Montreal scores six times in the 5th inning to take a 6 – 0 lead over the Marlins. However, starting pitcher Javier Vazquez is injured on a bunt attempt and has to leave the game. Florida then comes back with eight runs of its own in its next turn at bat and goes on to defeat the Expos, 10 – 6.

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Montreal scores six times in the 5th inning to take a 6 – 0 lead over the Marlins. However, starting pitcher Javier Vazquez is injured on a bunt attempt and has to leave the game. Florida then comes back with eight runs of its own in its next turn at bat and goes on to defeat the Expos, 10 – 6.

Bud Smith follows up his no-hitter with a 2 – 1 win over the Milwaukee Brewers. The only run in seven innings against the Cards’ budding young ace is unearned. Jeromy Burnitz of the Brewers comes within one fielding chance of joining Harry “Silk Stocking” Schafer (1877), Greasy Neale (1920), Casey Stengel (1920), Bill Nicholson (1945) and Bake McBride (1978) as the only National League right fielders to register 11 chances in a game. The major-league record is held by Tony Armas, who handled 12 chances in an American League game in 1982.

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Bud Smith follows up his no-hitter with a 2 – 1 win over the Milwaukee Brewers. The only run in seven innings against the Cards’ budding young ace is unearned. Jeromy Burnitz of the Brewers comes within one fielding chance of joining Harry “Silk Stocking” Schafer (1877), Greasy Neale (1920), Casey Stengel (1920), Bill Nicholson (1945) and Bake McBride (1978) as the only National League right fielders to register 11 chances in a game. The major-league record is held by Tony Armas, who handled 12 chances in an American League game in 1982.

Boston OF Carl Everett is suspended for four games by the Red Sox. Everett was late for a scheduled workout on Sunday and got into a shouting match with manager Joe Kerrigan after being told to go home.

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Boston OF Carl Everett is suspended for four games by the Red Sox. Everett was late for a scheduled workout on Sunday and got into a shouting match with manager Joe Kerrigan after being told to go home.

After a six-day hiatus, major league games are played for the first time since the September 11 terrorist attacks. At Busch Stadium during a pregame ceremony, Cardinal announcer Jack Buck captures the mood of a nation with the reading of his original poem, “We Shall Overcome”, and a new baseball tradition begins when the song God Bless America is sung during the seventh-inning stretch of all six scheduled contests.

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After a six-day hiatus, major league games are played for the first time since the September 11 terrorist attacks. At Busch Stadium during a pregame ceremony, Cardinal announcer Jack Buck captures the mood of a nation with the reading of his original poem, “We Shall Overcome”, and a new baseball tradition begins when the song God Bless America is sung during the seventh-inning stretch of all six scheduled contests.