CINCINNATI - Paul Wilson pitched eight solid innings for his career-high sixth straight win, and Danny Graves became the Reds' all-time saves leader in a 3-1 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Thursday night.
Wilson outdueled fellow ex-Devil Ray Joe Kennedy, who had a no-hitter through five innings. Wilson allowed one run and three hits and struck out six.
Graves of Plant City pitched a perfect ninth to pass John Franco with his 149th career save and major-league-leading 18th in 22 opportunities this season.
Wilson joined Cincinnati last season after three with the Rays. He has been the Reds' ace, appending a 3.59 ERA to his career-best start.
Kennedy, once considered the Rays' future ace, struggled to a 3-12 record and 6.13 ERA last season and finished in the bullpen. He was traded in a three-way deal that sent Mark Hendrickson to Tampa Bay.
Kennedy has revived his career pitching in baseball's most notorious hitter's park. He has a 2.82 ERA in 541/3 innings; no other Rockies starter is better than 6.31.
Kennedy retired 15 of the first 16 he faced, including seven strikeouts, and allowed only Barry Larkin to reach on a walk. In seven innings, Kennedy allowed five hits and three runs, two earned, with one walk and a season-high nine strikeouts.
With the Reds trailing 1-0, Jason LaRue broke up the no-hit bid by lining a 1-and-1 pitch into rightfield for a clean single to lead off the sixth.
Wilson singled on the next pitch, and the Reds tied it when Ryan Freel reached on a bunt single and Kennedy's throw got away from second baseman Denny Hocking covering first, allowing LaRue to score from second and Wilson to move to third.
Larkin's sacrifice fly scored Wilson and Freel moved to third. Sean Casey made it 3-1 with a single to right.
PHILLIES 4, DODGERS 0: Brett Myers pitched a five-hitter for his second career shutout and host Philadelphia sent Los Angeles to its seventh straight loss. Chase Utley homered for the East-leading Phillies, who swept the three-game series and have won 10 of 13 overall.
The Dodgers have gone the other way since a 22-10 start. The losing streak is their longest since June 27-July 4 last season.
GIANTS 5, CUBS 3 (10): Neifi Perez hit a two-run homer in the 10th, spoiling another dramatic home run by Moises Alou and lifting visiting San Francisco.
Alou hit a winning homer in the 10th Wednesday night, making his father, Giants manager Felipe Alou, pay for a pitching switch. The right-handed Alou was at it again, tying the score with a two-run shot in the seventh after Felipe Alou replaced left-hander Scott Eyre with Felix Rodriguez.
PIRATES 9, PADRES 7: Daryle Ward and Jason Bay each homered twice and drove in three, and Pittsburgh overcame a six-run San Diego first. The Pirates' comeback - they trailed 6-0 and 7-1 - prevented the Padres from sweeping a road series for the first time this season and ended Pittsburgh's six-game home losing streak.
BRAVES 5, D'BACKS 1: Horacio Ramirez pitched a three-hitter for his second career complete game and even helped out on offense, leading host Atlanta. Ramirez, a career .080 hitter going in, had two singles and drove in a run.
MARLINS 6, ASTROS 2: Mike Lowell homered twice and Josh Beckett rebounded from his worst start of the season, leading host Florida. Lowell's homers gave him 13 this season, tying him for the major-league lead.
CARDINALS 11, METS 4: So Taguchi had four hits, drove in two and scored two to lead visiting St. Louis. Taguchi, who was on base five times, doubled home a run in the fourth to tie the score, singled home another in the sixth as the Cardinals moved ahead to stay and doubled and scored in the ninth.
BREWERS 3, EXPOS 2: Scott Podsednik hit the go-ahead homer off closer Rocky Biddle in the ninth to lift visiting Milwaukee in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
