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Show c10 The Salt Lake Tribune SPORTS Going, Going, Gone? McGwire MAJOR LEAGUE REPORT Tossed in First as Atlanta Wins Jotals «35 4424 Toe Sunday, August 30, 1998 American Le:ague EAST we Pet GB Lie _Sek Home Away Away nor yNew York98 363 Buzz Let Big One Get Away, Blow Fifth-Inning Lead OMAHA — big one got awayfrom the Buzz on Sat urday night at Rosenblatt the game. But rook Sam Holbrook Whenthe S Bayences Chris stream eellid Hatcher bita pair of two-run homer: rallying the Royals to a 6-4 PacificCoast Leaguevietory IB Today:Sait Lake (Shane— Bowers, 8-6, 5.69 ERA) at Omaha (Phil Grundy, 53, 4.46). 12:30 p.m. over Salt Lake. The loss dropped the Buzz 3 games behind Fresno in bats in his the Southern Division race — the Grizzlies posted a 6-3 home win over Edmontonon Saturday. Only nine gamesremain in the regular season, and Fresno’s magic number is seven. 1 get upset like ai mal American. McGwire. smiling The fans mirrored Th: game emotions. nit his second ca a home run as M MONTREAL his nalted for about 10 mi andpolice were summ after debris and foul balls were tosses d on the field af ter manager Tony La Russa nd pitching coach Da’ Dunean also were ejected Although relative calm r turnedlate the game. the GIANTS 10 situation was considered PHILLIES 3 rious enough that SAN FRANCIS! final out theumpire y Bonds a sideexit through the Ca dinals’ dugout tunnel, and Carter homered with a number ofpolice o cers nearby I don't knowif I'd have ROCKIES 7 cuss 3 Bobby ‘JonieS. stronginnings the Rockies. I hit pretty ott said of his I didn't know was and whether the wall. I en see where hard x0, 0 outs. ing. La Russa was thrown out ‘st for arguing tuelocation of the piteh — down and in sidein hs opinion — and for catcher Javy Lopez's dency to framepi McGwire followed him to the show and Duncan was 101340 M353. Totals tossed by Holbrook after the Bravesbatted inthesecond 240 904 10-3 O43 20h O10 McGwire said what he said to Holbrook we things you can’t say TV Neither La Russa McGwire were maki Za big deal of Holbrook nexper. ence, just that the all had beeninco ect seen umpir Sas mad as the players, La Russa said, “He was not crazy. He was in control of what was METS 4 happemng I truly believe you g ys DODGERS3 SA LES Ed: shouldn't behaving heat on ita tw ‘o-out McGwire said the ninth hasa job. crossedthe line, L owe up to it. Period Holbrook said he warn DIAMONDBACKS4 BREWEGy 3 46 73 three Chicage Pittsburgh 9-7 4 64 64 St Lous 63 36-30 27-42 49 MARLINS 5 38 urday’s Games ton Pittsburgh 3 Colorado7, Chicago3 Arizona 4, Milwaukee 3 Montreal 3, San t Games jorida (Medina1-1 i (Reyes 2-4), 11:15 am Pittsburgh (Lawrence 1-0) at Houston(Reynolds 16-9), 12°30 p.m Chicago (Tapani 15-7) at Colorado(Kile 10-14), t p.m. Montreal (Thurman 2-3) at SanDiego(Brown 17-4), 2 iladetphia (Schilling 12-121 at Son Francisco (Orta 23). 2 p.m Atlanta (Millwood 14-8) at St. Louis (Osborn New York(Yoshii 5-7) at Los Ang “4 Milwat Karl 9-7) at Arvona (Sodowsky I have Floridatoate 9 most ever cord as much a else. 1 still think it's astrike $7.L0uNs abrho & W thefifth. But Cleveland tied it in the bottom of the inning when Ramirez hit an 0-2 pitch from Jimmy Haynes intothe left-field bleachers Oneout later, Sexson hit his third homer of the season to 4 was hit by a pitch and Shave walked ut Lewis was called out on strikes, and Salt Lakeleft the bases loaded for the second time in the game Ironically, the Buzz were able to manufacture a runin the sixth, making it 3-0. With two out, Pierzynski lined a base hit to right. He managed to score all the way from first on Latham’s hit. Albuquerque at Iowa, Tocouma at eqns New Orleans at Nasr, sa Ot, ado Speings at Vancouver, in Mera at Tos. The home runs cameoff Salt Lakestarter Doug Lin- ton, who had beenpitching ni PIONEER LEAGUE well Linton allowed only three North Division Le hits through five innings while striking out a season: high seven. id Series ch The homers by Hatcher ents in Cleveland’ formance from Billy Taylor to preserve an 11 6 winas the Athletics won their eighth straight over Cleveland With Oaklandleading 9-6. Taylor came on with the bases loaded in the eighth and retired Manny Ramirez ona force play to earn his 28thsave