MIAMI – Miguel Cabrera drove in three runs and Mark Redman gave up one run in 7 1-3 innings to lead the Florida Marlins over the Arizona Diamondbacks 3-2 Monday night.

Florida has won four straight and seven of eight, closing within one game of Philadelphia, the NL wild-card leader. At 57-49, the Marlins are eight games over .500 for the first time since the end of the 1997 season (92-70).

Miguel Batista (7-6) struck out a career-high 11 in seven innings for Arizona, which lost for the eighth time in 10 games and dropped 111/2 games behind first-place San Francisco in the NL West. He allowed all three runs and seven hits.

Rookie Matt Kata was 4-for-5 for Arizona, raising his average to .305.

Reds 6, Phillies 5

CINCINNATI – Sean Casey tied the game with a home run in the eighth, and Kelly Stinnett had a bases-loaded single in the 10th for a 6-5 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies.

For most of the game, it was more of the same that got general manager Jim Bowden and manager Bob Boone – Aaron’s father – fired shortly before the game.

Boone’s error at third set up a Philadelphia rally, and Ryan Dempster – one of manager’s most outspoken critics – imploded again, allowing the Phillies to take a 5-4 lead.

Casey’s solo homer off Randy Wolf tied it, and Aaron Boone worked Terry Adams (1-4) for a leadoff walk in the 10th. Adam Dunn followed with a single, Ruben Mateo was intentionally walked, and Stinnett singled over the drawn-in infield for the Reds’ 10th game-ending hit, but their first since June 17.

Pirates 3, Cardinals 0

ST. LOUIS – Reggie Sanders hit a two-run home run and Jeff Suppan pitched his third complete game and second shutout of the season, leading the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 3-0 win over the St. Louis Cardinals.

Suppan (10-7) won his fifth consecutive decision, allowing seven hits. He struck out five and walked one. The 10 wins matched a career high set in 2001 when Suppan pitched for the Kansas City Royals.

Brewers 4, Mets 2

NEW YORK – Scott Podsednik’s tiebreaking two-run single in the ninth inning led the Milwaukee Brewers to a 4-2 victory over the New York Mets.

Richie Sexson homered and drove in two runs for the Brewers, who snapped a three-game losing streak. Milwaukee won at Shea Stadium for the third straight game – its longest winning streak there in franchise history.

With the game tied 2-2, Eddie Perez drew a one-out walk from David Weathers (1-5) and Royce Clayton bunted for a single to put runners on first and second. Pinch-hitter Keith Ginter followed with a grounder to shortstop that Jose Reyes fielded and flipped to second baseman Joe McEwing for the forceout. But McEwing then dropped the ball and couldn’t make a throw to first for a double play.

Weathers walked Eric Young to load the bases, and John Franco came in and gave up Podsednik’s hit. Ginter was thrown out going from first to third on the hit, but the damage was already done for the Mets.

Braves 10, Expos 8

MONTREAL – Marcus Giles homered twice, hitting his second career grand slam, and had a career-high six RBIs and four hits to lead the Atlanta Braves over the Montreal Expos 10-8.

Giles, who tied a major league record Sunday by hitting doubles in his first four at-bats, had Atlanta’s fifth slam this season, a drive off Javier Vazquez (8-7) that capped a five-run sixth.

Giles, who also hit an RBI single in the fourth, hit his second homer of the game in the eighth off Joey Eischen. He went 13-for-20 (.650) in the four-game series with five doubles, two homers and nine RBIs.

Vladimir Guerrero homered twice off Mike Hampton (7-5), including a 502-foot drive off the base of Olympic Stadium’s middle deck.

– one of the longest home runs since the Expos moved into the ballpark in 1977.