Noah Lowry got called up by the San Francisco Giants on short notice, and made quick work of the Cincinnati Reds for his first major league victory.

Tony Batista swung at the first pitch he saw in the 12th inning and led the Montreal Expos to a win in grand style.

Lowry carried a no-hit bid into the seventh inning of the Giants' 11-0 win Tuesday night, finishing with a three-hitter in his fourth big league start. He was recalled to start in place of Dustin Hermanson, whom the Giants moved to the bullpen and will try at closer.

"He's the star of the game," Cincinnati manager Dave Miley said of the rookie left-hander. "A three-hit shutout, you can't get much better than that."

Lowry didn't envision that performance this soon.

"I would have said, 'You're crazy, a shutout?'" he said. "But you've got to believe in yourself that you can go out and do that. We had the momentum the whole game."

Batista hit one of the most memorable homers of his career at St. Louis.

The Montreal third baseman hit a tying two-run homer in the ninth, then followed that with a grand slam - his 200th homer - in the 12th to lead the Expos to a 10-6 victory.

"I didn't know that (was) 200," Batista said. "I think it's a great moment and something to remember, especially in that situation."

At Denver, Kerry Wood pitched eight innings despite a shaky start, and Derrek Lee hit his 21st homer in a five-run second for the Cubs. Wood (6-4) gave up three runs in the first, but allowed just three hits over the next seven.

At Milwaukee, Al Leiter (8-3) allowed one run and seven hits in seven innings to help the Mets snap a three-game skid and lower his major league-leading ERA to 2.12.

At Houston, Roger Clemens pitched seven strong innings on the eve of his 42nd birthday but was denied the win by his bullpen before the Astros rebounded to stop the Braves' five-game winning streak.

At San Diego, pinch-hitter Chase Utley drove in the go-ahead run in a three-run seventh and Brett Myers (6-8) pitched six strong innings for his first win in nearly seven weeks.

At Phoenix, Danny Bautista hit a tiebreaking two-run homer in the eighth inning, and Arizona won at home for the first time in nearly a month.

Bobby Crosby and Jermaine Dye made a couple of rally-killing plays, and Scott Hatteberg homered twice and drove in five runs to make Mulder the majors' first 15-game winner with victory over the AL East-leading New York Yankees.

At St. Petersburg, Fla., Curt Schilling pitched a six-hitter for his third complete game of the season and Jason Varitek hit a two-run homer to lead Boston.

At Detroit, Mark Teixeira and Kevin Mench homered, and Eric Young hit a tiebreaking RBI single off Nate Robertson (9-6) in the seventh inning to lead Texas.

At Minneapolis, the Twins hit four home runs and turned a season-high five double plays, winning for the 12th time in 14 games.

At Toronto, pinch-hitter Frank Menechino drew a bases-loaded walk in the eighth inning after Carlos Delgado hit a two-run homer to tie it.

At Baltimore, Rafael Palmeiro passed Babe Ruth on the career hits list, and the host Orioles swept a doubleheader against the Mariners for the first time in 16 years.After going 2-for-3 in the day game to tie Ruth for 36th place, Palmeiro moved past the Bambino in the night game with his 2,874th career hit. Palmeiro also drove in three during the first game.