The Ranger-Mariner game is delayed by rain due to Safeco Field’s retractable roof failing to close.

The Ranger-Mariner game is delayed by rain due to Safeco Field’s retractable roof failing to close.

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The Ranger-Mariner game is delayed by rain due to Safeco Field’s retractable roof failing to close. The contest is continued after 54 minutes, giving the roof time to overcome its electrical problem and providing the groundskeepers an opportunity to dry the field.

Thanks to Harold Baines’ four hits, the Orioles halt their 20-game Canadian losing streak defeating the Blue Jays, 9 – 5. It is Baltimore’s first victory north of the border since June 13, 1998, including games against both the Blue Jays and Montreal Expos.

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Thanks to Harold Baines’ four hits, the Orioles halt their 20-game Canadian losing streak defeating the Blue Jays, 9 – 5. It is Baltimore’s first victory north of the border since June 13, 1998, including games against both the Blue Jays and Montreal Expos.

Wasting no time in his new capacity as Cubs GM, Andy MacPhail sends popular OF Glenallen Hill to the Yankees for minor league pitchers Ben Ford and Oswaldo Mairena.

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Wasting no time in his new capacity as Cubs GM, Andy MacPhail sends popular OF Glenallen Hill to the Yankees for minor league pitchers Ben Ford and Oswaldo Mairena.

The Orioles halt their 20-game Canadian losing streak, defeating the Blue Jays at the SkyDome, 9-5. Future Hall of Farmer Harold Blaine collects four hits in Baltimore’s first victory north of the border since June 13, 1998.

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The Orioles halt their 20-game Canadian losing streak, defeating the Blue Jays at the SkyDome, 9-5. Future Hall of Farmer Harold Blaine collects four hits in Baltimore’s first victory north of the border since June 13, 1998.

The Astros defeat the Reds, 6 – 2. Cincinnati pinch-hitter Mike Bell strikes out in his major league debut, making history by becoming part of the first third-generation family to play for the same major league team. His grandfather, Gus Bell, and father, Buddy Bell, also played for the Reds.

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The Astros defeat the Reds, 6 – 2. Cincinnati pinch-hitter Mike Bell strikes out in his major league debut, making history by becoming part of the first third-generation family to play for the same major league team. His grandfather, Gus Bell, and father, Buddy Bell, also played for the Reds.

Red Sox OF Carl Everett receives a ten-game suspension for twice bumping an umpire in a game with the Mets last week. A defiant Everett places most of the blame for the suspension on the media.

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Red Sox OF Carl Everett receives a ten-game suspension for twice bumping an umpire in a game with the Mets last week. A defiant Everett places most of the blame for the suspension on the media.

Major League Baseball offers to rehire 10 of the 22 umpires let go last September. The offer stands only as part of a new labor contract, and only if the umpires’ old union agrees to settle its grievance with baseball.

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Major League Baseball offers to rehire 10 of the 22 umpires let go last September. The offer stands only as part of a new labor contract, and only if the umpires’ old union agrees to settle its grievance with baseball.

The Dodgers beat the Rockies, 9 – 1, as Kevin Brown and Mike Fetters combine on a one-hitter. Larry Walker’s single off Brown is Colorado’s only safety.

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The Dodgers beat the Rockies, 9 – 1, as Kevin Brown and Mike Fetters combine on a one-hitter. Larry Walker’s single off Brown is Colorado’s only safety.