Piazza Passes Fisk on Home Run List

Mike Piazza set a major league record for home runs as a catcher Wednesday night, and Shane Spencer hit a tiebreaking, three-run shot in the eighth inning of the Mets’ 8-2 victory over the San Francisco Giants at New York.

Barry Bonds was not in San Francisco’s starting lineup for the third straight game because of a sinus infection. But Piazza grabbed the spotlight, breaking Carlton Fisk’s mark with his 352nd homer as a catcher. He homered off a 3-1 pitch from Jerome Williams in the first inning.

Mike Cameron also homered for the Mets, who won their third in a row for the first time this season.

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Houston 6, Pittsburgh 2 -- Roger Clemens moved into second place on the career strikeouts list behind Nolan Ryan and became the first six-game winner in the majors at Houston.

Clemens (6-0) struck out Raul Mondesi swinging in the fifth inning to pass Hall of Fame left-hander Steve Carlton with No. 4,137. He finished with nine strikeouts to run his career total to 4,140. Ryan tops the strikeout list with 5,714.

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Philadelphia 5, St. Louis 4 -- David Bell tied a career-high with four RBIs and hit a three-run homer, leading the Phillies at Philadelphia.

Kevin Millwood (3-2) pitched seven innings and gave up four runs and eight hits.

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San Diego 2, Atlanta 0 -- David Wells had another great effort against the Braves, pitching seven scoreless innings and even beating out a bunt single at Atlanta.

Wells (2-2) has won all three of his starts against the Braves. His earned-run average against Atlanta is 0.82.

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Arizona 2, Chicago 0 -- Rookie Casey Daigle outpitched Kerry Wood at Chicago for his first career victory. Wood (3-2) struck out eight and gave up three hits in seven innings. Daigle (1-1) was more than up to the challenge, though, giving up four hits over 5 1/3 innings.

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Colorado 2, Montreal 0 -- Joe Kennedy (4-0) gave the Rockies’ new four-man rotation a great start, giving up one hit over six scoreless innings in a victory at Montreal.

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Cincinnati 5, Milwaukee 4 -- Juan Castro hit a pinch-homer in the bottom of the 10th inning, giving the Reds a victory that stopped their losing streak against the Brewers at five games.