The Associated Press

Tom Glavine’s trips to Montreal rarely turn out like this.

Wednesday, June 28, 2000

Tom Glavine’s trips to Montreal rarely turn out like this.

Jose Vidro, Chris Widger and Lee Stevens homered as Montreal beat Atlanta 6-4 on Tuesday night, snapping Glavine’s 13-game winning streak against the Expos.

Glavine (7-5) last lost to Montreal 19 starts ago on Aug. 25, 1992. He gave up eight hits in six innings, including the homers to Vidro and Widger in the first and Stevens in the third.

”Things have gone well for me here, but it wasn’t one of those nights, unfortunately,” said Glavine, who was touched for six runs – four in the first inning.

After very little success against the left-hander, the Expos managed to hit Glavine like no other team in nine years.

Glavine hadn’t allowed three homers in a game since Pittsburgh struck for that many on July 29, 1991.

”They’re playing good baseball,” Glavine said. ”They’re a good club, and we knew that coming in here, and we knew that we had to play well.”

The Expos won for the 1,000th time at Olympic Stadium.

”I’m just glad we won the game,” said Stevens, who doubled three times in a 4-for-4 night. ”It’s nice to get a few hits but we played a good game, pitched well, and we ended up getting the first game of the series so it was a big win for us.”

The loss reduced the Braves’ lead over the New York Mets in the NL East to just two games.

Atlanta will play Montreal again Wednesday, while the Mets play Florida, before the Braves head to New York for a much-anticipated four-game series at Shea Stadium starting Thursday.

Expos starter Tony Armas Jr. (3-5) allowed two hits – including Chipper Jones’ 19th homer – and one run in 5 1-3 innings before leaving due to a blister on his right middle finger.

Steve Kline pitched a perfect ninth for his ninth save in 10 chances, taking over the team lead from injured closer Ugueth Urbina.

Pirates 6, Cubs 0

Todd Ritchie (5-4) pitched a three-hitter at Pittsburgh to beat Kerry Wood (3-5) with his first career shutout, extending the Cubs’ losing streak to five.

In a game that took just 2 hours, 5 minutes, Jason Kendall hit a two-run double off Wood in a five-run fifth inning.

Mets 5, Marlins 2

Glendon Rusch (6-5) allowed two runs and five hits – including three to Mark Kotsay – in an 7 2-3 innings, improving to 5-1 in his last seven starts. Armando Benitez pitched the ninth for his 18th save as the Mets won at home.

Giants 12, Rockies 7

Shawn Estes (7-3) allowed six hits in 7 1-3 innings, leaving with a 12-3 lead, and Rich Aurilia had three hits and four RBIs as San Francisco won at Denver.

Bobby Estalella and Jeff Kent homered for the Giants, whose first nine runs – and 11 of their 12 – came with two outs.

Astros 12, Diamondbacks 4

Moises Alou went 4-for-5 as visiting Houston stopped a four-game losing streak, getting help as Arizona made a team-record five errors.

Mitch Meluskey was 3-for-5 with a career-high four RBIs before being ejected in the ninth.

Scott Elarton (6-3) allowed one run and five hits – including Omar Daal’s first major league homer – in eight innings. Daal (2-8), winless since May 25, allowed five runs, four earned, and six hits in 4 1-3 innings.

Dodgers 5, Padres 4, 10 innings

Eric Karros singled home the winning run with two outs in the bottom of the 10th, one pitch after getting sent to the dirt by a brushback pitch from Matt Whiteside (2-1), as Los Angeles stopped a five-game losing streak.

Karros also homered for the Dodgers, who tied the game in the seventh on a two-run homer by pinch-hitter Dave Hansen and again in the ninth on a leadoff homer by Todd Hundley.