that ended starter Brian Lawrence's night.
Cabrera moved to second on a groundout, and pinch-hitter Brian Banks walked with two outs to set the table for Pierre.
The speedy outfielder drove a pitch from Jay Witasick (3-3) to deep center for his fifth triple, easily scoring Cabrera and Banks. Pierre then scored on Luis Castillo's single up the middle.
Pierre's defense was just as big a factor in the game.
With runners on first and second and two outs in the sixth, Pierre tracked down Ramon Vazquez's fly ball to the deepest part of Pro Player Stadium -- 434 feet from home plate in left-center -- and kept San Diego from building on its two-run lead.
Chad Fox (2-0) allowed two hits in the seventh, Ugueth Urbina pitched a scoreless eighth and Braden Looper loaded the bases in the ninth before striking out Rondell White for his 24th save in 28 chances.
SAN DIEGOFLORIDA
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Wtsick p0000Urbina p0000
Roa p0000Looper p0000
Hansen ph1000
Totals373103Totals326106
San Diego001200000--3
Florida10000041x--6
DP--San Diego 1. LOB--San Diego 11, Florida 4. 2B--Matthews (12), White (14), IRodriguez (26), JEncarnacion (26). 3B--Merloni (2), Pierre (5). HR--Bennett (2). SB--Pierre (57), JEncarnacion (18). CS--LCastillo (14).
IPHRERBBSO
San Diego
Lawrence6 1-363311
Witasick L,3-3143311
JRoa2-300000
Florida
Willis673315
CFox W,2-0120001
Urbina100011
Looper S,24110021
Umpires--Home, Lance Barksdale; First, Ed Montague; Second, Bruce Dreckman; Third, Brian Gorman. T--2:46. A--26,104.
Mets 13, Rockies 4
NEW YORK -- Cliff Floyd and Timo Perez each drove in four runs, and the New York Mets beat the Colorado Rockies for their first four-game winning streak of the season.
Jason Phillips finished with three RBIs, and fellow rookie Jose Reyes had three hits and three runs scored for the suddenly resurgent Mets. Behind a bevy of young players, last-place New York has won eight of 11 overall.
Jae Weong Seo (6-8) won for the first time in nearly two months, allowing four runs and seven hits in five innings. He had been 0-6 in nine starts since beating Florida on June 17.
Mike Piazza and Roger Cedeno also scored three times apiece. Dan Wheeler, John Franco and David Weathers combined for four scoreless innings.
The Mets roughed up All-Star Shawn Chacon, scoring six runs in the second inning.
Larry Walker homered for the Rockies, who fell to an NL-worst 20-45 away from home. Colorado is 2-8 in its last 10 road games and 5-14 on the road since the All-Star break.
COLORADONEW YORK
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CJhson c4000McEwg 2b4100
Chacon p1000Seo p1000
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Lopez p0000Wheelr p0000
Uribe ss2000RGnzlz rf2010
Totals35484Totals36131413
Colorado100120000--4
New York26010130x--13
E--LWalker (2). LOB--Colorado 5, New York 9. 2B--Helton (38), Payton (26), Cedeno (19), Reyes 2 (12), JPhillips (18), TPerez (12). 3B--Belliard (2). HR--LWalker (11). S--Seo. SF--TPerez.
IPHRERBBSO
Colorado
Chacon L,11-81 1-358850
JJimenez442201
Lopez2-310020
Bernero1-323211
Fuentes2-310000
Speier110001
New York
Seo W,6-8574401
Wheeler200011
JoFranco100000
Weathers110000
WP--Lopez. Umpires--Home, Tim McClelland; First, Tony Randazzo; Second, Ted Barrett; Third, C.B. Bucknor. T--3:02. A--NA.
Braves 10, Diamondbacks 6
ATLANTA -- Pinch-hitter Julio Franco's two-run single highlighted a five-run fifth inning, and the Atlanta Braves beat the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Andruw Jones had two hits and three RBIs and Marcus Giles hit his 16th homer as the Braves won their major league-leading 80th game of the season. They beat Arizona 10-4 Friday.
Kevin Gryboski (6-3) struck out Raul Mondesi -- his only batter -- to end Arizona's fifth-inning rally and bail out starter Horacio Ramirez, who made two of Atlanta's four errors in a shaky 4 2-3 innings.
Gary Sheffield led off the bottom of the fifth with a walk. Then Chipper Jones singled, and Andruw Jones and Javy Lopez followed with run-scoring hits. Vinny Castilla walked to load the bases for Franco, who slapped a hard single down the left-field line to make it 9-6. Giles added an RBI single.
Reliever Eddie Oropesa (3-3) gave up all five runs.
Ramirez gave up six runs -- four earned -- and seven hits to remain winless in seven starts since July 7. He was in trouble in four of the first five innings.
ARIZONAATLANTA
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Moeller c3000JuFrco ph1012
Dssens p1001Cnnane p0000
Kata 3b2101DeRosa ph1000
Hodges p0000
King p0000
Totals396106Totals38101410
Arizona400020000--6
Atlanta10405000x--10
E--Furcal (28), Sheffield (2), HRamirez 2 (3). LOB--Arizona 12, Atlanta 8. 2B--Bautista (10), AJones (21). HR--MGiles (16). SB--Kata (3). S--Kata.
IPHRERBBSO
Arizona
Dessens485503
Oropesa L,3-3 2-355522
Valverde1 1-300012
MMyers210011
Atlanta
HRamirez4 2-376452
Gryboski W,6-3 1-300001
Cunnane210002
Hodges110002
King110000
WP--Valverde. Umpires--Home, Marty Foster; First, Fieldin Culbreth; Second, Terry Craft; Third, Charlie Reliford. T--3:24. A--49,127.