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Sone 2b ba Delgado, who woundup 4- Las Angeles 15 (ite Onaretome Bot Soca tone a Wormenchofk 720% for-5, added a run-scoring Colorado San Diego Hog Phar eras) Thursday's Games single in the ninth. Pat Hentgen, 0-5 in his ‘No games scheduled Tk ‘Games RANGERS 15 previous seven starts eae Nera aes at against the Royals, took a Nate vasesat Paladephia |Ogea 2 ORIOLES 7 two-hitter into the seventh ARLINGTON, Texas — after retiring 14 in a row. > tal ras$3) aPir es Cal Ripken's return from his But he neededrelief help son 22,505 pm Diego (Ashby 42)at Cictanai (Neagle 0first stay on the disabledlist from Dan Plesac, who came pm. was spoiled as Texas got a in with the bases loaded and 2.505 Florida (Sanches 0-4) at Mavaukee (Roque 0 grand slam from Roberto oneoutto retire Carlos Bel- 3),605 pm Poaceae 2 ote Kelly anda three-run homer tran on strikes and Joe oldsBe52.6 from Rusty Greer, leading Randaon short fly deepown 3-2aS. Lousmene the Rangers past Baltimore 231 810) said. “We're in a rut. Maybe we'll score nine runs tomorrow, That's the way this game is.” Olivares, who entered the game with an 8.15 because of anerve problem in his lower back, went 1for-4 with an RBIsingle and @Tun scored. He also failed '0 stop a hard-hit grounder Detweenhislegs for hissixth OmarOlivares allowed five hits in 6%% innings and Mo Vaughnhit a solo homer as the Anaheim Angels capped their first three-game sweep at Yankee Stadium in 15 years with a 2-0 victory ‘Thursdaynight. The Yankees, who hadn't been shut out twice at homein a season since 1997, were blanked in consecutive home gamesfor the first time since 1991 and in back- to-back games overall for thefirst time since 1996. “No oneis going to feel sorry for the Yankees,” Paul O'Neill said. “When you're not playing well and not scoring runs, sometimes you have the tendencyto try to doit all at once. Youtry to make it all happen onone pitch and that's not the way it and called oneof his own before Thursday's game to address the team’s about hitting,” Zimmer Ripken, out since April 18 TOPOWO ,.,., MMUSCM,, rahatn str em Se error ERA against the Yan- Beast in nine games seats FI" Sma” 4720 (Osgaio 8 143 Geuow 101 aya" 4011 Naren: 4000 this sma $0 EE Damnt 5100 Ms) Swat 17 wéwureyand 021 iam 4000 wn mms Sanow w 0000 serge i. e222 4 Sat” 4218 A ores Kreutet c 3040 fobs | 3013 ‘Kansos City, pas Sra ates kees, fell behind 2-0 in “at times, Ripken must tots 386427 Totals 37.2402 Sees { oog02 the count to 10 batters have thought hewas still on toronto oo ow os Pobarhsnns 1 oo and walked six. But he a rehabilitation assignment held New York to I-for-9 at Sarasota, Fla., consider- irenetineirae tf Secekc, a Franklin CoveyField before inning, the Buzz tied the plane for Oakland several fifth, and then left the tying runat third basein the sev Fall to Twins preparefor a series against enth inning when Dan Cey flew out to former Buzzman the A'sthat begins today You'd rather have an Chris Latham at the warning In Exhibition off-day, but you understand final track in right field for the out of the game the impactit has on every‘The fans got their mon body and howimportantit is @ Continued from D-1 to the community,” said ey's worth, that's for sure,” Twins catcher Terry Stein- said Twins manager Tom bach. “You just go out and Kelly high 26 homers and 105 dothebest you can. It's still Buzz (ieigane aul wereien a came fa toe bation of te ™ Buz’ ve. Stars At Cashman Field, Las hours after the final out to RBIs for the Buzz last sea- serious. If you go out and don't play serious, that’s whenaninjury can occur son. “You'll get your Some opportunities are better than others. In his first start of this season, Koskie drove in five runs for the Twins Thursday, he came of the bench to hit two home runs and help the Twins hold off their Triple. A affiliate in a seven-inning exhibition game It’s always nice to come back to somewhere you played,” said Koskie, “as long as it’s for a short dura tion.” ‘The Twins left Tampa Bay Thursday morning. took a quick batting practice at MMARY ‘he Buzz returned from Vegas @ Game Times: TonightSaturday and Monday 8 p.m.; Sunday2 p.m. @ Radio: KTKK—AM 630) game road trip byplaying their