Thursday’s results

Dodgers 7, Brewers 2: At Milwaukee, Andruw Jones, Jeff Kent and Gary Bennett homered during a six-run seventh inning, leading Chad Billingsley and Los Angeles over Milwaukee.

Nationals 1, Mets 0: At New York, Willie Harris’ diving catch in the ninth saved Washington, and the Nationals beat New York behind seven sharp innings from Jason Bergmann, who was called up from Triple-A Columbus before the game.

Pirates 11, Cardinals 5: At St. Louis, pinch-hitter Jason Bay’s three-run homer off Jason Isringhausen snapped an eighth-inning tie and Pittsburgh beat St. Louis.

Cubs 4, Padres 0: At Chicago, Ryan Dempster struck out a career-high 12 and hit a go-ahead single against Greg Maddux during a four-run fifth inning, leading Chicago over punchless San Diego.

Astros 8, Giants 7: At San Francisco, Lance Berkman splashed his major league-leading 15th home run into McCovey Cove, breaking a ninth-inning tie as Houston beat San Francisco.

Phillies 5, Braves 0: At Philadelphia, Cole Hamels pitched his first career shutout, Ryan Howard homered and Philadelphia beat Atlanta. Pedro Feliz and Shane Victorino also homered and drove in two runs each for the Phillies.

Diamondbacks 8, Rockies 5: At Phoenix, Stephen Drew had a career-high four hits and Brandon Webb became the major leagues’ first nine-game winner as Arizona defeated Colorado.

Marlins at Reds, ppd.: At Cincinnati, no makeup date was set for the rained-out finale of the scheduled four-game series.

Associated Press