Seattle 3B Mike Blowers drives in 8 runs in the Mariners’ 15 – 6 victory over the Red Sox. He strokes 4 extra-base hits in the contest – 2 doubles‚ a triple‚ and a homer. The hits raise Blowers’ average 61 points – from .118 to .179.

Houston OF Derek Bell strokes 5 hits‚ including a pair of doubles‚ but the Astros still lose to the Reds by a score of 10 – 5.

Pitchers Kevin Foster of the Chicago Cubs and Marvin Freeman of the Colorado Rockies each hit home runs off each other in a 7 – 6 Chicago victory at Coors Field. Foster and Freeman became just the tenth duo in the 20th century to hit and throw homers against each other.

After a brawl between the Durham Bulls and Winston-Salem Warthogs, which takes more than 30 minutes to sort out, ten players are ejected during ‘Strike Out Domestic Violence Night’ at Durham Bulls Athletic Park. The president of the Carolina League will hand down 124 days of suspensions, which will include every player in uniform for some period of time.

The Durham Bulls and Winston-Salem Warthogs engage in a brawl that takes more than 30 minutes to sort out. 10 players are ejected from the Carolina League game. Winston-Salem pitcher Glen Cullop is knocked unconscious in the melee which occurs on “Strike Out Domestic Violence Night.” A total of $6,000 in fines is levied, and 124 games in suspensions.