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Show ca The Salt Lake . bune BASEBALL Thursday. June 3.1999 Sosa’s 9th-Inning Long Bomb L | EAGUE Canseco Ties Griffey With 20th Homer as D-Rays Hold Off A’s Rallies Cubbies Past Padres American League THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CHICAGO — The Chicago Cubs’ late-inning heroicsare starting to become routine SammySosa hit a threerun homer with one out in the ninth as the Chicago Cubs rallied twice to beat the SanDiegoPadres 9-8 on Wednesday It marked the 10th time the Cubs have won in their last at-bat and their i4th come-from-behind win this season, I don't know whywe al ways wait so long but there's always a lot of dramatic excitement.” said Cubs first baseman Mark Grac ‘The Cubs scored four runs in the eighth to tie the game at 5 and then rallied from three runs down in the ninth off Trevor Hoffman to win for the 13th time in 18 mes With one out. Jeff Blauser Henry Rodriguez cehit Sosa thenhit his 18th homertoleft-center on a 1-1 pitch to win the ee san pe00 en were tS crea Vg we. Gens 3 eaeoan wap o er ae Beat 3 woe oss Nome 2 go each homered to h Houston to a win 0} Milwauke: ovston wana TIN eam PStt PIRATES 8 DODGERS4 PITTSBURGH Ward. who had onl 4 son dr ins and Todd bt innir wept its ries ina row. b \ Balumore CENTRAL eland L Pet GB LUO StrkHomeAway Intr 5 = a 3 L 54) 00 1s = : : 25 39 a 4 9 453 > sane = 20 92 38 35 1 00 , GB 110 0 StrkHome 7 WoL Pet SirkHome Away intr 3317 667 — 55 W11510 187 00 aaa Gs 0 wes 24 45 2 0.0 ane oo THE ASSOCIATEDPRESS Muuecele ls kees batted in the fifth. the Detroit-Boston gameat Fen. way — which started just one Patera sia dians and New York began — was already in the ninth OmarVizquel went 4-for 6 with two doubles, scoring three runs and driving in had seven He as Cleveland wontwice in the three-gameset. and Teads the majors with 67 Derek Jeter singled walked and scored twice. run. “It was like trying to and nowhas reached base in sneak a sunrise past a roost- all 51 New York games er. Canseco finished 3-for-5 with four RBIs as the Devil Rays won for just the second time in 11 games despite blowing a 5-1 lead Just because he's had a couple of games without a hit doesn't mean this is a eerout game for him.” Bay manager Larry Rotteehit said Pics: Yom 1 scene ta breaking out. He's been doing this all seaso Canseco needed a double OAKLAND. Calif. — Jose Cansecohit his 20th homer and Paul Sorrento’s RBIsingle broke an eighth-inning tie to help the Tampa Devil Rays beat Cakland Atesics-6 on the Wednesday Canseco. whois tied with Seattle's Ken GriffeyJr. for the major leaguelead with 20 homers, hit a three-run shot in the third inning and anRBI tiple in the seventh to tie thegameat 6 We made onebad pitch to Jose.” Oakland manager Art Howe said of the home ond homer as many and backup catcher Osik hit tis first hon 1996as the Pirate ed the three-game swec os ures? Ay H Wednesday's Games nsas City 4 10. 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Schmeber Fra Hoon Tred Hon 1-253 A—28 742 (38 — Thompson ended his fourgamelosing streak bypicking on Boston again as Detroit salvagedthe finale of the three-gameseries Thompson. who improved his career record against E—Someetg (3) Como {2} Degen Oe gained! 1isreabyS Omg Bostonto4-1. lost his shut- Eickak Bo 19 1) Simos toast 0-0 Bz 1 aby hb NeW YORK ab rhb ARLINGTON, Texas Rafael Palmeiro’s two-run double highlighted a six-run fifth inning as Texas won its Rangers streak is the Jongest in the majors: this season and their longest since winning 14 consecutive games in May 1991. Palmeiro also hit his 15th homer in the seventh and went 2-for-2 with three RBIs to break out of a 2-for-23 slump. Texasrallied to win each of the three games against Kansas City. Kansas City completed a -8 road trip with five straight defeats Aaron Sele allowed two ninthstraight game. Ray he to ever bit for the acycle: bul groundedinto dou. ble playin the ninth inning. Esteban Yan pitched 1% scoreless innings for the win. Roberto Hernandez pitched the ninth for 16th save in 17 chances. 