At Dodger Stadium, Chipper Jones’ two solo home runs are the difference in the Braves’ 8-6 victory over Los Angeles. With his pair of round-trippers, the team’s third baseman surpasses Dale Murphy for the Atlanta team record of 372 homers.

Passing Eddie Murray, Red Sox left fielder Manny Ramirez hits his 20th career grand slam, now the second-most in major league history. The Dominican Republic native trails only Yankee legend Lou Gehrig, who holds the major league record with 23.

At Dodger Stadium, Diamondback third baseman Chad Tracy’s ninth inning run-scoring single on an 0-2 changeup ends Eric Gagne’s record streak of 84 consecutive saves. The new mark established by the Los Angeles closer is 30 more than the prior mark set by Tom Gordon for the Red Sox in 1999.

In an effort to honor local military personnel, the Twins give away a G.I. Joe action figure to the first 5,000 children attending a game against the Royals. The team, in an effort to appease protesting peace groups, who see the promotion as glorifying war, asks Hasbro, the toy’s maker, to remove the customary gun from G.I. Joe’s side, but the hand grenades remain visible.

The Yankees obtain P Jeff Weaver from the Tigers in a three-team deal. New York sends P Ted Lilly to the Oakland A’s while the Athletics send 1B Carlos Pena to Detroit. The Tigers also acquire P Franklyn German and a player to be named later from Oakland, while the A’s get OF John-Ford Griffin and P Jason Arnold from New York.

The Twins score 8 runs in the 7th inning to down the Mariners, 8 – 4.

The Cubs fire manager Don Baylor and hire Bruce Kimm in his place.