' I ' B2 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Friday July 30 2004 Mets pour it on behind Valent Cameron By Mesa had converted 29 of 30 save opportunities heading into the ninth but immediately got into trouble when Johnny Estrada and Julio Franco singled Shortstop Jack Wilson’s throwing error on Franco's infield single also helped by moving Mark DeRosa who ran for Estrada to third Eli Marrero’s force-pla- y grounder I National League! The Associated Press I Eric Valent became the eighth player in Mcts history to hit for the cycle and Mike Cameron homered twice to lead New York to a 10-- 1 victory over the Montreal Expos on Thursday with a walk Valent went and drove in three runs and scored three times in becoming the fourth player in the majors this season to hit a single double triple and home ran in a game He joined Milwaukee’s Chad Moeller Pittsburgh’s Darylc Ward and Philadelphia’s David Bell in accomplishing the feat Valent singled following homer off Rocky Cameron’s two-ru- n Biddle in the second and doubled after Cameron’s solo shot put the Mets up 0 in the third He tied his career high for hits with a two-ru-n homer off a speaker against Kim in the fifth Valent’s RBI triple in the seventh off Roy Corcoran completed the Mcts’ first cycle since John Olerad did it on Sept 11 1997 — also against the Expos A1 Leiter (7-allowed three hits and one run in six innings improving to 1 in his last 10 starts Leiter has a 2 18 ERA and 100 in three starts against Montreal this season allowing just two runs in 18 innings who began the seaBiddle (2-son as Montreal’s closer allowed 5-- Sun-W- oo 3) 6-- 5) seven hits and five runs in three innings Marlins 10 Phillies 1 Alex Gonzalez hit the first grand slam Of his career Dontrelle Willis pitched seven innings and the Florida Marlins swept the Philadelphia Phillies at home for the fourth time in a row It was the Phillies’ 14th consecutive loss in Miami including seven this year Most of the games have been close but this time seven consecutive Marlins scored in the third inning against Paul Abbott (1-capped by Gonzalez's 15th homer for an BO lead The Marlins are 1 against the Phillies this season and have won 23 then tied it and Furcal put the Braves ahead with a single that fell in front of left fielder Jason Bay Mesa (2-avoided further damage the bases loaded by leaving Jose Cruz (3-pitched a perfect eighth for the victory before John Smoltz finished for his 23rd save and third of the series Cubs 4 Brewers 0 Carlos Zambrano gave up four hits over eight shutout innings and Sammy Sosa homered in the Cubs victory Zambrano (10-6- ) walked two and struck out eight in snapping a pere sonal losing skid He needed 31 pitches to get out of the first inning but then allowed just two more hits Kyle Farnsworth allowed a hit and walked a batter in the ninth before completing the with The Brewers were runners in scoring position In their last 10 games including eight losses with runners at they’re just second or third 1) 0) 5) -1 of the past 26 meetings limited Philadelphia to Willis (8-five hits and one ran Braves 3 Pirates 2 Rafael Furcal made up for two errors with a single during g Atlanta’s two-ru- n rally against closer Jose Mesa and the Braves came back to beat the Pirates The Braves won their third in e series sixth in the seven games overall — and 15th in 20 They also took the season series from Pittsburgh 2 and are 4 against the Pirates the last two seasons 6) AP photo New York's Mike Cameron slides safely into second Cabrera makes the catch Thursday in Montreal The Cubs won three of four games in the series that drew a Miller 167109 fans the majority of them rooting for Chicago Ben Hendrickson ) allowed three runs and five hits in five innings Diamondbacks 6 Astros 4 Lance Cormier won the first game of his brief major league career and Shea Hillenbrand hit a two-ru- n homer to lead Arizona to just its sec three-gam- go-ahe- ninth-innin- Park-reco- (0-4- five-hitt- er four-gam- -9 4-- 11-- rd as Montreal's Orlando ond win since the break Cormier making his third start in the big leagues lasted six innings and allowed three runs on eight hits with five strikeouts The even tallied his first career hit with a single in the sixth almost getting thrown out at first when he halfheartedly started running toward the base All-St- ar (1-- 2) right-hand- er SeeNLonB5 AP photo draft pick EH Manning walks to the New York Giants' practice facility where he talked to reporters contract he signed Thursday about the No 1 six-ye- ar deals before camp begins By By Eli Manning and Robert Gallery signed con- tracts Thursday ensuring that the top two picks in the NFL draft will be on the field for the start of training camp workouts ' Manning the first selection signed a deal ' with New York Giants that will guarantee him $2Q million over the next five years as part of a $45 million package that could reach $54 " with incentives' “I was hoping to get it done" Manning said “I just wanted to get hefoon time” A few hours later Gallery signed with Oak- land A source familiar with the negotiations who requested anonymity said the deal could pay Gallery as much as $185 million in guar- - cm — r Jason Johnson allowed three hits over six innings handing Chicago its fifth straight loss i r anteed money and $60 million ova the life of the contract The Raiders did not release details of the contract and would not confirm salary figures Those deals were not easily reached' “It was a very complicated contract” said Giants general manager Ernie Accorsi who began intensive work on the deal Tuesday night with Manning’s agent