Show 7 o' Sports 2D Sunday June 18 1995 r Standard-Examine- Rainiers roar from behind to doubleheader victory By DAVID F1NKELSON StarktoHjammar comesporidef - SALT LAKE CITY When the rains came to Franklin Quest Field most of the Doug Saunders fan dub went home Fortunately for the Tacoma Rainiers Saunders didn't leave with them That way he was available to 3 --ran homer that deliver a pinch-hi- t lilted the Rainiers to an improbable 3 win over the Salt Lake Buzz in the first game of a doubleheader on Saturday Tacoma later took the second game by an identical 5 count The homer was just the third of g Saunthe year for the ders batting just 169 but two of the long balls have come in this senes with the Buzz The third baseman earlier smacked a clutch grand slam in game two of Wednesday’s doubleheader “Home runs are pure luck for me I’m just trying to hit the ball hard and I'm lucky if they go over 6-- 6-- light-hittin- w Rainiers 6-- 6 Buzz 5 Salt Lake drops fifth and sixth in a row 5-- the fence" said Saunders who last eight homers year hit a career-hig- h for the New York Mets’ Double-affiliate in Binghamton "This is a real good streak for me It doesn't happen to me too often" Saunders is happy it’s happening in Utah where his father was bom and where much of his extended family still resides His parents along with his wife and son flew inLake from Southern Califorto nia for this series and unlike several of Saunders’ cousins who left early the foursome stuck around for the big moment bomb to left field The three-ru- n which capped off a Rainiers’ rally from 0 down came on a first-pitoffering from Salt Lake reliever Scott Watkins in the top of the A sit 5-- ch seventh and final inning Saunders had been hidess in five previous apthis seapearances as a pinch-hittson “I’ve always been told if you pinch-hi- t expect to get a fastball on the first pitch So I went out there looking for a fastball and that’s what I got" said Saunders who began the season with the Edmonton Trappers but was released after playing in just five games He was then picked up the Seattle Mariners and sent down to Tacoma e TacoIt appeared that ma heroics would not be on the menu after the Buzz scored twice in each of the first two innings When the game was halted for an midway through the fifth inning Salt Lake had a 1 cushion and pitcher Marc Barcelo thought he had a victory Barcelo who didn’t return after the delay gave the Buzz five innings of two-h- it ball He walked four batters and twice backed himself into er late-gam- 5-- a checker during his career he had 10 goals including four winners to help Montreal capture the Stanley Cup in 1986 The Red Wings trying to win the Stanley Cup for the first time since 1955 outshot opponents 8 and averaged 363 shots a game through the first three rounds Detroit’s previous low for shots this season was 22 back on Jan 24 “Once they got the lead it’s kind of a tough catch-u- p game” Detroit coach Scotty Bowman said “It’s the sixth straight game we gave up the first goal and it’s a tough formula We did tie the game the first time To do it again it’s tough We ran out of gas in the third period" The Red Wings lost for the first time in nine home postseason 10-ye- ar stealing winning the goal puck 97' r w&0 ? i V-- :I Sfo -? t 1 1 ::-- ? tv? 'fl Meeting in Colorado Springs “I saw Spotted Fever buck out twice this year - Wednesday morning at the state finals and nt four-gam- pm - ANAHEIM Calif dra Baldwin said the IOCs decision to hold another Olympics inrtbe United States allowed the figure-!- ' be raised to $355 million © j In the next seven years Baldwin said the Salt Lake City Games could mean between $50 million and $80 million to the USOC “We still have to make significant cuts but I believe in budgeting intelligently when you have limMd resources" Baldwin said “Thafs absolutely imperative or we begin to get like the federal government" Lindsay McCoy “I knew that I had to win the second round to climb ahead of Ty so I tried my hardest Friday night and went a point ahead of e dream of Ty It’s been a mine to win the state saddle and it’s unbelievable winning all three at the state finals Winning the whole thing still hasn’t sunk in yet I knew it would take a