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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- On the night that Cal Ripken got his 3,000th
hit, the Baltimore Orioles ended a four-game skid with a 6-4
victory over the Minnesota Twins.
Ripken's historic hit Saturday night came in the seventh off
Hector Carrasco, a line drive to center field just one pitch after
Albert Belle scored from third on a passed ball by rookie Matthew
LeCroy.
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Trombley a regular to 3,000
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Baltimore relief pitcher Mike Trombley has seen this before.
When Cal Ripken collected his 3,000th hit Saturday night, it was the fourth time that
Trombley witnessed the milestone.
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"Three of my teammates have done it now," Trombley said after
getting his first save. "And I threw the other one."
Trombley played for the Twins when teammate Paul Molitor hit No.
3,000 in 1996 and when Dave Winfield did it for Minnesota in 1993.
On June 30, 1995, Trombley gave up Eddie Murray's 3,000th hit.
"I've been joking with Eddie about it all week," Trombley said
of Baltimore's first-base coach. Murray was the first person to
greet Ripken after his historic single.
Like Ripken, Murray and Winfield reached 3,000 at the Metrodome.
That means, Trombley was on the field each time the milestone took
place in Minnesota, and four out of the 24 times it has happened in
baseball history.
"I'm a big baseball fan," Trombley said. "I'm a fan of trivia, so it's really neat."
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Belle had doubled off Travis Miller (0-2) and advanced to third
on Harold Baines' groundout that brought Ripken to the plate and
the crowd of 18,745 in the Metrodome to its feet.
The crowd gave Ripken, who went 3-for-5, a two-minute ovation.
B.J. Surhoff's solo homer off Mark Redman in the ninth made it
6-4.
Tim Worrell (2-1) picked up the victory with 1 2/3 innings of
scoreless relief. Former Twins closer Mike Trombley pitched the
ninth for his first save.
Mike Bordick's RBI single in the first and Charles Johnson's
fifth homer, in the second, put Baltimore up 2-0. After Ripken
singled in the fourth, Jeff Conine knocked in a run with another
single for a 3-0 lead.
Corey Koskie hit a two-out, two-run triple off Calvin Maduro in
the bottom of the inning and he scored on Ron Coomer's double,
tying it at 3.
Surhoff's RBI single in the fifth gave Baltimore a 4-3 lead, but
the Twins tied it again in the bottom half when Torii Hunter led
off with a triple and scored on Todd Walker's single.
Game notes
Tony Gwynn is the only other active member of the 3,000-hit
club. He's 18th all-time, just behind Cap Anson. ... Bordick has
hit in all 11 of the Orioles' games.
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