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Show Page B4 THE DAILY HrRALD, Provo, Utah, Sunday, September 19, 1999 xw jhC t)- w.- Js aw3fe Houston falls as Reds close (B0Vflln)(oI UK& ) Jf fix1 four-gam- 5-- 3 3 PIRATES 0 TOM GANNAMThe Associated Press Almost .500: Cardinal pitcher Darren Oliver delivers in the first inning against Houston. Oliver improved his record to . I " NATldfiAL : LEAGUE homered and drove in three runs. Jackson hit a sacrifice fly in the second and had a two-ru- n homer off Mark Gardner in the fourth that gave San lead. Diego a TONY Bret ciht. Randy Johnson struck out Heven in six innings, raising his total to major league-leadin.'J total in a 12, the one Nolan more than season, Ryan fanned in 1977. 5-- 0 12-gam- WHITE SOX Rangers, who have won eight of 4-- 0 MARINERS n METS11 PHILLIES sixth-highe- 3 d (8-1- ATHLETICS 8 ORIOLES 6 1 ), at-ba- ts 2-- 3 Box scores, B6 ), ANAHEIM, Calif. Sidney Ponson ) won for the first time in seven starts since Aug. 10 and Baltimore stretched a winning streak to 10 for the first time since June 1993. Ponson allowed three runs and six hits in s innings, and Mike Timlin pitched the ninth for his 23rd save in 32 chances. six-plu- Box scores, B6 Continued from Bl Herald Correspondent PROVO With three of the top boys prep cross country runners in the nation all calling Utah Valley home, there was no doubt a race involving all three would be a good one. But when the three-mil- e 1999 Cross Country Triple Crown boys prep race ended on large victory, said he wasn't extremely pleased with his own performance. He took such a big lead because he wasn't sure if he had what it took for a close fin- For Mountain View, which is ranked No. 1 in the nation, the of 18:18.6, which was better than the winning time of the women's junior college race earlier in the day. Lander Valley's Ashley Winters finished second and Tiffany Strickland finished third for Mountain View. Mountain View won the team Htandings, with a score of 4,r), followed hy Mountain Crest, Orem outcome was expected. Mountain View coach Dave Houle said he was pleased with the effort of his team this early in the season. "You ask the boys to give you their best, and toduy was their best," Houle said. In the girls prep ruce, I'rovo's KnHsi Anderson won with a time ish. 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FMeredla pitched to I bane' in the 9th. WP Bowie. Ayala. Umpires Home. Gibson; First. Rapuano. Second, Lemphugh: Third. IMams C T 4:44. A 39.304 3.B84J. to 2 Mountain View runs away with B YU invitational ML By ADAM MAN GUM ab 0 RoBmtf P (12-11- ARLINGTON, Texas Aaron Sele allowed six hits in eight innings as the Texas Rangers beat the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and lowered their magic number for clinching the AL West to nine. Sele (17-8who struck out four and walked none, is 10-- in 14 starts since July 9. n CHICAGO M 1 ANGELS 3 RANGERS 6 DEVIL RAYS 1 OAKLAND, Calif. Miguel Tejada and Randy Velarde hit two-ruhomers to back Omar Olivares (15-10who won for the seventh time in eight decisions since the A's acquired him from Anaheim on July 29. Olivares allowed four runs and eight hits in 7 innings, and Jason Isringhausen got four outs for his fifth save. With their 81st win, the Athletics k (2). Nievea 04). DP Milwaukee 2 LOB -Milwaukee 6. Chtcaoo 17. 2B Gnssom (24). Octal (1) (16). Cancel (2), Ntsves (7). (5). (32). Bettiani (7). Sosa (60). ROYALS 4 NEW YORK Rey Ordonez went with his first career his fourth career grand slam homer in 1,835 and first since Sept. 15, 1998. SAN DIEGO Damian Jackson and Quilvio Veras each 4 h each homered for Boston. allowed Jeff Weaver six runs, 10 hits and four walks in 3 3 innings. (9-1- (6-4- (2-2- g BREWERS 7. CUBS 4 MILWAUKEE Sumtu rf Bilwj Ochoalf jsVtoi ss Gil Meche ) SEATTLE and Paul Abbott combined on a two-hittand Alex Rodriguez hit his 39th home run, dropping in Minnesota to September. Meche won his third straight decision, allowing both hits in 6 innings: singles by Ron Coomer in the second and Doug Mientkiewicz in the fifth. to get Republic." Cmo3a 7 Carlos Lee hit homer a tiebreaking three-ruoff Paul Quantrill ) in the ninth inning and had a career-higfive RBIs. Toronto lost its fourth straight, falling 9 12 games behind Boston in the wild-carrace. Jaime Navarro pitched two hitless innings for the win. Bob Howry pitched the ninth for his 23rd save. Garciaparra, who improved his batting average to .359, and Jason Varitek 5 real where he is." After his homer, Sosa, who