Show B2 — The Heraid Journal Logan Utah Saturday August 17 2002 GnoiiScsft InJaaFcrnegiQB Campbell nets : J fc - two in Twins find a way to best Pedro win 5-- 3 By Rick West staff writer Mays turns tables and blanks Boston HYDE PARK — Sky View knew Hurricane High was a 3A school but the Bobcats didn't know the Tigers had a goalkeeper SA-calib- er By Although allowing five goals may not seem like a credit to her resume Tiger keeper Gahbi Mccham was fabulous on Thursday She kept a game interesting when it should have been a blowout Even though the Bobcats dominated the game with dozens of excellent shots on goal they netted just five Meanwhile a young Tige team surprised the Bobcat defense with three goals but the Cats as the MinJoe Mays pitched a two-hittnesota TVvins snapped Pedro Martinez’s scoreless streak and beat the Boston Red Sox 0 Friday night at Minneapolis David Ortiz and Jacque Jones homered for ' the Twins who ended Martinez’s run at a 35 scoreless innings — the longest career-hig- h streak in the majors since Greg Maddux went 39 innings in 2000 er single-h- andedly won 5-- 5-- 3 “I think our girls mentally thought they had it in the bag before they stepped on the field and it showed" Sky View coach Doyle Geddes said “She (Mecham) saw a chance to keep her team in it I was impressed with her" Many times during the match Mecham was the only defense left to protect the goal Sky View (2-had superior foot skills and skipped and shot past the Hurricane (0-1- ) defense with situations with ease setting up Mecham However the Tiger keeper held her own blocking and saving many shots This was especially impressive because Mecham had never played goalie before and didn't play any soccer last year Sky View never dented Mecham's armor until the second half The Bobcats scored twice in the first half but both were off beautiful comer kicks that were knocked into the goal by Tiger defenders The first comer kick was by Emily Campbell while Trisha Canton booted the second "They put them in the mouth of the goals” Geddes said Sky View had several excellent scoring opportunities during the rest of the half but Mecham saved the Tigers from a bigger deficit A Hurricane inbounds throw from the midfield found Cassadee Stratton alone behind the match with defenders and she won a Hall close the half at 1 View's Vanessa to Sky All of a sudden the Bobcat's “easy win" was anybody's game Stratton struck again in the second half She tied the game by intercepting a crossing pass from a Sky View defender and scoring from 10 yards out Sky View's Brianne Moffitt was determined to get the lead back She barely missed on three great scoring opportunities but finally headed in a pass from Amie Hansen to raise die Cat lead to 2 Hurricane again tied the game on a penalty kick but Sky View finished by scoring two unanswered goals Campbell scored on a bullet from 35 yards out that slipped through Mecham’s hands and Cardon fought off two defenders to score a tough shot from 10 yards 1- -3 AmericanlLeague 0) Martinez (16-3- ) struck out 10 — including seven in a row — in his second complete game of the season But he gave up five nuts and eight Juts losing for the first time in 1 1 starts since a 2-- 1 defeat June 14 at Atlanta into the sixth carried a Mays (2-two-odouble Damon's before inning Johnny to right-centThe only other hit he allowed was a single by Carlos Baerga in the ninth Rangers 6 Blue Jays 5 Alex Rodriguez hit his 39th homer with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning to give Texas the victory over Toronto with a pair of Rodriguez who went RBI singles hit an 0-- 1 pitch off Kelvim Escothat just cleared the wall in right field bar (5-leads the majors with 103 RBIs Danny Kolb (3-pitched the final two innings for the win Tigers 6 Orioles 5 Randall Simon homered and drove in three runs and Detroit overcame three home runs by ’ Baltimore Shane Halter also went deep for the Tigers who snapped a three-gam- e losing streak Detroit had lost four straight and 10 of 1 1 on the road Jeff Coniiie Tony Batista mid Marty Cordova homered for the Orioles who also got three hits from Jeny Hairston Steve Sparks got the win 6 Royals Devil Rays 5 Raul Ibanez hit a two-ru- n homer with two outs in the ninth inning as Kansas City rallied to beat Tampa Bay Ibanez hit his 19th homer on an 0-- 1 two-oThe drive hit pitch off closer Esteban Yan (5-near the top of the right-fiel-d foul pole worked a scoreless eighth Ryan Bukvich (1-for his first career win Roberto Hemandek got three outs for his 20th save in 27 opportunities no-hitt- er 4) one-on-o- ne ut er 7) A-R- 1) 'ii t-4--A M one-on-o- ne 2-- 3-- The Associated Press (8-1- 1) LuceroHerakJ Journal View's ball alter the Beimion chases Hurricane's Liesel Emily Campbell (20) Sky during Friday against afternoon's game in Hyde Park The Cats won the preseason contest 5--3 EK away on an extreme angle “Once we leveled our heads and decided to play soccer it made a difference" Geddes said “The word that comes to mind is “playing with S tangs were up 0 at halftime and coach Steve Saunders brought in his reserves for much of the second half “We used everyone we could" he said “Our timing was down really good All of our players were getting back on defense Today we played a full game" Mountain Crest will play Taylorsville another 5A opponent on Thursday ' “We wanted to test ourselves against the best we could get” Saunders said 3-- purpose" Mustangs 4 Silver Wolves 0 Mountain Crest (3-continued its tear the 5A on ranks Thursday by whipping through Fremont Anna Baugh led with two goals while Kim Crosbie and Lindsey Burbank also scored