Big crowd sees Expos knock off Braves

MONTREAL -- Wil Cordero hit his third career grand slam and had five RBIs to lead the Montreal Expos to a 10-3 win over the Atanta Braves on Sunday before the third-largest Olympic Stadium crowd of the season.

With 25,109 on hand -- only Montreal's third crowd over 20,000 this season -- for a Tim Raines bobblehead promotion, the second-place Expos split the four-game series to draw to within 9 1/2 games of Atlanta in the NL East.

Brad Wilkerson and Jose Vidro hit two-out singles in the third and Vladimir Guerrero walked to load the bases before Cordero hit an 0-2 pitch from Damian Moss (4-4) pitch over the left-field wall for his third homer of the season.

Rockies 5, Giants 3

SAN FRANCISCO -- Shawn Chacon pitched seven innings of dominant two-hit ball, allowing only an unearned run, as Colorado snapped a four-game losing streak.

Chacon (4-6) got his first victory since May 8 by overpowering the Giants, whose five-game winning streak was snapped. Chacon faced just two batters over the minimum as the Rockies avoided a four-game sweep.

Barry Bonds went 1-for-4 with an RBI single for San Francisco, which lost for just the sixth time in 17 games.

Terry Shumpert homered and drove in two runs for the Rockies, who scored just three runs in the first 28 innings of the series. Colorado had a four-run sixth inning capped by Gary Bennett's two-run single.

Mets 4, Phillies 2

NEW YORK -- Pedro Astacio pitched seven sharp innings, and Roberto Alomar hit a two-run double to lead New York over Philadelphia.

Rey Ordonez and Edgardo Alfonzo also knocked in runs for the Mets, who gained a split of the four-game series.

Astacio (9-3) allowed only four hits, including solo homers by Ricky Ledee and Bobby Abreu, and retired 13 of his last 14 batters to beat Philadelphia for the second time in 12 days.

Brewers 5, Pirates 3

MILWAUKEE -- Jose Hernandez hit two home runs and drove in four runs as Milwaukee finally beat Pittsburgh at Miller Park.

Ruben Quevedo (5-6) gave up three runs in five innings, and four relievers combined to allow one hit over the final four innings for the Brewers, who beat Pittsburgh for the first time in seven games at Miller Park this year.

Hernandez hit a three-run home run in the second and added a solo homer in the seventh.

Left-hander Joe Beimel (1-4) gave up four runs -- three earned -- in six innings. It was only the sixth time in 23 games that the Brewers have won when facing a left-handed starter.

Cubs 10, Marlins 3

CHICAGO -- Sammy Sosa hit one of Chicago's four homers to back Mark Prior as the Cubs completed a sweep of Florida.

Sosa hit his 29th homer, a two-run shot in the seventh off Vladimir Nunez, to tie Houston's Lance Berkman for the major league lead. Corey Patterson, Alex Gonzalez and Bill Mueller homered in the eighth off Oswaldo Mairena.

Prior (3-2) allowed two runs and five hits over six innings. He struck out five and walked three to win for the first time in six starts since June 7. Prior also hit a two-run double.

Reds 8, Astros 3

HOUSTON -- Knuckleballer Jared Fernandez pitched seven strong innings for his first major league win as Cincinnati snapped a four-game losing streak with a victory over Houston.

Aaron Boone was 3-for-5 with two doubles to help stop the Astros' five-game winning streak.

Dodgers 2, Diamondbacks 1

LOS ANGELES -- Kazuhisa Ishii held Arizona to two hits over 7 2-3 innings and Los Angeles edged ahead of the Diamondbacks in the NL West.

Taking the fourth game of their series to avoid being swept, the Dodgers regained the division lead by a half-game over the Diamondbacks.

Adrian Beltre's sacrifice fly in the fourth scored Los Angeles' first run off Miguel Batista (4-6). Paul Lo Duca's RBI single in the fifth gave the Dodgers a two-run lead.

Ishii (12-5), a rookie from Japan, walked five and struck out five in his longest stint so far for Los Angeles.

-- From wire reports