Chicago ? Jon Lieber doesn’t care which way the wind blows at Wrigley Field.

The Chicago Cubs won their 15th straight Wrigley Field game started by Lieber, beating the San Francisco Giants 2-1 Thursday as Sammy Sosa hit his eighth homer and Delino DeShields hit a go-ahead grounder.

“I have no idea what it is. And whatever it is, and I don’t even want to think about it,” Lieber said.

He is 14-0 in his last 15 starts at home, and the Cubs won the other game, too. In his first appearance since missing a scheduled start on April 20 because of elbow soreness, he allowed one run and six hits in eight innings and walked one.

Lieber (3-0) hasn’t lost at home since he was beaten by Arizona’s Randy Johnson last May 18. Lieber is 25-16 in 60 career appearances at Wrigley.

“Ever since I came here to pitch, I’ve enjoyed it,” Lieber said.

When the game started, the wind was blowing out to right at gusts up to 36 mph, making right field very inviting for left-handed batters.

But Lieber held down Barry Bonds, who went 0-for-4 after sitting Wednesday night to rest his sore left hamstring.

Bonds made out on Lieber’s first pitch in each of his first three at-bats, before finding some patience and looking at four pitches his last time up in the eighth. Lieber still struck him out.

“Lieber has been beating me since Pittsburgh,” said Bonds, who is 5-for-36 (.139) against Lieber. “He’s been giving me trouble since way back. Certain pitchers can just get you, and Lieber has been one of those guys that’s been able to have success.”

Lieber threw 79 pitches 59 for strikes though he did have to wiggle out of a couple of jams. The Giants put their first two men on in the first and left two on in the fifth.

Reds 4, Rockies 3

Cincinnati Third baseman Todd Zeile bounced a throw into Cincinnati’s dugout, letting the go-ahead run score in the eighth inning, and the Reds beat Colorado for a three-game sweep. The Rockies were swept at Cinergy Field for the first time since 1993, when they went 0-7 there in their inaugural year. Zeile’s throwing error let Todd Walker score from second base, completing a late rally that brought Cincinnati its season-high fifth straight win.

Mets 7, Cardinals 6

New York Pinch-hitter Mark Johnson connected for the Mets’ first home run in 10 days, a tiebreaking shot in the eighth inning that gave New York a victory over St. Louis. The Mets scored five runs in the fifth to rally from a 5-1 deficit and take two of three from St. Louis, winning their fifth series out of the last six. The Cardinals lost for the ninth time in 11 games.

Diamondbacks 11, Braves 5

Atlanta Greg Maddux surrendered a career-high 10 runs in 42/3 innings against Arizona. Damian Miller drove in four runs as the Diamondbacks took two of three from the Braves in a rematch of last year’s NL championship series. Maddux (2-1), bothered this season by a sore back, was knocked out during a horrendous fifth, in which he allowed eight runs a career high for an inning and four walks.

Pirates 3, Dodgers 2

Pittsburgh Brian Giles hit a two-run single against a wild Hideo Nomo (2-3), who limited Pittsburgh to three hits in six innings but walked five and a hit batter. Josh Fogg (3-0) struck out seven and allowed one run.

Padres 6, Phillies 4

Philadelphia Mark Kotsay homered and hit a two-run triple as San Diego overcame a 3-1 deficit in the seventh with four runs off starter Vicente Padilla and Rheal Cormier (1-2). Philadelphia has lost 10 of 13, including five games in which the bullpen failed to hold a lead. Bobby Jones (2-1) allowed three runs and six hits in six innings. Trevor Hoffman struck out the side in the ninth.

Expos 5, Brewers 1

Montreal Lee Stevens, Chris Truby and Jose Vidro homered as Montreal stretched a winning streak to six for the first time since May 31-June 5, 2000. A season-low crowd of 3,501 was on hand at Olympic Stadium. Stevens, who hit a solo shot in Wednesday’s 5-4, 15-inning win, hit a two-run homer off Ruben Quevedo (1-2) in the first.

Marlins 5, Astros 4

Miami A.J. Burnett (3-2) struck out nine in seven innings, allowing three runs and five hits, and Kevin Millar hit a tiebreaking solo home run off Shane Reynolds (2-3) in the seventh. Braden Looper allowed one run in 12/3 innings, and Vladimir Nunez retired Richard Hidalgo with the tying run at second.