With four homers on Thursday (5/23), one on Friday (5/24), and two more on Saturday (5/25), Shawn Green becomes the first major leaguer to hit seven round-trippers in three games. The Dodger outfielder’s nine big flies in a week also breaks a National League record, established by Ralph Kiner with eight and tied by Ted Kluszewski and Nate Colbert.

Getting his 3,509th K, Diamondback southpaw Randy Johnson passes Walter Johnson to become seventh on the all-time career strikeout list. After fanning Shawn Green in the first to catch the ‘Big Train’, Dodger outfielder Brian Jordan swings and misses a 2-2 pitch in the second inning to become the ‘Big Unit’s’ historic victim.

The Dodgers lose to the Diamondbacks‚ 14 – 3‚ despite Shawn Green’s 5th home run in 2 games‚ tying a major league record. Green also hits 2 singles to tie another mark with 25 total bases in the 2 games.

The pilot of a small plane carrying the remains of an avid Mariners fan attempts to drop the ashes above Safeco Field‚ but the canister bounces off the stadium roof and lands on the street. Fear of an attack brings police and firemen rushing to the stadium.

After a container is seen being dropped from a low-flying plane hitting and bouncing off the stadium roof onto the street, Seattle hazardous materials crews close off the roads around Safeco Field for about an hour. The object turns outs to be the remains of an unidentified man’s cremated ashes.

At Miller Park, Shawn Green of the Los Angeles Dodgers becomes the 14th man in major league history to hit four home runs in a game and also sets a big league record with 19 total bases. Green goes 6 for 6, scores six runs (both franchise records), and has seven RBI in a 16 – 3 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers. Green is the second player this year to hit four home runs in a game. He also surpasses Joe Adcock’s former mark of 18 total bases, set in 1954. Green also is the first major league player to collect six hits while hitting four homers, and his four homers plus a double tie the National League mark for extra-base hits. The Dodgers hit eight homers in the game, another franchise record. Before today’s power display, Green had gone 0 for 15, and had been benched on May 18th.

Marlins 2B Luis Castillo hits his first home run from the left side of the plate in his 600th major league game‚ pacing Florida to an 8 – 4 win over Cincinnati.

The Tigers defeat the Indians, 2 – 0, on Jeff Weaver’s one-hitter. OF Chris Magruder’s double with two outs in the 8th inning in his Cleveland debut is the Tribe’s only safety.

The Wichita Wranglers (Texas League) score 14 runs in the 3rd in beating the Tulsa Drillers, 19 – 2. They set league records for singles (10) in an inning, and by having 16 straight players reach base. Five players make two hits in the inning.