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Jonathon Niese pitched a one-hitter for his first career complete game and the New York Mets overcame a triple play to beat the San Diego Padres 3-0 on Thursday night for a doubleheader split.

Niese (3-2) allowed only Chris Denorfia's leadoff double in the third inning, his second stellar start since coming off the disabled list Saturday. He faced 28 batters, one more than the minimum, in New York's first complete game this season. Jon Garland (6-4) took the loss for San Diego.

Mat Latos (6-4) outpitched Johan Santana (4-3) in the opener, and San Diego stopped New York's nine-game home winning streak with a 4-2 victory.

Adrian Gonzalez had three hits for the Padres, including a go-ahead single. David Eckstein and Chase Headley added RBI doubles.

Marlins 2, Phillies 0

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Josh Johnson outdueled Roy Halladay in their perfect game rematch, pitching eight dominant innings and leading Florida over Philadelphia.

Johnson and Halladay last met on May 29 in Miami, when the Phillies ace threw the 20th perfect game in major league history in a 1-0 win.

This time, Johnson (7-2) gave up three hits, walked one and struck out five as the Marlins ended a four-game losing streak.

Halladay (8-4) was sharp, too, allowing one run and six hits in eight innings. He fanned eight and walked one.

Both Halladay and Johnson finished the outings with ERAs under 2.00.

Reds 7, Giants 6

CINCINNATI (AP) — Brandon Phillips had four hits, including a two-run triple in the eighth inning that rallied the Reds to yet another comeback win.

Phillips' triple off Guillermo Mota (0-2) tied it at 6. Joey Votto's single up the middle gave the Reds their 12th win in their final at-bat, the most in the majors.

Cincinnati has a streak of nine straight losing seasons, its longest in more than a half-century.

Left-hander Arthur Rhodes (2-1) retired five batters — his longest appearance in two years — for the win. Francisco Cordero retired the side in the ninth, getting his 17th save in 21 tries.

Astros 5, Rockies 4

DENVER (AP) — Roy Oswalt struck out nine, Humberto Quintero homered and Houston won its third straight.

Quintero got three hits and Tommy Manzella drove in a career-high three runs as the Astros won for the ninth time in 12 games.

Oswalt (4-8) gave up four hits over seven innings and left with a 5-2 lead.

Todd Helton and Troy Tulowitzki had two hits each for the Rockies, who have lost six of eight.

Quintero led off the fifth with his third home run to give Houston a 3-2 lead.

The Astros jumped ahead in the second inning on Colorado's Jhoulys Chacin (3-5). allowed five runs, four earned, and four hits. He struck out eight and walked three in six innings.

Brewers 5, Cubs 4, 10 innings

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Carlos Gomez raced home from first base on a sacrifice bunt and throwing error in the 10th inning, giving the Brewers a wild victory over Chicago.

Gomez pinch-hit and drew a leadoff walk from Bob Howry (1-1). Craig Counsell followed with a bunt and the speedy Gomez rounded second base and just kept going. First baseman Xavier Nady's frantic throw to third sailed wild, allowing Gomez to score.

Milwaukee's Corey Hart hit his NL-leading 16th homer in the second inning — ignoring the roar of the Navy Blue Angels, who are in town for a weekend air show and were flying over Miller Park.

John Axford (3-1) pitched the 10th for the win.

Nationals 4, Pirates 2

WASHINGTON (AP) — Adam Dunn and Josh Willingham homered in the fourth inning, Livan Hernandez made the lead stand up and Washington beat Pittsburgh to become the last team in the majors to sweep a series this season.

Stephen Strasburg started off the three-game sweep by winning his big league debut Tuesday night before a sellout crowd of 40,315. The next two nights were tame events by comparison — drawing 40,637 for both games combined — but all three count equally as wins for a Nationals team that has pulled within a game of .500.

Hernandez (5-3) allowed two runs over six innings for his first win in more than a month despite a respectable string of starts.

The Pirates lost their fifth in a row. Zach Duke (3-7) allowed three runs — two earned — over five innings and scored Pittsburgh's first run after leading off the sixth with a double.

Braves 11, Diamondbacks 7

PHOENIX (AP) — Brooks Conrad scrambled home to break a ninth-inning tie and Atlanta, after blowing a five-run lead, beat Arizona.

The speedy Conrad hit for David Ross, who had a double, single and two RBIs. Conrad singled, stole second and made a headfirst slide to score on pinch-hitter Brian McCann's one-out single off closer Chad Qualls (1-3).

Jason Heyward and Eric Hinske also had RBI singles off Qualls. A sacrifice fly by Troy Glaus off Carlos Rosa capped the late burst.

Peter Moylan (3-1) got the final out of the eighth for the win.