The Kansas City-Cincinnati game at Kauffman Stadium is postponed when an electrical outage knocks out the lights on the third base side. Workers attempt to fix the situationâ but a switch gear explodesâ causing a small fire.
Randy Johnson (7-2) wins his third start in a rowâ beating Texasâ 11 â 3. Johnson allows 3 hits and strikes out 11 in 8 innings.
In a battle of East Division leadersâ the Red Sox defeat the Bravesâ 5 â 1â behind the three-hit pitching of Pedro Martinez. The Boston righthander fans 16 batters in notching his 11th victory of the year.
Astros owner Drayton McLane Jr. sparks a controversy after allegedly making derogatory comments regarding Hispanics to the general manager of television station KTMD. McLane denies the storyâ saying remarks he made were taken out of context.
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