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Show Friday, August 18, 2000. THE DAILY HERALD, (www.HartThCTiil3.com)1 Comets blast Sparks to BALTIMORE Jeff Conine homered to back rookie John Parrish, and the Baltimore Orioles took advantage of uncharacteristic wildness by James Baldwin in beating the Chicago White Sox on Thursday. Baldwin (13-5- ) tied an AL record by hitting four batters with pitches. The who was .unbeaten in six starts since July 8, had hit only two batters in 154 innings. Jerry Hairston, who was hit twice, chased Baldwin with a two-rusingle in left-hand- By The Associated Press HOUSTON Sheryl Swoopes scored 22 points and Cynthia Cooper added 2i; and the Houston ? Comets used a 17-- 0 run to victake control in a Los over on tory Angeles Thursday night in Game 1 of the WNBA's Western Conference finals. Game 2 of the series is Sunday in 1 Los Angeles. A third game, if necessary, would be in Los Angeles on Monday. j The Sparks, with the best record in the WNBA this season at , beat the Comets all three time they played in the regular season but the Comets, three-timWNBA champions, were ready this time. 5-- 3 77-5- 6 best-of-thr- TIM JOHNSONTht Associated Press Surrounded: Los Angeles center Lisa Leslie, middle, is sandwiched by Houston's Tina Thompson and teammates in Game of the WNBA Western Conference t Finals on Thursday. the Cooper, two-tim- e league MVP, and Swoopes, honored Thursday as this season's MVP, took control early as Houston overpowered the Sparks with the early 17-- run that made it 0 19-4- .. held to 16 points Cooper, in Monday's playoff game against Sacramento, and Tina Thompson each had six points in the run. Baltimore Conine led off the inning with his 11th homer, the first since 3-- 1. CLEVELAND Rushia Brown scored 18 points and Cleveland's defense clamped down on New York from the outset Thursday night, sending the Rockers to a victory over the Liberty in Game 1 of the WNBA's Eastern Conference finals. Susie McConnell Serio, who will retire when the season ends, added 10 points and made two key as Cleveland won its seventh straight home game before 11,686 fans at Gund Arena. (AP) Houston Comets forward Sheryl Swoopes accomplished just about every-- . thing she set her mind to .this season but she couldn't 'keep from crying Thursday as she accepted the WNBA v trophy as the league's most 'l with defensive deficiencies iul 2-- 3 9-- 6 and drove in three runs for the Royals. Mark Redman ) gave up four runs and seven hits in 4 innings. (11-6- . RED SOX 8 RANGERS 7 1-- YANKEES 6 ANGELS 1 MINNEAPOLIS Former Twin David McCarty drove in two runs and scored another one day after homering and driving-i- BOSTON Mike Lansing's second two-rudouble in two innings capped a three-rurally in the ninth that gave the Boston Red Sox an win owr the Texas Rangers xm Thursday night. Lansing, whose 15 hits for the Red Sox before Thursday were all singles, didn't start for the first time in 18 games since he was acquired from Colorado on July 27. n " NEW YORK Denny Neagle scattered nine hits in 6 innings, and Glenallen Hill, David Justice and Luis Sojo homered Thursday night to lead the New York Yankees over the Anaheim Angels. Neagle ) stopped his three-gamlosing streak as he rebounded from his shortest outing in over a 2-- n three against year, when he allowed six earned runs in 1 innings in the Yankees' loss at Anaheim last Saturday. rALcbxESBsg . Minnesota. ) Dan.Reichert allowed four runs three earned and seven hits in seven-plu- s innings for his third straight victory, and Mike Sweeney homered (7-6- n 3 8-- 7 (3-3- e m mwv Ww mwix HALF-TIM- E TIM JOHNSONThe Associated Press Making her move: Houston's Cheryl Swoopes, right, was voted the WNBA's Most Valuable Player on Thursday. with 125 points. Cynthia MVP Cooper, a winner, and Tina Thompson, both of Houston, finished fifth and sixth. Swoopes said her slow start in the WNBA because of her pregnancy and the four years of hard work to reach the top made winning the MVP special. "There were a