The Los Angeles Dodgers used a seven-run fourth inning and an eight-run seventh to produced a thumping 16-6 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Monday night. James Loney, Russell Martin, Juan Castro and Matt Kemp had three hits each and Juan Pierre had a bases-loaded triple for the Dodgers, who matched their season high with 19 hits. Elsewhere, Chase Headley hit a two-run homer in the 10th inning as the San Diego Padres rallied from a six-run deficit to win their 10th straight game, a 9-7 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks.
The Padres trailed 7-1 entering the eighth inning, but scored five in the eighth, one in the ninth and two in the 10th. Bill Hall ended his one-for-28 slump with a two-out RBI single in the 10th inning to lift the Milwaukee Brewers to a 1-0 victory over the St Louis Cardinals. Cardinals ace Chris Carpenter took a perfect game into the seventh inning, and the Brewers' Yovani Gallardo carried a no-hitter into the sixth before each finished allowing just two hits over eight innings.
Jonny Gomes had three RBIs as the Cincinnati Reds were gifted eight unearned runs in an 8-5 win over the Houston Astros, and last-minute line-up addition Travis Ishikawa had a three-run homer among his career-high four hits as the San Francisco Giants saw off the Atlanta Braves 8-2. Wes Helms homered and drove in four runs for as the Florida Marlins beat the Philadelphia Phillies 5-3, and the New York Mets needed a video review before Gary Sheffield's tie-breaking three-run homer in the sixth inning was upheld to help them to a 5-2 win over the Washington Nationals.
And finally the Pittsburgh Pirates used a three-run sixth inning to edge the Chicago Cubs 10-8. Freddy Sanchez scored four runs. * PA Sport
