MILWAUKEE — Adam Wainwright, Albert Pujols and the rest of the St. Louis Cardinals keep rolling through September. They hope Matt Holliday's tumble doesn't trip them up.

Wainwright became the first pitcher to reach 18 wins this season, Pujols hit two home runs for a majors-leading 47 and the Cardinals beat the Milwaukee Brewers, 5-1, yesterday.

St. Louis got a scare when Holliday tripped running out a grounder in the third. He bruised his left knee and left two innings later. The star left fielder said he'd be back in the lineup tomorrow.

"I took my eye off of what I was doing and my cleat got caught," he said. "I'm all right, it's just a little bit swollen. With an 11 1/2-game lead, there's no reason to push it."

Holliday is hitting .360 with 12 home runs and 42 RBIs since the Cardinals got him from Oakland on July 24. St. Louis is 32-11 since acquiring Holliday and well on its way to a fourth NL Central title.

Wainwright (18-7) scattered five hits over seven scoreless innings. He's in contention with teammate and former Cy Young winner Chris Carpenter for this year's NL award.

"It'd be cool. It'd be awesome, but winning for the team comes first," Wainwright said. "Whether I win it or not, I still feel good about how the season's been."

PHILLIES 6, NATIONALS 5:

Jayson Werth and Pedro Feliz hit back-to-back homers in the eighth inning and Ryan Madson pitched the ninth in place of struggling Brad Lidge, earning his sixth save in as many chances as visiting Philadelphia beat Washington for the ninth straight time.

DIAMONDBACKS 4, DODGERS 3:

Mark Reynolds drew a bases-loaded walk with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning as Arizona beat Los Angeles to slice the Dodgers' NL West lead to 2 1/2 games over the surging Colorado Rockies.

ROCKIES 4, REDS 3:

Seth Smith hit a two-out, two-run single in the bottom of the ninth inning to lift Colorado over Cincinnati for its sixth consecutive victory. The Rockies extended their NL wild-card lead to four over San Francisco.

ASTROS 2, BRAVES 1:

Miguel Tejada's two-run single with the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth inning helped Houston beat Atlanta and Rafael Soriano (1-5), who blew his fourth save.

MARLINS 6, METS 3:

Ricky Nolasco (11-8) allowed three runs and four hits in 6 1/3 innings and Cody Ross hit a three-run homer to lead visiting Florida over New York.

PADRES 4, GIANTS 2:

Adrian Gonzalez hit his career-high 37th homer and drove in three runs, and Oscar Salazar also homered, helping visiting San Diego beat San Francisco.

CUBS 8, PIRATES 5:

Carlos Zambrano (8-6) gave up two runs and two hits over six innings to win for the first time since July 22 as host Chicago completed a three-game sweep of Pittsburgh.