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Tuesday, May 9 7:05pm ET
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MONTREAL (AP) _ Vladimir Guerrero led off the ninth inning with a homer and Terry Jones' RBI infield single capped a three-run rally as the Montreal Expos beat the Philadelphia Phillies 3-2 on Tuesday night. Trailing 2-0, Guerrero started the comeback against Wayne Gomes (1-3) with his 10th homer. Lee Stevens walked and was forced at second on Chris Widger's grounder to third. Mike Mordecai doubled to the left-field corner to score Widger from first with the tying run. Mordecai advanced to third on Orlando Cabrera's grounder to second and then scored the winning run when Jones beat out a high chopper to second baseman Mickey Morandini. Gomes' blown save spoiled a solid effort by Phillies starter Chris Brock, who allowed just four hits in seven scoreless innings. It was Gomes' second blown save in seven chances. Steve Kline (1-0) pitched a perfect ninth for his first win. Ron Gant hit his fifth homer off Hideki Irabu in the sixth inning, and Doug Glanville had an RBI single in the third. Irabu set down the first seven Phillies he faced before Desi Relaford singled to left with one out in the third. Relaford advanced to second on Brock's sacrifice and scored when Glanville ground a single up the middle, just past the reach of second baseman Jose Vidro's diving attempt. Irabu allowed four hits and two runs in six innings to reduce his ERA from 7.67 to 6.88. He struck out five. Notes: Brock had a career-high 11 strikeouts in seven innings in his last start against Montreal, a 4-0 loss on April 14 at Veterans Stadium. ... Only 8,845 were on hand for the game, the smallest crowd at Olympic Stadium this season. ... Scott Rolen went 0-for-3, ending a his multi-hit-game streak at five. ... Philadelphia starters have a 1.43 ERA over their last six games, going at least seven innings each time out. ... The Expos placed reliever Scott Strickland on the 15-day DL _ retroactive to May 3 _ with tendinitis in his right shoulder. ... Cabrera made two fine diving plays at shortstop to field grounders to his right, throwing out Rolen for the first out of the second and Gant to end the third.
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