Philadelphia's Chase Utley (14), Ryan Howard (10), and Pat Burrell (10) have more home runs (34) than the entire Nationals team (31).
San Francisco's Omar Vizquel played his 2,579th contest at shortstop, moving him four from tying Luis Aparicio for the all-time lead in games at the position.
Cubs pitchers slowed down a pair of Astros, stopping Lance Berkman's 17-game hitting streak and Hunter Pence's career-high 16-game run.
Washington's victory was the 3,000th (vs. 3,230 losses) for the Nationals franchise; 2,755 of them came as the Montreal Expos.
The Dodgers' Blake DeWitt is 6 for 6 with 12 RBIs in bases-loaded situations.
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