Philadelphia Phillies’ Roy Halladay, left, leaves the game with trainer Scott Sheridan during the fifth inning of a game against the Chicago Cubs on Monday in Chicago. (Charles Rex Arbogast/Associated Press)

Philadelphia Phillies ace Roy Halladay left Monday night’s game against the Chicago Cubs because of the steamy conditions at Wrigley Field.

Team spokesman Greg Casterioto said Halladay “absolutely” expects to make his next start against San Diego on Sunday. The pitcher wasn’t available for comment after the game.

Halladay doubled over after allowing Starlin Castro’s leadoff single in the fifth inning, then was visited by a trainer. Drew Carpenter came in to replace him.

The right-hander was drenched in sweat on a humid night that included a gametime temperature of 33 degrees. The Phillies said the heat was responsible for Halladay’s shortest outing since he pitched three innings for Toronto against Florida on June 12, 2009.

Halladay gave up three runs and seven hits in his first appearance since he pitched two perfect innings when he started for the National League in the all-star game.

ATLANTA (AP) — Pinch-hitter Kyle Philips broke a 2-all tie in the 10th inning with his first career home run and San Diego earned its third straight win. Phillips, a rookie with a .167 average in 30 at-bats, led off the inning and hit the second pitch from George Sherrill (1-1).

Heath Bell pitched the 10th for his 13th save in 14 opportunities. Chad Qualls (3-2) earned the victory with a scoreless ninth, giving up one walk and facing four batters. For a fourth straight start, San Diego’s Aaron Harang didn’t earn a decision, but he was sharp, allowing six hits, two runs and two walks with five strikeouts.

Tim Hudson, the Braves’ starter, allowed five hits and two runs — one earned — with no walks and seven strikeouts in six innings.

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Matheny critical of Cousins’ hit on Posey

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Former major league catcher Mike Matheny, whose career was ended by concussions, said the hit that knocked out the Giants’ Buster Posey for the rest of the season could have easily been avoided.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Matt Holliday returned to the St. Louis Cardinals’ lineup Monday after missing six starts with a left quadriceps injury.

Holliday was batting .347, second in the National League behind teammate Lance Berkman’s .354 average, entering Monday’s game against the San Francisco Giants. The Cardinals were 4-2 without their cleanup hitter, winning series at San Diego and Colorado.

Holliday made one appearance in the six games, drawing an intentional walk Friday night at Colorado. Berkman batted cleanup during Holliday’s absence and was 8 for 17 with seven walks and an RBI. He was back in the fifth slot on Monday.

The Cardinals were 2-27 in series against defending world champions under manager Tony La Russa entering a four-game series against San Francisco. La Russa said he wasn’t aware of that.

“What? Thanks for mentioning it,” he said to a reporter. “I’m just going to ignore it.”

La Russa said for now he’s not considering moving No. 3 hitter Albert Pujols around in the order. Pujols was in 3 for 20 slump and had only four RBIs in the last 17 games.

“He’s immune to pressure, but if I thought he needed a break I’d do whatever it took,” La Russa said. “You try to get the best out of him and if anybody’s struggling you’re just open-minded to do anything.

“But I’m not going to write him out of the third spot for this week.”

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Cubs place utility infielder Baker on DL

CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Cubs placed utility infielder Jeff Baker on the 15-day disabled list with a strained groin and promoted infielder D.J. LeMahieu from Double-A Tennessee on Monday. Baker is hitting .368 with a home run and 14 RBIs in 31 games.

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Cubs left fielder Alfonso Soriano left Monday’s game against the Houston Astros after straining his left quadriceps after trying to beat out a grounder in the first inning.

CHICAGO — Chicago Cubs left-fielder Alfonso Soriano left Monday’s game against the Houston Astros after straining his left quadriceps after trying to beat out a grounder in the first inning.

A few feet from first base, Soriano pulled up holding his left thigh. After limping off the field, Soriano was replaced in left field by Blake DeWitt in the second inning.

