John Buck homered to snap a seventh-inning tie. Greg
Dobbs, Mike Stanton and Emilio Bonifacio also connected for the Marlins, who
got all their runs from homers.
Jay Bruce and Brandon Phillips homered for the Reds in a
game of long shots.
Reds starter Bronson Arroyo (3-3) allowed a season-worst
three home runs in seven innings. He is 0-3 in 10 career appearances against
the Marlins.
Ricky Nolasco (3-0) allowed six hits in seven innings
while Leo Nunez got two outs for his ninth save in nine tries.
In Atlanta, Brooks Conrad recaptured
his pinch-hit magic of 2010, driving in the winning run in the ninth inning to
give Atlanta victory over St. Louis.
Conrad, who had three homers - including two grand slams
- and drove in 12 runs as a pinch-hitter last season, hit a bloop single off Ryan
Franklin (0-3) to drive in Alex Gonzalez from second base.
Gonzalez, who had a two-run homer in the fifth, opened
the ninth with a pop fly off Franklin (0-3) that bounced off shortstop Ryan
Theriot's glove for an error. Gonzalez moved to second on a sacrifice.
Jonny Venters (1-0) pitched a perfect ninth for the
Braves, who rallied from a 4-0 deficit.
In Denver, Charlie Morton pitched
into the sixth inning to guide Pittsburgh past Colorado.
Morton (3-1) allowed seven hits in 5 1-3 innings.
Garrett Jones had three RBIs while Xavier Paul, Andrew
McCutchen, Lyle Overbay and Pedro Alvarez all had two hits for the Pirates, who
have four road series wins already, matching their entire 2010 tally.
Colorado ace Ubaldo Jimenez (0-2) struggled again. He
threw three wild pitches, tying a club worst, and his ERA rose to 7.20.
In Philadelphia, Ronny
Paulino had a career-high five hits in his first start for the Mets, including
a go-ahead double in the 14th inning, as New York beat Philadelphia .
Taylor Buchholz (1-0), one of six Mets pitchers used,
pitched two scoreless innings in relief to help New York snap a three-game
losing streak.
Kyle Kendrick (1-2), one of six Philadelphia pitchers,
allowed four hits in three innings to take the loss.
The game took 4 hours, 44 minutes. In the top of the
ninth inning, news broke of the death of Osama Bin Laden, with fans breaking
into patriotic chants.
In Washington, Jordan Zimmermann
(2-4) allowed only two runs over six innings to end his three-game losing
streak and lead Washington past San Francisco.
Ivan Rodriguez hit a two-run single in the eighth, while
Alex Cora had a double, a single and an RBI for the Nationals in his first
multi-hit game of the season. Jayson Werth was 3 for 4.
Drew Storen pitched the ninth for his fifth save in five
chances.
Giants starter Matt Cain (2-2) allowed three runs in six
innings and threw a costly wild pitch with the bases loaded.
In Los Angeles, Dustin Moseley
pitched seven shutout innings for his first victory of 2011 as San Diego
blanked Los Angeles.
Moseley (1-3) struck out six and allowed just two runners
as far as second base. He was winless in five April starts despite a 1.99 ERA,
with his teammates getting shut out in each of his first three outings.
Brad Hawpe doubled his RBI total for the season with a
two-run single.
Los Angeles' Andre Ethier extended his hitting streak to
27 games. It is the second-longest streak by a Dodger since the club relocated
in 1958, and is five shy of Willie Davis' franchise-record 31-game run in 1969.
Jon Garland (1-2) gave up three runs in five innings,
walking four.
Astros 5, Brewers 0: In Houston, Carlos Lee hit a
three-run homer before being taken to the hospital to have X-rays on his
injured ribcage, and Houston downed Milwaukee.
Lee's home run, off Brewers starter Chris Narveson (1-2),
came in the sixth and pushed Houston's lead to 4-0. He was injured in the
seventh inning when teammate Angel Sanchez kneed him in the ribs as both were
trying to catch a pop-fly double.
Bud Norris (2-1) combined with three relievers to shut
out the Brewers. Norris struck out a season-high 11 in his longest outing of
the season. He improved to 3-0 in five career starts against Milwaukee.
In Phoenix, Ryan Robers homered as Arizona took advantage of
some key mistakes by Chicago.
J.J. Putz got his sixth save of the season in six chances
when he induced pinch-hitter Jeff Baker to ground into a game-ending double
play with runners at the corners.
Daniel Hudson (2-4) pitched seven solid innings, giving
up three runs.
The Diamondbacks scored three times in the fourth on a
balk, a sacrifice bunt and a wild pitch. Cubs starter Casey Coleman (1-2)
allowed four runs in five innings.
