BY THE NUMBERS

BY THE NUMBERS

0.32

The ERA of Houston's Roger Clemens, who has a 23-inning scoreless streak. However, the Astros are 1-3 in his starts.

SPLISH, SPLASH

Milwaukee's Russell Branyan homered into San Francisco's McCovey Cove, just the ninth visiting player to manage the feat.

TRANSACTIONS

Chicago: Purchased the contract of OF Ben Grieve from Class AAA Iowa and sent down IF Mike Fontenot.

Grieve, the 1998 rookie of the year with Oakland, hit .250 with one home run and six RBI in 15 games for the Cubs last season after he was traded from Milwaukee.

YOU DON'T SAY?

The Pirates had been 0-10 when trailing after eight innings before beating the Cubs, 4-3, yesterday.

TODAY IN BASEBALL

1958: Lee Walls hit three homers and drove in eight runs as the Chicago Cubs shelled the Los Angeles Dodgers, 15-2, at the Coliseum.

1962: Sandy Koufax struck out 18 Chicago Cubs and pitched the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 10-2 victory at Wrigley Field.