`QUITE AMAZING' MCGWIRE HAS 59 AFTER HITTING 2 MORE : ST. LOUIS 14, FLORIDA 4.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Two gone, two to go for Mark McGwire Mighty Mac hit two home runs for the second consecutive night Wednesday against the Florida Marlins The Florida Marlins are a professional baseball team based in Miami Gardens, Florida. The Marlins are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's National League. From to the present, the Marlins have played in Dolphin Stadium. in Miami, giving him 59. He needs just two more to tie Roger Maris' 37-year-old major-league record. ``Quite amazing a·maze v. a·mazed, a·maz·ing, a·maz·es v.tr. 1. To affect with great wonder; astonish. See Synonyms at surprise. 2. Obsolete To bewilder; perplex. v.intr. , isn't it?'' McGwire said. He homered in the seventh inning against Brian Edmondson and again in the eighth on the first pitch from Rob Stanifer. Each was a two-run homer, helping the St. Louis Cardinals For the National Football League team that played in St. Louis from 1960 to 1987, see . The St. Louis Cardinals (also referred to as "the Cards" or "the Redbirds") are a professional baseball team based in St. Louis, Missouri. win 14-4. The first homer, which landed halfway up in the upper deck in left field, was estimated at 497 feet, making it the third-longest in the history of Pro Player Stadium. The second homer 30 minutes later was to left center and traveled an estimated 458 feet. It was McGwire's eighth multihomer game this season and the 51st of his career. With 23 games remaining, he's on a 69-homer pace. Maris hit 61 in 1961. With another two-homer performance, McGwire would tie the record Friday when the Cardinals begin a three-game series at home against Cincinnati, but he declined to speculate about his chances. ``Let's not Let's Not is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov. It was first published in Boston University Graduate Journal in December 1954. It was written for no payment as a favour to the journal, and later appeared in the collection Buy Jupiter. look so far ahead and just take what today has given us,'' he said. McGwire broke Hack Wilson's 68-year-old NL record of 56 home runs with two Tuesday. Sammy Sosa Samuel Sosa Peralta (born November 12 1968 in San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic) is a designated hitter for the Texas Rangers of the American League. His Major League career began when he broke in with the Texas Rangers in 1989. hit No. 56 for the Chicago Cubs on Wednesday afternoon in a 4-2 victory over the Cincinnati Reds and anticipated a response from McGwire a few hours later. ``Mark has the possibility to come back tonight and hit two more,'' said Sosa, who hit an 0-1 pitch from Cincinnati's Jason Bere • • [ . ``He's playing in Miami, don't forget.'' Sure enough, the Cardinals first baseman feasted again on the worst pitching staff in the National League. McGwire denies that he's competing with anyone, but his past seven homers have come on the same day Sosa hit a homer. ``It's just a coincidence,'' McGwire said. ``Some things are unexplainable, right?'' The Cardinals slugger surpassed his career best of 58 homers last year - 34 for Oakland and 24 for St. Louis. The only players to hit more home runs in a season were Maris and Babe Ruth, who hit 60 in 1927. Ruth hit 59 in 1921. McGwire has surpassed Ruth's major-league record of 114 homers in consecutive seasons, set in 1927-28. LOOKING AHEAD How Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa have fared against upcoming opponents this season: Mark McGwire Dates Opponent HRs Sept. 4-6 vs. Cincinnati 0 Sept. 7-8 vs. Chicago 5 Sept. 9-10 at Cincinnati 0 Sept. 11-13 at Houston 5 Sammy Sosa Dates Opponent HRs Sept. 4-6 at Pittsburgh 0 Sept. 7-8 at St. Louis 3 Sept. 9-10 vs. Pittsburgh 0 Sept. 11-13 vs. Milwaukee 6 CAPTION(S): Photo, Box PHOTO (Color) Mark McGwire belts his 58th home run, estimated at 497 feet, in the seventh inning. John Gaps III/Associated Press BOX: LOOKING AHEAD (see text) |
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