Atlanta narrowly top Milwaukee 1-0

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MILWAUKEE -- Atlanta pitcher Aaron Harang and the Brewers" Matt Garza had no-hit bids until Chris Johnson homered with two outs in the seventh inning to give the Braves a 1-0 win.

Harang (1-0) didn"t allow a hit until Logan Schafer grounded a single leading off the bottom of the seventh.

Making his Braves" debut, Harang gave up two hits in 6 2-3 innings, struck out three and walked one.

Relievers Luis Avilan, David Carpenter and Craig Kimbrel were hitless, with Kimbrel getting three outs for his second save.

Garza (0-1) made his Milwaukee debut after signing a US$50 million, four-year contract as a free agent. He allowed one run and two hits in eight innings, struck out seven and walked none.

Pirates 4, Cubs 3, 16 Innings In a game that took 5 hours, 55 minutes, pinch-hitter Tony Sanchez singled in the winning run in the bottom of the 16th inning to give the Pirates a victory over the Cubs — the longest game in Pittsburgh history by time.

Sanchez"s hit came off Carlos Villanueva (0-2), ending the game just short of 1 a.m. and 6 minutes longer the Pirates 8-7, 18-inning victory over Houston on May 27, 2006, that took 5:49.

Nationals 5, Mets 1 Gio Gonzalez homered in his first start for the second straight season and pitched three-hit ball to lead the Nationals over the Mets.

Ian Desmond also went deep and Jayson Werth had four hits for the Nationals, who followed up their 10-inning comeback on opening day with a more routine victory against one of Gonzalez"s favorite foes. The left-hander struck out six and walked one in six comfortable innings, improving to 6-0 in his last seven starts against New York.

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