SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Ubaldo Jimenez felt the hype from Denver to the Dominican Republic. From his Facebook friends near and far, and over the e-mail channels.
The soft-spoken Rockies ace keeps living up to every bit of the positive attention he's receiving.
Jimenez pitched a four-hitter to become the majors' first 10-game winner this year, outpitching Tim Lincecum to lead Colorado past the San Francisco Giants 4-0 in Monday's highly anticipated Memorial Day matchup.
"My Adrenalin was really high," Jimenez said. "Everyone was expecting that game -- my parents, neighbors, everyone back in my country, and in Denver, too."
Braves 9, Phillies 3
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ATLANTA -- Chipper Jones and Troy Glaus homered to back a strong start by Tommy Hanson and help the Atlanta Braves move into first place in the National League East with a 9-3 victory over the slumping Phillies.
The Braves, winners of six straight, are one-half game ahead of Philadelphia, losers of 9 of its last 13.
Marlins 13, Brewers 5
MIAMI -- Cody Ross hit a three-run homer to spark Florida's biggest inning this year, Cameron Maybin hit an inside-the-park home run to help turn the game into a runaway and the Marlins erased an early four-run deficit in beating Milwaukee.
Chris Coghlan singled and then hit a two-run triple in what became a seven-run sixth for the Marlins, who scored four in the seventh.
Pirates 2, Cubs 1
PITTSBURGH -- Pinch-hitter Bobby Crosby singled in the go-ahead run in the eighth inning, Garrett Jones homered and the Pittsburgh Pirates ended a five-game losing streak.
The Pirates were coming off a 1-6 road trip and had lost nine of 11, only to beat the Cubs for the eighth time in nine meetings dating to the final week of last season.
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Nationals 14, Astros 4
HOUSTON -- Carlos Maldonado and Ryan Zimmerman hit three-run homers off Chris Sampson, long after Roy Oswalt was ejected, and Washington put together the highest scoring inning in Nationals' history.
Zimmerman and Adam Dunn drove in four runs apiece and both chipped in during a nine-run seventh, the team's biggest inning since relocating from Montreal in 2005.
Cardinals 12, Reds 4
ST. LOUIS -- Albert Pujols continued his torrid hitting and rookie Jaime Garcia overcame a shaky start for St. Louis, which moved into a first-place tie in the NL Central with Cincinnati.
Pujols extended his streak of reaching base to nine straight plate appearances with two intentional walks and a single his first three times up.
