Wednesday 22 September 2010

September 22, 2010

490 years ago
1520


Died on this date
Selim I, 49
. Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, 1512-1520. Selim I, nicknamed Selim the Formidable, acceded to the throne upon the death of his father Bayezid II. Selim I was the first Ottoman caliph; his conquest of the Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt (1516-1517) contributed to a 70% increase in the size of the Ottoman Empire. He was one of the empire's most successful sultans, although he was known for executing several of his viziers. Sultan Selim I died of cancer, 18 days before his 50th birthday, and was succeeded by his son Suleiman I "the Magnficent."

125 years ago
1885


Born on this date
Ben Chifley
. Prime Minister of Australia, 1945-1949. Mr. Chifley, a member of the Labour Party, represented Macquarie in the Australian Parliament (1928-1931, 1940-1951), and held several cabinet posts, including Treasurer (1941-1949), before becoming Prime Minister and Labour Party leader after the death of John Curtin in 1945. He presided over Australia's transition from a wartime to a peacetime economy, and expanded the welfare state. The Labour Party was defeated in the 1949 federal election by the Liberal Party of Robert Menzies, and Mr. Chifley remained as Leader of the Opposition until his death from a heart attack on June 13, 1951 at the age of 65, several weeks after the 1951 federal election. He was succeeded as Labour Party leader by H.V. Evatt.

100 years ago
1910


Movies
The Duke of York's Picture House opened in Brighton, England; it is now the oldest continually operating cinema in Britain.

90 years ago
1920

Scandal

A Chicago grand jury convened to investigate charges that eight Chicago White Sox players conspired to fix the 1919 World Series.

80 years ago
1930


Economics and finance
The Canadian Parliament passed the Unemployment Relief Act at the end of a special parliamentary session. The Conservative government of Prime Minister R.B. Bennett agreed to increase public works with an emergency $20-million grant.

70 years ago
1940


Diplomacy
German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop and Italian Duce Benito Mussolini conferred in Rome on postwar plans for the disposition of Africa and the Near East.

Defense
Finland agreed to let Germany transport its troops to northern Norway across Finnish territory in exchange for arms.

Japanese and French officials signed an accord in Hanoi granting Japan permission to station 6,000 troops in Indochina and transit rights for larger forces.

World events
Eight Nazi Party leaders were arrested in Uruguay and charged with conspiracy.

Crime
U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation agents found Marc de Tristan, Jr., the 3-year-old son of Count and Countess Marc de Tristan, who had been kidnapped the previous day in Hillsborough, California, with a $100,000 ransom demanded. The FBI also captured the kidnapper, Wilhelm Muhlenbrotch.

Technology
Carnegie Institute of Technology revealed a new method of converting coal into liquid organic chemicals to be used for dyes, explosives, and medicines.

Sport
The U.S. Amateur Athletic Union selected swimmer Gloria Callen as this year's outstanding female athlete.

Football
NFL
Chicago Bears (1-0) 41 @ Green Bay (1-1) 10
Pittsburgh (1-0-2) 10 @ Detroit (0-1-1) 7
New York (0-1-1) 7 @ Washington (2-0) 21
Philadelphia (0-2) 13 @ Cleveland (1-0) 21

AFL
Milwaukee (2-0) 23 @ Buffalo (0-1) 0

Baseball
The Cleveland Indians hit 5 home runs, including one by winning pitcher Bob Feller, as they beat the Detroit Tigers 10-5 before 56,771 fans at Briggs Stadium in Detroit, to move to within 1 game of the first-place Tigers in the American League pennant race. Mr. Feller’s home run was his second of the season; other Cleveland home runs were hit by Hal Trosky, Roy Weatherly, Ben Chapman, and Ken Keltner. Hank Greenberg hit his 40th home run of the season for the Tigers.

60 years ago
1950


On television tonight
Life with Linkletter, on ABC

This was the first broadcast of the variety show hosted by Art Linkletter.

Aviation
Two U.S. Air Force pilots in F-84s made the first nonstop trans-Atlantic jet flights, but one had to bail out over Labrador when his plane ran out of fuel.

