Nomo Silences Cardinals, 5-2

Hideo Nomo struck out 10 in eight innings and also had two hits Thursday night, leading the Los Angeles Dodgers over the St. Louis Cardinals 5-2 at St. Louis.

Nomo (12-9) gave up Ron Gant’s 200th career home run in the first inning, but allowed only three more hits and one other run. After walking a season-high seven in his last start against Cincinnati, he walked none.

Nomo, who began the game batting .140, had two singles and drove in a run. Greg Gagne also had two hits, including a homer, and Eric Karros drove in a run and scored one.

Marlins 7, Rockies 6 Miami

Pinch-hitter Alex Arias hit a two-run double and Jeff Conine followed with a sacrifice fly in the eighth inning to help Florida rally past Colorado.

It was the Rockies’ 10th consecutive loss at Joe Robbie Stadium.

Reds 3, Padres 2 Cincinnati

Thomas Howard’s tie-breaking triple highlighted a three-run fifth inning that carried Cincinnati to a series sweep of San Diego.

The Reds have won eight of nine games from the Padres this season, including their last six games. It was their first three-game sweep of the Padres at Riverfront Stadium since Sept. 18-20, 1992.

Braves 8, Phillies 5 Philadelphia

Marquis Grissom extended his hitting streak to 20 games with a single, a double and a homer, leading Atlanta over Philadelphia.

Terrel Wade, making his fifth straight start after 28 relief appearances, allowed one run and six hits in five plus innings to gain the victory. Wade (4-0) struck out six, walked two and allowed an unearned run.

Giants vs. Pirates, ppd. Pittsburgh

The game was rained out after a second delay of 1 hour and 38 minutes. A makeup date has not been announced.

Astros will retire Ryan’s number

Nolan Ryan holds or shares more than 50 major league, American League and National League records. Add one more.

The Houston Astros announced they will retire Ryan’s No. 34, making him the first player in major-league history to have his number retired by three teams.

Next month, both the Astros and the Texas Rangers will honor Ryan, who had more strikeouts, more no-hitters and more overall records than anyone else in baseball history.

He saw the No. 30 he wore with the California Angels retired in 1992.

When the Rangers retired his No. 34, he became the fifth person to have his number set aside by two teams, joining Hank Aaron, Casey Stengel, Rod Carew and Rollie Fingers.

Gooden goes Hollywood

Dwight Gooden made the move Thursday from the mound to the movies.

The New York Yankees right-hander signed a deal with “Lean on Me” producer Norman Twain for the exclusive movie rights to his life story.

Gooden was a teenage phenom who rocketed to success in New York with the Mets, won the World Series, then alcohol and cocaine pulled him down.

That’s followed by, in true Hollywood style, an improbable comeback with the Yankees, capped off by a May 14 no-hitter that completed his return to baseball.

Orioles 18, Athletics 5 Oaklad, Calif.

Chris Hoiles hit two homers and Bobby Bonilla homered and drove in five runs, leading Mike Mussina and Baltimore over Oakland.

Rafael Palmeiro and Roberto Alomar also homered and Hoiles went 4 for 5 in the highest-scoring game of the season for the Orioles.

Clearing the bases

Former collegiate player of the year Mark Kotsay agreed to a minor-league contract with the Florida Marlins that includes a signing bonus worth $1,125,000. … Cincinnati reclaimed pitcher Tim Pugh on waivers from Kansas City and assigned him to Triple-A Indianapolis. … Reliever Trevor Hoffman and the San Diego Padres agreed to an $8.4 million, three-year contract extension through the 1999 season.

Moises Alou, David Segui and Jeff Juden of Montreal have appealed their suspensions resulting from Monday night’s brawl between the Expos and the Houston Astros. Houston’s John Cangelosi decided not to appeal and will start serving his four-game suspension today. Henry Rodriguez of the Expos and Danny Darwin of the Astros will decide today whether to appeal their penalties.