IN THE NEWS: Pittsburgh's Paul Wagner allows just one hit in seven innings, but his wildness costs him as the Rockies top the Bucs, 20. Four Rockies' Ps combine for the team's first shutout this year, matching last year's total. Dante Bichette's 2nd-inning single accounts for both Colorado scores against Wagner, who strikes out 10.
A day after the Indians-Brewers brawl, the two teams get into it again. And quickly. Leadoff hitter Kenny Lofton doubles and then shoves 2B Fernando Vina to clear both benches. The Brewers win the game 21.
IN THE NEWS: In St. Louis, Todd Stottlemyre outpitches Houston's Darryl Kile to win, 20, as the Cards sweep Houston in three games. Kile (64) hits four Cards in the game, the first time a pitcher has done that since Moe Drabowsky on this same date in 1957.
In Philadelphia, the Phils edge the Padres, 98, in 12 innings when Ricky Otero singles home the winner with two outs. Mark Whiten drives in five runs for the winners on two homers. The first place Padres suffer a blow when Wally Joyner fractured left thumb sliding in the 4th inning. He will be out of action for six weeks.
At Oakland, the Yankees win 114 and do it the oldfashioned wayby stealing eight bases. Gerald Williams, with 10 career steals, has four steals to tie a club record, and rookie Derek Jeter adds 2. Kenny Rogers (41) is the benefactor, pitching six 1/3 innings for the win, as the Yankees stay one 1/2 games ahead of the O's.
At Duluth's Wade Stadium, Darryl Strawberry, in his comeback attempt, hits his first home run for the St. Paul Saints (Northern League), a mammoth 522-foot blast off Duluth Dukes pitcher Pat Ahearne.
IN THE NEWS: Gregg Jefferies celebrates his return to the Phillies lineup by going 4-for-5, and Pete Incaviglia clubs two 3-run homers as the Phils coast to a 123 rain-delayed win over visiting Chicago. Jefferies has been out of the lineup since April four with a thumb injury.
Pitching dominates the baseball draft as 14 of the first 22 selections are moundsmen. Clemson pitcher Kris Benson is the top choice, going to Pittsburgh, while the Twins pick power hitting Travis Lee from San Diego State as the 2nd choice. The Cards follow with Wichita State P Braden Looper. Picking 14th, the White Sox take lefty Bobby Seay, but will declare him a free agent in August when the can't reach an agreement with his agent, Scott Boras. Lee, John Patterson (Expos), and Matt White (Giants) will also not sign and become free agents: the four will ink contracts with the Devil Rays and Diamondbacks, with White getting a $10.2 bonus, the largest in history. The Marlins use their 1st pick, 9th overall, on college player of the year, Mark Kotsay, and will ink him to a $1,125,000 contract. The Royals take high schooler Dee Brown in the first round. Boston picks Shea Hillenbrand in the 10th round.
Pam Davis, a starter for the Colorado Bullets women's baseball team, pitches an inning of scoreless relief in a AA exhibition game. Davis relieves for the Jacksonville Suns (Southern League) against the Australian Olympic team with the Suns ahead, 60. She gives up a leadoff double, then retires the next three batters.
IN THE NEWS: At Wrigley Field, the Cubs spot the Phillies a 40 lead, then Sammy Sosa drives home five runs on three homers to give Chicago a 96 win. Cubs' SS Rey Sanchez will be out 6-8 weeks following an operation today to repair a fractured bone in his left hand. Sanchez injured the wrist in 1995 and has been bothered by it ever since.
In Cincy, the Giants score in each of the first seven innings to beat up the Reds, 154. Matt Williams and Marvin Benard drive in four apiece to make it easy for Mark Gardner (71).
The Twins score nine runs in the 4th inning to trim the Angels, 143. Chuck Knoblauch's grand slam is the inning's big blow.
The White Sox down the Red Sox, 8-6, despite Mo Vaughn's five hits. Frank Thomas' sac fly in the 12th inning drives home the game winner.
IN THE NEWS: Boston's John Valentin hits for the cycle to lead the Red Sox to a 7-4 win over Chicago. The White Sox also execute a triple play in the game, making it the first time since July 1, 1931 that a contest has featured both a triple play and a batter (Chuck Klein) hitting for the cycle.
IN THE NEWS: Colorado rips Atlanta ace Greg Maddux for 11 hits and seven runs in three 1/3 innings on their way to a 21-hit, 19-8 victory.
In the major-league's only scheduled doubleheader this season, Minnesota and Oakland split. Pat Meares' 2-run homer in the 5th of the lidlifter gives the Twins a 42 win. Oakland outslugs the Twins, 137, in the nitecap. John Wasdin (30) is helped by a George Williams grand slam in the 6-run 5th while Brent Gates, Geronimo Berroa, and Torey Lovullo also homer. All other twin bills this season are the result of makeup games.
IN THE NEWS: At Minnesota, in the only regularly scheduled doubleheader in the majors this season, the Twins and A's split. Minnesota takes the opener, 42, and the A's cop the nitecap, 137. George Williams has a grand slam and Brent Gates a 2-run homer in the A's 6-run 5th innings.
LSU scores a dramatic 9-8 win over Miami to take the College World Series. The Tigers come from behind and win the game on 2B Warren Morris's 1st home run of the season, a 2-out, 2-run shot in the bottom of the 9th inning. It is the 1st-ever College World Series-ending homer. Morris missed 39 games this year with a broken bone in his right wrist.
