ATLANTA – Tom Glavine finally beat his buddy John Smoltz.

Backed by David Wright’s two-run homer, Glavine won for the first time in four tries this season against his longtime teammate, beating Atlanta 3-2 on Sunday as the Mets completed a three-game sweep.

New York, which dropped four straight in Philadelphia, recovered by holding the Braves to four runs in three games. The Mets extended their lead over the Phillies to four games in the NL East.

The sweep dropped the Braves 7 games behind the Mets, their largest deficit of the season. The Braves have lost nine of 12 and are only 22-26 since the All-Star break. Brian McCann’s ninth-inning double was the Braves’ first extra-base hit of the series.

Glavine (12-6) gave up five hits and one run in six innings, with three walks and two strikeouts.

Billy Wagner gave up a ninth-inning run, marking the fifth straight appearance he has allowed a run – a career-first. He rebounded for his 30th save in 34 chances.

Smoltz (12-7) was 3-0 in the rivalry before giving up nine hits and three runs in seven innings. He walked two batters and struck out four.

Dodgers 5, Padres 0

SAN DIEGO – Chad Billingsley shut down San Diego’s resurgent offense with seven brilliant innings of four-hit ball, beating the Padres for the third time this season as Los Angeles avoided a sweep.

Billingsley (10-4) matched his career-high with nine strikeouts against only one walk and allowing only one baserunner as far as second base.

Rafael Furcal had three singles and stole three bases, and Matt Kemp had three hits, an RBI and scored twice as Los Angeles pulled within four games of San Diego and Arizona in the NL West and wild-card race.

The Dodgers got the only run they needed in the sixth when Andre Ethier’s one-out single off Justin Germano scored Kemp, who hit a leadoff single and stole second. They added four more against Kevin Cameron in the seventh.

Germano (7-8) lost for the eighth time in 10 decisions after winning his first five decisions. He allowed one run and eight hits in six innings, struck out five and walked three.

Rockies 4, Diamondbacks 3

PHOENIX – Matt Holliday singled, homered and drove in two runs and Colorado beat Arizona and Brandon Webb.

Josh Fogg (8-9) pitched six solid innings for the Rockies, who won for the third time in four games to pull within five games of San Diego and Arizona.

Webb (14-10) struggled for the second straight start for the Diamondbacks, allowing four runs and five hits over seven innings. The defending Cy Young Award winner struck out seven, walked two and trailed 1-0 before retiring a batter. Webb had a streak of 42 consecutive scoreless innings snapped on Aug. 22

Tony Clark was 2-for-4 with an RBI triple for the Diamondbacks, who have lost five of its last seven and nine of 14.

Marlins 7, Phillies 6

MIAMI – Florida tied a team record with five home runs, including two by Cody Ross and a go-ahead homer by Hanley Ramirez.

The score was 5-all before Ramirez and Dan Uggla hit back-to-back homers off Kane Davis (0-1) to start the seventh.

Five Florida relievers limited the Phillies to one run in the last 5 2-3 innings. Justin Miller (5-0) threw 1 1-3 innings.

Kevin Gregg earned his 28th save in 30 chances, but he had to pitch out of two jams. He came on to retire Pat Burrell on a popup with runners on second and third in the eighth. The Phillies scored in the ninth on a two-out, RBI single by Carlos Ruiz and Chase Utley walked to load the bases before Jimmy Rollins flied out for the final out.

Cubs 6, Astros 5

CHICAGO – Derrek Lee drove in three runs, including a go-ahead two-run homer in the eighth inning, and NL East-leading Chicago rallied to beat Houston.

Trailing 5-4, Alfonso Soriano singled off Astros reliever Chad Qualls (6-4) and with two outs, Lee homered on an 0-1 pitch to left-center field to cap a four-run comeback by the Cubs.

Carlos Marmol (5-1) got one out in the eighth inning and Ryan Dempster pitched a perfect ninth inning for his 25th save for the Cubs, who remained 11/2 games ahead of the Milwaukee Brewers in the division.

Lance Berkman homered for the Astros, who lost two of three to the Cubs.

Brewers 7, Pirates 4

MILWAUKEE – Prince Fielder hit his National League-leading 40th home run of the season, Ryan Braun had three hits including a homer and Milwaukee completed a three-game sweep of Pittsburgh.

With the sweep, the struggling Brewers regained momentum in the NL Central after a recent 3-6 road trip that included a three-game sweep by lowly San Francisco and two losses in three games against division rival Chicago.

Brewers starter Jeff Suppan (9-11) won his first game since June 22 despite giving up a 4-2 lead in the fifth inning. Francisco Cordero pitched the ninth for his 39th save in 45 tries.

Milwaukee’s Bill Hall broke a 4-4 tie in the fifth inning with an RBI single off of Pirates reliever Franquelis Osoria (0-1) – another sign that Hall is beginning to emerge from a prolonged slump. Hall snapped an 0-for-14 slump with 4 RBIs in the Brewers’ victory on Saturday.

Cardinals 3, Reds 2

ST. LOUIS – Rick Ankiel homered for the second time in three days to snap a sixth-inning tie for St. Louis, capping a huge weekend series by the former pitcher.

Braden Looper allowed four hits in seven scoreless innings and Aaron Miles added an RBI double in the sixth as the Cardinals finally broke through against Bronson Arroyo. Looper (12-10) is 7-1 with an NL-best 1.74 ERA in day games and 4-9 with a 6.52 ERA at night.

The Cardinals are 15-4 in their last 19 games at home and swept the Reds in St. Louis for the first time since 2005. Ankiel went 6-for-12 in the series with two homers and nine RBIs.

Arroyo (7-14) allowed three runs and eight hits in 6 1-3 innings with seven strikeouts and two walks. Unlike Looper he struggles in day games, going 1-6 with a 5.36 ERA, while he’s 6-8 with a 4.13 ERA at night.

Nationals 2, Giants 1

WASHINGTON – Ryan Zimmerman hit a one-out RBI single in the bottom of the ninth inning and Washington took two out of three from San Francisco.

Zimmerman’s flare to right field off Brian Wilson (1-1) was just enough to score Felipe Lopez, who had doubled to left-center with one out. It was the sixth walk-off hit in Zimmerman’s two-year major league career.

Chad Cordero (3-3) pitched the ninth inning for the victory, surviving a two-out, cue-shot double down the right field line by Rich Aurilla.

Starting pitchers Barry Zito and rookie Matt Chico traded 1-2-3 innings with clinical efficiency, but neither got much for the effort. Both were pulled after seven innings with the score tied 1-1, Zito having allowed only two hits and Chico having given up four.