CHICAGO (AP) Lance Berkman homered and Carlos Hernandez (1-1) earned his first major league win in almost two years, leading Houston over Chicago in the final meeting of their testy season series.

Houstons Carlos Beltran left with a bruised knee after he was hit by a pitch in the eighth. Berkman was plunked in the helmet later in the inning, and the benches emptied for the second time in the four-game series when new Astros reliever Dan Wheeler hit Derrek Lee in the back with a pitch in the ninth. Wheeler and Houston manager Phil Garner were ejected.

Jeff Bagwell capped a big series with three hits for the Astros, who took three of four from Chicago and are just four games back in the NL wild-card race.

The Cubs dropped into a tie with San Diego for the wild-card lead and lost starter Matt Clement (9-12) to a strained neck and upper back.

Phillies 10, Brewers 0

PHILADELPHIA Cory Lidle homered and threw a four-hitter for his second shutout of the season, Marlon Byrd hit a grand slam and had five RBIs, and the Phillies extended Milwaukees losing streak to 11.

Lidle (8-12) was terrific in his first win with the Phillies, striking out a season-high nine, walking one and not allowing a runner past second base in his fourth career shutout. The right-hander was 0-2 with a no-decision since he was acquired from Cincinnati on Aug. 9.

Wes Obermueller (4-7) gave up 10 hits and four runs in five innings.

Dodgers 10, Mets 2

NEW YORK Robin Ventura hit his 17th grand slam, tying Jimmie Foxx and Ted Williams for fourth place on the career list, and the Dodgers went on to an easy victory.

Los Angeles, which maintained its five-game lead in the NL West, scored three unearned runs in the fourth inning to take a 4-1 lead against the leagues worst-fielding team. Ventura, making only his 19th start of the season, broke the game open in the fifth against Kris Benson (10-11).

Kazuhisa Ishii (13-6) won his second straight start.

Padres 11, Expos 3

MONTREAL David Wells won his seventh consecutive road decision and helped himself with an RBI single for San Diego.

Wells (9-7) allowed eight hits and three runs in seven innings, improving to 3-0 in his last four starts overall. His two-out single in the fourth scored Klesko and put San Diego up 4-0.

Sun-Woo Kim (3-5) fell to 0-5 in 10 starts since winning his first two starts.

Reds 6, Diamondbacks 2

CINCINNATI Edgar Gonzalez held Cincinnati hitless through six innings, but Adam Dunns 39th homer helped the Reds rally past Arizona.

Ryan Freel drove in the go-ahead run with an eighth-inning single off Mike Fetters (0-1) and the Reds avoided a three-game sweep.

Scott Hairston tied the game at 2 with his 12th homer in the eighth off Todd Van Poppel (4-5), who ended up with the win.

Cardinals 4, Pirates 0

PITTSBURGH (AP) Albert Pujols hit his 40th home run and reached 100 RBIs for the fourth consecutive season, and the St. Louis Cardinals completed a three-game sweep of the Pittsburgh Pirates with a 4-0 victory Sunday.

Jason Marquis (13-4) held the Pirates to four hits in 7 1-3 shutout innings to win his 10th straight decision.

Oliver Perez (9-7) gave up three runs on five hits in six innings.

Marlins 8, Rockies 4

MIAMI A.J. Burnett struck out a team-record 14 in eight impressive innings, Miguel Cabrera homered during Floridas five-run second inning and the Marlins completed a three-game sweep.

Mike Lowell also homered for the Marlins, who moved within four games of the Chicago Cubs and San Diego Padres in the NL wild-card race. Burnett (5-6) allowed one run and five hits to improve to 5-0 at home.