WASHINGTON — Stephen Strasburg struck out nine over seven innings, Ian Desmond homered in the seventh and the Washington Nationals beat the slumping Colorado Rockies 2-1 Friday night. Making his 14th start of the season, Strasburg (4-6) allowed one run and five hits for his first win since May 31. After DJ LeMahieu's RBI single in the third, Strasburg kept the Rockies scoreless. Colorado lost its fifth straight. Ryan Zimmerman hit a tying double with two outs in the sixth off Rockies starter Tyler Chatwood. Facing reliever Manny Corpas (0-2) leading off the seventh, Desmond swatted a 2-0 pitch to center for his 12th homer. Drew Storen worked the eighth and Rafael Soriano pitched the ninth for his 19th save. Mets 4, Phillies 3: Juan Lagares hit a go-ahead double, Jeremy Hefner pitched six effective innings and New York came back from a three-run deficit to beat Philadelphia. Hefner (2-6) gave up three runs — two earned — and 10 hits to help the Mets snap a five-game losing streak against the Phillies. Eric Young Jr. had two hits, including a two-run single for the Mets, who have won three of four. Scott Rice and Carlos Torres each tossed a hitless inning and Bobby Parnell finished for his 12th save in 15 tries. Cole Hamels (2-11) blew a 3-0 lead in another disappointing outing for the three-time All-Star. He allowed four runs and seven hits in six innings. Brewers 2, Braves 0: Jean Segura homered and Wily Peralta allowed two hits in seven innings to lead Milwaukee past Atlanta for its second shutout of the season. Peralta (5-8) won for the second time in his last eight starts, giving up two singles to go with four strikeouts and four walks. Francisco Rodriguez pitched the eighth and Jim Henderson the ninth for his 10th save. Segura finished with three hits, including his 11th homer, and Norichika Aoki added three singles after the birth of his son Thursday. Atlanta was shut out for the 10th time and lost for the fourth time in five games. Julio Teheran (5-4) gave up two runs and eight hits in 6 1-3 innings. Diamondbacks 11, Reds 5: Paul Goldschmidt homered twice and Arizona beat Cincinnati in Johnny Cueto's worst outing in three seasons. Goldschmidt drove in three runs to raise his NL-leading RBI total to 65. Gerardo Parra hit a leadoff home run for the Diamondbacks and Jason Kubel tied his career high with four hits. Kubel doubled in a run and scored twice. Cueto (4-1) went 4 1-3 innings and allowed seven runs, his most since Milwaukee scored eight against him on Sept. 22, 2010. The 11 hits off him matched his career worst. Marlins 6, Giants 3: Marcell Ozuna hit a go-ahead single in the eighth inning after tying it with an RBI single in the sixth, and Miami beat San Francisco for its ninth straight win at AT&T Park. Inter-League Rangers 6, Cardinals 4: Nelson Cruz snapped a ninth-inning tie with a two-run single through a drawn-in infield and Texas beat St. Louis in the opener of a series between 2011 World Series opponents. The game drew a sellout crowd of 45,228 to Busch Stadium, where the Cardinals closed out the 2011 Series with wins in Games 6 and 7. Cubs 3, Astros 1: Matt Garza pitched into the ninth inning and Anthony Rizzo hit his first home run since May 18 to lead Chicago over Houston after a rain delay that lasted 3 hours, 18 minutes. — Agencies
