Gonzo HRs D'Backs To Victory

May 12, 1999 / 3:12 AM EDT / CBS/AP

For a magic moment late Tuesday night, Luis Gonzalez was a little boy again.

Gonzalez extended his hitting streak to 24 games with a two-out home run in the 10th inning, giving the Arizona Diamondbacks a 4-3 victory over the Montreal Expos.

"I felt like a little kid running around the bases because it's such a great feeling," he said. "I wish everyone could experience the feeling I had."

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Gonzalez, who was hitless in three at-bats and figured his streak was over when he walked on four pitches in the eighth inning, hit a 1-0 pitch from Guillermo Mota (0-1) just over the fence in front of the swimming pool in right field for his ninth homer.

"If he's not so hot right now, that's not a home run, maybe a base hit," said Montreal's Michael Barrett. "That's just the way it is."

Gonzalez was mobbed by his teammates at home plate, then he came out of the dugout to tip his cap to the cheering crowd.

"Boy I'm happy for him," said manager Buck Showalter, whose team is four games over .500 for the first time in its brief history. "That was a nice moment."

Gregg Olson (2-2) retired the side in the 10th to get his second win in as many nights.

"The starters should get these wins," Olson said. "They're the ones who are out there battling."

It was the second straight night the Diamondbacks beat Montreal with a last-inning home run. Jay Bell did it Monday night in a 7-6 victory.

"It's tough," Barrett said. "You kind of wonder how long this will keep on happening. You keep asking yourself `When is it going to end?""

Vladimir Guerrero was 3-for-4 for the Expos, including a two-run single in the first inning off Armando Reynoso.

Guerrero's fly ball into short left-center dropped in for a two-out single to score Barrett and Rondell White. Barrett had reached base on a fielder's choice and White doubled.

Arizona scored once in the second on Andy Fox's RBI single, and the Diamondbacks tied it 2-all in the third when Tony Womack singled, stole second and third, then score on Bell's groundout.

Montreal scored an unearned run to go up 3-2 in the seventh. Reynoso hit Chris Widger with a pitch, the second batter he hit in as many innings. Widger left the game with a bruised right elbow.

Catcher Kelly Stinnett then threw the ball into center field trying to catch pinch-runner Manny Martinez stealing second. Martinez, who took third on the error, scored on Orlando Cabrera's two-out single that dropped just in front of Gonzalez in left.

Arizona tied it again in the bottom half Travis Lee walked, stole second and scored on Tony Batista's two-out pinch-hit single off Anthony Telford.

Notes: Arizona reliever Vladimir Nunez left just before the game because his wife went into labor. It was a false alarm and he came back to the bullpen early in the game. ... With the victory, Arizona tied the New York Yankees for the best home record in the majors at 12-3. ... Attendance was a season-low 28,103. ... After missing the first week of the season with a fractured wrist, Womack has stolen 16 bases in 17 tries. He was safe on his last 12 attempts. ... Lee walked three times, singled and scored twice. ... White's string of multihit games ended at four.