Expos Win In 10th As Streak Goes To 6
National League
Henry Rodriguez hit his ninth homer, and Shane Andrews hit a game-winning single in the 10th inning as the Montreal Expos beat the visiting Cincinnati Reds 7-6 Wednesday night and won their sixth straight.
Rodriguez homered for his fourth consecutive game, tying Montreal’s club record.
Pirates 6, Marlins 3
Pittsburgh
Denny Neagle, off to his second consecutive strong start, limited Florida to two runs in 7-2/3 innings and Jeff King hit a two run double to lead Pittsburgh.
Neagle (2-1) allowed six hits and registered all but four of his outs on either ground balls (13) or strikeouts (6) while lowering his ERA to 1.97 ERA in two starts against Florida.
Braves 8, Giants 3
San Francisco
Fred McGriff homered for the first time in 18 games with a two-run shot, and Chipper Jones went 4 for 5 with a two-run homer to lead Atlanta over San Francisco.
Phillies 10, Rockies 8
Denver
Pete Incaviglia and Todd Zeile each drove in three runs, and Philadelphia walked 11 times as it stopped Colorado’s three-game winning streak.
Cardinals 9, Mets 4
St. Louis
Ray Lankford and Ron Gant broke out of slumps and Gary Gaetti hit St. Louis’ first home run in seven games to beat New York.
Dodgers 5, Astros 2
Los Angeles
Mike Piazza, starting to recapture his home run stroke, hit a two-run shot in the first inning and added an RBI single as Los Angeles beat Houston.
Padres 5, Cubs 4
San Diego
Steve Finley hit a leadoff homer and Archi Cianfrocco had a two-run single as San Diego jumped on Kevin Foster early and held on for a win over Chicago.
Clearing the bases
Fans waving gloves at fly balls won’t be the only distraction for outfielders in the Arizona Diamondbacks’ new park.
How about corporate executives and their guests in bikinis?
The $330 million stadium in Phoenix will make baseball history as the first with a swimming pool when it opens in 1998.
Ryne Sandberg left the game between Chicago and San Diego after 1-1/2 innings because of an inner ear infection and dizziness.