Diamondbacks Win in Williams’ Return

Steve Finley drove in four runs with his 17th homer and sacrifice fly, and Matt Williams went two for four in his first game of the season as the Arizona Diamondbacks defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates, 6-1, Tuesday night at Phoenix.

Finley hit a three-run homer in the first inning off Jimmy Anderson (1-2) and added a sacrifice fly in the fifth off Rich Loiselle.

Williams, who suffered a broken right foot March 28 when he fouled off a pitch during spring training, singled twice, scored one run and started three inning-ending double plays at third base.

Brian Anderson (4-0) gave up one run and eight hits in eight innings as the Diamondbacks stopped a losing streak at three games and won for only the second time in eight games.

Matt Mantei, activated from the disabled list Sunday, finished with a hitless ninth in his first appearance since May 4.

St. Louis 10, Florida 3--Mark McGwire and Ray Lankford gave the Cardinals back-to-back homers for the 13th time this year, one shy of the National League record, in a victory over the Marlins at St. Louis. McGwire has a major league-high 19 homers.

New York 5, San Diego 3--Mike Piazza had a pinch-hit, two-run homer off Trevor Hoffman (0-1) with two outs in the 10th inning at San Diego.

Houston 10, Philadelphia 2--Chris Holt (2-6) won for the first time since April 28 and had a two-run single for a 3-2 lead in the second inning at Houston as the Astros stopped a losing streak at seven games--their longest in four years.

Milwaukee 7, Atlanta 6--Jose Hernandez hit his second grand slam in four days and Jamey Wright (1-0) won his Brewer debut, allowing five runs and two hits in 5 1/3 innings at Milwaukee as the Brewers won for the sixth time in seven games.

Colorado 10, Chicago 7--Neifi Perez hit a go-ahead, two-run homer, backing Brian Bohanon’s 3 2/3 innings of shutout relief as the Rockies rallied from a 6-0 deficit to win at Denver.

Montreal 3, San Francisco 2--Rondell White homered and went four for four at San Francisco as the Expos handed the Giants their ninth loss in 10 games despite a homer and two doubles from Barry Bonds. It was the 17th homer for Bonds.

Around the League

Commissioner Bud Selig is still considering options in in a proposed realignment plan for 2001, according to a major league official, and has canceled an owners meeting tentatively scheduled for June 13-14 in Detroit, at which a vote on realignment was to be taken. The meeting probably will be rescheduled after the July All-Star break, the official said. . . . Pat Burrell, the top pick in the 1998 amateur draft, was called up by the Philadelphia Phillies. . . . Stanley George “Frenchy” Bordagaray, the Brooklyn Dodger who revived the mustache in major league baseball in 1935, has died in Ventura. He was 90. Though mustaches were common in the 1890s, the last player to wear one regularly had been Philadelphia Athletics catcher Wally Schang in 1914. After Bordagaray, it was three decades before a player wore facial hair regularly in the majors.