MIAMI – Mike Lowell homered off former Florida closer Braden Looper in the 10th inning Saturday night, giving the Marlins a 3-2 victory over the New York Mets.

Lowell’s 14th home run of the season. tied for the major league lead.

Brewers 4, Padres 3

MILWAUKEE – Wes Obermueller, pitching for the first time since May 12, hit a three-run double to lead the Milwaukee Brewers over the San Diego Padres 4-3.

Braves 9, Phillies 3

PHILADELPHIA – J.D. Drew hit athree-run homer and John Thomson pitched seven strong innings, leading the Atlanta Braves over the Phillies 9-3.

Reds 4, Expos 1

MONTREAL – Adam Dunn homered for his first hit in a week and Jose Acevedo got his first win in over a month, leading the Cincinnati Reds to a 4-1 victory over Montreal.

Cardinals 10, Astros 3

HOUSTON – Albert Pujols homered twice to lead the St. Louis Cardinals over the Houston Astros. 10-3 .

Pirates 10, Cubs 7

PITTSBURGH – Rob Mackowiak had a career-high five RBIs to lead Pittsburgh past the struggling Cubs 10-7.

Saturday night.

Jason Kendall was 4-for-5, extending his hitting streak to 15 games. He is hitting .388 (26-for-67) over that span.

Pittsburgh had 16 hits and improved to 23-22, moving above .500 this late in a season for the first time since Aug. 15, 1999 (59-58).

Aramis Ramirez had four RBIs for Chicago, which has lost five straight for the first time since Sept. 22-27, 2002.

Mackowiak’s fourth-inning homer helped overcome a 5-1 deficit. He has three homers in two days and eight in May, including seven in his last 13 games.

Pirates starter Josh Fogg (3-4) allowed five runs and seven hits in six innings. Chicago’s Sergio Mitre (2-4) lasted only 3 2-3 innings, giving up six runs and 10 hits.

Ramirez and Derrek Lee hit two-run homers in the first, but Jack Wilson had an RBI single in the second. Todd Walker’s RBI double made it 5-1 in the fourth.

Pittsburgh went ahead with five runs in the bottom half on Wilson’s RBI single, Jack Wilson’s run-scoring double and Mackowiak’s homer.

Randall Simon’s RBI single off Michael Wuertz and Tike Redman’s sacrifice fly made it 8-5 in the sixth, and Mackowiak drove in two runs with his double.

Ramirez hit a solo homer in the eighth off John Grabow and an RBI single in the ninth against Jose Mesa. With the bases loaded, Todd Hollandsworth grounded into a game-ending double play.

Notes: The dugouts and bullpens emptied briefly in the bottom of the second. Mitre hit batters in each of the first two innings. After Bobby Hill was hit in the second, he left the batter’s box, and flipped his bat over his head, barely missing C Michael Barrett. On a force play at second base, Hill slid hard into SS Ramon Martinez and, as the players walked away from each other, Martinez said something. Hill then walked back toward him. Calm was quickly restored, however. … Fireworks night drew 37,806 in Pittsburgh’s second home sellout this season, the first since opening day.

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Pujols has five homers in his last seven games, raising his season total to 14, which tied Arizona’s Steve Finley and Colorado’s Jeromy Burnitz and Vinny Castilla for the major league lead.

Cody McKay went 4-for-5 for the Cardinals, who had 16 hits, and Roger Cedeno hit his first home run since last Sept. 16 for the New York Mets against the Chicago Cubs. St. Louis tied the Astros for second in the NL Central at 26-22.

Woody Williams (2-5) gave up three runs and eight hits in six innings.

Houston led 3-2 in the fifth when Pujols’ second homer tied the score. Scott Rolen’s triple chased Miller, who allowed four runs and seven hits in four-plus innings, and Edgar Renteria’s RBI grounder off Mike Gallo put the Cardinals ahead 4-3.

St. Louis added five runs in the eighth, when a controversial single by Ray Lankford led to the ejection of Houston manager Jimy Williams.

