Miami – The Arizona Diamondbacks bounced back from a drubbing with 15 hits, including a two-run homer by Chris Snyder, and beat the Florida Marlins 9-6 on Wednesday night.
The NL West leaders won for the 18th time in 23 games, erasing the sting of a 14-5 loss to Florida on Tuesday. Eric Byrnes, Mark Reynolds and Orlando Hudson had three hits each, and Doug Davis (10-10) pitched 5 1/3 innings to win his fifth decision in a row.
“It’s somebody new every night,” Snyder said. “That’s how we’re rolling. It’s anybody, any time, any night. You never know.”
BRAVES 6, GIANTS 3 at Atlanta: Tim Hudson (14-5) won his eighth in a row despite giving up Barry Bonds’ 759th homer and being called for two balks, including one that got Braves manager Bobby Cox ejected for the second consecutive night.
Bonds went deep on the first pitch of the sixth, driving it over the center-field wall beyond the reach of leaping Andruw Jones. A week after breaking Hank Aaron’s record, the new home run king extended it just across the street from where the Hammer went past Babe Ruth with No. 715.
CARDINALS 8, BREWERS 3 at Milwaukee: Albert Pujols hit his 275th career home run and new St. Louis starter Joel Piñeiro (2-1) kept Milwaukee’s bats quiet.
DODGERS 6, ASTROS 3 at Los Angeles: Russell Martin hit two home runs in a game for the first time in his big-league career – including a go-ahead, two-run shot in the sixth inning – and Brad Penny (14-3) recorded the first victory by a Los Angeles starter in 17 games.
METS 10, PIRATES 8 at Pittsburgh: Moises Alou hit a two-run homer in New York’s five- run first inning, and the Mets did all of their scoring in the first and ninth innings to beat Pittsburgh.
REDS 11, CUBS 9 at Chicago: Pinch-hitter Josh Hamilton hit a two-run, tiebreaking homer in the eighth inning as Cincinnati won for the sixth time in nine games.
NATIONALS 4, PHILLIES 2 at Washington: Tim Redding (2-3) drove in two runs and limited Philadelphia to two runs and three hits in six- plus innings.
