Wednesday's National League Capsules

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Mike Pelfrey threw six effective innings, Nick Evans and David Wright homered and New York snapped a five-game losing streak with a 7-4 win over Philadelphia on Wednesday.

The Mets avoided a sweep with their sixth win in 23 games.

Pelfrey (7-10) allowed three runs and nine hits. Bobby Parnell pitched a scoreless ninth for his first save this season and second in his career. He retired Carlos Ruiz on a grounder with two runners on to end it.

Phillies starter Kyle Kendrick (7-6) gave up six runs - two earned - and seven hits in four innings filling in for Cole Hamels.

The Mets scored four unearned runs in the first with the help of a fielding error by shortstop Michael Martinez.

Pirates 2, Brewers 0

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Jason Grilli won his first game in nearly two years and four Pittsburgh pitchers combined on a five-hitter.

Aaron Thompson pitched 4 1-3 innings in his major league debut, allowing four hits while walking two and striking out one. He was on a pitch count after throwing just four innings in his previous two minor league starts.

Grilli (1-0) followed with 2 2-3 innings, then Jose Veras and Joel Hanrahan finished with one inning each. Hanrahan notched his 32nd save.

The Brewers lost for the fifth time in their last 29 games.

It was Pittsburgh's 10th shutout and the 11th time the Brewers have been blanked.

Giants 2, Padres 1

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Carlos Beltran hit his first home run since being traded to San Francisco to powering the Giants.

Beltran, who was out with a wrist injury, returned to the starting lineup and homered off Tim Stauffer (8-10) in the fourth for his 16th of the season. The solo shot was the first of his career at AT&T Park.

Tim Lincecum (12-10) struck out seven and walked five in eight innings. He gave up three hits and had the go-ahead RBI single.

Santiago Casilla pitched a perfect ninth for his first save of the season.

Beltran, acquired in a July 28 trade with the Mets, was activated from the disabled list Tuesday and popped out in his lone pinch-hit appearance.

Beltran was back to batting third in the finale of a quick two-game set against San Diego. He singled and finished 2 for 4.

Rockies 7, Astros 6, 10 innings

DENVER (AP) - Troy Tulowitzki scored from third on a wild pitch in the bottom of the 10th inning and Colorado completed a three-game sweep.

Tulowitzki reached on a one-out walk and went to third on Jonathan Herrera's single to center. After an intentional walk to Kevin Kouzmanoff, reliever Aneury Rodriguez (1-5) uncorked a wild pitch to Eliezer Alfonzo and Tulowitzki trotted home with the winning run.

Mark Ellis had four hits, and Tulowitzki and Carlos Gonzalez homered for the Rockies, who have won five straight for the first time since April 15.

Clint Barmes homered and Brian Bogusevic had three hits for Houston, which has dropped four straight.

Matt Belisle (9-4), the Rockies' fifth pitcher, got the win.

Dodgers 9, Cardinals 4

ST. LOUIS (AP) - Juan Rivera homered and drove in three runs and Los Angeles completed its first road sweep of the season.

The Cardinals were outscored 24-7 in the Dodgers' first three-game sweep in St. Louis since Aug. 20-22, 1993, and have dropped seven of nine overall.

Hiroki Kuroda (10-14) worked seven solid innings and A.J. Ellis hit his first career homer off Jaime Garcia (10-7) to give the Dodgers a two-day total of six homers. Matt Kemp had two singles and two RBIs and James Loney had three hits with two doubles and an RBI.

Eight straight Dodgers reached safely to start a six-run third that matched their season best and put them up 6-1.

Kuroda has won four of his last five starts and is 3-2 with a 2.11 ERA in six day starts. The right-hander allowed three runs and eight hits with four strikeouts and a walk.

Diamondbacks 4, Nationals 2

WASHINGTON (AP) - Arizona's Daniel Hudson fell one out short of his first career shutout.

Hudson (13-9) allowed nine hits, struck out six, walked none, had a run of 13 consecutive batters retired and threw 102 pitches. He had the Nationals blanked through 8 2-3 innings before giving up back-to-back homers to Laynce Nix and Jonny Gomes.

J.J. Putz came on to retire Wilson Ramos for his 32nd save.

The Diamondbacks got two runs in the fourth and two more in the eighth in winning their second straight in Washington.

The score the previous night was 2-0, which means the Nationals were nearly blanked in consecutive games by the Diamondbacks twice this season. Livan Hernandez (7-12) allowed four runs and seven hits with one walk and five strikeouts over 7 1-3 innings.

Marlins 6, Reds 5, 1st game

Reds 3, Marlins 2, 2nd game

MIAMI (AP) - Joey Votto homered in both games of a doubleheader, and Bronson Arroyo pitched eight scoreless innings in the nightcap, leading Cincinnati to a split.

Logan Morrison returned from his demotion to Triple-A by homering in the Marlins' 6-5 victory in the opener.

Votto went 5 for 7 with four RBIs in the two games as he extended his hitting streak to 10 games. He has 24 homers this season.

The doubleheader was scheduled to avoid potential inclement weather brought by Hurricane Irene, which was forecasted to hit South Florida on Thursday.

Francisco Cordero relieved Arroyo (8-10) in the ninth and allowed run-scoring hits by Greg Dobbs and Gaby Sanchez. He got two outs to earn his 28th save.

After the Marlins scored six runs in the first game, including three in the pivotal eighth to lift them to a win, they were held in check for most of the second game.

Florida's Chris Volstad (5-11) lost his third consecutive decision since being recalled from Triple-A. He allowed three runs in six innings.

Morrison played both games after an 11-day demotion to the minors. He homered in the first game.

Ryan Webb (2-4) struck out the only batter he faced to get the win in the first game.