Friday’s NL results

Cardinals 3, Astros 2: At St. Louis, Albert Pujols hit a go-ahead two-run double in the fifth inning, and St. Louis beat Houston to end a five-game losing streak.

Cubs 6, Nationals 4: At Chicago, Derrek Lee homered, Alfonso Soriano had a key RBI double before scoring the go-ahead run as Chicago rallied from four runs down to beat Washington.

Marlins 5, Padres 4: At Miami, Josh Willingham and Joe Borchard hit consecutive home runs off Scott Linebrink (1-1) to start the eighth inning to help Florida rally past San Diego.

Braves 4, Dodgers 0: At Atlanta, John Smoltz beat Los Angeles for the first time in eight years, pitching seven shutout innings in a matchup of first-place teams.

Rockies 6, Reds 5 (11): At Cincinnati, Troy Tulowitzki’s two-out single snapped an 11th-inning tie as Colorado overcame Ken Griffey Jr.’s 567th career homer.

Brewers 10, Pirates 0: At Milwaukee, J.J. Hardy, Prince Fielder and Johnny Estrada all homered and Claudio Vargas gave up four singles in six innings to lead a win over Pittsburgh.

Mets 5, Diamondbacks 3: At Phoenix, Paul Lo Duca and Julio Franco homered against Randy Johnson to lead New York past Arizona. John Maine (5-0) pitched six innings for the Mets.

Giants 6, Phillies 2: At San Francisco, pinch-hitter Eliezer Alfonzo hit a bases-clearing double off Jamie Moyer in the seventh that put the Giants ahead with their first runs of the game, and San Francisco scored three more in the eighth to beat Philadelphia.

Associated Press