Game 13: Scott Sanders turns in his first decent performance of the season, striking out eight Cosmos in seven innings, and the Spectres hit three home runs to defeat New York 9-2 at Shea. Bret Boone hits his first home run of the season.

Game 14: Montreal gets two-run home runs from Eddie Taubensee in the eighth, and Ken Griffey Jr. in the ninth to break a 3-3 tie. Dave Burba allows all three batters he faces in the bottom of the ninth to reach base, but Robb Nen comes in to (eventually) save the day as the Spectres hold on for a 7-5 win.

Game 15: After Brady Anderson leads off the game with a home run (off y Steve Avery, no less), there is no more scoring through seven innings. Joe Hesketh throws seven shutout frames for the Spectres while Avery strikes out 13 batters. Then the fireworks start. Bob Patterson pitches the eighth for New York. He walks Tom Edens and then allows a two-run homer to Tony Phillips. Edens allows a double and a walk in the bottom half, and a sac fly off Robb Nen makes it 3-1. Nen allows a double and an RBI single in the bottom of the ninth to make it 3-2, then Rick Aguilera allows consecutive hits to tie the score and send things to extras. Neither team scores in the tenth; Phillips takes the extra base in the 11th on a single and scores the lead run, but Dave Nilsson homers off Tony Fossas in the bottom half, tying the score once again. Running short of pitchers, New York brings in Bobby Witt for the 12th. Randy Velarde singles and scores on a pinch hit homer by Carlos Delgado, his second of the season. A single, walk and grounder lead to another run, and an exhausted Dave Burba gets through a scoreless bottom half to preserve a 7-4 win for Montreal.

Game 16: Neither the offense nor the pitching is quite "on" in the finale. Montreal strands five baserunners through the first three innings, and New York scores three times in the third as Scott Erickson's usual penchant for scattering the hits he allows abandons him. New York adds two more in the fourth and another in the fifth and goes on to a 7-3 win. Montreal collects 10 hits, none of the extra base variety.

Montreal now travels to Philadelphia to face the defending division champs (8-8).

Game 17: Alex Fernandez is brilliant, pitching Montreal's first complete game of the season, as the Spectres squeak out a 3-1 win at Philly. Ken Caminiti's two-run double in the sixth is the key blow, but Montreal struggles at the plate, collecting only six hits.

Game 18: Two good pitching performances in Game 2; budding Philly star Mike Mussina matches Scott Sanders through six with goose eggs down the line, but Montreal gets to him in the seventh, scoring twice on Bret Boone's bases-loaded single. Bob Wickman and Dave Burba complete the shutout for Montreal while Eddie Taubensee adds a two-run homer in the eighth and the Spectres escape with a 4-0 win.

Game 19: Chuck Finley has a rough first inning, allowing three Philadelphia runs, but the Spectres battle back and tie the game at four with sixth-inning home runs from Bret Boone and Ken Griffey Jr. Rick Aguilera, pitching the eighth, shows why he has been removed from the closer role, allowing four runs (the big blow a three-run homer by Frank Thomas). Philly wins, 8-4.

Game 20: Ben McDonald dominates the Spectres, throwing a complete game two-hit shutout and striking out 10. Joe Hesketh pitches respectably but takes the loss in a 3-0 decision.

Disappointing to end the series with consecutive losses but managing a split with Philly is all we were hoping for when the series began.

Interleague play begins with two-game sets against the top two teams in the PL West Division: Oakland (16-4) and Milwaukee (12-8).