NATIONAL LEAGUE ROUNDUP : Braves Enjoy a Record-Setting Day in Rout

Fred McGriff, Terry Pendleton and Tony Tarasco hit consecutive homers in the first inning and the Atlanta Braves scored the most runs in team history Friday, routing the Chicago Cubs, 19-5, at Chicago.

The Braves--winning for the 10th time in 11 games--hit five homers, had 24 hits and set another club record with 46 total bases.

McGriff, Pendleton and Tarasco hit their first-inning home runs against Anthony Young with the aid of a 24-m.p.h. wind.

Pendleton and Deion Sanders each had four runs batted in. Sanders and Ryan Klesko hit two-run homers in the eighth inning.

“I’ve come to this ballpark before with the wind blowing out and no one on the team has been able to hit the ball out,” Pendleton said. “You just never know. I’ve played here with wind blowing out and hit ground balls.”

Atlanta has twice scored 18 runs in a game, last September against Montreal and in 1973 against Pittsburgh. The Braves’ 46 total bases were seven more than the previous Atlanta record and one shy of the franchise record.

Tom Glavine (2-0) was an easy winner, giving up three hits in 5 2/3 innings. Glavine also had two hits.

St. Louis 10, San Diego 6--Sore-wristed Gregg Jefferies had two home runs and five RBIs to help the Cardinals defeat the struggling Padres at St. Louis.

Bob Tewksbury won his third consecutive start for the Cardinals, who have won three in a row to tie the Cincinnati Reds for the National League Central lead.

The Padres have lost six in a row and are 1-10 overall, the worst record in the major leagues.

Jefferies, who sat out Thursday’s game against the Dodgers after being hit by a pitch on his right wrist Wednesday night, said before the game that the injury was still bothering him.

But he hit a two-run homer in the third against Scott Sanders, doubled in the fourth and hit a three-run homer against A.J. Sager in the sixth.

Colorado 9, Montreal 2--Ellis Burks, recording the second Rocky “first” in as many days, hit a two-run, inside-the-park homer to highlight the Rockies’ victory at Denver.

One day after the Rockies got the first shutout victory in their history, Burks hit their first inside-the-park homer.

His sixth-inning hit caromed high off the right-field wall into the corner, and Burks easily beat the relay to the plate. Charlie Hayes, who had doubled, scored ahead of him.

San Francisco 6, Florida 0--Bill Swift of the Giants gave up six hits in 8 2/3 innings at Miami.

Swift (2-1) retired 16 consecutive batters after Chuck Carr led off the Florida first with an infield hit. Carr was erased on a double play, and Swift didn’t give up another hit until pinch-hitter Kurt Abbott’s infield single with two out in the sixth.

Swift, who lowered his ERA to 0.42, struck out six and didn’t walk a batter before leaving with two men on in the ninth. Dave Burba retired Benito Santiago on a fly to center to end the game.

Philadelphia 3, Cincinnati 1--Jeff Juden, acquired in the off-season trade that sent Mitch Williams to the Houston Astros, limited the Reds to one hit in seven shutout innings at Philadelphia.

Juden, making the fifth start of his career, lost his no-hit bid in the seventh when Hal Morris led off with a sharp single to center.

Juden (1-1), relieved by Doug Jones after walking two hitters to start the eighth, struck out nine and walked four. Jones, also acquired in the Williams trade, finished for his second save.

Houston 8, New York 1--Jeff Bagwell drove in four runs and Ken Caminiti hit a two-run homer for the Astros at New York.

Bagwell and Steve Finley each hit solo homers for Houston to support a strong pitching performance by Doug Drabek (2-1), who limited the Mets to three hits in eight innings.