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Show . August 3, 1996 TheSalt Lake Tribune BASEBALL AMERICAN LEAGUE MAJOR LEAGUE REPORT Becker’s Drop Gives Sox a Win THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BOSTON — There is an area of Fenway Park where the bullpen fence juts away from homeplate and meets the center-field wall 420 feet from the batter. They call this spot“The Triangle,” and It proved as treacherous as the Bermuda Triangle for the Minnesota Twins on Fri- daynight Troy O'Leary lied fast ball into Fenw 8 uliar nookand Rich Becker, pull- ing up to avoid runninginto the fence, dropped it. That allowed two runsto score as the Boston Red Sox got four 0000 4100 1000 4420 Chicago (Andujar O-) at Texas (R Gross 2-7), DETROIT — Travis Fryman’s grand slam highlight- ed a six-run seventh innings He grounded one up that helped Detroit extend its season-high winning Lee Tinsley walked after ed Detroit's two-out rally that broke a 2-2 tie in the seventh WEST San Diego LA Colorado SanFran baseman Dave Hollins that he didn't want to talk about hell of a play. hoviak said. “But it just wasn't our nig! Up until then, it had been. Fernandez wasstaked to a 4-0 lead before he threw a pitch and was in comm fromthestart. He struck out TheTwinstrailed 4-0 and then 7-5 before scoring five theeighthto take the ulty retired the first two batters before Tim Retierch 4111 Lockhart i> | Tock Naehring walked $02 ‘Mote: © 4.000 ® 400 Sowa? $333 £008 homes $3 Sire mann 13) fms i113 Mato: Banke $08 Fem" 1525 393 femenp’ 213 Somos $00 6.303 Totals eT against Texas this year, re ba Tegan tiredhis final 10 batters wae 20 O83 9 he 9 3 3-3 Sk wenger 1G won his sixth straight start and Toronto beat California, the Angels’ fifth consecutive loss. roromo ee | | Herrtad Sota! |ekaaeleSareea ' Brewers 4 gomie, iekeoe Athletics 3 (10) OAKLAND, Calif. — Da- genc 4 Reorsoee ss 3 Toto MND a se tab Eheio 3929 Sonp atiemia a eet were tf F Seat : asa oe White Sox 9 2 Rangers0 ARLINGTON Texas — Alex Fernandez pitched a three-hitter for his first shut. out sincelast September and Harold Baines went 4-for-5 with four RBIstolead Chica ee ere ee ene: Prospect Drews May Warm the Hearts of Tiger Fans S acquired Ruben Tigers traded him to Atlanta for Doyle Alexander in August 1987. Al. exander did his job, pitching the Tigers into the playoffs, but it was ed slugger Greg Vaughn to San Diego this week for three younger players, hope their deal will look better in the long run You'renot goingto see prospects of that nature being traded anymore,” Brewers G.M. Sal Bandosaid. Whatyou're trying to dois get a little more advancedplayer,” he said wanted to add another bat, and ob. —_tained Harold Baines fromthe Chica 18 record in the low minors whenthe Thenext year, the Boston Red Sox neededa relief pitcherforthe stretch andgot Larry Andersen from Hous- Espresso, Whole Beans. All Roasts & Flavors Moke Sad Ass Your Coffee Store ‘We Have Great I-Shirts, Hots, etc. 3530 $. State 265-1182 v 654 Park Ave. Park City go White Sox. For Another Great Deal trom Your Eriendy al “The RoveBes! Tasting Coftee in The World PURE KONA COFFEE the Red Sox after the season, while Bagwell began his climb to All-Star status. the Texas Rangers Sierra, the key tothe wholedeal could turn out to be 2i-year-old pitcher ‘ouldn't be irst timethat @ prospect thrown ce deal blossomed into a star player John Smoltz wasonly 20 with an 11 ton. The price? A 22-year-old prospect in his second year in the minors named Jeff Bagwell. Andersen left Smoltz wholater becameoneof base_all's best pitchers 1989, 20. The Milwaukee Brewers. who trad- COUPE. TRACTION CONTROL. CO. SUNROOF. 