Giants 9, Padres 4

San Francisco – Missing two injured outfielders, the San Diego Padres lost their fourth straight game Monday night – and sole possession of the wild-card lead.

Omar Vizquel drove in a season-high four runs to help Barry Zito end a six-start winless stretch, and the Giants beat the reeling Padres.

Zito singled in a run on the way to his first career win in seven outings against the Padres, trying to make the playoffs for a third straight year after winning the NL West the past two seasons.

Brewers 13, Cardinals 5

Milwaukee – Prince Fielder hit his league-leading 48th home run, and Milwaukee moved within three games of first place in the NL Central.

Brewers manager Ned Yost was ejected for the second consecutive day even though his team gained a half-game on Chicago, which was off Monday, in the division. Chicago’s magic number – the combination of Cubs wins and Brewers losses needed to clinch the division title – remained at four.

Milwaukee scored four runs off starter Adam Wainwright (13-12) before he got his first out.

Nationals 13, Mets 4

New York – Austin Kearns hit a three-run homer, and Ronnie Belliard drove in three runs to lead Washington.

New York’s magic number to clinch the NL East remained at five, and its lead in the division dropped to two games over idle Philadelphia.

Carlos Delgado had two hits, and Moises Alou extended his club-record hitting streak to 28 games with a sixth-inning double for New York, which had won four of five.

Ryan Langerhans hit a three-run homer in the ninth for Washington.