0-0 Pet 2821 S71 es 4 97 (54000), ROYALS 4 to become the first Devil jotrIni 64 ¥ eae: aa 26 35 46 WAZ 00 2 26 suY 5 97 1619151411 00 71 ; i Ae 4 1-1 11-20 Bu _ 00 WoL me fit Per itoa cious ge 3377 owe ad Bu Se ee taht bebe ig Sa EET RANGERS7 an MARINERS4 ORIOLES 2 SEATTLE — KenGriffey Jr. hit a two-out, two-run double off nemesis Mike Mussina in the eighth inning togive Seattle a victory over Baltimore itch Huskey followed wit a run-scoring sing ie against Mussina (7-3), es am Be eneoaret oni att ease AhiE 88 Bee tht Reeliit sereaont 11) pwn iti ee tt |1 Han. ib ie ee en wane Be dL Bee SEE Firsnatnfated eae baern: meUeeO eaten Sate ponter eee enate SHI ie eens Hid ers | aa ph 4940 Moby yi ‘Wagon c 2 8 494 WokeRel Coda fOP8t R28iNT PHILLIES 7 GIANTS 6 PHILADELPHIA — Gant sparked a two-out rally wilh a two-run triple in the BLUE JAYS 9 WHITE SOX 7 TORONTO — Darrin Fletcher hit two home runs inning as Philadelphia beat San Francisco sax ebrhbt Pai Mor in his first gameback from aneve injury to help Toron: Hi abe ww Sees30 to beat Chicago Fletcher. hit in the right eye by aricocheting baseball while he was in a batting cage on May 1] inSeattle. hit thefirst pitch he sawinthe second inning for a home DpeeMirnesoks § Anaheim LOBMinos < agree 8 Rowe (12) Emtog ob rho Minoesote Rose les 892243 wis 8 8 4 si {35 SrivcHome, MGCiolond ‘Gaoeeskom Cath Tw. rt Joreacn 222 Yoo (65060), 4 Bai mn ONNtS Mss CLEVELAND 10 YANKEES 7 NEW YORK — Manny Ramirez drovein three more runs and Cleveland ‘thane ft Toto” 388408 Totow 33.7416 Sn Francisco 000 040 230-4 Priiodelphia 001 234 01-7 " CS run Fletcher, who went 3-for5. gaveToronto a 7-4 lead in the seventh with a two-run homer American Confereace Central Divison L Pa OB Omaha ‘Royals Mo oR — Col Springs Rockvesi 28 274918 fowa(Ca 3 MS Albuquerque Dodgers) 23 30 44411 e sto DAlabora Rangers) 331 AT — Memphis Cardinals) 3119 620.14 vile Pirates) 3222 SY New Orleans Astras) 23° 31426-1144 Pach Conference Southern Diss Presto Giant ~ Las Vegas Pade A Turon iDramoodtacks) 2 Salt Lake Toons 2 nce by Jaret Wright The inatchup helweed two of the best teams in baseball producedoneof the majors ASTROS9 BREWERS1 MILWAUKEE — Jose Lima pitched a four-hitter to become the NL's first nine-game winner and Jeff tm WhenWill Stumbling Buzz Finally Catch Fire? BY LAURENCE MIEDEMA THE SALT LAKF TRIBUNE Last year, a terrible June nearly buried the Salt Lake 2 he Triple-A baseball team was nearly as bad this Ma but doesn’t huve nearly as muchground to make up with $4 games remainingin its 142-game season Salt Lakeopens a four-game homestand a ton tonight after Wednesday's doubleheader at Cal was rainedout. Salt Lake beat the Cannons in the first 1 gamesof the scheduled four-game series for its first win inst Edmon. ry ning streak since May 10-11 The Buzz split the six gamesof their trip through Bd monton and Calgary, something of a breakthrough for the young team Salt Lake had lost 14 of 20 road games and hadn't wonaroadseries since sweepingthree first tripof theseason at Tacoma games in its The Buzz finished May with a 12-16 record barely avoid ing a franchise record for the fewest victories in a n but were Last year, they went 11-17 in Jun rest of the season to finish two games out of first place Another strongfinish may not be out of the question for m ear Buzzmen Five had never played above Double A until this season Salt Lakeis 21-29 and last in the Pacific Coast Leagur South Division But coming into Wednesday night they trailed division-leading Fresno by just fly games and have a favorable schedule ah Starting tonight, 38 of the team’s next 52 games arc al Franklin Covey Field From June 17 to July 30, the Bu will play 