Show Siandard-Exarntn- Sports shatters hope of perfect game Seattle pitcher close but no cigar as Ken Phelps hits Assoamd Pies Brian Holman was having a game that pitchers dream about Then Ken Phelps pinched him Holman lost his bid for baseball's 1 3th perfect game with two outs in the ninth inning on Phelps’ pinch-h- it home run Friday night in the Seattle Mariners 1 victory over the Oakland Athletics at Oakland Calif “I told myself This is the last man" Holman said “I wanted to throw a fastball over the plate to get ahead in the count Give him credit He hit the out of it" Holman’s hopes for Seattle’s first ever ended when Phelps batting for Mike Gallego sent the first pitch far over the d fence Phelps a longtime Mariners’ last player led American League season with three home runs and 1 1 hits for the New York Yankees After Phelps first homer of the season Holman (2-struck out Rickey Henderson to finish with a struck Holman a counts just out seven and went to three-ba- ll three times against Oakland 6-- no-hitt- er right-fiel- pinch-hitte- rs 1) one-hitt- er right-hand- er Rangers 6 Yankees 5 At Arlington Texas Nolan Ryan a winner in all three of his starts got his 292nd career homer led victory as Ruben Sierra’s three-ru- n the Rangers past New York Ryan 43 is off to his best start since 1973 when he also won his first three outings He gave up three hits in seven innings struck out nine and walked one t m American League three-gam- Blue Jays 17 Royals 6 At Toronto George Bell again dominated Bret Saberhagen with a three-ru- n homer in the first inning and Toronto homered five times to rout Kansas City Fred McGriff and Kelly Gruber each hit two-ru- n homers in a seven-ru- n fifth inning while Greg Myers later added a three-ru- n homer and Nelson Liriano hit a solo shot The Blue Jays got 19 hits in their highest-scorin- g game since beating New York 17-- 9 on April 11 1988 Bell (366) lifetime against Saberwith five home runs and only one hagen strikeout began the onslaught with his third home run of the season and his team-hig- h 41 10th RBL won his first time April decision after seven losses (1-- 2) Twins 13 Angels life- 14-ru- 3a Brewers 5 Red Sox 0 ly At Milwaukee Rob Deer booed at County hoStadium on opening day hit a three-ru-n mer and Tom Filer and two relievers extended the Milwaukee staffs streak to 20 scoreless innings as the Brewers beat Boston Filer gave up three hits in six innings Tony Fossas and Chuck Crim finished with one-h- it relief as the Brewers completed their second straight shutout Deer’s second homer and fourth hit of the whom season came off Mike Boddicker the Brewers ripped for six runs Monday in an 18-- 0 victory at Fenway Park (1-- 1) (1-- 2) 1 At Baltimore Bob Milacki held Detroit hitless for five innings and combined with as Baltimore two relievers on a three-hittbeat Detroit Milacki won in his third start of the season He gave up a leadoff single to Mike Heath in the sixth and left in the seventh after Gary Ward and Lloyd Moseby opened with singles Kevin Hickey and Brian Holton finished for the Orioles 0) Phillies 3 Cardinals 0 season Zane Smith Coming off a needed a good start in 1999 The New York Metshave given it to him Smith beat New York for the second time this week doubling his victory total of last season as the Montreal Expos edged the Mets 1 Friday night at Shea Stadium 13 At St Louis Philadelphia’s Dennis Cook maintained his mastery over punchless St (2-Louis as the struck out two and walked three in his third career shutout e Five of his 1 1 victories have been against St Louis The Cardinals scoreless in their last 17 innings have managed just six runs while losing three of their last four games Cook permitted only Todd Zeile’s leadoff double in the fourth Jose Oquendo’s two-odouble by single in the seventh and a one-oPedro Guerrero in the ninth He has shut out St Louis for 17 innings after blanking the relief Cardinals 0 last Sunday with final-ofrom Roger McDowell left-hand- er Nations! League “I think my arm is getting better each time out” said Smith who had elbow surgery in September 1988 “The last two starts have meant a great deal to me” Smith who pitched for Atlanta and the Exlospos in 1989 snapped a personal streak 1 Mets the last ing by beating Sunday night-- -' “Smith had great stuff" Mets’ Manager Davey Johnson said “It’s the best I’ve seen him against us” After Kevin McReynolds walked in the first inning with two out and Darryl Strawberry reached on an error Smith retired 15 straight before Keith Miller singled hard to center field with two down in the sixth for the Mets’ first hit McReynolds followed with a single and single to Strawberry blooped an opposite-fielleft to score Miller “I was just trying to get outs” Smith said “I might have lost a little concentration after getting two quick