St. Louis ? The longest losing streak of Woody Williams’ career is over. The St. Louis Cardinals hope their slide also has ended.

Williams won for the first time since July 26 despite allowing six runs in six innings as the Cardinals overcame an early deficit and beat the Cincinnati Reds, 13-6, Saturday.

“It’s hard to see from the linescore,” Williams said. “It’s been a hard second half, but I still have four more starts, so we’ll wait and see what happens.”

Eli Marrero had a two-run triple and drove in three runs in his first start since tearing ankle ligaments on May 11, Bo Hart had four hits and three RBIs, and Albert Pujols homered for the second straight game.

“We came in the dugout after the first inning and said ‘Hey, let’s get three,’ and we got three,” Hart said. “It’s nice to kind of relax a little bit and get your hits.”

St. Louis won for only the second time in seven games. The Cardinals entered third in the NL Central, two games behind division-leading Houston, and managed only four hits in the last 11 innings of a 4-2, 12-inning loss to the Reds Friday night.

“You’ve got to separate them,” manager Tony La Russa said. “It was really tough last night, and everybody was very disappointed. The worst thing you can do is carry it over.”

Cincinnati made a season-worst five errors, matching the major-league high for the season, and lost for the 10th time in 13 games.

“We had been playing pretty good defense since I got here, but not today,” manager Dave Miley said. “A couple more of their hits should have been caught and we just piled more mistakes on after that.”

Williams (15-8) had been 0-5 with a 4.74 ERA since beating Pittsburgh July 26, the longest losing streak of his career. He struck out seven in six innings, allowing six runs and nine hits.

Williams also had his third two-hit game of the year, and scored twice.

Cincinnati had a pair of three-run innings, the first and fifth. Sean Casey had a two-run double in the first and D’Angelo Jimenez hit a three-run homer in the fifth.

St. Louis was 11-for-17 against Dan Serafini (0-3) after he retired the first two batters in the first.

Cubs 8, Brewers 4

Milwaukee — Randall Simon hit a two-run homer, leading Chicago over Milwaukee. Mark Prior (15-5) struck out seven in seven innings, becoming the first Chicago pitcher to win seven straight decisions since Kevin Tapani in 1998. Prior allowed three runs and 10 hits. Troy O’Leary had four RBIs for Chicago, which opened a 5-0 lead in the third and won for the sixth time in seven games.

Giants 5, D’backs 4 (11)

San Francisco — Marquis Grissom drew a bases-loaded walk from Matt Mantei in the 11th inning to give San Francisco its sixth victory in seven games. Edgardo Alfonzo led off the 11th with a single off Mantei (5-4), who had issued just 14 walks all season. Yorvit Torrealba and J.T. Snow walked to load the bases with two outs. Mantei’s 3-1 pitch to Grissom wasn’t very close, scoring pinch-runner Cody Ransom.

Phillies 9, Mets 6

Philadelphia — Ricky Ledee hit a tiebreaking three-run double and Marlon Byrd and Bobby Abreu hit solo homers, leading Philadelphia to its fifth straight victory. The Phillies have won eight of nine.

Marlins 14, Expos 4

San Juan, Puerto Rico — Florida beat up on Tomo Ohka for nine runs in the first two innings, and Brad Penny cruised as the Marlins beat Montreal. The Marlins scored five unearned in the first as they stayed a game back of Philadelphia in the NL wild-card race.

Braves 9, Pirates 2

Atlanta — Greg Maddux pitched into the eighth inning and moved within one victory of becoming the first major leaguer to win at least 15 games in 16 consecutive seasons as Atlanta beat Pittsburgh. Gary Sheffield had three hits, including his 35th home run and drove in three runs, Chipper Jones had a three-run double, Rafael Furcal went 4-for-5 and scored twice and Vinny Castilla also went 4-for-5 with three doubles and an RBI.

Dodgers 10, Rockies 2

Denver — Shawn Green drove in five runs, Ron Coomer homered twice and Odalis Perez pitched six strong innings as Los Angeles beat Colorado. Green homered in the first inning and added a three-run double in the fifth to give Los Angeles its seventh win in eight games.