National League Roundup : Fighting Finish by Padres Leaves Phillies Flat

Andy Hawkins, who has been leading a charmed life, didn’t get his 11th victory Tuesday night at San Diego, but, on the other hand, he didn’t lose his first, either.

Hawkins departed in the eighth inning with a 4-3 lead over the Philadelphia Phillies, but Rich Gossage failed to hold the lead.

However, after the Phillies took a 5-4 lead in the top of the ninth in a brawling battle, the Padres came back to win, 6-5, on Kevin McReynolds’ two-run triple with two out in the bottom of the ninth.

The Phillies jumped off to a 3-0 lead, but the Padres closed the gap on a Steve Garvey home run, and, in the sixth, Tim Flannery singled in two runs and continued on to third on an error. Pitcher John Denny, who hit Flannery earlier, charged Flannery at third, both benches emptied, but nobody was hurt.

It was the 11th start for Hawkins and the 10th time the unbeaten right-hander failed to go the distance. However, on nine other occasions, Gossage or someone else out of the bullpen saved it for Hawkins.

Hawkins left with Juan Samuel on third and one out. Schmidt tripled in the tying run. In the top of the ninth, John Wockenfuss singled in the go-ahead run.

In the bottom of the ninth, Tony Gwynn beat out an infield hit, and with two out, Graig Nettles walked before McReynolds made a loser out of Kent Tekulve.

San Francisco 5, Montreal 1--The Giants are getting the most effective pitching in the National League, but weak hitting has kept them in the cellar most of the season.

The pitching has kept them competitive and, on occasion, the pitchers have helped enough on offense to win some, too.

Before only 3,324 at San Francisco, Jim Gott pitched a six-hitter to get the Giants out of last place in the West. He also was involved in the key play on offense. Earlier, Gott hit two home runs in a game to help the Giants win, but in this one the decisive play was a strikeout.

The score was 1-1 with two out, Alex Trevino on third and an 0-2 count on Gott in the fifth. Dan Schatzeder’s strikeout pitch to Gott was a wild pitch and Trevino raced home with the go-ahead run as Gott reached first.

A throwing error by Schatzeder allowed the Giants to score again in the sixth and light-hitting Jose Uribe (.214) doubled in two more in the seventh. Uribe drove in the first Giant run. His three RBIs doubled his total for the season.

Cincinnati 9, Pittsburgh 3--Pete Rose continued to close in on the hit record and help the Reds win. Rose had two hits at Cincinnati, scored a run and drove in a run to help Mario Soto raise his record to 8-3.

Although his scoreless string was stopped at 16 when George Hendrick hit a two-run home run in the sixth inning, Soto won his third in a row. He gave up six hits and struck out seven in seven innings.

Rose needs 52 hits to break Ty Cobb’s record.

St. Louis 6, Houston 1--Vince Coleman continues to run wild and Joaquin Andujar keeps on winning. In this game at St. Louis, Coleman had four singles and scored four runs to make it easy for Andujar to win his sixth in a row and improve his record to 10-1.

Coleman also stole three bases, and the speedy rookie has 39 in 40 games.

With Coleman and Willie McGee (3 for 3) on base in front of him all night, the major league’s leading hitter, Tommy Herr, had another big game. Herr went 2 for 4 to raise his average to .380 and drove in three runs. He leads the majors with runs batted in with 46. That’s only three fewer RBI than Herr’s career record set last season.

Chicago 5, Atlanta 3--With the wind blowing in at Chicago, Jody Davis was just trying for singles. He had three of them, including a wind-blown blooper in the sixth that broke a 3-3 tie.

Rick Mahler, who won his first seven starts for the Braves, was the loser, and his record fell to 8-5.

The Braves, whose starters other than Mahler have won only three games, fell into last place in the West.