Chicago ? The Phillies got to Greg Maddux, so did the heat. And by the time the Cubs rallied for a victory Sunday, his bid for win No. 300 already was over.

“I think I could have started the seventh. I don’t know if I could have made it out of there or not. I was pretty much done after the fifth or sixth,” Maddux said.

His six-inning stint ended in a no-decision and denied him a piece of history.

“I’m just glad we won,” he said.

After Maddux left trailing by a run, the Cubs scored four in the seventh, capped by an RBI single from Nomar Garciaparra, and beat Philadelphia, 6-3. Chicago’s new All-Star shortstop was acquired from Boston in a four-team deal just before baseball’s trade deadline Saturday.

“I think we were all hoping we’d get Maddux that win,” Garciaparra said.

But now it will have to wait.

On a sticky, 83-degree day at Wrigley Field, Maddux left after throwing 87 pitches, 25 in the first inning, when he gave up homers to Jimmy Rollins and Bobby Abreu.

Philadelphia pushed across an unearned run for a 3-2 lead in the fifth on an error by Sammy Sosa.

Chicago starter Greg Maddux, right, talks to catcher Paul Bako in the fifth inning. Maddux failed in his attempt to earn career win No. 300, but the Cubs rallied to knock off Philadelphia, 6-3, Sunday in Chicago.

Maddux told manager Dusty Baker after the fifth to watch him because he was running low on energy. And Maddux wasn’t about to take a chance pitching when he had nothing left, even with No. 300 at stake.

“I would have loved to go out there and try not to walk somebody and just hope they would hit it at somebody. But it’s not right,” Maddux said.

“It’s not fair to the rest of the guys. It’s not the way you are supposed to play the game.”

Maddux’s next attempt to become the 22nd major-league pitcher to reach 300 wins probably will come Saturday in San Francisco against Barry Bonds and the Giants.

“We didn’t want Maddux to get 300 against us,” Phillies manager Larry Bowa said. “I don’t think anybody likes to see anybody get their 300th win against them, even though he’s a Hall of Fame pitcher.”

Maddux, given a standing ovation as he warmed up in the bullpen, will have to go through the process at least one more time and deal with all the hype. Next time is on the road, too.

“It wasn’t hard this time. You do what you have to do to get ready for your game, go out and pitch and don’t get caught up in it,” he said.

“It’s what I do. I mean, just go out and do it.”

In the seventh, Sosa doubled and, after Aramis Ramirez walked, scored on Mark Grudzielanek’s tying fly-ball double to right that finished Randy Wolf.

Rheal Cormier was greeted by pinch-hitter Jose Macias’ go-ahead single. Newly acquired Todd Jones gave up a sacrifice fly to pinch-hitter Michael Barrett to make it 5-3.

With the crowd in a thunderous “NOMAR! NOMAR!” chant, Garciaparra responded with his first hit for the Cubs, a single to left. He finished 1-for-4 with an RBI, batting second in the lineup.

Kent Mercker (2-0) got one out for the win. LaTroy Hawkins earned his 16th save.

Dodgers 2, Padres 1, (12)

San Diego — Pinch-hitter Robin Ventura homered in the 12th inning, sending Los Angeles to a victory over San Diego.

Steve Finley went 2-for-5 with a double and a run in his first start for the Dodgers since being acquired moments before the trade deadline Saturday in a five-player deal with Arizona. Finley started in center field, with Milton Bradley moving to right.

Eric Gagne (4-0) pitched three scoreless innings for the win. It was the first time he pitched more than two innings since he became the team’s closer in 2002.

Darren Dreifort got three outs for his first save since Sept. 15, 1997.

Cardinals 6, Giants 1

San Francisco — Woody Williams pitched 61/3 dominant innings for his fifth straight victory and 100th of his career, and Scott Rolen’s first-inning homer stood up in St. Louis’ win over San Francisco. Williams (8-6) allowed five hits and two walks, retiring the final 12 hitters he faced — and even getting Barry Bonds out three times. Schmidt (13-4) struck out 10 in seven innings, allowing six hits and two walks while losing his second straight start at home.

Braves 6, Mets 5

Atlanta — Andruw Jones homered and drove in four runs off former teammate Tom Glavine (8-9), and the Braves completed a three-game sweep. Eli Marrero and Chipper Jones each had three hits for the Braves, who won their fifth straight, and seventh in eight games, to move a season-high 12 games over .500 (58-46).

Astros 7, Reds 5

Cincinnati — Adam Everett’s eighth-inning suicide squeeze drove in the go-ahead run, and Roy Oswalt (11-8) beat Cincinnati again. Morgan Ensberg had three RBIs for the Astros and added an RBI double in the ninth to make it 7-5, sending slumping Cincinnati to its 10th loss in 11 games.

Rockies 10, D’backs 2

Denver — Jeromy Burnitz drove in four runs with a pair of homers to back Aaron Cook’s second complete game, and Colorado completed a three-game sweep. Vinny Castilla, Todd Helton and Aaron Miles also homered for the Rockies, who have won seven straight against the Diamondbacks.

Brewers 8, Pirates 7

Milwaukee — Bill Hall’s bases-loaded single in the ninth inning gave Milwaukee the victory. The Pirates rallied for two runs in the top of the ninth against closer Dan Kolb to tie it at 7. But Geoff Jenkins doubled against Brain Meadows (2-3) leading off the bottom half and went to third on Wes Helms’ single. Hall then grounded a single through a drawn-in infield.