The Associated Press

ST. LOUIS - A throbbing sinus headache that left his head feeling like a "bowling ball" couldn't stop Woody Williams from becoming the second seven-game winner in the National League.

Williams (7-0) beat the Houston Astros for the second straight start, and Scott Rolen was 3-for-3 with three RBIs in the St. Louis Cardinals' 10-5 victory Monday.

"He looks the same every time out there and I think that's one of his really good qualities," manager Tony La Russa said of Williams. "He knows how he feels, but he never tips it off."

J.D. Drew hit a three-run homer, Mike Matheny was 3-for-3 with two runs scored and Tino Martinez homered as part of a 14-hit outburst. The Cardinals have won three of four and began a 14-game homestand, their longest of the season.

Williams won his 10th consecutive decision over 14 starts dating to Aug. 29 last season at Cincinnati. In six innings, he allowed one run on six hits with five strikeouts and no walks, lowering his ERA to an NL-best 2.19.

"He's been doing this stuff all year long," Houston's Craig Biggio said. "That's why he's 7-0."

Williams joined Kevin Millwood of the Phillies as the league's only seven-game winners, although he had a few shaky moments. Williams hit Morgan Ensberg in the shoulder and Jeff Kent in the back with pitches in the first to load the bases before getting Lance Berkman on a called third strike and Orlando Merced on a flyout.

"I just didn't feel good," Williams said. "It was real bad early on until the medicine kicked in, and I was just fortunate to get through it."

The Astros had two on with nobody out in the fifth before Ensberg, Jeff Bagwell and Kent were retired in order. Houston finally broke through in the sixth on a single by Berkman, a double by Merced and an RBI groundout by Brad Ausmus.

Biggio had four hits for the Astros, and Berkman hit a three-run homer in the ninth. They had been 0-for-16 with runners in scoring position before Berkman's home run.

The Cardinals battered Pete Munro (3-3) for six runs, five earned, on eight hits in 3 1-3 innings. Jim Edmonds and Rolen had consecutive RBI doubles in the first, and Rolen's sacrifice fly made it 3-0 in the third.

Pirates 10, Cubs 0

CHICAGO - Josh Fogg outpitched Kerry Wood, and Pittsburgh broke open a tight game with nine runs in the eighth inning.

Jeff Reboulet and pinch-hitter Randall Simon each hit a two-run single in the big inning, and Cubs pitchers walked in three runs.

Aramis Ramirez had an RBI single, and Brian Giles drove in two runs with a bases-loaded walk and an RBI single that capped the outburst.

Kenny Lofton, who had two singles and scored twice during the rally, extended his hitting streak to 24 games - longest in the NL this season.

Fogg (2-2), activated from the disabled list Monday, held the Cubs to three hits in seven innings for his first win since April 3. Julian Tavarez finished the five-hitter, Pittsburgh's second shutout of the season.

Wood (4-3) gave up just one hit and one run in seven innings, striking out 10. He leads the majors with 89 strikeouts but is winless in his last five starts.

Rockies 12, Giants 7

DENVER - Charles Johnson and Preston Wilson each hit a three-run homer, and Colorado rallied from an early five-run deficit to beat San Francisco.

Ronnie Belliard went 4-for-5 and scored three runs for Colorado, which took three of four from the defending NL champions. Wilson had three of the Rockies' 18 hits.

San Francisco has lost two of three without ailing star Barry Bonds and 11 of 16 overall. The Giants have dropped three of their past five series to fall into a tie with Los Angeles in the NL West for the first time all season.

Bonds' sore knee is expected to keep him out until at least Wednesday.

Johnson greeted reliever Joe Nathan (5-2) with his first homer since April 29.

Brian Fuentes (1-0) pitched 1 2-3 scoreless innings for the victory.

Marlins 5, Expos 1

MIAMI - Brian Banks and Juan Encarnacion each hit a two-run homer, and Carl Pavano threw his second career complete game as Florida won its fourth in a row.

Pavano (4-5) won for just the second time in his past seven starts. He gave up five hits, while striking out five and walking none in a game that took just 2 hours, 3 minutes.

Montreal starter Claudio Vargas (2-2) gave up five runs on seven hits in four innings. The game marked the start of a 25-day, 22-game trip away from Montreal for the Expos, who will play a six-game "homestand" in Puerto Rico during that span.

Diamondbacks 8, Padres 4

PHOENIX - David Dellucci homered and was hit by a pitch from Jesse Orosco to bring home the go-ahead run in the seventh inning for Arizona.

Rookie Andrew Good (1-1) allowed three runs and six hits over seven innings for his first major league victory, striking out seven and walking none. Luis Gonzalez homered and drove in three runs, and Dellucci had three hits.

The Diamondbacks - who got consecutive home runs from Gonzalez and Dellucci off Adam Eaton in the third inning - took three of four from San Diego to complete a 5-5 homestand.

The Padres finished their road trip 1-6 and have lost 11 of 12 overall.

Eaton (1-4) hit his second home run of the season and doubled but fell to 0-3 in his last four starts.