21.   All the while, though, the Mets snapped an eight-game losing streak and entered their weekend series against Boston riding a four-game winning streak.

22.   But as the Twins arrive for a three-game weekend series at The Ballpark in Arlington beginning today, the joy that Puckett brings is missing.

23.   But he stopped whirling long enough to go to Detroit to join the Devil Rays for their weekend series against the Tigers.

24.   But if the weekend series in Arizona was any indication, the Angels pitchers are holding their own at the plate.

25.   But the Cubs just dropped all three games of a weekend series to St. Louis, a team that deservedly has a losing record.

26.   CARAY Skip Caray returns to Chicago for the first time since the death of his father Harry as the Braves play a weekend series with the Cubs.

27.   During a three-game weekend series against the Colorado Rockies, Hundley struck out in six consecutive at-bats.

28.   Division-leading Baltimore returns home from its weekend series in Anaheim, for seven games, including five with Seattle and the Angels....

29.   Edmonton, which hosts the Kings tonight, had entered the weekend series with Calgary leading the Northwest Division.

30.   Entering their weekend series in Oakland, Toronto had lost seven in a row and was beginning to fade in the AL wild card race.