Thursday’s results

Cardinals 6, Nationals 2: At St. Louis, Sidney Ponson won his third straight start and Jim Edmonds hit a three-run homer in the first inning to help defeat Washington. Scott Spiezio added a two-run double in the seventh off Gary Majewski after the lead had been shaved to one for St. Louis, which has won seven of eight.

Rockies 6, Phillies 3: At Philadelphia, Garrett Atkins hit a tiebreaking two-run homer in the eighth inning to help Colorado past Philadelphia.

No Bonds celebration

Barry Bonds will have to wait until he passes Hank Aaron before baseball throws a party for him.

Major League Baseball is not planning any celebration for Bonds if and when he tops Babe Ruth’s mark of 714 home runs, commissioner Bud Selig said.

“Hank Aaron broke Babe Ruth’s record,” Selig said. “We don’t celebrate anybody the second or third time in.”

Bonds hit his 711th homer Wednesday. His San Francisco Giants had a day off before opening a three-game series tonight at home against Arizona.

Selig does not figure to be in San Francisco – or in Milwaukee or Philadelphia, where the Giants play next week – as Bonds nears Ruth.

Ruth is second on the career home run list, trailing Aaron’s total of 755.

Around the league

New York Mets pitcher Brian Bannister was listed as day to day after being evaluated for a strained right hamstring. Bannister (2-0) was diagnosed as having a Grade I strain – the most mild – according to a Mets spokesman. … Cincinnati Reds pitcher Paul Wilson allowed six runs – four earned – and 10 hits in seven innings in his first minor league rehab start with Class A Dayton, Ohio. The right-hander struck out four batters with no walks.