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Show Saturday. August 21, 1, THE DAILY HI RALD. Prmo. I uh Page B3 MAJOH LEAGUE DASEDALL Texas IF Or. : toy D5p iestomi By The Associated Press ..fi ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) Esteban Loaiza allowed three runs in six innings to win his sixth straight decision, and Rafael Palmeiro drove in three runs as the Texas Rangers beat the Boston Red Sox Friday night. Loaiza ) cruised through the first four innings, allowing two hits, but struggled in the fifth. He gave up two runs and two hits and walked three in the inning. Boston, which began the night one game ahead of Oakland in the AL before Butch race, trailed Huskey homered on the first pitch of the fifth, ending 4-- 3 (6-1- . : . v " y. - 3 - " ii IV, ' - ' i " , ? ' X. 4 wild-car- d 4-- 0 Loaiza's consecutive scoreless - GENE J. WSKARThe Associated Press Incoming: Pittsburgh's Abraham Nunez, right, slides into second on Arizona shortstop Andy Fox, left, in the fifth inning. NATIONAL PITTSBURGH Brian Giles homered twice to spoil Todd Stottlemyre's return to Arizona's rotation and Todd Ritchie settled down after a first inning to pitch the Pittsburgh Pirates over the Diamondbacks 4 Friday night. Giles homered in the first, then added a two-ru- n shot in the fifth his 28th to make it one batter before Stottlemyre was lifted. who finStottlemyre ished three pitches shy of his h limit, allowed five runs and seven hits in 4 innings. It was his first appearance since he was diagnosed with a partially torn right rotator following a May 17 start against the Giants. LEAGUE Andrews singled home the run in the seventh two-hom- 5-- 5-- inning, rallying Montreal to a victory over Cincinnati. Guerrero hit his 29th homer foul screen high off the in the sixth off Denny Neagle for his third hit of the game, a solo shot that cut Cincinnati's lead to left-fiel- 3-- DODGERS 8 PHILLIES 5 2-- 3 PHILADELPHIA Wayne Gomes walked Todd Hollandsworth on four pitches, run in forcing in the the 10th inning. Gomes entered in the ) ninth after Robert Person lost a lead. Raul and a Mondesi capped the rally with a homer. tying, two-ru- With one out, Guillen dribbled a grounder that eluded the dive of Reyes. Second baseman Damian Jackson fielded the ball but Jones easily beat, the desperation throw with a headfirst slide. 11 CUBS 3 CHICAGO Sammy Sosa hit his 48th and 49th homers to take the major league lead, but Colorado still beat Chicago. Pedro Astacio (14-9- ) pitched a seven-hitte- r to win his fourth straight decision, striking out nine and walking two in his sixth complete game. Chicago's Mark Grace also homered. EXPOS 5 REDS 3 n BRAVES 4 PADRES 3 ATLANTA Ozzie Guillen's slow infield grounder scored Andruw Jones from third in the 11th inning as the Atlanta Braves pulled within two percentage points of the first-plac- e New York Mets in the NL East. Jones led off the 11th against Carlos Reyes ) with a double to the gap in and took third when Ruben Rivera . misplayed the carom off the wall. (2-4- left-cente- r, Vladimir CINCINNATI Guerrero extended his hitting streak to 25 games and Shane History against Rose as :he seeks return to game ; ; ; CINCINNATI Ten years after that gloomy day when Pete Rose walked away from baseball and promised to return soon, he's still trying to get back in. CAP) Baseball's career hits leader has done jail time for failing to report income, opened restaurants, promoted Hit King piz-- ; zas, played host on sports talk shows and hopscotched the for promotional country appearances. He has given his famous autograph thousands of times, scrawling it the same way he signed his lifetime ban for gam- sioner. None has been reinstated. "He's up against, history," said John Dowd, whose investigation of Rose in 1989 led to the mind-bogglin- g DEVIL RAYS 5 ROYALS 4 MILWAUKEE Ramon Martinez, Barn' Bonds and Ellis Burks hit consecutive home runs during San Francisco's five-rufourth inning as the Giants won consecutive games for the first time since July 26-2Bonds, who has homered in four of his last five games, also homer in the hit a two-runinth inning to continue his scorching pace in August. n n back, especially following five months in federal prison and three months in a halfway ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. John Flaherty hit a homer and forced home the winning run when he was hit by a