Phoenix ? Almost every outing, Randy Johnson finds himself mentioned in the same sentence as pitchers enshrined in the Hall of Fame.

Johnson fanned 14, passing Tom Seaver for fifth place on the career strikeout list, as the Diamondbacks beat the Florida Marlins, 9-2, Saturday.

Diamondbacks pitcher Randy Johnson tips his hat to the crowd after striking out Florida Marlins' Preston Wilson. Johnson, now fifth place on the all-time strikeout list, at 3,641, earned his 17th win against the Marlins on Saturday.

“He’s up there with the best strikeout pitchers in the history of the game,” said Marlins manager Jeff Torborg, who caught three no-hitters as a player. “He doesn’t compare with the guys that I caught relative to where he throws from. Sandy (Koufax) was over the top. Don Drysdale was from the side, but he was right-handed.

“This guy is kind of unique.”

Johnson (17-4), who pitched complete games in his last two starts, went eight innings this time. He gave up two runs on five hits and two walks in his fourth consecutive victory a stretch in which he has an 0.82 ERA in 33 innings.

“He hit 100 (mph) once on our gun today, and 99 six or seven times,” manager Bob Brenly said. “It’s just dominating. When he’s got that slider working and that kind of fastball, it’s going to be a tough day for whoever.”

Johnson finished the afternoon with a major-league leading 240 strikeouts this season 10 more than teammate Curt Schilling, who pitches today.

The Big Unit moved past Schilling by striking out five in the first two innings. His third of the game against Preston Wilson for the first out of the second was No. 3,641 and sent him ahead of Seaver.

Johnson ended the day with 3,652 career strikeouts.

The game was Johnson’s 11th double-digit strikeout performance and the 182nd of his career, second only to Nolan Ryan’s 215.

Giants 8, Pirates 3

San Francisco Barry Bonds set the major league record for intentional walks in a season and Benito Santiago hit a grand slam as San Francisco beat Pittsburgh. Santiago followed Bonds’ third walk in the seventh with his eighth career slam.

Winner Manny Aybar (1-0) pitched 213 hitless innings. Jeff Kent drove in three runs as the Giants won for the fifth time in seven games and kept pace in the NL wild card race.

Astros 8, Braves 5

Houston Rookie Kirk Saarloos won his fifth straight start and slumping Lance Berkman returned to the lineup and drove in two runs as the Houston Astros beat the Atlanta Braves.

Saarloos (5-2) went 523 innings and gave up five runs on seven hits. He is now 5-0 with a 2.90 ERA in five starts since being recalled from Triple-A on July 20.

Billy Wagner got three outs for his 25th save in 31 chances.

Cardinals 5, Mets 4

St. Louis Albert Pujols hit a grand slam and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the New York Mets for only their second win in 10 games.

After the Mets came back to tie it, the NL Central leaders scored the go-ahead run in the sixth on a sacrifice fly by Jim Edmonds. Dave Veres (5-7) pitched two scoreless innings for the win.

Reds 9, Padres 0

Cincinnati Ryan Dempster escaped two bases-loaded threats and Jason LaRue homered and drove in three runs as Cincinnati beat San Diego. The Reds stayed in a second-place tie with Houston in the NL Central, two games behind St. Louis.

Brewers 5, Expos 2

Milwaukee Jose Cabrera pitched six solid innings, and Eric Young had four hits as Milwaukee snapped a five-game losing streak against Montreal.

Javier Vazquez (8-8) allowed the first five batters to reach base as Milwaukee jumped out to a 3-0 lead. The Brewers won for just the third time in 11 games and improved to 7-20 since the All-Star break.

Cubs 15, Rockies 1

Denver Sammy Sosa hit a trio of three-run homers to tie a franchise record with nine RBIs, then left in the sixth inning as Chicago routed Colorado.

Sosa connected in successive at-bats in the third, fourth and fifth innings. He took over the major league lead with 38 homers and matched Johnny Mize’s record of six career three-homer games.

The nine RBIs were a career high for Sosa and tied the club mark set by Heinie Zimmerman in 1911.