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Show BS - The Salt Lake Tribune BASEBALL Friday, June 13, 1997 Stan’s the Man In Historic Win For the Giants THE ASSOCIATED PRESS a coupleoffor ‘Thanks mer American Leaguers, a National League team won ce first interleague game in baseball history Thursday night Slam Javier fiomered and hit a Hebreaking double in the seventhinning, leading Mark Gardner and the San was berated by 1 mmates | Jay Buhner’s three-run for doingit. “Somebody's go: double ingto walk away with a nice KenGriffey Jr. drove in souvenir threeruns and Paul Sorrento | hadthreeof Seattle's 12 hits | A crowdof 37,948 turned out, the Mariners were aver ag 461 in 29previous 5 Rangers 4-3 be fers a sellout erowdof 46,507 If we'regoing to be part of history, we might as well winit,’' Giants manager ab yhby arn ob rhb DETTT coum FIG 114 Gust 400 024 Guwt 0000 34) Gaal4123 $430 WMoriercn 3299 $43) brat 4423 320 Dusty Baker said 180 Somnioth Domine $251 8140 ions ni mis mB The historical event began 09.00 ns 4202 4922 iy" ‘Metanmerg(1) Hi sft 2100 with Darren Oliver throwing aeraC8 srompele i on~<A} i Mccaineb 33 Gols a 10 Tohols 44414840 Total 37424244 4low, inside fastball to Dar on Francisco $b a kt 4 Colorado ryl Hamilton, endingthe sep: Ganmwid 1044 ‘00000 0 Sort aration between leagues that ea F-Ga ‘2 Ptul Wea ada beom traditionalists hadpreserved Shomer 2 (6) Mocigrochn Tebom bor14 340004 | Ste TiboaSemabeats for more than century as (48,100) Goto$6-—Sooo Hamilton followed with HR mato thefirst hit three pitches lat Hoimas 956539 er, and anight of firsts" was Athletics 5 Dipoto. se | Pastoon 43a ty underway Dodgers 4 MifareLtt al ties Javier led off the third in Mah $44 OAKLAND, Calif, — A ri owe16 ning withhis first home run 1966644 rach 974 10 sinceJune11, 1996, totie ns valry previously confined to Chation. ed4 ey gameat 1. In the sevent ie World Series unfolded Biiols W2.0 11930000 4 for the first timein the reguMec oo Glenalien Hill — the first NL a Hho ahaa ad lar season as Oakland, beNuno pictto 4 baton ho7 designated hitter and an A | player from 1989 tied hind consecutive pinch hits caypee Pd2tnbats to dh his Gharion’'(keYoung) P--Holmos the gameat 3 with a sacrifice by Patrick Lennon and fly and Javierfollowed with eorge Williams, beat Los ra ary nigel The Dodgers and A's met for the first time since Los Angels 8 Angelesdefeated Oaklandin Padres 4 the 1988 World Series. The ANAHEIM, Calif. — Ana“Before the game, 1| thought it might benice for teams alsoplayedin the 1974 heim, welcoming San Diego the guy who hit the first Series, with the A's winning. to the offense-minded AL h e gamedrew a crowdof | brandof baseball, rapped 16 home run, I didn't think it 01, nearly double the hits for a win would be me,” said Javier Tony Phillips, Dave Hol who added a ninth-inning Athletics’ average home attendance. lins and Darin Erstad hit solo single to go 3-for-4. homers for Anaheim. Every ardnet whopitched for ‘LOS ANGELES OAKLAND player in the Angels’ lineup is y in 1993, was ab rhb ab rnb aro 3.001 144 boomgass Moto 3408 EON had at least onehit lucky ih getthis win. Baker | Wouero 3440 Manyofthe said if this had been a Na- | Pomadh 4130 Bomoh Yode 4000 Mowth 3100 Gwy tional League game, he Mondo 4024 Comocot 2444 ers — such as Tony Koso 4040 Mebondad 900 andformer Angels star Walmight have pinch-hit when| Kondow4900 Sant” 244% the No, 9 spot came up inthe | 8 322.0 Lennont 2022 ly Joyner —werecheered alovvon $000 M a m e 7000 most as much as the Anasixth inning. Healso consid- Gog’ 4040 Gohmansc 1014 Bout 3000 4000 heim players. Attendance ered it in the seventh. Bothom 2> Instead, Gardner stuck Totals 36.4404 Totals 565 was 22,164, the lowest at any four interleague around and picked up his lor 1 200—4 of the but above the Anaai first victory since May jem Stadium season averThey've got quite a line ne of 19,857 & up,” said Gardner, whogave PWR uptwoearnedruns on eight SAN DIEGO ani hits, striking out four. “I S915 5 reson19% 1343 kept looking for the ninth Gum $020 mca Enodih 14 4114 4329 60 Sly 8010 Homi 8424 hitter, the pitcher, and he ‘Saitona Commi 4440 soment 5439 3440 wegecrnas 613 8 4 3 0 8 never showed up Goons 3000 3044 Fomonet oe 85033 Gorton1b Gardonont 5.034 1320 0 0 2 doyrer id 1040 kmuore Before the game, you Kandh $010 Toye 15000 Gleosz 3000 4000 Osocraw Ateat 3124 could tell it was a special "etyNowe IMecnt0) games 3014 night," Texas manager John- | F244 A-28.201 (43,600) t W493 Toto ates ny Oates sai Ince the | ke 003 000 100-4 game started, it was baseball Mariners 12 HO 144 228 Rockies 11 as usual.” wes eySS et a double off the right-field wall that drove in Barry Bonds with the game-win- ning run. sataNeath ing the game that when Ham- gether byinterleague play, siete vieeee BBB 80 ilton caught thefinal out, he the two highest-scoring 4$93¢23 g who tg nonchalantly flipped the ball teamsin the majors did not wet Wonelim into the stands just like he disappoint purse or 402s did last season when he Down 6-0 in the secondin- fon 810003 1349942 playedfor Texas. ning and 10-6 in the sixth, ® wa2 1000 0 ‘Thingsfelt so normal dur. SEATTLE — Brought to- my the Mariners finally p: said Hamilton who Colorado in the seventh ‘TheAnsociatedP Giants shortstop Jose Vizcaino runs down a grounderin the first interleague game Thursday. San Francisco beat Texas 4-3. MAJOR LEAGUE REPORT paren League EAST WoL Pet 110 Sirk Home Away Inte Baltimore 42 10 69 6-4 21-12 NewYork 36 27 671 7 62 W4 18-13 00 ‘Toronto 20 31 483 12% 46 14.130.0 Detroit 29 32 475 13 55 W-2 17-15 12-17 0.0 2 THEASSOCIATED PRESS 5 National League Pet _GB_L10 SirkHome Away Inte we placement for Scott Karl, allowed three hits over cight innings and Dave Nilssonhit a two-run homer to lead Mil- BOSTON — Some players like to stop and watehtheir homers. Nomar Garciaparra isn't oneof them. Garciaparra hit two waukee to a victory over Cleveland. Mercedesfaced the minimum 24 batters through eight innings, with the Brewers turning three double plays homers, including a three run shot during a five-run fourth inning, as the Boston Red Sox beat the Baltimore Orioles 9-5. I'mstill running when ! hit them,” Garciaparrasaid MAWAUKEE CUVELANO: own Vase fens fren2 fro hot ‘ bona cn to Mice watchanything trees tp ue Ueno Saoma I'm crossing home Monat Got plate, I'm going to enjoy it vate Sisrom of tse he said. “I don't have to Tow” 34'640 Yoho ab 268 watchit to enjoy it Minow 000 101 p24 Mo Vaughn added a two Gleeson run homer for the Red Sox {hareoF ate} Cera Govee-cim trWhchcemarlese~ yb pe GitlinSan) who wonfor only the fourth SRoan Geom n ban Parivar) einer Ske SO ais timein 13 games andgained a split of the four-game eH Mamie ries against the AL E Brewers 6 an leading Orioles Datores 1 $8603 Garciaparra's homer in Cleveland 2 pwn! Te 2 8 CLEVELAND — Jose na 3444 1} the fourth gave Bostona 5-2 following the first two homer gameof his career Who am I to watch? I can't lead, It was his first homer Mercedes, a last-minute re. 5 Wel 1415 13-24 Thursday's Games Anaheim 8, San Diego 4 Oakland 5, Los Angeles 4 Seattle 12, Colorado 11 Oaklanda39 on Garciaparra Leads Red Sox ‘Mercodes plctiod io} batten 1 hw OF BM AAt97S 142400 . i =e" te igen rifts fc et af ef i para New York Mil ‘Il? 0.0 _Tr12 18:16 0.0 5 Philly 2141-339 20-28 12 11471024 00 CENTRAL WL Pet GB Li Houston 82 39 402 — Pittsburgh 31 32 492— St Louis 90 33 476 1 Cincinnati 26 37 413 . 