BASEBALL ROUNDUP : Rockies Rebound on the Road, 6-3

Eric Young had three hits and drove in three runs and the Colorado Rockies rebounded from a weekend sweep to beat the slumping Pirates, 6-3, Monday night at Pittsburgh.

The Rockies closed to within a game of the idle Dodgers in the National League West.

Shortstop Jay Bell’s two-out error and Ross Powell’s walk of Colorado starter Roger Bailey led to Young’s go-ahead, two-run triple in the fourth inning and the Pirates’ sixth consecutive loss.

It was the Rockies’ third victory in their last 10 road games and came after they lost three in a row at home to St. Louis.

It was only the ninth time this season the Rockies, who lead the majors with 166 homers, have won without homering.

Florida 6, Houston 4--The Marlins came from behind twice and extended their home winning streak to 14 games while also sending the Astros to a club-record 11th consecutive loss.

Quilvio Veras scored twice and drove in two runs for the Marlins, who completed a four-game sweep.

Houston had lost 10 in a row four times, most recently in May 1974.

Robb Nen pitched a perfect ninth for his 18th save.

Cincinnati 5, St. Louis 2--Barry Larkin hit his 100th career home run and drove in four runs and David Wells threw his second consecutive complete game in the victory at Cincinnati.

Wells (4-1) allowed six hits, struck out seven and walked none. It was his third victory in a row.

Chicago Cubs 7, Atlanta 5--Sammy Sosa hit a pair of two-run homers and scored three times at Chicago to end the Braves’ seven-game winning streak.

Jaime Navarro (12-5) allowed six hits and had a career-high nine strikeouts in 7 1/3 innings to help the Cubs avoid a four-game sweep.

Randy Myers pitched the final 1 2/3 innings to reach 30 saves for the fourth time in his career.

Kansas City 4, New York Yankees 3--Reliever Jeff Montgomery got Ruben Sierra to ground into a game-ending double play with the bases loaded to preserve the victory at New York.

The Royals, who played at home Sunday and play at home again Tuesday, made a one-day trip to New York to make up a game wiped out by the delayed start of the season.

Minnesota 4, Texas 3--Pedro Munoz’s 10th-inning RBI single at Minneapolis snapped the Twins’ five-game losing streak.

Kirby Puckett tied Harmon Killebrew for the Twins’ record of 1,047 runs.

Cleveland 9, Toronto 1--Eddie Murray homered and singled during a seven-run second inning at Cleveland.

Paul Sorrento and Manny Ramirez also homered, and Kenny Lofton had four hits for the Indians, winners of nine of their last 10 games. They improved baseball’s best record to 77-35.

Chicago White Sox 6, Milwaukee 5--Frank Thomas hit a two-run single during a five-run first inning at Chicago as the Brewers’ five-game winning streak came to an end.

Brewer starter Jamie McAndrew got the loss despite throwing only four pitches. He gave up a leadoff double to Lance Johnson, then left with a strained right knee.