HOUSTON (AP) — Drew Stubbs hit a go-ahead homer and Cincinnati rallied for three runs in the ninth inning against former teammate Francisco Cordero, beating Houston 4-2 on Tuesday night and tying its longest winning streak of the year at six.

The NL Central-leading Reds sent Houston to its eighth straight loss.

Cordero (3-6) got his first save chance since being acquired in a trade with Toronto last week. Stubbs hit a two-run homer for a 3-2 lead and Xavier Paul added an RBI single.

Justin Maxwell’s two-run homer in the fourth gave Houston a 2-0 lead. Brandon Phillips doubled and scored on Paul’s single in the Cincinnati sixth, his third hit.

Reds starter Mike Leake (4- 6) scattered seven hits and two runs over eight innings for his first win since his pitched a complete game on June 29.

Nationals 5, Mets 2

NEW YORK (AP) — Adam LaRoche and Washington handed R.A. Dickey his first loss in three months, beating New York behind Gio Gonzalez’s seven crisp innings.

LaRoche hit a tiebreaking homer and Gonzalez (13-5) gave up only two singles in a rematch of All-Star pitchers, five days after New York hit him hard to back Dickey during his 13th win.

Dickey (13-2) allowed five consecutive hits in the sixth, ending his 11-game winning streak, as the Mets lost their fifth straight and 11th in 12 games. Their lone victory since July 7 was Dickey’s 9-5 win over Gonzalez last Thursday in Washington.

Cubs 5, Pirates 1

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Paul Maholm pitched eight strong innings to win his fifth straight start for Chicago.

Maholm gave up one run and four hits in handing the Pittsburgh its first consecutive home losses since May 22- 23. He struck out seven and walked one.

Maholm (9-6) has allowed just four earned runs in 38.1 innings during his winning streak for an 0.94 ERA in that span. The left-hander spent his first seven seasons with the Pirates before signing with the Cubs as a free agent last winter.

Phillies 7, Brewers 6

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Hunter Pence singled in the go-ahead run after Carlos Ruiz hit a tying, three-run double and Philadelphia rallied with six runs in the eighth inning.

A night earlier, the Phillies scored four runs in the ninth off Francisco Rodriguez to beat Milwaukee by the same score.

The Brewers wasted a sensational outing by Zack Greinke, who outpitched and homered off Cliff Lee.

Greinke allowed one run and three hits, striking out five. He retired the last 14 batters he faced, but left after seven innings with the Brewers up 6-1 only to see them lose their season-worst fifth straight.

Braves 4, Marlins 3

MIAMI (AP) — Tim Hudson pitched seven innings and Jason Heyward drove in two runs for Atlanta.

Martin Prado and Freddie Freeman both drove in a run for the Braves, who snapped a three-game losing streak.

Jose Reyes homered and drove in two runs for the Marlins as he extended his hitting streak to 12 games.

After issuing the home run to Reyes in the second inning, Hudson (9-4) retired 16 straight before he was relieved. Hudson allowed five hits and three runs. He improved to 13-4 in 24 starts against the Marlins.

Cardinals 8, Dodgers 2

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Adam Wainwright got his first two RBIs of the season and St. Louis beat Clayton Kershaw and ended Los Angeles’ fivegame winning streak.

Wainwright (8-10) allowed two runs and seven hits with seven strikeouts in 7.1 innings.

He was a career .223 hitter entering the year with five homers and 23 RBIs but was batting .079 (3-for-38) with three singles and 17 strikeouts this season.

D-Backs 6, Rockies 2

PHOENIX (AP) — Joe Saunders scattered three hits over seven innings and Chris Young homered to help Arizona to its fifth straight win.

Stephen Drew and Willie Bloomquist added RBI doubles and Miguel Montero had a two-run single for the Diamondbacks, winners of eight straight at home.

Young also singled, walked twice, stole a base and scored two runs.

Giants 3, Padres 2

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Brandon Crawford singled home the winning run in the ninth inning and San Francisco won its ninth in 11 games since the All-Star break.

Brandon Belt walked to open the ninth and Angel Pagan singled. Both runners moved up on a wild pitch ahead of Crawford’s single against Joe Thatcher (0-4).