64 W-l 16-11 1422 00 1716 9-21 00 Chicago West 25 39 301 10-25 0-0 W_L_Pet_ GB L10 Strk Home Away Intr SanFran 96 28 563 Colorado LA 35 90 588 1 eea 20-16 16-12 1.0 ‘19-43 16:17 0-4 se San Diego 28 36 498 84 “1621 1218 Thi SanFrancisco4, Texas 3 Oakland5, Los Angeles 4 Anaheim 8, San Diego 4 Seattle 12, Colorado 11 Today's Milwauke D'Amies ) at Cubs (Mulholland 6-5), 1:20 p.m ) at Florida (Leiter 5-4), 8 p.m. iy (Pitaley 1-4) at Pitsburgh (F-Cordova 44), 8:30p.m Alvaret 8-0 at loelnnat(Schourek 6-4), 6:30 ivares 4-4) at Montreal (C.Peres 6-4), 6:30 p.m, WWilliams 1-6) at Philadelphia sege+), 530 pm 10-1) at Atlanta (Maddux 7-2) 0-0) at N'Y, Mets (eed 43),8:40pr, 1-2) at St. Louis (Morris 4-3), 6 p.m, Minnesota (Radke 5-5) at Houston (Wall 2-2), 6 p.m. ri stes 82) at Texas (HIN 4-3), 6:90 p.m SanDiego (F,Valenauela 2-8) at Anaheim (D.Springer 4-2), 8 p.m Colorado (Wright 4-8) at Seattle Johnson 9-1), 8 p.m, Los Angeles (Astacio 3-5) at Oakland (Karsay 1-7), 8:30 p.m. ALGARY, Alberta | he's awesome, In his nine Salt Lake Buca pitcher La: | wins, Hawkins has allowed Troy Hawkins b mame the | just 12 earned runs in 59 inPacific Coast Leagueleader | nine for an ERAbelow2 in victories Thursday, earn But in his other five games, ing his ninth win as the Buze heallowed 34 runs in 17 indefeated Calgary, 5-3, in the | nings, for an ERA of 18.00 mm completion of a’ suspended ‘The Buzz took a 4-3 lead in a. eat 10% game thecighth inning on Damian teamswill play a dow: | Miller's RBI single with two Southern Unaae out. Todd Walker's single mw @ bieheader tonight to clude the four-game serios brought homeanother run in mp Rockin) ATT nM fF then the Buzz will begin a} theninth PANDINGS Pit tha Northern Otten Lm oD po Deheer % Thareday «tases 1m THEASSOCIATED PRESS identify with alltheplayers. Roberto Alomar, In baseball, you've only been The Braves, who have won able to identify with half of four league championships themat best. since 1991, are on pace for The Braves, had only No. 5 with a 42-22 record they dismissed a century of two sellouts in the first 31 that leads the NLEast by 44% baseball history. The two best teams from gamesat their new stadium, games. Atlanta has its top each league meeting in June, will more than double that three pitchers — Maddux (7Atlanta's Greg Maddux total this weekend. The only 2), John Smoltz(6-5) and Gla: of getting in now isa vine (6-4) — ready to oppose pitching to Baltimore's Cal ieaeek the Orioles’ Big Three. ‘SI Ripken. “It's going to be a big seChipper Jones of Atlanta fiidingroots ticket, both of ries,” Baltimore out batting against Mike Mussina which go onsale a few hours fielder said Dave Dellucci, pro. before each game. of the Orioles. ATLANTA — Thisis what supporters of interleague baseball had in mind when “This is the first really moted to the majors last And, most telling, sellout going to beanat crowdseach dayat baseball's strong weekendforus since week,“It's the [1994-95] strike,” said oe like the World Se. newestpark “Everybody