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Men get on base in Larkin came into Friday's game against the Montreal Expos with eight 1849 = Player awardlast season Rewegt 3012 Gomom 3048 Royals4 tee 3088 oops 3284 ane 3 (10) Toe 374404 Tae aS 98 S$ CITY, Mo. — wie ied eit Pletder made his fis big splash for theYankees, ‘eee (2,0 cutera New York's bullpen. though, Saat Me-iang is) Seeusae Gt couldn't douse Kansas City, "S45 4g weno Fielder homered into the| ,4meuwe chs water fountains to break up| foe EY a scoreless gamein the 10th ¥.. BePt ss inning, but the Royals rallied M@eewss | 9 9 8 8 3 for four runs andthe win. "teas Wt Seat 8 five 1 $3346 | Hoes 2 hae taole Seat gree, Soxfet,oo run as Cleveland beat goover Texas In July ht RBIin his last three games. He has hit safely in nine ofhis last 10 games (16for-36, 444) with four homers and 15 RBI, and since July 11, he has raised his average from .281to .305. MAMA AFIVE yyj monoes OMAN oyFA" nny there's talentMost thatValuable enabled “I don’t “I feellike goodto up Larkin it. said. yan Larkin tothewinsheer his first readthere,” too muchinto Mert 3430 hammam 9000 Brag, 3308 ioe oo 3088 cc lar players in team history — Cecil 4000 1000 ae2 ll this season. The homer, Gant’s 2Ist vid Hulse hit a two-out, ran- front of him. The newcleanup hitter scoring single in the 10th in- provides moreprotection than a Rottning, lifting Milwaukee to a Weiler win over Oakiand All are legitimate factors for Barry Larkin's torrid hitting. Of course, “Eleogpnsagre ih septacranesoe= saddenedto see oneof the most popu 388 99 ; O00 2040 SPSS| each homered as Colorado TORONTO Pat Hentgen Fieider — traded away, especially when it looked like they got little in eto ‘Wended Stottlemyre's two-out single off Bobby Jones, Royce Clay- te 1333 | ‘Sanders 4-3), 8 p. I thought Becker made a THE ASSOCIATED PRESS No doubt, Detroit Tigers fans were have a do it all by them- selves Gant’'s slam followed Todd 15 of his 21 home runs. theplay Cleveland li Orioles1 BLAND — Kenny tence hadfour hits, including a two-runhomer, and Albert Belle hit his 37th home ‘756 Tome Reet . i Sen very competitive so it wasn't 5 ereene easy to get him out of the | Sees Pera lineup. Since he’s comeback | Pp He mes the pressure is now fair for wee? 727 2 2 4 HOUSTON — Doug Dra.| playing time with Dodgeveryone. [Ray] Lankford moe HEE Eg 4] vex won for ihe time had be tradand (Brian] Jordan don't Meer case gg ys fine, the All-Star break, st before the July 31 Woreere 53 30 Ww 59 58 55 46 61 430 = W2 30-28 % Wi 31-23 3 Wi 38-18 11 LS 26-28 y's Games Houston8, San Francitco 1 Colorado 7, Chicago2 Angeles 2, Atlanta 1 Montreal 11, Cincinnati 1 San Diego2, Florida 1 Pittsburgh 8 Philadelphia 3 St. Louis New Yor! Today's Pittsburgh (Peters 0-1) at Philadel hia (West 0-0), 1 Colorado (Wright1-1) atChicago ¢ linger 4-8), 2 pa ngeles (Valdes Cincinnati (Portugal on Reynolds 126.8 pm San Francis seams coco Votan doo4 7 I saw Beck slow dead center to makeit 10-9 and set upO'Leary's heroics Socers leemoop of Gant’s career, the second Home 38-18 28-24 0000 Baton 4900 eros Se 180 weep gaa é meme Sesewsis 112 Sot Soe iit? ii Segoye 1800 Socme, 3820 fet 0000 bomonaip O000 Bho 1303 woe bigt $334 i % ome Cincinnati Chicago ing up and I was upset for a minute Beckersaid through third Jefferson