Garciaparra’s Streak Ends At 30 As Braves Romp

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Fred McGriff homered twice for Atlanta and Boston’s Nomar Garciaparra went hitless on Saturday as the Braves continued to exact revenge on the team that chased them out of Boston, beating the Red Sox 15-2.

Garciaparra’s hit streak ended at 30 - a record for A.L. rookies and tied for the longest in the majors this year - but short of Benito Santiago’s major league rookie record of 34.

Kevin Millwood (3-3) got Garciaparra to hit three fly balls, one of them a sacrifice fly, and reliever Mike Cather got him on a line drive to left in his last at-bat, in the eighth.

The Braves got 19 hits and matched a season-high for runs, with Chipper Jones tying an Atlanta record by scoring five times.

Giants 7, Angels 3 San Francisco

Shawn Estes became the second N.L. pitcher with 18 wins this season and J.T.

Snow hit a pair of two-run homers for San Francisco.

Anaheim’s Rickey Henderson opened the game with a home run, extending his major league record to 72 leadoff homers.

Royals 16, Cardinals 5 Kansas City, Mo.

Jermaine Dye had a double and a grand slam in one inning as Kansas City overpowered St. Louis in a brawling rematch of 1985 World Series foes.

After Dye’s homer put the Royals on top 14-1 in the bottom of the fourth, Mark Petkovsek hit Johnny Damon with a pitch and Damon charged the mound.

Players from both benches and bullpens came running onto the field. Play was halted for four minutes as players wrestled.

Marlins 4, Blue Jays 1 Toronto

Alex Fernandez allowed three hits in eight innings and Florida moved a franchise-record 24 games over .500.

Expos 7, Yankees 2 New York

Pedro Martinez pitched a five-hitter and Darrin Fletcher hit a three-run homer for Montreal, thanks to help from a fan in a familiar area of Yankee Stadium. Martinez (16-6) struck out 10 and broke the Expos’ mark of 251 strikeouts in a season set by Bill Stoneman in 1971.

On Fletcher’s three-run homer, outfielder Paul O’Neill seemed to have it as he approached the wall in right. He leaped but came down empty handed as a fan pulled the ball over the wall. O’Neill threw his arms up in disgust and yelled toward the young man, who celebrated his catch before being ejected by stadium security.

Mets 13, Orioles 6 Baltimore

Bernard Gilkey had three hits, including a three-run homer for New York.

Gilkey tied his career high with four RBIs and Luis Lopez drove in a season-high three runs for the Mets, who had 19 hits. It was the Mets’ 40th comeback win, most in the majors.

Pirates 3, Brewers 1 Milwaukee

Mark Smith went 4 for 4 with a homer and a double and Jon Lieber pitched five-hit ball over seven innings for Pittsburgh.

Lieber (9-12) limited the Brewers to three hits after Mike Matheny’s RBI single in the second.

Phillies 2, Tigers 0 Detroit

Matt Beech pitched 7-2/3 innings of six-hit ball and Philadelphia ended a nine-game interleague losing streak.

Ricky Bottalico pitched the final 1 innings to pick up his 26th save.

Rockies 4, Athletics 3 Denver

Walt Weiss singled in the winning run from third with one out in the ninth as Colorado won its fifth straight game.

Neifi Perez, whose error in the top of the ninth allowed the A’s to tie the score, led off the bottom of the inning with a single, and went to second when center fielder Scott Brosius bobbled the ball.

Padres 4, Rangers 1 San Diego

San Diego’s Andy Ashby allowed one run in eight innings for his first victory in eight starts since July 20.

Ashby (7-10) gave up seven hits and tied a season high with seven strikeouts. Trevor Hoffman allowed one hit, but struck out three in the ninth for his 31st save in 37 chances.

Cubs 9, Indians 4 Cleveland

Doug Glanville homered and had three hits, and Mark Grace hit his 10th homer and an RBI triple for Chicago.

Kevin Tapani (4-3) pitched 5-2/3 innings, allowing four runs and eight hits.

David Justice hit his 30th homer for the Indians, giving him his second 30-homer season.

White Sox 9, Astros 2 Chicago

Chicago’s Jason Bere stayed unbeaten in three starts since coming off the DL, allowing only two homers in six-plus innings.

Bere (3-0) surrendered Derek Bell’s 12th homer and Jeff Bagwell’s 37th.

Twins 4, Reds 1 Minneapolis

Paul Molitor broke a 1-1 tie with a two-out single in the sixth inning, and Ron Coomer followed with a two-run homer that gave Minnesota the win.

Clearing the bases

The Yankees will retire Don Mattingly’s No. 23 today… . Baltimore’s Cal Ripken drew his 1,000th career walk… . Cleveland’s Matt Williams extended his hitting streak to 16 games.