Milwaukee ? Glendon Rusch finally found a way to beat the Houston Astros — with his bat instead of his arm.

One day after losing his fifth straight decision to Houston, Rusch blooped a bunt for a game-winning pinch-hit single in the 14th inning Saturday, sending the Milwaukee Brewers to a 3-2 victory.

“I came to the park feeling bad because of the loss,” said Rusch, a former Kansas City Royal who allowed six runs in four innings of an 11-5 loss Friday. “This is a lot better. I wasn’t trying to hit it over their heads. I was trying to get the bat on the ball and lay it down.

With the bases loaded and one out in the 14th, Rusch was called on to pinch hit for reliever John Foster. A career .138 hitter, Rusch bunted on an 0-1 pitch from Scott Linebrink (0-1).

The ball looped over the head of second baseman Jeff Kent and scored Eric Young with the winning run.

“E.Y. was coming hard. When I saw the ball go up in the air, I thought double play,” Rusch said. “Then, when I saw Kent going back I thought it might have enough legs to get over him.”

Foster (1-0) pitched two scoreless innings for the win. Young started the winning rally with a single. Royce Clayton then laid down a bunt that was fielded by first baseman Jeff Bagwell, but Kent dropped the throw at first base for an error.

Both runners moved up on Brady Clark’s fly to left and Linebrink then walked Eddie Perez intentionally to load the bases. That brought up Rusch.

“I just wanted him to find a hole some place,” Milwaukee manager Ned Yost said.

Giants 9, Dodgers 3

Los Angeles — Rich Aurilia and Andres Galarraga drove in two runs each in the fifth inning, Ruben Rivera hit a solo homer and San Francisco beat Los Angeles for its 15th victory in 17 games.

The Giants scored five runs in the fifth, including an RBI single by Benito Santiago, to improve to a franchise-best 8-0 start on the road.

Expos 8-9, Reds 7-5

San Juan, Puerto Rico — Vladimir Guerrero changed his luck, homering and driving in five runs as Montreal beat Cincinnati, 9-5, to sweep a day-night doubleheader.

Brian Schneider homered twice in the opener, including a leadoff shot in the 10th inning that lifted the Expos to an 8-7 win.

Phillies 4, Braves 0

Atlanta — Vicente Padilla pitched a four-hitter and Mike Hampton struggled in his Atlanta debut as Philadelphia stopped the Braves’ five-game winning streak. Padilla (3-1) picked up his second career shutout, facing only three hitters above the minimum. He allowed four singles, with one of the runners erased on a double play.

Cubs 6, Pirates 1 (10)

Pittsburgh — Mark Grudzielanek singled home the go-ahead run in a five-run 10th inning and Chicago won its fifth straight, beating Pittsburgh behind Mark Prior’s pitching effort.

Marlins 6, Mets 5

New York — Armando Benitez blew his fourth save chance this season, allowing two runs in the ninth inning of a loss to Florida. Luis Castillo hit a game-tying RBI single and Ivan Rodriguez beat out a potential double-play grounder to drive in the go-ahead run.

D’backs 4, Cardinals 3

St. Louis — Byung-Hyun Kim (1-3) won his first career game as a starter and Luis Gonzalez hit a tiebreaking two-run homer in the fifth off Jason Simontacchi (0-1). Kim, a converted closer who had a team-record 36 saves last year, allowed three runs and five hits in a career-high seven innings, and Matt Mantei recorded six outs for his first save since April 16, 2001, at St. Louis.

Rockies 10, Padres 9

Denver — Ronnie Belliard drove in the winning run with a squeeze bunt that capped a three-run, ninth-inning rally as Colorado beat San Diego after wasting a seven-run lead. Ryan Klesko homered twice and had five RBIs for San Diego.