Wolf shreds Reds, throws one-hitter as Phillies' win

PHILADELPHIA -- Randy Wolf pitched a one-hitter, giving up Raul Gonzalez's first major league hit in the opening inning, and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Cincinnati Reds 8-0 Wednesday night.

The Phillies stayed one game behind the first-place Atlanta Braves in the NL East.

Travis Lee hit a three-run homer and Scott Rolen also connected for Philadelphia.

Wolf (8-11) allowed just a line-drive single to right by Gonzalez, the second batter of the game. The left-hander retired 14 straight before walking Corky Miller to start the sixth. Wolf retired the last 11 batters, finishing with eight strikeouts.

The Phillies chased starter Jared Fernandez (0-1) and put the game away with four runs in the fifth.

BRAVES 4, MARLINS 1

MIAMI -- Andruw Jones hit his 33rd home run and Chipper Jones added his 37th.

Jason Marquis (4-6) allowed five hits and one run in six innings for the Braves, who improved to 4-6 on an 11-game trip. It concludes Thursday against Florida, with Atlanta's Greg Maddux starting for the first time since hyperextending his pitching elbow Saturday.

Andruw Jones' homer leading off the sixth put the Braves ahead 2-1, and they added two runs in the seventh against rookie reliever Benito Baez.

A.J. Burnett (9-12) allowed only four hits and two runs in six innings, but the Marlins lost for the ninth time in his past 10 starts.

METS 5, EXPOS 2

MONTREAL -- Glendon Rusch pitched 7 2-3 strong innings after All-Star catcher Mike Piazza suffered a bruised right thumb.

Piazza was taken to hospital for X-rays -- which proved negative -- after he was struck directly on his thumb by Mike Mordecai's foul tip leading off the bottom of the first.

Armando Benitez pitched the ninth for his 42nd save, topping the team record for saves he set last season.

Rusch (8-10) allowed one run in the first and held Montreal scoreless before leaving with two outs in the eighth.

New York scored two in the first off Tony Armas Jr. (9-13) and added a run in the third on Todd Zeile's RBI double. Rusch got an RBI in the sixth, squeezing home Zeile from third.

CUBS 8, PIRATES 4

PITTSBURGH -- Ricky Gutierrez had three hits and drove in two runs and the Chicago Cubs built a six-run lead in ending a four-game losing streak.

Rookie right-hander Juan Cruz (3-1) was working on a three-hit shutout until leaving after former Cubs outfielder Gary Matthews Jr.'s three-run, pinch-hit homer in the seventh.

The Cubs, playing their final road game, opened a 2-0 lead in the first as Bronson Arroyo (4-7) walked two around Michael Tucker's bunt single, Matt Stairs' sacrifice fly and Gutierrez's RBI single.

Gutierrez doubled and scored on Cruz's sacrifice bunt in the fourth, and had another RBI single in the sixth following Stairs' leadoff double. Bill Mueller added a run-scoring single and Tucker had an RBI double in the three-run inning against reliever Joe Beimel.

-- From wire reports