National League Roundup : Dawley Stops Cubs as Cardinals Increase Lead to 5 Games With 9-2 Win : from

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St. Louis Cardinal pitcher Lee Tunnell had no trouble picking out the turning point Saturday when he held off the Chicago Cubs for a 9-2 victory at St. Louis.

“I thought the key part of the game was when Bill Dawley came in and struck out two men to retire the side,” Tunnell said.

Tunnell (3-1) pitched 6 innings in 97-degree heat, limiting the Cubs to six hits before Shawon Dunston and Dave Martinez singled to threaten the Cardinals’ 4-2 lead.

Dawley came in and struck out pinch-hitter Gary Matthews and Paul Noce to end the Cub threat.

Rick Horton finished the game as the Cardinals increased their lead over the Cubs to five games in the East. The Cardinals have won 8 of 11 meetings with the Cubs.

Tunnell struck out five and walked only one as the Cardinals thwarted the bid by Rick Sutcliffe (8-3) to become the National League’s first nine-game winner.

Terry Pendleton hit a solo home run, and Vince Coleman and Tommy Herr each had three hits to lead the Cardinals’ 14-hit attack.

The Cardinals turned a 2-1 deficit into a 3-2 lead in the fifth with the help of aggressive baserunning by John Morris and Tony Pena.

Morris blooped a double to center, stole third and scored the tying run on an infield hit by Pena. Pena moved to second on a balk and scored on an infield hit by Coleman.

Chicago second baseman Ryne Sandberg, who drove in the Cubs’ second run in the second inning with an infield hit, suffered a sprained ankle on the play when he stumbled while trying to avoid a collision with Cardinal first baseman Jack Clark.

San Diego 11, San Francisco 2--Shane Mack hit his first major league homer and drove in three runs to lead the Padres past the Giants at San Francisco.

Carmelo Martinez had two doubles and three runs batted in as the Padres, 17-46 this season, won for the fifth time in their last nine games. San Diego starter Andy Hawkins (3-7) allowed six hits and two runs in five innings, and Craig Lefferts finished up for his second save.

Mack of UCLA and a member of the 1984 U.S. Olympic team, put the Padres ahead, 2-1, with a leadoff homer in the second inning and added a two-run single in the fifth when San Diego scored four runs to take an 8-1 lead.

Giant starter Atlee Hammaker (3-3) allowed the first eight runs.

Cincinnati 5, Atlanta 2--Buddy Bell and Kal Daniels hit home runs to support Guy Hoffman’s two-hit pitching over six innings and give the Reds a victory over the Braves at Cincinnati.

The Reds broke a four-game losing streak and moved into sole possession of first place in the West, a game ahead of San Francisco.

Hoffman (5-1) matched his career high with seven strikeouts in his first start since April 20. Relievers Frank Williams and John Franco allowed four hits and one run over the last three innings.

Hoffman allowed a solo homer in the second to Ted Simmons, his third, and walked three. Gary Roenicke hit his first homer of the season in the ninth off Franco for the Braves’ other run.

Pittsburgh 4, New York 3--R.J. Reynolds’ run-scoring single with one out in the eighth inning snapped a 3-3 tie as the Pirates beat the Mets at Pittsburgh.

Johnny Ray singled to center and moved to second on Sid Bream’s sacrifice. Randy Myers (0-3) then intentionally walked Jim Morrison before Reynolds singled. Don Robinson (5-4) pitched two scoreless innings for the victory.

Met right fielder Darryl Strawberry touched off a brief, bench-clearing melee in the second inning when he charged Pittsburgh starter Bob Kipper after being struck in the back with a pitch. Strawberry was the only player ejected.

Montreal 7, Philadelphia 5--Neal Heaton won his sixth straight decision and Herm Winningham hit a two-run homer and scored three runs as the Expos defeated the Phillies in Montreal.

Heaton (9-2) allowed five runs and nine hits as he took over the National League lead in victories.

The Phillies scored four runs off Heaton in the eighth to knock him out of the game, and Tim Burke came in to record his seventh save.

Phillies starter Mike Jackson (1-4) allowed eight hits and four runs in 4 innings.

After Philadelphia scored a run in the top of the first, Montreal came back to take the lead in the bottom of the inning when Casey Candaele led off with a single and Winningham followed with his third home run of the season. The homer extended Winningham’s hitting streak to 11 games.