Monday’s N.L. results
Phillies 5, Reds 4: At Philadelphia, Chase Utley hit his major league-leading 21st homer to help the Phillies beat Cincinnati. Utley went deep for the fifth straight game.
Braves 7, Marlins 5 (10): At Atlanta, Yunel Escobar hit a two-run home run in the 10th to rally the Braves over Florida. John Smoltz gave up two runs and Atlanta’s lead in the ninth. Jeff Francoeur hustled home on a wild pitch in the bottom half of the ninth to get Smoltz off the hook.
Pirates 5, Cardinals 4: At St. Louis, Jason Michaels hit a tying pinch-hit grand slam in the seventh and Jason Bay drove in the winning run an inning later as Pittsburgh rallied past the Cardinals.
Brewers 4, Diamondbacks 3: At Milwaukee, Prince Fielder went 3 for 4, homered to leadoff the eighth and scratched across another run with an unlikely steal of third to lift the Brewers over the Arizona.
Dodgers 8, Rockies 2: At Los Angeles, Jeff Kent, Andre Ethier and Matt Kemp hit home runs, Derek Lowe pitched eight strong innings for his first win in more than five weeks, and the Dodgers handed Colorado its eighth straight loss.
Giants 10, Mets 2: At San Francisco, Brian Horwitz hit the first home run of his career with a two-run shot in the Giants’ six-run first and Ray Durham also drove in three runs to help the Giants beat New York.
Cubs 7, Padres 6: At San Diego, Carlos Zambrano legged out three hits to tie his career-high and raise his average to .366. He hit a standup RBI triple that tied the game in the fourth as Chicago beat the Padres.
Associated Press