The Phillies pull out a 3 – 2 win over the Mets on Bobby Abreu’s 8th-inning home run off John Franco. It is the first home run hit by a lefty off Franco since September 22, 1993.
At Camden Yards, Troy Glaus becomes the fastest Angel player to reach the 100 career home run mark. The Halos’ third baseman hits a pair of home runs in the team’s 6-5 ten-inning victory over Baltimore.
The Dodgers rout the Rockies, 22–7, scoring the most runs by the team since July 10th, 1943, when the wartime Brooklyn club beat the Pirates at Ebbets Field, 23-6. The franchise mark for tallies in a contest is 25, first accomplished on May 20th, 1896, then matched in 1901 on September 23rd.
The Dodgers set a Los Angeles team record as they trounce the Rockies, 22 – 7, the most runs scored by a Dodgers team since July 10, 1943, when they beat the Pirates. Los Angeles breaks open the game with 9 runs in the 8th inning. The Dodgers last scored 20 runs at home in 1957, beating the Braves, 20 – 4. For the Rockies, it is the 5th time they have had a team run up 20 runs on them; they’ve yet to do it themselves.
The train fire of two days ago forces another postponement of Anaheim’s game at Baltimore.
The Cincinnati Reds send OF Michael Tucker to the Cubs. In return, they get minor league pitchers Chris Booker and Ben Shaffar. The Reds also recall 1B D.T. Cromer.
Arizona defeats San Diego, 3 – 0, in the completion of a game that was suspended after two innings on July 18th. Randy Johnson strikes out 16 batters in his seven innings in relief of Curt Schilling to break the major league mark for relievers set by Walter Johnson on July 25, 1913. He allows just one hit – C Wiki Gonzalez’s 8th-inning single – for the Padres’ only hit in the contest. In addition to setting the record for Ks in a game by a reliever, Johnson also sets the National League reliever record with seven consecutive strikeouts. Johnson is one shy of the major league mark, set by Ron Davis, on May 4, 1981.
Moises Alou’s 23-game hitting streak is ended in St. Louis’s 4 – 1 victory over Houston.
The Rockies obtain OF Alex Ochoa from the Reds for 2B Todd Walker and minor league OF Robin Jennings. The Reds also call up top OF prospect Adam Dunn, who has hit 32 homers in the minors this year. Dunn will clout 19 homers for the Reds including 12 in August, setting the National League rookie record for most home run in any month. The old mark of 11 was set by Frank Robinson, in August 1956. The only other rookies to hit more home runs in a month were Rudy York (18 in August 1937), Mark McGwire (in May 1987) and Jimmie Hall (13 in August 1963).
2001 – Jeff Bagwell hits for the cycle during a 17-11 slugfest over St. Louis at Enron Field. Bagwell’s three-run homer is the crowning blow in an eight-run fifth after the Cardinals tallied six in the top half of the frame. Bagwell also doubles in the inning and triples in the seventh for the milestone. Moises Alou, Brad Ausmus and Craig Biggio leave the yard as well.
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