Smoltz and Braves Edge Glavine, Mets

They are old pals and teammates who helped Atlanta win 11 division titles. On Friday night, though, John Smoltz of the Braves and Tom Glavine of the New York Mets faced off for the first time.

Each of them pitched seven gritty innings on a hot, muggy night. When it was over, the Braves had a 2-1 victory at New York.

“I spent a lot of energy tonight on a lot of things other than pitching,” said Smoltz (10-5), who won his sixth consecutive decision, about facing his old friend. “I’m drained. I’m beat.”

Glavine was pleased with his performance, if not with the outcome.

“I was happy with the way I threw the ball,” he said. “As far as using both sides of the plate and using all my pitches, that’s as good a job as I’ve done all year.”

The loss went to Roberto Hernandez (5-3), who surrendered singles to Marcus Giles and Andruw Jones to open the eighth.

Julio Franco hit into a double play, but Wilson Betemit’s grounder took a bad hop past shortstop Jose Reyes to give the Braves the lead.

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Milwaukee 4, Washington 3 -- Mike Stanton, making his first appearance for the Nationals, balked home the winning run in the bottom of the 10th at Milwaukee.

Stanton, a former New York Yankee, tried to pick off Rickie Weeks from first base before he even threw a pitch, but first base umpire Paul Schrieber ruled a balk, allowing Chris Magruder to score.

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St. Louis 4, Houston 3 -- Albert Pujols hit a two-run homer off Chad Harville in the bottom of the 13th inning to give the Cardinals the victory.

Mike Lamb had given the Astros a 3-2 lead in the top of the 13th with an RBI single.

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San Diego 10, Arizona 7 -- Mark Sweeney had a home run among his three hits and Damian Jackson had three RBIs as the Padres used a five-run sixth inning to win at San Diego.

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Florida 9, Philadelphia 7 -- Miguel Cabrera had four hits, Alex Gonzalez had three and Paul Lo Duca homered to lead the Marlins’ 17-hit attack at Philadelphia in ending a four-game losing streak.

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Cincinnati 4, Colorado 3 -- Ken Griffey Jr. hit a tiebreaking solo homer at Cincinnati, and the Reds’ Aaron Harang pitched seven solid innings for his first win since May 30.

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Chicago 11, Pittsburgh 1 -- Jerry Hairston hit his first career grand slam, and Kerry Wood pitched six strong innings to lead the Cubs at Chicago for their fifth consecutive victory.