Milwaukee ? Chad Moeller felt awful, except at the plate.

Fighting muscle aches and chills the past few days, the Milwaukee Brewers catcher hit for the cycle Tuesday night in a 9-8 victory over the Cincinnati Reds.

The Brewers rallied from an 8-6 deficit in the ninth inning and won on pinch-hitter Bill Hall’s two-out, two-run homer off closer Danny Graves.

Moeller was in the dugout tunnel near a heater when he saw Hall’s line drive leave the park on television.

“I really do feel under the weather,” he said. “My whole focus today was really just getting through nine innings behind the plate somehow, some way. It probably just helped me out because I didn’t think about anything except just three more outs, or six more outs.

“If we would have gone extra (innings), it would have been a real battle for me. I don’t know if I would have made it through,” Moeller said.

Hall’s home run made sure he didn’t have to. Hall was quick to credit his sick teammate, however.

“Those are the times when you have your best games,” Hall said. “It means you are not trying to do as much. It’s just like Michael Jordan in the playoffs.”

Moeller homered in the second inning, doubled in the fourth, tripled in the fifth and singled in the seventh, becoming the first Brewers player to complete the cycle since Paul Molitor in 1991.

Obtained from Arizona last offseason in the Richie Sexson trade, Moeller is the fifth Brewers player to accomplish the feat.

Molitor, who will be inducted into the Hall of Fame this summer, did it on May 15, 1991, at Minnesota, when Milwaukee was in the American League. Molitor is now the hitting coach for the Seattle Mariners.

The other Brewers to hit for the cycle were Hall of Famer Robin Yount on June 12, 1988, at Chicago; Charlie Moore on Oct. 1, 1980, at California; and Mike Hegan on Sept. 3, 1976, at Detroit.

“It’s pretty darn cool to be in that company,” Moeller said. “They are some of the best that have ever played the game.

“I am nowhere even in the ZIP code of being with those guys. But with this one little silly stat I am.”

Despite Moeller’s big night, the Reds led 8-6 entering the bottom of the ninth before Graves (0-2) blew his third save in 13 chances. Cincinnati’s shaky fielding kept the Brewers in it.

Wes Helms reached on an infield single with one out, advanced to second on a wild pitch and to third on a throwing error by catcher Jason LaRue.

Moeller’s grounder to third with two outs could have ended the game, but Brandon Larson short-hopped the throw to first for an error that made it 8-7.

It was Cincinnati’s fifth error of the game.

Hall followed with a liner over the left-center wall, and the second-smallest crowd in Miller Park history (8,918) went wild. Hall was mobbed at home plate by his teammates.

Mets 9, Dodgers 5

Los Angeles — Mike Piazza tied Carlton Fisk’s major-league record of 351 home runs as a catcher in New York’s victory over Los Angeles. Piazza hit a one-out solo homer in the sixth on the first pitch from Hideo Nomo. The line drive to left-center gave the Mets a 4-3 lead. Piazza, who hit his first 177 homers with the Dodgers, had gone 16 consecutive games without one since homering twice on April 7 at Atlanta.

Braves 12, Giants 3

San Francisco — J.D. Drew and Johnny Estrada each homered, and Marcus Giles had three doubles among his four hits and scored three times in Atlanta’s victory over San Francisco. The Braves snapped a four-game losing streak in San Francisco — and they did it in part by keeping Barry Bonds without a hit or a home run again. Bonds went 0-for-2 with two walks a night after walking three times, two intentionally.

Diamondbacks 10, Cubs 1

Phoenix — Brandon Webb allowed four hits in seven scoreless innings, Chad Tracy hit his first major-league homer, and Arizona pounded Chicago for the second night in a row.

Luis Gonzalez added a three-run homer, and Steve Finley had a two-run shot in Arizona’s third straight victory and fifth in six games. The Cubs, beaten 9-0 by Randy Johnson and the Diamondbacks on Monday night, failed to score for 18 consecutive innings before Todd Hollandsworth led off the ninth with a homer off Jose Valverde.

Phillies 7, Cardinals 3

St. Louis — Pat Burrell had four hits with three RBIs and made two nice defensive plays in Philadelphia’s victory over St. Louis. Mike Lieberthal hit a tiebreaking two-run home run in the sixth for the Phillies, who are 3-1 with two games to go on a six-game trip. They lost five of their first six on the road, but have averaged 5.5 runs on this trip and got to Matt Morris (3-2) for two homers and two doubles.

Rockies 13, Marlins 10

Denver — Vinny Castilla hit a tiebreaking three-run double in the eighth inning, and Jeromy Burnitz homered twice to lead Colorado over Florida. Burnitz, Charles Johnson and Matt Holliday hit consecutive home runs to start the third inning, the second time in franchise history Colorado has hit three straight homers. Burnitz also threw out two runners at the plate from the outfield.

Padres 3, Expos 0

San Diego — Ismael Valdez limited Montreal to four hits in eight innings, and Mark Loretta homered to lead San Diego victory over the Expos. Valdez (3-0) has the best record of any Padres starter after coming within three outs of his first shutout in nearly five years. He began the season in the bullpen, then moved into the rotation after No. 5 starter Sterling Hitchcock was diagnosed with a broken rib.