Maddux Gets Slammed in a Jam Against the Phillies

Greg Maddux was looking to escape a jam, the way he had so many times in the past. Instead, he gave up the first regular-season grand slam of his career.

Benito Santiago became the first player to hit a slam off Maddux (4-2) in 2,174 2/3 innings, connecting in the ninth for his second home run of the game off the Atlanta Braves ace to lead the Philadelphia Phillies to a 6-3 victory Friday night at Atlanta. The Phillies scored five times in the ninth off Maddux to win for the eighth time in nine games.

Maddux, a four-time Cy Young winner, gave up a slam in the 1989 NL playoffs to the San Francisco Giants’ Will Clark while pitching for the Chicago Cubs.

Terry Mulholland was the winner and Ricky Bottalico got his 11th save.

OTHER GAMES

The Cincinnati Reds ended a nine-game losing streak by defeating the San Francisco Giants, 5-3, at San Francisco. The Reds were led by Willie Greene, who hit a three-run homer and later scored the tiebreaking run on Hal Morris’ single. The losing streak was the Reds’ longest since a 12-game slump in September 1993. . . . The St. Louis Cardinals ended a 15-game losing streak at Jack Murphy Stadium and an overall losing streak that had reached a season-high six games by beating the San Diego Padres, 3-1. Donovan Osborne (2-2) continued his mastery over the Padres, improving to 6-1 in 10 career games against them, and to 3-1 in five starts at San Diego. . . . John Vander Wal, the major-league record holder for pinch hits in a season, continued his effectiveness off the bench by driving in the go-ahead runs with a pinch-double as the Colorado Rockies rallied to beat the Florida Marlins, 9-5, at Denver. Vander Wal has five pinch hits in 17 at-bats after getting 28 pinch hits last year. John Burkett (1-5) lost his fourth consecutive start for Florida. . . . Sammy Sosa ended a 0-for-18 slump by hitting a three-run homer off rookie Paul Wilson (1-2), with two outs in the ninth inning at Chicago, lifting the Chicago Cubs to a 4-2 victory over the New York Mets. Winning pitcher Jaime Navarro (2-3) struck out nine. . . . Shane Reynolds (5-1) won his fifth consecutive start and Derek Bell hit a two-run homer, leading the Houston Astros to a 4-1 victory over the Montreal Expos at Houston.