81.   Salmon followed Palmeiro with a homer of his own to tie him for the team lead, but it was too late.

82.   Salmon hit his team-leading seventh homer of the year in the first inning, but limped as he jogged around the bases.

83.   Sierra started the bottom of the sixth with his second homer of the series.

84.   Sorrento delayed the finish by hitting his seventh homer of the season.

85.   So far, the only one in the elevator is Ken Griffey Jr., whose fifth homer of the season began to stretch statistical imaginations to midyear form.

86.   Sosa was missing a triple, but he did deliver excitement in the form of his eighth homer of the season.

87.   Spiezio got half the deficit back in bottom of the fourth with his seventh homer of the season.

88.   Strawberry tied a major league record with his second pinch-hit homer of the season.

89.   Switch hitter Mark Whiten hit the first Red Sox homer of the spring, a lefthanded, second-inning three-run shot off Carl Willis.

90.   That proved critical because Canseco followed with his second homer of the night.