Maddux Doesn’t Get What He Deserves

Greg Maddux deserved a win, didn’t get it and said it didn’t matter.

The four-time Cy Young Award winner still hasn’t given up an earned run this season but it took a Rico Brogna single in the ninth inning Monday night to lift the Atlanta Braves to a 4-3 victory over the Florida Marlins at Atlanta.

“Results is what it’s all about,” Maddux said. “It’s about pitching, and I feel good about the way I pitched and we won.”

Maddux gave up five hits in eight innings, struck out six and walked none. He left with a 3-1 lead (the one run was unearned), which reliever John Rocker (2-0) couldn’t hold.

Atlanta pinch-hitter B.J. Surhoff walked against Dan Miceli (0-2) to lead off the Braves’ half of the ninth and took second on Rafael Furcal’s sacrifice.

Dave Martinez walked and, with the crowd chanting “Ri-co! Ri-co! Ri-co!” Brogna hit the game-winner.

Andruw Jones homered for the Braves, who won consecutive games for the first time this season.

The crowd of 24,015 was a record low at Turner Field, which opened in 1997.

Arizona 2, St. Louis 1--Jay Bell scored a run, drove in the go-ahead run and took out an umpire with a throw in the Diamondbacks’ victory at St. Louis.

Bell doubled and scored on Greg Colbrunn’s single in the first, and his seventh-inning single snapped the tie. In the sixth, he accidentally hit umpire Larry Young in the face with a throw. The game was completed with three umpires.

Robert Ellis (1-0), whose contract was purchased from triple-A Tucson earlier in the day, gave up one run and five hits in six innings in his first big league outing since 1996, when he made three appearances with the Angels.

Cardinal rookie Albert Pujols extended his hitting streak to 10 games.

Pittsburgh 3, Houston 0--Aramis Ramirez broke a scoreless tie in the sixth inning at Pittsburgh with a two-run single off Wade Miller (2-1).

Jimmy Anderson (1-1) gave up seven hits in seven-plus innings. Mike Williams pitched the ninth for his third save, helping stop the Pirates’ four-game losing streak.

The crowd of 20,128 was the smallest in six games at the Pirates’ new PNC Park.

New York 4, Montreal 3--Rey Ordonez drove in two runs at New York and Mike Piazza reached base all four times for the Mets, who had lost three in a row.

Rick Reed (2-1) gave up three runs and seven hits in seven innings but fell short of becoming the first pitcher since Shane Rawley in 1983 to open the season with three consecutive complete games.

Piazza went two for two with two walks.

Philadelphia at Chicago, snow--The game was called 35 minutes prior to the scheduled first pitch because of snow and will be made up as part of a Wednesday doubleheader.