Cincinnati ? It has been 10 years since the Cincinnati Reds started so well.

D’Angelo Jimenez drove in a pair of runs and made a saving defensive play Saturday, setting up a 3-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates — the latest win during Cincinnati’s uplifting homestand.

At 4-1, the Reds are three games over .500 for the first time since Aug. 19, 2002, when they still were playing at Cinergy Field. They never were more than two games above the break-even mark in their first year at Great American Ball Park.

There has been nothing fancy about the first-week surge against the Chicago Cubs and Pittsburgh.

“I just put their names on the lineup card, put on my sunglasses, sit back and watch,” manager Dave Miley said.

Folks around these parts haven’t seen anything like it since 1994, when the Reds won six of their first seven games.

Adam Dunn hit a solo homer — his second in two games — and Jimenez had a sacrifice fly and an RBI double, leading the Reds.

Cory Lidle (1-1), who lost the season opener against the Cubs, rebounded with seven solid innings. The right-hander gave up one run and six hits and didn’t walk anyone.

Marlins 5, Phillies 3

Miami — Hee Seop Choi homered twice, and Miguel Cabrera’s two-run shot off Rheal Cormier (1-2) propelled Florida over Philadelphia on the day the Marlins received their elaborate World Series rings before the game.

The loss was the Phillies’ 12th in the last 14 games against Florida.

Darren Oliver (1-0) allowed eight hits and two earned runs in seven innings. Armando Benitez pitched the ninth for his fourth save.

Braves 5, Cubs 2

Atlanta — Julio Franco hit a tie-breaking, three-run double off Kyle Farnsworth in the eighth, and Atlanta rallied past Chicago.

In the game only because rookie Adam LaRoche fouled a pitch off his foot earlier, Franco drove a 3-2 fastball from Kyle Farnsworth over Sammy Sosa’s head in right.

That capped a four-run eighth inning and gave the Braves the win a night after they blew a 1-0 lead in the ninth.

Andy Pratt (0-1) walked the two batters he faced. Antonio Alfonseca (1-0) got two outs for the win.

Todd Hollandsworth homered, and Sosa had two doubles for the Cubs.

Expos 1, Mets 0

San Juan, Puerto Rico — John Patterson pitched seven stellar innings in his Montreal debut, and Peter Bergeron’s two-out RBI single in the seventh sent the Expos to a win over New York.

The teams split the first two games of their series at Hiram Bithorn Stadium, where the Expos will play 22 “home” games for the second consecutive season.

Patterson (1-0), acquired from Arizona in a trade late in spring training, allowed just two hits, struck out six and walked one.

Jae Weong Seo (0-1) gave up one run and three hits in two innings.

Brewers 6, Astros 1

Milwaukee — Ben Sheets struck out a career-high 10 in six scoreless innings, and Wes Helms hit a three-run homer to lead Milwaukee over Houston.

Sheets (1-0) has beaten the Astros seven straight times since losing his first two decisions against them in 2001. He outpitched Tim Redding (0-1), who gave up three runs and six hits in five innings, his first start of the season.

Astros reliever Ricky Stone allowed run-scoring singles to Craig Counsell, Keith Ginter and Lyle Overbay.

Cardinals 10, Diamondbacks 2

Phoenix — Scott Rolen homered twice and drove in five runs to power St. Louis to victory over Arizona.

Edgar Renteria went 4-for-5 with three doubles for the Cardinals, who have outscored Arizona 23-8 and have 30 hits in the first two games of three-game series.

Padres 6, Giants 4

San Diego — San Diego kept Barry Bonds in the yard for the second straight game, and Phil Nevin had four hits to tie his career high in a win over San Francisco.

Bonds went 1-for-3 with a walk and remained on hold with 659 home runs, one behind his godfather, Willie Mays, for third place on the career list. He was 0-for-4 with an intentional walk Thursday night.

Dodgers 7, Rockies 4

Los Angeles — Adrian Beltre homered and drove in three runs, and Milton Bradley hit his first home run for Los Angeles in a victory over Colorado.

The Dodgers’ Hideo Nomo (1-1) allowed two runs and four hits in six innings and struck out seven.