Matt Diaz hit a tiebreaking double in the 11th inning, Eric Hinske added a two-run homer and NL East-leading Atlanta beat the Phillies 6-3 at Tuesday night.

Yunel Escobar singled off David Herndon (0-2) to start the 11th and scored when Diaz ripped a liner to the gap in right-center. Hinske connected two outs later.

Jesse Chavez (1-1) pitched a scoreless 10th to earn the win. Billy Wagner finished for his 18th save.

Raul Ibanez hit a two-run homer for Philadelphia, which managed just three hits.

The two-time NL champion Phillies fell five games behind the Braves.

Nationals 6, Padres 5

At Washington, Ryan Zimmerman's second homer of the game, a shot to center field off Luke Gregerson leading off the bottom of the ninth, gave Washington the win.

Zimmerman had earlier homered in the fourth for the Padres.

Matt Capps (3-3) worked the ninth for his third victory in six days. Washington claimed its 10th victory in its last at-bat.

Mets 3, Reds 0

At New York, the Mets' Johan Santana hit his first major league homer, providing his own run support while pitching a three-hitter.

Santana, a .166 lifetime hitter, steamed around the bases after capping a tenacious 12-pitch at-bat with his first homer in 182 career at-bats.

Giants 6, Brewers 1

At Milwaukee, San Francisco's heralded 20-year-old rookie Madison Bumgarner gave up three hits in eight shutout innings for his first major-league win.

The left-hander, in his fourth major league start and third of the season, gave up three singles, struck out five and walked three. Bumgarner (1-2) picked up his first career RBI as part of a five-run Giants sixth.

Rockies 12, Cardinals 9

At Denver, Seth Smith's three-run homer off Ryan Franklin with two outs in the bottom of the ninth capped a nine-run rally for Colorado.

It was the largest ninth-inning comeback in Rockies history. The previous best was four runs.

Cubs 6, Diamondbacks 4

At Phoenix, Aramis Ramirez homered twice, Carlos Silva earned his first victory in five starts and Chicago won their first road series in 1Z\x months.

Ramirez, hitting .178 going into the game, had his first two-homer game since Aug. 23, 2008. He has 22 multi-homer games in his career.

Dodgers 7, Marlins 3

At Los Angeles, Matt Kemp hit his fourth homer in six games and Rafael Furcal had three RBI for Los Angeles.

Vicente Padilla (3-2) allowed two runs and seven hits over 6X\c innings and struck out nine. He is 2-1 with a 3.12 ERA in four outings since returning from the disabled list on June 19.

Rays 3, Red Sox 2

At St. Petersburg, Fla. — Jeff Niemann pitched six strong innings and Tampa Bay's bullpen shut down Boston for the second day in a row in a 3-2.

Niemann (7-2) limited the Red Sox to four hits and an unearned run. He walked three and struck out five to win for the first time since a complete game shutout against Toronto on June 8.

Twins 7, Blue Jays 6

At Toronto, Denard Span drove in the go-ahead run with a single in the eighth inning for Minnesota.

Joe Mauer, Justin Morneau and Jason Kubel homered for the Twins. Delmon Young led off the eighth with a single off Jason Frasor (3-2). After a sacrifice, Scott Downs came on to face Span and allowed his RBI single to center.

Tigers 7, Orioles 5

At Detroit, Johnny Damon followed his 2,500th hit with a game-winning homer in the 11th inning for Detroit.

Austin Jackson led off the inning with a single off David Hernandez (3-7) and Damon followed with a long homer to right. Damon singled in the third inning for his 2,500th hit, and received an ovation from the crowd of 22,532.

Rangers 12, Indians 1

At Arlington, Texas, Josh Hamilton homered to stretch his home hitting streak to 26 games, and C.J. Wilson pitched six strong innings for Texas.

White Sox 4, Angels 1

At Chicago, Andruw Jones hit his 399th career home run and Chicago won despite losing starter Jake Peavy in the second inning because of a back injury.

Yankees 6, Athletics 1

At Oakland, Calif., New York's Alex Rodriguez hit his 21st grand slam and added a solo shot for his 597th home run, helping CC Sabathia win his seventh straight.

Rodriguez connected with the bases loaded in the third inning to tie Manny Ramirez for the second most slams, then went deep again in the sixth off Trevor Cahill (8-3) to lead the Yankees to their fourth straight win.

Royals 3, Mariners 2

At Seattle, Kansas City's Zack Greinke allowed two hits over seven innings and continued his mastery of Seattle.

Greinke (5-8) is 4-0 with a 1.64 ERA in 10 career appearances against the Mariners. Last Aug. 30, he tossed a career-best one-hitter at Safeco Field, retiring the final 22 Mariners in a row.