Stephen Strasburg pitched six scoreless innings and drove in a run for the Washington Nationals in a 4-0 win over the Miami Marlins on Sunday.
Strasburg (10-4) allowed six hits and struck out seven.
Steve Lombardozzi, Michael Morse, and Danny Espinosa also drove in a run for the Nationals.
The Marlins were 1 for 13 with runners in scoring position as they were shut out for the ninth time this season.
Nationals reliever Tyler Clippard loaded the bases in the ninth with no outs, but retired the next three batters. Omar Infante flew out to Bryce Harper in foul territory to end the game as Harper collided with second baseman Lombardozzi.
Marlins starter Ricky Nolasco (8-7) did not allow a hit until the fifth inning when Morse led off with a single to left. Strasburg and Lombardozzi followed with two-out RBI singles.
BRAVES 6, METS 1
At Atlanta, Ben Sheets pitched six scoreless innings in his first game in two years as Atlanta beat New York for its season-high seventh straight victory.
Freddie Freeman hit a three-run homer in a six-run fifth inning and Sheets (1-0) allowed two hits and one walk with five strikeouts in his first start since July 19, 2010.
The Mets have lost four straight and seven of 10. Atlanta improved to a season-high 10 games over .500.
BREWERS 4, PIRATES 1
At Milwaukee, Yovani Gallardo struck out a career-high 14 batters in seven innings as Milwaukee used a four-run sixth to beat Pittsburgh.
Gallardo (8-6) gave up four hits, including Andrew McCutchen's homer in the fourth.
A.J. Burnett's nine-game winning streak ended.
McCutchen, who had three of the Pirates' five hits, hit his 21st homer and fifth in the past four games. John Axford pitched the ninth for his 16th save.
Burnett (10-3) had his career-high nine-game winning streak ended.
CUBS 3, DIAMONDBACKS 1
At Chicago, Darwin Barney homered and Matt Garza threw seven shutout innings to lift Chicago to a three-game sweep of Arizona.
Barney sent a Trevor Cahill pitch into the left-field bleachers for a two-run homer in the second inning to help Chicago match a season high with its fourth straight win.
Garza (5-7) held Arizona to five hits and one walk, striking out seven en route to his first win in July.
Carlos Marmol got the last two outs for his 10th save. He allowed a pair of baserunners, but struck out Geoff Blum and got Gerardo Parra on a comebacker to end it.
Aaron Hill hit his 12th homer in the eighth for Arizona.
PHILLIES 5, ROCKIES 1
At Denver, Cole Hamels allowed one run over eight innings and Hunter Pence hit a three-run homer as Philadelphia beat Colorado for its first series victory in nearly a month.
Hamels (11-4), making his 100th career road start, allowed six hits and had seven strikeouts in his first win in three career outings at Coors Field.
Antonio Bastardo finished up with a 1-2-3 ninth.
GIANTS 3, ASTROS 2
At San Francisco, Buster Posey had three hits and two RBIs to back Matt Cain as San Francisco finished a three-game series sweep of Houston.
Cain (10-3) gave up two runs, one earned, and five hits in 6 1-3 innings in his first start against Houston since he threw a perfect game against the Astros on June 13.
The Giants won despite being without their best hitter. Melky Cabrera took a temporary leave to attend the birth of his child in Florida.
Santiago Casilla retired two batters for his 23rd save.
Marwin Gonzalez had two hits and scored Houston's only run. The Astros fell to 1-10 in July.
PADRES 7, DODGERS 2
At Los Angeles, Chase Headley homered for the second straight game as San Diego scored six unearned runs.
Cameron Maybin and Everth Cabrera scored the tying and go-ahead runs on third baseman Jerry Hairston Jr.'s second throwing error of the seventh inning.
Jason Marquis (2-5) allowed two runs and six hits in six innings for San Diego.