The 0) ut 7) 0) Athletics 1 White Sox 0 Cory Lidle extended his scoreless streak to 22 innings and Jermaine Dye homered as Oakland SeeALonB5 Schilling befuddles Cubs for 20th win N a tion a IjL ea g ue Sosa spoils C shutout bid Fans let Rolen hear with No 42 it in return to Philly their sixth in a row overall A day after coming off the 3 disabled list Brown made only the fifth relief appearance of his career Reds 9 Astros 3 Austin Kearns hit his first homer in two months and By The Associated Press Curt Schilling became the winner afternoon Friday coming a Sammy Sosa homer from a shutout is the Arizona Dia- -' mondbacks beat the Chicago Cubs 1 at Wrigley Field The victory extended Ari- zona's winning streak to seven games Schilling (20-4- ) scattered six hits over 8 2-- 3 innings He struck out 12 and walked none and didn't get in any trouble until the ninth inning With two outs Sosa hithis 42nd major league-leadin- g home run to cu Arizona's lead to 1 Fred McGrifT followed with a single and Schilling ' w as relieved IW By urig-Hy'Kim who got his 29th save in 34 attempts’1' Schilling's the fastest to 20 w ins since John Smoltz in 1996 Smoltz got his 20thvic- lory in Atlanta's 121st game cine ahead of Schilling It's also his second 20-wi-n season of his carebr He was 22-- 6 last season ' season's first PHILADELPHIA (AP)— For once JD Drew wasn’t the most despised member of the St Louis Cardinals at Veterans Stadium Scott Rolen heard venomous boos Friday night in his first game back in Philadelphia since the Phillies traded him to St 1 Louis on July 29 The All-St- ar third baseman was booed loudly when his name was announced before the game and ashe trotted onto the field for die bottom of the first inning The boos were loudest whim he stepped to gie plate in die second 20-ga- 2-- 2-- After Rolen fouled off the first pitch from Randy Wolfi fans yelled at the fan who caught the ball to throw it un ' Phillies 4 Cardinals Raqdy Wolf pitched a and Travis Lee hit a three-ru- n homer as Philadelphia snapped St Louis' winning streak : ' left-hand- er decision: -' six-ga- W'olf (8-- 7) alloWcd tangles to Scott Rolen in the second and fifth innings a double to pinch-hitt- er Miguel Cairoin the eighth and a single to Albert Pujols in' the ninth The Brewers 10 Plratfs 3 Jose Henuridez hit a thjee-- 1 run homer and Milwaukee handed Pittsburgh itsi season-'i high seventh straight loss The Brewers had 15 hits in their first game since scoring just two runs on 14 hits in a e series in Philadel- -' ' v phia Sheets has woo Ben consecutive starts for just the second time this season He pitched the first seven innings allowing two runs on six hits ttiree-gam- :y (7-1- 4) Houston Brian Moehler (2-- made his best start since the Reds got him in a July 23 trade giv ing up an unearned run ami four hits in seven innings It was the first time in 15 games that a Reds starter lasted sever innings Braves 4 Rockies 1 Chipper Jones showed ho signs of a trying day hitting a 2) ed 3-- Y inning-endin- ' f mammoth two-nr- i) homer that carried Atlanta over Colorado Kevin Millwood won for the 10th time in 11 starts lim-itihthe Rockies to just five hits in eight inniugs The previous night Jones didn’t leave Turner Field until nearly 2 ajn because of a game extended by rain A few hours later he flew to Florida ItltZ g “Wb’rem heaven that v you're gone” one fan yelled alluding tocom- ments Rolen reportedly made after the trade V - ' ‘ i ’ struck out eight walked none and hit one batter to win his third straight ' four-hitte- r 4 disap-point- : I Barry Larkin emerged from a ' slump by driving in three runs leading the Cincinnati over back Rolen then fouled an 0--2 pitch and a fan threw it on the field drawing i loud cheers Rolen the fans however by hitting a single to left on a 2 pitch The three-tun- e Gold Glove winner drew cheers when he made an error on a " potential double-pla- y grounder in the second— V the first ball hit to him He made up for it by starting an g double play with a tremendous leaping ' catch on a liner by Tomas ' I 7 i Marlins 4 Giants 2 Michael Tejera pitched out of jams by pitching around Barry Bonds three times and Florida beat San Francisco Bonds saw only one strike in his first three each wjth at least one runner on base Florida fans booed their pitcher but bach time Tejera -f : escaped without further ' damageFlorida's Kevin Millar again feasted onKirkRueter (10-7- ) driving in two runs with a homer and a single MUlar was lifetime against the with three homers and six RBIs before r-S left-hand- er W U r 4- - - V ' ' ' ' 7 - - i for his funer-'i then bulled back to' Atlanta just before the first mo(her-inLlaw- al Expos 11 Matt I first career hrane run sparked a r'APphoto Arizona righthander Curt Schifflng won hte 20th gams ofths season four-nseventh irming'and ?i 1 with a 2-- 1 victory over the Chicago Cubs Friday vMontreal beat San Diego Vladimir despite losingAO-Sta- r Guerrero to a shoulder injury flyingout to the warning track dium is their worst since they V hr the fifth a team record by losing Michael Barrett hit his first' ' their final 13 home games in : home run since July 12 for the Dodgers 3 Meta 2 ' under manager Joe TqneExpos who snapped San Marquis Grissom hitatwo-197- 9 run homer in die eighth inning Despite talnog a 2-- 1 lead in Diego's three-gam- e winning the seventh on an RBI single and the Los Angeles sent NeW stredL York to its ninth straight home Guerrero who went byllmo Perez off reliever Pinch-hitt- er ' at-ba- ts (8-- 5) V' ' m - -- V ' loo - Kevin Brown could not stay ahead in loung left the game following a sin-gle in the seventh |