Friday’s N.L. games

Padres 6, Marlins 1: At San Diego, Brian Lawrence (12-10) pitched a five-hitter to match his career high for wins and Ramon Hernandez hit a three-run homer in the Padres’ victory over Florida.

Phillies 4, Brewers 2: At Milwaukee, Jim Thome and Bobby Abreu homered and Eric Milton pitched seven solid innings as the Phillies ended a seven-game losing streak with a victory over Milwaukee.

Cubs 9, Astros 2: At Houston, Sammy Sosa and Nomar Garciaparra each hit one of Chicago’s season-high six homers, and the Cubs ended Houston’s four-game winning streak. Mark Grudzielanek homered twice, and Moises Alou and Corey Patterson each had two-run shots.

Cardinals 5-5, Pirates 4-3: At St. Louis, Scott Rolen became the third St. Louis player to hit 30 homers this season and Chris Carpenter set a career best with his 13th win to lead St. Louis to a day-night doubleheader sweep of Pittsburgh. In the opener, Dan Haren (2-2) allowed three hits over 6 2/3 innings.

Expos 4, Rockies 3: At Denver, Tony Batista hit a tiebreaking solo homer in the eighth inning and had three RBIs as Montreal beat Colorado.

Reds 2, Diamondbacks 0: At Phoenix, Randy Johnson struck out 14 for the second straight game and became the second pitcher to reach double digits 200 times, yet still wound up with a loss. Cincinnati beat Arizona with an unearned run in the first inning and Barry Larkin’s RBI single in the eighth.

Giants 7, Mets 3: At San Francisco, Pedro Feliz homered twice, Edgardo Alfonzo also connected and San Francisco beat New York. Rookie Noah Lowry had a career-high 10 strikeouts for the Giants.

Dodgers 3, Braves 2 (11): At Los Angeles, Adrian Beltre tied the game in the ninth on a homer off John Smoltz and won it in the 11th with his major league-leading 38th homer as Los Angeles beat Atlanta.