After McKay’s RBI single, Lankford hit a high popup down the right-field line that second baseman Jeff Kent misjudged and allowed to drop for a single. The ball appeared to change course, and Kent and Williams appeared to argue that it hit a beam of the roof.

Kent overthrew third on the play for an error that allowed John Mabry to score from second for a 6-3 lead, and when third baseman Jose Vizcaino’s throw home hit Mabry in the back, the runners advanced to second and third on the second error.

Cedeno followed a three-run homer. Lankford had an RBI single in the ninth off Brandon Duckworth.

After Pujols’ first homer, Kent’s RBI single tied the score in the bottom half, and Craig Biggio put Houston ahead with an RBI double in the second. Pujols hit a tying single in the third, but Miller’s run-scoring single put Houston back ahead in the fourth.

Notes: Kent extended hit career best hitting streak to 14 games.

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the season and first hit since May 22, when he went 2-for-2 in an 8-7 win over Houston.

Cincinnati, the surprise NL Central leaders, have won nine of 11 and are tied with Florida for the league’s best record at 29-20.

Acevedo (3-3) scattered five hits – including Endy Chavez’s solo homer in the sixth – in seven innings for his first win in seven starts since Apr. 20.

Danny Graves pitched the ninth for his second straight save and major league-leading 23rd in 27 opportunities.

Montreal has lost three in a row, and eight of nine. The Expos fell to a NL-worst 15-33.

Reds right fielder Austin Kearns missed the game because of an open sore on his right thumb.

Day, who walked six in seven innings, held Cincinnati to one hit – Ryan Freel’s leadoff single in the first – through the first six innings.

The Expos walked a season-high eight batters. Sun-woo Kim walked two while getting just one out in relief of Day.

Freel opened the scoring in the sixth as the Reds manufactured a run without a hit. Freel walked to lead off the inning and stole second, his eighth steal of the season. He advanced to third on Barry Larkin’s grounder to second and scored on Sean Casey’s RBI grounder.

Chavez hit his third homer of the season with one out in the bottom half to tie it at 1.

Dunn’s homer restored Cincinnati’s one-run lead and the Reds made it 3-1 later in the inning when Jacob Cruz scored on Day’s wild pitch past catcher Brian Schneider on an 0-2 pitch to Freel with two outs and runners on second and third.

Day, 1-5 in his last six starts, allowed three runs and three hits. He struck out five.

D’Angelo Jimenez hit an RBI double off Kim in the eighth to drive in the Reds’ fourth run.

Montreal’s Nick Johnson singled in the fifth for his first NL hit. Johnson, who popped out in the second after going 0-for-3 in his Expos debut Friday, doubled in the seventh.

Notes: Kearns will be rested Sunday and reevaluated Monday in Florida. … Reds center fielder Ken Griffey Jr. made an over-the-shoulder catch just short of the warning track on Brad Wilkerson’s fly just before Chavez’s homer. … The Expos did not make an error for the 32nd time in 48 games. Montreal has committed a major league-low 18 errors.

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said.

Thomson (4-2) gave up three runs – one earned – and eight hits to win his second straight start. Thomson pitched seven shutout innings Monday in a 5-0 victory over Montreal.

“I felt good. I had good stuff,” Thomson said.

Andruw Jones’ two-out RBI double off the left-field wall gave the Braves a 4-3 lead in the fifth. Padilla retired the first two batters, then walked Drew and hit Johnny Estrada with a pitch.

Jones doubled, and second baseman Chase Utley saved two more runs with a leaping, backhanded catch on a looper by Mike Hessman to end the inning.

But Furcal’s two-run triple off Roberto Hernandez increased the Braves’ margin in the eighth.

“We got big hits and good pitching,” Braves manager Bobby Cox said.

Wise, subbing for injured left fielder Chipper Jones, had his first three-hit game in the major leagues.

A throwing error by Furcal at shortstop helped the Phillies tie it in the fourth. David Bell led off with a double and scored when Furcal threw away Doug Glanville’s grounder. Jimmy Rollins followed with an RBI double.

