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Saturday’s NL results

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Diamondbacks 7, Nationals 1: At Washington, Brandon Webb scattered seven hits over seven innings to lead Arizona to a victory over Washington. Eric Byrnes homered for the Diamondbacks.

Astros 5, Cardinals 1: At Houston, Roy Oswalt pitched a five-hitter and Carlos Lee and Lance Berkman homered to lift Houston over St. Louis for the Astros’ first victory of the season.

Marlins 8, Phillies 5: At Miami, Dontrelle Willis pitched six innings for his second victory in as many starts, and Josh Willingham drove in four runs to help Florida beat Philadelphia.

Dodgers 4, Giants 1: At San Francisco, Jeff Kent hit a go-ahead, two-run double in the fifth and Derek Lowe bounced back from a bad outing on opening day as Los Angeles beat San Francisco.

Braves 5, Mets 3: At Atlanta, John Smoltz outpitched former teammate Tom Glavine to help Atlanta beat New York, handing the Mets their first loss of the season.

Cubs 6, Brewers 3: At Milwaukee, Carlos Zambrano allowed three runs in seven innings and hit an RBI single to help Chicago beat Milwaukee.

Reds 7, Pirates 5: At Cincinnati, Adam Dunn’s wind-blown fly ball deflected off Xavier Nady’s glove and cleared the wall for a two-run homer and Edwin Encarnacion had three hits, including a bases-loaded single, to lift Cincinnati past Pittsburgh.

Padres 3, Rockies 2: At San Diego, Adrian Gonzalez hit an RBI double with one out in the ninth to give San Diego a win over Colorado, snapping the Rockies’ three-game winning streak.