MILWAUKEE – Greg Maddux moved within one win of No. 300, and Sammy Sosa homered and doubled in a run in the Chicago Cubs’ 7-1 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Tuesday night.

Maddux will try to become the 22nd pitcher in major league history to win 300 games when he faces the Phillies at Wrigley Field on Sunday.

He would be the first National Leaguer to accomplish the feat since Philadelphia’s Steve Carlton on Sept. 23, 1983.

Maddux (10-7) gave up one earned run and four hits in a crisp, 79-pitch outing that lasted six innings.

He walked one and struck out six in winning his third straight for the first time in more than a year.

Russell Branyan, in his first start for Milwaukee, sent Maddux’s only mistake 480 feet for a solo homer in the sixth.

Maddux, who is 9-2 in his career against Milwaukee, got into trouble just once, when he loaded the bases in the first inning by allowing singles to Craig Counsell and Geoff Jenkins and a walk to Lyle Overbay.

But he got Brady Clark looking at strike three to end the inning.

Marlins 5, Phillies 2

MIAMI – Mike Lowell hit a tiebreaking solo homer in the eighth inning Tuesday night and the Florida Marlins set a franchise record for consecutive home victories against one opponent by beating the ailing Philadelphia Phillies 5-2.

Mets 4, Expos 2

MONTREAL – Tom Glavine got his first win since June 13, Mike Cameron hit a three-run homer and the New York Mets ended a four-game skid with a 4-2 victory over Montreal.

Cardinals 6, Reds 0

CINCINNATI – St. Louis right-hander Jason Marquis hit a two-run double and pitched seven shutout innings for his eighth straight win, 6-0 over the Cincinnati Reds.

Pirates 8, Braves 4

PITTSBURGH – Rob Mackowiak came around to score on a bizarre, bases-loaded double when Atlanta catcher Johnny Estrada made two errors in a span of seconds, and the Pittsburgh Pirates rallied with a five-run seventh inning to beat the Braves 8-4.

Astros 10, D-backs 3

HOUSTON – Adam Everett hit two of Houston’s season-high four homers and Roy Oswalt pitched seven innings of two-hit ball to lead the Astros over the Arizona Diamondbacks 10-3.

Yankees 7, Blue Jays 4

TORONTO – Jorge Posada hit a tiebreaking three-run homer in the eighth inning, Gary Sheffield connected for his 400th career home run and the New York Yankees rallied for a 7-4 victory over Toronto.

Devil Rays 6, Royals 2

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Rocco Baldelli had an RBI double and threw a runner out at the plate to help the Tampa Bay Devil Rays end their six-game losing streak with a 6-2 victory over the Kansas City Royals.

Indians 10, Tigers 6

CLEVELAND – Coco Crisp, who wasn’t in Cleveland’s original starting lineup, drove in a career-high five runs to help the Indians outlast the Detroit Tigers 10-6.

Kennedy, Laird scuffle during batting practice

ANAHEIM, Calif. -Anaheim Angels second baseman Adam Kennedy and Texas Rangers catcher Gerald Laird got into a scuffle during batting practice Tuesday, a carry-over from a dispute the night before.

Laird thought Kennedy intentionally tried to get hit by one of Ryan Drese’s pitches in the second inning of Texas’ 6-1 victory Monday night and said something to Kennedy when he came up again in the fifth.

Kennedy was standing behind the batting cage Tuesday and was approached by Laird as the Angels were concluding batting practice and the Rangers were finishing their pregame stretching. Moments later, the two players were in a bearhug that spilled over to the warning track between home plate and the first base dugout.

Soon every player from each team was involved in the skirmish, with players pushing, shoving and grabbing each other before order was restored.

It was unclear whether any punches were thrown.

Neither Kennedy nor Laird would talk to reporters before the game.

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