When Manny Ramirez hit his 23rd homer of the year yesterday against New Jersey, it tied him with Mike Piazza for #6 on the all-time list. It was Ramirez's 394th homer of his career. Ramirez also is sitting at 397 doubles for his career. When Ramirez hits 400 in both categories he will be only the second player (Barry Bonds being the first) to accomplish the feat.
Speaking of Newark, the Sugar Bears are now on a 9-game winning streak that has opened up a 9 1/2 game lead over the Honolulu Sharks for first in the Hanover Division. The Sugar Bears won an interesting 6-0 game yesterday in extra innings against New Jersey. Randy Johnson and Tom Gorzelanny started the game for their respective teams, but the offenses couldn't score any runs. Gorzelanny's earlier effort should be noted. The rookie held the league's mightiest offense to a mere two hits in nine innings of work. Gorzelanny walked six but allowed no runs in his effort. After pitching his nine innings, Gorzelanny was lifted in favor of Todd Jones. Jones immediately gave up two singles, then a sacrifice bunt, and then two more singles before being lifted in favor of Mike Wuertz who gave up the Manny Ramirez three-run homer to give the Sugar Bears a 6-0 lead.
One of the hottest teams has been the D.C. Bushslappers. With yesterday's 3-1 victory over Vancouver, the Bushslappers have finally reached the .500 mark for the first time this season. The Slappers have won 3 in a row and 12 of their last 14 games. John Maine improved to 6-1 on the season by holding the Iron Fist to one run on three hits and striking out 8 in 8 innings.
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