Everybody's swinging the bat well upanddownth. lineup, but Taylor getting Manny Ramirez... that was the ballgame,” Oakland manager Art Howe said A matchuplike that what I really enjoy about be ing acloser," Taylor said Manny is so tough. We tried to keep himoff bal ancewith sliders. This time, wehad somesuccess Rookies Ben Grieve and A.J. Hinch each hadthree RBIs and Scott Spiezio drovein two runs for Oak land, which had16hits after getting a season-high24 in a 14-6 winin 10 innings Fr daynight A.J. had a huge hit to put us up 4-3, then got another RBI single later.” Howe said. “Hegot us going Ramirez went 3-for-5 with his 33rd homer and made a spectacular catch. while rookie Richie Sexson hit two homersfor Cleveland Grievetied it 5-5 in the sixth with an RBI double off Tom Martin. Spiezio fol lowedwith a two-run double off the left-field wal! and later scored on a sin,le by Hinch A two-run single by Hinch ga nd 4-3 leadin er great chanceinthe fifth. Beltre doubled and, with two out, Brian Buchanan a solo shot that tied the game Reeae HE ASSOCIATED PRESS CLEVELAND — The OaklandAthletics continued their assault on Cleveland pitching Saturday It took a clutch relief per onan error. Shave scored on the play but. after Chris Lathamwalked to load the bases. Esteban Beltre struck Inthe bottomof thesixth, Hatcher hit a two-run homer and Luis Ortiz followed with in the winning run in the seventh as ( ucionatt sent against Mark McGwire like to see him PCL STANDINGS ‘marion Coaleceoce Widvest Division we te 6B os = biggerinning and-runsingleto left center Unfortunately, the Buzz's inability to break the game opencost them CINCINNATI — Re ggie center Sanders hada two-run dou 12th ble and Barry Larkintripled eRe here said. “1 feel 1 The Buzz took a 1-0 lead in the top ofthe second, but it could have been a much Lake made it 2-0 in a 2-2 aid. season. Clearly. if the Buzz don’t catch Fresno, their lack of success against Omaha will be one of the primary rea. sons. the fourth inning on Torii Hunter's solo homer, though the Buzz squandered anoth- HOUSTON — Bill Spiers hit an inside-the-park home run and Jose Limapitched . Stronginnings as Hous‘Shores peat Pittsburgh Houston $4920(48 00 three out 1 2 1 5 W2 26-38 PIRATES 3 REDS 7 for their fi win in seven games with Salt Lake this out, AJ. Pierzynskireached 6 L-1 Atlanta 4, St Louis 3 SanFrancisco 10, Philadelphia 3 4, Los Angeles 3 Cincinnati 7, Florida 5 ASTROS 6 exploded morein the eighth to secure Jon Shave and Marc Lewis both singled and. with two 64 Milwaukee Cincinnati y-clinchedpl relief ving New then 46 6-10 x) Strk Home Away lotr 0-30 10-4 WEST San Die; SanFran LA Colorado ning to allow past Milwau ante abr hy The Royals scored three times in the bottom of the sixth to tie the game, ani National League L Pet GB LO Sirk Home Away low CENTRAL W Houston 85 th an infield 2 innings and seemed to be dominating. But the Royals rede the power-hitting of Hatcherto victors Anaheim (Jud Tampa Bay (A weland (Nagy 11 Oakland (Rogers 1 Minnesota yuez 4-2) at Toronto (Ch 2 timore (Guzman8-13), 11:30 am Yo rabu 130am $-2) at Chicago (Fordham 1-2 R830 blamed them.” La Russa said. “I'd have been hoot backwards. Against Omaha, Salt Lake wned a 3-0 lead through 2 134 ae al 1004 BUZZ SUMMARY orewnnenooen® é and. only him put the Indian: Haynes allowed five r Pe aireneenniwomeiben 544 inning ‘OAKLAND CuEyELAND abrnbl ab rhs i } give the Royals a 5-3 lead. Hatcher's homers were his 42nd and 43rd of thesea. son. He leads the minor qiceaes fosoeel) had eight strikeouts and ji)mim Excorecon's}Sagai2 3}-Caon one walk. His victory leaguesandis thefirst PCL y ewono Ee only total is Boston's highest player to hit 40 or more AL. WILD 80 since Roger Clemens had 18 824 in 1992 DEVIL RAYS 10-2 TIGERS 6-8 DETROIT — ookie Juan br arnacion hit a three-run American League homer and Detroit beat TampaBay to gainasplit of their doubleheader 5A D In the first game, Mike 2142 Wind 424 Tolals 41444044 Tatas 37 6116 Morcnond Kelly hit two homers and Qattond 002 024 102-414 Tolls 39.6445 Toto 43184914 Bobby Smith went 4-for-5 a 204 020100 with four RBIs asthe Devil Rays won. Encarnacion, recalled fromTriple-A Tole do had an 11-gamehittin f streak stopped in the open er. He quickly madeupfor that