outs and then giving up the hit but I wasn’t thinking about a ut ut 4-- 10-ga- 3-- al Pirates 9 Cubs 4 9 At Chicago Bobby Bonilla playing third base for the first time this season hit two home runs to drive in three runs and pace Pittsburgh to victory in a game The start was delayed 2 hours 5 minutes by showers that continued to drench 15171 at Wrigley Field until the game was called following a delay of 1:15 in the seventh in- rain-shorten- ed At Los Angeles Jim Deshaies allowed six hits in eight innings and former Dodger homer as Franklin Stubbs hit a two-ru- n Houston beat Los Angeles ending Tim e Belcher’s winning streak second-innin- g Stubbs followed a one-owalk to Glenn Wilson with a drive that barely cleared the right field fence for his second struck out six and home run Deshaies walked none retiring the last eight batters he faced Dave Smith pitched the ninth for his third save Glenn Davis hit his second homer in the sixth for Houston while Hubie Brooks who has homered in each of his last three games narrowed the margin to 1 in the fourth with his fourth home run eight-gam- ut (1-- Assoctated no-hitte- r” 0) ut Astros 4 Dodgers 2 d Smith (2-allowed three hits struck out five and walked one in eight innings On Sunday he allowed five hits in eight innings to New York Tim Burke pitched the ninth for his third save as the Mets were held to three hits for the second straight game It was the Expos’ sixth victory in their last seven games The Mets have lost seven of their first 11 including three of four to Mon-tre- 0) major-leagu- 2-- Press Pittsburgh’s Bobby Bonilla watches his home run dear the fence Friday ning Rookie Mike Roesler won his first league decision by pitching one inning in relief of Walt TerrelL Bonilla a third baseman last season led National League players at that position with 35 errors and was switched to the outfield But third baseman Jeff King had stomach flu and utilityman Wally Backman was out with a sore left elbow necessitating Bonilla’s return He handled one chance a grounder by Jerome Walton to open the Chicago first Bonilla opened the Pittsburgh second by hitting the first pitch from Mike Bielecki (0-into the left field bleachers then added shot off Bielecki in the third ina two-ru- n ning Bonilla who leads the National League with five home runs did not hit his fifth until his 40th game of last season major-- 1) 0) 2-- At San Diego Jack Clark hit a homer to support Ed Whitson’s complete game as the Padres handed mistake-pron- e San Francisco its sixth loss in seven games Clark’s homer off Rick Reuschel (1-third inning during highlighted a five-ru- n which the Giants made two defensive lapses allowed nine hits walked none Whitson and struck out three 1) (1-- 0) With the game scoreless Garry Templeton started the third with a line drive to left field that Kevin Mitchell seemed to lose in the lights for a double Whitson attempting to sacrifice was safe when Reuschel tried to throw out Templeton at third Bip Roberts doubled home Templeton and Roberto Alomar hit a sacrifice fly idol1 — D Michael Crites US attorney - appealed to fans to forgive him and even as a possible jail term hung over his head asked baseball writers to vote him into the Hall of Fame “There’s no question that my baseball records earned me a place but I understand that the Hall of Fame means more than 4256 hits” Rose said in a statement released by his publicist “In a year and a half the baseball writers will have to make the decision about whether or not I’m worthy of the Hall and I hope they’ll understand that the mistakes I made off the field were caused by my gambling dis- order" Baseball’s career hits leader was banned for life last all-tim- e 4-- six-hitt- er 23-18- -1 -1 Wyoming grabs 6-- 4 WAC win over Utes LARAMIE Wyo (AP) — A homer by Victor Vargas in the second inning gave Wyoming the edge it needed to defeat Western Athletic Conference foe University of Utah 4 Friday The Cowboys and the Utes ended the first inning of play with a 2 tie before Wyoming boosted by Vargas hit with a man on first took a 2 lead at the end of the second Utah picked up one run in the sixth and eighth innings including one on a solo homer by Rob Beck but could get no closer than two runs as Wyoming pitcher Scott Freeman picked up his fifth win of the season The victory gives the Cowboys a 2 record overall and a 4 record in the WAC while Utah drops to 6 overall and 9 in league play two-ru- n 6-- 2-- 6-- 22-1- 9-- 4-- 13-2- Aug 23 for gambling He said he has been diagnosed as having a gambling disorder and is getting psychiatric counseling Rose stood straight his hands folded in front of him during the half-hohearing Friday in a courtroom crowded with reporters Spiegel went through a required set of questions before accepting the guilty plea and Rose answered “Yes