The Padres kept their one-game division lead over the San Francisco Giants, who won at Arizona.
The losing streak was San Diego’s longest since a franchise-record 13-game slide in May 1994. The free-fall trimmed 5 1/2 games from the Padres’ lead and dropped them from having the best record in the NL to the third-best.
Scott Podsednik homered off Luke Gregerson in the seventh to pull Los Angeles to 3-2. The Dodgers had runners on first and second with two outs before Mike Adams struck out Andre Ethier .
With Stauffer going only four innings in an emergency start, Adams (3-1) got the win by allowing just a walk in 1 2-3 innings while striking out three. Heath Bell pitched a perfect ninth for his 38th save in 41 chances.
Latos was scratched due to stomach flu.
In Phoenix, Nate Schierholtz hit a two-run triple in the 11th inning and San Francisco inched closer in the NL playoff race by beating Arizona.
Madison Bumgarner matched zeros with Diamondbacks starter Ian Kennedy into the eighth inning and the Giants pulled it out in the 11th when Schierholtz followed singles by Aubrey Huff and Buster Posey with his triple to center off Aaron Heilman (5-7).
Santiago Casilla (6-2) struck out the side in the 10th and Brian Wilson earned his 41st save to seal San Francisco’s sixth victory in eight games. The Giants pulled within 1 1/2 games of Philadelphia, which leads the wild-card standings.
In Pittsburgh, Neil Walker hit a two-run homer, Brian Burres limited Atlanta to one run over six innings in his first start in more than three months and Pittsburgh beat the slumping Braves.
Despite losing its fourth in five games, Atlanta was assured of remaining in first place in the NL East for at least another day when Florida beat Philadelphia in the first game of a day-night doubleheader.
Atlanta had won five of its previous six against the Pirates, who lead the majors with 91 losses. But the Braves did almost nothing against Burres (3-3), who limited them to David Ross’ sacrifice fly during his first start since losing to Atlanta 6-3 on May 29.
Joel Hanrahan pitched the ninth for his fourth save.
In Philadelphia, Roy Oswalt pitched seven effective innings, helping Philadelphia beat Florida to split their day-night doubleheader.
Placido Polanco had a double, triple and two RBIs and Chase Utley also drove in a pair as the Phillies moved within a half-game of NL East-leading Atlanta.
In the opener, Adalberto Mendez pitched one-hit ball for six scoreless innings before injuring himself in his major league debut.
Oswalt (11-13) allowed four runs and six hits, striking out seven. The three-time All-Star is 5-1 since joining the Phillies in a trade with Houston on July 29. Philadelphia is 7-1 in his starts.
Mike Stanton , Hanley Ramirez and Cameron Maybin each homered off Oswalt, who gave up just one run in his previous 21 1-3 innings.
Brad Lidge pitched a scoreless ninth for his 21st save in 26 chances.
In Denver, Ubaldo Jimenez won his club-record 18th game despite a wild performance and the surging Colorado Rockies rallied from a four-run deficit to beat Cincinnati.
Even though he leads the NL in victories, Jimenez (18-6) hadn’t won since Aug. 4. He snapped his four-game losing streak while struggling through a 123-pitch effort.
Jimenez allowed seven hits and matched a season high with six walks, one intentional, in six innings. Troy Tulowitzki homered, tripled and drove in three runs for the Rockies, who have won four straight against division leaders. Carlos Gonzalez extended his hitting streak to a career-best 14 games and finished 3 for 5 with two RBIs, raising his batting average to .340.
In Milwaukee, Yadier Molina’s grand slam capped a six-run eighth inning and St. Louis overcame Corey Hart’s two homers to beat Milwaukee.
It was 2-all in the eighth when an error by Brewers third baseman Casey McGehee on a hard grounder by Albert Pujols helped St. Louis break away. Matt Holliday singled home the go-ahead run.
The Cardinals won for the third time in four games. Mitchell Boggs (2-2) pitched 1 1-3 innings for the win.
Milwaukee starter Yovani Gallardo bounced back from three consecutive poor starts to pitch seven solid innings, but St.
In Chicago, Geovany Soto hit a tiebreaking homer in the eighth inning and Chicago rallied from a four-run deficit to beat Houston.
Soto’s drive off reliever Wilton Lopez (5-2) was his 17th of the season and it helped the Cubs to their fourth win in five games. Marlon Byrd had a two-run shot for Chicago.
In Washington, Nationals rookie Danny Espinosa drove in six runs, hitting a grand slam, a solo homer and getting two other hits to help Washington rout New York for its third straight victory.
Espinosa, called up from Triple-A on Wednesday, has three homers in his last four games. Washington scored 13 unanswered runs to post its 60th win of the season, eclipsing the Nationals’ total from both 2008 and 2009.
Ivan Rodriguez’s two-run double sparked a five-run rally in the fourth. Michael Morse hit a tiebreaking single off Mike Pelfrey (13-9) as the Nationals came back from a 3-0 deficit.
