Show 4B Saturday June 29 !( Baseball 1991 Standard-Examine- J r 9 Twins are suddenly streaking in the other direction Jeff Gray and Jeff Reardon finished with The Associated Press homer and Sammy Sosa hit a three-ru- n Charlie Hough won for the fifth time in six decisions as the Chicago White Sox beat Minnesota 4-- 2 Friday night and sent the Twins to their third consecutive loss allowed solo homers to Shane Mack and Pedro Munoz in the fifth inning but gave up just three other hits in Hough (5-- 3) seven innings Chicago won for the eighth time in 11 games as Hough became the first White Sox pitcher since Rich Gossage in 1976 to pitch seven innings or more in 10 consecutive starts Scott Radinsky ended a Twins threat in the eighth and Bobby Thigpen got three outs for his 15th save in 20 chances After allowing the Twins to load the bases with one out Thigpen struck out Kirby Puckett and retired Chili Davis on a flyout Despite the sudden tailspin the Twins are still 21-- 5 in June Brewers 5 Yankees 2 Don August allowed four hits in 6V innings and Milwaukee scored the run on a double-pla- y grounder to beat hitless relief Jose Mesa (4-gave up six hits and six runs and was knocked out after failing to n third retire six batters in Boston’s inning Luis Rivera Ellis Burks Jody Reed and Wade Boggs hit consecutive singles in the third for a 0 lead Mesa then walked Jack Clark and Mike Greenwell forcing in a run Mo Vaughn hit a sacrifice fly off Todd Frohwirth Tom Brunansky had an RBI singroundout and Pena hit a gle for a 0 lead AMERICAN LEAGUE 8) New York August (6-3- ) won for the sixth time in seven decisions leaving in the seventh after a walk to Kevin Maas and single by Matt Nokes Darren Holmes got pinch-hittPat Sheridan on a groundout to end the inning and Dan Plesac pitched the ninth for his fifth save Milwaukee broke a 2 tie with a run in six-ru- er 2-- 2-- the sixth off Scott Kamieniecki (2-thanks to a strange fielding decision by 1) run-scori- ng Yankees second baseman Steve Sax Darryl Hamilton doubled over Jesse Barfield's head in right field BJ Surhoff grounded to second but Sax threw the ball to third instead of first and Hamilton was safe easily Milwaukee went ahead as Robin Yount hit into a double play 6-- Mariners 3 Blue Jays 1 Tom Candiotti lost in his Toronto debut as Jay Buhner homered and led Seattle over the Blue Jays was traded to Toronto Candiotti (7-on Thursday by the Cleveland Indians He gave up three runs and eight hits in six innings struck out three and walked two Mike Jackson pitched 1 V innings of shutout relief for his 13th save allowed four hits in Bill Krueger (5-61) shutout innings He retired his first 12 7) Red Sox 9 Orioles 3 Boston stopped a four-gam- e losing streak as Tony Pena drove in three runs to pace the Red Sox past Baltimore allowed six hits in 6Vi Greg Harris (4-innings struck out six and walked two 3) 7) overall and batters before Kelly Gruber singled in the Aquino Tigers 7 Indians 11 of their last 14 m2de his fourth st2rt oH the season and won for the first time since five-hittfori July 14 1990 He pitched a his third big league shutout struck out aj seven and walked one career-hig- h Kansas City which led 0 after a six-- I run second inning has scored at least nine’ runs per game and 55 total during a five-ga- me road winning streak Bob Welch I was tagged for nine runs and nine (7-hits in three innings his shortest outing t I since last July 28 fifth 1 (1-- 1) er Mickey Tettleton homered for the lime in as many games leading Detroit past Cleveland Frank Tanana (5-won consecutive decisions for the first time since last September He allowed one run and four hits in seven innings and struck out eight the most by a Tigers starter this season Denis Boucher (0-acquired Thursday from Toronto allowed six runs and seven hits in 4'A innings Detroit took a 4--0 lead in the first on Tony Phillips’ walk Lou Whitaker’s single Alan Trammell’s two-ru- n double and 14th home run sev-ent- h 7-- 6) 5) 4) L Angels 10 Rangers 8 Wally Joyner had four hits and drove in five runs and Dave Parker hit a ing home run in the seventh inning as Ca-lifomia beat Texas California led 3 before Texas rallied in homer by Ruben the seventh on a two-ru- n ho- Sierra off Jim