Baseball Roundup : Quisenberry Holds Off Padres for First NL Save

Once again, it was Quiz time.

Dan Quisenberry, fourth on baseball’s all-time list for saves, got his first in the National League Thursday at St. Louis by securing the Cardinals’ 6-5 victory over the San Diego Padres.

“Any time I’ve got a chance to pitch with the game on the line and the lead, it reminds me of a thousand other times,” Quisenberry said.

Ken Dayley came on after Jose DeLeon walked Randy Ready to start the Padre eighth. After Bip Roberts tripled to make the score 6-4, Quisenberry was summoned to face Carmelo Martinez, who blooped a double to right field.

Rob Nelson grounded a single to right, but Tom Brunansky threw out Martinez at home. Jose Oquendo then made a diving stop near second base and forced out Nelson.

Quisenberry got his 239th save with a perfect ninth. The other 238 came with the Kansas City Royals.

DeLeon (6-2) and San Diego’s Eric Show (4-4) each allowed three runs in the first inning.

Show walked Thompson with the bases loaded in the third to break the tie, and Brunansky followed with a sacrifice fly. Thompson doubled home a run in the fifth to make the score 6-3.

The Cardinals announced that Herzog has signed a two-year contract extension through the 1992 season, and General Manager Dal Maxvill has signed a two-year extension through 1991.

Atlanta 8, Philadelphia 3--Tom Glavine won his fifth game without a defeat, and Lonnie Smith hit a home run and scored three times as the Braves ran their winning streak to seven games by beating the Phillies at Philadelphia.

Glavine, 7-17 last year, gave up eight hits en route to his fourth complete game of the season.

Jeff Treadway led off the Atlanta sixth with a triple and scored on Ron Gant’s sacrifice fly to break a 3-3 tie. Smith followed with his fifth homer.

Baltimore 6, Oakland 2--Craig Worthington doubled home two runs to break a 1-1 tie in the fourth inning at Baltimore as the Orioles handed the Athletics’ Dave Stewart his first loss of the season.

Jeff Ballard (6-1) joined Stewart (6-1) as the American League’s only six-game winners by giving up nine hits in seven innings. Gregg Olson pitched the final two innings.

Stewart gave up six runs and 12 hits, a career high, in 6 2/3 innings.

Former A’s catcher Mickey Tettleton drove in three runs with a home run and a two-run single.

Oakland’s Terry Steinbach went 0 for 3, ending his 15-game hitting streak--which had tied him for longest in the majors this season.

Texas 6, Kansas City 3--Nolan Ryan pitched a five-hitter and struck out 11 batters, and Pete Incaviglia drove in four runs to lead the Rangers past the Royals at Kansas City.

Ryan (4-2) improved his career record against the Royals to 21-10. It was the 185th time in his career and the 12th time against Kansas City that he had fanned at least 10 batters. He leads the major leagues with 64 strikeouts.

Mark Gubicza (2-3) lost his fourth consecutive decision to the Rangers at Royals Stadium.

Incaviglia hit a two-run triple in the second and a two-run single in the sixth.