NATIONAL LEAGUE Phillies fall on late blast

The Giants handed Philadelphia its fifth loss in six home games.
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PHILADELPHIA -- Yorvit Torrealba didn't want to make eye contact with his former teammate until he circled the bases.
Torrealba hit a tiebreaking homer in the eighth inning off former Giants reliever Felix Rodriguez, leading San Francisco over the fading Philadelphia Phillies 7-6 Saturday.
"I didn't want to look at his face. I'd probably laugh," Torrealba said of Rodriguez, traded to the Phillies for outfielder Ricky Ledee last month. "It was weird. You play with a guy for so long. I'd like to see him do good, just not against us."
Cody Ransom, Dustan Mohr and Marquis Grissom also homered for San Francisco, which has won three in a row for the first time in a month. The Giants moved within 61/2 games of NL West-leading Los Angeles. They remained one game behind the Chicago Cubs in the wild-card race.
Placido Polanco hit a two-run homer for the Phillies, who lost for the fifth time in six home games despite overcoming a 5-0 deficit. Philadelphia fell eight games behind NL East-leading Atlanta.
SAN FRANPHILA
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Mohr lf5121Rollins ss5131
Tucker rf5120Glnville lf4011
Hrmns p0000Utley 1b5121
DCruz ss4111BAbreu rf4000
Feliz 1b5000Planco 3b4132
Alfonzo 3b4010ToPerz 2b3000
Snow 1b0000Byrd cf3110
Grssom cf3112Crmier p0000
Trralba c4221FRdgez p0000
Rnsom 2b3122Collier ph1000
TyWlkr p0000Worrell p0000
Chrstns p0000Pratt c2100
Bonds ph0000Milton p2111
Brower p0000Mchels lf2000
Ledee rf0000
Lowry p2000
Correia p0000
Drham 2b1000
Totals367117Totals356116
San Francisco023001010--7
Philadelphia002220000--6
E--Rollins (8). DP--San Francisco 1, Philadelphia 1. LOB--San Francisco 6, Philadelphia 6. 2B--Rollins (32), Byrd (8). 3B--Tucker (6). HR--Mohr (6), Grissom (17), Torrealba (4), Ransom (1), Polanco (9). CS--Mohr (2). S--DCruz, ToPerez. SF--Grissom, Glanville.
IPHRERBBSO
San Francisco
Lowry4 2-396623
Correia1-300001
TyWalker1 1-300001
Chrstns W,2-2 2-300001
Brower110000
Hermanson S,2110001
Philadelphia
Milton5 2-396617
Cormier1 1-310000
FRodriguez L,4-6111110
Worrell100000
WP--Lowry. Umpires--Home, Gary Darling; First, Mark Carlson; Second, Brian Runge; Third, Bill Hohn. T--3:15. A--43,712.
Braves 9, Cardinals 7
ATLANTA -- Chipper Jones homered twice and pinch-hitter Julio Franco had a go-ahead. two-run double in the seventh inning to lead the Atlanta Braves over St. Louis, only the third loss in the Cardinals' last 11 games.
In a matchup of division leaders, Andruw Jones and Rafael Furcal also homered for the Braves, who opened a season-high eight-game lead over second-place Philadelphia in the NL East. Furcal had four hits for Atlanta, 21-7 since the All-Star break.
Albert Pujols homered twice for St. Louis, raising his total to 35 and tying Cincinnati's Adam Dunn and Philadelphia's Jim Thome for the major league lead. St. Louis, 121/2 games ahead of second-place Chicago in the NL Central, took a 7-6 lead with an unearned run in the seventh off Antonio Alfonseca (6-4).
ST. LOUISATLANTA
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Wmack 2b5000Furcal ss5143
LWalkr rf4111NGreen 2b5120
Pujols 1b4223JDrew rf4100
Rolen 3b4100CJones 3b5222
Edmnd cf5120Lroche 1b3000
Rnteria ss3111JuFrco 1b1112
RSndrs lf4010AJones cf4111
YMlina c2110Thmas lf3010
Cedeno ph1000EddPrz c2120
King p0000JEstda c1011
Tvarez p0000RuOrtiz p1100
Kline p0000TMartn p0000
MAndn ph1000Grybsk p0000
Mrquis p3021DeRosa ph1010
Eldred p0000Alfnsca p0000
Mtheny c1000MGiles ph1000
Ritsma p0000
Smoltz p0000
Totals377106Totals369159
St. Louis200121100--7
Atlanta03120030x--9
E--Womack (11), Furcal (20), CJones (4). DP--Atlanta 1. LOB--St. Louis 10, Atlanta 7. 2B--RSanders (19), NGreen (12), JuFranco (11), EddPerez (6). HR--Pujols 2 (35), Furcal (12), CJones 2 (18), AJones (19). SB--Rolen (4), Edmonds (4). CS--Thomas (1). S--EddPerez. SF--Renteria.
IPHRERBBSO
St. Louis
Marquis5106605
Eldred110000
King L,4-2 1-312210
Tavarez2-321102
Kline110000
Atlanta
RuOrtiz586645
TMartin1-310000
Gryboski2-300002
Alfonseca W,6-4111011
Reitsma2-300000
Smoltz S,291 1-300002
Marquis pitched to 1 batter in the 6th, RuOrtiz pitched to 2 batters in the 6th. HBP--by Tavarez (Thomas), by Marquis (RuOrtiz), by RuOrtiz (LWalker). PB--EddPerez. Umpires--Home, C.B. Bucknor; First, Eric Cooper; Second, Chuck Meriwether; Third, Mike Reilly. T--3:16. A--44,413.
Cubs 2, Dodgers 0
CHICAGO -- Kerry Wood homered and allowed four hits in eight innings, leading the Chicago Cubs over the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Wood (7-5) struck out seven and walked three as Chicago won for just the third time in eight games. He hit his seventh homer in 305 career at-bats in the third inning off Kazuhisa Ishii (11-6), a drive into the left-field bleachers against a 15 mph wind.
LOS ANGELESCHICAGO
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Izturis ss4010CPttson cf4021
SFinley cf4010Grdzln 2b3010
Brdley rf3010Grcprr ss4010
Beltre 3b4000SSosa rf4010
ShGren 1b3000Alou lf2000
Werth lf4000DeLee 1b3000
Cora 2b3000Barrett c3110
Saenz ph1010REMtiz 3b3000
Ross c4010Wood p3111
Ishii p2000Rmlngr p0000
Grbwsk ph0000
Carrar p0000
Totals32050Totals29272
Los Angeles000000000--0
Chicago00101000x--2
E--REMartinez (7). DP--Chicago 1. LOB--Los Angeles 8, Chicago 5. 2B--Ross (3), CPatterson (23). 3B--Barrett (4). HR--Wood (1). CS--CPatterson (7). S--Grudzielanek.
IPHRERBBSO
Los Angeles
Ishii L,11-6762213
Carrara110000
Chicago
Wood W,7-5840037
Remlinger S,1110000
Umpires--Home, Phil Cuzzi; First, Brian O'Nora; Second, Rob Drake; Third, Jerry Crawford. T--2:20. A--39,069.