Diplomacy
The Norwegian Parliament awarded the 1950 Nobel Peace Prize to Ralph Bunche of the United States, whose work as a mediator for the United Nations had helped to end the fighting in Palestine.

Politics and government
U.S. President Harry Truman vetoed the Internal Security Act of 1950, calling the measure "dangerous" and a "terrible mistake" which would "make a mockery of the Bill of Rights."

Business
The Allied High Commission in Bonn ordered the dissolution of six large Ruhr steel trusts despite West German protests.

Labour
Congress of Industrial Organizations Vice President Allan Heywood told a United Rubber Workers convention in Cincinnati that the CIO had lost 800,000 members through expulsion of Communist-controlled unions, but had gained more than a million members as a result.

Disasters
Reports from northern India said that 45 people, mostly children, had been killed by packs of wolves, hyenas, and jackals raiding villages and the cities of Lucknow and Allahabad in the state of Uttar Pradesh.

Football
CRU
ORFU-SIFL
Exhibition
Sarnia (ORFU) 8 @ McGill University (SIFL) 25

13,000 attended the game at Molson Stadium in Montreal.

Baseball
Joe Gordon led off the bottom of the 9th inning with a home run off Hal Newhouser to give the Cleveland Indians a 4-3 win over the Detroit Tigers before 29,909 fans at Municipal Stadium in Cleveland, dropping the Tigers into second place in the American League, ½ game behind the idle New York Yankees. Don Kolloway hit a 2-run home run off Bob Feller to tie the game 3-3 in the top of the 9th. Mr. Feller (15-11) pitched an 8-hit complete game to outduel Mr. Newhouser (14-12), who allowed 7 hits.

50 years ago
1960


Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (Lever Hit Parade): Please Don't Tease--Cliff Richard and the Shadows

#1 single in the U.K. (Record Retailer): Apache--The Shadows (5th week at #1)

At the movies
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs, directed by Delbert Mann, and starring Robert Preston, Dorothy McGuire, Eve Arden, Angela Lansbury, and Shirley Knight, received its premiere screening at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.

Africana
The Sudanese Republic was renamed Mali after the withdrawal of Senegal from the Mali Federation.

40 years ago
1970


Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Kvällstoppen): Mitt sommarlov--Anita Hegerland (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Switzerland (Swiss Hitparade): A Song of Joy--Miguel Ríos

War
A new cease-fire in the Jordanian civil war proclaimed in Amman by King Hussein was ignored by both sides--government forces and Palestinian guerrillas--as fighting continued. King Hussein’s air force began to turn the tide in favour of the government forces.

Defense
Citing Greece’s role in Mediterranean defense, the United States announced resumption of full-scale arms shipments to that country.

Politics and government
A bill giving the District of Columbia a non-voting delegate in the U.S. House of Representatives was signed by President Richard Nixon.

Protest
U.S. President Richard Nixon asked Congress for authority to have the Federal Bureau of Investigation investigate all campus bombings and fires.

Scandal
Former Newark, New Jersey mayor Hugh Addonizio was sentenced to 10 years in jail and fined $25,000 in U.S. federal court in Trenton, N.J. He had been convicted two months earlier on 64 counts of conspiracy and extortion involving kickbacks on city contracts.

Environment
The government of Canada established Parc de la Mauricie in Shawinigan, Québec.

Baseball
The New York Yankees released third baseman Bobby Cox. He batted .219 with 9 home runs and 30 runs batted in in 90 games with the Syracuse Chiefs of the AAA International League in 1970.

Tony Oliva’s 2-run home run in the top of the 1st inning got the Minnesota Twins off to a good start as they beat the Oakland Athletics 5-3 before 5,915 fans at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum to clinch the American League West Division title for the second straight season.

Dick Drago (9-14) and Al Fitzmorris (8-5) were the respective winning pitchers for the Kansas City Royals as they swept a doubleheader from the Chicago White Sox 2-1 and 6-2 before 2,369 fans at White Sox Park. Hawk Taylor struck out as a pinch hitter for the Royals in the 6th inning of the second game in the 394th and last game of his 11-year major league career.