down here in Paul Adams, the Braves’ di- "si, many players arestill rector of ticket sales, ‘'Bethe South wants to see Cal of the change Ripkenplay. He’s a legend,” forethestrike, we used to do skeptical “I'm not a big fanof it said Atlanta reliever Mike this all the time."” Baseball hoped for this right now,” Bielecki said. “I Bielecki. “Withoutgoing all the way up to Baltimore, they really wouldn't have ever had that chance be- Buzz Update Thursday: sot Lake 8, Calgary 3 Shotlodeevtn oer aa sm becord 31.o Tonight: Sait Lake (Mark aoe, Sievers) at Anderson, Cage( Son Groner) 2 26pm, | The teams intended to play Salt Lakeis 13-21 on the home against Colorado another game Thursday afSprings. ter completing the suspend- roadthis season, and just 2-8 four-game series Saturdayat edcontest, but that plan was scrapped because of an unfa: pearance in the second in vorable forecast, So tonight, ning, after Wednesday's the Buse will play their Garé Hawkins took over in what was officially a relief ap. 110 Aare as Wogns 8. Vaerwrver #14 Torna oF Coto Springs. yet rn game was nye with a Toowenn at CalorSprings. lowedjust one unearned run |jand duplicated the feat andfour hits. } against Albuquerque two ‘hat's Hawkins’ theme | days later at Franklin Quest thin season When he wins, | Field 2-2 tie, In? gs, Ha oe S kins struck out‘eight and al | April 1 ‘optAh tate bit ity, sort of attendance boost when it jettisoned the histor- fe separation between the fore.” American and National eee is a big hit in Atlan- between teams that never Now they do. Interleague leagues, scheduling games * enout crowds of nearly Montreal Buzz’s Hawkins PCL’ First 9-Game Winner GAME SUMMARY Now, That’s a Good Idea 2 Milwaukee 29 32 Chicago 234 Tt was a mistake on part,” 413 17 46 W2 1419 12-8 0 Pet GB L10 StrkHome A 5 Ll ene 15-16 0.0 Maddux, Key & Ripken? 50,000 are expected each day at Turner Field for the three-game series that begins tonight with Maddux, a four-time Cy Young Award winner, going against Jimmy Key, a 10-game winner for the Orioles. had a chanceof playing each other except in the World Series, The Atlanta-Baltimore matchyp, coming onthefirst weekendof interleague play, is especiallyintriguing “T'm looking forward to it,” Ripken said. “The fact that we're playing well and Atlanta shortstop Jeff Blauseragreed hat are people going to say about the World Series now?” he asked. “I think ul timately this kind of lumps us in with the other sports a play throughout the di. |" ih baseball, it’s always been that those teams didn’t see cach other until the WorldSeries. 1 think that’s what made the World Series “It’s going to be good for they're playing well makes so much more special than the gameof baseball because for a fun, exciting series,” the championships in the it’s going to be something the The Orioles have the best othersports.” fans are going to like, some- record in baseball at 42-19 That change doesn't both. thing the fans are looking and a commanding seven- er Glavine. forward to,” said Atlanta's gameleadin the ALEast, led “So what?Lifeisall about ‘Tom Glavine, a staunch sup- by the starting rotation of change,” he said. “Progre porter of interleague play. Key(10-1), Mussina (8-1) and “One of the things that Scott Erickson (9-2) and the makes basketball and foot- hitting of Ripken, Brady Anball so popular is fans can derson, Rafael Palmiero and means change. Yeah, ball has got a deep, deeptra dition, but that doesn’t mean it's right or perfect