Drew’s two-run shot followed Wise’s RBI single, giving the Braves a 3-0 lead in the third.

Padilla’s injury is the latest setback for the Phillies, already without closer Billy Wagner and second baseman Placido Polanco.

“Somebody is going to have to step up,” Hernandez said. “Collectively, we’re going to have to pick each other up.”

Padilla had won his previous four starts, going at least six innings in each outing.

Notes: The crowd of 44,057 was the Phillies’ 10th sellout in 23 games. … Chipper Jones was out of the lineup with a quadriceps injury after getting hit with a pitch Friday night. … Thome was back in the lineup after missing a game because he had a cortisone shot in his right index finger. … Utley made his third error in four games in the first inning, misplaying a grounder. He went 0-for-4, ending an 11-game hitting streak. … Braves 3B Mark DeRosa extended his hitting streak to eight games with a single in the eighth. … Phillies RF Bobby Abreu stole his ninth base in nine tries in the first inning.

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Lyle Overbay and Junior Spivey hit back-to-back singles and Keith Ginter followed with a grounder to second that could have been an inning-ending double play. But Mark Loretta flipped the ball past shortstop Khalil Greene for an error, loading the bases.

Gary Bennett flied out to center, and Obermueller lined a double just over the outstretched glove of third baseman Sean Burroughs.

Phil Nevin’s single scored Brian Giles in the fourth, and Burroughs hit a run-scoring single off Matt Kinney as San Diego closed to 3-2.

But Keith Ginter doubled off Jay Witasick in the seventh, took third on a groundout by Gary Bennett and scored on a wild pitch.

In the eighth, Brian Giles was thrown out at the plate by shortstop Craig Counsell when he tried to score from second on Nevin’s infield single. Terrence Long’s double to center scored Nevin, but Long was thrown out at third base by Counsell, who took the relay from Scott Podsednik.

Notes: Milwaukee had scored three runs or fewer in its previous seven games. … Grieve had inning-ending strikeouts in his first three at-bats. … San Diego is 6-2 on Saturdays. … The Padres conclude their season-long, 12-game trip Sunday.

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the fifth, sixth and seventh innings against Pavano, who repeatedly battled his way out of trouble.

Danny Garcia struck out with runners on first and second, ending the fifth. Vance Wilson grounded into a 6-4-3 double play with the bases loaded and one out in the sixth, and Garcia grounded out to shortstop in the seventh, wasting Kaz Matsui’s two-out triple.

Seo, who had a 5.65 ERA over his previous three starts, overcame a shaky first inning. He allowed two runs, five hits and five walks in six innings.

Seo walked Florida’s first three hitters in the opening inning, yet the Marlins managed to push across only one run. Lenny Harris, who batted fourth because Cabrera was held out of the starting lineup, grounded into a double play and Jeff Conine hit an inning-ending flyout.

The Mets tied it in the second on Wigginton’s fifth homer, and took a 2-1 lead in the fourth after a great hustle play by right fielder Karim Garcia.

Danny Garcia led off with a single, stole second and went to third on Shane Spencer’s groundout. With two out, Karim Garcia hit a grounder to the right of first base and beat Hee Seop Choi’s throw to Pavano covering the bag – allowing Danny Garcia to score.

Another leadoff walk issued by Seo, this time to Conine, helped the Marlins tie the game in the fourth. Conine scored three batters later on a hard single to left by Gonzalez.

Notes: Seo has walked 19 and struck out 15 in 41 2-3 innings. … Harris hadn’t started a game batting fourth since May 1999 and he may not get the chance again soon. He stranded runners in scoring position in each of three at-bats. … Cabrera got the day off because of tightness in his left leg. He’s expected to return to the lineup Sunday. … Piazza’s hitting streak, which was the longest by a Met this season, ended at 13 games. … Mets CF Mike Cameron, who entered the game third in the NL with 51 strikeouts, fanned twice more. He did single in the ninth, raising his average to .197. … The Marlins had a runner in every inning against Seo, but LHP John Franco set them down in order in the seventh. … The Mets turned four double plays, three of them 4-6-3.

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