Bill Stoneman (6-15) pitched a 6-hitter to outduel Dock Ellis (12-10) and led off the 6th inning with a single that led to the game's only run as the Montreal Expos edged the Pittsburgh Pirates 1-0 in the first game of a doubleheader before 19,524 fans at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh. Mr. Stoneman was put out at second base after his hit when Boots Day grounded into a force play, but Mr. Day stole second base and scored on a 2-out triple by Rusty Staub. Mr. Ellis allowed just 5 hits in 7 innings. Bob Veale (10-15) allowed 4 hits in 6.2 innings and Joe Gibbon pitched 2.1 hitless innings to get his 4th save of the season as the Pirates won the second game 3-1. Mike Wegener (3-6) took the loss. The results left the first-place Pirates 2 games ahead of the idle Chicago Cubs and 3 ahead of the New York Mets in the National League East Division pennant race, with 10 games remaining in the season for the Pirates and Cubs and 9 games left for the Mets.

Tommie Agee singled home Ken Boswell and Al Weis with 1 out in the 9th inning to enable the New York Mets to defeat the Philadelphia Phillies 7-6 before 5,064 fans at Connie Mack Stadium in Philadelphia. The Phillies had runners on first and second bases with 1 out in the bottom of the 9th, but Dean Chance induced Larry Hisle to ground into a double play to end the game.

Mike Lum's infield single with the bases loaded and none out in the bottom of the 9th inning gave the Atlanta Braves a 3-2 win over the San Diego Padres before 2,293 fans at Atlanta Stadium. The Padres had tied the game in the top of the 9th on a sacrifice fly by Chris Cannizzaro that scored Ivan Murrell, who suffered season-ending torn knee ligaments in a collision with Atlanta catcher Bob Didier on the play. Jim Nash (13-8) pitched a 5-hit complete game victory, while Earl Wilson (1-6), who entered the game in the 8th inning, allowed 3 hits and 2 runs--both earned--in 1+ inning, walking 1 batter and striking out 1 in the 405th and last game of his 11-year major league career.

The Cincinnati Reds rallied for 6 runs in the bottom of the 8th inning to overcome a 5-0 deficit and defeat the Houston Astros 6-5 before 11,975 fans at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati.

Alan Foster (10-13) pitched a 3-hitter and drew a bases-loaded base on balls to score Wes Parker with the game's only run in the 2nd inning as the Los Angeles Dodgers shut out the San Francisco Giants 1-0 before 15,502 fans at Dodger Stadium. Losing pitcher Ron Bryant (5-7) allowed 6 hits and 1 earned run in 7 innings.

30 years ago
1980


Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Moscow--Genghis Khan (6th week at #1)

#1 single in Japan (Oricon Singles Chart): Junko/Namida no Serenade--Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi (6th week at #1 )

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Sun of Jamaica--Goombay Dance Band (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Santa Maria--Oliver Onions

Died on this date
Tommy Neill, 60
. U.S. baseball player. Mr. Neill was an outfielder with the Boston Braves (1946-1947), batting .255 with no home runs and 7 runs batted in in 20 games. He played at least 1,845 games in 15 seasons in the minor leagues (1938-1954).

War
Open warfare between Iran and Iraq began when Iraqi fighter-bombers attacked 10 Iranian oilfields, including the Tehran airport, and Iranian planes retaliated with strikes on two Iraqi bases.

Disasters
The 6,000-pound warhead that had been ejected from a missile silo in a fuel explosion near Damascus, Arkansas two days earlier was moved to Little Rock Air Force base and then flown to the Pantex Nuclear Weapons Assembly Plant near Amarillo, Texas. The U.S. Defense Department said that the warhead had suffered a few dents but had not developed any radioactive leaks.

Baseball
Mike Easler's 2-run home run with 2 out in the bottom of the 7th inning provided the deciding runs for the Pittsburgh Pirates as they beat the Montreal Expos 4-2 before 18,416 fans at Three Rivers Stadium in Pitsburgh. Jim Bibby (18-5) allowed 4 hits in 6 scoreless innings to get the win over Scott Sanderson (15-10).

