NATIONAL LEAGUE ROUNDUP : Glavine Is First to Reach 11 Victories, 7-0

Tom Glavine pitched his fourth shutout and became the major leagues’ first 11-game winner as the surging Atlanta Braves coasted to a 7-0 victory over the San Francisco Giants in Atlanta Tuesday night.

Deion Sanders had a solo homer and a two-run triple and Glavine pitched his sixth complete game as the Braves won their fourth consecutive game. Atlanta has won 20 of its last 23 games and is 10-1 on its 12-game home stand.

Glavine (11-3) didn’t walk a batter, struck out four and allowed only five hits in gaining his fifth consecutive victory.

“We’re playing as well as a team can play,” said Glavine, who needed only 83 pitches. “And I feel the same way about my pitching. I feel that I’m not going to give up any more than two or three runs. If I do that, we’re going to win.”

Behind Sanders’ major league leading 11th triple, the Braves scored four runs in the fourth inning, then added two more in the sixth before Sanders hit his sixth home run in the seventh.

“We were overmatched tonight,” said San Francisco Manager Roger Craig, whose Giants lost for the eighth time in 10 games. “Glavine pitched another great ballgame.”

All nine Atlanta starters had at least one hit as the Braves played before a crowd of 39,890, their fifth consecutive sellout and 20th of the season, a team record.

New York 4, Chicago 1--Todd Hundley hit a three-run home run and Pete Schourek won for the first time this season to lead the Mets over the Cubs at New York.

Schourek (1-3) broke a personal seven-game losing streak, including four consecutive losses while pitching at triple-A Tidewater. In his previous three starts spanning 20 2/3 innings since being recalled on May 24, the Mets had not scored while he was in the game.

“I didn’t think about that,” Schourek said. “There’s nothing I can do about it. We talked about changing (pitching) speeds before the game and I did that more tonight.”

New York, which has won three consecutive games for the first time since May 10, was led by Bobby Bonilla’s three hits and Hundley, who put the Mets ahead for good in the fourth inning with his fifth home run of the season.

Schourek gave up one run on five hits before Jeff Innis relieved to start the seventh inning. John Franco got the last three outs for his 10th save.

Philadelphia 5, Montreal 0--Curt Schilling pitched a six-hitter and Ruben Amaro hit a two-run double to lead the Phillies at Montreal.

It was the second shutout in 15 days for Schilling (6-4), who was making his eighth start after starting the season in the bullpen.

“What has made me happy is that in these eight starts I’ve given the team at least six strong innings every game,” Schilling said. “This start was probably my best as far as stuff goes, but I was pretty tired by the eighth inning.”

The Phillies broke open a scoreless game with three runs in the sixth inning on hits by Ricky Jordan and Amaro.

Philadelphia made it 4-0 in the eighth inning on a run scoring double by Wes Chamberlain and added a run in the ninth when Lenny Dykstra singled and later scored on a fielder’s choice.

Pittsburgh 6, St. Louis 4--Orlando Merced’s two-run home run broke an eighth inning tie and Dave Clark hit a three-run shot as the Pirates wasted a three-run lead, then recovered to beat the Cardinals at Pittsburgh.

The Pirates have won three consecutive games and lead St. Louis by a season-high 7 1/2 games in the NL East.

Jay Bell singled and Andy Van Slyke struck out before Merced homered off Todd Worrell (3-3).

Roger Mason (2-3) pitched two scoreless innings to gain the win as Pittsburgh improved to 5-4 with Barry Bonds, who went on the disabled list Tuesday, sidelined with a strained rib cage muscle.

Cincinnati 10, Houston 6--Joe Oliver and Paul O’Neill each had two-run home runs, while Reggie Sanders’ two-run triple capped a five-run fifth inning at Cincinnati to help end the Reds’ four-game losing streak.

The Reds had 15 hits after a pregame special batting practice supervised by Manager Lou Piniella and batting coach Tony Perez, as Cincinnati ended the Astros’ four-game winning streak.

Tim Belcher (7-6) gave up two leads but benefited from Houston’s sloppy fielding in the fifth, when the Astros committed three errors and the Reds sent 10 batters to the plate.