Mets Rough Up Peavy and Padres

David Wright singled and doubled during a seven-run sixth inning, and the New York Mets roughed up San Diego’s Jake Peavy in a 12-0 victory Thursday at Shea Stadium that completed a three-game sweep of the National League West-leading Padres.

San Diego lost its fourth in a row, one shy of its longest skid of the season.

“It wouldn’t have made any difference which park we played in,” Padre Manager Bruce Bochy said. “We could have played in Williamsport today and still made it look ugly.”

New York moved past Philadelphia into third place in the National League East, inching closer to division leaders Washington and Atlanta, and improved to 5-2 on a 10-game homestand that concludes this weekend against the Dodgers.

“We’ve got to make a statement in the division, and we’re in a position where we can’t wait any longer,” Manager Willie Randolph said.

“We can still make some serious hay in the division.”

Kazuhisa Ishii (3-8) won at home for the first time since the Mets acquired him from the Dodgers during spring training.

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Houston 3, Washington 2 -- Roy Oswalt (13-8) pitched eight shutout innings and delivered his first run batted in of the season, helping the Astros to a season-high fifth consecutive road victory.

Esteban Loaiza (6-6) went seven innings, giving up three runs -- two earned -- and 11 hits for Washington, which lost for the 11th time in 15 games to drop into a first-place tie with idle Atlanta in the NL East .

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Cincinnati 9, Chicago 6 -- Roberto Novoa balked home the tying run in the eighth inning, and Austin Kearns followed with a decisive two-run single to rally the Reds at Cincinnati.

The Cubs’ Greg Maddux struck out four in five innings, leaving him two shy of becoming the 13th pitcher to reach the 3,000 mark.

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Milwaukee 12, St. Louis 7 -- Geoff Jenkins had three hits and three runs batted in to extend his hitting streak to 14 games, and the Brewers had 14 hits at St. Louis.

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Pittsburgh 8, Colorado 1 -- Rookie Zach Duke won his third consecutive start, and Jason Bay had three hits with a homer as the Pirates ended a five-game losing streak at Pittsburgh.