34 of 42 gamos at hor Pilghing was Salt Lage's biggest weaknons, as it lost 12 of 16 games in late May ‘The Buze lost Gary Rath, Rob Rad losky and Tra motions by the parent Minne ota Twins. and I ank Rodrigue waived Those moves and a rough monthfor the bullpen left the Buzz short-handed. Three position players had tc piteh during the month, First baseman Eddie Williams pitehed twier But onee pitching reinforcements arrived. they helped ight awal Gandarilla: + and Man Mahaffey al joined the team in the past week and have ¢ nbined for a 1-L record and 2.8 ERA in nine appe es Salt Lake's im ERA for the month was 615, and five Buz 1 ERAs over 7.00. Salt Lake's offense has been steady, but not overpower ing The tewm i hitting 262, and the only 800 hitter is eateh er George Witham: Williams flourished with AJ. Pierzynski spending most of the month in the majors ay an injury replacement for Twins catcher Terry Steinbach Williams hit a team-high 7 in May to Lift his average to. 383 First-year Buzeman Jacque Jones raised his average from 295 to 298 during the month Just before the recent trip. the Buzz released the fran chise’s all-time home run leader. Chad Rupp. But Eddie Williams and David Ortiz responded by hitting a combined with four homers and six RBIs in the six games walt Lake will make up Wednesday's rained-out game parts of doubleheaders in Salt Lake City on Aug. 21 and Aug 23° The announced the earlier rainouts against Tucsonwill be p ayed a doublehcaders onJuly 9:10 whon the Sid winder return to Salt Lake City, All four of those doubleh rat Spm , season after the first inning and Cleveland took a 9-7 edgein the thir at_point. 15 hits, sev en walks and three errors ‘The gamehit the two-hour mark in the bottomofthe fourth. By thetimethe Yan- PCL BASEBALL Buzz vs. Trappers ty 7 At Franklin Covey Field ame Times: 7 p.m. tonight nie 2 p.m. Sunday @ Radio: KFNZ-AM (1320); KTKK-AM(630) . SeasonSeries: Trappers lead 3-1 —Probable Pitehers ——————— @ Today. Mark Rodman (1-4, 680)vi. Lou Pote(4:3. 396) Friday: travis Baptist (1.2. 6.66)va. Miko Fyfio(6-3, 3.77) Saturday: JasonBoil(3-9. 724) vs Kevin Loman (3-4, 5.83) Sunday: Shane Bowers (1-0, 605) vs Poul Montvart(2-2, 6.68) About te1 nomAnge 2 Edmonton bn a O40 gamos, in fucing Moeot four brow work hePCL. Devil Rays Get Their Man, Picking Hamilton in Draft THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK —TheT tampa Bay Devil Rays scouted Josh Hamilton for three years, and on Wednesday they got their man k nilton, an outfielder from Athens Drive High School in North Carolina, becamethe first high school layer drafted No. 1 sincetheSeattle Mariners chose Alex odri guezin 1993 We'veseenhimover thelast three years and webelieve Joss Hamilton was thefinest ws ai inthe draft this year, TampaBay G ralal Manager Right-hi nder Josh Beckett Ron Spring High Schoolin Texas, was taken by Florida withth condpick. Detroit selected Southern California catcher Eric Munson mi the Salt \ a , AboMl{he Bum Moyyorum stax (wo games) since May 101%. Staring tonight, at V lows at Albuquerque win 37 Trapper bated wodinl ais eseoa pedeion SumoxderstaeChainet Miao Colongeo going 3 com bined Oto 9 Tine sd third pick. Arizona then chose shortstop Corey Mye Desert Vista High School in nearby bttsdale. Minnesota choseoutfielder J be, from Moses LakeHigh School in Washingtonwithth th pick Hamilton. ie is 6-foot-4 with size 19feet ix an out standing hitter Jed to be aright fielder, even though he has 8 94 mphfastball h's top-rated amateur prospectinthedraft, Southern \ tah piteher Nick Roberts ken in the seventh round by th Houston Astros andwas the first prospectfrom the Roberts, 4 6-foot-1, f 190-pound right-hander from South Sevier High School, was 10-14 in two seasons at SUU with a7 rhedrunaverageand 168 strikeouts the second moatin php history state taken in the draft s = Round Drof Selections 68 y |