Berry, Astros Slam Padres, 9-4

Sean Berry hit his second grand slam in his last 10 games and Derek Bell and Orlando Miller also homered as the Houston Astros beat the Padres, 9-4, Tuesday night at San Diego.

Berry hit a 2-2 pitch from Doug Bochtler into the left-field seats with one out in the eighth inning for his third career grand slam.

The Astros scored five runs on one hit in the eighth. Loser Scott Sanders (1-2) was tagged for four of the runs, three earned, in just one-third of an inning.

Todd Jones (6-1) gave up two hits in 2 1/3 innings.

Atlanta 4, St. Louis 3--Marquis Grissom and Chipper Jones homered and Jason Schmidt pitched five innings for his first victory in 2 1/2 months as the Braves held off the Cardinals at Atlanta.

Grissom hit Todd Stottlemyre’s second pitch over the left-field fence for his ninth homer of the season. The Braves added three more runs off Stottlemyre (6-6) in the fourth, aided by his throwing error, for a 4-0 lead.

Schmidt (3-3) went five innings, throwing 94 pitches. The rookie right-hander last won on April 12.

Cincinnati 9-3, Philadelphia 1-1--Kevin Jarvis extended Cincinnati’s streak of impressive starts by pitching into the seventh inning, setting up the Reds’ second-game victory over the Phillies at Cincinnati.

In the first game, the Reds rocked career minor leaguer Rafael Quirico for seven runs in the first two innings.

Jarvis (2-1) gave up six hits and one unearned run in 6 1/3 innings to complete the Reds’ second doubleheader sweep of the season.

Florida 5, San Francisco 4--Charles Johnson singled home the winning run with one out in the 10th inning at Miami as the Marlins handed the Giants their fifth loss in a row.

San Francisco tied the game in the ninth on Shawon Dunston’s leadoff homer against Robb Nen.

Gary Sheffield drew a leadoff walk from Rod Beck (0-3) to start the Florida 10th. Jeff Conine grounded into a forceout, but Terry Pendleton followed with a double.

Kurt Abbott was intentionally walked to load the bases, and Johnson singled to left field.

Montreal 8, Pittsburgh 2--Darrin Fletcher went four for four and drove in four runs at Montreal.

Fletcher hit a two-run double off Zane Smith (4-4) to highlight a five-run first inning. He added a solo homer off reliever Ramon Morel in the sixth and an run-scoring double in the seventh against Dan Miceli.

Kirk Rueter (5-4) gave up solo homers to Al Martin and Jeff King, but he gave up just three other hits in six innings to win his third consecutive start.

New York 3, Colorado 2--Right fielder Dante Bichette overran Todd Hundley’s routine fly ball in the third inning, turning it into a run-scoring single that helped the Mets earn the victory at New York.

Bichette and Vinny Castilla each hit their 14th home runs, giving Colorado a 2-0 lead. But after the Met scored two runs in the third, Hundley lifted a high fly to shallow right field.

Bichette had plenty of time to make the play, but he ran in too far, then awkwardly reached back as the ball fell behind him. Jose Vizcaino scored easily from third base.