NATIONAL LEAGUE ROUNDUP : Burkett, Bonds Rack Up the Numbers; Giants Beat Expos, 10-4

John Burkett became the first 13-game winner in the major leagues and Barry Bonds hit his National League-leading 22nd home run Monday night at Montreal as San Francisco beat the Expos, 10-4.

Burkett (13-2) won his fifth consecutive start, giving up all four runs and scattering 10 hits in seven-plus innings. He struck out four and walked two. Kevin Rogers got out of a bases-loaded, no-outs jam in the eighth, and Jeff Brantley pitched the ninth.

The Giants have scored 40 runs in Burkett’s last four starts.

“It’s just one of those things,” Burkett said. “But, hey, if they give me 10 a game all the way, I’ll take it.”

Will Clark homered for the Giants, going three for five with three runs scored. Willie McGee went four for five, keying a five-run first inning with a three-run double.

“With the kind of team we have, our pitchers can relax and throw the ball,” McGee said. “Everybody’s contributing, everybody’s hitting and when that happens, everybody loosens up.”

Expo starter Mike Gardiner (1-3) was hit for five runs and five hits in one inning.

McGee’s double and run-scoring singles by Royce Clayton and Kirt Manwaring put the Giants ahead in the first.

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Cincinnati 6, Pittsburgh 4--Reggie Sanders homered and drove in a career-high four runs as the Reds built a five-run lead and held on at Cincinnati.

Cincinnati has won four in a row and seven of nine to reach .500 for the first time since May 17, a week before Manager Davey Johnson was hired.

Pittsburgh lost for the seventh time in eight games by falling behind early. Denny Neagle (2-4) gave up five runs in three-plus innings, including Sanders’ three-run homer and run-scoring double, as the Reds took a 5-0 lead.

Rob Dibble pitched the ninth for his 10th save.

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Atlanta 9, Florida 7--Ron Gant ended a 0-for-14 slump by homering twice and driving in four runs to lead the Braves at Atlanta.

Gant hit a three-run homer in the first against Jack Armstrong and a solo home run in the third, giving him 19 this season. Gant, who has three multihomer games this year and five in his career, is nine for 23 against Armstrong with five home runs.

Mark Wohlers (3-0), the fourth of six Atlanta pitchers, pitched 1 2/3 scoreless innings and Mike Stanton pitched the ninth for his 22nd save.

Jim Corsi (0-2) was the loser for the Marlins, who have dropped five of six.

Gary Sheffield, who has hit safely in all 10 games since joining Florida on June 24, hit a two-run homer in the first inning, his 13th home run of the season and third for the Marlins.

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St. Louis 10, Houston 4--Donovan Osborne earned his fifth victory in six decisions and Gregg Jefferies drove in three runs, lifting the Cardinals at Houston.

St. Louis avoided a four-game sweep and ended Houston’s four-game winning streak. Osborne (7-3) gave up three runs and five hits in 6 2/3 innings.

Jefferies went three for five with a home run and a double. His 16-game hitting streak was ended Sunday.

Greg Swindell (6-8) gave up six earned runs and 10 hits in five innings. Lee Smith retired Ken Caminiti with the bases loaded to end the game.

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San Diego 12, New York 7--Tim Teufel drove in three runs and so did Jeff Gardner, his replacement, leading the Padres at New York and extending Pete Schourek’s winless streak to seven games.

San Diego had a season-high 19 hits against Met pitchers, who gave up 17 hits in Sunday’s 10-8 loss to San Francisco. Schourek (2-10) was hit for seven runs and 13 hits in 6 1/3 innings.

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Chicago 10, Colorado 1--Rick Wilkins hit two two-run homers to back the pitching of Mike Harkey and lift the Cubs at Denver.

Wilkins, who also had a two-homer game on June 9, connected twice against Willie Blair (3-6), raising his season total to 16.

Harkey (6-2), activated from the disabled list, took a two-hit shutout into the seventh before Daryl Boston, Andres Galarraga and Charlie Hayes got hits that led to a run. But Harkey induced Jerald Clark to fly out and got Vinny Castilla to ground into a double play.

Harkey gave up five hits in eight innings, struck out and walked one. Shawn Boskie finished the game.