Mark McGwire cracks a two-run homer in the 9th to tie the game for St. Louis and Delino DeShields hits a leadoff homer in the 12th as the Cards edge the Braves, 3 – 2. For McGwire, who also walks four times, it is his 4th homer in four games.
The Orioles and Mariners split a day-night twinbill, the O’s taking the opener, 4 – 3 and the M’s the nitecap, 8 – 3. Randy Johnson drops the first game, despite striking out 13 batters; he has now struck out 32 in two games to tie Luis Tiant (1968), Nolan Ryan (1974) and Dwight Gooden (1984).
Los Angeles’s Mike Remlinger pitches six strong innings and belts a three-run double to beat the Reds, 5 – 3. Before the game, the Dodgers retire Tom Lasorda’s uniform number 2, the 9th number retired by the franchise.
The Orioles score 15 runs over the final three innings on the way to an 18 – 5 win over the Athletics. Baltimore slugs five homers, including a pair by Chris Hoiles.
P Bobby Seay, the top pick of the Chicago White Sox in the June draft, is declared a free agent after the team failed to tender him a formal contract within 15 days of the draft, a violation of major league rules. Seay is the first player in the 32-year history of the draft to be declared a free agent in the summer he was selected; three more draftees – Travis Lee, John Patterson and Matt White – will also benefit from the ruling and sign lucrative contracts as a result.
Frank Thomas hits three homers for the White Sox, becoming the Sox career home run leader, but Boston wins, 9 – 8. Thomas hits his first two off Tim Wakefield to pass Carlton Fisk (214).
Larry Walker, out two months with a broken collarbone, makes his first start for the Rockies, but it doesn’t help as they lose for the 10th straight time at Joe Robbie Stadium, 7 – 6. The Marlins score three in the 8th to win. Gary Sheffield belts his 34th homer for the Fish.
The 1st-place Braves top Curt Schilling and the Phils, 8 – 5. Terrell Wade wins his 4th against no losses and collects his first major league hit. Marquis Grissom extends his hitting streak to 20 games with a single and double.
“For a huge portion of my generation, Mickey Mantle was that baseball hero. And for reasons that no statistics, no dry recitation of facts can possibly capture, he was the most compelling baseball hero of our lifetime. And he was our symbol of baseball at a time when the game meant something to us that…
1995 – Cincinnati OF Reggie Sanders hits three home runs to lead the Reds to an 11 – 3 victory over the Rockies. He drives home four runs with his blasts which help the Reds increase their lead in the National League Centraldivision to seven games over Houston.
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