DENVER—Willie Randolph didn’t get the pick-me-up he needed Sunday when the New York Mets lost 4-1 to the Colorado Rockies, whose patchwork lineup included four recent call-ups.

One of them, Seth Smith, hit his first major league homer, a three-run shot off John Maine to back an impressive start by Aaron Cook (7-3). The right-hander allowed four hits, all singles, in his seventh career complete game and first since July 25.



Padres 12, Reds 9, 18 innings

SAN DIEGO—The lights were on and the sun was going down when Adrian Gonzalez hit a three-run homer with two outs in the 18th inning to give San Diego a win over Cincinnati.

It was the fourth time the Padres played at least 13 innings this season. They played a 22-innning game at home against Colorado on April 17-18, losing 2-1.



Phillies 15, Astros 6

HOUSTON—Chase Utley and Shane Victorino each had three RBIs for the Phillies, who finished with 16 hits after Houston’s Chris Sampson allowed five through five innings.



Pirates 6, Cubs 5, 11 innings

PITTSBURGH—Jason Bay beat the Cubs with an extra-inning single for the second day in the row, delivering a two-out line drive down the left field line in the 11th after Pittsburgh tied it on a dropped fly ball in the ninth.

The Cubs appeared to have the game won when Nate McLouth lofted a fly ball close to the warning track in left with two outs in the ninth and Chicago up 5-4. But Alfonso Soriano lost the ball in the sun and it glanced off his glove, scoring pinch-runner Brian Bixler to tie it.



Diamondbacks 9, Braves 3

ATLANTA—Eric Byrnes hit his first career grand slam to knock Tom Glavine out of the game and power the Diamondbacks past Atlanta.

Glavine (2-2) gave up six runs and five hits while walking six in 4 2-3 innings.



Marlins 8, Giants 6

MIAMI—Dan Uggla hit one of four homers by the Marlins, who snapped San Francisco’s three-game winning streak in the first game of a doubleheader.



Nationals 7, Brewers 6

WASHINGTON—Elijah Dukes scored on Guillermo Mota’s ninth-inning wild pitch, giving the Nationals a victory over Milwaukee.

Dukes started the decisive rally against Mota (1-3) by drawing a walk on a 3-2 pitch. Pinch-hitter Dmitri Young singled, moving Dukes to third. Mota’s first pitch to Felipe Lopez bounced short of the plate and to the right, allowing Dukes to scamper in with the winning run.



Dodgers 4, Cardinals 3, 10 innings

LOS ANGELES—Andre Ethier singled home the winning run in the 10th inning and Luis Maza hit his first big league homer, leading Los Angeles over St. Louis.

Russell Martin drove in two runs and touted prospect Clayton Kershaw pitched six effective innings for the Dodgers in his major league debut, striking out seven.