IN THE NEWS: In Denver, John Smoltz , pitching after the Rockies scored 32 runs in the first two games, picks up his 12th win in 13 decisions as the Braves win, 83.
IN THE NEWS: The Mets defeat the Braves, 8-3, despite five hits for Atlanta SS Jeff Blauser. Todd Hundley strokes two homers in going 4-for-4 with five RBIs for NY. The Braves continue to maintain their five 1/2 game lead over Montreal in the National League East.
The White Sox defeat the Red Sox, 8-2. Tim Wakefield goes the distance for Boston, surrendering 16 hits and making 162 pitches, all on two days rest. It is the most hits allowed in a game by a pitcher this decade.
IN THE NEWS: The Mariners make Rick Aguilera's 2nd start of the season a disaster by rocking him for 10 runs and 10 hits in 3+ innings. Dan Wilson has five of the M's 24 hits as Seattle wins over host Minnesota, 188. Joey Cora and Alex Rodriguez each have four hits to back Bob Wells (61).
The Cubs defeat the Phillies, 9-2, as they are led by OF Scott Bullett's five hits and four runs batted in. Ryne Sandberg adds a bases-loaded triple.
IN THE NEWS: The California Angels defeat the KC Royals, 4-3, in 10 innings to sweep the 3-game series between the two clubs. Chuck McElroy gets credit for all three wins in relief. He thus becomes the 1st pitcher to accomplish the feat since Mike Marshall of the Dodgers did it against the Giants in 1974. McElroy throws a total of 61 pitches in four 1/3 innings to run his record to 5-0.
Jeff Fassero allows five hits in eight innings as the Expos stop the Marlins, 80. Plate umpire Ed Rapuano is forced to leave the field on a stretcher after suffering a broken left collarbone. He was struck by a Andy Stankiewicz foul.
Marvin Freeman pitches seven shutout innings as he and two relievers pitch the Rockies to an 80 shutout of the Astros in Denver. It is the Rockies' first shutout at Coors Field in 103 games.
Reds' owner Marge Schott is again forced to relinquish day-to-day control of the team, this time through the 1998 season, because of her continual use of offensive remarks. Team controller John Allen will run the team, though Schott will retain her majority ownership.
IN THE NEWS: Roger Cedeno hits his first ML homer to lead the Dodgers to a 63 win over Tom Glavine and the Braves.
Barry Bonds has four hits, including his first homer in more than a month, to lead the Giants to a 128 win over the Astros. Down 90 after two innings, the Astros score six in the 5th, including Sean Berry's pinch grand slam.
Yankees reliever John Wetteland is quoted as saying he'll leave the Yankees at the end of the season. He later denies the comments but does leave after the season.
IN THE NEWS: Cal Ripken of the Orioles plays in his 2,215th consecutive game, breaking the world record held by Japan's Sachio Kinugasa (Hiroshima Carp). Kinugasa's streak began in 1970 and lasted until he retired 17 years later. The Orioles defeat the Royals, 61.
Detroit beats Minnesota, 5-4, as each of the nine hitters to appear in the game for the Tigers gets one hit apiece.
John Smoltz wins his 13th straight, throwing eight shutout innings as the Braves beat the Dodgers, 31, in Atlanta. His streak ties Glavine's team record, set in 1992.
In San Francisco, the Astros Jeff Bagwell hits four doubles as the Astros beat the Giants, 91. Bagwell's four ties the ML record.
In Denver, the Rockies beat the Phils, 106, helped by Ellis Burks' inside-the-park homer, the first ever hit at Coors Field.
IN THE NEWS: Kansas City relief pitcher Mike Magnante hurls five 1/3 innings of one-hit ball to gain credit for the Royals' 7-6, 16 inning win over the Orioles. The outing drops Magnante's ERA to 5.33.
Behind Hideo Nomo, the Dodgers beat the Braves, 62, and in the first inning turn their first triple play in 47 years. The last tri-killing was 1949.
At the Metrodome, Cecil Fielder's routine fly ball hits the ceiling for a 2-out 2-run double in the 7th breaks a 55 tie. The Tigers win, 75.
The Mets put young Paul Wilson on the disabled list for the next month with tendinitis. After the season, he'll be diagnosed with a small tear of the right labrum and he'll undergo surgery on November 12.
IN THE NEWS: The Braves beat the Padres, 93, as Greg Maddux (65) wins his first in a month. The Pads, losers of 14 of 16 games entered yesterday's game tied for first in the National League West.
Cub 1B Brant Brown, recalled three days ago to fill in for Mark Grace, slugs three homers in four at bats in a doubleheader against the Dodgers. It's Brant's high water mark as he will return to Iowa on the 28th. The Cubs split the two games, losing the opener, 9-6, before winning the nightcap, 7-4.
Montreal defeats Colorado, 12-8, with the help of two home runs and seven runs batted in by 2B Mike Lansing. His grand slam in the 8th proves to be the decisive blow, breaking a 7-7 tie.
The Yanks manage just three hits off Brad Radke, but one is a 2-run home run by Tino Martinez, as the Yanks beat Minnesota, 20. Radke had retired the first 20 batters. Kenny Rogers pitches eight shutout innings for the win.
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