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Saturday, Jun. 24 7:05pm ET
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MONTREAL (AP) -- Randy Wolf would have appreciated the offensive support he got from the Philadelphia Phillies just a few innings earlier. "The best thing would have been to have the explosion in the first inning," Wolf said after the Philadelphia Phillies scored six times in the seventh inning to beat the Montreal Expos 8-1 Saturday night. Wolf (7-4) scattered six hits and allowed just one run -- on Vladimir Guerrero's RBI single in the sixth -- in seven strong innings as the Phillies won for the seventh time in nine games, including five of six. "It was a nail-biter until the top of the seventh," Wolf said. "It was a tough game." Wolf allowed just two hits through the first five innings before allowing three straight hits to begin the sixth. Rondell White doubled and scored on Guerrero's RBI single up the middle to draw Montreal to within one at 2-1. Vidro's single to right advanced Guerrero to third. Wolf then struck out Lee Stevens looking and got out of the jam as Abreu easily doubled Vidro off first when he caught Barrett's liner and threw to first. "Those runs were huge because they had a big inning in the sixth," Wolf said. "They started to hit and things were falling in. They could have taken it into the seventh inning down just by one. That was the biggest part of the game." Carl Pavano (8-4) allowed two runs in the first on Bobby Abreu's RBI double and Scott Rolen's sacrifice fly. Pavano then shut out the Phillies for the next five innings before leaving the game due to tightness in his right triceps after the sixth, with the Expos trailing 2-1. "We had to take Pavano out," Montreal manager Felipe Alou said. "He told us he had enough. He felt something and had to leave the game after the sixth. We don't think it's serious." Pavano, who allowed five hits, said the pain had nothing to do with the elbow injury that sidelined him for virtually all of the second half of last season. "It just got stiff and tight and it felt like I was getting weaker as the game went on," Pavano said. "So instead of chancing it the rest of the season and hurting the team, I figure we've got seven days until my next start and we'll get it taken care of." Scott Forster came in for the Expos to begin the seventh and allowed a leadoff single to Desi Relaford, who Wolf sacrificed to second. Relaford stole third and scored when shortstop Orlando Cabrera misplayed Kevin Sefcik's grounder. Mickey Morandini's two-run single made it 4-1. Abreu walked and Rolen hit an RBI single off reliever Brad Rigby for his second RBI to make it 5-1. Pat Burrell singled to score Abreu, and Rolen and Burrell scored when third baseman Michael Barrett cut off the throw home and threw past second baseman Jose Vidro all the way to the wall in right-center field. "We got a break there and got a couple of runs," Burrell said. "As soon as I saw it go by (Vidro), I knew it was going to go to the wall. I didn't see where it ended up but I could tell by the angle, and I was pretty much just going." Game notesRon Gant was the only Phillies starter who didn't get a hit as Philadelphia finished with 11 hits in the game. ... Phillies catchers Mike Lieberthal and Tom Prince have combined to throw out 12 of the last 21 runners who have attempted to steal. Over the span of 22 games, Lieberthal has thrown out 10 of 18 would-be base stealers, while Prince, who started Saturday night, has retired two of three. ... Philadelphia reliever Jeff Brantley has earned a save in his last five appearances and has a perfect record in nine save opportunities this season. ... The Expos remain just two wins short of 1,000 at Olympic Stadium. Montreal is 998-825 at home since moving to the Big O to begin the 1977 season. ... Stevens needs two homers for 100 for his career. Stevens, acquired from Texas midway through spring training, has 16 homers this season after hitting a career-high 24 homers for the Rangers last season. ... Rigby, who allowed three hits and two runs _ one earned _ in 1-3 of an inning, was optioned to Triple-A Ottawa after the game. RHP Jovanny Lara was recalled from Double-A Harrisburg. | ALSO SEE Baseball Scoreboard Philadelphia Clubhouse Montreal Clubhouse RECAPS Cleveland 8 Detroit 1
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