bases loaded against left-hander Aaron Fultz. One inning later he hits his second grand slam, this time against right-hander Jay Powell. With the three home runs, Mueller drives in nine runs; the Red Sox defeat the Rangers 14-7. August August 10 – Atlanta Braves SS Rafael Furcal becomes the twelfth player to turn an unassisted triple play in the fifth inning of a 3-2 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals. August 23 – Ron Guidry has his number 49 retired by the New York Yankees. August 30 – Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants homers against Randy Johnson of the Arizona Diamondbacks in his first game back since the death of his father Bobby Bonds one week prior. Bonds would later leave the game with an accelerated heart rate as the Giants would go on to win the game 2-1. September September 5 – The Detroit Tigers' Mike Maroth becomes the first major league pitcher in 23 years to lose 20 games in a season when Detroit loses to the Toronto Blue Jays 8-6. Maroth (6-20) allows eight runs and nine hits in three-plus innings. The Oakland Athletics' Brian Kingman goes 8-20 in . September 10 – The St. Louis Cardinals' Tony La Russa becomes the eighth manager in major league history to reach 2,000 wins as the Cardinals beat the Colorado Rockies 10–2. The 58-year-old La Russa posts a 2,000-1,782 record in 25 seasons with the Chicago White Sox, Oakland Athletics and St. Louis. September 14 – At Comerica Park, the Detroit Tigers set a franchise record for losses as they drop their 110th loss to the Kansas City Royals, 7-2. September 17 – In the Boston Red Sox' 7-0 loss to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Todd Walker's ninth-inning double is the Red Sox's 608th extra base hit of the season, breaking the major league record set by the 1996 Seattle Mariners. September 20 – Unlike this season when the Montreal Expos play 25% of their home games in San Juan, Puerto Rico, the players vote to play their entire 2004 home schedule in Montreal. MLB owners, who collectively own the franchise, are still considering moving the Expos permanently to Washington, D.C., Portland, Oregon or Monterrey, Mexico, or continuing the present format by having the team split home games between different locations (Puerto Rico or Mexico and Montreal). September 21 – Second baseman Marcus Giles hits a