56 EnD 4 D14 BASEBALL Union-News, Friday, April 21, 2000 Griffey powers way out of slump Sosa's grand Ken Griffey Jr. threw his slump to the wind. Griffey hit a pair of 400-foot a homers into a swirling wind yes.terday, leading the Reds to an 11-1 victory over the reeling San Francisco Giants at Cinergy Field in Cincinnati. Barry Larkin also hit a two-run homer, and Pokey Reese matched his career high with five hits as the Reds (8-7) moved above .500 for the first time this season. They're a month ahead of last year, when they didn't have a winning record until May 19, then finished with 96 victories.
Griffey looked a lot better at the plate as he pulled out of a 2-for-17 slump. He hit the ball to center in all four at-bats, with two drives for two-run homers. It was Griffey's first multihomer game with the Reds and the 41st of his career, giving him five homers this season. Griffey's two-run shot in the fourth inning off Livan Hernandez 3 (0-4) landed in the second deck in center and put the Reds ahead 2-1. Mets 5, Brewers 4: At New York, Melvin Mora hit his first major league home run, connecting in the 10th inning to cap a sweep.
The Mets won their fourth in a row, and beat the Brewers for the eighth straight time. Mora homered with one out, and Turk Wendell (1-0), the fourth Mets pitcher, pitched a hitless 10th for the victory. Mike Piazza homered for the Mets. Cubs 10, Expos 6: At Montreal, Sammy Sosa hit a grand slam and tied his career high with six RBIs as Chicago Cubs ended its their four-game losing streak. cleanup for only the third time this year, Sosa hit a tworun double in the fifth inning.
Peter Bergeron of Greenfield went 1 for 5 for Montreal. Braves 6, Phillies 4: At Atlanta, John Rocker picked up his first save since coming back to baseball, and Andres Galarraga homered twice in his remarkable comeback from cancer. Rocker pitched for the second since serving a two-week suspension for insensitive comments. Associated Press slam lifts Cubs Major leagues the sixth inning. AMERICAN LEAGUE Orioles 8, Devil Rays 4: At Baltimore, Harold Baines ended his Galarraga, who missed all of last season while undergoing treatment for a cancerous tumor in his back, hit a solo shot leading off the second.
He added a three-run: homer in the seventh, his sixth of the season. Kevin Millwood (1-0) picked up his first win after three no-decisions. Cardinals 14, Padres 1: At. St. Louis, Eli Marrero hit a grand slam and, later combined with pitcher Rick Ankiel for back -toback home runs to complete a three-game sweep.
Ankiel (2-1) worked around seven walks in a five-inning scoreless outing. He also went 3 for 3 the rookie pitcher is 5 for 9 with a triple and two RBIs this season. Fernando Tatis had four RBIs, two of them coming on bases-loaded walks, and Ray Lankford broke out of a 1-for-26 slump with two hits and three RBIs. Marlins 3, Pirates 2: At Miami, Danny Bautista hustled for a leadoff double in the 14th inning, then made a headfirst slide home on Mike Lowell's shallow sacrifice fly to lead Florida. Vic Darensbourg (1-0) pitched a scoreless 14th inning for the win.
Diamondbacks 3, Rockies 0: At Phoenix, Randy Johnson threw his second shutout and third complete game in four starts as to lead Arizona. Johnson (4-0) allowed four hits, struck out eight, walked three and even drove in a run with a single in RBI drought with a run-scoring double and a solo homer as Baltimore won its fourth straight. Pat Rapp (2-0) allowed two runs and five hits in six innings for the Orioles, who swept the rain-shortened two-game series. Baines, the majors' active RBIs leader (1,583) coming into the season, drove in only one run in his first 11 games. Blue Jays 12, Angels 11: At Toronto, Darrin Fletcher hit a grand slam and tied a career high with The Angels were down 11-1 before scoring eight runs in the sixth inning.
Matt Walbeck's homer Pedro I Borbon made it 11-10 in the seventh, but Homer Bush restored Toronto's two-run lead with a two-out single in the bottom of the inning. Anaheim closed to 12-11 in the eighth, and put a runner on second with one out in the ninth before Billy Koch retired the final two batters for his second save. Carlos Delgado also homered for Toronto. Roy Halladay was the winner. Kent Bottenfield (1-2) took the loss.
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Bergman (1-0) allowed four runs and seven hits in five-plus innings to get his first AL win since 1995 with Detroit. Denny Hocking, Jason Maxwell, Matt Lawton and Butch Huskey homered for the Twins. Jermaine Dye and Mark Quinn homered for the Royals, who an 8-3 start. Indians 9, Athletics 5: At Cleveland, Kenny Lofton and Jim Thome homered in the first and Dave Burba pitched five innings as Cleveland avoided a sweep. Lofton's leadoff homer, Thome's two-run shot off Tim Hudson (1-2) and Manny Ramirez's two homer in the seventh enabled the Indians to salvage the series finale and conclude a season-opening homestand at 2-4.
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Associated Press 4 FOCUS INJURED INDIAN: Sandy Alomar, the Cleveland Indians catcher who spent nearly four months on the disabled list last season following knee surgery, was placed on the 15- day DL because of a pulled right hamstring. The Indians purchased the contract of catcher Bobby Hughes from Triple A Buffalo to take Alomar's roster spot. CLOSERS RETURNS: Closer Matt Mantel has completed his last rehabilitation appearance without any ill effects and will be activated by the Arizona Diamondbacks today. Mantei has been on the disabled list since April 2 with biceps tendinitis Baltimore closer Mike Timlin made his season debut last night, allowing a two-run homer in the seventh inning. He was out with a torn muscle in his side.
SCHILLING SHINES: Curt Schilling, pitching under the watchful eye of Philadelphia general manager Ed Wade, threw eight solid innings for Class A Clearwater. Schilling gave up one run and four hits against the St. Petersburg Devil Rays in his fourth and final rehabilitation start in the Florida State PIRATE MOVES: The Pittsburgh Pirates shook up their pitching staff amid a week-long road trip to Florida and Atlanta, demoting lefthander Chris Peters and righthander Marc Wilkins to Triple A Nashville. Right-handers Brad Ciontz, cut during spring training by Arizona, and Mike Garcia were recalled. -Associated Press 400.
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