lot to climb over both Ty and Corey” Conley then paid tribute to the support of his parents Scott and Debbie Conley and his girlfriend The Spikers’ Jennie Wade won the girls cow cutting saddle (175 points) with defending state champion Jaime Casper csLlltS long-tim- ds “I’ll probably keep the saddle in my room and I know that I couldn’t have won it without them" Left-hand1- -2 Williams who saved 43 games for Philadelphia in 1993 but was released by Houston in May 1994 lived up to his “Wild Thing” nickname with the California Angels He walked 21 batters in 10 innings Of the 20 runners he inherited 10 scored LAS VEGAS (AP) - Riddick Bowe coolly efficient instead of boiling mad bolstered his claim of being the best heavyweight in the world with a dominating performance against Jorge Luis Gonzalez on Saturday night ‘ Fawn Kennedy of the Spikers who was leading the girls goat ' ' tying going into the short touhd ' had her (103 points) goat get up before the required time limit She still finished third in the final standings with 143 ' points and qualified for the Finals School National High Rodeo six-seco- nd ’ Javea Usual enough” Williams who will earn $500000 this year is the second to be released by the Angels They are paying Joe Magrane $15 left-hand- er trieves an octopus thrown by fans onto the ice Saturday before Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Finals Avenging an amateur loss to Gonzalez Bowe battered the Cuban for five rounds and then knocked him out with a crashing right to the head at 1:50 of the sixth round to retain his WBO championship at the MGM Grand Garden “I’m sorry for him” Bowe said “I’m not mad anymore” It was sweet revenge for Bowe who had been knocked down and beaten by Gonzalez in a Pan American Games bout in 1987 At that time Gonzalez was a much more experienced amateur than Bowe But this time Bowe showed he was a much better pro- BOXING him reeling across the ring late in the fourth round Bowe connected on 188 of 302 punches Gonzalez landed only 52 of 161 One of the jabs Bowe missed was just before he threw the right hand that dropped Gonzalez face-dow- n near his comer where referee Mills Lane counted him out There was never any doubt Gonzalez was down for good “I knew if I would use my jab he would fold when he did” Bowe said “I wanted to recapture what I once had - to step up to the plate and be my best I wanted the people to say: ‘Riddick Bowe was back’ I was determined to look good and be sharp” he felt toAsked if the ll ward Bowe affected his performance Gonzalez said: “When you get a lot of hate sometimes you get too aggressive Sometimes it just doesn't work out for you” It was Bowe’s fourth fight since he lost the WBA and IBF titles to Evander Holyfield in 1994 and the first time the fighter was impressive since before that Bowe wobbled Gonzalez with a right hand at 1:18 of the first round ill-wi- combiand hurt him with a one-tw- o nation 30 seconds later Bowe controlled the second round with his left jab and wobbled the challenger a couple of times It was the same story in the third round Then Bowe took complete control in the fourth as Gonzalez started bleeding from the mouth Bowe hurt the badly tiring Gonzalez at 1:20 of the fifth round with a right then shook him up with several jabs In the sixth Gonzalez dropped with a thud “I had a bad day” said Gonzalez “Any day you can lose Bowe was too tough on the inside It just wasn’t my day” All three judges gave Bowe every round One of them scored the fourth round 10-- 8 “Tonight Bowe showed that fire again” said trainer Eddie Futch referring to the form Bowe showed when he won the undisputed title from Holyfield in April 1992 “For a while I didn’t know if he’d get it back but he proved it tonight’’ Bowe improved his record to 37-- 1 with 31 knockouts Gonzalez is 23-- 1 Bowe’s purse according to the state athletic commission was $1 million Gonzalez made $300000 TIRE & SERVICE CENTERS bility Sacramento is probably the to host the Grizzlies but their owners haven’t ruled out remaining in Denver even with the arrival of the NHL front-runn- er NBA reigns Two reasons the NBA is the best professional sports league: Players aren’t allowed to wear jewelry during games No fat umpires Plans for the Arizona Razor-back- 's new baseball stadium call for a retractable dome similar to the one in Toronto But unlike Toronto Arizona's ballpark will have natural grass Shaquille O'Neal's new commercial where he runs through a series of shows and commercials on wall of TV monitors is the best on tele vision since the “Bo Knows” ads of the ’80s Am I the only one who likes the Jazz logo? 