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Griffey ties Sosa with 609th home run (AP)

 

Published 8/20/2008 at Yahoo! Sports - MLB News

White Sox slugger Ken Griffey Jr. hit career homer No. 609 against the Seattle Mariners on Wednesday, tying Sammy Sosa for fifth on the career list with a two-run shot against his former team. Griffey connected against knuckleballer R.A. Dickey in the second inning for his first homer since Chicago acquired him from Cincinnati on July 31. (link)

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