Eckersley saves as Henderson delivers winning hit in 10th
Stewart loses another chance at 20 wins as Eckersley concedes a ninth inning homer before Henderson drives in the go ahead run in the 10th. Oakland walks off Cleveland 4-2 ending a three game skid and maintaining a large AL West lead.
League Leaders Across National and American Leagues
National League batting leader Towynn of San Diego at .339 with 191 hits. Run leaders include WClark and Sandberg. RBI led by KMitchell and Guerrero. home runs topped by KMitchell with 45. Stolen bases led by Coleman 62 and Towynn 40. Pitching leader Garretts at .824 with 2.27 ERA. American League batting by Puckett .341 and runs by Renderson 106. RBI led by Sierra 110. hits by Puckett 201. home runs by McGriff 36. stolen bases by Renderson 69. pitching leader Blyleven 164 League totals include many stars across teams.
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Red Sox Break Toronto Streak With Victory at SkyDome
Boston ends 15 game home skid to Blue Jays by winning at Toronto. Nick Esasky hits a two-run homer in a five run third inning and earns 27th homer and 100th RBI this season. Mike Boddicker improves to 13 11 after seven innings of work. Rob Murphy records one hit relief. Toronto’s three game win streak ends and its AL East lead shrinks to two games over Baltimore. SkyDome crowd set a record of 49579.
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Angels Top Twins as Blyleven Fails to Complete Save
Bert Blyleven pitched eight solid innings and Chili Davis delivered a three run homer as California defeated Minnesota 6 3. Blyleven who fell to 16 4 beat his former club for the second time this season and mathematically eliminated the Twins from contention. He allowed one run on seven hits including Kent Hrbek's 200th career homer. Davis added his 22nd homer of the year.
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White Sox rally beats Royals on ninth inning error
Reliever Jeff Montgomery's throwing error sparked Chicago's three run ninth inning rally to defeat Kansas City 4 to 2 at Royals Stadium.
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Rangers Top Mariners 5 2 In Low Attendance Arlington Game
Fred Manrique delivered a tie breaking two run double in the eighth inning to lift the Rangers over the Mariners 5 to 2 before 4 654 fans at Arlington Stadium marking the smallest crowd of the season.
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Cubs Rally Past Mets in 10-6 comeback at Wrigley
Cubs erase a 3-0 deficit with four runs in the fifth and eighth innings to beat the Mets 10-6 at Wrigley Field. Salazar hits a two run homer, Williams plates three, as Chicago narrows the NL East gap behind Salazar and Jefferies homers.
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