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Show Page B2 THE DAILY HhRAI 1. Proui. I uh. Sunday August 3. I W Backlash over Chicago trade'i includes fansr; baseball execs MORNING liHIEHNG ""V .4 Notable Quote "I've been looking forward to pitching in the minor leagues again for a long time. For a to say that, itl's' got to be under some difficult circumstances." Boston Red1 Sox pitcher Bret Safcerhagen after making an injury rehab start, his first start in 22 months, for Lowell of'the New League. York-Pen- n 1 Softball u Id u ww By The Associated Press Roger Clemens could not hold a four-rulead, as Detroit defeated Toronto on reliever Paul Quantrill's throwing error in the eighth inning. Clemens, pitching at Tiger Stadium for the first time since striking out 20 last Sept. 18 while with Boston, was trying for his major into the 17th win. He took a sixth inning, and left in the seventh after Travis Fryman's three-ruhomer tied it at 6. Clemens struck out nine, walked four and gave up 10 hits 15-1- 12-1- 3 . ) 667-201- 5-- g 1 n innings. The three-tim- e Award winner, Young Cy who leads the majors with a 1.78 ERA, had allowed just five earned runs in his previous in six-plu- 465-892- !: eight starts. The game was tied at 7 in the eighth when Brian Hunter doubled with one out. Bobby Higginson grounded back to the mound, but Quantrill threw wildly to third Hunter scored. (4-- and For the third straight BYU's men's gymnastics ,l?am has been ranked second JjSiJ the nation academically by Kthe College Gymnastics KAssociation. S- The Cougars' team GPA of 3.282 is second to MIT's 3.51 vjind just ahead of Iowa's 3.265. K' Individually, four Cougars homered and drove in a career-hig- h five runs as Mike Mussina and the Baltimore Orioles overcame a shaky start to beat the Oakland Athletics. Mussina (12-4- ) surrendered three runs in the first inning, two of them unearned. But he did not allow another run before leaving after the seventh, and defeated Oakland for the 12th time in 15 career deci- pitchers ft j sions. TWINS 5 YANKEES 4 ! ROYALS 10 RED SOX 3 At Kansas City, Dean Palmer homered twice and drove in four runs and the Kansas City five Royals hit a season-highomers in beating the Boston Red Sox Saturday. Palmer, who was dealt from Texas to Kansas City on July h with two home runs and eight RBIs since the 25, is trade. ORIOLES 13 ATHLETICS 3 as the Minnesota Twins snapped New York's winning streak. Molitor gave the Twins a lead in the sixth inning with a solo shot. His drive hit the top of the field fence at the sign and bounced over for his seventh home run. four-gam-e 3-- 2 left-cent- er Duane Burleson The Assoclutcd nine-gam- two-ru- n At Dennis Anaheim, Springer and Troy Percival combined on a as Anaheim won for the 20th time in 26 games to retain a lead over Seattle in the In three games since a stun ning deal with San Francisco decimated their pitching staff, the White Sox have allowed the Angels 26 runs. INDIANS 7 RANGERS 3 five-hitt- half-gam- e AL West. who blanked Springer Cleveland in his previous start, retired the first 11 batters he faced and took a into the fifth inning. He gave up four hits and one walk with two strikeouts in eight innings. Percival allowed one hit in the ninth for his 15th save. (7-4- ), no-hitt- er At Arlington, Jim Thome hit homer a tiebreaking three-ru- n in the sixth to help John Smiley's successful debut as Cleveland handed Texas its fifth straight loss. Smiley acquired from Cincinnati in a trading dead(1-0- ), line deal on Thursday, allowed five hits, struck out six and walked one over seven innings. Scholar-JwUhlet- e awards (GPA of 3.5 or fetter). Sophomore Rob Rimpini fitmintained a 3.86 GPA in an undeclared major while quali- fying for the NCAA champi-.''onship- s as an individual on exercise last year, ' Senior floor and vault spe- j? cialist Khayyam Jones (3.74 j. m mathematics), junior floor ; ; ; and vault specialist Trent Wells (3.74 in public relations) and junior rings specialist Jason Foreman (3.71 in oty) round out the list. zool-- I Basketball Utah Vallev State College a$3lstant basketball coach Dn Kenney has accepted an u assistant's position at Boise S(ate University. rUVSC head coach Jeff Z RMnert has seen three of his . t fliiistants move to NCAA lvision I programs in the K'past two years. Nate Call took assistant's job under new RBVU roach Steve Cleveland this year, and Gib moved to Loyola last year. !larvmount to lose Reinert said, "But it's for j'ood our program to have '."the caliber of coaches the D-- I programs are looking for. This lijs a great opportunity for Don. I! jlq has helped build a winning "program here at UVSC and I "appreciate all he's done for me." assis-i-.Jants- McGwire raps first NL hit; Tomko strikes out 10 in return to Cincinnati rotation Hampton pitched a r and Jeff Bagwell hit his 29th home run, leading the homestanding Houston Astros over the New York Mets for their 12th win in 14 games. won his sixth Hampton straight decision, tying a career best set in 1995. He struck out seven and walked three in his second career shutout. CARDINALS 2 PHILLIES 1 At Mark Philadelphia, McGwire got his first NL hit and also scored the run Saturday as the St. Louis PIRATES 6 ROCKIES 5 At Pittsburgh, Joe Randa's two-ru- n triple Was one of only two Pittsburgh