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  Friday, Jun. 23 8:10pm ET
McGwire alone in seventh on HR list
 
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ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Craig Paquette got another big hit to end another strange game.

Mark McGwire
Mark McGwire connects for his 27th home run of season, moving past Mike Schmidt for seventh place on the all-time list with 549.

Mark McGwire passed Mike Schmidt with his 549th homer and Paquette followed the second rain delay of extra innings with a three-run homer as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 9-6 Friday night.

The first delay lasted 22 minutes and came before J.D. Drew's game-tying, two-out single in the 11th.

The second lasted 19 minutes with runners on first and second and one out in the 12th. Paquette, who also had the game-winning single in the ninth Thursday, then connected off Jeff Shaw (2-4) for his seventh homer, giving the NL Central leader its ninth victory in 11 games.

The count was 2-2 before the delay.

"I had two strikes, I had to go up there hacking," Paquette said. "He threw a slider and left it over the plate. It's the best feeling there is."

Shaw endured both delays.

"Anybody will tell you that's not a fair situation for Shaw," Cardinals manager Tony La Russa said. "We got the best of it and took advantage."

Dodgers manager Davey Johnson said he left Shaw out there because Terry Adams had a tight arm.

"That kind of takes a little out of a pitcher," Johnson said. "It was a tough one to lose. We could see it coming, but there wasn't anything we could do about it."

Three minutes after the game ended, another downpour scattered what fans remained.

Career HR leaders
  Player Homers
1. Hank Aaron 755
2. Babe Ruth 714
3. Willie Mays 660
4. Frank Robinson 586
5. Harmon Killebrew 573
6. Reggie Jackson 563
7. x-Mark McGwire 549
8. Mike Schmidt 548
9. Mickey Mantle 536
10. Jimmie Foxx 534
11. Willie McCovey 521
tie. Ted Williams 521
13. Ernie Banks 512
tie. Eddie Mathews 512
15. Mel Ott 511
16. Eddie Murray 504
17. Lou Gehrig 493
18. Stan Musial 475
tie. Willie Stargell 475
21. x-Barry Bonds 471
20. Dave Winfield 465
22. Carl Yastrzemski 452
23. Dave Kingman 442
24. x-Jose Canseco 438
tie. Andre Dawson 438
26. Billy Williams 426
28. x-Ken Griffey Jr. 420
29. x-Cal Ripken Jr. 415
27. Darrell Evans 414
30. Duke Snider 407
  x-player is still active

McGwire tied Barry Bonds for the major league lead with his 27th homer, connecting on a 1-1 pitch from Matt Herges leading off the eighth, a drive to straightaway center estimated at 411 feet.

"The whole world wants to see him go deep, flashbulbs and all that stuff," Herges said. "But you can't be scared. I'm not scared."

McGwire hit No. 548 Thursday against the Giants' Shawn Estes, and has hit four homers in his last six games. Up next is Reggie Jackson at 563.

Gene Stechschulte (1-0), called up earlier in the day to replace the injured Jesse Orosco, allowed two walks in two scoreless innings.

"He did a great job," manager Tony La Russa said. "I'm going to pass out a very well done."

Paul LoDuca, who entered as a pinch runner in the ninth, homered off Dave Veres leading off the 11th to put the Dodgers ahead 6-5.

Shawn Green's three-run homer off Matt Morris in the top of the eighth had given the Dodgers a 5-4 lead. Green has reached base in 54 consecutive games.

Gary Sheffield homered for his fourth straight game, giving him eight in 10 games and 25 this season. Adrian Beltre also homered for the Dodgers.

Andy Benes struck out 10 for the third straight game, and Drew also had a two-run homer and threw out a runner at the plate for the Cardinals, who lost for only the third time in 11 games.

Benes allowed five hits in seven innings, striking out his last batters and retiring the final nine. Of the staff-high 19 homers Benes has allowed, 13 have come with the bases empty.

Drew's 12th homer in the fifth of Chan Ho Park snapped a 2-2 tie. He also had a perfect one-hop relay to the plate on Park's two-out hit in the fourth to easily throw out Beltre. In the top of the 12th, he robbed Gilbert of extra bases with a diving catch in right center.

Park, who allowed four runs and four hits in six innings, had won his previous five starts. He walked his first three batters he faced, complaining about footing on the rubber, and McGwire followed with a two-run single.

Game notes
Dodgers C Todd Hundley (rib cage) began a rehab assignment Friday night at Triple-A Albuquerque. Barring a setback, he is expected to rejoin the Dodgers at home on Monday. ... The Cardinals lead the major leagues with 123 homers. ... Sheffield had 25 hit in his last 49 at-bats with eight homers, five doubles, 18 RBIs and 16 runs. ... Mike Piazza had the previous best Dodgers' home-run total before the All-Star break, hitting 24 in 1996.

 


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