Ten-run first boosts Dodgers

? It didn’t take the Los Angeles Dodgers long to get their offense going Friday night.

Jeff Kent had a two-run homer and a three-run double in a 10-run first inning, and the Dodgers snapped out of a slump with a 13-6 victory over the Reds.

“Kent did a week’s worth of damage,” Los Angeles manager Jim Tracy said.

Hee-Seop Choi also hit a two-run homer for Los Angeles, which sent 14 batters to the plate in a half-inning that lasted 27 minutes.

Ricky Ledee hit a two-run double and scored on Jason Phillips’ double in the first. The Dodgers had scored a total of 10 runs while splitting their previous four games.

“We’ve been creating opportunities to score runs,” Tracy said. “Sometimes you don’t get them, but our approach never changed.”

Paul Wilson (1-3), the No. 1 starter in a rotation with the National League’s 15th-worst earned-run average going into the game, failed to retire a batter for the second time in three seasons with the Reds. He allowed eight runs, five hits, one walk and hit two batters. His ERA rose from 5.25 to 7.25.

“I’ve got to go out and stop the bleeding, not make it worse,” Wilson said.

Nationals 9, Giants 3

San Francisco — Ryan Church hit a bases-clearing double, and Brad Wilkerson had three hits and drew a bases-loaded walk to lead Washington past San Francisco.

Diamondbacks 8, Pirates 4

Phoenix — Troy Glaus drove in four runs, three of them with a 464-foot homer, and Arizona beat Pittsburgh. Shawn Green also homered, and Javier Vazquez earned his fourth victory in his last four starts.

Padres 6, Cardinals 5

St. Louis — Trevor Hoffman became the third pitcher in major-league history to reach 400 saves, and Mark Sweeney had a two-run home run and three RBIs in San Diego’s victory over St. Louis. Hoffman joined Lee Smith (478) and John Franco (424) in the 400-save club.

Mets 7, Brewers 4

Milwaukee — Mike Piazza homered his first two times up, giving him home runs in three straight plate appearances.

Braves 9, Astros 4

Atlanta — Johnny Estrada hit a three-run homer, and six other Atlanta players drove in runs, leading the Braves over Houston. Atlanta outscored Houston 18-7 in the first two games of the four-game series. John Smoltz (3-3) won his third straight start.

Phillies 3, Cubs 2

Chicago — LaTroy Hawkins blew his third save of the season, allowing the tying and winning runs to score on his throwing error to push Chicago’s losing streak to six games.

Marlins 7, Rockies 0

Miami — Dontrelle Willis became the major leagues’ first six-game winner, allowing five hits in seven innings to lead Florida.