Owners Give Twins Permission To Seek Move-Minded Buyers ‘THE ASSOCIATED PRESS lems," Seligsaid. Baseball has not allowed a | PHILADELPHIA — Giv- | ing the Minnesota Twins a | team to move since the ex| pansion Washington Senahammer to use in negotiators became the Texas Rang. | tions for a new ballpark, baseball owners gave the ers following the 1971) the Kansas City Royals tc shift to the AL West, and the desire of the Arizona Dio mondbacksto play in the Na tional League. In otheraction: © Owners extended the contracts of AL president Gene Budig and NI. presi Acting commissioner Bud | moved by Calvin Griffith to dent Len Coleman by thr Cities following the years through 2002. Selig called the Metrodome, | the Twin season. also were given raises to openedin 1982, an “econom: | 1960 Carlson wants the legista. | about $650,000 per year, onc je albatross” and said the ture to consider a ballpark | official said on thecondition sport's new revenue-sharing | duringa special session later of anonymity rules increased pressureto| this year, but it’s unclear Teams were given per make moreteams maximize team approval to seek buy season, The original Sena- ers who might movethe fran | tors, a charter member of the | chise after the 1998 season. American League, were | whether legislators are will mission tocarry radio broad their income. The Buzzis af- | ing to discuss a baseball bill filiated with the Twins, Owners failed to take ac: “It's not possibleto remain | tion on realignment and pub: economically viable in the lic ownershipof teams, put- casts of their games on their Internet web sit @ Owners approved a 10. of meetings. Red Sox chief executiveoffi ‘Twins owner Carl Poblad |\ oer John Harrington, the said he hasn't spoken with head of the realignment any buyers yet, and declined || committee, said his group's to say if he would keepthe | plan was still being formulatteam and attempt to move it od and that a special owners’ | per season. The deal con | tains a clause allowing the Professional Baseball Metrodome,” Selig said as | ting off those decisions until| year Agreement with the minor ownersconcluded three days later this summer. Boston leagues through 2007 that } expected to lower major league costs by $5 million contractto be reopenedafter 2003, The minor leagues wil) Selig left little hope that meoting probably would be take over from th nl called in July clubs the coats of theumpire If there isn't realignment, program, uni owner who would continueto|| Tampa Bay will be ass ned | development forms and some equipment play in the Metrodome. |} to the AL West and both @ Fox-Liborty was given season, the last-place Can: which is configured better Jeagues will play a bi n four-year contract to televine nons have cleared lot of for football than baseball | schedule next season. If re: games on direct browdeast roster space, Ten players, in. and lacks the luxury suites | alignment is achieved, the satellite cluding Viewmont High the Twins want Jon gues would switch to an @ Selig said theinvestiga graduate Reed Secrist, used All you do is substitute unbalanced schedule. tion of Chicago outfielder in that series are no longer one name for another and ‘The chief obstacles to re- Albert Belle's alleged gam with the club. leave all the same prob alignment are the refusal of bling ts ongoing in Canada, Sincelosing three of four games to the Buzz in Salt Lake in the first week of the Pohlad would be po natal to soll the team to a Minness |
