CHICAGO – Jason Jennings hit a game-tying homer off Greg Maddux and Colorado’s starting pitcher ended a personal three-game losing streak Saturday in the Rockies’ 4-3 win over the Chicago Cubs.

Braves 5, Astros 4

ATLANTA – Andruw Jones hit a 10th-inning homer to give the Atlanta Braves a 5-4 victory over the Houston Astros.

The Braves rallied in both the eighth and ninth, then won it when Jones hit a two-out, opposite-field homer off Ricky Stone (1-1) that barely cleared the right-field wall.

Reds 5, Giants 3

CINCINNATI – Ken Griffey Jr. homered twice, and Barry Larkin added a tiebreaking two-run shot, powering the Cincinnati Reds to a 5-3 victory over the struggling San Francisco Giants.

Brewers 6, Mets 4

NEW YORK – Lyle Overbay homered and drove in four runs, and four Milwaukee pitchers combined to pitch a two-hitter as the Brewers defeated the New York Mets 6-4.

Expos 2, Cardinals 0

MONTREAL – Tomo Ohka and Rocky Biddle combined on a three-hitter, and Jose Vidro homered and drove in two runs in leading Montreal Expos over St. Louis 2-0.

Dodgers 4, Pirates 3

PITTSBURGH – Alex Cora hit a tiebreaking double in the ninth inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers sent the Pittsburgh Pirates to their season-high fifth straight loss.

Padres 6, Marlins 3

MIAMI -Sean Burroughs hit a go-ahead single in the 10th inning to lead the San Diego Padres over the Florida Marlins 6-3.

With the score 3-all, Miguel Ojeda opened the 10th with a broken-bat single to left, and Franklyn Gracesqui (0-1) hit Khalil Greene was hit by a pitch. Kerry Robinson’s bunt single loaded the bases, and Burroughs singled for a 4-3 lead.

Mark Loretta followed with another RBI single, and another run scored when left fielder Jeff Conine bobbled the ball.

Akinori Otsuka (3-1) pitched one scoreless inning, and Trevor Hoffman threw a perfect 10th for his ninth save in 10 chances.

San Diego, which had 17 hits, won for the ninth time in 12 games. Florida, which had won eight of its previous nine games against the Padres, dropped to 1-4 in extra innings this season.

The Padres’ Jay Payton reached base five times, going 3-for-4 with two doubles, two walks and a single. Sean Burroughs also had three hits.

Padres starter Ismael Valdez allowed three runs and five hits in five-plus innings, while Florida’s Darren Oliver gave up three runs and nine hits in five innings.

San Diego went ahead in the second when, with runners at the corners at no outs, Ojeda lined a ball to center that appeared to be caught by an onrushing Juan Pierre. Umpires ruled it a trap and Ojeda got an RBI single, but he was called out for passing teammate Terrence Long after rounding first.

Conine’s RBI double tied the score in the bottom half, but Greene put San Diego back ahead in the fourth with a bases-loaded infield single.

Miguel Cabrera, who went 3-for-3, hit his 10th homer in the bottom half, a solo shot that tied the score 2-all and matched Barry Bonds, Jim Thome and Adam Dunn for the NL lead.

Phil Nevin, in a 3-for-30 slide before his fourth-inning single, hit a two-out, RBI double in the fifth that gave San Diego a 3-2 lead.

Luis Castillo hit an RBI grounder in the bottom half following a double by pinch-hitter Lenny Harris, who had been in an 0-for-9 slump.

San Diego loaded the bases with two outs in the sixth, but Matt Perisho struck out Brian Giles.

After loading the bases with a walk to Conine in the bottom half, Antonio Osuna stuck out the side, getting Ramon Castro looking, and Alex Gonzalez and pinch-hitter Damion Easley swinging.

Notes: Marlins RHP A.J. Burnett, returning from elbow ligament replacement surgery, threw 41 pitches while facing batters before the game. Burnett, scheduled to pitch 45-50 pitches over three simulated innings Wednesday, could make his first rehab start as early as May 18. … Former major leaguer Jim Leyritz, who played for San Diego in 1998-99, visited Bruce Bochy in the manager’s office before the game. … Florida’s Alex Gonzalez went 0-for-4 and is 8-for-91 (.088) in his last 24 games against San Diego. … Mike Lowell’s two-out double in the seventh moved him ahead of Cliff Floyd for the team career doubles lead at 168. … San Diego left 14 batters stranded.

