31.   Lou Whitaker, Chad Curtis and John Flaherty homered as the Tigers completed a three-game sweep and won their fourth in a row.

32.   Nomo struck out four and walked four as the Dodgers won their fourth in a row and their seventh in their last eight games.

33.   Nomar Garciaparra also homered as the Red Sox won their fourth in a row.

34.   Opening with a French defense, Hungarian chess prodigy Peter Leko on Friday won the fourth of six scheduled matches against Russian world champion Alexander Khalifman.

35.   Slovenia won the fourth.

36.   Tejada drove in four runs as the Athletics won their fourth in a row, matching a season best.

37.   The Frontier could win the fourth, leaving the fifth up for grabs.

38.   The Dodgers won their fourth in a row and sent the Cubs to their seventh consecutive loss.

39.   The Germans arrived in France as reigning European champions, with the aim of winning their fourth World Cup title.

40.   The NL West-leading Padres won their fourth in a row.