Jeff Bagwell hit a two-out, two-run homer in the 13th inning and the Houston Braves defeated the Atlanta Braves 6-4 Wednesday night, the second straight extra-inning game between the NL division leaders.
Bagwell’s 35th homer came off Paul Byrd (3-3) after Craig Biggio was hit by a pitch.
John Hudek (1-2) picked up the win and Jose Lima got two outs for his second save.
Trailing 3-1, the Astros scored two runs in the ninth against Braves relief ace Mark Wohlers, who squandered Greg Maddux’s chance to become the NL’s first 18-game winner. Then came a wild 11th inning.
Derek Bell had an RBI single to give Houston a 4-3 lead before the game was delayed 30 minutes by a sudden rainstorm. In the bottom half, Greg Colbrunn evened the score again with a twoout, full-count double into the left-field corner, scoring Danny Bautista all the way from first base.
Mets 15, Giants 6: Jason Isringhausen, making his first start since last Sept. 17, won in New York despite giving up five runs, 11 hits and six walks in five innings.
He allowed 17 of 29 batters to reach base safely but got the win when the Mets rallied for five runs in the fifth inning and scored eight more in the seventh.
“It felt good,” he said. “I didn’t throw as well as I’d like to. But I’m happy with the result and for me.”
Brian McRae’s two-run triple highlighted the Mets’ fifth as New York won for just the sixth time in 18 games. Julian Tavarez (5-4) was the loser.
Phillies 7, Padres 6: Curt Schilling became the first pitcher since 1984 to reach double digits in strikeouts 15 times in one season as the Phillies won at home.
After wasting a 6-3 lead in the ninth, the Phillies won it on Kevin Stocker’s 12th-inning single off Jim Bruske (3-1) for their first four-game sweep in two seasons.
Schilling allowed three runs and six hits in six innings, struck out 10 and walked two. He raised his strikeout total to 264, tying Seattle’s Randy Johnson for the major-league lead. The last pitcher to reach double digits 15 times had been Dwight Gooden with the Mets.
Dodgers 9, Pirates 5: Mike Piazza homered twice and drove in six runs for the Dodgers in Pittsburgh.
Piazza had a run-scoring single in a three-run first inning against Steve Cooke (9-13), then hit the first pitch thrown in the majors by rookie Jason Johnson for a three-run homer–his 30th–in the second. He added his 31st in the ninth, a two-run shot off Matt Ruebel.
Rockies 7, Reds 5: Vinny Castilla hit his third home run in two games and Dante Bichette went 4 for 4 in Denver. Ellis Burks and Andres Galarraga also homered for the Rockies.
