San Diego ? Jeff Bagwell broke a scoreless tie with an RBI single in the 11th and Brian Hunter capped Houston’s five-run inning with a bases-loaded triple as the Astros beat San Diego in 11 innings.

Houston moved within 4 1/2 games of first-place St. Louis in the NL Central. The Cardinals were off Thursday.

Billy Wagner (4-2) pitched 123 innings for the win.

Phillies 4, Expos 1

Montreal Bobby Abreu homered twice and tripled as Philadelphia avoided a four-game sweep in front of the smallest crowd in Olympic Stadium history.

Players’ voices could be heard over the sparse and quiet crowd, announced as 2,134 which represents tickets sold. The actual attendance appeared to be closer to 1,000 people.

Randy Wolf (11-7) allowed five hits in pitching his third complete game of the season. His scoreless innings streak ended at 27 innings when he allowed Vladimir Guerrero’s solo homer with two outs in the first.

Mets 4, Marlins 1

New York Steve Trachsel allowed a run in seven sharp innings as New York beat Florida.

Jeromy Burnitz and Ty Wigginton hit back-to-back homers for the Mets, who have won three in a row since setting an NL record by losing 15 straight home games.

Trachsel (9-10) won for the first time in five starts. He scattered six hits while walking three and striking out four.

Armando Benitez pitched the ninth for his 30th save, his first at home since July 28.

Diamondbacks 8, Giants 5

San Francisco Barry Bonds’ 41st home runs wasn’t enough as Arizona beat San Francisco.

Curt Schilling earned his major-league leading 22nd win of the season.