Reds Run Into Bad Luck With 13

Once the Philadelphia Phillies got started, nobody wanted to stop.

Philadelphia scored a team-record 13 runs in the fourth inning -- 10 with two out -- and beat the Cincinnati Reds, 13-1, Sunday at Cincinnati.

Ricky Ledee’s three-run homer capped the outburst, which fell only two runs short of the National League record for runs in an inning.

“I didn’t want to be the last out,” said Ledee, who walked and scored his first time up in the fourth.

The Brooklyn Dodgers scored 15 times in the first inning against Cincinnati on May 21, 1952.

The major league record is 17 runs, set by the Boston Red Sox against Detroit on June 18, 1953, in the seventh inning.

Randy Wolf (2-0) was the beneficiary of all the offense in this one.

After facing only 11 batters through the first three innings, Ryan Dempster (1-1) faced 11 in the fourth. Bobby Abreu walked to start the inning, Jim Thome singled and Pat Burrell followed with an RBI double to left. Thome scored on David Bell’s groundout, and Mike Lieberthal popped up for the second out. Then the onslaught began.

The Reds intentionally walked Ledee to get to Wolf, who drove in Burrell with a sharp RBI single to right to make it 3-0. Dempster then walked three successive batters, forcing in two more runs.

Thome drove in two more with a bases-loaded single to make it 7-0.

Scott Sullivan took over, walking the first two batters he faced to force in another run. Lieberthal singled in two runs, and Ledee hit a three-run homer.

“It was one of the worst innings I’ve ever been a part of,” Red Manager Bob Boone said.

Chicago 4, Pittsburgh 3 -- Corey Patterson had a run-scoring single and Troy O’Leary had a sacrifice fly as the Cubs rallied in the eighth inning at Chicago.

Arizona 9, Milwaukee 3 -- Elmer Dessens became the first Diamondback starter to win this year and rookie Robby Hammock drove in four runs with a homer and a double at Phoenix.

St. Louis 11, Houston 8 -- Edgar Renteria homered twice and matched a career high with five RBIs at Houston.

Renteria hit a three-run homer in a six-run seventh inning against Astro starter Roy Oswalt (1-1), who gave up 10 runs in the worst start of his career.

Montreal 2, New York 1 -- Orlando Cabrera hit a tying home run off Armando Benitez in the bottom of the ninth inning and Jose Vidro had a game-winning shot leading off the 10th at San Juan, Puerto Rico.

It was 136 degrees on the field when the game started. The Expos are 3-0 at their new part-time home, and have won four in a row overall.

San Diego 6, Colorado 2 -- Rondell White’s two-run homer highlighted the Padres’ four-run seventh inning at San Diego. Mark Kotsay drove in two runs for the Padres, who’ve won three of five.