SCOREBOARD
Thursday, May 3
New York at Arizona (9:40 p.m. EDT). Tom Glavine goes for his 294th career victory for the Mets.
STARS
Wednesday
-Barry Bonds, Giants, went 2-for-4 with a homer and four RBIs to lead San Francisco to a 5-3 win over Colorado.
-Gary Sheffield, Tigers, went 4-for-4 with a homer and an RBI single to help Detroit complete a sweep of Baltimore with a 3-2 win.
-Jason Marquis, Cubs, pitched eight innings allowing one run on four hits to lead Chicago to a 7-1 victory over Pittsburgh.
-Mark Hendrickson, Dodgers, pitched six scoreless innings and allowed only three hits in Los Angeles’ 2-1 win over Arizona.
SPECTACULAR SIX
d Roger Moret in 1973.
TWELVE TO GO
Barry Bonds hit career homer No. 743 on Wednesday night in the Giants 5-3 victory over Colorado. Bonds moved within 12 homers of Hank Aaron’s career record of 755, hitting a two-run shot to right field in the fourth inning. It was Bonds’ second career homer off Francis.
DOUBLE DUTY
Oliver Perez struck out a season-high 10 and singled twice to help the Mets beat Florida 6-3 on Wednesday. The left-hander allowed three runs – one earned – and three hits in 5 2-3 innings, went 2-for-2 at the plate with a sacrifice bunt and scored twice.
MILWAUKEE’S BEST
Milwaukee completed a sweep of St. Louis with a 4-0 victory Wednesday. With three consecutive wins over the World Series champions, the Brewers have won nine of 11 overall and have the best record in baseball at 18-9.
HALL OF SHAME
Hall of Famer Orlando Cepeda was arrested Tuesday after a California Highway Patrol officer pulled him over for speeding and discovered drugs in the car. The former San Francisco Giants star was clocked going 83 mph in a 65 mph zone and was arrested after the CHP officer found marijuana, a syringe and a “usable” amount of a white-powder substance that likely was methamphetamine or cocaine. Cepeda works for the Giants as a community liaison and speaks to at-risk children about the dangers of drugs and alcohol.
TRADE
Outfielder Ryan Langerhans was traded Wednesday night for the second time in a week, going from Oakland to Washington for outfielder Chris Snelling. Langerhans was 3-for-44 with the Braves and came to the Athletics after snapping an 0-for-29 slump on Sunday. Snelling is batting .204 in 24 games with Washington with 10 starts.
STREAKS
Torii Hunter pushed his career-high hitting streak to 17 games with a two-run homer off Jae Seo in the second inning of Minnesota’s 4-3, 10-inning loss to Tampa Bay on Wednesday night.
INJURED
Oakland designated hitter Mike Piazza is expected to be sidelined 4-to-6 weeks with a strained right shoulder injured Wednesday night when he dove into third base in an unsuccessful attempt to avoid being tagged out. Piazza, who signed as a free agent after spending the previous 14 seasons in the National League, is batting .282 after going 2-for-3 in the Athletics’ 6-4 loss to the Red Sox. He hit safely in his last six games but is just 14-for-59 in his last 15.
SPEAKING
“He made one mistake. He left it up. I’m sure he would like to have that one back, but I’d like to have my other three back.”-Phillies 1b Ryan Howard said after homering off of Braves LHP Chuck James in Philadelphia’s 4-3 loss to Atlanta. The NL MVP struck out three times to go along with that homer and is now batting .217 on the season.
SEASONS
May 3
1936 – Joe DiMaggio made his major league debut for the New York Yankees and had three hits in a 14-5 victory over the St. Louis Browns.
1951 – Rookie Gil McDougald of New York drove in six runs in one inning to tie a major league record as the Yankees beat the St. Louis Browns 17-3 at Sportsman’s Park. McDougald had a two-run triple and a grand slam in an 11-run ninth inning.
1959 – Detroit’s Charlie Maxwell hit four consecutive homers in a doubleheader sweep of the New York Yankees, 4-2 and 8-2, at Briggs Stadium.
1980 – Ferguson Jenkins of the Texas Rangers became the fourth pitcher in major league history to win 100 or more games in each league. Jenkins beat the Baltimore Orioles 3-2 at Arlington Stadium. Cy Young, Jim Bunning and Gaylord Perry also reached the milestone.
1994 – Philadelphia reliever Andy Carter made his major league debut and was ejected from the game after hitting two of three San Diego Padres batters he faced.
1999 – Boston’s Creighton Gubanich hit a grand slam for his first major league hit in a 12-11, 10-inning loss to Oakland. Gubanich became the fourth player to accomplish the feat and the first since Seattle’s Orlando Mercado did it Sept. 19, 1982.
Today’s birthday: Ryan Dempster 30.