MONTREAL – Ken Griffey hit his 493rd homer, Sean Casey had four hits and three RBIs and the Cincinnati Reds held on for a 7-6 win over the Montreal Expos on Friday night.

Griffey hit a two-run shot off Claudio Vargas (4-2) following Casey’s RBI double in the fifth to tie Yankees first baseman Lou Gehrig for 20th on the all-time home run list.

Marlins 2, Mets 1

MIAMI – Dontrelle Willis allowed four hits and one run in seven innings, winning for only the second time in his last six starts and lifting the Florida Marlins over the New York Mets 2-1 on Friday night.

Luis Castillo had three hits, scored a run and drove in another for the Marlins, who beat the Mets for the ninth time in their last 11 meetings dating to last season.

Padres 5, Brewers 3

MILWAUKEE – Mark Loretta hit a go-ahead RBI single in the seventh inning, Brian Lawrence tied a career high with 10 strikeouts in seven solid innings and the San Diego Padres beat the Milwaukee Brewers 5-3 Friday night.

Pinch-hitter Sean Burroughs hit his first homer of the season, and Jay Payton drove in two runs for the Padres.

Pirates 9, Cubs 5

PITTSBURGH – Rob Mackowiak hit his first career grand slam with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, leading the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 9-5 victory over the Chicago Cubs.

Mackowiak hit a 2-1 pitch from closer Joe Borowski to right-center field for his ninth homer.

Phillies 3, Braves 2

PHILADELPHIA – Tomas Perez tied it with an RBI double in the eighth inning and won it with a homer in the 10th to lead the Philadelphia Phillies over the short-handed Atlanta Braves 3-2 on Friday night.

Perez, starting in place of injured slugger Jim Thome, slammed a 2-1 fastball off Antonio Alfonseca (5-1) into the seats in right-center for his fourth homer of the season.

Cardinals 2, Astros 1

HOUSTON – Ray Lankford scored on Octavio Dotel’s balk in the 10th inning and the St. Louis Cardinals thwarted the Houston Astros’ late rally with a 2-1 win Friday night.

Roger Clemens went seven innings, allowing six hits and a fourth-inning homer to Scott Rolen with six strikeouts.

Rolen’s shot looked like that might be the only run scored as both pitchers and defenses clamped down in the final innings.

But with one out in the ninth, Isringhausen allowed a leadoff single to Jeff Kent, and Berkman doubled to right to tie it. Berkman went to third on the throw as Kent crossed home plate, but Mike Lamb struck out swinging, and Morgan Ensberg flied out to end the Astros’ scoring threat.

Clemens remained stuck at 317 career wins, one behind Phil Niekro for 14th place in career victories after recording two no-decisions in his past two starts.

St. Louis had other opportunities to put the game out of reach – the Cardinals left 10 men on base – but Clemens and Brad Lidge kept the Astros in it until the end.

Clemens worked his way out of a jam in the sixth with no outs and Jim Edmonds on third base. Edgar Renteria followed up with ground out, John Mabry lined a shot right into Kent’s glove and Mike Matheny whiffed at Clemens’ 91 mph changeup to end the inning.

Clemens finished with a season-high 123 pitches, 79 for strikes.

Notes: Astros shortstop Adam Everett made a tremendous diving grab of Pujols’ hit in the third, popped up quickly and narrowly threw out Pujols at first base for the final out of the inning. … The Astros had their seventh sellout of the season, one more than they had the entire 2003 season. Clemens has been on the mound for four of them. … Kent extended his hitting streak to 13 games, tying a career high.

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