Soriano came into the game hitting .273 with 12 homers and 29 RBI. Soriano will have an MRI.

The Cubs had already placed utility infielder Jeff Baker on the 15-day disabled list earlier Monday, a day after putting Reed Johnson on the DL with back spasms. Johnson is hitting .367 with two home runs and 18 RBI in 34 games.

The Chicago Cubs are going for their first consecutive wins of the young 2011 season. Alfonso Soriano, like he has so far this season, could play a big factor in that.

Soriano and the Cubs will try to make things a bit easier on themselves as they attempt to continue their success against the Arizona Diamondbacks in the middle game of this series at Wrigley Field on Tuesday.

Chicago (2-2) has alternated wins and losses through its first four games, with each of them decided by three or fewer runs.

That trend continued Monday, when the Cubs opened this three-game set with a 4-1 win over Arizona (1-2) to extend their winning streak in the series to seven – four at home.

“It’d be OK if we came out and took a 10-0 lead (Tuesday),” Cubs manager Mike Quade said. “We’ve got to get better and we still have plenty of work to do, but at least the approach and attitude out of the chute has been good.”

Soriano could make a difference for Chicago after going 4 for 11 with two homers and four RBIs over the last three games after going 0 for 4 in a season-opening 6-3 loss to Pittsburgh on Friday.

The left fielder connected for his second home run in as many games Monday and finished 2 for 3 with two RBIs. He’s hitting .413 with eight homers and 22 RBIs over his last 14 meetings versus the Diamondbacks, leading the Cubs to wins in 11 of them.

Soriano has been even better in seven games at Wrigley in that span, going 13 for 23 with five home runs and 13 RBIs.

“He’s very formidable,” Diamondbacks manager Kirk Gibson told the team’s official website. “He’s a good player, he’s been playing the game for a long time and he’s done very well against us. We’ll try to do things differently to get him out.”

Barry Enright will take on that responsibility as he makes his pitching debut this season. The right-hander went 6-7 with a 3.91 ERA in 17 starts as a rookie in 2010 after being a midseason call-up.

He was charged with a 6-4 home defeat July 6, yielding three runs and seven hits – two homers – with five strikeouts over 5 2-3 innings.

“Obviously, you want to say you’re going to take it like any other start, but there will probably be some extra adrenaline, sure,” Enright said of starting at Wrigley.

Enright struck out as a pinch-hitter in a 7-6, 11-inning season-opening win at Colorado on Friday.

Andrew Cashner is also entering his first full season in the majors, and will get the nod opposite Enright. The 24-year-old right-hander won a spot in the Chicago rotation during spring training.

“It’s my first start in the big leagues – why wouldn’t you be excited?” said Cashner, who went 2-6 with a 4.80 ERA in 53 relief appearances last season.

Carlos Pena’s status is unclear after leaving Monday’s win after spraining his thumb on his glove hand apparently while trying to field an off-target throw to first in the top of the eighth.

The Diamondbacks stranded 11 runners Monday and are 4 for 34 with runners in scoring position this season.

“We’ll start to get the timely hits as we get going, so the main thing is we’re putting good at-bats on guys,” shortstop Willie Bloomqvist said. “It’s just a matter of putting good at-bats in the right situations.”

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MESA, Ariz. – The Cubs are searching for the next public-address announcer at Wrigley Field.

The team said Monday that applications can be submitted through March 7, including audio or video samples.

Finalists will be selected for auditions at Wrigley Field by March 14 and the final selection will be hired by March 25.

Applications can be submitted through CareerBuilders.com.

CHICAGO – A person familiar with the deal says the Chicago Cubs have agreed to trade pitcher Tom Gorzelanny to the Washington Nationals for prospects.

The person spoke on the condition of anonymity Monday to The Associated Press because Gorzelanny needs to pass a physical scheduled for Tuesday.

MLB.com, citing two unidentified baseball sources, reported outfielder Michael Burgess, right-hander A.J. Morris and left-hander Graham Hicks would be sent to the Cubs as part of the trade.