pitch in the ninth inning as Tampa Bay beat Kansas City. Jose Canseco made his first appearance since back surgery on July 11 and went Tampa Bay's designated hitter walked twice and was hit by a two-ru- n in the With the score ninth, Dave Martinez drew a ll MIAMI The Houston Astros struck out 21 times, stranded 20 runners, blew a four-rulead and still won. Ken Caminiti hit his second home run of the night leading off the 16th inning, and Houston regained first place in the NL Central by beating the Florida Marlins. The game matched the longest by innings in the major leagues this season, Arizona's 6 win over Los Angeles on April 13. It took 5 hours, 44 minutes, the longest by time in Marlins' history. n 7-- leadoff walk from Scott Service on a 2 pitch and stole ) second. Canseco and Fred McGriff walked, loading the bases for Flaherty. Roberto Hernandez ) pitched a scoreless ninth inning. 3-- (5-5- (2-3- MINNEAPOLIS Ricky Ledee hit his first career grand slam and drove in a career-hig- h five runs as the New York Yankees' offense woke up a little to beat the Minnesota Twins Friday night. New York, which totaled one 9-- 3 Box scores, B5 ( i LEAGUE J run in losing its previous two games to Kansas City, scored five in the first inning and was ahead by the end of the second. Bernie Williams, who did not start the previous three games due to a stomach illness, t RBI singles in had each of the first two innings Hideki Irabu allowed ) three runs and seven hits in seven-pluinnings to win for the ninth time in 10 decisions. allowed six Brad Radke runs and five hits in just 1 innings. 6-- 0 (10-4- s ) 2-- 3 I Press he AsMKWied Darrin OAKLAND, Calif. Fletcher drove in five runs to match his career high and Joey Hamilton ) allowed three hits in six scoreless innings as Toronto stopped a losing streak. Fletcher had a three-rudouble in the fifth and added a homer as the Blue scored five in the eighth. Jays Willie Greene added a homer and Tony Batista hit a solo homer, While Oakland remained a game behind Boston, the Blue Jays pulled within one game of the (6-7- seven-gam- e n two-ru- n two-ru- n A's. Mike Oquist ) allowed six runs and seven hits in 4 (9-8- ANGELS 5 TIGERS 1 2-- 3 innings. Chuck ANAHEIM, Calif. for Finley pitched a his first complete game this year, leading the Anaheim Angels over the Detroit Tigers. won consecuFinley tive starts for the first time this season, beating the team with the worst record in the major leagues for the second time in six days. Finley, who allowed a homer to Damian Easley, struck out five and walked two in his 57th complete game. Brian Moehler allowed five runs four and seven hits in 6 earned 3 innings. Three of the Anaheim runs were scored on sacrifice flies, by Garret Anderson, Todd Greene and Tim Salmon. INDIANS 7 MARINERS 4 five-hitt- (8-1- fifth-innin- YANKEES 9 TWINS 3 HA BLUE JAYS 11 ATHLETICS 0 AMERICAN two-ou- pitch. ASTROS 6 MARLINS 4 g (8-1- 1-- Bartolo Colon t ball for 5 pitched innings before leaving with tightness in his left knee and Roberto Alomar and Richie SEATTLE two-hi- (13-4- ) 3 Sexson homered. Cleveland won for the eighth time in 11 games and stopped the Mariners' winning streak. Seattle put two on with one out in the ninth, but Mike Jackson struck out Ken Griffey Jr. and Alex Rodriguez for his 28th save. John Halama ) gave up five runs and six hits in seven innings. four-gam- e (9-5- Box scores, B5 Colorado GM signs off as Rockies falter 111 Colorado DENVER (AP) Rockies general manager Bob Gebhard resigned Friday as the team struggled through the final weeks of its third straight ban. "No one declared permanently ineligible has been readmitted, and I don't expect anyone would want to change history here. Why would anyone want to help Pete come back into the game?" The question is what Rose has done to help himself get house in 1990-91- ; his sentence stemming from guilty pleas to littwo felony counts of failing to tle headway toward getting report income from autograph back into baseball, which must appearances; baseball memorahappen if he's to become eligi- bilia sales; and gambling. After Rose accepted the lifeble for the Hall of Fame. The time ban without a formal findapplication for reinstatement he submitted two years ago is ing that he had bet on baseball, A. Bartlett ignored by commissioner Bud commissioner conferno indication a said Giamatti news at who gives Selig, ence the