White Attains Cycle With Six-Hit Game

National League

Even for a streak hitter such as Rondell White, his performance Sunday in San Francisco was nothing short of extraordinary.

White set a Montreal record with six hits, hitting for the cycle and scoring five runs, as the Expos beat the San Francisco Giants 10-8 in 13 innings. The Giants scored four runs in the ninth to force extra innings.

White went 6-for-7 with a solo homer and two doubles, drove in three runs and stole a base. He became the fourth Montreal player to hit for the cycle.

“Once I get a hit in my first at-bat, I know I’m going to have a good game,” said White, who raised his average 44 points to .373. “When I get in a streak, I do pretty well. Usually my homers come close together.”

White tripled with two outs in the 13th, leading to Tim Laker’s two-run triple that gave the Expos a three-game sweep at Candlestick Park for the first time since August 1984.

Reds 3, Astros 2 (10)

Houston

Ron Gant homered with one out in the 10th inning to lift Cincinnati to its first four-game series sweep at the Astrodome since 1972.

Gant drove a 3-2 pitch from Todd Jones (3-1) into the left field seats for his 12th homer of the year - and fifth against the Astros.

Phillies 2, Dodgers

Los Angeles

Heathcliff Slocumb struck out Carlos Hernandez with the bases loaded in the ninth inning to preserve Philadelphia’s victory over Los Angeles.

Michael Mimbs, a Dodger minor-league castoff, got the victory with relief help from Ricky Bottalico and Slocumb, the latter earning his National League-leading 15th save.

Rockies 5, Cubs 1

Chicago

Dante Bichette extended his hitting streak to a club-record 17 games and Mark Thompson pitched six-plus strong innings as Colorado beat Chicago.

Chicago shortstop Shawon Dunston was ejected in the sixth inning after taking exception to a hard slide on an unsuccessful steal attempt by Jason Bates.

Cardinals 8, Braves 4

Atlanta

Bernard Gilkey had four hits and scored three runs to lead St. Louis over Atlanta.

Gilkey had a double, three singles and a walk, the eighth four-hit game of his career but first since April 20, 1994, which also came in Atlanta.

Pirates 4, Marlins 3

Miami

Ninth-inning doubles by Mark Johnson and Nelson Liriano snapped a tie and gave Pittsburgh a victory over Florida.

Mark Parent, whose fourth-inning home run gave the Pirates a 3-0 lead, advanced Johnson to third with a groundout before Liriano ripped a double to right, scoring Johnson with the winning run.

Clearing the bases

Danny Jackson, winless in nine starts for St. Louis, was placed on the 15-day disabled list… . Florida general manager Dave Dombrowski gave the Tampa Bay Devil Rays permission to talk to Marlins assistant GM Frank Wren about the expansion club’s vacant GM position… . San Diego sent right-handed reliever Dustin Hermanson to Class AAA Las Vegas and recalled lefty Jeff Tabaka.