Wells became the majors' first 15-game winner, and
Raul Mondesi hit a three-run homer to power the
Toronto Blue Jays to a 6-3 win over the Montreal
Expos on Saturday night.

"I'll just go one at a time," Wells said. "I
couldn't care less if that even happens. You just go
out there and you try to pitch your best. You keep
your team in the ballgame.  Team wins are better
than personal wins to me."

Wells (15-2) won his eighth straight decision to
become just the second pitcher since 1988 --
following Pedro Martinez last season -- to reach 15
wins before the All-Star break. Denny McLain is the
last pitcher to reach the 30-win plateau, going 31-6
for Detroit in 1968.

"That is so farfetched in my book," Wells said. "He
can have that glory. That's a tough feat to do. I
don't even think about it, it's not in my thought
process."

Wells, the likely All-Star game starter, allowed
five hits and three runs in seven innings to stop
Montreal's three-game winning streak.

Mondesi hit his 22nd homer as Toronto scored four in
the fourth to chase Tony Armas Jr. (4-6). Jose Cruz
Jr. hit his 20th homer in the seventh as the Blue
Jays became the first team in major league history
to have four hitters with 20 or more home runs
before the All-Star break.

As he cradled the home run ball in his hand after
the game, Cruz acknowledged that he and his
teammates were well aware of the milestone going
into the weekend.

"The guys were giving me a hard time about it," Cruz
said. "I was trying my hardest to get a ball up and
hit it good, and here we are, and here it is."

Mondesi recorded 10 of Toronto's 12 outfield putouts
in the game.

Wells struck out three and walked three. He has
walked just 18 batters in 128 1-3 innings this
season. Billy Koch pitched the last two innings for
his 20th save in 24 opportunities.

Armas retired the first nine batters before walking
Shannon Stewart to lead off the fourth. Homer Bush
singled and Mondesi hit his 22nd homer to make it
3-0.

Carlos Delgado doubled off the left-field wall and,
one out later, Darrin Fletcher hit an RBI single to
make it 4-0 and chase Armas.

"He had no-hit ball, but he lost his mechanics
rushing and they caught up to him in the fourth,"
Expos manager Felipe Alou said. "He lost it in a
hurry."

Montreal scored twice in the bottom half on RBI
grounders by Chris Widger and Mike Mordecai to cut
the lead to 4-2.

"Putting four runs up and then giving two right
back, we've had problems after we've scored shutting
the other club down this year," Blue Jays manager
Jim Fregosi said. "David held it to two and we added
a couple of runs so it was a good ballgame for us
tonight."

Felipe Lira, who relieved Armas, hit his first
career homer leading off the fifth to draw Montreal
to within one at 4-3.

Cruz hit a solo homer off reliever Anthony Telford
to put Toronto ahead 5-3 and added an RBI double in
the eighth off Scott Forster.

Armas allowed four hits and four runs in 3 1-3
innings. He struck out two and walked one.

Montreal first baseman Lee Stevens left the game
following the fourth after he was hit on the right
hand by a pitch and came around to score the Expos'
second run.

Game notes Wells is 14-1 since splitting his first
two decisions of the season. ... Wells won a
career-best nine straight in 1998 with the New York
Yankees. ... Delgado (28) and Tony Batista (24) also
have at least 20 homers for Toronto. ... The major
league record for putouts by a right fielder in one
game is 11 accomplished by Armas' father, Oakland's
Tony Armas on June 12, 1982. The record for putouts
by any outfielder in one game is 12. ... Mondesi
also had 10 putouts for Los Angeles on Sept. 25,
1995. ... ... SS Alex Gonzalez missed his second
straight start with a strained right groin. ... LF
Rondell White didn't start after leaving Friday's
game with a strained right hamstring following the
sixth inning. ... Lira got a curtain call from the
crowd of 17,420 following his home run. ... Stevens
went to an area hospital for X-rays which proved
negative.