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a perfect eighth as Los Angeles won for the fourth time in five games. Eric Gagne extended his record for consecutive save chances converted to 73 with his 10th this season.

Jack Wilson’s solo homer on Hideo Nomo’s first pitch of the sixth inning tied the game 3-3. Nomo allowed seven hits in six innings.

Los Angeles took a 3-0 lead in the first inning off Ryan Vogelsong when Shawn Green hit a three-run homer following singles by Paul Lo Duca and Milton Bradley. It was Lo Duca’s seventh this season.

Vogelsong, who has allowed 10 first-inning runs in six starts this season, gave up only two hits in the next six innings and retired his final 10 batters.

Tike Redman, dropped from the leadoff spot to eighth in manager Lloyd McClendon’s lineup, hit his first home run of the season in the third inning. The solo shot by Redman, who entered the game in a 6-for-48 slump, stopped a 20-inning scoreless streak at home for the Pirates.

Vogelsong drove in the first run of his major league career with a sacrifice fly in the fifth. His one-out bloop behind first base was caught in foul territory by a diving Cora, but Lo Duca lost the ball trying to tag Chris Stynes, who had doubled.

Notes: Pirates 1B Randall Simon, on the 15-day disabled list since April 25 with a strained left hamstring, began a rehab assignment with Triple-A Nashville in Saturday night … Former Dodgers pitcher Fernando Valenzuela will be honored Tuesday by Los Angeles City Council for his community work … Jackie Robinson’s daughter, Sharon Robinson, and Branch Rickey’s grandson, Branch Rickey III, will be commencement speakers Sunday at Ohio Wesleyan. Their appearance will mark the 100th anniversary of the elder Rickey’s graduation. … The Pirates are 2-11 against Los Angeles at home since PNC Park opened in 2001 … Jason Kendall’s first-inning single stopped an 0-for-16 streak.

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Jason Marquis (1-3) in the third to give Montreal a 1-0 lead.

Montreal’s second baseman added his fourth homer in the fifth, a drive just over the wall in the left-field corner on a 3-2 pitch to make it 2-0.

The Expos have won five of six after losing 20 of its first 25 games. Despite the win, Montreal is still off to a franchise-worst 10-21 start, matching the 1999 team.

St. Louis fell to 9-5 on the road, including 2-3 on its current trip.

Rookie Terrmel Sledge went 2-for-3 to extend his hitting streak to 10 games. He’s hitting .533 (16-for-30) during the streak, and has raised his average to .266 since beginning the season – and his career – with one hit in his first 34 at-bats (.030).

Marquis, who hasn’t won in four starts since April 17, allowed seven hits and two runs in seven innings to drop his second straight decision.

Notes: Cardinals SS Edgar Renteria didn’t play Saturday. He left Friday’s 4-2 loss in the sixth inning because of back spasms, and is day to day. … Livan Hernandez pitched the Expos’ first complete game of the season in a 3-1 win over Colorado on Thursday. … Former Expos OF Warren Cromartie was given a warm ovation from the crowd of 5,611 when he was shown on the video scoreboard. The Expos are giving away 5,000 Cromartie bobblehead dolls – featuring his familiar gap-toothed smile – as a promotion for Sunday’s game.

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the bases with no outs. Jenkins scored on an RBI single by Ben Grieve, but Yates escaped further damage by striking out Gary Bennett and Hernandez, and getting Scott Podsednik to ground out.

The Brewers made it 2-0 in the third when Keith Ginter singled, moved up on an infield out and scored on Overbay’s single.

The Mets scored in the fourth without benefit of a hit.

Mike Piazza opened with a walk and was forced by Karim Garcia. After Eric Valent flied out, Mike Cameron walked. Then, Ty Wigginton hit a ball off third baseman Wes Helms’ glove for an error, scoring Garcia. With runners at second and third, Vance Wilson struck out, ending the inning.

