NATIONAL LEAGUE Reds' slide grows with losses in Caribbean

Vicente Padilla pitched a four-hitter as Philadelphia blanked the Braves.
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Vladimir Guerrero changed his hairstyle and his luck, homering and driving in five runs as the Montreal Expos beat the Cincinnati Reds 9-5 Saturday to sweep their day-night doubleheader.
Brian Schneider homered twice in the opener, including a leadoff shot in the 10th inning that lifted the Expos to an 8-7 win.
Javier Vazquez (2-1) struck out 11 as Montreal rolled to a 9-0 lead and sent Cincinnati to its fifth straight loss. Austin Kearns was Cincinnati's lone bright spot, homering in both games to give him a major league-leading eight.
The team that ranked last in the NL in pitching, fielding and hitting, the Reds continue to give up runs in bunches, having been outscored 54-20 during their skid.
Shaved and trim
Guerrero had been struggling, too, ever since the Expos came to their part-time home in the Caribbean. Superstitious or otherwise, he came to Hiram Bithorn Stadium with a frizzy Afro and left with shaved sides and a trim on top.
The All-Star right fielder began the day in a 4-for-24 slump this week in San Juan. He drove in a run and scored one in the opener, then broke loose in the second game.
Guerrero lined an RBI double to key a three-run first inning, and clapped his hands after reaching the second-base bag and ending an 0-for-14 rut.
Guerrero walked and stole a base the next time up and hit an RBI single in the fifth off Jimmy Anderson (1-2). The slugger capped his big day with a huge, three-run drive in the sixth.
Fernando Tatis hit his first homer and drove in three runs for Montreal. Kearns had a homer and three RBIs in each game.
Kearns and Juan Castro hit two-run homers in the seventh off Vazquez. The Reds made it 9-5 in the eighth on Sean Casey's first triple since 2000 and a single by Kearns.
CINCINNATIMONTREAL
abrhbiabrhbi
ABoone 2b5000EChvez cf4130
FLopez ss5220Vidro 2b5110
Casey 1b4231VGrero rf3101
Kearns cf4123OCbera ss4022
Dunn lf5010Cllway lf5111
Wllmsn p0000Tatis 3b3100
RMateo rf5123Carroll 3b1000
Larson 3b5000Liefer 1b4011
Stinnett c5000ScStwrt p0000
Dmpstr p2000Biddle p0000
Taylor ph1010Eschen p0000
GWhite p0000Ayala p0000
Sllivan p0000HMateo ph1000
JGillen lf1110Schndr c4222
Day p2100
Wlkrsn 1b1010
Totals427127Totals378117
Cincinnati0002010310--7
Montreal0020400101--8
One out when winning run scored.
E--Dunn (4), Larson (4), Carroll (1). DP--Cincinnati 1. LOB--Cincinnati 7, Montreal 8. 2B--Dunn (2), Vidro (9), Liefer (2). HR--Kearns (7), RMateo (1), Schneider 2 (3). S--EnChavez. SF--VGuerrero.
IPHRERBBSO
Cincinnati
Dempster686551
GWhite1 1-321101
Sullivan2-300000
Williamson L,2-11 1-311103
Montreal
Day773315
ScStewart123002
Biddle2-321101
Eischen010000
Ayala W,1-01 1-300001
Eischen pitched to 1 batter in the 9th. HBP--by Ayala (Kearns). WP--Dempster. PB--Stinnett.Umpires--Home, John Hirschbeck; First, Dan Iassogna; Second, Kerwin Danley; Third, Bill Welke. T--3:00. A--10,296.
SECOND GAME
CINCINNATIMONTREAL
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ABoone 2b4000Cllway lf4110
FLopez ss4000Vidro 2b4320
Casey 1b4220VGrero rf3335
Kearns cf4123OCbera ss4001
Dunn lf3010Tatis 3b4123
Hredia p0000Wlkrsn cf3020
JGillen ph1000Liefer 1b4000
Redling p0000Eschen p0000
RMateo rf4000DSmith p0000
LaRue c3100Barrett c4000
JCastro 3b4132JVzqez p3110
JAdrsn p1000EChvez cf1000
WPena ph1000
JMnzilo p0000
Taylor lf2000
Totals35585Totals349119
Cincinnati000000410--5
Montreal30003300x--9
DP--Cincinnati 1. LOB--Cincinnati 4, Montreal 4. 2B--Dunn (3), Vidro (10), VGuerrero (2), Wilkerson (3). 3B--Casey (1). HR--Kearns (8), JCastro (1), VGuerrero (4), Tatis (1). SB--VGuerrero (2).
IPHRERBBSO
Cincinnati
JAnderson L,1-2596621
JManzanillo123310
Heredia100000
Riedling100000
Montreal
JVazquez W,2-17544111
Eischen2-321101
DSmith1 1-310003
PB--Barrett.
Umpires--Home, Wally Bell; First, Kerwin Danley; Second, Bill Welke; Third, Dan Iassogna. T--2:33. A--13,109.
Phillies 4, Braves 0
ATLANTA -- Vicente Padilla pitched a four-hitter and Mike Hampton struggled in his Atlanta debut as Philadelphia stopped the Braves' five-game winning streak.
Padilla (3-1) picked up his second career shutout, facing only three hitters above the minimum. He allowed four singles, with one of the runners erased on a double play.
Gary Sheffield was the only Atlanta hitter to get past first base -- and he needed help. The slugger dribbled a grounder about 20 feet in front of home plate, but catcher Mike Lieberthal's off-balance throw sailed past first.
Sheffield was given credit for a hit and took second on the throwing error. He moved to third on a grounder, but that was as far as he got.
Padilla threw 107 pitches, 82 for strikes. He didn't have more than five balls in any inning.
PHILAATLANTA
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Rollins ss2200Furcal ss4010
DaBell 3b5231MFrco 1b4010
BAbreu rf3001Shffield rf4010
Lbrthal c4021CJones lf3010
Thome 1b4020AJones cf3000
Burrell lf4030JLopez c1000
ToPerz 2b4010Blanco c2000
Mchels cf3000Castilla 3b3000
Padilla p4000MGiles 2b3000
Hmptn p1000
Holmes p0000
Bragg ph1000
Bong p0000
JuFrco ph1000
Hodges p0000
Totals334113Totals30040
Philadelphia002020000--4
Atlanta000000000--0
E--Lieberthal (1), Furcal (5). DP--Philadelphia 1, Atlanta 2. LOB--Philadelphia 8, Atlanta 3. 2B--DaBell (2), Burrell (8). SB--Rollins (2). CS--Thome (1). SF--BAbreu.
IPHRERBBSO
Philadelphia
Padilla W,3-1940004
Atlanta
Hampton L,0-1564441
Holmes110003
Bong230010
Hodges110001
WP--Hampton 2. Umpires--Home, Brian O'Nora; First, Larry Poncino; Second, Phil Cuzzi; Third, Jerry Crawford. T--2:43. A--29,777.