Mets win; Bonds leaves game

NEW YORK -- Roberto Alomar, borrowing a bat from Mike Piazza, homered twice, drove in four runs and singled to set up Piazza's go-ahead single in the sixth inning as the New York Mets beat the Montreal Expos 6-4 Sunday for their fourth victory in five games.

Steve Trachsel (1-2) got the victory despite another costly error by New York's shaky infield. The Mets lead in the major leagues with 20 errors.

Armando Benitez pitched the ninth for his fourth save. Tony Armas Jr. (1-2) allowed five runs and five hits in six innings.

Brewers 4, Giants 3

SAN FRANCISCO -- Barry Bonds left after the third inning with a mild right hamstring strain, and Milwaukee rallied to stop a seven-game losing streak.

Milwaukee trailed 3-2 in the eighth when pinch-hitter Matt Stairs had a tying double off Felix Rodriguez (0-1) and Alex Sanchez hit a go-ahead single.

Luis Vizcaino (1-1) induced a seventh-inning double-play grounder by Yorvit Torrealba, and Mike DeJean pitched two scoreless innings for Milwaukee's first save this season.

Cubs 5, Pirates 1

PITTSBURGH -- Jon Lieber (2-0) waited out 3 hours, 53 minutes of rain delays to improve to 7-0 against his former club, allowing one runs and four hits in five innings. The game was called after 7 1/2 innings.

Ron Villone (1-2) allowed four runs, six hits and four walks in three innings. The start was similar to his 6-2 loss to the Mets on opening day, when he

Alex Gonzalez hit a two-run single and Mark Bellhorn hit a two-run double. Joe Borowski got one out for his first save.

Marlins 7, Braves 0

MIAMI -- A.J. Burnett pitched a four-hitter and third-string catcher Ramon Castro homered twice to lead Florida.

Florida's Mike Lowell went 3-for-5, his fifth consecutive multihit game, raising his average to .408.

Burnett (2-1), who struck out eight, pitched the third complete game and second shutout of his career.

Phillies 3, Reds 1

PHILADELPHIA -- Vicente Padilla (2-1) took a shutout into the ninth inning, allowing six hits and striking out a career-high 11 in his third major league start.

Bobby Abreu had two RBIs, Todd Pratt matched a career high with fours hits and Jose Mesa got three outs for his fourth save.

D'backs 6, Rockies 3

DENVER -- Former-Rockie Quinton McCracken had three hits and two RBIs, including his first home run in 206 at-bats since April 21, 1999, when he played for Tampa Bay. It was the first time the Rockies have been swept in a four-game series at Coors Field, which opened in 1995.

Miguel Batista (1-0), making his first start of the season because Todd Stottlemyre was scratched because of the flu, allowed three runs and seven hits in five innings. Byung-Hyun Kim got four outs for his second save.

Padres 1, Dodgers 0

SAN DIEGO -- D'Angelo Jimenez hit a two-out RBI single in the seventh inning, and Brian Lawrence (2-0) outpitched Hideo Nomo (1-2) to lift San Diego to its fifth win in six games.

Lawrence, coming off a four-hitter in Monday's 8-0 win over Arizona -- his first career shutout -- held the Dodgers to four hits in seven innings to lower his ERA to 1.66.

-- From wire reports