hits in a five-ru- n fifth inning and the Pirates held off a four-ru- n Colorado comeback in the eighth to beat the Rockies. Larry Walker homered for the third straight game and also had an RBI double for Colorado. REDS 5 GIANTS 1 At Cincinnati, Brett Tomko 10 as struck out a career-hig- h he returned to the Cincinnati starting rotation and the Reds hit three homers off Mark Gardner to beat the fading San Beau's brother Blane is next Air Force QB ANDERSON 2-- (11-7- four-gam-e ), to relegated CUBS 5 DODGERS and the Atlanta Braves held off Florida, ensuring the Marlins would not sweep the series between the NL East contenders. The Marlins won the first two meetings, but Neagle restored the Braves' lead to 6 12 games going into Sunday's wrapup. four-gam-e 1 At Chicago, hours after announcing he'd retire following the season, Ryne Sandberg swung the bat like the he once was. He homered in his first two singled, walked, went and stole a base to lead the Chicago Cubs past the Los Angeles Dodgers Saturday. All-St- ar at-bat- s, 5-- Cardinals beat the Philadelphia Phillies Todd Stottlemyre ) pitched eight strong innings and the Cardinals snapped a losing streak. The from threi the! Chicago White Sox to the Sari Francisco Giants are unani mous in this thought: They'nj in a better place. Wilson Alvarez, Roberta Hernandez and Danny Darwin each had harsh words for the ownership of their former team, which sent them packing in exchange for six minor league players Thursday. The trade was made even though the White Sox were just 3 12 games out of first place in the American League Central. professionals. "They're They've got pride, so they want to do a good job," Darwin said of his former teammates. "But I've never seen management up and throw in the towel like that when they're so close. I've never heard an owner come out and say, 'We have no chance of catching the team in front of us.' I've never seen that in 22 years of professional baseball." On Thursday, the Chicago quoted White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf as saying, "Anyone who thinks this White Sox team will catch Cleveland is crazy." He backed away after the trade. "That's what I said yesReinsdorf said terday," Thursday. "I don't feel that way today." But fans, White Sox players and certainly the three traded players questioned Reinsdorfs motives. Even veteran baseball men were perplexed. "My God, you give away, a good starting pitcher and your top reliever, and you're only 3 12 games out of first place that's just not good for the game," said Whitey Herzog, a managlongtime major-leagu- e 1 BRAVES 4 MARLINS 2 At Miami, Denny Neagle pitched seven shutout innings EXPOS 6 PADRES 0 At Montreal, Carlos Perez for his fifth pitched a five-hittcareer shutout . and Rondell White and David Segui hit consecutive home runs in the fifth inning as the Montreal Expos beat the San Diego Padres. Perez (11-6- ) got his fourth shutout this season, tying him with teammate Pedro Martinez and Houston's Darryl Kile for er the major league lead, and reached the plateau for the first time in his career. 11-wi- n er and general manager. "I think it's going to be battered around for weeks, and it should be," said Buzzie Bavasi, who ran three teams, including the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers, during his career. "Something like this could affect the game. Trading three established players to another club in the middle of a pennant race?" Alvarez said before winning his debut with the Giants on Friday night in Cincinnati that he was happy to have left Chicago. "The players, they're great. The fans, they're good they were good to me all six years I was there. But the front-offic- e people, they don't know how to treat players. They treat players like garbage. That's why they're not going to win." And even Hernandez, though he relinquished his closer role to the Giants' Rod Beck, said it was "a breath of fresh air" to walk into the Giants' clubhouse Friday. "The guys welcomed me here with open arms, and that comes straight from the top. ," fbcing ridden by j;;? Will's Way,came from just a nose Formal Gold jiSaturday's $350,000 Whitney jDfandicap at Saratoga. Formal Gold, who took the JlleTad at the start and narrowly Classed holding onto it at the nd, was 6 12 lengths ahead fcof the favorite, Skip Away, ;svho failed to pose a serious $lhreat at any point. Circle of rtrlght, Editor's Note and Pyramid Peak completed the girder of finsh. .Wilis Way, deieaiea Dy snip ijAiay in each of their last two meetings at Suffold Downs and Belmont Park, rediscovered the form that saw him B$ve the better of the two in i$2t year's Travers. J- (Tomko (6-3- long relief for his last three appearances as the Reds showcased their veteran starters for trades, held the Giants to a pair of hits in seven innings. LEAGUE three-hitte- fi-i-- kjerry Bailey, ff the pace to score by jji in diver Francisco Giants. NATIONAL Mike (9-- Hi : Hampton spins sixth straight victory By The Associated Press traded Sun-Tim- ANGELS 5 WHITE SOX 2 At Milwaukee, Paul Sorrento hit a grand slam and drove in six runs and Ken Griffey Jr., Russ Davis, Rob Ducey and Edgar Martinez also homered as Seattle ended the Brewers' e winning streak. Griffey's 33rd homer, a shot in the second inning, gave him 100 