Scoreboard highlights American League results
Kansas City 10 Boston N A Toronto 11 Cleveland 6 Oakland 4 Detroit 1 Texas 4 Baltimore 2 Seattle 6 Milwaukee 5 Minnesota 8 New innings Chicago 2 California 1
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1996
Page
13
Kansas City 10 Boston N A Toronto 11 Cleveland 6 Oakland 4 Detroit 1 Texas 4 Baltimore 2 Seattle 6 Milwaukee 5 Minnesota 8 New innings Chicago 2 California 1
San Francisco star Bonds receives a standing ovation after belting his 300th career home run in a 6-3 win over Florida. He is later ejected for arguing with the home plate umpire.
The schedule lists today and Monday MLB games with matchups including Kansas City at Boston and Cleveland at Toronto in the American League, and New York at Pittsburgh and Philadelphia at Cincinnati in the National League. Notable pitchers include Mayer, Viola, Mussina, Baldwin, Park, and Glavine among others, with game times ranging from 12:05 p.m. to 9:05 p.m. Local entries also note Oakland at Detroit and Seattle at Milwaukee, plus several cross league matches.
In Oakland, umpire Ken Kaiser fell ill with what officials called food poisoning and did not work Saturday’s game, as the Athletics won 4-1 over the Detroit Tigers. Crew chief Joe Brinkman described Kaiser’s condition as pretty bad.
Oakland Athletics slugger Mark McGwire belted a two run homer in the first inning at Tiger Stadium fueling a 4-1 victory over the Detroit Tigers. He mused that it would take time to feel comfortable after missing 18 games, noting his 31st career homer against Detroit and 19th at Tiger Stadium.
Minnesota pitchers faltered late as New York squandered a 3-1 lead in the 10th inning. Chip Hale Jeff Reboulet and Chuck Knoblauch delivered bases loaded singles to seal the victory for the Twins. Dwight Gooden started in place of David Cone and allowed one run in six innings. Edgar Martinez keyed Milwaukee’s late rally with an RBI triple in the eighth, driving in three runs. Luis Soto started the comeback with a single and scored on Martinez triple off Ricky Bones.
In Baltimore, Bobby Witt held Orioles to four hits over seven as the Rangers broke a tie in the eighth with three unearned runs. Kevin Elster delivered a two run double, lifting Texas past Baltimore 4 2 as Brady Anderson added his AL leading 10th homer.
Barry Bonds became the fourth major leaguer to reach 300 homers and 300 steals joining Bobby Bonds Willie Mays and Andre Dawson after a third inning homer. He added a second homer but was ejected in the seventh for arguing with umpire Mark Hirschbeck as the Giants beat the Marlins 6 3.
Cincinnati faced a seven game slide, the club's worst in three years, after Mike Lieberthal singled in the ninth inning to spark a Phillies victory. Mulholland earned seven solid innings as Philadelphia stretched its streak to five games.
Ellis Burks lined a single to center scoring Walt Weiss from second with one out in the 13th, giving Colorado a 6 5 win to end Montreal eight game streak. Weiss had started with a bunt, then an error and an intentional walk set up the key hit.
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