Baseball: McGwire moves one up on Sosa

Wednesday 16 September 1998 23:02 BST

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MARK McGWIRE, the St Louis Cardinals slugger, hit his 63rd home run of the season on Tuesday night, extending the all-time record and pulling one ahead of Chicago Cubs' Sammy Sosa.

McGwire hit a solo home run to left-centre field off Jason Christianson, the Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher, with one out in the ninth innings. Pittsburgh won 8-6 in the opening game of a double-header.

McGwire, who broke Roger Maris's 37-year-old record of 61 a week ago, hit the pitch 385 feet.

"People cheer `come on Mark, we want you to hit one.' Boom, he hits it," said Tony La Russa, the Cardinals manager. "How he does it, I have no idea. He is just remarkable."

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