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Sosa will look for 600th home run against Reds

Jun 17, 2007 - 1:27 PM Texas (25-43) at Cincinnati (27-42) 1:15 pm EDT

CINCINNATI (Ticker) - Sammy Sosa is just one home run away from joining an exclusive club that has just four members.

Sosa will hope to hit his 600th career home run as the Texas Rangers face the Cincinnati Reds in the finale of a three-game interleague series on Sunday.

Sosa looks to join Hank Aaron, Barry Bonds, Babe Ruth and Willie Mays as the only players in MLB history to reach the milestone. The Rangers slugger is batting .247 with 11 home runs and 51 RBI on the season.

One day after hitting home run No. 599, Sosa went 0-for-5 in an 8-4 loss to the Reds on Saturday and watched Ken Griffey Jr. hit his 580th and 581st career home runs.

Bronson Arroyo (2-7, 4.98 ERA) has been handed the task of keeping Sosa in the ballpark.

The 30-year-old Arroyo did not factor in the decision after pitching six innings and yielding three runs and nine hits with three walks and five strikeouts in a 5-3 victory over the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim on Tuesday.

The Rangers will counter with Kevin Millwood (2-6, 7.82), who has not recorded a win since April 13.

Millwood pitched just 4 1/3 innings and gave up six runs - five earned - and eight hits with two walks in his previous start, a 7-5 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday.