National League Roundup : Carter Hits Game-Winning Homer

Gary Carter hit his second game-winning home run of the week and Bruce Berenyi and Doug Sisk combined on a three-hitter at New York in the Mets’ 1-0 victory over the Cincinnati Reds.

The win was the third in as many starts for New York and its third one-run victory.

Cincinnati’s Pete Rose went 2 for 4 to raise his career hit total to 4,102. He needs 90 to break Ty Cobb’s record.

Berenyi (1-0) pitched seven strong innings, allowing one hit while walking one and striking out six. Sisk pitched the final two innings and recorded his first save. Mario Soto (1-1) was the loser.

Carter, who made a successful debut with the Mets Tuesday by hitting a game-winning homer in the 10th inning, led off the fourth by ripping a 2-and-2 pitch from Soto over the wall in left-center field. It was his second homer of the season.

Pittsburgh 6, St. Louis 4--Jason Thompson smashed a two-run homer and Doug Frobel added a two-run single in a four-run first inning for the Pirates in their home opener.

The win went to Don Robinson (1-0) who pitched 3 innings in relief of starter Larry McWilliams. John Candelaria, who came on after Robinson gave up a leadoff double in the ninth, finished the game to get his first save.

A crowd of 47,335 turned out for Pittsburgh’s first-night opener in the club’s 109-year history. Last year, the Pirates drew only 773,500 fans, a National League low.

Houston 8, Philadelphia 3--Terry Puhl drove in three runs with a triple and a single in a seven-run sixth inning for the Astros at Houston.

Philadelphia starter Jerry Koosman shut the Astros out for five innings and the Phillies scored three times in the top of the sixth to go ahead 3-0 before Houston’s big inning.

Montreal 5, Chicago 1--Dan Driessen hit a two-run homer in a four-run fourth inning and Bryn Smith pitched a three-hitter for eight innings for the Expos at Chicago.

Rookie Herm Winningham hit his first major league homer for the Expos.

Smith (1-0) struck out three and walked none. The only hits he allowed were a leadoff single by Leon Durham in the second, a leadoff seventh-inning triple by Shawon Dunston, who came around to score, and a bloop single by Ron Cey to lead off the eighth.

Jeff Reardon pitched the ninth for Montreal.