sir" in a clear tone to each question He pleaded guilty to two counts of filing false tax returns by failing to report income under an agreement with prosecutors that allowed him to void indictur ment Crites said this was no “sweetheart" deal He said prosecutors did not try to bring more serious tax evasion charges against Rose because they didn’t think they could prove them A grand jury has been investigating Rose’s taxes for a year “Had wc gone to the grand jury and presented charges I can tell you that the charges would have been filing false tax returns not tax evasion" Crites said Rose has payed the Internal Revenue Service $366043 in back taxes interest and penalties The government agreed not to press further tax charges Crites declined to say whether the government will make a sentencing recommendation to Spiegel He did say similar cases have yielded different results at sentencing “We’ve had some people that have gotten sentences we’ve had others that have gotten probation So I don’t want to speculate on what Judge Spiegel may or may not do" Crites said Rose pleaded guilty exactly 14 months to the day he was first summoned to the baseball commissioner’s office to be questioned about his gambling ROY — Kathi McKay scored 20 points and cleaned the glass for 1 5 rebounds as North Ogden rolled past Roy in Weber 5 County Junior High School girls basketball action Friday Angie Olson chipped in 12 points and Sarah Evans had 11 points and 10 rebounds as North Ogden rolled to a victory in its final regular-seaso-n game The Knights finished with a 1 record for first place in the regular-seaso- n standings Hollie Knudson led Roy’s scoring with 18 points n The Weber County tournament begins Tuesday 66-4- 5-- post-seaso- Bovero’s 27 paces Scorpion victory ROY — Brindi Bovero scored and grabbed nine re- 27 points bounds Friday to lead Sand 2 Ridge to a victory over 54-3- Snowcrest in Weber County Junior High School girls basketball Bovero’s scoring helped the Scorpions build a 3 halftime lead Johanna Taylor added 11 points and five assists Misti Smith had 13 points for Snowcrest who are now Sand Ridge improved to 2 24-1- Texas center signs to play at Utah State LOGAN — Charlie Sager a high school center from Grand Prairie Texas has signed national letter of intent to play basketball next season at Utah State University He was a three-yestarter at South Grand Prairie High School Last season Sager led his team in scoring with 145 points a game and in rebounding with 75 per game Despite his size he is listed as an excellent three-poishooter “He really fits a need in our program because of his size” said USU Coach Kohn Smith “He has a chance to become a very strong powerful player" Sager was also recruited by 1- -5 4-- Indoor climbing gym opens today at SLC SALT LAKE CITY — Utah’s newest indoor climbing gym will open here today The Wasatch Body Shop with 2800 feet of artificial climbing surfaces will be open for free use from 10 am to !1 pm today The shop is located at 3064 South and 1305 East Kevin Pervine of Ogden one of 34 partners in the gym said the wails are 14 feet high and include vertical and overhanging climbing routes Artificial holds are attached to the wall creating routes of varying difficulties After today the gym will be open seven days a week Fees will be charged at $6 daily $15 weekly $40 monthly and $250 for a year’s membership Pervine said climbers must bring their own equipment although the shop may offer some equipment rentals in the future For more information call 3 Doug Heinrick at 484-807- ar nt Force Benefit golf tourney scheduled on Monday ROY — The Amanda S limp-so-n Benefit Golf Tournament will be held Monday at Royal Greens Golf Course The cost is $10 per person with tee times from 9 am to 6 pm There will be low net and low gross divisions for both men and women a calloway long drive contest and closest-to-the-ho- le contest three-ru- n This is a very sad day for major league baseball but particularly a sad day for those young Americans to whom Pete Rose was an six-ye- ar 3-- Southern California and Air Padres 9 Giants 2 Rose pleads guilty to filing false tax returns CINCINNATI (AP) — He’s al- ready out of baseball Now Pete Rose will try to stay out of jail The former Cincinnati Reds’ star and manager walked out of federal court Friday a convicted felon after pleading guilty to two charges of filing false income tax returns Still ahead is a possible prison term and fines to $500000 taling Rose was free on his own recognizance while US District Judge S Arthur Spiegel awaits a presentence investigation which will take four to six weeks A sentencing date will be set at that time “This is a very sad day for major league baseball a very sad day for the city of Cincinnati Ohio certainly a very sad day for Mr Rose and his family but