Jimmy Rollins and Chase Utley each homered as the Phillies completed a three-game sweep of the New York Mets with a 2-0 victory.
Rollins scored in the first while Utley in the sixth as Joe Blanton surrendered four hits in 7 1/3 innings and walked three batters for the Phillies.
Luis Castillo had two of the four hits for the Mets.
James Loney struck a homer in the 13th inning as the Los Angeles Dodgers edged the San Diego Padres.
The Dodgers had lead 6-0 but allowed the Padres back into the game before Loney hit his sixth homer of the season for the win.
Manny Ramirez did not start for the first time since his return from a 50-game ban with manager Joe Torre choosing to rest the player.
Colby Rasmus struck a two-run homer as the St Louis Cardinals routed the Cincinnati Reds 10-1.
Rasmus slugged a shot in the first inning while Yadier Molina and Joe Thurston each added two RBI.
Derek Lee and Jake Fox each struck two-run homers as the Chicago Cubs defeated the Milwaukee Brewers 8-2.
Lee's home run came in the bottom of the first inning while Fox added a homer in the fifth while Mike Fontenot, Kosuke Fukudome and Geovany Soto each drive in runs for the Cubs.
Scott Olsen allowed three runs and eight hits in 8 2/3 innings as the Washington Nationals beat the Atlanta Braves 5-3.
Olsen also had two hits, including an RBI single, as the Nationals won for the second successive game.
Roy Oswalt pitched eight effective innings to guide the Houston Astros to a 7-1 victory over the San Francisco Giants.
Oswalt gave up three hits, struck out six and walked one while Miguel Tejada, Hunter Pence and Jason Michaels all hit solo home runs for the Astros.
Felipe Lopez struck a seventh-inning RBI single as the Arizona Diamondbacks secured a 4-3 win over the Colorado Rockies.
The Diamondbacks battled back from a 3-0 deficit as Mark Reynolds hit a three-run sixth inning homer.
Ricky Nolasco struck out 12 over eight innings as the Florida Marlins shutout the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-0.
Nolasco allowed three hits as the Marlins won their fourth straight home series.
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