Yates gave that back – and more – in the fifth. Craig Counsell opened with a walk. One out later, Jenkins singled and then Overbay followed with a three-run homer, his second homer in as many games in New York.

In the fifth, the Mets loaded the bases on three more walks to finish Hernandez, who left without giving up a hit. Kinney surrendered an RBI single to Garcia, the first Mets hit, and then forced in a run with a bases-loaded walk to Valent. But he left the bases loaded by striking out Cameron and Wigginton to end the inning.

The Brewers added a run in the eighth when pinch-hitter Brady Clark singled, stole second and scored on Podsednik’s two-out single.

Valent doubled in the eighth for the Mets’ second hit, and scored on Wigginton’s sacrifice fly.

Notes: Cameron returned to the lineup after missing two games with a jammed right pinkie. … Mets OF Shane Spencer remained sidelined by back spasms, missing his second straight game. … Plate umpire Kerwin Danley called out Kaz Matsui for running out of the baseline in the first inning on his tapper in front of the plate. … Jenkins went to the left-field wall to take extra-base hits away from Wigginton in the second, Yates in the third, Wilson in the sixth and Cameron in the eighth. … Podsednik stole his 18th consecutive base dating to last season, including 17 straight this season, breaking Hall of Famer Robin Yount’s club record.

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helping the Giants pull away to a 6-1 win, their only victory in the last five games.

The Giants have scored a total of seven runs in their last four losses.

Dustin Hermanson (1-2), who hadn’t pitched since April 21 because of a strained lower back, allowed four runs and six hits in five innings.

Hermanson, who grew up in southwest Ohio, fell to 3-10 career against his boyhood team. His hitting figured into this loss – he stranded two runners in each of his two at-bats, ending the innings with a strikeout and a flyout.

The ball carried well on a breezy, 80-degree afternoon. The teams combined for six homers, a triple, four doubles and three flyouts to the warning track.

Hammonds started it with his second homer in the first inning. Griffey matched him with a first-pitch homer deep into the right-field stands in the second.

Griffey also flied out to the warning track in his next at-bat, preserving his unusual career statistics against Hermanson. He has only three hits off the right-hander in 19 at-bats, but all three have been homers.

His other homer came in the eighth off left-hander Scott Eyre for the 49th multihomer game of his career.

Griffey sat out the first two games of the homestand with a tight hamstring. Manager Dave Miley dropped him to fifth in the batting order when he returned – his lowest spot since 1990 – and the outfielder has gone 5-for-12 with two homers and six RBIs.

Snow snapped an 0-for-15 slump with his first homer of the season in the third inning, but Larkin put the Reds up 4-2 with his two-run shot in the fifth off Hermanson.

Larkin, who turned 40 last month, has hit safely in his last six games, emerging from his customary slow April at the plate.

Notes: Giants INF Pedro Feliz homered after Bonds was intentionally walked Friday night. After Bonds walked in the fifth to load the bases on Saturday, Feliz grounded into a double play. … Reds pitching coach Don Gullett missed the game to attend his daughter’s graduation from the University of Kentucky. … Former Bengals QB Boomer Esiason made his first visit to the ballpark. Reds OF Ryan Freel saw him standing on the field, sheepishly approached and said, “If I get a football, would you sign it for me?” Esiason assured he would, then told reporters, “See, somebody remembers.” Esiason led the Bengals to their second Super Bowl in 1989.

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on Vinny Castilla’s RBI single to center. That was the last hit Colorado managed until Hawpe’s single.

Notes: Sosa also struck out three times, giving him 2,002 for his career and moving him into second place all-time behind Reggie Jackson (2,597). Andres Galarraga fanned 2,000 times. … Jennings also homered in his major league debut on Aug. 23, 2001. On that day, he became the first player in major league history to throw a complete-game shutout and hit a homer in his big league debut. … Sosa’s homer was the 547th of his career, putting him one behind Mike Schmidt for ninth on the all-time list. … It marked the fifth time in Jennings’ career he’d surrendered three homers in a game. He’s given up 11 this season.

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