Wednesday, September 23, 1998
The University Daily Kansan
Section B · Page 5
McGwire fails to hit homer No. 66
The Associated Press
ST. LOUIS — Mark McGwire failed to add to his major-league-record 65 home runs but gave a sell-out crowd some drama with two warning-track fly balls in the St. Louis Cardinals' 4-0 victory against the National League Central Champion, the Houston Astros, last night.
McGwire has homered five times off of Houston pitching, and he came close to adding two more
against left-hander Mike Hampton.
McGwire drove a ball to the warning track in center in the first, then lined out to the track in left-center in the third.
In the sixth, relief pitcher Scott Elarton, who surrendered homer No. 40 July 12, needed only four pitches to get McGwire on a called third strike.
in the eighth, McGwire sent a foul liner into the seats off Doug Henry before striking out for the 152nd
Today, McGwire gets his second shot at Randy Johnson in 11 days. McGwire was 0-for-2 with a walk Sept. 12 in Houston and is 6-for-27 against his former Southern California teammate for his career. That includes two homers, with a 538-foot blast in 1997.
time.
The Cardinals won their sixth in a row as Matt Morris pitched a five-hitter and struck out 10 in his first major league shutout.
Ron Gant hit a two-run single in the first and a solo homer off Hampton (11-7) in the fourth. Luis Ordzaz squeezed home another run with the bases loaded in the sixth.
McGwire: Entertained the crowd with two close hits.
Sosa just misses going deep in Cubs' win
The Associated Press
MILWAUKEE — The Chicago Cubs ended their skid last night, even though Sammy Sosa couldn't stop his slump.
The Cubs moved into a tie for the National League wild-card spot, snapping a three-game losing streak with a 5-2 win against the Milwaukee Brewers.
Chicago is tied with New York, which lost to Montreal 5-3. The Cubs and Mets each have four games left.
Sosa failed to close in on Mark McGwire, holding at 63 home runs and leaving him in an for-21 drought.
Before striking out for the second time, Sosa hit a towering shot off
Brewers reliever Al Reyes in the seventh inning that just hooked foul down the left-field line.
Sosa went 0-for-4 with a walk. He has not gotten a hit and has struck out eight times since hitting homer No. 63 with a grand slam last Wednesday in San Diego.
Before his last three at-bats, Sosa had to wait as a new pitcher warmed up.
Sosa entered the game at sold-out County Stadium two homers behind McGwire, who also failed to go deep last night. The St. Louis slugger hit his 65th Sunday against the Brewers.
Terry Mulholland (6-5) pitched eight solid innings. He gave up one run on six hits, three by Mark Loretta.
the ninth off Cubs reliever Rod Beck.
Jeromy Burnitz hit his 38th homer in
At a time when the Cubs needed Sosa the most, Chicago's slugger hoped to regroup against his favorite pitching staff. Ten of Sosa's homers have come off the Brewers, his most against any team. Earlier this month, he connected for Nos. 59-62 against Milwaukee during a three-game series at Wrigley Field.
The Cubs play one more game at Milwaukee, with Sosa facing rookie Rafael Roque, before finishing with three games in Houston.
Sosa put a scare into the crowd in the second inving.
After he walked and took third on Gary Gaetti's double, Sosa scored on Mickey Morandini's sacrifice fly to
shallow center but slid right into catcher Bobby Hughes, taking a shin guard to his groin area. Sosa stayed down for a minute before getting up and returning to the dugout.
Scott Servais followed with an RBI single off Bill Pulsipher for a 20
Sosa: Hurt himself sliding into home plate last night.
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