Philadelphia, PA (My Sportsbook) - David Bell hit for the cycle and drove in a career-high six runs, as Philadelphia opened its 14-game homestand with a 14-6 pounding of Montreal.

Bell is the first Phillies player to hit for the cycle since Gregg Jefferies turned the trick on August 15, 1995. He completed the feat with a two-run triple in his fifth and last plate appearance in the seventh inning, and also belted a three-run homer during a six-run fourth inning that gave Philadelphia the lead for good.

"That's what you play for," Phillies manager Larry Bowa said about Bell's feat. "When you play little league, that's what you dream about."

Pat Burrell and Chase Utley also homered for the Phillies, who won for the second time in five games.

"To win the first game on this long homestand is nice to do," Bowa said. "We swung the bats pretty well tonight."

Kevin Millwood (6-5) was the beneficiary of all the Phillies runs. He pitched six innings to earn the win, yielding five runs on five hits with two walks and nine strikeouts.

Brad Wilkerson, Terrmel Sledge, Tony Batista and Jose Vidro all homered for the Expos, who fell to 12-27 on the road this season. They have lost eight straight and 13 of their last 14 in Philadelphia.

The Phillies overcame a 3-1 deficit with their six-run fourth inning. Bobby Abreu knocked in the first run with an RBI double before Jim Thome was issued an intentional walk to load the bases. Burrell followed with a two-run single up the middle, chasing Montreal starter Sun-Woo Kim (3-4) from the game.

T.J. Tucker then came out of the bullpen to surrender Bell's three-run homer, which gave the Phillies a 7-3 lead.

Kim took the loss in 3 2/3 innings, giving up six runs on six hits and five walks with two strikeouts.

Montreal got to within 7-5 on Batista's two-run homer in the top of the sixth, but the Phillies put the game away with five runs in the bottom of the frame.

Bell knocked in a run with a single, and Mike Lieberthal plated Thome with a sac fly. Utley followed two batters later with a pinch-hit, three-run homer into the upper deck above right field that gave the Phillies a 12-5 lead.

Bell's triple off the outfield wall in the seventh made it a 14-5 game and completed his cycle. There was some debate as to the validity of the triple because a fan in the left-center field stands reached over the wall to catch Bell's long drive, only to have it ricochet off his forearm and hit the top of the wall.

Montreal manager Frank Robinson came out to argue that the hit was really a ground-rule double, but he was overruled.

"These ground rules are so complicated, I don't know what to think," acknowledged Bowa, who also said that he would have argued an overturned call.

"I'd have argued it, cause that was a cycle," he said. "The way that David runs, I don't think that's going to come up to much."

Vidro capped the scoring with a line-drive solo homer in the eighth inning.

Wilkerson led off the game with his 14th homer of the season for Montreal's first run. The Expos then grabbed a 3-0 lead on Sledge's seventh homer of the season in the second inning, a two-run blast that scored Batista.

The Phillies got a run back in the bottom of the second when Burrell led off with a line-drive homer into the seats behind left field, his 14th.