Miami ? Ryan Howard’s 54th home run – his 10th in 15 games – helped the Philadelphia Phillies rally for a 14-8 victory over Florida on Thursday night.

Chris Coste, Chase Utley and Jeff Conine also homered, and Philadelphia overcame a 3-0 deficit against Josh Johnson (12-7) to win the opener of a four-game series.

Mets 7, Dodgers 0

New York – Tom Glavine (13-6) won for the first time since Aug. 5, and Jose Reyes flew around the bases for his first career inside-the-park home run Glavine yielded five hits but no walks in 61â3 innings and earned his 288th major league victory.

Pirates 7, Cubs 5

Chicago – Chris Duffy homered leading off the game, then hit a tiebreaking drive in the ninth inning off Scott Eyre (0-2). Duffy went 4-for-4 with three RBIs and two steals.

Cardinals 6, Diamondbacks 2

Phoenix – Scott Spiezio homered twice to back Jeff Weaver. Juan Encarnacion added an RBI single and Chris Duncan also drove in a run for the Cardinals, who opened a 61â2-game lead over Cincinnati in the NL Central.

Rockies 10, Nationals 5

Denver – Jamey Carroll rapped the go-ahead hit, one of three straight infield singles in a five-run eighth inning. Manny Corpas (1-1) retired the final batter of the eighth to get the win in a game that started 2 hours, 11 minutes late because of rain.