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Raines, White Sox Pour Out Homers

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From: The Washington Post
Date: 19940419
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As Tim Raines trotted to the dugout following his third homer of yesterday's game in Boston, Frank Thomas vowed he'd hit a homer just to make sure Raines didn't get too cocky.

"I told him I've got to hit a homer the last time up or else he would talk all day," said Thomas, who backed up his promise two batters later as the Chicago White Sox routed the Boston Red Sox, 12-1.

In the first three-homer game of his career, Raines led off the first and third innings with solo homers and had a two-run drive in the eighth. He also walked, singled and reached on an error. Raines scored five runs ...

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