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0.00 -- Houston reliever Mike Jackson's road ERA in 13 2/3 innings. His ERA at home is 6.75 in 12 innings. |
Eight of Manny Ramirez's past 10 home runs traveled at least 400 feet.
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.367 -- Royals shortstop Rey Sanchez's batting average (33-for-90) during a 21-game hitting streak, the third-longest in the majors this season. |
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3 -- Home runs given up by Pedro Martinez this season, two of which have been hit by the Yankees' Bernie Williams. |
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5 -- Grand slams hit by Houston this season, one shy of the team record set in 1989. The NL record is 12, shared by the 1997 Braves and 2000 Cardinals. Last year's Athletics own the major league mark with 14. |
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9 -- Walks issued by the Marlins' A.J. Burnett in four starts since giving up nine in his no-hitter of the Padres on May 12. |
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12 -- Players who have started every game defensively this season -- Carlos Delgado, Tino Martinez, Roberto Alomar, Alex Rodriguez, Miguel Tejada, Rafael Furcal, Tony Batista, Scott Brosius, Troy Glaus, Terrence Long, Raul Mondesi and Andruw Jones. |
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17 -- Home runs by Barry Bonds in May, one more than the Kansas City Royals. |
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18 -- Earned runs allowed by Cubs starting pitchers during the team's recent 12-game winning streak. Jason Bere, Jon Lieber, Kerry Wood, Kevin Tapani and Julian Tavarez combined for 78 2/3 innings and a 2.06 ERA. |
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19 -- Home runs hit by the Yankees in their past 13 games at Fenway Park, compared to none for the Red Sox. It is the longest homerless streak by the Red Sox against the Yankees at Fenway since going 15 games without a homer from 1929-30. |
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20 -- Consecutive scoreless innings pitched by San Francisco's Shawn Estes, lowering his ERA to an NL-best 2.45. |
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20-5 -- Minnesota's record against the AL Central, the best of any team within its own division this season. |
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42 -- Consecutive games with at least one extra-base hit by the Tigers. |
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49 -- Career multihomer games by Barry Bonds, including three this season, tying him with Mel Ott and Eddie Mathews for seventh on the all-time list. He needs five more to tie Frank Robinson for sixth place. |
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63 -- Managerial changes in baseball between the day Felipe Alou was hired as Expos manager -- May 22, 1992 -- and Thursday, when he was fired. |
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96 -- Runs scored by the Reds in May, making them the only team with less than 100. |
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219 -- Consecutive games in which the Devil Rays will have started a right-handed pitcher before Wednesday, when lefty Joe Kennedy will start against the Blue Jays. The last time a southpaw started for Tampa Bay was Oct. 2, 1999 when Wilson Alvarez lost to the Yankees. |
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491 -- Distance, in feet, of Manny Ramirez's home run against the Blue Jays on Sunday, the longest home run in the history of SkyDome. Mark McGwire held the record previously with a 488-foot blast on July 25, 1996. Ramirez became the sixth player to homer into the fifth deck of SkyDome. |