Larry Bowa singled to lead off the 10th inning, advanced to second base on a sacrifice bunt, and scored on a double by pinch hitter Keith Moreland to break a 2-2 tie as the Philadelphia Phillies edged the St. Louis Cardinals 3-2 before 5,654 fans at Busch Memorial Stadium in St. Louis to move into first place in the National League East Division, ½ game ahead of the Montreal Expos. Steve Carlton (23-8) allowed 8 hits and 2 earned runs in 9 innings and was credited with the win.

Hosken Powell singled to lead off the bottom of the 1st inning, advanced to second base on a ground out, and scored from there on a single by Roy Smalley for the game's only run as the Minnesota Twins edged the Texas Rangers 1-0 before 2,377 fans at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington. The Rangers loaded the bases with 2 out in the 9th, but Bump Wills struck out to end the game. Jerry Koosman (14-13) allowed 9 hits in 8+ innings to get the win, with Doug Corbett relieving him and getting his 21st save of the season. John Butcher (1-3) took the loss despite allowing just 3 hits in 7.1 innings, and just 1 hit after the 1st inning.

25 years ago
1985


Music
Canadian performers Neil Young and Joni Mitchell joined Willie Nelson, Roy Orbison, John Fogerty and John Mellencamp in the first Farm Aid concert in Champaign, Illinois, helping to raise $10 million for midwestern U.S. farmers.

Football
CFL
Ottawa (4-7) 11 @ Hamilton (4-7) 32
Saskatchewan (4-7) 3 @ Winnipeg (9-2) 49

Ken Hobart threw 2 touchdown passes to Rocky DiPietro and 1 to Steve Stapler, and rushed 8 times for 82 yards to lead the Tiger-Cats before an 16,101 enthusiastic fans at Ivor Wynne Stadium. Rufus Crawford scored the other Hamilton touchdown on a 75-yard punt return in the 4th quarter. Tim McCray led the Rough Riders with 87 yards on 12 carries and rushed 1 yard in the 2nd quarter for the only Ottawa touchdown.

Jeff Boyd caught 10 passes for 196 yards and a touchdown, and rushed for another touchdown in the Blue Bombers’ rout of the Roughriders before 27,684 fans at Winnipeg Stadium. Quarterback Tom Clements threw 2 touchdown passes--the one to Boyd and another to Joe Poplawski. Pat Cantner and Sean Kehoe each rushed 1 yard for Winnipeg touchdowns. The win clinched a playoff spot for the Blue Bombers in the West Division.

Baseball
Ron Guidry became the first American League pitcher to win 20 games in 1985 as the New York Yankees edged the Baltimore Orioles 5-4 before 33,405 fans at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore. Early that morning, Yankee manager Billy Martin suffered a broken right arm, a bruised right side, and some cuts in a drunken wrestling match with pitcher Ed Whitson at the Cross Keys Inn in Baltimore. Mr. Whitson, who had been having words with a hotel guest when Mr. Martin intervened, ended up with a cracked rib and a split lip. In the middle of the fight, Mr. Martin said, "What’s the matter with him? Can’t he hold his liquor?"

Luis Salazar hit a 2-run home run off Jay Howell with 2 out in the bottom of the 10th inning to give the Chicago White Sox a 7-5 win over the Oakland Athletics before 15,770 fans at Comiskey Park in Chicago.

Shortstop Julio Franco's error on a ground ball by Rod Carew allowed Rufino Linares to score the winning run with 1 out in the bottom of the 12th inning as the California Angels edged the Cleveland Indians 10-9 before 47,895 fans at Anaheim Stadium and took a 1-game lead over the Kansas City Royals in the American League West Division pennant race.

Willie McGee singled off Jack O'Connor with 2 out and nobody on base in the bottom of the 9th inning, and Tommie Herr followed with a home run, to give the St. Louis Cardinals a 6-5 win over the Montreal Expos before 32,958 fans at Busch Memorial Stadium in St. Louis.

