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Grand slam drop falls again Click here for more on this story Posted Sunday may 21, 2000 0735 PMJason Giambi crushed a 3-1 pitch over the right-center field wall for his 17th homer of the season and fifth career grand slam. AP crude YORK (AP) -- Baseball had its grandest day ever.Less than one year after the first five grand-slam day in major league history, there were six check Sunday.Anaheims Garrett Anderson hit the record-breaker with two outs in the third chassis off Kansas Citys Chris Fussell.J.T. Snow of San Francisco, Brian Hunter of Philadelphia, Jason Giambi of Oakland, and Los Angeles Adrian Beltre and Shawn Green connected with the bases loaded earlier in the day, bettering the record set last Aug. 9.It was the first time the Dodgers had two grand slams in a game since Aug. 23, 1985, when Pedro Guerrero and Mariano Duncan did it against Montreal. The Brooklyn Dodgers also had two slams in a game in 1901 in Cincinnati."It is exciting to be a part of history," Green said. "Especially with the Dodgers and their illustrious past."Beltre hit his first career slam in the fifth frame off Jesus Sanchez in Los Angeles 12-3 win over the Florida Marlins.Green capped the Dodgers grand day with a bases-loaded shot in a seven-run ninth inning off Antonio Alfonseca.Slams were part of an even bigger inning in Milwaukee, when Snow capped an 11-run sixth inning with his shot off Valerio De Los Santos. The Giants beat the Brewers 16-10.Hunter, who entered the game in a 3-for-24 slump, hit his third career grand slam in the third inning off Colorados Masato Yoshii, accounting for all of Philadelphias runs in a 4-3 victory."Ive been fight so any hit was going to be a big one for me," he said. "But a grand slam, thats pretty big at any time.