Philadelphia – Randy Johnson returned from tendinitis to toss one-hit ball over six innings, and Eric Byrnes homered twice to lead the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 4-3 win over the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday night.
Johnson (3-2) missed his last start with tendinitis in his forearm, though it was tough to tell anything was ever bothering him. He allowed only Pat Burrell’s second-inning single, walked none and mixed a sharp slider and his 90-plus fastball to strike out six.
The Phillies rallied off Arizona’s bullpen in the ninth. Brandon Lyon hit a batter and Shane Victorino reached when a grounder went through second baseman Orlando Hudson’s legs for an error. Jimmy Rollins’ two-RBI triple – the Phillies’ first hit since the second – made it 4-2. Arizona brought in closer Jose Valverde to stop the rally, but Burrell singled home Rollins with one out to make it 4-3 and Ryan Howard pinch-hit for Wes Helms.
After pinch-runner Michael Bourn stole second, Howard hit a line drive to Hudson stationed in short right field and Bourn was easily doubled off to give Valverde his 19th save.
GIANTS 3, METS 0 at New York: Barry Zito (5-5) outpitched Tom Glavine (5-3) over seven sharp innings and San Francisco stopped a four-game skid.
Pedro Feliz drove in three runs and Rich Aurilia tied a career high with four hits for the Giants.
BRAVES 9, BREWERS 3 at Milwaukee: One inning after a run scored when he failed to block a pitch, Atlanta catcher Brian McCann hit a go-ahead, three-run double in a seven-run eighth, and the Braves sent Milwaukee to its seventh loss in eight games.
PADRES 9, PIRATES 0 at Pittsburgh: Chris Young (6-3) allowed four hits and struck out seven over seven innings and Khalil Greene’s grand slam in the eighth inning gave San Diego a 7-0 lead.
DODGERS 5, NATIONALS 0 at Washington: Derek Lowe (5-5) pitched seven scoreless innings, reached base three times and scored once as Los Angeles shut out Washington for the second straight game.
MARLINS 9, CUBS 0 at Chicago: Dan Uggla homered twice, and Miguel Cabrera and Josh Willingham also went deep to lead Florida, which lost starter Sergio Mitre to a hamstring injury.
REDS 4, ASTROS 3 at Houston: Aaron Harang (6-2) pitched a six-hitter, and Cincinnati sent Houston to its 10th consecutive loss.
