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Short hops Padres 1B Adrian Gonzalez played in his 275th consecutive game to take over the lead among active players when the Phillies' Ryan Howard (343 games) and the Twins' Justin Morneau (319) did not play yesterday. Cardinals 1B Albert Pujols tied Stan Musial's team record of nine grand slams and matched the season mark of three shared by Jim Bottomley (1925), Keith Hernandez (1977) and Fernando Tatis (1999). White Sox LH Mark Buehrle is 19-6 in interleague play and has won 15 of his past 17 starts against NL teams. White Sox 1B Paul Konerko recorded the 1,000th RBI of his career. Mets catchers have 48 RBI, most among NL backstops. Jeff Weaver outpitched little brother Jered on Saturday as the Dodgers beat the Angels. It was the 21st time in baseball history siblings started against each other and the first since Andy and Alan Benes squared off in 2002. Rangers 1B Chris Davis struck out three times Saturday and became the fastest player in major-league history to reach 100 strikeouts, doing so in 219 at-bats. Melvin Nieves, one of the Richmond Braves' "Great Eight" prospects in 1993, held the previous mark of 235 at-bats with the Tigers in 1997. Diamondbacks 3B Mark Reynolds (Virginia) set the season mark of 204 last year.