HOUSTON – Hitters all around the National League now wish Roger Clemens retired for good last year.

Clemens has won all three of his starts this season, and he looked as dominant as ever Sunday in pitching the Houston Astros to a 6-1 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers.

The Rocket even added the second RBI of his career, driving in Brad Ausmus with a single to right field. Clemens’ other RBI came June 20, 2002, against Colorado when he was with the New York Yankees.

Clemens (3-0) struck out seven in seven innings, giving up just one run and four hits to lead the Astros to their seventh win in eight games.

It’s hard to believe Clemens ever called it quits after last season with the Yankees.

Milwaukee’s Brady Clark ended Clemens’ scoreless streak at 17 innings, knocking in Scott Podsednik with an RBI single in the fourth. Otherwise, the day belonged to the Rocket.

Only two of his first 30 pitches were below 90 mph, and Clemens retired the Brewers in order for the first three innings.
Phillies 5, Expos 4
PHILADELPHIA – Doug Glanville homered leading off the ninth inning to lift the Philadelphia Phillies over the Montreal Expos 5-4 Sunday for a three-game sweep.

Glanville hit a 3-1 pitch off Rocky Biddle (0-1) deep over the left field wall to give the Phillies their fourth straight win in their new ballpark following a loss in the opener. Montreal (2-10) lost its seventh in a row, its longest skid in more than three years.

Billy Wagner, who saved Philadelphia’s previous three games, made his fourth straight appearance with the game tied 4-4 in the ninth. Wagner (1-0) gave up one hit and earned his first win with the Phillies.

Montreal scored more than three runs for the first time this season. The Expos had been the first team since the 1997 Phillies to fail to score more than three runs in each of their first 11 games.
Braves 3, Marlins 2
ATLANTA – Andruw Jones scored all the way from first in the 10th inning when Miguel Cabrera lost a fly ball in the sun, and the Atlanta Braves completed a sweep of the Florida Marlins with a 3-2 victory Sunday.

Jones drew a two-out walk from Matt Perisho (2-1), but the inning appeared to be over when Johnny Estrada lifted a fly ball to right field. Cabrera never saw it, however, drifting back with his glove over his eyes, then watching the ball fall in front of him for a double.

Cabrera quickly picked up the ball and threw to Luis Castillo, whose relay throw reached home ahead of the runner. Jones barely beat the tag from Mike Redmond, getting his left hand on the plate with a headfirst slide.
Reds 11, Cubs 10
CHICAGO – Sammy Sosa homered twice and passed Ernie Banks for the Chicago Cubs’ career record. But Greg Maddux lost a chance to win when his bullpen couldn’t hold the lead.

On another windy and wacky day at Wrigley Field, Adam Dunn hit two homers and Juan Castro’s two-run triple in the 10th inning sent the Cincinnati Reds to an 11-10 victory Sunday.

Maddux gave up three homers over six innings in his third start of the year. He was denied his first Cubs victory since 1992 when Dunn hit his second homer of the game – a two-run shot off Kent Mercker in the seventh that put the Reds ahead 9-8.
Pirates 8, Mets 1
NEW YORK – Craig Wilson drove in two runs with a homer and a single, and the Pittsburgh Pirates completed their first three-game sweep at Shea Stadium in a decade with an 8-1 win over the New York Mets on Sunday.

Wilson hit his fourth home run of the season in the fourth inning and drove in another run in the fifth as the Pirates broke the game open with five runs against Jae Seo (0-2).

Kris Benson (2-0) won for the second time in a week, his first victories since last May 27, allowing six hits in seven innings. Benson, coming off three straight seasons shortened by injury, did not pitch after July 18 last because of a shoulder impingement.

Benson sacrificed four times, tying a major league record achieved six times previously, just twice since 1920.
Rockies 8, Cardinals 5
ST. LOUIS – Todd Helton homered for the third straight game and Jason Jennings stopped another Colorado losing streak, helping the Rockies beat the St. Louis Cardinals 8-5 on Sunday.

With the bases loaded in the ninth inning, Albert Pujols hit a long drive that was caught at the right-field wall for the final out.

Vinny Castilla hit his fourth homer and Kit Pellow had a three-run double for the Rockies, who roughed up Woody Williams to end a three-game skid. Colorado pitchers gave up 32 runs in those three games.

