NATIONAL LEAGUE ROUNDUP : Giants’ Wilson Loses No-Hitter, Then Game, 2-1

After a horrible spring in which he worked himself off the San Francisco Giants’ pitching staff, almost everything has gone right for Trevor Wilson.

When injuries decimated the Giants’ staff, Wilson was summoned from triple-A Phoenix. The 24-year-old left-hander made the most of the new chance.

On June 13 at San Diego he had a no-hitter until the ninth inning. He settled for a one-hitter and has kept on winning.

Wilson was on his way to his seventh victory without a defeat when he held the Cardinals hitless through six innings at St. Louis as the Giants bid to cut Cincinnati’s lead in the West to 6 1/2 games.

Wilson’s fortune changed in a hurry. He lost his no-hitter with two out in the seventh inning and lost the game, 2-1, despite giving up only one other hit in 7 2/3 innings.

Reliever Jeff Brantley gave up the game-winning single to Terry Pendleton while Wilson was sitting in the dugout.

A two-out single by Willie McGee scored the tying run with two out in the eighth and Brantley replaced Wilson. Pedro Guerrero’s single sent McGee to third and Pendleton won it.

Pendleton made right-hander Lee Smith (3-2) the winner as did the Cardinals, who signed him to a three-year contract extension before the game. Smith gave up one hit and struck out five in two innings of relief.

The Giants had won five in a row, and they gave Wilson a working margin when Will Clark doubled and Matt Williams singled for his league-leading 71st run batted in.

“We had been no-hit by Fernando (Valenzuela) earlier and we didn’t want another,” Pendleton said. “We cheered when Tom (Pagnozzi) got the hit.”

Wilson said a hanging curve spoiled the no-hit bid. “I didn’t get mad when (Mike) Pagliarulo broke up the other one,” he said. “And this didn’t upset me, either.”

Pittsburgh 8, San Diego 4--The Pirates maintained their two-game lead in the NL East, as R.J. Reynolds hit a two-run single in the eighth inning at Pittsburgh to break a 4-4 tie.

First baseman Sid Bream added a two-run single and the victory was secure.

Ted Power (1-2) pitched two scoreless innings of relief a few hours after coming off the disabled list.

The Padres lost their third game in a row under Manager Greg Riddoch. The Pirates have won four in a row and 10 of 12.

New York 6, Cincinnati 3--At Cincinnati, David Cone struck out 10 batters for the third consecutive game, and the Mets remained two games out of first in the East.

Cone (6-4) gave up five hits and a run before giving way to John Franco with the bases loaded and two out in the eighth inning. Before getting his 18th save, Franco gave up two runs in the ninth.

Atlanta 3-2, Montreal 2-6--Oil Can Boyd (5-3) pitched seven shutout innings at Atlanta in the second game to give the Expos a split after relief ace Dave Schmidt blew the opener.

Schmidt, who had been almost perfect out of the bullpen, came in in the eighth inning to protect a 2-0 lead for Dennis Martinez.

But Schmidt gave up hits to Jim Presley and Dave Justice before Tommy Gregg hit a three-run home run to win it.

Mike Fitzgerald hit a home run and drove in three runs in the nightcap for the Expos, 4 1/2 games behind the Pirates.

Philadelphia 12, Houston 8--Dickie Thon has tormented his former teammates in the series at Houston. In this game he singled twice in a nine-run fourth inning, homered and had another single.

In the last three games against the Astros, Thon is six for 13, including three home runs, five RBIs and five runs scored.