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Article: Big day for Palmeiro, Orioles
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- Daily Breeze
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- June 29, 2005
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Brian Roberts homered on Mike Stanton's first pitch in the bottom
of the 10th inning and Rafael Palmeiro hit a milestone shot for
Baltimore, which snapped a six-game skid by beating the New York
Yankees, 5-4, Tuesday night.
Larry Bigbie also homered for the Orioles, who rallied from a
three-run deficit.
Palmeiro hit his 563rd homer to tie Reggie Jackson for ninth
place. The two-run drive gave Palmeiro 1,813 RBIs, pushing him past
Frank Robinson into 15th place.
Palmeiro needs 10 hits to join Hank Aaron, Willie Mays and Eddie
Murray as the only players in major league history with 3,000 hits
and 500 home runs.
Palmeiro's homer brought the Orioles to 4-3 in the sixth, and
Baltimore tied it in ...