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Minister of Truth
06-25-2008, 04:23 PM
http://wjz.com/sports/hernandez.grand.slam.2.755492.html

NEW YORK (AP) ― Felix Hernandez hit the first grand slam by an American League pitcher in 37 years when the Seattle Mariners ace connected Monday night off Johan Santana of the New York Mets.

With two outs in the second inning, Hernandez took a healthy hack at Santana's first pitch and drove an opposite-field shot over the right-center fence to give Seattle a 4-0 lead.

Three innings later, Hernandez sprained his left ankle while trying to cover home plate on a wild pitch. He left the game one out short of qualifying for a win and had to be helped to the dugout by team trainers.

Earlier, Hernandez hit the first home run by a pitcher in Mariners history, and the first slam by an AL hurler since Cleveland's Steve Dunning connected off Oakland's Diego Segui on May 11, 1971, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.

That was two years before the American League began playing with a designated hitter - and six years before the Mariners' expansion season of 1977.