PHOENIX — The Arizona Diamondbacks made a six-run lead stand up this time — barely.

Max Scherzer struck out 10 and drove in two runs, Chris Young made a leaping catch at the fence for the final out and Arizona held off San Diego, 6-5, last night to snap the Padres' 10-game winning streak.

The Diamondbacks nearly blew a six-run lead for the second straight day. On Monday, they let the Padres rally from a 7-1 deficit in the eighth for a 9-7 victory in 10 innings.

Last night, the Padres scored four in the eighth to pull to 6-4, then loaded the bases against Juan Gutierrez with no outs in the ninth.

"I was like, 'Here we go again,' " said Arizona's Mark Reynolds, who hit his team-high 13th homer.

But with the potential tying run at third, Young ended the game with a terrific grab on a drive to center by Kevin Kouzmanoff.

Scherzer (2-3) dominated the Padres, who entered with a major league-worst .234 team batting average. He gave up two runs and six hits in seven innings, walking none.

"I haven't seen a lot of him live, but that's a legit arm," San Diego manager Bud Black said.

REDS 6, ASTROS 4:

Joey Votto hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the seventh off Tim Byrdak (0-1) to snap a 4-all tie as Cincinnati rallied to match its season-high third straight victory, while sending Houston to its sixth consecutive loss.

METS 6, NATIONALS 1:

Livan Hernandez (4-1) worked around nine hits in going the distance for the 46th time in his career for host New York's first complete game of the season. Washington's Ryan Zimmerman saw his streak of safely reaching base end at 43 games.

PHILLIES 5, MARLINS 3:

Joe Blanton (3-3) spaced five hits and had a career-high 11 strikeouts in seven scoreless innings, and Maui native Shane Victorino had four hits to help host Philadelphia beat Florida for its ninth victory in 12 games.

CUBS 6, PIRATES 1:

Sean Marshall (3-3) allowed four hits and singled in a run, Kosuke Fukudome homered and host Chicago beat Pittsburgh to snap an eight-game losing streak. The game was called with none out in the top of the sixth following a rain delay of 1 hour, 2 minutes.

CARDINALS 8, BREWERS 1:

Adam Wainwright (5-2) gave up a run and five hits in seven innings and hit one of his team's four homers — Nick Stavinoha, Colby Rasmus and Chris Duncan also went deep — as visiting St. Louis snapped a four-game skid against NL Central rival Milwaukee.

GIANTS 4, BRAVES 0:

Tim Lincecum (4-1) scattered five hits over eight innings to win for the first time in four starts, and Aaron Rowand hit a two-run double and Edgar Renteria a two-run single in the bottom of the second to lift San Francisco over Atlanta.

DODGERS 7, ROCKIES 1:

Eric Milton (1-0), who missed all of 2008 after elbow surgery, allowed one run on seven hits in five innings and Casey Blake hit a three-run double in the fifth, leading visiting Los Angeles to its seventh win in eight meetings with Colorado.

AMERICAN LEAGUE

ROYALS 6, TIGERS 1:

Zack Greinke (8-1) allowed six hits and one first-inning run — to see his ERA rise from 0.82 to 0.84 — while striking out eight in pitching his fifth complete game and Mitch Maier drove in three runs to lead host Kansas City past Detroit.

ORIOLES 7, BLUE JAYS 2:

Aubrey Huff, Adam Jones and Nolan Reimold homered, right-hander Jason Berken won his major league debut and Baltimore extended Toronto's losing streak to eight games before 10,130 fans — the smallest crowd in the 18-year history of Camden Yards.

INDIANS 5, RAYS 1:

Carl Pavano (5-4) won for the fifth time in six starts and Ryan Garko, Asdrubal Cabrera, Kelly Shoppach and Mark DeRosa hit homers as Cleveland earned its 15th consecutive home win over Tampa Bay since Sept. 29, 2005.

TWINS 5, RED SOX 2:

Justin Morneau's three-run homer capped a five-run bottom of the fifth inning against Boston starter Jon Lester (3-5), and Nick Blackburn (4-2) gave up a run and two hits in seven innings as host Minnesota hung on to prevail.

ATHLETICS 4, MARINERS 3:

Jason Giambi's two-run single capped a four-run rally in the bottom of the seventh inning as Oakland pounded Seattle relievers Miguel Batista (2-1) and Mark Lowe, who wasted six scoreless innings by Jarrod Washburn.

WHITE SOX 4, ANGELS 2:

Jayson Nix homered twice, Bartolo Colon (3-4) worked six scoreless innings before giving up Abreu's leadoff homer in the seventh, and Scott Linebrink earned his first save for visiting Chicago, which beat Los Angeles for the second consecutive night.

RANGERS 7, YANKEES 3:

Chris Davis homered twice and Jarrod Saltalamacchia broke a 3-all tie with an RBI single in the bottom of the sixth inning as Texas beat New York in a game that was held up 2 hours, 24 minutes at the start because of rain.