20 years ago
1990


Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Australian Music Report): Blaze of Glory--Jon Bon Jovi (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Italy (FIMI): Sotto Questo Sole--Francesco Baccini; Ladri di Biciclette (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): It's on You--MC Sar & the Real McCoy (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Flanders (Ultratop 50): I've Been Thinking About You--Londonbeat

#1 single in France (SNEP): Maldòn--Zouk Machine

#1 single in the U.K. (CIN): The Joker--The Steve Miller Band (2nd week at #1)

Netherlands Top 10 (De Nederlandse Top 40)
1 I've Been Thinking About You--Londonbeat (3rd week at #1)
2 Tom's Diner--DNA featuring Suzanne Vega
3 It's on You--M.C. Sar & the Real McCoy
4 Verdammt - Ich Lieb' Dich--Matthias Reim
5 Mooi Was Die Tijd--Corry Konings
6 Summer of '69--Bryan Adams
7 U Can't Touch This--MC Hammer
8 Nah Neh Nah--Vaya con Dios
9 Maldòn--Zouk Machine
10 Praying for Time--George Michael

Singles entering the chart were The Cult of Snap by Hi Power (#24); People by Soul II Soul (#25); Groove is in the Heart!!! by Deee-Lite (#27); Kleine Jongen by André Hazes (#29); Tandem by Vanessa Paradis (#35); and Wash Your Face in My Sink!! by Dream Warriors (#37).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 Release Me--Wilson Phillips (2nd week at #1)
2 Blaze of Glory--Jon Bon Jovi
3 Do Me!--Bell Biv DeVoe
4 (Can’t Live Without Your) Love and Affection--Nelson
5 Close to You--Maxi Priest
6 Thieves in the Temple--Prince
7 Something Happened on the Way to Heaven--Phil Collins
8 Praying for Time--George Michael
9 Have You Seen Her--M.C. Hammer
10 Unskinny Bop--Poison

Singles entering the chart were Stranded by Heart (#83); High Enough by Damn Yankees (#89); Lyin' to Myself by David Cassidy (#90); I Don't Love You Anymore by the London Quireboys (#92); Heart Like a Wheel by the Human League (#93); and Soul Inspiration by Anita Baker (#95).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Thieves in the Temple--Prince
2 Blaze of Glory--Jon Bon Jovi
3 Release Me--Wilson Phillips
4 (Can’t Live Without Your) Love and Affection--Nelson
5 Something Happened on the Way to Heaven--Phil Collins
6 Have You Seen Her--M.C. Hammer
7 Can’t Stop Fallin’ Into Love--Cheap Trick
8 Do Me!--Bell Biv DeVoe
9 Close to You--Maxi Priest
10 Praying for Time--George Michael

Singles entering the chart were Stranded by Heart (#63); High Enough by Damn Yankees (#66); Lyin' to Myself by David Cassidy (#68); Days Like These by Asia (#69); Undeniable by Ms. Adventures (#73); Heart Like a Wheel by the Human League (#78); and Groove is in the Heart by Deee-Lite (#89).

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 Release Me--Wilson Phillips
2 Blaze of Glory--Jon Bon Jovi
3 Unskinny Bop--Poison
4 Vision of Love--Mariah Carey
5 Come Back to Me--Janet Jackson
6 Oh Girl--Paul Young
7 Something Happened on the Way to Heaven--Phil Collins
8 Tonight--New Kids on the Block
9 Can't Stop Fallin' Into Love--Cheap Trick
10 All the Lovers in the World--Gowan

Singles entering the chart were More than Words Can Say by Alias (#49); Say a Prayer by Breathe (#52); Short End of a Wishbone by Haywire (#77); A Night on the Town by Bruce Hornsby and the Range (#80); Dance by David Baerwald (#89); I Said a Prayer by the Red House (#90); She's Insane by Seventh Son (#92); Giving You the Benefit by Pebbles (#98); and All I'm Missing is You by Glenn Medeiros featuring Ray Parker, Jr. (#99).

Scandal
The U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation sued U.S. President George Bush's son Neil and other officials of the defunct Silverado Banking, Savings and Loan Association for "gross negligence" that the FDIC could cost taxpayers more than $1 billion.