parent team. the Minnesota Twins, in an ex- Las Vegas. Although the Twins lacked any marqueeattrac. on the road trip and will played in the 1995 exhibi tion against the Buzz — 7,746 fans showed up to watch the game. The teams made things exciting by combining for 28 hits and 19 runs. Besides Koskie’s two homers, Buzz outfielder Bri. an Buchanan and shortstop BY STEVE LUHM THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE SACRAMENTO, Calif’ — Jazz LAKERS Min Rice 4% Red 4 Nal 2 z Mo He Matin tod TusMOY Coach Jerry Sloan and starting small forward Bryon Russell had a disagreement on the bench during Wednesday's 84-81 playoff loss to Sacramento, but they apparently have settled the matter ‘Wegot alittle sideways with each other,” said Sloan. “But we talked about it and got things straightened out. been struggling an offensive rebound ‘The first one was thecritical one Fuller said. “I just tried to faceit like it was an ordinary free throw. I tried to use the same form and same rhythm I always use, whether it's a game, a practiceor a shootaround. 1 Just missed it Otherwise, Fuller played reason ably well. He didn't score, but he 7 It will never happen aj Karl Malonetalked to Russell after the game, and declared that everyone remains together heading into Game It's like Bryon and his wife or me and my wife or you and your wife said Karl Malone. “Everybody has those things happen Bui the next morning. you sit down and havea cup of coffee. You talk it over and then go on about your business PuaS$ BRUSH secondsleft in overtimeof uae ¥ ind Sacramento leading 83 81, the Jazz's Todd Fuller went to the free-throw line with a chance to tie After consecutive timeouts by the Kings, however, Fuller hit the front rim with his first free throw. He purposely migsed the second. hoping for Eisley finished with career play off-high 21 points, four rebounds and three assists in an energetic 40 min utes It means absolutely nothing right now,” Eisley said. “It was a tough loss forus With seven seconds remaining in regulation, Eisley took a three-point shot that could have giventhe Jazz an 80-77 lead Instead, it missed Fuller rebound. ed and Malone ended up getting an 18-footer at the buzzer, but it also missed When I let it go, I thoughtit was in.” Bisley said. “It just didn't go down. It was just a little off } GRADUATION SPEECH Jazz assistant Coach David Fred. man, whose duties mostly involve scouting and video work, 76ERS 97 will miss iiwaukee gg?M@GEING 104, Orando fonio Porter 9eneatis 85 Portland! 116, Phoenix 99 "Wednesday, Portland 103, Phoenix 93, Potand winsseries 3-0 ‘ StitesMay 8 Utah 147, Sacramento 87 Monday, 40 sacramento 104, Uiah 90 ‘i We 4 Sacramento 84, Utah 84, leadsseries 2-4 way 1 ohPaden temoreso * WA uncle ay 16 sacraments er MAGIC 85 Philadelphia at Orlando, PHILADELPHIA — Allen 'BA PT MA 34 00 09 22 35 67 24 00 00 G4 reePalat Gos15401Pippen rime Mote ack pateroly Bioted Sin== Dickerson, Olajuwon, Reb or 18 a4 6 2 28 Atlanta vs. a s.tunntae Anderson 3. 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INDIANA Min FG PonGel313185oben 24, RAL Jen 24, D.Curry 14, Workman 0-1), Team Rebounds: 7 diated She 6 Canoe 3, Rebinon 2 "Tees3 R.Allen 3, Cassell 3, Workman 2 Gillam, Traylor, Thomas) Stet 5 Robinson ‘Allen.Cary. oh son, D Curry ‘Techmeal Fouls: Gillam. $15 second: Cas sell, 706 third hega! Defense: Nooe Indina 3023S CD Milwauhee S32 ‘A071 RTI, 222 Ofiealy—Dick Bavetta.Toeumy Nunes. Ter: y Durham day. Still, in the end, most mortals to get excited aboutbeingin the playS, would croakfor his final numbers — It's inexplicable that the Jazz 22 points and 13 rebounds. Sloan says the Malone-like fire is “there for wouldn't be excited. They've got the Kings just where they want em, a some, and it isn’t therefor others.” One of the “others” is centerGreg young team playing under pressure Ostertag. Whata sad case. Sad, be- for the first timein these playoffs ina they know they must win. No cause the 7-foot, 280-pound plodder game do they w: ve to return to admits d it: “I ‘ve letJerry down. I've let way Lake ‘This thingis over,” my teammates down. I've been too Salt blurted Maxwell. soft.” This is not a one-man indictCounters Malone: “When you're ment. No one from theJazz