Wilkins Rallies Giants To Win With Grand Slam

National League

Rick Wilkins pinch hit a grand slam in the eighth inning as San Francisco came back from a five-run deficit to beat host Pittsburgh 12-10.

The Giants, who have won four of six since snapping a seven-game losing streak, won despite allowing a grand slam by rookie Jerome Allensworth - the record-setting 10th of the year off San Francisco pitchers.

The Pirates lost their fifth consecutive game and their ninth in 10 games.

Wilkins connected off Francisco Cordova for his second career grand slam after Dan Plesac (3-5) was trying to protect an 8-5 lead but loaded the bases with two walks and a single.

Mark Dewey (4-2) pitched 1-2/3 scoreless innings for the win. Rod Beck allowed a two-run homer to Jay Bell with two outs in the ninth but still got his 24th save.

The Giants set a National League record and tied Seattle’s 1992 major-league record for grand slams allowed. They had shared the National League mark with the 1987 Houston Astros.

Marlins 5, Rockies 0

Miami

Al Leiter pitched seven shutout innings and new third baseman Kurt Abbott drove in two runs to lead Florida past Colorado.

Leiter (12-10), who pitched a no-hitter against the Rockies in May, held them to two hits before he departed after throwing 112 pitches. He walked six and struck out seven.

Braves 2-5, Phillies 0-2

Philadelphia

Greg Maddux pitched an eight-hitter to end his longest losing streak in six years, leading Atlanta over Philadelphia in the first game of a doubleheader.

In the nightcap, Mark Whiten hit a three-run pinch homer with two outs in the seventh and Marquis Grissom followed with a solo shot to lead Atlanta to the sweep.

Expos 7, Astros 4

Montreal

Moises Alou, facing a possible suspension for his part in an ugly brawl with the Astros on Monday, hit a pair of two-run homers to lead the Expos over Houston.

Alou homered off Doug Drabek (6-8) in the first and hit his 16th homer in the second to give Montreal a 7-3 lead. Mike Lansing added a three-run shot during a five-run second for Montreal, which won its third straight.

Reds 10, Padres 4

Cincinnati

Hal Morris capitalized on Joey Hamilton’s early wildness by hitting a three-run double in the first inning to lead Cincinnati over San Diego.

Cincinnati starter Kevin Jarvis (5-5) allowed seven hits in seven innings for the win that ended the Padres’ four-game winning streak.

Cubs 3, Mets 2

New York

Amaury Telemaco allowed just two hits over 7-2/3 innings and Chicago held off a ninth-inning rally to defeat New York.

Telemaco (5-6), a 22-year-old right-hander who had two losses and five no-decisions in his last seven starts, struck out five and walked two.

Dodgers 8, Cardinals 4

St. Louis

Tim Wallach drove in two runs, giving him eight RBIs in three games with Los Angeles, in a victory over St. Louis.

Wallach, called up from the minor leagues on Sunday, had a run-scoring single in the second and walked with the bases loaded off Todd Stottlemyre (10-8) in a six-run third as the Dodgers won their fourth in a row.

Expos, Astros still tense

Some ill will from Monday’s brawl between Montreal and Houston was still evident Tuesday.

Pedro Martinez, who came up and inside and decked Craig Biggio with a 2-2 pitch in the first inning Tuesday, did not appreciate getting hit by Doug Drabek in the second.

Martinez glared at Drabek and was restrained by Expos pitching coach Joe Kerrigan, before walking to first.

Pendleton back to Braves

Terry Pendleton will get another chance to win a World Series ring with the Atlanta Braves. They reacquired him from the Florida Marlins for minor league outfielder Roosevelt Brown.

Also, Atlanta lefty Steve Avery didn’t do any new damage to the pulled muscle in his left side when he tried to pitch in a minor-league rehabilitation assignment.

Butler wants to return

Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Brett Butler, recovering from throat cancer, says he’d like to return to the team by Sept. 6.

“I think he can,” his wife, Eveline, told the Los Angeles Daily News. “I think he will. He said to me (Sunday), ‘You know, I think I can do this.”’