Robin Ventura belts his team-record 9th grand slam to pace the White Sox to an 8 – 4 win over the Yankees. David Weathers serves up the gopher.
The Expos defeat the Astros‚ 8 – 1‚ in a game marked by a 3rd-inning 10-minute brawl which will result in 4-game suspensions being handed down to Henry Rodriguez‚ Moises Alou‚ David Segui‚ Jeff Juden‚ and John Cangelosi. Danny Darwin gets 6 games. Houston manager Terry Collins receives a gash that will require four stitches to close when he’s hit by a thrown batting helmet. The fight starts when Rodriguez is plunked by a pitch‚ the apparent result of his stopping and admiring a homer‚ his 30th‚ he hit his last time up. Mark Leiter pitches a three-hitter to win‚ although he gives up a leadoff homer to Brian Hunter.
Geronimo Berroa hits three home runs in the Athletics’ 11 – 1 win over Minnesota. He becomes the 10th player in history to have a pair of three-homer games in the same season. Berroa accounts for 5 of Oakland’s runs and Mark McGwire accounts for 4 with a pair of homers himself. McGwire‚ who missed 30 games‚ now has 41 homers.
Clemson University P Kris Benson becomes the highest-paid draft choice ever. He logs on with the Pirates for a $2 million signing bonus.
The Royals roll to an 18 – 3 win over California as Johnny Damon hits a grand slam and drives in seven runs. Jim Abbott loses his 11th straight decision.
The Rockies jump to a 7 – 0 lead over the Braves, then need back-to-back homers in the 10th to win, 9 – 7. Andres Galarraga, with his second homer, and Vinny Castilla homer off Mark Wohlers for the victory. Galarraga now leads the National League in RBIs with 107.
Eddie Murray blasts his 18th career grand slam, highlighting an 8-run 9th inning, as Baltimore beats the White Sox, 13 – 4. Murray’s slam ties him for 2nd place with Willie McCovey.
Cal Ripken records his 2,500th career hit with a single off White Sox right-hander Bill Simas in the Orioles’ 4-3 loss to Chicago in 10-innings. The Baltimore infielder will end his 21-year career with a total of 3,184 hits.
The Tigers defeat the Yankees, 5 – 3, as DH Ruben Sierra, traded nine days ago from the Yankees, drives home all five Detroit runs with a double and 3-run homer.
Fernando Valenzuela limits Pittsburgh to three hits in 7 2/3 innings and Greg Vaughn hits the 100-RBI mark with a solo homer to lead the Padres to a 4 – 1 win. Vaughn, who had 95 RBIs with Milwaukee before being traded, is the first player to hit 100 ribbies in a season while playing in both leagues.
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