NATIONAL LEAGUE ROUNDUP : Marlins Hit Enough in Victory

No more batting practice.

That’s the tonic Florida Manager Rene Lachemann prescribed for his team after the Marlins defeated the Giants, 12-10, in 14 innings at San Francisco on Tuesday.

“It seems like the last few days, when we didn’t take batting practice we were OK, so we’re not going to take batting practice tomorrow,” Lachemann said. “We took batting practice in Los Angeles and got no-hit by [Ramon] Martinez and three-hit by [Hideo] Nomo.”

Greg Colbrunn hit a grand slam in the 14th inning, giving him a club-record seven runs batted in, as the Marlins survived a two-homer game by Barry Bonds.

Bonds has eight homers in his last 17 games and is hitting .400 with 19 RBIs and 21 walks during that span.

Florida, which had 15 hits, was unable to take batting practice because Monday night’s 10-8 victory over the Giants had lasted until nearly midnight. Colbrunn, who also hit a three-run homer in the fourth inning, hit his grand slam off Chris Hook when the Marlins scored five runs in the 14th.

Cincinnati 5, San Diego 1--Jose Rijo re-injured his right elbow and left the game in severe pain while the Reds were defeating the Padres at San Diego.

Benito Santiago had a two-run single and Chuck McElroy (2-2) allowed only one hit in three innings of relief, but the enthusiasm of the victory was tempered by Rijo’s injury.

The right-hander was making his first start since he told reporters Saturday his arm was throbbing. Rijo left the game in the third inning after giving up two hits and striking out two.

The team plans to have him examined Thursday by Dr. James Andrews of Birmingham, Ala., and it’s possible that Rijo is finished for the season. He was on the disabled list June 2-16 because of the sore elbow.

Tony Gwynn’s 15-game hitting streak ended and he also committed his first error of the season in right field.

New York 12, Chicago 3--Brett Butler had four hits and scored four times and Bobby Bonilla drove in four runs, leading the Mets at Chicago.

Edgardo Alfonzo also had four of the Mets’ 17 hits as they finished a two-game sweep. Bobby Jones (6-6) pitched a seven-hitter, striking out seven.

Jones pitched his second complete game in 17 starts. He gave up home runs to Sammy Sosa, his 17th; and Luis Gonzalez, his eighth. The Mets won for the fifth time in six games since the All-Star break.

Pittsburgh 5, Atlanta 4--Don Slaught’s bloop single to right field barely eluded first baseman Fred McGriff, breaking a tie in the 10th inning and giving the Pirates a victory at Atlanta.

Mark Wohlers (3-3) retired the first two Pirates in the 10th before giving up consecutive singles to Dave Clark, pinch-hitter Jacob Brumfield and Slaught.

Mike Dyer (3-1) picked up the victory with 1 1/3 innings of scoreless relief. Dan Miceli pitched the 10th for his 14th save, striking out Charlie O’Brien on three pitches with the bases loaded to end the game.

Pittsburgh, winning its third in a row and seventh in its last eight, is 11-3 against Atlanta since the start of the 1994 season and 2-0 this season. The Braves dropped to 1-5 in extra-inning games.

Montreal 5, St. Louis 2--Moises Alou had four hits with a homer and two RBIs and Sean Berry drove in the Expos’ other three runs at Montreal.

Alou, who broke out of a two-for-20 slump, also scored three runs. Berry, a .196 hitter against left-handers but a .700 hitter against lefty Tom Urbani, had a two-run double in the third inning and an RBI single in the fifth.

Jeff Fassero (9-7) snapped his two-game losing streak, allowing seven hits. St. Louis stranded eight runners, six in scoring position.

Philadelphia 7, Colorado 5--The Phillies survived two home runs by Larry Walker and won for only the second time in 10 games, beating the Rockies at Colorado.

Curt Schilling (7-5) won his second consecutive game, despite loading the bases with no outs in the seventh inning. Leading, 6-3, he gave up a single and two walks before being lifted for Kyle Abbott, who gave up a two-run single to pinch-hitter Jim Tatum. Ricky Bottalico came on to end the rally.