Sporting Digest: Baseball

Chicago Cubs' slugger Sammy Sosa Sunday hit his fourth home run in three games and second of the day to become the second player in a week to eclipse Roger Maris' 37-year-old single-season record of 61 homers in a season to close within one of Mark McGwire.

Sosa hit a pitch from Milwaukee reliever Eric Plunk over the left-centre field wall and onto Waveland Avenue, triggering a mad scramble for the historic souvenir. The homer was Sosa's 10th against Milwaukee this season, his most against any opponent.