The Detroit Rockets held a brief lead, but couldn’t mount a comeback to overcome two home runs by the Boston Splinters. An RBI double by Rafael Palmeiro in the 4th put the Rockets up 1-0. Nellie Fox drove in Ichiro Suzuki in the 5th to tie it up. In the 6th, the Boston offense finally broke out against David Cone. Frank Thomas led off the inning with his 13th homer. With two outs, Alan Trammell doubled in another run, and Iván Rodríguez followed with a 2-run shot. RBI doubles by Kenny Lofton and Álex Rodríguez would cut the Boston lead to 5-3, but that’s where Detroit stalled. Rollie Fingers pitched a scoreless 9th to earn his 11th save. Bert Blyleven improved to 9-1, leading the American League. Cone, on the other hand, fell to 1-8 for Detroit. Suzuki went 3 for 4 to extend his lead in the American League batting title race. Boston has won 7 of their last 10, and hold a 6-game lead in the AL with just 11 left to play.