Brewers lose grip on first

Bronson Arroyo and the Cincinnati Reds knocked slumping and error-prone Milwaukee out of first place in the NL Central, beating thehost Brewers 8-3 Friday night.

The Brewers (62-60) lost their season-high fifth straight athome, falling a half-game behind the Cubs (62-59), who beat the St.Louis Cardinals 2-1 earlier Friday.

Milwaukee has lost 14 of its last 19 games and 11 of 15 inAugust. It's the first time the Brewers have been in second sinceAug. 2 -- they regained the top spot a day later.

Arroyo (6-13) gave up nine hits in 7 1/3 innings, including threesolo home runs -- two by J.J. Hardy and one by Gabe Gross. He struckout seven and also doubled and scored a run.

Adam Dunn hit a two-run homer in the ninth, his 33rd.

With the Brewers trailing 6-1, Hardy and Gross each homered inthe eighth to chase Arroyo. But the rally ended against relieversBill Bray and Jared Burton.

METS 6, NATIONALS 2

Tom Glavine picked up win No. 301 by allowing one run over seveninnings to beat the franchise he's beaten more than any other.

Glavine (11-6) beat the former Montreal Expos for the 33rd time.

Damion Easley and Moises Alou homered off Nationals starter MattChico (5-7), and Jose Reyes stole his 61st and 62nd bases.

Glavine moved into sole possession of 21st place on the all-timemajors win list, ahead of Lefty Grove and Early Wynn.

PHILLIES 11, PIRATES 8

Aaron Rowand and Pat Burrell homered, J.D. Durbin won his fourthconsecutive start and visiting Philadelphia won for the fourth timein five games.

Jimmy Rollins had three hits and Tadahito Iguchi reached basethree times, had two RBI and scored twice for the Phillies.

GIANTS 3, MARLINS 0

Barry Zito (9-11) allowed one hit in seven innings, and RajaiDavis hit his first career home run for visiting San Francisco.

DODGERS 6, ROCKIES 4

Eric Stults allowed two hits and struck out nine over seveninnings after getting recalled from Class AAA by host Los Angeles.

Jeff Kent tied Joe DiMaggio for 65th place with his 361st careerhome run list as the Dodgers won their third straight.

ASTROS 3, PADRES 1

Lance Berkman hit two home runs to back Woody Williams and liftvisiting Houston over San Diego.