Football
CFL
British Columbia (3-8-1) 34 @ Hamilton (4-8) 4

The Lions used all three of their quarterbacks--Joe Paopao, Doug Flutie, and Major Harris--in rolling to an easy win before an unhappy Ivor Wynne Stadium crowd of just 10,270. Mr. Paopao completed a 5-yard touchdown pass to Jay Christensen in the last minute of the 1st quarter; Kennard Martin rushed 2 yards for a touchdown in the last minute of the 2nd quarter; and Mr. Harris rushed 16 yards for a touchdown in the last minute of the game. Lui Passaglia added 3 converts, 4 field goals, and a single. Paul Osbaldiston had a field goal and a single to account for all the Hamilton scoring. The Tiger-Cats’ offense under quarterbacks Mike Kerrigan, Todd Dillon, and Terry Andrysiak managed just 8 first downs and 136 yards net offense. It was the first game as head coach of the Lions for Bob O’Billovich, replacing Jim Young, who had been a one-game replacement for the fired Lary Kuharich. Tiger-Cats’ owner David Braley, who had recently bought the team after the death of Harold Ballard earlier in the year, fired head coach Al Bruno several days after the game, naming Dave Beckman as his replacement.



Baseball
Daryl Boston hit a 2-run home run in the 2nd inning and singled twice as part of a 6-run 5th inning to help the New York Mets beat the Chicago Cubs 11-5 before 31,066 fans at Wrigley Field in Chicago. Chicago right fielder Andre Dawson hit a solo home run in the 6th inning and recorded his 300th career major league stolen base in the 1st, making him the only player other than Willie Mays to have 300 home runs, 300 steals, and 2,000 hits.

10 years ago
2000


Oil
U.S. President Bill Clinton approved the release of 30 million barrels of oil from the nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Republican party presidential candidate George W. Bush claimed that Mr. Clinton’s move was politically motivated, and argued that Vice President and Democratic Party presidential candidate Al Gore had not addressed the long-term problem of reconciling growing demand with the current supply.

Olympics
At the Summer Olympics in Sydney, Americans Anthony Ervin and Gary Hall, Jr. shared the gold medal in the men's 50-metre swim when they finished in a dead heat.


Football
CFL
Calgary (8-3-1) 40 @ Saskatchewan (4-7-1) 17
Toronto (3-8-1) 34 @ Edmonton (7-5) 21

Dave Dickenson completed 24 of 45 passes for 365 yards and 3 touchdowns to lead the Stampeders before 27,141 fans at Taylor Field in Regina. Marc Boerigter caught 2 of Mr. Dickenson’s touchdown strikes, with the other going to Allen Pitts, who caught 12 passes for 173 yards. Kelvin Anderson rushed 5 yards for the other Stampeder touchdown, while Mark McLoughlin added 4 converts, 3 field goals, and 2 singles, and Tony Martino punted for a single. Calgary’s Rock Preston led all rushers with 86 yards on just 3 carries. Former Stampeder Henry Burris led the Saskatchewan attack with touchdown passes to Darren Davis and Demetris Bendross and a 2-point convert pass to Eric Guliford. Paul McCallum added a convert and 2 singles for the Roughriders.



Kerwin Bell completed 22 of 35 passes for 297 yards and 3 touchdowns as the Argonauts built a 27-7 halftime lead in front of a discontented Commonwealth Stadium crowd of 28,649. Mookie Mitchell caught 7 passes for 127 yards and 2 touchdowns, while Ryan Terry caught Mr. Bell’s other scoring pass. Rookie Toronto running back Michael Jenkins rushed 17 times for 132 yards and caught 5 passes for 63. Dan Crowley, who replaced an ineffective Nealon Greene at quarterback for the Eskimos in the 3rd quarter, completed 2 touchdown passes to Kez McCorvey. Ed Hervey led the Edmonton receivers with 131 yards on 7 receptions, while Mr. McCorvey caught 5 for 96. Marc Tobert of the Eskimos caught 5 passes for 32 yards in the final game of his 7-year CFL career.

Baseball
The Cincinnati Reds hit 6 home runs and the Houston Astros 3 as the Reds won 12-5 before 32,223 fans at Cinergy Field in Cincinnati. The Astros’ homers gave them a total of 240 for the season, a National League record. Juan Castro, Michael Tucker, and Sean Casey all homered for the Reds in the 2nd inning off Jose Lima (7-16), giving Mr. Lima a National League record of 47 home runs allowed in a season. Mr. Casey hit another homer in the 7th, while Richard Hidalgo hit his 43rd and 44th homers of the season for Houston.

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