CINCINNATI – Adam Dunn hit a tiebreaking three-run homer in the eighth inning, and the Cincinnati Reds cooled off the St. Louis Cardinals with a 7-5 win Saturday.

St. Louis, which had overcome a 4-0 deficit to tie the game, had won 10 of its previous 11 games.

Barry Larkin and Wily Mo Pena also homered for the Reds, just 2-7 against St. Louis this season.

Todd Jones (8-2) allowed one run and three hits in 1 1-3 innings, and Danny Graves pitched the ninth for his major league-leading 34th save.

After Albert Pujols tied the score 4-all in the top of the eighth against Jones with his 24th homer, Julian Tavarez (2-3) couldn’t hold the lead in the bottom half. Ryan Freel was hit by a pitch, Steve Kline walked Larkin and Dunn followed with his 26th homer.

Pujols had an RBI single off Graves in the ninth.

Cubs 5, Brewers 0

CHICAGO – Greg Maddux must like July 17.

Maddux pitched a six-hitter for his first complete game in exactly one year and his first shutout in precisely three years, earning his 297th win and leading the Chicago Cubs over the Milwaukee Brewers 5-0 Saturday.

Sammy Sosa hit his 556th homer and Moises Alou also homered for the Cubs.

Maddux (8-7) got his 35th shutout, his first since a six-hitter against Tampa Bay on July 17, 2001. The 38-year-old right-hander pitched his 104th complete game, his first since an eight-hitter against the New York Mets last year – also on July 17. Maddux retired eight of his first nine batters and struck out the side in the eighth.

Braves 6, Expos 2

ATLANTA – Marcus Giles hit a tiebreaking, two-run homer in the seventh inning and Russ Ortiz continued his domination of the Expos, helping the Atlanta Braves beat Montreal 6-2 Saturday night.

J.D. Drew and Adam LaRoche had solo shots for the Braves, who won for the 14th time in 18 games and stayed one game behind Philadelphia in the NL East. The Phillies beat the New York Mets 8-2 earlier Saturday.

Ortiz (11-6) won his fifth straight start and improved to 4-0 this season against the Expos. He allowed only one hit – an RBI single by Carl Everett in the first – and pitched around five walks in 7 2-3 innings. Ortiz was charged with two runs, increasing his ERA against Montreal from 1.17 to 1.48.

Pirates 4, Marlins 2

PITTSBURGH – Tike Redman’s tying single sparked Pittsburgh’s three-run rally in the eighth inning against two All-Star pitchers, and the Pirates extended their longest home winning streak in 26 years by beating the Florida Marlins 4-2 Saturday night.

The Pirates are only 20-22 at home but have won nine straight there – their longest home winning streak since they made a frantic but futile run at the NL East title in 1978 by winning 24 in a row from mid-August until late September.

Padres 7, Astros 4

HOUSTON – Phil Garner still is looking for his first win as manager of the Houston Astros.

Mark Loretta hit a two-run homer to spark a five-run fifth inning and David Wells won his third straight decision, leading the San Diego Padres over the reeling Astros 7-4 Saturday.

Garner replaced Jimy Williams on Wednesday, the day after Houston hosted the All-Star game, and has lost his first two games with Houston. The Astros (44-46) have dropped four straight and eight of 10, falling two games below .500 for the first time since they were 0-2 on April 6. They remained a season-high 12 games behind NL Central-leading St. Louis.

Phillies 8, Mets 2

NEW YORK – Jim Thome hit his major league-leading 30th homer and fell a triple short of the cycle, and Jimmy Rollins drove in two runs with a double in a three-run third inning to help the Philadelphia Phillies beat the New York Mets 8-2 Saturday.

Reliever Rheal Cormier pitched out of a bases-loaded jam in the sixth for the first-place Phillies, who have won two in a row after losing the series opener.

Randy Wolf (4-5) allowed one run and six hits in 5 1-3 innings to win for just the second time in 10 starts.

The Mets dropped back to .500 at 45-45, three games behind Philadelphia in the NL East.

Tom Glavine (7-8) allowed four runs – two earned – in 6 1-3 innings and has lost five straight starts for the first time in his career. He’s winless in his last six since beating Kansas City on June 13.

Trailing 4-1 in the sixth, New York blew a prime opportunity after it loaded the bases with one out against Wolf.