hasleft a playing with nothing to lose, talk is King writhing on thefloor. Bet on it: a hardjolt to Webber and the guy will cheap.” So, too,are the physical shots the wail like a baby. “You don't wantto Kings have taking. Tonight,it’s do anything crazy, but a hard foul nev- anelbow forbeen a forearm er hurt anybody says Ostertag. Try for a forearman—elbow sneaky, dirty, intenone, Greg tionalstuff, about whichthe Kings are Getting physical, to the point of be1 “Thi madethis a ing mean — which is perfectly acceptrsonal battle,” say: defiant Maable in the NBA these days — is the jone. only way theJazzcan tur this debe. Too bad for the Jazz that it took the cle aro around. e playing scared,” r of first-round elimination for says Sloan who adds that his club has Jazz Homacek have to score in two playoff losses to the Pts. __13 _5 4 ! tions, go." Fredman said. THEY CAN COUNT Fans at Arco Arena have picked up “1-2-3-4 chant when Malone goes to the foulline The count is supposed to help the referees realize that Malone is taking Jongerthan the allowed 10 seconds to shoot Sacramento fansdid it to Malone on all eight of his free throws in Game 3, He made seven of them, including # few that he released as the crowd's count reached 11 or 12. Does Malone think about the chant? Think about it?” he said. “That's whyI let them count past 10 Another Sacramento fan has taken it upon himself to distract the Jazz during timeouts Sitting directly behind the Utah bench. this guy leans over and rings a cowbell. Malone's reaction: “If we get up 10 or 15 points, I'll bet he won't have that cowbell going bottom line right now is I've got to playbetter or we go home. Eisley (21 points) and Anderson(17 points) played well in Game 3 but, af- Pts. 6 ries. =4104 0 Anderson was hurt with 9:35left in media. The prevailing theme: Utah couldn't play much worse than it did in thelast two games, yetthe Jazz still could have won both. ‘They trailed by only five points with 2M minutes lefi in the second game, Stockton has madeonlyfive of his 20 shots. Jeff Hornacek has gone 4-for18. Russell is 6-for-16. “It's just a matter of making open shots,” Stockton said. ” ‘re play- fense, too. But we've got some looks. We've executed pretty well The Kings expect the Jazz's best t they took a 75-71 lead into the final 2:37 of Game 3. Utah had the final two shots in regulation, but Eis- said, “I told our team we have to play lone. “... even better next time. Utah is a champtonship-culiber team Maybe lay! ley and Malone missed jumpers “We've played terrible,” said Ma- Our team is due for a good game.” ‘When you look how well Sacra mento has played. and how poorly we have played, it's obvious to me that we can compete with them,” said Sloan After shooting 56.5 percent in the the Jaz: have made only 38.8 percent of their field-goal attempts in their two losses Since he was flattened Chris Webber nine seconds into Gagne 2 ‘ _18 terward, they were nursing back inju- the second quarter when, on a drive to the basket, he was flagrantly fouled bythe Kings’ Jon Barry. Injuries aside, the Jazz seemed loose and reasonably confident during their off-day session with the news ; Sacramento Kings or, He didn’t know if heshouldaccept tions. Jerry and Scott said, ‘Congratula: ct to sinkin. Joz guards John Stockton and To Remain Alive theinvitation, yet did so after talking to Sloan and Scott Layden. the Jazz's vice president of basketball opera: that ON GUARD Need a Victory ® Continued from D-1 the 108, Orlando ‘atPhitdelphio, Paeres Iverson had 33 points and 10 steals as Philadelphia beat Orlando in the 76ers’ first homeplayoff game in eight years. terville, IIL Fredmanwas “stunned” by the hon- Jobn A. Logan Junior Collegein Car EISLEY STARS Backuppoint guard HowardEisley turned in one of his finest perfor mances in Game 3 weren't dropping and | got mad. Indiana OiYar Ket ak mg an DA was asked to give the com mencement address Friday night at be home Saturday. After Game 3. he broke down film until 3.30 am. be fore heading to the airport said, “and | didn't conduct myself Named a distinguished alumnus. ofregulation. on the offensive end in the final 1:49 properly. | was frustrated, my shots Game 4 Fredman’s quick trip to Illinois isn’t exactly