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0 -- Grand slams by Baltimore's Brian Roberts in 406 career at-bats before this week. Roberts then hit two in a span of six days. |

Boston's Casey Fossum allowed a career-high nine runs on Saturday. AP
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.406 -- Batting average by Kenny Lofton during his 26-game hitting streak, which ended Saturday one shy of the Pirates' 104-year-old team record.
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.555 -- Winning percentage by the Mets without Mike Piazza this season (15-12). They were only 11-18 (.379) with him. |
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2 -- Outs recorded by Cincinnati's Jeff Austin in his past two big league starts. Austin allowed a combined seven hits, 10 runs, four homers and five walks in the two losses, failing to get out of the first both times. He then was sent down. |
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2.61 -- ERA of Shawn Chacon at Coors Field this season, compared to a 5.50 mark on the road. Chacon threw eight innings of two-hit ball in Wednesday's 6-0 win over the Dodgers to improve to 6-0 in Colorado. |
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3-12 -- Kansas City's home record since opening the season with 11 consecutive victories. |
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4 -- Years since Benito Santiago's last multihomer game prior to Wednesday. Santiago hit two homers in a game for the 11th time -- and first since May 8, 1999 -- against Arizona. |
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5.71 -- ERA by Red Sox starters not named Pedro Martinez. Toronto scored 34 runs -- 23 off Boston starters in 11 1/3 innings -- in a three-game weekend sweep. |
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6 -- Rookie pitchers who have started a game for Arizona this season. Edgar Gonzalez, who won his major league debut Sunday against San Diego, joins Brandon Webb, Andrew Good, Chris Capuano, John Patterson and Oscar Villareal. |
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7 -- Consecutive hits by the Mariners to open Sunday's game against the Twins, one shy of the major league record. Dan Wilson struck out trying to match the record held by four teams, last accomplished by the Yankees on Sept. 25, 1990. |
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9 -- Outs that Yankees outfielder Juan Rivera was directly responsible for in the Yankees' 10-9 win over the Tigers on Sunday. Rivera went 0-for-6, hitting into three double plays. |
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11 -- Wins by the Yankees in May, the same number as the last-place Tigers and Devil Rays. Detroit won just three games in April. |
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14 -- Home runs by pitchers this season, including three by Marlins. Brad Penny has two and rookie Dontrelle Willis hit the first of his career on Saturday. |
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20 -- Different players who have made their Devil Rays debut this season. Seven members of Tampa Bay's current 25-man roster weren't with the organization on March 23. |
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22.6 -- Percentage of Frank Thomas' career homers that have come in the first inning. The Big Hurt hit a first-inning bomb for the 87th time Friday against Cleveland. |
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27 -- Consecutive batters retired by Expos reliever Luis Ayala in a nine-game span dating to May 7 before allowing an eighth-inning single to Bobby Abreu on Sunday. |
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37 -- Combined strikeouts by the Astros and Cubs in Saturday's 17-inning 1-0 game, six shy of the record an extra-inning game set by California (26) and Oakland (17) (20 innings, 1971). |
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75 -- Plate appearances before Jeff Bagwell snapped the longest RBI drought of his career on Tuesday. Bagwell drove in his first run since May 8 in the Astros' 7-4 win over the Cardinals. His previous career-long drought was 70 in 1992. |
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523 -- Combined victories by Greg Maddux (276) and Tom Glavine (247) entering Friday's matchup. It was the most for a pair of opposing starters since Aug. 16, 1992, when Nolan Ryan (319) faced Frank Tanana (230), according to the Elias Sports Bureau. |
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999 -- Career games pitched by Mets reliever John Franco. In his next appearance, the 42-year-old left-hander will become the eighth to reach 1,000, joining Jesse Orosco, Dennis Eckersley, Hoyt Wilhelm, Kent Tekulve, Lee Smith, Dan Plesac and Rich Gossage. |