NATIONAL LEAGUE ROUNDUP : Marlins Sizzle; Cardinals Fizzle

The Florida Marlins were almost as hot as the weather in St. Louis.

Greg Colbrunn drove in four runs and Jeff Conine went four for six with three runs batted in Wednesday as the Marlins set four team records in a 13-3 rout of the Cardinals on the 133-degree artificial surface at Busch Stadium.

“Every once in a while you’re going to have one of those games where everything goes right and everything works for you,” Conine said. “Today was one of those days for us.”

It was one of those days to forget for the Cardinals.

“It was a little grueling,” Manager Joe Torre said. “It happens. You get your butt kicked and come back tomorrow.”

Every Marlin starter had a hit by the third inning as they roughed up Rick Sutcliffe (3-3)--who has given up 13 earned runs in 8 1/3 innings this month--and reliever Bryan Eversgerd. The Marlins had a team-record eight doubles.

They also set team records with 22 hits--nine in a seven-run third inning--and 10 extra-base hits.

Colbrunn went three for four with a double and a sacrifice fly. Conine had three doubles and has 15 RBIs in his last 14 games. Kurt Abbott homered for the second consecutive day, doubled and singled in his first three at-bats.

Houston 7, San Francisco 2--Staked to an early 3-0 lead at San Francisco, Doug Drabek showed off the aggressive pitching style that is helping him and the Astros forget about a 1993 season in which he lost 18 games.

Drabek (9-3) allowed only one earned run and pitched his league-leading fifth complete game.

The Astros pounded out 12 hits, and Drabek never allowed the Giants, losers of 11 of their last 15 games, more than one an inning.

New York 1, Philadelphia 0--Bobby Jones and John Franco combined on a four-hitter and Todd Hundley drove in the game’s only run at New York.

Jones (7-5) retired 17 batters in a row at one point and left after eight innings. Franco pitched a perfect ninth inning for his 252nd save, tying him with Dave Righetti for most by a left-hander.

Atlanta 4, Colorado 0--David Justice had two solo homers and three RBIs and John Smoltz (5-6) won his third consecutive game, leading the Braves at Atlanta.

Justice raised his lifetime average against the Rockies to .417 (30 for 72). The two home runs--Nos. 9 and 10 of the season--gave him nine homers and 25 RBIs against Colorado.

Montreal 13, Pittsburgh 2--Ken Hill became the league’s second 10-game winner and Darrin Fletcher had four RBIs at Montreal.

Moises Alou went three for four, hit his 11th homer, scored three times and drove in two runs as the Expos completed a three-game sweep of the Pirates.

Chicago 5, San Diego 0--The Cubs took advantage of three Padre errors at San Diego.

After Rick Wilkins tripled in the second inning, he scored on an error by Scott Livingstone for a 1-0 Chicago lead. Wilkins singled in two runs in the eighth inning after Ricky Gutierrez set up the runs by booting Kevin Roberson’s ground ball.

The Cubs added two runs in the ninth inning when Shawon Dunston’s bases-loaded grounder went through the legs of second baseman Bip Roberts.