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From: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Date: 20020526
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Green sets homer record

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Sunday, May 26, 2002

Shawn Green hit two more home runs Saturday night, breaking a major-league record with seven homers in the past three games.

The Los Angeles slugger hit a three-run homer off Arizona's Rick Helling in the fifth inning and a two-run shot in the ninth off Eddie Oropesa as the Dodgers defeated the Diamondbacks, 10-5, in Phoenix.

Green tied the major-league record with four homers on Thursday in Milwaukee. He homered Friday against the Diamondbacks to match the record for homers in two games.

A player had homered six times in three ...

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