once sold oranges and shined shoes in his beloved homeland, held up a sign to the TV camera: "I Love You Dominican Unworn cf Loratra lb TWINS 0 TORONTO d 11 games. ATLANTA Dustin Hermanson won his fourth straight start despite allowing 1 1 hits in eight innings. Atlanta saw its NL East lead cut to one game over second-plac- e New York. Sosa treasures,'" Lefebvre said. "He's done something nobody before has done. Nobody has worked fc BLUE JAYS 4 e wild-car- EXPOS 4 BRAVES 3 g PADRES 11 GIANTS 5 runs and had two hits for the their last nine against the Devil Rays, who allowed three unearned runs. Two errors helped Texas to a lead after two innings. stopped their streak of consecutive losing seasons at six, their most since they finished with losing records in 15 straight seasons from 1953-67- . (8-1- (0-1- , (10-5- DIAMONDBACKS 8 MARLINS 6 n Tom Goodwin drove in two AMERICAN LEAGUE : allowed two ) Saberhagen hits in six scoreless innings, and Nomar Garciaparra went with a homer. Boston mainlead over tained a 4 Oakland in the race, winning for the ninth time in DENVER Gary Sheffield homered and doubled, and Chan Ho Park (1 improved to in his last six starts despite a 5.67 ERA in that span. He gave up one run and four hits in six innings. Jim harder than Sammy 4 RED SOX 9 TIGERS 1 BOSTON Press DEJAKTnc Associated Not today: New York's Paul O'Neill reacts after striking out against Cleveland in the Yankees' 5-- loss. seven innings. league-leadin- PHOENIX Luis Gonzalez hit a two-ruhomer off Hector Almonte ) in the 10th as .Arizona lowered its magic number for clinching the NL West to a V-'A (16-9- DODGERS 5 ROCKIES 4 manager with the Cubs. "He's one of the game'a first and third. Orlando Hernandez ) gave up five runs and six hits in 4-- 1 six-hitt- Brewers Lefebvre once managed 2-- 3 (4-1- Steve PITTSBURGH Parris (10-2)- , making his first career start against his former for his team, pitched a third career shutout and struck out eight. His last six strikeouts were called, and several Pirates exchanged words with rookie plate umpire Mark Carlson Parris' high school teammate in Joliot, 111. hment.'' e 8-9- emerged from the dugout for a curtain call and blew his trademark kisses to the crowd that had come to see one thing end a home drought and make the history books. Bere allowed Sosa's 56th homer last season while pitching for the Reds. "Last year I was 56; now rm 60," Bere said. "Good for him. It's a pretty big accomplis- n ST. LOUIS Darren Oliver won for the first time in REDS Moments later, he five-gam- 6 went to the dugout and wa6 nuggea oy teammate Glenallm Hili. CLEVELAND Charles Nagy recovered from New York's early home-ruassault and got his 17th win Saturday as the Cleveland Indians ended e a losing streak with 4 win a over the Yankees. e losBy snapping a ing skid against New York, Cleveland moved one game ahead of the Yankees for the best record in the AL. Paul O'Neill, Derek Jeter and Ricky Ledee homered for the Yankees, whose AL East lead over second-placBoston was cut to three games. Nagy (17-9- ) allowed three runs and nine hits in 6 innings, and Mike Jackson got his 37th save. After Chuck Knoblauch's RBI double, Jackson struck out O'Neill to end the game with runners on in seven starts, striking out eight in six innings, and St. Louis chased Mike Hampton (20-4- ) in the fourth for a 13-- win Saturday. Houston lost its third straight and Cincinnati closed within 2 12 games of the NL Central leader. Hampton was pounded for seven earned eight runs and eight and hits in 3 innings. Continued from Bl By The Associated Press By The Associated Press (8-9- SOSA Midi first mile mark all the way to the finish. BYU had the next four finishers with Sharolyn Shields, Laura Elizabeth Heiner, Jackson and Kara Ormond. In the collegiate men's race, No. 2 Stanford took six of the top eight spots to cruise to an winy victory with 16 points. four-mil- e BYU finished second in the men's team rankings, with 62 points. The junior college races were swept by Ricks College. In the men's, the Ricks runners finished with the top six scores, scoring a perfect team 15 points. Ricks' Ben Wynn was the race's top runner with a time of 21.01.0. UVSC finished second and whs led by Eric Straus and Ryan Ourr. In the women', UVSC finished with 40 point, behind Ricks' 24. four-mil- e Saturday at the BYU track, Frovo's Josh Rohatinsky won with a time of 14:44.4. He was more than 24 seconds ahead of Orem's Golden Harper, who finished second. 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