particularly a sad day for those young Americans to whom Pete Rose was an idol" US Attorney D Michael Crites said Rose accompanied by two lawyers admitted he failed to report $354968 in income from autograph appearances memorabilia sales and gambling He later PROVO (AP) — Brigham Young University recorded a doubleheader shutout over Air Force for the first time in 10 years beating the Falcons 0 and 0 in Western Athletic Conference baseball Friday Righthander Kendall Bennett threw a in the opener w hile Cougars’ rightfielder Gary Daniels had a solo homer in the first inning and a two-ru-n shot in the third to log his 10th and 1 1th home runs of the season In the nightcap southpaw Mike Switzer went the distance in scattering three singles with no runners getting past second base Brian Simpson hit a two-ru- n homer for BYU in the second inning and Randy Wilstead drilled a solo shot in the third Wilstead leads the WAC with 15 homers The Cougars turned three double plays in the nightcap BYU’s record improved to in the overall and WAC while Air Force fell to 2 and 9 5-- as Expos edge Mets Associated Press St Sports briefs 23-2- Orioles 6 Tigers 0 (1-- sinAt Minneapolis Kent Hrbek’s two-ru- n nine-ru- n fifth rookie a gle keyed inning and Kevin Tapani pitched eight scoreless innings 4 highest-s- er Todd Stottlemyre Smith wins again as Minnesota won its home opener e team The Twins were the last to play at home They were supposed to open at the Metrodome on April 3 but their first two series were postponed by the lockout and they had to play 10 times on the road Minnesota nmied only 1 1 hits for its game last Jugame since a n coring 993 blanks Air Force North Ogden girls twice in doubleheader shoot past Redskins major-leagu- Ryan joined Roger Clemens and Dave e Stewart as baseball’s only other winners He did it despite giving up the Yankees’ first three home runs of the year — a seven-gam- e homerless span which marked their longest such streak at the start of a season since 1918 1 BYU homer last-minu- te Saturday Apr! 21 er For tee times call the Royal Greens clubhouse at Ogden’s Villastrigo earns regional title CALDWELL Idaho Ogden’s Julian Villastrigo 825-346-7 — cap- Area resident gamers holiday hole-in-o- ne tured the Golden Gloves regional HARRISVILLE — Area reschampionship last Saturday thus ident a Dhyana Martin earned an earning spot in the National Golden Gloves Tournament in extra bonus during the holiday weekend as she recorded her first May on Easter Sunday d Villastrigo 17 earned a While in the golfing tournament held Sunday at the bye at the O’Connor Fieldhouse then Ben Lomond course Martin aced the No 15 hole She scored a decision over Sean a used to accomplish the of Billings Mont for feat the division title open She was golfing with Ray MarVillastrigo a junior at Washtin and Dave Boyle when she got ington High School won the state title earlier this month A mem- the ace ber of the Marshall White Center boxing team he will now partic- California ipate in the national tournament hole-in-oset for May at Miami Fla Meanwhile the Marshall White MORGAN — Herb Drefs Center’s other entry in the regionl made a recent Utah visit a more tourney Ed Martin wasn’t so memorable one when he scored fortunate The Martin his first on the par--3 lost to Jerome Idaho’s Mel Car-ne- ll No 6 hole at the Round in a second-roun- d fight at Valley Golf Course 119 pounds Drefs a Pine Grove Calif resident used a to make the Marsh’s shot while golfing with his brother Dave Drefs on April 11 upheld by TAC first-roun- hole-in-o- 116-ya- Eig-enber- rd 132-pou- nd resident scores 7-- hole-in-o- 1 ne ne 37-ya- rd suspension panel INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An appeals panel has upheld the sus- Hawks’ Rivers pension of steeplechaser Henry NBA award winner Marsh for failing to appear for a ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta drug test Hawks’ guard Glenn “Doc” RivA hearing panel of The Athletics Congress announced on April ers was selected Thursday as the 1989-9- 0 winner of the J Walter e 3 that it would ban the Citizenship Award a Kennedy for period Olympian The award voted on by memMarsh was suspended for failing to report last December for bers of the Professional Basketd out of competition ball Writers Association of America is awarded to the playdrug testing coach or trainer who is activeer The appeals panel concluded in community-relate- d involved ly had not that Marsh made Friday himself available for testing with- activities Rivers was nominated for the in 48 hours of receiving notice as award along with Philadelphia’s required The suspension of Marsh 36 Rick Mahorn and Denver trainer of Bountiful Utah was effective Bob Travaglini Utah’s Thurl Bailey won the award last year Jan IS named four-tim- two-ye- year-roun- ar |