notched his fourth hit, a home run to weeTi Bn}! awe Seamem THiets) ton’s single and Lankford's walk. It was the fourth slam 6:30 p. LeagueStrk AMZ. 2 ene = if Houston I thought he was going to cateh it , National “4 skid with a win over Chicago. St. Louis streak to five games with an victory over Seattle. Fryman’s fourth career reaching safely when Naul- grand slam, the Tigers’ secty’s throw pulled first base. ondin two games, highlight- O'Leary came up with runners on first and second I thought I hit it out and then all of the sudden I saw TheTriangle, hesaid. “Yes, ended a five-game losing try to play hurt. Hampered by a right hamstring pull, the St. Louis left fielder played injured al- a fifth-inning grand slam Friday night to lead the Cardinals over the New York Mets 43 “Ronnie tried to play hurt but I finallytried to shut him down,” La Russa said. “He's a clutch runretacer and Seattle (Mulholland 0-0)at ; New York (Weathers 0-0) at Letaggs ea ie-comenem ey has learned his lesson: Don't Home New York 3 (10) Detroit 8, Seattl Chicago 9,Tex Cleveland 11, Baltimore 1 Mitetthee 4 Oakland 3 (10) Toronto 9, California 2 ‘oday's Games Baltimore (Krivda 2-4) at Cleveland ( a 5-2). 11 am. Minnesot California (Langston5. ee (Bones 6- arsOaklan id (Johns 6-10), 2 p.m. innesota (Aldred 4-7) at Boston( Eshelman 4-3), 4 p.m G00 0f0 GOO 4 New York Flonda Philly bag Lio Strk Oabland California their heads down. Then Reggiehit that ball. Reggie Jefferson homered 445feet to make it 10-9, then Hatteberg addedto thecrazi- working the count to 3-2 and GB streakof the season, Ganthit fas BAST man Scott Stahoviak off the Pet abled list. Now onhis hottest Wehad two outs — the guy s Gero Fist Oona: Secon Rew Pec. Cac: just cruising. But everybody's in it. Nobody's got ess eL to miss 42 games onthe dis- Ot 443 tta—tt CeroA 9 {Sneuret tearae: rareew o unisos e anace with two outs in the ninth to Ge ir bare beat the Minnesota Twins 11- Gaetan Sckesen 7 1k mm 10. — ae eg eo It’s crazy. Crazy. It was a ware rose Biseet crazy game,’ Boston catcher Seats Scott Hatteberg said. “We mermemty 2 24124 were in control most of the Sree Tiron paca tofUR bamUrores—Home, re th gameand we lose the lead. the middle andoff theleg of pitcher Dan Naulty, fell try ing to avoid the ricochet and then crawled to first base W most 10 days before manager Tony La Russa forced him Moo 3048 3003 armen 3233 jiame” Simae 3509 fomrnas3900 vomomaeto¥8 1009 Toman EEE Yom Bommore Chewetond THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Ron Gant EAST_ allowed only two hits in seven innings. Despite the victory. Cleveland is 8-13 at Jacobs Field since June 21 aurmoes corns cme nbs eam $899 vas wotonct S131 S87 wos ioe) ioae Berew rove ttit Rowngoss 1309 wwe Cowonto 111! fare its tae Sato 3000 Gest ee 0000 homed 2001 Keto Devewax 0000 Miowere Healthy Gant Gives Mets a Red Card Now, with somehelp from his team- Throughout the summer, Larkin has been hampered by muscle spasms in his neck and upper back. But con_tinui hiropracti helped oo tisch that Larkinpester just one adjustmentduring the Reds’ '@sthomestand, “My sacks starting to adfest. It's _Starting to stabilize,” he said. “Ireally haven'thad any spasms — every once 98 while, a twinge here and a twinge Pece eee ee eee "414TheRede be SF cetteireneeae Specsee pour iver eect is a prime and cleanup — and beneficiary. — ry e NBA os sk Ss AR 5 Signing Autographs & Autographed Basketballs 1 Basketball Per Test Drive! Saturday, August 3rd |