lot of expectations placed on some of us when this league was started, Rebeca Lobo and Lisa Leslie too," Swoopes said. To help the Houston Comets win three titles and then win this", that's makes it very special for me." two-tim- e FOR CASH! NL BOXES, FJG MONTREAL Barry Bonds hit his 36th homer and Bobby Estalella hit a three-ruhomer to lead the San Francisco Giants over the Montreal Expos Thursday for a three-gamsweep. Shawn Estes (12-3- ) won his seventh straight decision, allowing three runs and five hits in 71-inning with six strikeouts and three walks. San Francisco has won four straight after losing the first three games of its road trip against the Mets. The Giants lead second-plac- e Arizona by 1 12 games in the NL West. , Trey Moore ) gave up all five runs and eight hits in 4 innings. Felix Rodriguez relieved with one out in the ninth and a runner on third, retiring Michael Barrett on a 3 but improved so much that on Tuesday she was named 5 four-gam- e Thursday. ROYALS 8 TWINS 4 V groundout and striking out Terry Jones for his third save. METS 13 ROCKIES 2 5-- 4 but she immediately went on maternity leave (. and played sparingly her I first season. She started her pro career L of Sacramento was third with 224 points and Natalie I Williams of Utah fourth 2-- 3 BIU. KOSTfKHM The Associated Press Game effort: New York Yankees center fielder Bernie Williams cannot catch a ball hit by Anaheim's Troy Glaus on 2-- 1 e t 1997 r Western Conference finals. Leslie got 450 votes asthe runner-up- . Yolanda Griffith (2-1- 2 at-ba- ts 3 n t WNBA player signed in ;the team and player the - Comets faced Thursday jinight in Game 1 of the 1-- 1-- By The Associated Press 1 the league's defensive player kof the year after winning the league's scoring title for the "'first time. I' Getting the MVP trophy 'on top of all that brought out the emotions. T "It seems like when tI think things can't get any better, they get better," Swoopes said. "I have a lot of "people to thank. The one thing I said, if I won the MVP v trophy I wasn't going to cry." Swoopes received 527 i points and 38 first place votes to edge Los Angeles center Lisa Leslie, Baldwin permitted five runs, eight hits and two walks in 5 innings. He hit two straight batters in the third, one in the fifth and one in the sixth. Parrish ) allowed one run and two hits in 6 innings in his fifth major league start. He allowed eight walks, but none of them proved costly. Tony Graffanino and Jose Valentin homered for the White Sox, who settled for a split of the series. Valentin hit a two- - before Graffanino connected on a pitch leading off the fourth. It was his second homer in 109 with Chicago. In the fifth, Chicago put runners on second and third with no outs. Parrish then struck out Jeff Abbott and Charles Johnson before retiring Ray Durham on a grounder. Baltimore took a lead in its half. Greg Myers doubled and scored on a single by Luis Matos, who came in on a sacrifice fly by Delino DeShields. SHOOTOUT ' valuable player. Swoopes, a 1996 Olympic t Gold Medalist, was the first ; June 29. run shot off rookie Ryan Kohlmeier with two outs in the ninth after an error by shortstop Melvin Mora. Parrish faced one batter over the minimum and held the White Sox hitless through three innings Bonds hits 36th homer for Giants Swoopes earns MVP HOUSTON n the sixth that put ROCKERS 56 LIBERTY 43 28-4- e right-hande- r, Pag B3 3 D,DIS7 By The Associated Press Provo, Utah (1-3- 2-- 3 jtX 1 VLy NEW YORK Mike Hampton left the game with a broken rib, an injury apparently sustained while batting in the third inning, and is day to Saturday-Augu- day. Todd Zeile, Benny 19th st vs. Tucson Fireballs 8:00 PM at BYU Soccer Field Agbayani, Robin Ventura and Mike Bordick homered for New York, and Turk Wendell ) struck out a six in four career-higinnings, his longest appearance since (Approximately 900 N. 1 00 E. - Provo, Utah 3 blocks south of Cougar Stadium) (5-4- h ycitybestcom September 1997. 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