in the second game. go: ing 4 Hunter grounded out to end The Buzz got oneback in the game. The Busy left 12 runners Shave’s RBI double but, on baseduring this critical with two on and twoout, loss lead. 1993. and Jose Cruz Jr, ShawnGreen and Shannon Stewert homered as Toronto beat Minnesota ‘ beganthe ‘ Stieb, who season as a guest instructor in spring training, started in place of Pat Hentgen, whose string of 3 consecutive starts ended becauseof ten dinitis in his right shoulder. the top of the ninth on & g4o 900 "Stoson 2 \oe-ananain 5tonen $ Bis to anaheim yeOowits3 3 6 5 5 4 4 Ross zits pMomerwies 9 7 1 4 9ontunorey son =pYoersn {ith Geendherage scored four runs and New York enjoyed their second straight ttle. easy win over he Yankees picked op right where they left offin 10-3 rout of S attle o1 0 rie day New York was aggres After giving upfive hits and tworuns inthefirst two innings, AaronSele gave up just one more hit and two walks over the next six innings. Teas sive from the start. and with Williams and Jeter doing most of the damage, the Yankees built an 11-0| ad after four innings en ro ite to their 98thvictory same ob: Kom . rab§ Gitley ct 2 bot 52 Borinoh sepue 3 4 4 Rowmn3> Jowec 4J wroolt 2 fore Ripken doubled into theleft-field corner beat Chicago. Ummpest—Heer (xe Me, fame1-254" bach Unter Home Joven. tONog0. aeGat tid CoxASO 000), BOSTON — Pedro Marti- jo 2 0 0 Mike Smith had oneof the best seats in the house for the Travers on Saturday at Saratoga but it wasn’t good enough to knowthat Coronado’s Quest had won whenthe colt flashed across the finish. I was just hoping I held on,” Smith said Hold on Coronado’s Quest did, in a blazing three-horse finish that was decided by two noses over Victory Gallop and Raffie's Majesty Once he knewhis colt had won, Smithsaid, “I feel like a million pounds have been lifted off my back. If I saytoo much, T'lle While Coronado's Quest got a second straight win over Victory Gallop and assumed leadership of the 3-year-old division, Victory Gallop suffered anothertoughloss. Coronado’s Quest paid $4.90, $3 and $2.70. Victory Gallop paid $2.60 and $2.20 and Raffie's Majesty returned $3.10 aval; Ravelli Saves RED SOX 6 ANGELS 1 Sole W1640,381 Wobucnd THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SARATOGA SPRINGS NY BALTIMORE — Rookie Barber held Baltimore hitless until Cal Ripken doubledwith twooutsin the seventh inning, and Kansas City sentthe Orioles to theirsixth straight loss Pitching in only his 13th major league game. Barber 441047 9 Totols Coronado’s Quest Takes Travers — By Two Noses xPaps Td Ment 1-207" Brian Totals penny Tartabull had 43 in 1985. After Hatcher's second ‘ings Res Ogden Brewers Bute (Angeds 1 CTineed firs bal title Saturday's Games. Idabo Halls 22. Ogden 6 Medicine Hat , Helena 4 Bulngs L. Butte & reat Fal8, Lethbridge 3 ‘Sunday's Games Bulings at Ogden. Medicine HatatGreat Palisa) Lethbruge atHelena, Butte at tao Pals. a insurance run to take a 6-3 BLUE JAYS 14 TWINS 7 TORONTO — Dave Stieb won for the first time since ORIOLES 1 RANGERS 5 WHITE SOX 3 CHICAGO Ivan Rodri guez hit a three-run homer Texas rallied with four runs in the sixth inning to homeruns since Calgar: homer, the Royalsadded an ROYALS 2 YANKEES 11 MARINERS 6 NEW YOR K Williams drovein four runs. Derek J er homered and and Ortiz changed everything, however, andit happened againinthe eighth After Jeremy Giambisingled off Buzz reliever Gary Wilson, Hatcher ripped a towering two-run homer to nez matched Tom Glavine and David Cone for the major leaguelead with 18 vietories, allowing onerun and seven hits in Boston's vietory over Anaheim Martinez lowered his AL: leading ERA 2.67, and MLS STANDINGS : Day) for Tampa an renee, es ie Wise scored thelone goal (itis THE TSFmo a ae a He: 4: 28 SOCIATED PRESS TAMPA, Fla. — Evans a ™ is and Thomas Ravelli made ee ni four saves during the shoot- Sin Jose ae out as the Tampa Bay Muti- Xetra se ny stopped D.C. United’s nine-game winning streak with a 3-2 victory Saturday Tampa Bay’s Dominic Kinnearforced the shootout when hetied the game 2-2 with 3:56left ‘ sootout win and veo val S0W!6# bet ol sis Tampa Bay 3, D.C United 2 (80) baie Neeey 0 Cotumbar 3, Los Angeles 0 olorade3, tears Meh ‘New England at Miauni, 1 p.m POOR |