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Show C6 The Salt Lake Tribune SPORTS Monday, March 24, 1997 Struggling Abbott Takes a Hiatus While Angels Weigh Playing Future BASEBALL NOTEBOOK spring CLEVELAND Indiana basketball Coach Bob Knight attended Sunday's gameat Winter Haven, Fla., and sat next to his friend, Cardinals managerTony La Russa, on the ench. Knight also took throws from infielders dur- ing pregame drills Indiana was knockedout of the NCAA tournament in the first round by Colorado. Afterward. junior guard Neil Reed said Knight was forcing him to transfer and accused the coach of abusing himver bally and physically, without elaborating. The school has saidit will look into Reed's allegations. Il need surgery to sidelining PIRATES Pittsburgh is encouragedcatcher Jason Kendall is throwing with more accuracy and confidence The only glaring negative of Kendall's otherwise excellent rookie season was his throwing. He threw out only 31 of 152 runners(20 percent) and commit- g at home yllen on ind a MRI ted a league-high 18 errors. Kendall’s throwing problems might have been as ORIOLES in Balti- much mental as they were mechanical, and he came sa free agent after 12) and starts (28 nander got the Last week. Kendall threw out the Reds’ Deion Sanders. whose pure speed might be unequaled in the NL. Kendall seems to have eliminated theslight awn Bo: to campwith theattitude that it wouldn't happen again. 13 pitch- rs on the Boskie sig hesitation that sometimes momentarily delayed his throws last season tt Kamieniecki and Rick Kriv a despite co ERA this BASEBALL SPRING TRAINING Stinacle Wenaean i wineSuna SUE wee : a) : ae = aa — f i THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SORT LAUDERDALE. Fla. —_ CAPDERDALE.theining ties with oA eaekeebridg EAPO as fhe Baltimore Orioles beat the Atlanta Braves 9-7 Sunday in exhibition base. ailaction 5 @ expected pitching duel between A Greg Maddux and Jimmy Key never materialized. Maddux allowed sixrunsand 11 hitsin5% innings. and Key gave up six runs and 12 hits insix innings Cardinals 4, Cleveland 1: At Winter ovsek gave up Haven, Fla., Mar onerunin and outdueled Orel Hershiser i + ¢ ; srl7) Ca Len wo 1w0-3 w © ow o10 0-1. $3 ‘ 1 f @ - Royals 5, Reds 3: io 4 At Plant City, — Gary Rothstein7 start a two-run ninth-inningrally for Kansas City Marlins Tigers 2: At Lakeland Fla.. Al Leiter turned in his strongest Jarrett Wins Mad Dash outing ofthe spring and Kurt Abbott hit his first homer as Florida wonits 2ist game during the exhibition seaPirates 5, Yankees 3: At Tare Fla. Joe Randa and Dale disie foi two auaa each and/Gieve Cooke pitched six strong innings for Pittsburgh White Sox 8, Blue Jays 1: At Dunedin. Fla, Lyle Mouton homered and drove infour runs for Chicago Twins 7. Red Sox 6: At Fort Myers, Fla.. Chuck Knoblauch doubled, took third on a droppedthird strike and scored ona sacrifice fly as Minnesota scored two in the ninth inning Fla. Yamil Benitez homered and singled to ies 7 Pet eee Me — ! ; Hoiles Single 0 s Powers O’s Past Atlanta r= a ——$_—__——_— Baltimore's Eric Davis slides safely into third, just ahead of the tag by Atlanta's Chipper Jones in exhibition action Sunday afternoon. Davis and the Oriolesrolled to a 9-7 win vs. the Braves. Dodgers 4, Astra Fla.. Los Angele At Vero Beach. idsix straight hits : Prieto. ; - = Mets 0: At West . = “/, Se ‘ ; 3 = ' : 1 ] held o! off whenhen he he held t and won an acci- f ‘Non-Injectableide Non mechanical !: fedications Are Available Now ; pares DeBiaeie coreg OereeeeTmincraCLEA : ee m Stewart. for Guthrie, he i J 7 Boe eapineue’s ecaite 8 first rags- with A.J. Foyt's old 99.990 mph set Nov. 21 : 1 At ‘Tough’ Darlington Ss Sal , : { 1 Palm Beach, Fla., Vladimir Guerrero, an Rookie of the Year. hit his fourth homer of the spring ° : 190 mph ‘ 1 1 early favorite for National League ees s :1 ple highlighted « six-un second inning "Giants 4, Cubs 3: At Mesa, Ariz Marvin Bernard bowled over Chicago catcher Mike Hubbardto scoreon Damon Berryhill’s eighth-inningsingle Brevers 10) Maries4tPoonia _Ariz., John Jaha hit his seventh homer of thespring for Milwaukee. Angels 8, Padres 5: At Tempe, Ariz. left-hander Mark Langston pitched six strong innings and Todd Greene hit = three-run home run for Ana. hei Aes 5, Rockies 1: At Tucson. _Ariz.. Jason Giambidrovein two runs to backfive solid innings from Ariel Expos 8, in thethird inning off Houston's Mike Hampton Rangers9, Phillies 4: At Port Charlotte, Fla.. Rusty Greer’s two-runtri- ‘ . 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