Cubs Win? No Such Luck
National League
The Chicago Cubs did not have any luck with No. 13, either.
The winless Cubs matched the longest losing streak in their 122-year history with their 13th straight defeat, falling 6-3 Saturday to the New York Mets at Shea Stadium.
Turk Wendell - who wears No. 13 - took the loss. The superstitious reliever issued a leadoff walk in the seventh inning and an error set up Lance Johnson’s tiebreaking sacrifice fly. A misplayed fly ball and a botched relay added two runs in the eighth.
The Cubs, who already owned the worst start in N.L. history, tied the 1904 Washington Senators and 1920 Detroit Tigers for the second-poorest start ever at 0-13. Only the 1988 Baltimore Orioles were worse at 0-21.
Giants 3, Marlins 2
San Francisco
Right fielder Gary Sheffield lost Glenallen Hill’s routine fly, which dropped for a two-run double in the eighth inning and gave San Francisco a win.
The Giants, who rallied in the ninth for a 5-4 victory Friday, are off to a 12-3 start, their best since 1971.
Braves 8, Rockies 7
Denver
Kenny Lofton finished a home run short of the cycle and Denny Neagle won for the first time in five starts at Colorado as Atlanta won its seventh straight.
Pirates 6, Reds 5
Pittsburgh
Jermaine Allensworth scored on Kevin Elster’s sacrifice fly in the ninth as Pittsburgh manufactured the winning run without a hit.
Astros 2, Dodgers 1
Los Angeles
Darryl Kile outdueled Hideo Nomo as Houston beat Los Angeles.
Kile (1-1) allowed seven hits and one run in eight innings. He has gone eight innings in all four of his starts this season. Nomo (2-1) allowed two runs and four hits, and struck out nine in 6-1/3 innings.
Phillies 10, Expos 8
Philadelphia
Gregg Jefferies drove in three runs and Kevin Stocker stole home as Philadelphia scored its most runs this season.
Montreal lost for the ninth time in 11 games
Cardinals 1, Padres 0
1st game
Honolulu
Mark Petkovsek, pressed into emergency duty in the second inning after an injury to starter Matt Morris, pitched six shutout innings as St. Louis beat San Diego in the first major league game played in Hawaii.
It was the first game of a doubleheader.
Minor leaguer killed
Tim Bishop, a 20-year-old outfielder for the New York Mets’ Class A Columbia team, was killed early Saturday in Columbia, S.C., in an automobile accident.
The South Atlantic League team had come back from a trip to Hagerstown, Md., and the players were returning to their homes when the accident occurred.
Bishop and another player, Randy Vickers, were driving home when a blown tire caused their car to spin. Vickers went to the median to alert passing traffic about the trouble and a car crashed into their vehicle, instantly killing Bishop.