The Dodgers drop a 5 – 1 decision to the Astros as Tom Candiotti’s knuckleball does all sorts of tricks in the 1st inning. Candiotti hits three Houston batters in the frame, and another to lead off the 2nd, to tie a major league mark. C Mike Piazza also records two passed balls in the inning as the Astros score four of their five runs.

Florida C Charles Johnson sets a major league record by playing his 160th straight game without committing an error. The previous mark was set by Rick Cerone. The Marlins lose the game, however, 1 – 0 to the Giants.

The Mets tie the game in the 8th and use 23 players before losing to the Expos, 3 – 2, in 15 innings. The loss goes to Joe Crawford, the second time this season he has lost by allowing a run in the 15th.

The American Association plays its final game tonight in Des Moines, IA with the Buffalo Bisons defeating the Iowa Cubs for the final league title. The Association’s existing teams will merge with the International Leagueand the perhaps “to-be-newly named” Pacific Coast League in 1998.

The Rangers overcome a 5-run deficit in the 9th inning to defeat the Dodgers, 13 – 12. Rusty Greer drives in the winner with a 2-out single, the 4th time this year he’s done it in the Rangers’ final at-bat.

Detroit P Scott Sanders hurls a one-hit, 4 – 0 shutout over the Rangers. 2B Domingo Cedeno’s single is the only Texas safety.

Atlanta’s Denny Neagle wins his 20th game, shutting out the Padres, 4 – 0. He’s the first to win 20 in the National League.

For only the twenty-second time in major league history, a player reaches the 50 home run plateau when Mariner outfielder Ken Griffey, Jr. goes deep off Bob Tewksbury in a 9-6 loss to Minnesota at the Metrodome. Junior will finish the season with a league-leading 56 round-trippers.