a vacation Heleft Thursday morning and will grabbed six repounds, including two throughoutthefirst-roundseries, and 4 sprained ankle suffered in Game 2 hasn't h He has totaled 21 points on 8-of-21 shooting I was just frustrated,” Russell z Fenm san) Sloan wishes Malone's fixation on breaking out were contagious. So Malone disappeared for a half Wednes- cause of rainouts and an off day JAZZ NOTEBOOK 80, QT, ‘BJackson Diego Padres has not played in five days be- After the Twinsbuilt a 6-2 lead in the top of thefifth innesota "1 Pattenon’ 200 10 0 Indiana99, Matte, 94; rer 2640 181371814 71 Indiana wins MA OT APP Pu us 22 O11 18 Pecenags =F 0 Orlando vs. Philadelphia 43904 8 922 G16 5102 2 36 bin12.9 Siete 01 Michel2 22 4953 19 0563 7 oo 0115 5 There1 rani are Pe Ls 0010 & Sah? Reeeaytent se isos 8 «3al — (rand 4, Gas, Garet gg@tande 79, Philadelphia oo 114 0 ate 22ggneaeir3s a8 peer se ‘Smi Seta S yhureday, May43, rs 78. igs: o rE Te Worry 13, ee Taio f leadsseries ly on his shoulders, both physically and offensively ‘I've already had a couple of my teammates tell me they've ridden meall year and they Russell, Sloan Make Peace After Game 3 Spat Russell has Rockets needed him in Game 3. play these four games without manager Phil Roof, who is in Kentucky for his youngest daughter's wedding About the Stars: The top affiliate of the San MikeMoriartyalso homered in the game. Monday, Miami83, New York 73 Sse hibition. The Buzz are 4-4 tions — Kirby Puckett WESTERN CONFERENCE San Antonio vs. Minnesota Sunday, May 9 San Antonio 99,Minnesota wittesdayMay44 les Pitchers: Salt Lake: Frank Rodriguez (3-3, 6.23), Rob Radlosky (2-0, 0, 3.90), Jason Bell (3-1, 4.76), Gary Rath (2-4 had a break in this 12- begin a four-game series in FIRST ROUND (Best-of-5) Miami vs. New York ), 8 New York , Miami 75 S @ Season Series: First se- 3.38); Las Vegas, TBA About the Buzz: They Omaha Wednesday night. and leave this morning to 0 2 day night, the players called an impromptu team meeting. Interim manager Don Zimmer broke up that meeting P BA PLAYOFF ied , May 4 Thursday, May 43 BiededSts ences DRtiens) New York 97, Miami73, San Antonio 85, Minnesota New York leads serie 74, San Antonio leads series victory over the Los Angeles ‘Tomerers— 17 (Bue 4D Robson Lakers on Thursdaynight. Habis chon Miami at New York, 6 p.m. Saturday, 45 The Lakers still lead the eerT ts . , 4 San Antonio at Minnesota, best-of-5 series 2-1, with MINK. arrru New York at Miami, TBA if TBA Game 4 on Saturday at the Garnett 21 3 necessary i fh 47 Smith tls — Meneses era) sonAvoniG, Crap Center. [1 {Indiana vs. Milwaukee TBA ippen was only 5-for-20 Cares fromthe fieldin the first two i} Indiana 110,Milwaukee 88 Portland vs. Phoenix games ofthe series, but he Say 234 "A May 8 was there every time the Mite BSacannousSe and Troy Percival com- bined on a 1-0 shutout of the Yankees on Wednes- Koskie. shot.” reenages — 47 FT-1 aie ieeeTees! bag) Conan(sare Gt works.” After Chuck Finley You've just gotto go out and do your job when you get an opportunity,” said bounds, and Charles Barkley added 30 points and 23 rebounds as the Rockets fought offelimination with a 102-88 N Statue ted kees out of their recent slump. DRodines 36 Ta? 34 4872 17 Be MV 22 OS 21 8 Pere 1 00 00 00 00 0 moo a eeeed Dees lf 0) 32.0020 2 15 00 18:10 3 Pippen broke outof a play- Hacks 187 09 90 00.00 ¢ off slumpwith a career play- Ker vse a off-high 37 points and 13 re- oe thohahi "iS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HOUSTON —The Houston Ee finally got to see the ‘tie Pippen they expected aste =n ‘este: 10 (Riaiey 3. Schon 2. Hternseet 2 — nel foc Poa farts Ramet aarti aacea Eescu-tussns ‘THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Evena team meeting couldn't snap the New York Yan- Rockets Fight Off Elimination ‘Game After Game 3, Coach Rick Adelman Butthe Jazz are one loss away from their quickest exit from the playoffs since 1989, when they were swept in the first round by Golden Sta e. The Jazz also lost in the opening round in 1990, 1993 and 1995, but it took Phoe- nix, Seattle and Houston five games to eliminate “We've been in these last two games,” insisted Malone "Now we just have to finish one off." —Haih ainF. eres Sees bar oT hk |
