San Juan, Puerto Rico ? After a long day of longballs, Cincinnati left the island with a much-needed win. The Montreal Expos packed up, too, still in first place and ready for their real home opener.

Pinch-hitter Adam Dunn and Felipe Lopez hit consecutive home runs in the ninth inning and the Reds connected six times to beat Montreal, 7-5, Sunday and stop a five-game losing streak.

Aaron Boone homered twice, Austin Kearns hit his major league-leading ninth shot and Jose Guillen also went deep for the Reds at cozy Hiram Bithorn Stadium.

“We needed this one so bad,” Kearns said.

The Expos were hoping to cap their 10-game stay in the Caribbean with a sweep. Even so, it was a productive stay at their part-time home, as the surprise NL East leaders went 6-4.

Montreal will play its official home opener Tuesday.

Braves 8, Phillies 1

Atlanta — Shane Reynolds (1-0) gave up just two hits in 71¼3 innings, providing another boost to Atlanta’s beleaguered rotation. Atlanta blew open the game quickly, scoring four runs in the first and three more in the second against Brandon Duckworth (0-1).

Mets 7, Marlins 4

New York — Vance Wilson hit a game-tying solo homer off Vladimir Nunez (0-3) and Mo Vaughn added a two-run single in a five-run seventh inning as New York rallied twice to defeat Florida. Tom Glavine (3-1) allowed three runs on eight hits in seven innings to get the win.

Pirates 8, Cubs 2

Pittsburgh — Salomon Torres (2-0) pitched five shutout innings in relief of injured Pittsburgh starter Josh Fogg and the Pirates ended Chicago’s five-game winning streak.

Brewers 5, Astros 4

Milwaukee — Curtis Leskanic won for the first time in nearly two years, and Keith Ginter drove in a career-high three runs for Milwaukee.

D’backs 1, Cardinals 0

St. Louis — Rookie reliever Oscar Villarreal (1-0) threw 22¼3 scoreless innings after starter Miguel Batista was ejected and David Dellucci had an RBI double off Brett Tomko (1-2) for Arizona.

Rockies 8, Padres 0

Denver — Shawn Chacon and two relievers combined on the 21st shutout in Coors Field history as Colorado beat San Diego.

Dodgers 16, Giants 4

Los Angeles — Fred McGriff went 4-for-5 for Los Angeles, Hideo Nomo earned his 100th career victory and San Francisco lost for the first time in nine road games. Barry Bonds hit his 619th career home run.