Chicago ? Here’s what Bronson Arroyo has shown the Cincinnati Reds since joining them less than a month ago: He can beat the Chicago Cubs, and he can hit home runs off Glendon Rusch. Arroyo, with no homers in his first six major-league seasons, hit his second off Rusch in six days Tuesday, one of six long balls by the Reds as they routed the Cubs 9-2 on a windy day at Wrigley Field.

“I got lucky again. Just keep hacking,” Arroyo said after throwing seven shutout innings and hitting a ball over the left-field bleachers that landed on Waveland Ave.

“I really just couldn’t believe where the pitch was because it was almost identical to last time. … I was a little surprised,” he added. “I knew the wind was going out, I got it good like I did last time. I figured that it wasn’t going to land anywhere in the park.”

Adam Dunn hit a pair of solo shots, and Ken Griffey Jr. and Arroyo had one each off Rusch in the first four innings. Edwin Encarnacion hit his first career grand slam and Austin Kearns followed with another homer, both off Will Ohman in the sixth.

“He’s got more homers than Wily Mo already,” Dunn said of Arroyo, who was traded from the Red Sox on March 20 for Wily Mo Pena.

“He’s got a good swing. That’s impressive. He’s shown me two tools so far.”

Arroyo, who hit his first homer since high school off Rusch on April 5 at Great American Ball Park, connected for the Reds’ third of the game leading off the third. Arroyo’s homer last week was his first hit since 2001.

Pirates 7, Dodgers 6

Pittsburgh – Ryan Doumit hit one of Pittsburgh’s four homers, drove in the go-ahead run with a sacrifice fly in the sixth inning, and the Pirates, despite falling behind by multiple runs much as they have done all season, rallied past Los Angeles.

Jeromy Burnitz added a two-run homer, and Craig Wilson and Doumit each hit a solo shot as the Pirates came back from deficits of 3-0, 5-2 and 6-3 to avoid the franchise’s first 1-8 start in 51 years.

Mets 7, Nationals 1

Washington – Rookie Brian Bannister shut down Washington for his first major-eague victory, and Carlos Beltran homered off the facing of the upper deck. Bannister (1-0) allowed three hits over seven innings, throwing 107 pitches. The lone run he gave up came on Alfonso Soriano’s homer in the seventh. The right-hander held the Nationals hitless for 51â3 innings in his big-eague debut last week in New York.

Padres 9, Marlins 3

Miami – Khalil Greene drove in four runs with two homers to help San Diego shake a slump, and the Padres spoiled Florida’s home opener. The Padres, who scored a major-league-low 19 runs in the first week of the season, snapped a four-game losing streak.