Abbott and a three-ru- n mcr by rookie Dean Palmer ofT Mike Fct— ters Sierra’s I2lh homer extended his: 16 games It hitting streak to a career-hig- h was Palmer’s second home run Parker hit his sixth home run in the bottom of the inning off Kenny Rogers (4-k- Tet-tleton- ’s -- 8-- Royals 11 Athletics 0 Danny Tartabull and Kirk Gibson each homers and Luis Aquino won hit two-ru- n for the first time in nearly a year as Kansas City routed slumping Oakland Oakland has lost lour consecutive home games for the first time since May 1987 The Athletics have lost seven of eight 7) Larkin's booming bat boosts Reds barrage helps Cincinnati beat Houston for fifth straight victory Three-hom- er The Associated Press Barry Larkin hit three consecu- tive homers tying the major league record with five in two games as the Cincinnati Reds beat the Houston Astros 5 on Friday night for their season-hig8-- h fifth straight win hoLarkin hit a pair of two-ru- n mers and a solo shot in his first off Jim Deshaies three (2-and drove in another run by hitting into a force play for a six RBI Larkin drew a er-high walk in his final time Deshaies also allowed a solo homer to Eric Davis the second time in two years he’s given up four homers in a game against Cincinnati The Reds also had last four off the Astros’ June 16 in a 2 win at Riverfront Stadium The three homers gave Larkin — five in a span of seven he hit a solo homer and a two-ru- n blast on Thursday in a 0 victory over San Diego Larkin became the first Reds player to hit five home runs in two games and the 1 6th major-leaguoverall to accomplish it The Reds’ four homers gave Tom Browning (10-4- ) a 4 lead after five innings Houston knocked him out of the game in the sixth but Rob Dibble got the final five outs for his 21st save ts 7) care- at-b- at left-hand- er 6-- at-ba- ts 3-- er 6-- Phillies 6 Mets 2 Jose Dejesus did it as again pitching a four-hittPhiladelphia beat New York and e snapped a losing streak is 0 including Dejesus (5-three complete games and his only Met-kill- er er five-gam- 4-- 3) NATIONAL LEAGUE career shutout with a 202 ERA with against the Mets He is a 451 ERA and just one complete game against everyone else The Mets were coming off their first home sweep of the season having won three straight from Montreal before Dejesus stopped them Current New York batters 8-- (120) lifetime are against him with Howard Johnson Gregg Jefferies spoiled DeJesus’ homer shutout bid with a two-ru- n in the ninth It was Jefferies’ fifth homer and extended his hitting 12 games streak to a career-hig- h Pirates 6 Expos 1 Zane Smith broke a personal losing streak by allowinnings ing five hits in eight-plu- s as Pittsburgh won its third straight game beating slumping Montreal The victory was Pittsburgh’s fourth in as many games at Montreal this season and sent the Expos to their fifth straight defeat Pittsburgh has won six of seven games against Montreal this season Smith (8-struck out three and walked two He was relieved by Stan Belinda after Marquis Grissom led off the bottom of the ninth with a single and Delino DeShields drew a walk Belinda got Ivan Calderon to hit into a double play but Grissom scored when third baseman Joe Redfield four-gam- e Tim Wallach’s misplayed grounder for an error Ken Wil- liams struck out to end the game outburst helps Trappers continue surge Last-gas- p Special to the Standard Examiner POCATELLO — The Salt Lake Trappers did it the hard way Friday night in winning for the sixth time in their last seven Pioneer League outings Salt Lake scored five times in the top of the ninth inning to slip past Pocatello 5 The game was played before 856 fans at Halli well Park The Trappers trailed 1 going into the ninth All they had to show for the previous eight innings was a solo home run by shortstop Rick Hirtensteincr to lead off the game Pocatello now 8 on the season stormed back with three runs in its half of the opening frame a run in the second and another in the seventh in building its seemingly safe 6-- 5-- 3-- Tennis 1 lead Kris Kaelin drove in two of the Pioneers’ runs with a double Pocatello starting pitcher Rob Callistro and his replacement Steve Grennan scattered six Salt Lake hits through eight innings But Pocatello’s defense