How They Scored

ATLANTA 2ND:   R Fick fouled out to catcher.  J Lopez singled to left.  
V Castilla homered to left, J Lopez scored.  D Bragg flied out to center.  
S Reynolds struck out looking. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)  BALTIMORE 0, ATLANTA 2.

BALTIMORE 5TH:   J Johnson singled to center.  B Roberts walked, J Johnson to 
second.  L Matos singled to left, J Johnson scored, B Roberts to third, L Matos 
to second advancing on throw.  D Segui hit sacrifice fly to center, B Roberts 
scored, L Matos to third.  J Conine doubled to right center, L Matos scored.  
R King relieved S Reynolds. J Gibbons flied out to left center.  B Surhoff 
continues to bat after dropped foul ball by catcher J Lopez.  B Surhoff singled 
to right center, J Conine scored.  D Cruz flied out to center. (4 Runs, 4 Hits, 
1 Error)  BALTIMORE 4, ATLANTA 2.

ATLANTA 6TH:   C Jones homered to center.  A Jones grounded out to third.  
R Fick walked.  J Lopez singled to right center, R Fick to second.  P Hentgen 
relieved J Johnson. V Castilla flied out to right.  D Bragg struck out 
swinging. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)  BALTIMORE 4, ATLANTA 3.

BALTIMORE 7TH:   L Matos homered to left.  D Segui grounded out to first.  
J Conine doubled to right.  J Bong relieved T Hodges. J Gibbons grounded into 
fielder's choice to pitcher, J Conine out at second in rundown, J Gibbons to second 
advancing on play.  B Surhoff singled to left center, J Gibbons scored, B Surhoff 
to second advancing on throw.  D Cruz doubled to deep center, B Surhoff scored.  
B Fordyce intentionally walked.  P Hentgen flied out to right. (3 Runs, 4 Hits, 
0 Errors)  BALTIMORE 7, ATLANTA 3.

BALTIMORE 8TH:   J Marquis relieved J Bong. B Roberts walked.  L Matos 
walked, B Roberts to second.  D Segui flied out to left.  J Conine tripled to 
left center, B Roberts and L Matos scored.  J Gibbons struck out swinging.  
B Surhoff flied out to deep center. (2 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)  BALTIMORE 9, 
ATLANTA 3.

Game Story

ATLANTA (Ticker) -- Pat Hentgen already has an American League 
Cy Young Award to his credit.  Now he has a save.

Hentgen worked out of a jam in the sixth and pitched 3 2/3
scoreless innings as the Baltimore Orioles snapped a four-game
losing streak by defeating the Atlanta Braves, 9-3.

Luis Matos homered and Jeff Conine drove in three runs for the
Orioles, who salvaged the finale of a three-game series.

While the final score was lopsided, the Orioles led just 4-3
when Hentgen replaced Jason Johnson (6-3) with runners on first
and second and one out in the sixth.  Hentgen retired Vinny
Castilla on a fly ball and struck out Darren Bragg to end the
threat.

Hentgen, who won 20 games for the Toronto Blue Jays in 1996 and
walked away with the Cy Young Award, did not allow a hit, walked
one and struck out three.  The save came in his 311th major
league appearance, but he saw no special need to mark the
occasion.

"I don't really care about the save. I really wasn't thinking
about it," Hentgen said.  "No, I didn't get the ball. I don't
think I'm on pace to get 300. I'm just glad we won the game."

Hentgen, however, did mark the occasion with a bruise around his
left eye. In the top of the ninth, he misplayed a ground ball
that went off his glove and hit his eye.

"I got leather on it. It was a bad fielding play," Hentgen said.
"My eye wouldn't stop watering, that was the biggest problem."

"He said, 'I'm fine, I'm fine, I just can't see,'" said Conine,
who was playing third base.

Hentgen threw out Castilla on the play and struck out Bragg for
the final out.

Johnson (6-3) won for the first time in four starts, allowing
three runs and five hits in 5 1/3 innings.

"We didn't want to come in here and get swept," he said. "I was
pretty happy with the way everything went. I felt strong. I'll
take it."

Two of the hits Johnson allowed were a two-run homer by Castilla
in the second and a solo shot by Chipper Jones in the sixth.

Atlanta's Shane Reynolds (5-2) allowed four runs - three earned
- and seven hits in 5 1/3 innings and losst for the first time in
five decisions.

"You can't put the blame on anybody but myself," he said. "In
that inning, I got out over the plate, and I can't pitch like
that."

Reynolds lost for the first time sine April 25, and the Braves
were defeated for just the third time in his 13 starts.

"Shane was throwing really good until the fifth inning," Braves
manager Bobby Cox said. "He's been a huge plus for us."

Reynolds held the Orioles at bay until the fifth, when Baltimore
scored four times.

Johnson started the outburst with a single to center field
before Brian Roberts walked. Matos followed with an RBI hit to
left field and David Segui added a sacrifice fly to tie the game
at 2-2. Conine delivered an RBI double that chased Reynolds.

Ray King appeared to be out of the inning when he got Jay
Gibbons on a fly ball and B.J. Surhoff hit a foul pop behind the
plate. But catcher Javy Lopez dropped it and Surhoff pounced on
the extra opportunity by delivering an RBI single to make it
4-2.

Chipper Jones homered in the sixth to cut the lead to 4-3. After
Hentgen worked out of the jam in the sixth, the Orioles quickly
added three runs in the seventh.

Trey Hodges allowed a leadoff homer to Matos and was gone after
yielding a one-out double to Conine.  Jung Bong relieved and
later allowed an RBI single to Surhoff and an RBI double to
Deivi Cruz.

Conine added a two-run triple in the ninth.

Castilla hit a two-run homer in the second to score Lopez, who
had singled.

Baltimore's Melvin Mora, the American League's leading hitter,
missed his second straight game after being hit on the wrist by
a pitch from Greg Maddux on Friday.