Derrek Lee hit his 27th homer and drove in four runs, Greg Maddux allowed four hits in eight innings and Chicago completed a three-game sweep.

Chicago had lost eight in a row before getting its third series sweep of the season.

Maddux (8-6) bounced back from a pair of losses with the best of his 19 starts this season.

Al Leiter (3-7) allowed six hits and six runs - five earned - in three-plus innings.

At Atlanta, Geoff Jenkins homered and drove in three runs, and NL leader Carlos Lee had two more RBIs, helping Milwaukee's Chris Capuano (10-6) earn his career-high fifth consecutive win.Rookie Jeff Francoeur and Rafael Furcal homered, but the Braves committed three errors and dropped their second straight after winning six in a row. Furcal was a career-best 5-for-5.

At Houston, Brad Ausmus snapped an eighth-inning tie with an RBI single and the Astros rallied from four runs down to sweep a three-game series from Los Angeles.Russ Springer (2-3) pitched a hitless eighth for the victory and Brad Lidge worked the ninth for his 20th save. Houston has won 16 of 20 to reach the All-Star break at 44-43.

At Philadelphia, Ryan Howard hit a tying two-run homer in the eighth, and pinch-hitter Ramon Martinez drove in the winning run in the 12th off Sun-Woo Kim (1-2).Rheal Cormier (3-2) got the win in the game that lasted 4 hours, 1 minute. The Phillies won their first series since they swept a three-game set from Milwaukee on June 10-12.

At Denver, Brian Giles tripled and drove in three runs, and Ramon Hernandez had two RBIs to lead San Diego.Paul Quantrill (1-0), acquired on July 2 from the New York Yankees, pitched 2 2-3 scoreless innings of relief to earn his first win with the Padres in his third outing.Jeff Francis (8-6) lasted only four innings and fell to 8-2 at home.

At Phoenix, Tony Clark broke up a scoreless game with a seventh-inning home run.Eric Milton (4-10) took the loss despite allowing only two hits in 6 2-3 innings before Clark stepped to the plate.Lance Cormier (5-1) bailed Diamondbacks starter Michael Gosling out of a jam in the sixth and worked the seventh for the win.

At San Francisco, Jeff Suppan (9-7) pitched into the seventh, had two hits and drove in a run to help St. Louis win for the sixth time in eight games. The Cardinals' 111/2-game lead over Houston in the NL Central is their largest at the All-Star break.Jason Isringhausen struck out Lance Niekro with runners on the corners in the ninth for his 25th save.Noah Lowry (5-9) took the loss for the Giants (37-50), who have lost six of nine and enter the All-Star break with a losing record for the first time since 1996.