broke down in the ninth at the expense of bullpen ace Rich Lkman The Pioneers opened the door for the Trappers by committing two errors in the final frame Lkman added to his own woes by walking two batters Catcher Dave Rolls and first baseman Lric Macrina had RBI singles in the Trappers' outburst Dan Furmanik picked up the win in relief as the Trappers improved to 5 7-- Clawing back in the fourth set after losing the third — another shower interrupted play again for half an hour late in the third set — From 3B Agassi found himself in trouble Tentative at first about ventur- again at 5 Connell gained the advantage ing from his beloved baseline Agassi roamed the net more boldly when Agassi pushed a backhand as the match wore on His volleys approach volley long at deuce and tended toward the slamming vari- now needed only one point to serve for the match ety similar to his groundstrokes But at this most crucial moment rather than the deft touch of some Agassi came up with one of the grass court specialists But he showed imagination and luckiest strokes of the summer a daring — key ingredients on this backhand that climbed up the net surface — to complement his cord and kicked over slightly far from Connell's reach strengths on returns and in rallies Ever the charmer Agassi apolo"The grass was fun" he said “It feels like a crap shoot out there gized by raising his hand but as he You just kind of throw the dice strode back jauntily to the baseline he had to feel as if he’d just wiped and hope they roll your way Wimg bledon is a Connell out tournament You sec shots here that you Unfortunately for Wimbledon see nowhere else because it forces officials the amount of rain this you to do something spectacular it week also wiped out any chance of seems every point or else you avoiding play Sunday won't win it Chris Gorringe chief executive "I had a great time I don't think of the All England Club that hosts I have ever enjoyed playing as the championship stressed it was a much as I did the past couple of decision (aused by the weather days" 5-- shot-makin- Los Angeles Dodgers base runner Eddie Murray (33) slides hard into Atlanta shortstop Rafael Belliard on a forceout at second base and successfully breaks up a The victory was Smith’s first since he pitched a one-hittto beat St Louis on May 29 hits broke a er Cardinals 14 Cubs 6 Felix Jose knocked in three runs and had four of St Louis’ 21 hits while rookie Omar Olivares won his first game in seven 1991 starts as the Cardinals routed Chicago The victory was the fourth straight for St Louis and the Cubs lost for the 12th time in 14 games despite a long pregame pep talk from Manager Jim Essian Olivares (1-gave up nine hits and five runs in six innings winning for the first time since Sept 1 3 against Montreal Willie Fraser claimed on waivers from Toronto on Wednesday pitched the eighth and ninth for the Cardinals It was the fourth four-h- it game 1) of the year for Jose who singled twice and doubled twice He d drove in two runs with a double during a four-ru- n bases-loade- fourth and he got another RBI on an infield out Everyone in the starting St Louis lineup had at least one hit and the first three batters — Ozzie Smith Todd Ziele and Ray Lankford — had three hits apiece Braves 3-- 2 Dodgers 2-- 8 Kent Mercker a relief pitcher who’d never been on base in the major leagues drew a two-obases-Ioade- d walk in the 10th inning forcing in the winning run as Atlanta beat Los Angeles in the opener of a doubleheader The Dodgers took the nightcap to snap a three-gam- e losing streak as Juan Samuel who had three ut attempt by the double-pla- y Braves during the first game of Friday’s doubleheader sixth-innin- 2-- 2 g tie with a two-ru- n single off reliever Rick Mahler (1-Mike Morgan (9-pitched a five-hittstruck out three and walked two for his fourth complete game of the season in the nightcap The Dodgers put the game away when they rocked Dan Petry acquired from Detroit earlier in the week for four runs in the eighth inning In the opener Mercker in three this season and years in the majors got his first RBI when Jim Gott’s 2 pitch sailed high and outside forcing home Ron Gant 4) er big-leag3-- Padres 5 Giants 3 sinJerald Clark had a two-ru- n