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MINNEAPOLIS - Frank Thomas will remember the day he hit his 500th homer - for reaching the milestone and getting ejected.

The Toronto slugger hit a three-run shot in the first inning of the Blue Jays' 8-5 loss to the Minnesota Twins yesterday, becoming the 21st major leaguer to reach 500.

He also had an RBI double and tied his season high with four RBIs, then was ejected in the ninth inning by plate umpire Mark Wegner after being called out on strikes for the second time in the game. Blue Jays manager John Gibbons came out to argue and was also ejected.

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That meant his wife, three children and father-in-law got to see Thomas hit his 500th home run. And they were gone when Thomas got ejected.

"They had to leave for the airport at 1:45. My daughter said, 'Dad, you've got to do it in the first couple of at-bats,'" he said.

Thomas hit a three-run shot in the first inning of the Toronto Blue Jays' 8-5 loss to the Minnesota Twins, becoming the 21st major leaguer to reach 500.

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DETROIT -- Kenny Rogers allowed one run over six innings in his first home start since shoulder surgery, leading the Detroit Tigers past Texas 5-2 on Thursday.

Rogers (2-0) missed the first 12 weeks of the season after surgery to remove a blood clot from his throwing shoulder. When the left-hander returned last week, he gave up two hits in six shutout innings at Atlanta.

This time, he allowed four hits as Detroit stopped a two-game losing streak and remained a half-game ahead of Cleveland in the AL Central.

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BALTIMORE (AP) - The New York Yankees got out of town without another loss. But they didn't get a win either. Their game against the Baltimore Orioles was suspended by rain.

The game was stopped after an hour, 25 minute delay. It was the second rain stoppage; the first one lasted 18 minutes.

New York was leading 8 to 6 in the top of the eighth when play was halted. The game will be resumed on July 27th, at the point it was stopped, when the Yankees return to Camden Yards.

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