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Thursday, Mar. 23 1:05pm ET
Montreal 7, Baltimore 1 | |||||
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) _ Vladimir Guerrero homered twice and drove in five runs Thursday to lead the Montreal Expos to their sixth straight victory, 7-1 over the Baltimore Orioles. Guerrero hit a two-run homer in the first inning and a solo shot in the seventh. In between, he hit a sacrifice fly and drove in a run with a groundout. He's hitting .409 and leads Montreal with four homers and 14 RBIs. Rondell White also homered for the Expos, who have won eight of nine. Montreal is 14-6 despite starting the exhibition season with two straight losses. Harold Baines hit his third home run for the Orioles, whose three-game losing streak is their longest of the spring. Delino DeShields had three hits for Baltimore, which dipped below .500 (9-10) for the first time. Expos starter Jeremy Powell allowed one run on three hits in four innings. He struck out two and did not allow a walk. Montreal starters have allowed only three walks over the last 39 innings since March 14. Guerrero gave Montreal the lead for good with an opposite-field shot to right off Pat Rapp after White reached on a single. The drive went out despite a strong wind that was blowing in from the outfield. ``It looked like the ball was over his head. I don't know how he did that,'' Rapp said. ``He's got that kind of power _ it got out in a hurry.'' White homered with a man on in the seventh off Javier de la Hoya and Guerrero followed with a drive to left.
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