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Article: McGwire goes long, but Junior wins it: ; Cincinnati Reds; Reds 3,; Cardinals 2; NATIONAL LEAGUE GAMES
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- Charleston Daily Mail
- Article date:
- May 6, 2000
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CINCINNATI - Big Mac and Junior had a fitting reunion.
Mark McGwire astonished 42,126 fans Friday night by hitting the
longest measured homer in Cincinnati, a 473-foot drive into the Red
Seats in left-center field. Two innings later, Ken Griffey Jr. hit
a more modest homer that broke open a tied game and sent the Reds to
a 3-2 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals.
In their first head-to-head game in nearly three years, Big Mac
and Junior showed them what the NL's Home Run Central is about.
"A home run is always a good feeling," McGwire said.
Griffey's 432-foot solo homer in the sixth inning off Andy Benes
(2-2) was his second game-winning homer in a week and his eighth
overall. Griffey also ...