Wells, Jays Take Care Of Expos

June 4, 1999 / 10:57 PM EDT / CBS/AP

Mr. Perfect is now Mr. Silent.

David Wells won for just the second time in six starts, and Homer Bush and Jose Cruz Jr. drove in two runs each to lead the Toronto Blue Jays over the Montreal Expos 6-2.

"I'm not talking to you guys until we get a little consideration, until you guys write some positive things," Wells said. "I don't think the fans deserve to hear the bad things and the personal things that go on here in the clubhouse."

While Wells didn't go into specifics, he likely was referring to a report he was out late the night before his previous start.

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"When reporters come in here and say stuff about what goes on in this clubhouse, that is unnecessary," Wells said.

Wells (6-5), who pitched a perfect game for the New York Yankees against Minnesota last season, won for only the second time since May 3. He allowed two runs and six hits in eight innings, struck out five and walked one.

After the game, Wells singled out for attention a columnist who suggested he should be traded.

"It's shame you guys have written us off," Wells said. "We're a young team, guys have been hurt, you guys have been quick to criticize us, especially myself."

Just 24,147 fans attended the first of six games between the Canadian rivals this season. It was the lowest attendance in six games at SkyDome between the teams.

Toronto has won five straight against the Expos and is 6-2 against them since the start of interleague play in 1997.

With the Expos leading 2-1, Tony Fernandez singled off Mike Thurman leading off the seventh. Bobby Ayala (0-5), who also doesn't talk to the media, walked Darrin Fletcher and Dave Hollins, then gave up a tying single to Cruz.

Bush's sacrifice fly off Anthony Telford put Toronto ahead, and Shannon Stewart followed with an RBI single.

"I was surprised he didn't even throw strikes in the warmup," Expos manager Felipe Alou said. "He's been bothered by a bad foot, but we thought he'd be OK."

Toronto added two runs in the eighth on Cruz's RBI single and right fielder Vladimr Guererro's run-scoring error, his 11th error of the season five more than any other major league outfielder.

Thurman allowed two runs and five hits in six-plus innings, struck out five and walked one.

Bush's RBI groundout in the third put Toronto ahead, but Wells fell behind in the fourth when Michael Barrett singled leading off and Rondell White followed with his 10th home run.

Notes:

Wells lowered his ERA to 5.86. He threw 22 pitches through the first three innings, 19 for strikes.

Juan Encarnacion of Detroit has the second-most errors among outfielders with six.

Shawn Green, who returned to the Blue Jays lineup after missing a week because of a small fracture in his left wrist, left in the fifth inning. Green went 0-for-2

The Expos have homered in a club-record 15 consecutive games.

Montreal signed first-round draft pick Josh Girdley, agreeing to a $1.7 million signing bonus.

The Expos have won 10 of their last 14 games.

The Blue Jays won all four of their games against the Expos last season.