Jennings (1-1) allowed five runs, four earned, in six innings with four strikeouts and a walk. He even added an RBI single in the fifth.
Padres 6, D-backs 5
SAN DIEGO – Ryan Klesko hit a three-run homer off Matt Mantei in the ninth inning Sunday, lifting the San Diego Padres over the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-5.

Mantei (0-2) relieved to start the inning with a 5-3 lead, faced four batters and didn’t get any out.

Mark Loretta led off with his third single of the game, Brian Giles walked and Phil Nevin hit an RBI single. Klesko followed with his first homer of the season.

Eddie Oropesa (2-1) won despite allowing a ninth-inning homer to Luis Gonzalez, his fourth of the season. Richie Sexson hit a three-run homer in the first inning for Arizona, and Bobby Estalella also connected.
Dodgers 7, Giants 6
SAN FRANCISCO – Even two home runs and five RBIs by Barry Bonds weren’t enough for the San Francisco Giants to beat Los Angeles.

Bonds connected twice to move within 50 homers of passing Babe Ruth for second place on the career list, but it wasn’t enough to stop the Dodgers from sweeping the three-game series with a 7-6 win Sunday.

Adrian Beltre, Juan Encarnacion and David Ross homered in a four-pitch span of the fifth inning against Brett Tomko (0-1) to lead Los Angeles to its first sweep in San Francisco since April 2000.

Jeff Weaver (1-1) allowed five runs in five-plus innings for his first win with the Dodgers, who have won five straight and nine of 12 for their best start since 1983.

Eric Gagne struck out three in the ninth for his fifth save.

of the season and record 68th straight since Aug. 28, 2002.

Bonds has homered in all five games he’s started this homestand to give him seven on the season and 665 for his career – 90 shy of Hank Aaron’s all-time record. He is 11-for-15 with six homers and 13 RBIs on the homestand, raising his average to .500 this season.

Bonds tied a career high with four hits, hitting an RBI double in the first inning and a run-scoring single in the seventh. He also had his 65th multihomer game, moving within two of Mark McGwire for second place all-time. Ruth holds the record with 72.

Last year, the Dodgers came to San Francisco in April and were swept by the Giants, who cruised to the NL West title by 151/2 games over Los Angeles. The Dodgers hope to create similar momentum with this sweep.

They withstood late homers by Bonds in the first two games to win by one run each time, then held on again Sunday. With Bonds on deck and a runner on first, Gagne fanned Marquis Grissom to end it.

Bonds’ first homer gave the Giants a 2-1 lead in the fourth. That might have been enough against the Dodgers last year. But the lowest-scoring team in the majors in 2003 has shown some pop early this season, evidenced by a six-run sixth inning.

Dave Roberts started the outburst with a one-out single and scored the tying run on Cesar Izturis’ double. With a runner on third and two outs, Giants manager Felipe Alou called for an intentional walk to Shawn Green.

The move backfired when Beltre hit an opposite-field shot that barely cleared the right-field wall for his fourth homer of the season.

Two pitches later, Encarnacion homered over Bonds’ head in left field to make it 6-2. Ross hit the next pitch into the left-field seats, prompting boos from the sellout crowd.

But Bonds and the Giants were far from done. After Grissom hit an RBI double in the sixth, Bonds followed with a shot into the seats in left-center to cut it to 7-5.

The Giants then loaded the bases with no outs, but reliever Duaner Sanchez got Neifi Perez on a shallow fly to center and pinch-hitter Pedro Feliz to hit into a double play to preserve the lead.

Bonds added an RBI single in the seventh to cut it to 7-6, but Tom Martin escaped a first-and-third, one-out jam when he got A.J. Pierzynski to hit into a double play. San Francisco hit into seven double plays the last two games.

Notes: Weaver became the 394th pitcher Bonds has homered off in his career. … The last time the Dodgers hit three consecutive homers also was against the Giants, last Sept. 21, when Robin Ventura, Beltre and Jeromy Burnitz did it. … The Giants went 13-6 against the Dodgers last season, including 8-2 at home. … Tomko allowed seven runs and 11 hits in 4 2-3 innings.

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