Reds’ slugger Ken Griffey Jr. hits a home run in his forty-third ballpark to tie the major league record also held by Fred McGriff. Junior, who has homered in every existing ballpark, goes deep twice in the new Busch Stadium, including a ninth inning three-run game winner off Jason Isringhausen in Cincinnati’s 8-7 victory over the Redbirds.

Jason Schmidt matches a 102-year-old Giants franchise record with 16 strikeouts, fanning his final three batters to escape a 9th-inning jam and preserve a 2 – 1 victory over the Florida Marlins.

Jason Giambi and Andy Phillips each hit a three-run home run in a seven-run 2nd inning, and the host New York Yankees rough up old nemesis Josh Beckett in a 13 – 5 rout of the Boston Red Sox. New York has 11 hits, making this the 12th consecutive game with at least 10, breaking the franchise record of 11 straight games set in May 1937.

Eric Gregg, a former National League umpire, dies in Philadelphia, at the age of 55. Known for his big personality, extra-wide strike zone and oversized frame, Gregg worked the 1989 World Series, four NL Championship Series, two NL Division Series and one All-Star Game.

Carlos Zambrano holds the Houston Astros hitless for 7 1/3 innings before Preston Wilson hits a single, leading the Chicago Cubs to an 8 – 0 victory at Minute Maid Park. Zambrano strikes out eight and helps himself with the bat, hitting a home run with four runs batted in.