Chicago ? Aramis Ramirez wonders what might have been if he had gotten off to a better start, if Derrek Lee had stayed healthy and if Mark Prior and Kerry Wood hadn’t broken down.

“It would be different,” Ramirez said.

Ramirez homered and tripled, and the Chicago Cubs hit four homers an 11-2 victory over the Philadelphia that stopped the Phillies’ five-game winning streak.

Michael Barrett hit a two-run homer, Angel Pagan added a three-run drive, and Ramirez and Phil Nevin hit back-to-back solo shots as the Cubs broke a four-game losing streak and avoided a four-game sweep.

Barrett went deep in the first, after Ramirez tripled in two runs, to extend the lead to 4-1. Chicago scored five more in the third, with Pagan’s homer making it 9-1 and chasing starter Cole Hamels (6-7). Ramirez and Nevin homered off Brian Sanches in the fourth.

Carlos Zambrano (14-5) became the NL’s first 14-game winner, allowing two runs and six hits in seven innings. He struck out seven and walked one.

“When you have that type of command, you feel like Greg Maddux,” a grinning Zambrano said, referring to the four-time NL Cy Young Award winner who was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers on July 31.

When Nevin looks at Zambrano, he sees a young Randy Johnson – with better control.

“If I were to pick one guy right now to start my rotation, that would be my guy,” Nevin said. “He reminds you a lot of Randy when he was young.”

Reds 6, Giants 3

San Francisco – David Ross’ solo homer broke a tie with two outs in the eighth, and Cincinnati rallied from a three-run deficit. Ross connected against Vinnie Chulk (0-2).

Mets 6, Cardinals 2

New York – Carlos Delgado homered for the fourth time in four games, and New York completed a three-game sweep of St. Louis to extend its winning streak to seven.

Pirates 5, Astros 3

Pittsburgh – Houston lost for the 10th time in 13 games, falling to Jason Bay and Pittsburgh. Willy Taveras extended his club-record hitting streak to 27 games with two hits, and Chris Burke hit his eighth home run for Houston, which is in fourth place in the NL Central. Paul Maholm worked his way through a shaky first three innings to earn the victory for Pittsburgh.

Brewers 12, Rockies 6

Milwaukee – Tomo Ohka drove in a career-high four runs batting left-handed for the first time in his major-league career, and Prince Fielder hit a three-run homer as Milwaukee beat Colorado and extended the Rockies’ losing streak to six. Ohka (4-3), a right-handed pitcher, drove in runs in his three plate appearances.