Philadelphia ? Sammy Sosa needed one swing to end the Chicago Cubs’ recent woes.

Sosa homered on the first pitch of the ninth inning and four Chicago pitchers combined on a one-hitter as the Cubs snapped the Philadelphia Phillies’ seven-game winning streak with a 1-0 victory Wednesday night.

“That’s how the big sluggers do it,” Cubs manager Dusty Baker said. “He had a rough three at-bats and then wins the game. It was huge.”

Matt Clement, Mark Guthrie, Kyle Farnsworth and Joe Borowski combined on the Cubs’ first one-hitter since May 25, 2001, when Kerry Wood beat Milwaukee. Clement allowed a leadoff infield single in the fifth inning to David Bell.

Chicago is 6-11 in its last 17 games with seven of the losses coming in the opposition’s last at-bat. The Cubs last four losses were by one run.

“This win was great for the ballclub,” Sosa said. “We’re always positive but these last couple of games have been tough.”

Baker added: “It doesn’t get any better than that. It’s great for us to win a game like that. We were trying to forget about those one-run losses and this goes a long way.”

Phillies starter Brandon Duckworth gave up three hits in six innings. He struck out six and walked two.

Sosa, who was 0-for-3 with three strikeouts going into the ninth, hit a hanging slider from Turk Wendell (1-2) for his 510th home run, 11th this season.

“(Duckworth) pitched me very tough and (Wendell) used the same pitch,” Sosa said.

The homer was the first surrendered by Wendell in 29 innings this season and snapped his 14-inning scoreless streak.

“It was a mediocre hit-me slider,” Wendell said. “You can’t let a guy like that beat you. You can’t let their best player, a slugger-type, beat you.”

Clement struck out five and walked a season-high six over seven innings.

Padres 4, Dodgers 3 (10)

Los Angeles — Mark Loretta’s single in the top of the 10th inning drove in Gary Matthews Jr., and a throwing error scored Mark Kotsay on the same play as San Diego beat Los Angeles . Matt Herges (2-1) pitched the ninth inning and got the victory and Rod Beck pitched the 10th for his fifth save.

Giants 4, Cardinals 1

St. Louis — Barry Bonds homered twice and scored three times, leading rookie Jerome Williams and San Francisco past St. Louis. The NL West-leading Giants have won three straight in a series that ends Thursday. The Cardinals lead the NL in hitting, but have been held to exactly one run for three games in a row. Bonds has 637 career home runs, 23 behind Willie Mays for third on the lifetime list. Bonds had his 63rd multihomer game, moving past Hank Aaron and matching Mays for third place.

Brewers 5, Astros 3 (11)

Houston — Eric Young and Scott Podsednik each had RBI hits in the 11th inning to rally Milwaukee past Houston. The Astros lost for the sixth time in eight games and dropped into a three-way tie for the NL Central lead with St. Louis and Chicago.

Expos 11, Mets 4

New York — Brian Schneider and Edwards Guzman had two RBIs apiece as Montreal used a pair of five-run innings to beat New York. Livan Hernandez (7-6) settled down after a shaky start, holding New York scoreless over his final five innings.

Reds 4, Pirates 3

Pittsburgh — Barry Larkin’s two-out single drove in the go-ahead run during yet another Cincinnati ninth-inning rally, and the Reds — twice within a strike of losing — came back to beat Pittsburgh. The Reds won it with three consecutive hits on full-count pitches by Pirates closer Mike Williams — Ray Olmedo’s single, pinch-hitter Reggie Taylor’s tying double down the right-field line and Larkin’s single to short right field.

Braves 2, Marlins 1 (13)

Miami — Rafael Furcal’s leadoff homer in the 13th inning helped Atlanta avoid a three-game sweep. Marlins rookie left-hander Dontrelle Willis allowed only one run in eight innings, but failed to match a club record by winning his eighth straight start, leaving with the score tied 1-1. Gary Sheffield had three hits for the Braves.

Rockies 6, D’backs 2

Denver — Jason Jennings allowed only two hits in 62/3 scoreless innings, Jay Payton had three RBIs and Colorado beat Arizona. Jennings (8-6) walked four and struck out three to win for the fifth time in his last six starts.