Roy Halladay threw a five-hitter for his first National League shutout as the Philadelphia Phillies blanked the Atlanta Braves 2-0 on Wednesday.
Halladay (4-0) was acquired in the offseason from Toronto to lead the staff of the two-time defending NL champions, and he's certainly lived up to the hype in his first four starts. The former American League Cy Young pitching award winner has worked 33 innings, allowing only 26 hits and three earned runs for an 0.82 ERA.
Raul Ibanez and Jayson Werth both hit RBI doubles against Tim Hudson (1-1), but Halladay's latest masterpiece wouldn't have been possible without a pair of brilliant defensive plays.
Center fielder Shane Victorino stole away a likely homer from Troy Glaus with a leaping catch in the second, and second baseman Chase Utley made a diving stop on a shot up the middle to start an inning-ending double play with the bases loaded in the seventh.
Brewers 8, Pirates 0
At Pittsburgh, Yovani Gallardo struck out 10 batters in five shutout innings as Milwaukee homered three times to beat Pittsburgh.
Ryan Braun, Rickie Weeks and pinch-hitter Jody Gerut hit home runs and Alcides Escobar tripled in consecutive innings for Milwaukee, which has won three straight after a stretch of losing four of five.
Nine of the first 11 Pittsburgh batters that Gallardo (1-2) retired came by strikeout. He allowed three hits and three walks before being lifted after throwing 103 pitches in five innings.
Zach Duke (2-1) allowed each of the Milwaukee homers.
Dodgers 14, Reds 6
At Cincinnati, Rafael Furcal drove in four runs with a single, double and triple to highlight another big performance by the majors' best-hitting lineup, leading the Los Angeles Dodgers over Cincinnati.
Hiroki Kuroda (2-0) gave up a pair of homers and had an overturned call go against him, but got a win that moved the Dodgers back to .500 for the fourth time this season. They have yet to go over the mark.
The Reds have lost six of seven, with their rotation still lacking a victory. Top starter Aaron Harang (0-3) had another rough time, giving up 10 hits in only 5 2-3 innings.
Nationals 6, Rockies 4
At Washington, Wil Nieves drove in the go-ahead run with a double and Ivan Rodriguez added a sacrifice fly as Washington came back to beat Colorado, staying undefeated when their starting pitcher goes at least five innings.
John Lannan allowed four runs in six innings, enough to keep Washington in the game. The Nationals are 8-0 when their starter goes at least five, 0-7 when he doesn't.
Reliever Tyler Clippard (3-0) struck out three in two scoreless innings, and closer Matt Capps worked a shaky ninth before earning his seventh save in seven chances.
The game was tied entering the eighth, when Rockies reliever Rafael Betancourt (0-1) allowed a leadoff single to Josh Willingham. After an intentional walk, Nieves lined a double.
Cubs 9, Mets 3
At New York, Carlos Silva added six crisp innings to his surprising comeback and Alfonso Soriano hit a two-run homer as Chicago beat New York to snap a four-game skid.
Silva (2-0) used his heavy sinker to put together his third straight quality start, yielding one run and two hits.
Another record-low Citi Field crowd watched as the Mets' late rally against Chicago's floundering bullpen ran out of gas. This time the announced attendance was 25,684, lower than the second-year ballpark's previous mark of 25,982 set April 8 for a game against Florida.
Odalis Perez (0-2) took the loss.
Astros 5, Marlins 4
At Houston, Geoff Blum's first career pinch-hit triple drove in two runs in the seventh inning to propel Houston over Florida.
Blum's hit off Burke Badenhop (0-2) that Cameron Maybin had to chase almost to the wall in center field gave the Astros their fourth straight win and fifth in the last six games after an 0-8 start.
Humberto Quintero had two hits including a homer for the Astros to send the Marlins to their first series defeat of the season.
Padres 5, Giants 2
At San Diego, Jon Garland threw seven strong innings and Nick Hundley hit a two-run homer as San Diego beat San Francisco for its sixth straight win.
Garland (1-2) held the slumping Giants to one run and six hits as he pitched into the eighth before leaving after giving up consecutive singles leading off the inning.
Adrian Gonzalez hit a solo homer for San Diego, which has won 10 of 12 against the Giants at Petco Park.
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