Arroyo unbeaten with new club

When Bronson Arroyo showed up the first time with his long, skinny sideburns and long, highlighted hair, no one was quite sure what to make of him.

A month later, the Cincinnati Reds love everything about him.

Arroyo stayed unbeaten in Cincinnati by pitching a four-hitter for the second complete game of his career, and the Reds beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6-1 Monday night in a matchup of the NL's top two teams.

"They're the No. 1 team in the division," said Arroyo, who threw only 109 pitches. "It was nice to shut them down. Any time you go up against those guys, you want to show that you can play with them."

Cincinnati set a club record with 17 victories in April, and started a new month with the same winning formula — a lot of offense, a little dazzling pitching.

Rich Aurilia hit a solo homer, and Felipe Lopez broke an 0-for-17 slump with a run-scoring single and a bases-loaded single, driving in three runs all together.

BRAVES 2, ROCKIES 0: At Atlanta, Tim Hudson pitched the second one-hitter of his career and drove in the first Atlanta run. Rockies pitcher Jason Jennings had the only hit off Hudson, a single to right with two outs in the third inning.

PHILLIES 8, MARLINS 5: At Miami, Pat Burrell homered for the go-ahead run in the eighth inning to cap a comeback against Florida starter Dontrelle Willis. The Phillies rallied from a 5-1 deficit in the seventh.

METS 2, NATIONALS 1: At New York, Endy Chavez scored on Washington reliever Gary Majewski's throwing error in the ninth inning to give the Mets the win. Chavez was brought in to run for 47-year-old Julio Franco, who walked with one out in the inning.

BREWERS 4, ASTROS 2: At Milwaukee, Bill Hall had three hits for the third straight game and Damian Miller hit a go-ahead sacrifice fly in the eighth inning for the Brewers. The victory was Milwaukee's sixth in its last seven games.

CUBS 2, PIRATES 1: At Chicago, Matt Murton's RBI single in the eighth inning gave the Cubs the win. The Pirates dropped to 1-13 on the road and 7-20 overall. Ryan Dempster pitched the ninth for his seventh save in as many chances.

DIAMONDBACKS 3, DODGERS 2: At Phoenix, Claudio Vargas threw six strong innings and had an RBI single in Arizona's three-run second inning to lead the Diamondbacks.

PADRES 10, GIANTS 4: At San Francisco, Brian Giles was hit by a pitch to start San Diego's seven-run fourth inning and capped it with an RBI single, helping Jake Peavy win for the first time since opening day.