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Griffey Goes Deep Twice But Reds Falter
Griffey homered in his first at-bat against Miguel Batista and then hit #584 in the fifth inning off Batista to pass McGwire. The fans roared again as Griffey waved and tipped his cap after he caught the final out of the bottom eighth. His 20th and 21st homers of the season came prior to a third consecutive sellout crowd that gave him a standing ovation before three of his four at-bats. Griffey also made a running, tumbling catch in the right field -- a position he asked back before the game instead of his original task as designated hitter. In the first inning, Griffey hit a 2-0 pitch from Batista to left-center. The slugger took a step and hopped in anticipation of a home run that he had hoped to hit this weekend at Safeco Field. For a moment, no one truly knew whether Griffey had homered or flied out to end the inning. But the crowd cheered as Bloomquist began walking back to his position without the ball in his glove, and Runge signaled home run, actually, Griffey's 15th career home run and most likely the weirdest of his 584 homers. Article Directory: http://www.articledashboard.com About the Author Alfred Johnson provides all sports fans with the most recent to up to you give you news information in the sports world. Mr. Johnson there you are been they go exceptional article writer for www.bookemdirect.com Feel free to reprint this article in its entirety on your site, make sure to leave all links in tackle and gave not modify any of the content. |
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