following day that he'll change his mind. "It seems that in our society, Rose would have to "reconfig99 out of 100 guys are given ure" his life to get back in. another opportunity," Rose Selig won't talk about the said. "I'm the one out of 100 case other than to suggest that that's not being given another little has changed in the last 10 opportunity, which is years. to me." "Since Bart's decision, you A more relevant number read all the things that led up Rose is one of to that. ... Nothing has changed might be 15 who have received lifetime any of that," Selig said. "There's bans from the baseball commis no appropriate reason to have bling on Aug. 23, 1989. Through it all, he's made 4 GIANTS 10 BREWERS 3 4-- 1 one-hitt- (7-1- 0-- (3-3- ROCKIES g JS Bil l Can I have that one back?: Boston pitcher Mark Portugal, center, reacts after giving up a single to Texas' Rusty Greer, right. six-plu- d (4-2- ), 100-pitc- 4-- inning-endin- Stottlemyre's return ends in loss By The Associated Press innings streak at 13. Trot Nixon's sacrifice fly With pulled the Red Sox to the bases loaded, Mike Stanley hit an flyout to the warning track. Loaiza allowed three runs s and five hits in five and out innings, striking walking three. Texas is unbeaten is all seven of his starts this season. Mark Portugal allowed all four runs and nine hits in six innings and dropped to against Texas. losing season. Rockies owner JOHN SWART AT he Associated Press A long ten years: Pete Rose rubs his eyes during a game on March 24, hits leader was manager of Cincinnati. 1989, when baseball's all-ti- any more comment." By contrast, Rose insists he has followed Giamatti's directive and turned his life around. "I do no more illegal gambling. I'm very selective of the people I associate with," Rose said. "Based on my interpretation of what reconfigure means, I have reconfigured my life." life His reconfigured includes legal gambling. His lawyer wishes it didn't. In 1989, Rose admitted betting through bookies but denied he placed bets on baseball, contrary to Dowd's findings, an FBI analysis of Rose's fingerprints on betting slips, Giamatti's conclusions and the testimony of Rose's former associates. Shortly after he accepted his ban, Rose's advisers urged him to get help. He saw the chairman of the psychiatry department at the University of Cincinnati, who concluded that Rose had a "clinically signifi- cant gambling disorder" and should never gamble on anything. Rose initially supported Dr. J. Randolph Hillard's diagnosis, agreeing he must avoid gambling completely. In the years that followed, he changed his mind. Saying he doesn't have a gambling problem, Rose has done promotional appearances at casinos and placed bets at race tracks. It leaves him vulnerable to suggestions that he's not dealing with his biggest problem, the one that got him in trouble in the first place. Jerry announced McMorris Gebhard's resignation at Coors Field while the Rockies played the Cubs in Chicago. "It was Geb's decision," McMorris said. He fended off questions about recent reports that he planned to fire Gebhard at the end of the season, saying, 'That would be pure speculation." McMorris said Gebhard didn't tell him whether speculation about his job contributed to his decision to resign, but added it could have been a factor. Gebhard did not attend the news conference and wasn't available for comment. Gebhard's responsibilities are being taken over by Pat Daugherty, vice president for scouting; Gary Hughes, vice president for flayer personnel; and Tony Siegal, director for baseball administration. Gebhard's job has been in jeopardy for a year. Colorado, which made the playoffs in 1995 in its third season, fin- - lfi ROBERT F. BlIK ATV The Associated Press Happier times: Rockies general manager Bob Gebhard, who resigned Friday, watches his team ished in February. 77-8- 5 last year. The Rockies kept Gebhard but fired manager Don Baylor and replaced Leyland. him with Jim Colorado is last in the NL West, starting Friday with a 54-6- 9 record. Gebhard, 56, was hired in the fall of 1991, about 18 months before the Rockies started play. In the November 1992 expansion draft, he select- ed Vinny Castilla, Curtis Leskanic and Kevin Ritz. He also traded for Dante Bichette and signed Andres Galarraga. Gebhard has made other shrewd deals, notably signing free agent Larry Walker before the 1995 season. |
