PIRATES Wilkerson hits for cycle as Expos top Bucs

He performed the feat in order and also drove in four runs.
MONTREAL (AP) -- Brad Wilkerson gave Montreal's offense a boost against Pittsburgh, and the Expos' lineup could get an even bigger jolt before the week ends.
Wilkerson became the fifth Montreal player to hit for the cycle, going 4-for-4 with four RBIs and leading the Expos to a 6-4 win over the Pirates on Tuesday.
"It's just something you dream of doing as a big league ballplayer," Wilkerson said.
Wilkerson led the Expos to their fourth win in six games, beginning the cycle with a bunt single in the second.
He added a one-hop double off the right-field wall in the fifth before putting Montreal ahead 2-1 with a two-run triple in the sixth.
In the seventh, Wilkerson drove Salomon Torres' 1-2 pitch over the center-field wall to become the first Expos player to hit for the cycle since Rondell White did it against San Francisco on June 11, 1995.
"I wasn't thinking about hitting a home run," Wilkerson said. "It was in the back of my mind, I guess. I would be lying to you if I said otherwise, but I was just trying to get the head [of the bat] out and hopefully get a pitch that I could drive in the gap and get up in the air."
First this year in majors
It was the first cycle in the majors this season and the first time the feat had been performed in sequence -- single, double, triple and homer -- since the Chicago White Sox's Jose Valentin did it in five at-bats against Baltimore on Apr. 27, 2000.
'"Le Carrousel' -- I like that," Expos manager Frank Robinson said. "That's just a tremendous achievement."
The two-run homer followed Jose Vidro's RBI double, giving Wilkerson a career-high four RBIs for the fourth time.
Wilkerson's cycle helped send Pirates manager Lloyd McClendon on a profanity-filled tirade in front of reporters following the game.
Tomo Ohka (6-7) allowed four hits and one run in six innings.
Ohka allowed one hit through the first five innings, retiring 13 straight during one stretch. He left trailing 1-0 after allowing three hits in the sixth, including Jason Kendall's RBI single.
Rocky Biddle pitched the ninth for his 21st save in 24 opportunities, allowing another RBI single by Kendall after Pittsburgh scored twice in the eighth.
Jeff D'Amico (5-8) took the loss, allowing two unearned runs and four hits in 52/3 innings.
McClendon explodes
After the game, McClendon was livid, blaming his players for a game he felt starter D'Amico pitched well enough to win.
"Sometimes the onus has got to be on them," McClendon said. He brought the session with reporters to an abrupt end, clearing his desktop with a sweeping backhand that sent a file tray and papers flying against his office wall before storming out.
Notes
Despite a provincial holiday, sunny weather kept the crowd to just 5,872 inside domed Olympic Stadium. ... Tim Foli, Chris Speier and Tim Raines also hit for the cycle with Montreal. ... Expos third baseman Guzman went 0-for-4, ending his team-high 11-game hitting streak. ... Kendall had three hits.