NATIONAL LEAGUE
Nomar Garciaparra’s one-out homer in the bottom of the ninth gave the Los Angeles Dodgers a 7-6 win over the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday and a share of the lead in the National League’s West Division.
Garciaparra lined a pitch just over the fence in left field for his sixth homer of the season and first this month. He was playing his second game since coming off the disabled list.
It was a third straight win for Los Angeles over Philadelphia, who dropped into a tie with New York for first place in the NL East.
The Dodgers trailed 6-1 in the middle of the second inning and only tied the game 6-6 in the eighth before Garciaparra’s winner.
ROCKIES 6, DIAMONDBACKS 5
In Denver, Colorado relief pitcher Brian Fuentes got the final out of the game with bases loaded to snatch a narrow win over Arizona.
Fuentes issued an intentional walk with two outs in the ninth to load the bases, then retired Adam Dunn on a ground ball.
Dunn, acquired from Cincinnati on Monday and tied for the major league lead with 32 homers, grounded out on a full-count pitch.
Defeat cost Arizona its outright lead in the West.
CUBS 10, BRAVES 2, 1ST GAME
CUBS 8, BRAVES 0, 2ND GAME
In Atlanta, Chicago recorded its first road doubleheader sweep for 16 years by doubling up on Atlanta.
In the opener, Geovany Soto hit a two-run double in the second and a two-run homer in the ninth, while Jim Edmonds also homered.
In the second, Rich Harden allowed only two hits in five innings to steer Chicago to victory. He combined with four relief pitchers for a three-hit shutout — the Cubs’ fifth this season.
Chicago has won all five of its games against Atlanta this season.
In other games it was:
• Cardinals 6, Marlins 4
• Brewers 7, Padres 1
• Mets 12, Nationals 0
• Astros 6, Giants 2
• Pirates 5, Reds 2
AMERICAN LEAGUE
AP, OAKLAND, California
Eric Hinske had three hits, including a home run, and Ben Zobrist doubled in the go-ahead run in the seventh as Tampa Bay beat Oakland 3-2 on Wednesday.
Carlos Pena hit a home run for the first-place Rays, who maintained their three-game lead over Boston in the American League East. The Rays have won four of five and 10 of 14
Eric Patterson, who was recalled from Sacramento earlier on Wednesday, drove in two runs for the Athletics, while Mark Ellis and Bobby Crosby both had two hits.
In other games it was:
• Mariners 10, Angels 7,
12 innings
• Red Sox 8, Rangers 4
• Twins 4, Yankees 2
• White Sox 4, Royals 0
• Blue Jays 4, Tigers 3
• Orioles 6, Indians 1
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