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The task force was prepared to present a proposed budget of $324 million to the USOCs executive committee at a July 29 meeting in Denver But USOC treasurer San by Gonzalez came into the ring gesturing and shouting but Bowe stayed businesslike After the fight began the champion was in control from the opening bell Bowe never let Gonzalez into the fight The champion landed 99 of 120 left jabs many of them hurting Gonzalez and two of them sending MX For the current quadrennium the USOC has a record budget of $419 million But with concern that revenues would decline after the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta die task force known not so affectionately as RAT even by its own members was formed to cut costs Unimpressed Angels release ‘Wild Thing” fessional fighter than Gonzalez & The celebration at US Olympic Committee headquarters in Colorado Springs Colo when Salt Lake City was awarded the 2002 Winter Games Friday was mixed with a profound sense of relief anticipation of continued success in marketing sponsorships and fundraising up defenseman Nicklas Lidstrom in the left faceoff circle MacLean took a shot but the puck hit defenseman Paul Coffey and deflected right to Lemieux at the high point Lemieux then beat goalie Mike Vernon between the pads with a slap shot Though Detroit captain Steve Yzerman asked fans on Friday to buck tradition and stop throwing octopuses the Red Wings used pregame ceremonies to emphasize the creature A giant purple octopus-shape- d balloon was lowered from the rafters and light images of octopuses - along with the slogan “A Call To Arms” -were projected onto the ice Shortly thereafter about a dozen of the creatures were hurled from the stands mostly during the national anthem 'Jff Jl Los Angeles Times the highest ride between myself and Ty would win I was down on my horse getting my hand in the rigging and saw Ty coming down I was a little relieved at that point but I knew that I couldn’t and just hang on I had safety-u- p to make a spur ride from 'With this five-gatheir last 10 hold a 7--1 adRainiers the sweep vantage in the season series wijh — Salt Lake g Brito’s home tun was his 15th but his first since June The Buzz wTap up their Off-re7 homestand and the first half of the Pacific Coast League season e set against the Las with a Vegas Stars Tonight’s game will be televised on KTVX --Channel 4 at 3 Olympic victory good for USOC budget From ID with 182 points Reeder finished third with 151 points and the Spik ers’ Corey Stark took fourth (145) “I felt like the pressure was on me" said Conley “Whoever had games Saturday’s Watkins who has been virtually untouchable in the closer spot for the Buzz suffered the loss his first in 28 appearances this season In game two the Buzz jumped out to another early lead by scoring three runs in the second inning Bernardo Brno blasted a leadoff homer and Dan Masteller followed with a two-ru- n triple Once again however Tacoma roared back for the victory The Rainiers pounded Salt Lake pitchers Carlos Pulido and Dan Naulty for five runs in the fifth inning turning a 4-- 1 defiat into a 6--4 Tacoma lead Buzz notes: The Buzz 35-3- 3 have lost six straight and nine of Rodeo 508-28- set “I Barcelo said when the announcement came from the International Olympic Committee session in Budapest Hungary members of the USOCs Reallocation Task Force were immediately able to increase the proposed budby $31 million in get for 1996-200- 0 Stanley MacLean to" when I needed just wanted to keep the team in the game and give us a chance to win" hour-and-a-h- alf From ID fully I can get a lot more” A tough player better known as John jams but he allowed one unearned run just “It was an average night as far as my stuff but I made the key pitches bases-loade- d |