NATIONAL LEAGUE ROUNDUP : Bonds Has 6 RBIs to Lead Giants, 13-2

Barry Bonds hit two home runs and drove in six runs Thursday night to lead the San Francisco Giants to a 13-2 rout of the Philadelphia Phillies in a matchup of division leaders at Philadelphia.

The victory gave the Giants a 57-29 record, one game better than the Phillies for the best mark in the major leagues.

“That’s quite an achievement,” Giant Manager Dusty Baker said. “But it’s only half a season.”

San Francisco equaled a season high with 20 hits, three each by Bonds and Darren Lewis. Every member of the starting lineup had at least one.

“Not much you can say about that one,” Phillie Manager Jim Fregosi said. “We just didn’t pitch very well.”

Danny Jackson (7-6) gave up 15 hits and 11 runs in 4 2/3 innings.

“I don’t like to see anybody take a whipping like that, but there wasn’t much we could do,” said Fregosi, whose bullpen was depleted Wednesday night in a 20-inning victory over the Dodgers.

The Phillies did not complete their game against the Dodgers until almost 2 a.m. EDT.

Winner Bill Swift (11-5) gave up five hits and one run as the Giants won for the 22nd time in their last 30 games. Three relievers finished.

St. Louis 7, Atlanta 1--Batting cleanup for the first time in his career, Bernard Gilkey hit a three-run homer to lead the Cardinals at St. Louis.

Steve Avery (9-3) lasted only 1 2/3 innings in the shortest start of his career as his eight-game winning streak, tied for the longest in the majors, came to an end. He gave up eight hits and six runs.

Avery has lasted only 3 2/3 innings his last two starts, giving up 10 runs.

The Cardinals won their fourth consecutive game and moved to five games behind the division-leading Phillies in the National League East. It’s the closest they’ve been to first place since May 5, when they were 4 1/2 games out.

The Cardinals’ early lead made it easy for Allen Watson, who made his major league debut. Watson (1-0), called up on Tuesday from triple-A Louisville to replace the injured Mike Perez, worked six innings and gave up one run and four hits, striking out two and walking three.

Houston 10, Pittsburgh 4--Darryl Kile (10-1) extended his winning streak to eight games, at Houston.

Kile had his scoreless innings streak stopped at 28 2/3 when he gave up three seventh-inning runs. He gave up four runs and eight hits in 7 1/3 innings.

Zane Smith (0-3) was the loser, pitching five innings and giving up four runs and seven hits.

The Astros increased their lead to 7-0 with six runs in the sixth inning. Ken Caminiti started things with a double and scored when Chris James tripled. Andujar Cedeno then hit his fifth homer.

After Scott Servais was hit by a pitch, Steve Finley reached on a fielder’s choice. Finley moved to second on a sacrifice by Kile and after a walk to Craig Biggio, Bass singled in Finley. Bagwell capped the inning with a two-run double.

Montreal 5, San Diego 4--Dennis Martinez won his eighth consecutive decision and All-Star Marquis Grissom hit a two-run homer at Montreal.

Martinez (10-5) gave up three runs and six hits, leaving with the bases loaded and two out in the seventh. John Wetteland pitched two innings for his 20th save.

Moises Alou homered in his third consecutive game to lead off the second against Greg Harris (8-9). It was Alou’s 11th homer and fourth in three nights.

Colorado 3, Florida 2--Curt Leskanic pitched 6 2/3 innings of one-hit ball at Denver for his first major league victory, sending the Marlins to their season-high sixth consecutive loss.

Hot-hitting Dante Bichette drove in all three runs for Colorado.

Leskanic (1-1) was making his third major league start. He left in the seventh to a standing ovation from the crowd of 56,807 after walking two and striking out five.

Darren Holmes finished for his seventh save, giving up a two-run homer to Jeff Conine in the ninth. Four Colorado pitchers combined on a three-hitter.

Cincinnati 7, Chicago 3--Kevin Mitchell’s two-run double keyed a three-run fourth inning, and Jacob Brumfield homered to touch off a three-run seventh for the Reds at Chicago.

It was the sixth victory in seven games for the Reds and gave rookie Larry Luebbers his second major league victory in as many starts. Jeff Reardon pitched the final 1 2/3 innings for his seventh save.

Loser Frank Castillo (2-6) walked Hal Morris and Barry Larkin to open the fourth and Mitchell doubled off the left-field wall to score both runners, breaking a 1-1 tie. Joe Oliver singled to score Mitchell, who limped home after rounding third.

Mitchell, who leads the Reds with 15 home runs and 52 runs batted in, had to leave the game because of a strained right hamstring.