Griffey's A.L.-leading 40th and 41st homers, both two-run, opposite-field shots, helped Freddy Garcia get his 13th victory, most among rookies in the majors.

Later that game, he just missed another home run on an opposite-field shot that caromed off the top of the wall for a double.

September 5 - Barry Bonds hits his 762nd and final career home run, an opposite-field shot off Colorado Rockies pitcher Ubaldo Jiménez.

He had only one home run in the past eight days - an opposite-field shot at Coors Field - and seemed perturbed after he set the single-season walks record Saturday.

It was an opposite-field shot to left-center off Mark Mulder.

The opposite-field shot tied the game at 1-1 and tied Hank Aaron for the all-time home run record.

Ward took a 1-and-1 slider from Henneman and put it just over the wall in right for his 12th homer, an opposite-field shot.

The crowd gasped during Franco's second at-bat, when he ripped an opposite-field shot that was caught at the wall in right-center.

Williams hit his 19th home run, a two-run, opposite-field shot to left that put the Yankees up, 12-7.

Piazza's walk had followed Beltran's homer, an opposite-field shot off Shawn Estes that cleared the 396-foot marker on the wall in right-center field and tied the score, 1-1.