Diamondbacks Tie the Dodgers

Jose Cruz Jr. hit two homers Thursday night to lift Arizona to a 6-3 victory over Colorado in what began as a rare struggle between pitchers at Denver’s Coors Field.

Cruz hit his first homer in the seventh inning off Shawn Chacon (1-3) for a 3-1 lead, then another in the ninth off reliever David Cortes to make it 4-2.

Two batters after Cruz, Tony Clark hit a two-run homer to add to Arizona’s lead. The win enabled the Diamondbacks to move into a virtual tie with the Dodgers for first place in the National League West.

Colorado first baseman Todd Helton continued to emerge from his slump with three hits, including a homer in the third. He is 18 for 42 with three homers and seven RBIs in May.

San Francisco 6, Houston 3 -- Mike Matheny singled in the tying run and Astro outfielder Lance Berkman’s error on the play allowed the go-ahead run at Houston.

Craig Biggio hit two home runs, and Morgan Ensberg also connected for the Astros. Ensberg also had two of Houston’s season-high four errors.

Cincinnati 7, Philadelphia 5 -- Adam Dunn homered in consecutive at-bats and tied his career high with five RBIs at Philadelphia.

Dunn hit a two-run shot in the fifth inning and a tiebreaking three-run drive off Jon Lieber (5-2) in the sixth for his third multihomer game of the season.