gle and a solo homer as San Diego beat San Francisco to end the Giants’ winning streak Clark’s single capped a four-ru- n fifth inning and his seventh homer a drive that hit the top of the fence in field and deflected over gave Bruce Hurst some breathing room Hurst (9-gave up five hits including a three-ru- n homer to Kevin Mitchell in eight innings Larry Andersen worked the ninth for his third save Hurst allowed five hits struck out four and walked four Mitchell homered on a 2 pitch as the Giants who came from behind in each game of their winning streak pulled within 3 in the sixth Hurst walked Mike Felder and Willie McGee before Mitchell hit his 12th hohier and second in two games since coming off the disabled list six-ga- left-cent- er 4) 0-- 4-- These fencers brandish swords not chain links By KAREN WALLACE Standard-Examine- correspondent CEDAR CITY — The thrilling sound of steel meeting steel rang throughout the Utah Summer Games fencing venue Friday as opponents battled with foil sabre and epee Quoting professional fencer Georgia Santclli Summer Games fencing coordinator Ron Hendricks said “Fencing is like a physical game of chess It involves setting up your opponent and getting through his defenses without getting hit “This is not really a spectator sport" Hendricks said pointing out that it takes a trained eye to understand the scoring Hendricks said that although the Summer Games are scheduled at the same time as a national compe- - Christian From 3B Last season Butler drew national attention when it was reported that he said the devil was the cause of a San Francisco loss "I was on the elevator with my wife and I was talking about the Christians on the balldub" Butler said “We had a number of Christians on the dub and I said Tm excited to sec the Christians we have on this balldub The Lord must be bringing us together to fight a UTAH SUMMER GAMES lition in Chicago it is still well supported “this year will be a good opporfenctunity for the ers to show off" he said “We expect to have team members from BYU Utah State and Weber State compete as well as representatives from Southern Utah University and state fencing clubs" While the men’s and women’s open foil open sabre and open epee competitions were under way table tennis got going nearby at Cedar City Middle School Unlike fencing table tennis “is often considered a parlor game” said Byron Davis of Salt Lake City “But when played in a setting such as the USG it is easy to see that table tennis is one of the most physically demanding sports “The table tennis player only has less than a tenth of a second to react to the ball It takes excellent i ished with 13 points “He is always going to be but once you put on a dif-ferent uniform and lace up those' shoes you have got to block it out and play your game” Jerry Naulls said myi-brothe- Del Rowe Law will face Peterson d 94-8- 9 76-7- 109-9- 3 “I have played against him (older brother Jerry) all my life because wc were never on the same team all that much so it was nothing new" said Chris Naulls who fin Metalcraft will face the Utah Val- with th6 Brigham ley Young University combination of Gary Trost Steve Shriner and Scott Moon in the next round All-Sta- Here’s Your Ticket to Major League Baseball! 301 KOOG-T- V Ogdea'Salt Lake Oily A’s Padres Rangers Admit One Free battle’ "I had to call a press conference in Montreal and clarify that it wasn't Satan That the reason the Giants were losing was our pitching our hitting and our defense" “I don’t walk through the clubhouse saying ’Alright who am I going to talk to about Jesus lodayT My life is directed by Christ and the spirit of God directs me in things to say and when to say it" Butler said V Rangers vs Angels at 8:00 ! : coordination that is not Specialized which defeated Benefi- cial Life in an afternoon always necessary in other competitive sports” game Earlier in the opening round of Josh Grant the Western Athletic men’s basketball play Metro's Del Conference’s Player of the Year Rowe Law led by Jerry Naulls and brothers Nathan and Greg with 37 points defeated the Grant led Metalcraft Technologies South’s JB’s Cedar City team with to a narrow 4 victory over brother 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