Dodgers win in Schmidt's return

LOS ANGELES — Manny Ramirez hit his 537th home run to pass Mickey Mantle into 15th place on the all-time list, Jason Schmidt won his first major league start in more than two years, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Cincinnati Reds.

Ramirez homered off Micah Owings (6-10) in the second inning to give Los Angeles a 6-3 lead. The Dodger Stadium crowd of 48,110 chanted his first name in unison, hoping for a curtain call that never came.

Making just his seventh start for the Dodgers since signing a three-year, $47 million contract in December 2006, Schmidt (1-0) allowed three runs and five hits in five innings.

PHILLIES 10, CUBS 1: At Philadelphia, Raul Ibanez hit a three-run homer, Carlos Ruiz and Ryan Howard both went deep, and Philadelphia won its ninth straight game. Ruiz had an RBI double during a four-run fourth inning for the NL East leaders. Rodrigo Lopez (2-0) allowed one run over six innings to give the Phillies their 13th win in their last 14 games.

MARLINS 3, PADRES 2: At San Diego, Rick VandenHurk pitched six strong innings to earn his first win in more than a year, leading the Florida Marlins to a 3-2 victory over the San Diego Padres. VandenHurk (1-0), making his first start since last July, allowed two runs and five hits, struck out four and walked two. He picked up his first victory since he pitched five innings in a 4-0 victory over Atlanta on June 22, 2008.

BRAVES 11 GIANTS 3: At Atlanta, Tommy Hanson struck out 11 to remain unbeaten, Chipper Jones hit a two-run homer and Atlanta beat Jonathan Sanchez in his first start since his no-hitter. Matt Diaz had a tiebreaking two-run triple in Atlanta's six-run seventh inning, helping the Braves snap a five-game skid against San Francisco and Hanson improve to 5-0. Atlanta has won four of five and six of eight overall.

METS 6, NATIONALS 2: At Washington, Livan Hernandez threw seven solid innings and Jeff Francoeur hit his first homer with New York. Francoeur finished with three hits and two RBIs for the injury-riddled Mets, who scored five runs in the first two innings.

ROCKIES 10, DIAMONDBACKS 6: At Denver, Jorge De La Rosa pitched seven strong innings in his fifth straight win and drove in two runs, while Dexter Fowler and Chris Iannetta homered for Colorado. Every Colorado starter except Brad Hawpe had at least one hit, and the Rockies scored at least one run in each of the first five innings.

ASTROS 3, CARDINALS 2: At Houston, Carlos Lee's three-run homer lifted Houston. The Astros were trailing 2-0 when Lee followed Miguel Tejada's single and a walk by Lance Berkman in the fourth inning. Brian Moehler (7-5) allowed six hits and two runs with five strikeouts in 6 1-3 innings.

PIRATES 8, BREWERS 5: At Pittsburgh, Delwyn Young and Garrett Jones homered to help Pittsburgh end a 17-game losing streak against Milwaukee. Andrew McCutchen had three hits and scored two runs for Pittsburgh, which snapped the major's longest losing streak against an opponent in 39 years.