Rays/MLB

NL roundup

By Wire services
Published April 21, 2006

GIANTS 9 D'BACKS 7: PHOENIX - Mark Sweeney drew a bases-loaded walk to force in the go-ahead run, and Pedro Feliz added a two-run double to lead the Giants.

The Giants blew a big lead but won in the ninth for the second time in four days. They led 6-0 in the fourth, but Arizona tied it at 6 when catcher Johnny Estrada hit a three-run home run in the eighth off Tim Worrell.

NOTABLE: Giants leftfielder and ex-Ray Randy Winn extended his hitting streak to a career-best 12 games.

METS 7 PADRES 2: SAN DIEGO - Julio Franco became the oldest player in history to homer when he hit a two-run, pinch-hit shot in the eighth to help New York rally.

Franco, 47, drove a 1-and-0 pitch from reliever Scott Linebrink into the home-run porch in right, giving the Mets a 3-2 lead.

A's pitcher Jack Quinn was 46 years, 357 days old when he homered June 27, 1930.

NOTABLE: Mets second baseman Kazuo Matsui homered in his first at-bat for the third straight season.

REDS 12 BREWERS 8: MILWAUKEE - Brandon Phillips hit his first grand slam and had his first two-homer game, leading Cincinnati.

Trailing 6-2, the Reds scored 10 straight, five in the sixth when Phillips hit his two-out grand slam off Mike Adams.

Edwin Encarnacion hit a two-run homer in the fifth off Brewers reliever Justin Lehr, just in for starter Tomo Ohka. It gave the Reds a 7-6 lead, their first since 2-0 in the second.

NOTABLE: The Reds scored three without an RBI, two on errors and one on a double play.

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