NL roundup: Phillies survive bad start to beat Atlanta

PHILADELPHIA — Placido Polanco, Jayson Werth and Shane Victorino homered, Cole Hamels survived a shaky start and the Philadelphia Phillies' bullpen hung on to beat the Atlanta Braves 5-3 on Sunday.

Hamels (3-2) struggled on a chilly afternoon at Citizens Bank Park, allowing three runs and eight hits in five innings. He walked four and struck out five.

Chad Durbin relieved Hamels and pitched two innings, striking out four of the six batters he faced. Jose Contreras got three outs and Brad Lidge threw a perfect ninth for his first regular-season save since Sept. 20.

Troy Glaus had two hits and two RBIs for the Braves. Kenshin Kawakami (0-6) surrendered five runs and seven hits in 6 2?3 innings.

GIANTS 6, METS 5: At New York, Aaron Rowand hit a two-run homer in the eighth inning after the Giants blew a two-run lead for Tim Lincecum, and San Francisco snapped the Mets' nine-game home winning streak.

San Francisco ended its East Coast trip 4-2, while New York — which won the first two games of the series with game-ending homers — lost for the first time at Citi Field since April 21.

Lincecum left after six innings with a 4-2 lead but the Giants fell apart in the seventh. Jason Bay's wind-aided two-run single off Dan Runzler tied it and David Wright gave New York its first lead with a sacrifice fly.

Rowand homered to right-center after Jenrry Meija (0-2) issued the Mets' 10th of 11 walks to retake the lead, and Brian Wilson prevented the Mets from making it three last at-bat wins in a row. He got all five of his outs by strikeout for his seventh save.

Sergio Romo (1-3) got two outs for the win.

DODGERS 2, ROCKIES 0: At Los Angeles, Clayton Kershaw bounced back from the shortest start of his brief career with eight innings of two-hit ball, leading the Dodgers to the victory.

Kershaw (2-2) held the Rockies to a pair of infield hits — including a bunt single by cleanup hitter Troy Tulowitzki — and picked off Eric Young after walking him with two out in the fifth. The 22-year-old left-hander struck out nine, walked three and fanned five-time All-Star Todd Helton his first three times up.

Last Tuesday, Kershaw retired only four of the 13 batters he faced, lasted just 1 1-3 innings against the Milwaukee Brewers. He was charged with seven runs during a nine-run second.

Russell Martin homered with two out in the eighth against Matt Daley and Jonathan Broxton allowed two hits in the ninth before picking up his third save in five attempts.