RBIs for the fifth time in his career and was the earliest he reached that mark. He also had a double in the fourth. Press Rocket fires: Toronto's Roger Clemens delivers a pitch in the fourth inning against the Tigers Saturday in Detroit. Clemens was attempting to win his major-leagu- e leading 17th game. MARINERS 14 BREWERS 4 two-ru- n At Oakland, Mike Bordick Q 1 At New York, Paul Molitor homered and drove in two runs 399-fo- 10-- 3 Gymnastics 0 . s 19-2- infor-t-matio- CHICAGO (AP) n league-leadin- The NSA is sponsoring ; tlree world series tournaments in the next two months. The NSA Coed State 6 .. Championship will be Aug. at the Kaysville Sportsplex , (1150 N. 200 W., exit 3:51). . Entry fee is $200, entry deadline is Aug. 12. The Church World Series will be Sept. at the Kaysville Sportsplex. Entry fee is $225 (NSA fee $251 and j entry deadline is Sept. 7. Classifications are men's rec and coed rec. For more information on either of these series, call (801 imzThe Native American World 3$ries will be Sept. 1 at 3t&e Weber County Softball ?tJmplex. Entry fee is $225 If and entry deadline is Sept. 12. .Classifications are men's, n fjjironien's and coed. For call Bobby (Ujetterman (801) AMERICAN LEAGUE COLORADO SPRINGS, There's no avoidColo. (AP) ing it. Blane Morgan is a double legacy. First, he's following a series of Air Force Academy quarterbacks who have earned Rich Mayo status (1959), Terry Isaacson (1963) and Dee Dowis (1989). Oh yeah. One more: Beau Morgan (1996). That's the second part of Blane Morgan's legacy. He's the of Beau younger last who graduated Morgan, now is and attending year Dallas Cowboys training camp as a running back. Like his brother, Blane Morgan is a little short by some standards. Though the junior is 192 pounds, listed at like more he's he insists brother 195. Continued from Bl "Coming in, they had 12 or guaranteed contracts on the team, and I was thinking 'Why are they even having me come in here and try out?'" Anderson said. "But Coach (Jerry) Sloan talked to the team and said 'Nobody's guaranteed on this team. Just work hard and we'll try to make room for you.' And 13 that's what happened." Anderson averaged 5.9 LASORDA Continued from Bl Stengel's 63. And it is for being one of baseball's best ambassadors. Also being inducted into the e Hall are: winner Phil elected Niekro, by the Baseball Writers Association of America; second baseman Nellie Fox, elected like Lasorda by the committee on veterans; and Negro Leagues slugger Willie Wells. The J.G. Taylor Spink award will 318-gam- points per game in his rookie season and was a key contributor for the Jazz during the playoffs. He showed potential and an outside shot that needed improvement, which is why the Jazz coaches decided Anderson should include the Rocky Mountain Revue in his vacation plans. "Shandon's a versatile guy who can play the shooting guard and small forward spots," said Jazz assistant Kenny Natt, who is helping handle coaching duties for Utah's Revue team. "And in order to play those positions like Jeff Hornacek and Bryon Russell, you have to be able to shoot the ball. From go to longtime New York and knows what they need to get them going. And that's what made him a great manager." There were, of course, the writer sports Pittsburgh Charley Feeney, and the Ford C. Frick Award will be presented to Jimmy Dudley, voice of the Cleveland Indians from 1948-6If Lasorda were a salesman, he'd win the incentive trip to 7. Hawaii every year. He knew how to sell the Dodgers to America and the players to themselves. Tommy's a very psychologically astute person," said longtime Dodgers catcher Mike Scioscia, no& a coach with the team. "He knows how to read people and Shandon's standpoint, that's what this is all about getting him the ball and having him take his shots." Natt added that Anderson, who was a shooter in his senior season at nt Georgia, field-go- just needs confidence. "When you are struggling, at least if you have the confi- dence in yourself, you know that 'Hey, I can hit the shot,'" emotional embraces in front of the, dugout, public displays of affection that made Lasorda's Dodgers baseball's huggingest team. They were, according to Scioscia, not always all they seemed to be. "I think that's probably the biggest misconception the public has," he said. To run a club, it's not just all hugging. You have to know who to pat on the back, Natt said. now, "Right Shandon's just questioning himself, and as soon as you question whether you can hit the shot, you've already missed it." Anderson does have confidence in one thing where he'll be this season. He signed a r contract with the Jazz two-yea- in July. ; That was reason enough; for Anderson to smile even a$ he spent some of his vacation' as one of the "old guys" on a team full of youngsters. when to pat him on the back, when you have to kick them in the butt and when you have to stroke them a little bit. And Tommy had that gift, to know what players needed what. And the timing was always on the ' money with Tommy." Perhaps Lasorda, the psychologist, was at his host uHtVi nitrblpr Orel Hershiser, who looked like; a computer programmer and threw like one. When the manager was done, Hershiser was nicknamed Bulldog and set the record for consecutive scoreless innings,, POOR COPY j ' |