ROUNDUP
Milwaukee 9, at St. Louis 4: Now the Cardinals’ NL Central lead is down to only half a game. Jason Marquis got only six outs and St. Louis fell behind by eight runs in the third inning. In a swoon that could become one of baseball’s historic collapses, St. Louis (81-77) has lost eight of nine games and wasted nearly all of what was a seven-game lead with 13 to play.
Houston 3, at Pittsburgh 0: Roy Oswalt pitched seven shutout innings and the Astros ran their winning streak to nine games.
Cincinnati 5, at Florida 1: Kyle Lohse gave up three hits over six innings to help the Reds keep alive their slim playoff hopes.
New York 7, at Atlanta 4: Orlando Hernandez matched his season high with nine strikeouts and the Mets stopped a four-game losing streak.
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