PHOENIX (AP) -Make it 10 in a row for the San Diego Padres – and one in a row on the road.
The Padres won their 10th straight overall, and snapped an 11-game road losing streak in the process, by rallying from six runs down to beat Arizona 9-7 in 10 innings on Monday.
The first nine victories in the National League’s longest winning streak this season came in San Diego, and it took an improbable late comeback to keep it going in Arizona.
“I know we didn’t play well the last trip,” manager Bud Black said, “but I didn’t know we’d lost that many in a row until I got thrown out of the game and heard it on TV.”
Black and catcher Nick Hundley were ejected by home plate umpire Eric Cooper in the bottom of the sixth.
The Padres trailed 7-1 after seven innings and it appeared Arizona, coming off a 6-3 road trip, would open its seven-game homestand with a victory.
Then came one big San Diego hit after another off a series of Diamondbacks relievers, capped by Chase Headley’s two-run homer in the 10th.
he first couple of weeks of the season,” Black said. “We came back from 7-1 in Philadelphia … We’ve done it before. It’s something we as coaches always remember, to remind our guys that we can do it. If you do it once, you can do it again.”
The Padres scored five in the eighth, one in the ninth and two in the 10th.
“It’s been a lot of fun to come to the ballpark these last 10 days,” Headley said. “We come here and we expect to win. It’s not that we come in here and hope to win, we expect to win. We just couldn’t give up today.”
Henry Blanco led off the 10th with his second single, then Headley hit a 1-1 pitch from Tony Pena (4-2) some 424 feet off a sign above the swimming pool in left-center.
“It’s just the best feeling in the world,” Headley said. “You go up there and you get a big hit in a big situation and it ends up being the game winner. There’s nothing better than that.”
Brewers 1, Cardinals 0, 10 innings
At Milwaukee, Bill Hall snapped a 1-for-28 slump with a two-out, RBI single in the 10th inning to lift the Brewers.
Cardinals ace Chris Carpenter took a perfect game into the seventh inning, and the Brewers’ Yovani Gallardo carried a no-hitter into the sixth before each finished allowing just two hits over eight innings.
Trevor Hoffman pitched a perfect ninth and Carlos Villanueva (2-3) the 10th for the Brewers, setting up Hall’s dramatics off St. Louis’ Kyle McClellan (2-2).
Carpenter extended his scoreless streak to 23 innings. He retired the first 18 batters and finished with 10 strikeouts and no walks.
Dodgers 16, Rockies 6
At Denver, the Dodgers scored seven runs in the fourth inning and eight in the seventh in the rout.
James Loney, Russell Martin, Juan Castro and Matt Kemp had three hits each and Juan Pierre had a bases-loaded triple for the Dodgers, who matched their season high with 19 hits.
Will Ohman (1-0) picked up the win for Los Angeles.
Brad Hawpe had two doubles and three RBIs for the Rockies. Jorge De La Rosa (0-5) took the loss.
Reds 8, Astros 5
At Cincinnati, Jonny Gomes had three RBIs and the Reds made the most of three Houston errors, scoring eight unearned runs.
Gomes had three hits for the Reds, who have won three of four. Jerry Hairston Jr., Ramon Hernandez, Adam Rosales and starter Aaron Harang (5-4) had two hits apiece.
Lance Berkman hit a two-run homer for Houston, which tied a season high with its fifth consecutive loss. Wandy Rodriguez (5-3) took the loss.
Giants 8, Braves 2
At San Francisco, Travis Ishikawa had a three-run homer among his career-high four hits, and Jonathan Sanchez won for the first time in more than a month.
Sanchez (2-4) had gone 0-3 over a six-start winless stretch since his last victory April 17.
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Marlins 5, Phillies 3
At Philadelphia, Wes Helms homered and drove in four runs for the Marlins.
Chris Volstad (4-3) allowed three runs and six hits. Matt Lindstrom finished for his ninth save in 11 chances.
Ryan Howard hit a pair of homers for the NL East-leading Phillies, while Jamie Moyer (3-5) failed in his fifth try to earn his 250th win.
The defending World Series champions, a major-league best 16-6 on the road, fell to 8-13 at home.
Mets 5, Nationals 2
At New York, Gary Sheffield hit a disputed, tiebreaking three-run homer in the sixth inning for the Mets that was upheld by a video review.
John Maine (4-3) limited the Nationals to one run and four hits in six innings.
With the score 1-1 in the sixth, Luis Castillo doubled leading off against John Lannan (2-4) and Carlos Beltran walked. Sheffield sent the next pitch deep to left field.
A fan reached out and the ball bounced back to the field. Third base umpire Adrian Johnson signaled a home run, and Washington manager Manny Acta argued. Three umpires consulted video replay. After a 6-minute wait, Sheffield’s 503rd career homer was official.
Pirates 10, Cubs 8
At Chicago, Freddy Sanchez had Pittsburgh’s first six-hit game in 19 years, scored four runs, and drove in three, sending the Cubs to their eighth straight loss.
for the second six-hit game in the majors this season and the first by a Pirate since Wally Backman in 1990. Ian Kinsler had a six-hit effort for Texas on April 15 against Baltimore.
Sean Burnett got the final two outs for his first career save. Tom Gorzelanny (2-1) was the winner, Neal Cotts (0-2) the loser.
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