- MIAMI: Jimmy Rollins hit a two-out, two-run single in the ninth inning to lift the Philadelphia Phillies to a 5-3 win over the Florida Marlins on Wednesday in a clash of the National League's two top teams.
The Phillies fell behind 3-0, but their bats came alive late.
Shane Victorino extended his hitting streak to 14 games when he led off the eighth with a homer to tie the game 3-3. Pete Orr entered the game in the seventh and had two doubles for Philadelphia.
Dane Sardinha singled in the ninth off Leo Nunez (0-1), then took third on a double by Orr. Both scored on the single by Rollins.
In Atlanta, Ian Desmond hit a tiebreaking, two-run double in the 11th and Jayson Werth followed with a two-run homer as Washington beat Atlanta.
Alex Cora had driven in two runs with a bases-loaded single in the ninth as Braves closer Craig Kimbrel blew a 3-1 lead.
Drew Storen (3-1) pitched the 10th and Tyler Clippard took over in the 11th for his first save as the Nationals improved to 5-1 in extra-innings games. Scott Linebrink (0-1) took the loss.
In Chicago, the hosts delivered their biggest offensive output of the season to beat St. Louis.
Chicago scored six runs in the third after a 53-minute rain delay, added four more in the fifth and finished with 17 hits, four by Starlin Castro.
The Cardinals are 1-1 without manager Tony La Russa, who missed his second straight game as he recovers from shingles. He'll be absent for the remainder of St. Louis' six-game road trip that ends Sunday in Cincinnati.
Cubs starter Matt Garza (2-4) got his first win at Wrigley Field, allowing one run in five innings. St. Louis starter Jake Westbrook (2-3) took the loss.
In Pittsburgh, Hiroki Kuroda pitched seven scoreless innings to steer Los Angeles past Pittsburgh.
Kuroda (4-3) struck out eight as the Dodgers won back-to-back games for the first time in three weeks.
Los Angeles scored its first run against Paul Maholm (1-5) on a double-play grounder in the sixth. Jerry Sands added an RBI double.
Vicente Padilla gave up a two-out double in the ninth before finishing for his third save.
In San Francisco, the home team came from three runs down to edge Arizona.
Aubrey Huff hit a tying home run for the Giants, who moved four games over .500 for the first time this season.
Miguel Tejada hit a run-scoring single and then doubled with one out in the sixth to chase Diamondbacks starter Armando Galarraga (3-3).
He scored on Andre Torres' double to give San Francisco a season-high fifth straight win.
Jonathan Sanchez (3-2) allowed three runs in six innings.
Brian Wilson pitched out of jam in the ninth for his 12th save. He gave up a leadoff double, then a walk before Torres caught a flyball against the center field wall for the final out.
In Houston, Hunter Pence hit a tiebreaking double in the ninth inning as Houston avoided a series sweep with a win over Cincinnati.
Mike Leake (3-2) walked J.R. Towles with one out in the ninth before Pence's full-count hit landed in the corner of right field and sent Towles home.
The Astros had led 3-1 before the Reds tied it with consecutive homers in the seventh inning.
Mark Melancon (3-1) picked up the win in relief.
In Milwaukee, San Diego squandered an early lead but recovered in style with an eight-run eighth inning to sink Milwaukee.
Chris Denorfia led off the game with a homer and San Diego built an early 5-0 lead, but Milwaukee rallied with Prince Fielder's 200th career homer and went ahead 6-5.
Then in the eighth. Jason Bartlett tied it with a single and Cameron Maybin doubled down the line with the bases loaded for the go-ahead run. Ryan Ludwick followed with a two-run shot that made it 11-6, and the Padres kept rolling from there.
San Diego racked up a season-high 23 hits after coming in hitting a majors-worst .219.
Chad Qualls (2-2) pitched 1 1-3 innings of relief, including getting out of a bases-loaded jam trailing 6-5 in the sixth. Kameron Loe (2-4) took the loss.

