Hamels (8-2) walked none while lowering his ERA to 2.58.

He improved to 3-0 with a 1.18 ERA in five career regular-season starts against Los Angeles.

Ryan Howard's sixth-inning homer came off Hiroki Kuroda (5-7) and gave Philadelphia a 1-0 lead. It broke a season-worst drought for the Phillies, who had gone 65 1-3 innings without a home run. Howard had been 0 for 13 with six strikeouts previously against Kuroda.

In Miami, Freddie Freeman singled home the go-ahead run in the 10th inning as Atlanta extended Florida's losing streak to seven games.

Braves veteran Chipper Jones walked with one out in the 10th against Mike Dunn (4-4), took second on a single by Brian McCann and scored on the hit by Freeman, who had been 0 for 7 in the series.

The Marlins went 1 for 8 with runners in scoring position and are 8 for 54 (.148) in those situations during the first six games of their dismal homestand.

Six of the Marlins' seven losses during their slump have been by a single run.

The Marlins had tied the game one strike from defeat; Mike Stanton hit a two-run single off Braves closer Craig Kimbrel (2-2) to make the score 2-2.

The Marlins had two on with one out in the bottom of the 10th, but Scott Linebrink earned his second save in three chances by striking out the last man.

In San Francisco, Matt Cain struck out 11 in his first complete game of the season, steering San Francicso to victory over Washington.

Cain (5-4) improved to 16-0 over the past two years when getting at least three runs of support. He allowed one run and one walk in his 13th career complete game, needing just 110 pitches. He also had an RBI double.

Rookie Brandon Crawford hit a tiebreaking RBI triple in the seventh inning and later scored an insurance run to help the first-placed Giants win their third straight series.

Crawford hit a two-out, RBI triple off Sean Burnett (1-3) and then scored on Eli Whiteside's single.

In San Diego, Troy Tulowitzki hit a two-run double in the ninth inning to lift Colorado past San Diego.

Carlos Gonzalez started the winning rally with a single and was sacrificed to second by Jonathan Herrera. After an intentional walk, a wild pitch advanced the runners and Tulowitzki then got his vital hit.

Prior to that, Tulowitzki had been 0 for 14 lifetime against Padres closer Heath Bell (2-2). He finished with three hits and three RBIs.

Colorado's Todd Helton had his first four-hit game of the season and fell a triple shy of the cycle. He scored three runs.

Matt Lindstrom (1-1) pitched the eighth for the win and Huston Street pitched a perfect ninth for his 17th save.

In Cincinnati, Chicago snapped an eight-game losing skid by beating Cincinnati.

The Reds were leading 1-0 when Chicago's Blake DeWitt reached on an error with one out in the fourth. Carlos Pena then homered, and on the very next pitch, Aramis Ramirez went long again.

Cubs starter Ryan Dempster (5-5) went six innings, allowing one run with one walk and eight strikeouts.

Reds starter Bronson Arroyo (4-6) lasted 6 1-3 innings, giving up four runs.