NATIONAL LEAGUE ROUNDUP : Williams Still Wild Thing in Astros’ 11th-Inning Loss

Add Terry Collins to the list of managers driven, if not to smoking, at least to antacids by relief pitcher Mitch Williams, the Wild Thing.

Williams put the go-ahead run on base in the 11th inning with a two-out walk and gave up another run on a wild pitch in the Astros’ 5-3 loss to the Chicago Cubs on Thursday night at Houston.

“He’s not a control guy,” Collins said. “Sometimes he gets himself into jams and he doesn’t get out of them.”

With the score tied, 3-3, in the 11th, Williams (0-2, 6.75 earned-run average) walked pinch-hitter Eddie Zambrano, who took third on Steve Buechele’s single and scored on an infield hit.

Buechele scored on Williams’ wild pitch.

Cincinnati 19, Pittsburgh 7--Hal Morris drove in six runs and Barry Larkin followed Erik Hanson’s first two major league hits with two-run homers for the Reds at Pittsburgh.

Tony Fernandez homered for the fourth consecutive game as the Reds won their eighth in 10 games.

Florida 8, Colorado 7--Alex Arias’ bases-loaded single and Ellis Burks’ error scored three runs to cap a five-run eighth inning for the Marlins at Miami.

Colorado’s Andres Galarraga tied a National League record with his 29th RBI in April.