Jeff Bagwell and Moises Alou each belt a pair of homers and drive in four as the Astros sink the White Sox, 17-2, at the Astrodome. Their first homers go back-to-back off Jamie Navarro. The bats are working so well that Dave Clark can contribute a two-run double. 
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Jeff Bagwell and Moises Alou each belt a pair of homers and drive in four as the Astros sink the White Sox, 17-2, at the Astrodome. Their first homers go back-to-back off Jamie Navarro. The bats are working so well that Dave Clark can contribute a two-run double. 

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1998 – Jeff Bagwell and Moises Alou each belt a pair of homers and drive in four as the Astros sink the White Sox, 17-2, at the Astrodome. Their first homers go back-to-back off Jamie Navarro. The bats are working so well that Dave Clark can contribute a two-run double. 

With an eighth-inning homer against the Diamondbacks, Cubs’ slugger Sammy Sosa extends his major league record for home runs in a month, hitting his 20th round-tripper in June. At the start of July, the Chicago outfielder’s season total is 31, four less than Mark McGwire, who also homered today.

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With an eighth-inning homer against the Diamondbacks, Cubs’ slugger Sammy Sosa extends his major league record for home runs in a month, hitting his 20th round-tripper in June. At the start of July, the Chicago outfielder’s season total is 31, four less than Mark McGwire, who also homered today.

With an 8th-inning homer against the Diamondbacks, Cubs slugger Sammy Sosa extends his major league record for home runs in a month, hitting his 20th round-tripper in June. The Cubs lose to the Diamondbacks, 5 – 4.

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With an 8th-inning homer against the Diamondbacks, Cubs slugger Sammy Sosa extends his major league record for home runs in a month, hitting his 20th round-tripper in June. The Cubs lose to the Diamondbacks, 5 – 4.

Mark McGwire belts his 37th homer of the year, tying Reggie Jackson’s record for most homers before the All-Star break. The homer is a 472-ft upper deck shot off Kansas City’s Glendon Rusch.

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Mark McGwire belts his 37th homer of the year, tying Reggie Jackson’s record for most homers before the All-Star break. The homer is a 472-ft upper deck shot off Kansas City’s Glendon Rusch.

Not a single major league game is scheduled to be played. With the exception of All-Star breaks and labor shortages, it is the first time this has happened during the regular season in 25 years, since April 30, 1973.

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Not a single major league game is scheduled to be played. With the exception of All-Star breaks and labor shortages, it is the first time this has happened during the regular season in 25 years, since April 30, 1973.

The Twins’ Bob Tewksbury slows down Mark McGwire, twice retiring him with a 44-MPH lob. McGwire grounds out in the 1st inning swinging at a lob, and then with a 0 – 2 count in the 4th, pops out to first on another. Tewksbury also retires Ray Lankford in the 6th on a lob and ends with a 3 – 2 win.

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The Twins’ Bob Tewksbury slows down Mark McGwire, twice retiring him with a 44-MPH lob. McGwire grounds out in the 1st inning swinging at a lob, and then with a 0 – 2 count in the 4th, pops out to first on another. Tewksbury also retires Ray Lankford in the 6th on a lob and ends with a 3 – 2 win.

Milwaukee 3B Jeff Cirillo gets five hits and drives in two runs, but it’s not enough to keep the Brewers from losing a 10 – 8 decision to the White Sox.

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Milwaukee 3B Jeff Cirillo gets five hits and drives in two runs, but it’s not enough to keep the Brewers from losing a 10 – 8 decision to the White Sox.