Griffey ties Kiner mark after dad’s swing tips
Ken Griffey Jr. credited father Ken Griffey Sr. with key swing adjustments during an off day in Cincinnati. He homered for Seattle in an 11-3 win over Minnesota, extending his hitting streak to 15 games and moving to 369 career HRs, tied with Ralph Kiner for 45th. Martinez added a grand slam as the Mariners routed the Twins.
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Rays Stretcher Saun ders in loss as skid hits fifth
In St. Petersburg Tony Saunders was carried off after a left arm break as the Devil Rays’ season-long drought extended to five losses. Jose Canseco belted his 18th homer for Tampa Bay while Ivan Rodriguez extended his hit streak to 16 games. In Anaheim Harold Baines and Mike Bordick homered and Sidney Ponson picked up his third straight win.
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Baseball schedule highlights for today and Friday
Major league games feature AL pairs including Kansas City at Oakland and Chicago at Detroit with start times from 3:05 p.m. to 9:05 p.m. Friday adds New York at Toronto and Boston at Cleveland. NL schedule lists L A at Cincinnati and Colorado at Houston among others with multiple nonstandard start times.
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Dodgers replace pitching coach with Claude Osteen
Dodgers fire Charlie Hough after a 3-2 loss to Cincinnati and name Claude Osteen as pitching coach. The 22-22 team has a 4.47 ERA, a weak start blamed on pitching despite Kevin Brown’s arrival. Jeff Shaw calls the shakeup surprising and necessary.
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Sosa Lifts Cubs Over Marlins With Ninth Inning Shot
Sammy Sosa hit a two run homer in the bottom of the ninth for a 6-4 Cubs win over Florida, his 16th of the season and part of a late surge that also included a two run single. Agui lera earned the win in relief, improving to 1-1 after allowing four runs in his debut with Chicago. The Cubs improved to seven wins in ten games.
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