Cardinal Streak Stopped by Daal

Omar Daal and Philadelphia’s big inning ended the St. Louis Cardinals’ winning streak at 10 games.

Daal pitched superbly and the Phillies used a five-run outburst in the eighth inning for a 5-4 victory over the Cardinals at Philadelphia on Friday night.

Daal pitched eight scoreless innings, giving up just two hits, and Philadelphia held on for the win.

“Omar threw an unbelievable game,” Phillies Manager Larry Bowa said. “He changed speeds and used both sides of the plate. We just had to hang on.”

The Phillies’ five-run inning was highlighted by home runs from pinch-hitter Marlon Anderson and Jimmy Rollins.

The Cardinals then rallied with two outs in the ninth, with Bobby Bonilla hitting a two-run double off Jose Mesa and Edgar Renteria hitting a two-run single.

After J.D. Drew walked, pinch-hitter Ray Lankford grounded out to end it. Mesa earned his 11th save.

Daal, now 5-0 after going 4-19 last season, struck out six and permitted only one runner past first base.

“Omar’s been doing it all year, he gives himself a chance to win,” Rollins said. “Even though we weren’t scoring, he kept his concentration.”

Rheal Cormier took over to start the ninth and yielded three, one-out singles that loaded the bases and brought in Mesa.

Each team had only one hit through six scoreless innings.

With the game still scoreless in the eighth, Anderson batted for Daal with a runner on first and no outs.

Anderson squared for a sacrifice bunt on the first pitch from Mike Timlin (1-2), then hit the next pitch over the right-field fence.

Doug Glanville, hitting in his 14th consecutive game, then singled and Timlin was replaced by Steve Kline. Rollins followed with a drive into the left-field seats.

Kline got angry after Rollins tossed the bat while watching his homer. He yelled at the rookie shortstop as he rounded the bases, although Rollins claimed not to have heard him.

“You don’t do that stuff,” Kline said. “I’ll flip his helmet next time. If Scott Rolen does it or Barry Bonds, no big deal. But a first-year player, I just don’t like that bat flipping stuff.”

Arizona 4, Chicago 0--Pinch-hitter Danny Bautista hit a two-run homer in the ninth inning, and Randy Johnson, Byung-Hyun Kim and Bret Prinz combined for a one-hitter as the Diamondbacks won at Chicago.

The loss was the Cubs’ eighth straight.

Arizona’s Mark Grace went two for four, including a two-run single in the sixth inning, in his first game at Wrigley Field as a visitor after 13 years with the Cubs.

Johnson (5-3) got the win despite lasting only five innings, his shortest outing since Oct. 1, when he went 3 1/3 innings. He gave up only one hit and struck out seven, but he matched his season high with four walks and also hit a batter.

Kim struck out seven, a record for Arizona relievers.

Jon Lieber (3-3) gave up two runs and six hits in 6 2/3 innings.

Florida 2, Colorado 1--A.J. Burnett, making his first start since throwing a no-hitter, gave up eight hits in 6 1/3 innings at Miami, and Charles Johnson and Kevin Millar hit consecutive home runs as the Marlins won their third consecutive.

Burnett (2-1) walked four and struck out two in his third solid start in as many outings this season.

Vic Darensbourg closed out the seventh, Dan Miceli pitched a scoreless eighth, and Antonio Alfonseca picked up his eighth save.

Burnett’s bid for another no-hitter didn’t last long--Juan Pierre led off with a double down the left-field line.

Pedro Astacio (4-4) dominated the Marlins for much of the game, striking out eight of the first nine batters he faced. He gave up four hits, including the back-to-back homers, and struck out a season-high 11.

Atlanta 6, San Francisco 5--The Braves rallied for two runs in the ninth inning at Atlanta, capped when Robb Nen threw a wild pitch with two outs, to overcome Barry Bonds’ 511th home run.

Bonds gave San Francisco a 5-4 lead in the eighth, tying Mel Ott for 15th place on the career homer list.

But Nen (2-1), who had nine saves in 10 chances, could not protect the edge. With one out, pinch-hitter Keith Lockhart walked and took third on a single by pinch-hitter Dave Martinez.

The Giants let Martinez take second base on defensive indifference, and Quilvio Veras followed with a sacrifice fly.

Martinez moved to third on Veras’ fly ball and, with Andruw Jones at the plate, Nen bounced a 2-2 pitch that let the winning run score.

Jose Cabrera (3-0) got the win with a scoreless ninth.

Cincinnati 7, Houston 4--At Houston, Jason LaRue hit the first grand slam of his career to help the Reds stop a losing streak at five games.

LaRue’s slam came in the fourth after a two-out error by shortstop Julio Lugo kept the inning alive. The Astros’ five-game winning streak ended.

Osvaldo Fernandez (5-2) gave up three runs and five hits in 6 2/3 innings. The Reds won for only the third time in 11 games.

Danny Graves pitched the ninth for his 10th save in 13 chances.

Astros starter Kent Bottenfield (2-3) was tagged for six runs--only two of them earned--and six hits in five innings.

Montreal 3, San Diego 1--Mike Thurman scattered five hits over eight innings, and Vladimir Guerrero, Jose Vidro and Milton Bradley hit consecutive RBI doubles in the first at Montreal.

The Padres’ Rickey Henderson scored his 2,199th career run. Henderson trails only Ty Cobb’s 2,245 career runs for the major league record.

Thurman (3-4) walked Henderson--his only walk of the game--leading off the sixth. Henderson, the majors’ career walks leader with 2,077, stole second, advanced to third on Mark Kotsay’s grounder to first and scored on Ryan Klesko’s RBI chopper.

Milwaukee at Pittsburgh, ppd.--The game was rained out and has been rescheduled as part of a Labor Day doubleheader at PNC Park.