Rockies Bide Time and Beat Padres

Vinny Castilla’s grand slam highlighted an 11-run seventh inning, and the Colorado Rockies rallied to beat San Diego, 13-12, Friday night at Denver in a game delayed twice by rain for a total of 2 hours 22 minutes.

The Rockies were trailing, 9-2, in the top of the seventh when the game was delayed for 1 hour 19 minutes.

But when it resumed, Colorado scored a team-record 11 runs in the bottom half off five relievers for the Rockies’ second consecutive comeback win over the Padres.

The Rockies sent 16 batters to the plate, and the Padres’ five pitchers in the inning tied a National League record. Colorado’s 11 runs scored matched an NL season high.

Andres Galarraga was hit by a pitch twice in the inning, tying a major-league record, and Willie Blair (1-6) was ejected.

Play was then suspended for a second time for 1:03, and when the game resumed, Eric Young hit a two-run single to make it 13-9.

Padre pinch-hitter Scott Livingstone hit a three-run homer with one out in the ninth off Curtis Leskanic to make it 13-12. Rickey Henderson singled, but Chris Gomez hit into a double play to end the game that lasted 5:22 with the rain delays.

Ken Caminiti homered, had three hits and tied a club record by scoring four runs for the Padres.

Atlanta 6, Florida 3--Chipper Jones hit a two-run homer during a three-run seventh inning as the Braves rallied from a two-run deficit in the seventh inning at Atlanta.

Tom Glavine (10-5), replacing scheduled starter Greg Maddux, won for the third time in four decisions. Maddux was scratched because of a cracked toenail on his right foot.

St. Louis 13, Chicago 3--Gary Gaetti and Ron Gant each hit two of the Cardinals’ seven home runs in Chicago, and they won for the eighth time in their last 11 games.

Brian Jordan, John Mabry and Ray Lankford also homered for St. Louis, which beat Steve Trachsel (7-6). The seven homers tied a Cardinal record set on May 7, 1940, against the Brooklyn Dodgers.

Andy Benes (7-8), who lost seven consecutive starts in April and May, won his fourth in a row and got plenty of help. Mabry went four for five for St. Louis, which had 18 hits, including at least one by every starter.

Philadelphia 5, Montreal 3--Terry Mulholland (7-6) improved to 12-2 lifetime against the Expos, beating them again in Montreal and sending the Phillies to their fifth win in six games.

He is 3-0 against the Expos this season and gave up nine hits in pitching his second complete game of the year, both against Montreal.

Pedro Martinez (7-4) gave up five runs in four innings in his shortest outing of the season.

Houston 3, New York 1--Shane Reynolds (11-5) beat the Mets for the third time this season and Derrick May singled in two runs in the first inning to make it easier at New York.

Houston ended a three-game losing streak and remained percentage points behind first-place St. Louis in the NL Central.

Reynolds scattered seven hits and struck out five in eight-plus innings and holds a 1.93 earned-run average in 23 1/3 innings against the Mets.

Cincinnati 5, Pittsburgh 2--Pitching for the first time in eight days, Mark Portugal (6-5) won his fifth consecutive start, this time with the help of solo homers by Eddie Taubensee and Reggie Sanders at Cincinnati.

He gave up six hits and struck out four over eight innings.

Pittsburgh’s Danny Darwin (7-9) gave up three runs in the first inning, one of them on Taubensee’s homer, and pitched from behind the rest of the night. He gave up only three hits in his next six innings.