At San Francisco, A.J. Pierzynski had two run-scoring doubles, Marquis Grissom homered and the Giants won their sixth straight to complete a four-game sweep of their rivals.

The game also featured the second bench-clearing scuffle in two days. San Francisco's Michael Tucker and Dodgers closer Eric Gagne were ejected in the eighth inning for nearly starting a brawl after Tucker dived away from a high pitch by the NL Cy Young Award winner.

Brett Tomko (2-4) returned from the disabled list to pitch six innings of three-hit ball for his first victory since April 28. The Giants won for the 15th time in 16 home games, increasing their lead to 2½ games over Los Angeles in the NL West.

Hideo Nomo (3-9) lost his eighth straight decision for the Dodgers, who have dropped five of six.

At Miami, Chipper Jones, J.D. Drew and Nick Green drove in two runs apiece for Atlanta, which avoided being swept in a series for the first time this season.Drew doubled twice and tripled as Atlanta snapped a three-game losing streak. The Braves roughed up Dontrelle Willis (6-5) and won for just the second time in eight games.Mike Hampton (2-7) settled down after a shaky first inning and won for the first time in five starts.Florida will put pitcher Josh Beckett on the disabled list Friday because of a strained back muscle.

At St. Louis, Chris Carpenter (8-2) threw eight sharp innings and had two hits and an RBI. The NL Central leaders took two of three from their closest competition, and lead the division by three games.The Cardinals, who scored all their runs in the fourth with the help of an error by shortstop Rey Ordonez, are 29-8 against the Cubs at Busch Stadium since 2000.Matt Clement (7-6) allowed four runs in six innings.

At New York, Mike Cameron lost Ken Griffey Jr.'s bases-loaded fly to center in the sun, allowing three runs to score in Cincinnati's five-run seventh.Cameron's error foiled a strong start by Tom Glavine (7-4), who leads the majors with a 2.11 ERA. Cory Lidle (5-5) allowed two runs in eight innings. Jose Reyes hit his first homer of the season for the Mets.

At Montreal, Tony Armas Jr. (1-2) pitched six scoreless innings for his first win in 14 months and Tony Batista hit a two-run homer off Eric Milton (9-2).

At Milwaukee, Mark Sweeney hit a two-run homer to help last-place Colorado win its second road series of the season. Aaron Cook (2-2) beat Ben Sheets (6-5), and Shawn Chacon got his 15th save.