Tom Condon “You always want players in on time But sometimes that's not possible “We’re all restricted to a percentage of increases every year It’s a puzzle” The puzzle worked out Manning missed only a players meeting Thursday and willbe at prac- tice Friday when the Giants begin workouts Gallery a left tackle is more likely to start right away because the Raiders are desperate for help on the offensive line Manning the latest of the Manning family of quarterbacks could well start the season on the bench behind Kurt Warner signed by New York after Kerry Collins was cut for salary-ca- p reasons Like Manning Gallery also will make it on time for the Raiders See NFL ' on B5 four-hitt- j won for the Johnson (8-fourth time in five decisions Four relievos held the White Sox scoreless over three innings with Ugueth Urbina pitching a perfect ninth for his 16th save in 18 chances Bobby Higginson grounded out with the bases loaded in the sixth scoring Dmitri Young with the ran Scott Schoeneweis (6-allowed five hits and three runs — two earned — in 5 innings for the White Sox who dfopped four games behind idle Minnesota in the AL Central Detroit catcher Ivan Rodriguez left the game in the third inning with upper back spasms 8) t : go-ahe- ad - 8) ( Orioles 9 Yankees! Sidney Ponson pitched a for his third straight win and Javy Lopez hornered again leading the Baltimore Orioles past the New York Yankees £--1 Thursday night Melvin Mora drove in four runs Lopez had three RBIs and Miguel Tejada hit a pair of RBI singles for Baltimore The Orioles won for just the second time in 10 games against the AL East leaders this season Ponson struck out five and walked none in his third com- plete game Jose Contreras (8-pitched on three days’ rest without success The Orioles roughed him up for seven runs in 6 3 innings Devil Rays 2 Royals 0 Rob Bell and three relievers ' combined on a and ’ 3-2 n — AmericavtlLeague i The Associated Press mil--lio- The Associated Press : 1- -3 er 5) 2-- four-hitt- er lino Martinez had three hits and an RBI for Tampa Bay ' Bell )' struck out three and scoreless' walked two in 6 innings in the Devil Rays’ third straight win following a ' losing streak Jesus Colome and Trever Miller pitched a scoreless 1 3 innings and Danys Baez threw a perfect ninth for his 20th save in 22 opportunities The Devil Rays outscored the Royals 18-- 3 in sweeping the three-gaseries ' Athletics 7 Rangers 6 Adam Melhuse hit a RBI single in the eighth and Erubiel Durazo went and drove in a big insurance ran to first place in push Oakland into the AL West ' Texas led the division by 4 12 games after beating Oakland last Friday but the A’s have won six straight to erase the lead Chad Bradford (5-pitched 1 innings for the win Carlos took the loss Almanzhr (7-Octavio Dotel allowed an RBI double by Eric Young in the ninth before getting his seventh savjn nine chances with the A’s Mariners 6 Angels 5 (13) Ichiro Suzuki had a career-hig- h five hits and scored the gamewinning ran on Bret Boone’s single in the 13th inning to snap the d Mariners’ road losing streak Suzuki who extended Ids hitting streak to 21 games led off the 13th with a double against After rookie Kevin Gregg (3-Randy Winn struck out BoOne pitch up the midgrounded a dle to score Suzuki lead The Mariners blew a when Bengie Molina tied it in the ninth with a two-ru- n homer off closer Eddie Guardado 1- -3 2) (4-4- 1- -3 six-ga- : 2-- club-recor- 15-ga- i 1) f 4) 1- -2 5-- 0 Giambi to remain out until results are known NEW YORK (AP) — Slugger Jason Giambi will stay home until the New York Yankees receive test results that show why he’s felt so weak for so long general manager Brian Cashman said Thursday Diagnosed with an intestinal parasite on June 29 Giambi has been fatigued for much of the season He was out of the starting lineup for the sixth straight game when the Yankees opened an homestand Thursday night against Baltimore “There’s definitely things going on here” Cashman said without elaborating The Yankees hoped to get some answers earlier this week after Giambi went through extensive tests at Medical Center Instead the results were not complete and Cashman wasn’t sure when the team would hear “It’s different levels of doctors in different fields” Cashman said ' “It’s taken longer but so be it” Giambi is batting only 221 with 1 1 home runs and 36 RBIs The former AL MVP is in an slump ' Earlier in the day Cashman said he expected Giambi would be at the ballpark Later Cash-ma- n got a call from the first baseman “Basically he said he didn't Columbia-Presbyteri- an All-St- ar feel well and thought he should stay at home We thought it’s also advisable he not be here” Cash-ma- n said While the team and Giambi wait to learn more he will stay away from Yankee Stadium “Until he finds out completely he's curious worried” Yankees manager Joe Torre said “He’s not feeling the way he should Sure he's concerned” Giambi didn’t start eight straight games around the time of his diagnosis and has repeatedly said that he’s been feeling weak With Giambi ailing the Yankees have been in contact with a first basemen pair of free-age- m — Fred McGriff and John Olerad McGriff recently released by the Thmpa Bay Devil Rays worked out twice this week at the Yankees’ minor league complex in Tampa Cashman said Yankees owner George Steinbrenner reached out to McGriff The Yankees had encouraging news about their banged-u- p pitching staff Kevin Brown out since June 9 because a lower back spasm and an intestinal parasite is set to start Friday night against the Orioles He is 1 with a 413 ERA in his first season with the Yankees 7--