Earthquake Not a Factor This Time for Giants

They barely noticed a 4.8 earthquake in the third inning and played through three hours of rain, so rallying to beat the Montreal Expos, 8-5, Tuesday hardly moved the San Francisco Giants.

“For those of us who were in the ’89 quake, this one doesn’t even count,” said San Francisco’s Stan Javier, who played for Oakland against the Giants in the 1989 World Series when a 7.1 quake damaged Candlestick Park and stopped the series.

“I didn’t even feel it,” umpire crew chief Jim Quick said. “It was all news to me when I came in here [umpires’ locker room] after the game. I don’t think any of us felt it.”

Montreal Manager Felipe Alou said the only jolt he felt was Matt Williams’ three-run homer, which helped bring the Giants back from a 5-1 deficit in the fifth inning.

The temblor, centered some 60 miles southeast of San Francisco, apparently was felt only by the media sitting in a press box suspended below the upper deck.

“For me to feel something, it’s got to be a little stronger than that,” Alou said. “When they told me there was an earthquake, I thought they were joking.”

Chicago 4, Atlanta 2--Sammy Sosa had a two-run double with two outs in the ninth inning against reliever Mark Wohlers to give the Cubs a victory at Atlanta.

Sosa’s hit scored Ryne Sandberg, who singled and stole second with two outs. Mark Grace was intentionally walked before the hit as the Cubs ended a three-game losing streak, which included an 18-1 loss to the Braves on Monday.

Rookie right-hander Amaury Telemaco (2-0) gave up two runs and six hits in eight innings.

Florida 3, Cincinnati 2--The Marlins moved their record above .500 for the first time in nearly two years when David Weathers homered and pitched six shutout innings at Cincinnati.

Weathers gave up four hits in six innings and improved to 4-0 against the Reds, who have lost seven in a row.

St. Louis 8, Houston 2--John Mabry had four hits for the Cardinals, who overcame a 12-strikeout performance by Shane Reynolds and beat the Astros at Houston.

Reynolds tied a personal best for strikeouts--including 11 on swinging strikes. But he left with one out in the seventh inning.

Colorado 12, Pittsburgh 10--At Denver, Larry Walker hit two homers, a triple and a double and drove in six runs to power the Rockies to their sixth consecutive victory.

Walker, whose 13 total bases set a club record, hit a two-run homer in the first inning. He doubled in the fifth, hit a two-run triple in the sixth and another two-run homer in the seventh, his 11th of the season. The Rockies finished with 20 hits.

Philadelphia 5, San Diego 4--Pitcher Terry Mulholland nearly became the 13th player to homer into the second deck at Jack Murphy Stadium, hitting a 407-foot shot as the Phillies beat the Padres at San Diego.

Mulholland’s second homer of his career, which was only 21 feet short of dropping into the loge level, gave the Phillies a 3-0 lead. Pete Incaviglia also hit a solo homer for the Phillies.