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NL | Houston's Biggio gets 3,000th hit

HOUSTON - Craig Biggio joined the 3,000-career-hits club last night, and Carlos Lee's grand slam in the 11th gave the Houston Astros an 8-5 win over the Colorado Rockies.

HOUSTON - Craig Biggio joined the 3,000-career-hits club last night, and Carlos Lee's grand slam in the 11th gave the Houston Astros an 8-5 win over the Colorado Rockies.

Lee's shot to left field off Brian Fuentes (0-3) came on the first pitch. Biggio singled in the 11th, tying a career high with his fifth hit. Hunter Pence followed with a double before Lance Berkman was hit by a pitch to load the bases.

Troy Tulowitzki's solo shot off Brian Moehler (1-2) to lead off the 11th inning made it 5-4. The loss extended Colorado's season-high losing streak to seven games.

It was the third time in seven days that Fuentes has allowed a game-winning hit, after Tulowitzki homered in the top of the inning to give Colorado a late lead.

Biggio became the 27th player to reach the 3,000-hit mark with a single to center field in the seventh inning. The second baseman was thrown out trying to stretch the play into a double on his third hit of the night, which tied the game at 1.

He added his fourth hit on a single to right field in the ninth for hit No. 3001 and his first four-hit game of the season.

Dodgers 9, D'backs 5

PHOENIX - Russell Martin spoiled Randy Johnson's return with a home run and finished with three hits, and Los Angeles took three of four from Arizona.

Randy Wolf (9-6) allowed three runs in six-plus innings and Jeff Kent drove in three runs for the Dodgers.

Johnson (4-3), who went on the 15-day disabled list June 16 retroactive to June 11 with muscle tightness in his buttocks and a sore back, never looked comfortable in his first start in 18 days.

Marlins 9, Pirates 7

MIAMI - Scott Olsen (6-6) struck out his first five batters and finished with 10, one shy of his career high, as the Florida defeated Pittsburgh to avoid a three-game sweep.

Last night's game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the New York Mets was postponed by rain.

Because the rainout came in the Cardinals' last scheduled game in New York, the teams will have to make up the game on a mutally agreeable open date later in the season.