Shane Victorino singled to start the seventh for the first hit off Lowe, and Placido Polanco followed with a double.

The right-hander then came out of the game with an apparent leg or foot injury.

Lowe (3-3) appeared to hurt himself in the top of the seventh after singling and going to second on Chipper Jones' single.

Brian McCann had a pair of doubles and an RBI, and Alex Gonzalez had three hits and an RBI for the Braves.

Lee (2-3) set the major league high for strikeouts this season, coming within one of the franchise record. The big league mark for a nine-inning game is 20.

At Chicago, Jay Bruce hit a three-run homer and Brandon Phillips made some key defensive plays at second base as Cincinnati beat Chicago.

Edinson Volquez (3-1) labored through numerous jams in five-plus innings. He allowed six hits and four runs, walked four and threw a pair of wild pitches.

Matt Garza (1-4), the Cubs' biggest offseason acquisition, still has one win in his first seven starts and none in four outings at Wrigley Field. He gave up six hits and five runs in six innings on a day of missed offensive opportunities for the Cubs, who left eight on base.

Francisco Cordero pitched the ninth for his fifth straight save.

At Pittsburgh, Wandy Rodriguez (2-3) allowed two runs over seven innings to win his fourth consecutive start against Pittsburgh and Houston scored twice in the eighth to snap a two-game losing streak.

Houston managed only five hits over seven innings against Paul Maholm, but the first three batters of the eighth reached against a Pittsburgh bullpen that entered with the second-best ERA (2.63) in the National League.

Hunter Pence doubled in the tying run and Carlos Lee hit the leading shot in the eighth against Chris Resop (1-1).

Neil Walker hit his fourth homer and Brandon Wood had two hits for the Pirates, who had won three of four.

Mark Melancon worked a perfect ninth for his first major league save.

At New York, Andre Ethier extended his hitting streak to 30 games, but Jason Pridie's three-run homer in the sixth inning carried New York Mets past Los Angeles in the opener of a weekend series between baseball's most financially troubled teams.

With the Mets trailing 3-2 on Friday, Pridie homered off a bullpen roof in right-center against Hiroki Kuroda (3-3) following an intentional walk to Ike Davis.

Jose Reyes tripled twice in a game for the second time this season and then doubled in the ninth. Davis homered for the Mets, who won for the third time in eight games following a six-game winning streak.

Ryota Igarashi (2-0) got one out to win in relief of Jonathon Niese, and Taylor Buchholz, Jason Isringhausen and Francisco Rodriguez each followed with an inning of shutout relief. A day after throwing 42 pitches, Rodriguez got his eighth save in nine chances.

At St. Louis, Jaime Garcia carried a perfect game into the eighth inning and finished with a two-hitter, dominating punchless Milwaukee.

Garcia (4-0) issued a four-pitch walk to Casey McGehee with one out in the eighth. On the next pitch, Yuniesky Betancourt grounded a solid single to left to end the no-hit bid.

Garcia threw a four-hit shutout to beat the Padres in his first start, but hadn't gone longer than six innings in any of his next five outings. This was his third career shutout.

Albert Pujols had a single, sacrifice fly and three RBIs for the Cardinals, who pounded a red-hot opposing pitcher for the second straight game. Randy Wolf (3-3) entered with an 0.65 ERA in his previous four games but gave up six runs in five innings while hitting three batters.