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Jonnson. hc Roe. NEW YORK Scott Bro sius hit a tiebreaking double and the New York Yankees derailed the New York Mets in theopener of the Subwa Series, sending their cross townrivals to their seventh straight loss 91 L1I6N 01 73 L1 1811101400 64 LLI6141112 01 55 L1 13131315 04 Second. hetogg Ted PSSTcon BY LAURENCE MIEDEMA THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Injuries have kept GeoteWitiams from playing 100 games in any season since 1 So whenthefirst-year Saltoe Buzz catcher rarely got off the bench early this season, most figured it was because Williams was hurt again. “I heard teams didn't know if I was healthy or not because I didn't play muchin April,” said Williams, who has spenttime on the disabled list three of the past five seasons. blistering 397 batting average whileplayingin all but sevenof Sait Lake's games in May shouldverify Williams’ injuries are finally behind him. Williams hadsevenhits in 23 at-bats (.343) before going hitless in Salt Lake's 7-1 loss to Edmonton on Friday at CoveyField e Trappers led 1-0 on Mike Colangelo’s fifth-inning two-out RBIsingle whenrain stopped the gamein the top of the seventh inning. After a 78 minute delay, Edmonton scored four unearnedruns to end Salt Lake's three-game winningstreak. The only significant offense for the Buzz was provided by Eddie Williams, who went 4-for-4. He hit his seventh home run of the seasonin the seventh inning. GeorgeWilliams played in just 14 FE‘Salt Lake's first 28 gamesas the backup to starting catcher A.J. Pierzynski and "Ss Interleague Games Boston5.ey Pitt, 6, Chicago White Sox 3, 11 inn Florida 10, Tampa Bay 0 oe 7, Minnesota 6 Toronto 6, Montreal 2 1, Texas 3 Chicago Cubs 5, Cleveland 4 San Diego 3. Seattle 2 Detroit 4. St Louis Low Angel NY Yankees 4. NY Mets 3 Oakland at San Francisco,(n) ie Games as a part-time designatedhitter. we Pierzynskispent most of last month with the parent esota Twins because ofan injuryto Terry Steinbach. Pan was recalled again this week when Steinbach was re-injured. Williams has made the most of the opportunities. After hitting in the low .200s early in the season, Wil- liams has raised his average to 339 with a torrid May. “I just needed to get some at-bats.” said Williams. NY. (NL)(Yoshui-4) at NY. (AL) (O Hernander 5-5), 11:05 am. Chicago Cubs (Lieber 5-1) at Cleveland (Gooden 2-2), 11:05 a.m Atlanta (Maddux 4-3) at Boston (Rose 3-0), 2:08 p.m. Montreal (Belcher (Batista 4-2) (Hamilton ‘Anaheim 3-4)atat Toronto Los Angeles (Park 0-2), 4-3), 2:05 2:05 p.m. p.m. “When A.J. was called up, I was ableto get them.” Williams’production shouldn't come as a surprise. Oakland (Oquist 5-3) at San Francisco (Rueter4-2), 2:05 p.m season minor league all-star teams twice,including an All- St. Louis (Bottenfield 8-2) at Detroit (Mlicki 2-5), 3:05 p. Cincinnati (Parris 3-0 andVillone 1-0) at Kansas City (Suppan 3-4 and Rosado 3.4), 2, 3:05 p.m Florida (Meadows 4-5) at Tampa Bay (Rekar 4-1), 4:35 p.m. Philadelphia (Loewer 2-5) at Baltimore (Ponson 5-4), 5: 05 pm. Pitt (Benson4-3) at Chicago (AL)(Parque5-5), 5:05 p.m. Houston (Holt 0-6) at Minnesota (Perkins 1-3), 6:05 p.m. National League PHILLIES 9 ORIOLES 5 YANKEES4 METS3 2604 528 4 509 5 481 6 : 7 s EST W_L_ Pet GB 110 StrkHomeAway _Isit 593 — 6-4 1218111410 01 Philadelphia 27 265094% 46 W.112151511 1.0 Dennis Springer’s first shutLeague. in the matchup of coco eel neste ang goed 1 oma TH orate aa, eitie) eet Seewtite Meme 1813 seeeer team11 Sepeileienye tis! sere tt eee i) eee einen iit See itih ae til UE eat oes, ees tn fete Set nymnteee! pearcies ates De Seite Tien WE a oe atCr tad Nit eae ay enon Bou: Rett Reread crore et al setemeeeEt ice Texas Oakland Seattle Anaheim ‘Texas (Glynn 0-0) at Arizona (Reynoso 3-1), 8:05 Seattle (Moyer 6-4) at San Diego (W Williams 2-3).8:05p.m. Atlanta starter Tom Glavine also put up a big number with his seventhloss. the most in the National AnANTA corhbi 05TH brn bi wots ss 2 2089 Onemanch Boore 40.90 snvomen dDsk400 3140 Clones 3 4050 3099 Gocopona 1 10 Hoon Sowyi 3000 hoger: $910 Oteayy 4232 4044 femod) 2141 Bass Noes 3040 fem 4424 Smart 3009 vowec 3010 4000 Swimors #3000 Toot” 30434 Cows? 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Li0 7-3 7-3 5-5 28 46 Philadelphia 9, Baltimore 5 Cincinnati at Kansas City, ppd., rain that stuff and that command that league’s last two Cy American Pet GB 33 623 — 31 596 1% 26 24 20 Even Williams Can’t Boost Buzz ‘New York 27 Montreal - 19 32 373, Florida CENTRAL ENTRAL Houston 2 500 5 MMe 2-8 L-7 13-15 14-12 0-1 6-4 L-211-20 8-12 0-1 19 36 5510-12 Ww L _ Pet Pet GB CB Lio ‘Sirk rk HtHome 3221 604 — 21 Cincinnats 27 22 Pittsbu StLoui Milwaukee 24 30 444 Bie WEST WoL Pet GB Arizona 33 22 600 — Francisco 29 5537 Los Angele a Colorado 23:28 4518 “21 32396 “1 81 Lio Strk Home AwayIntr 91 W2 185 1517 10 4-6 Wel 16-1013-15 0-0 55 W29101418 00 11 10 Friday's Game Colorado9, Milwaukee 8, 10 innings it’s Game ‘0! Milwaukee (Nomo2-1) at Colorado(Kile 4-3), 6:05 pm. MARINERS 2 more games without win- "Webeat out a couple of pretty good teams and we got to a seventh game against a very good team,’ said Hunter, a single tear dripping down his face “Theyscored and we didn't By reaching the finals, Dallas ended a four-year jinx for Presidents’ Trophy winners. The Stars hope to have the sameresults as the 1994 New York Rangers, who won the Cup “I'm healthynow andreadyto play,”said Williams. “It's 438 Williamsplayed in just one gamein 1998 after undergoing major shoulder surgery. Williams had originally hurt arae — te faon were Rete 20Eon. 40-man] roster for thefirst time,” said Williams. “I wasn’t "*-€¥##ars “Twas comingout of Double-A and was on the [Oakland a high-rounddraft pick, and wasjust starting to open some eyes. I would have missed 12 to 18 months. At that point in mycareer . “So Williamspiayed on a bum shoulderfor three seasons beforeit finally gave out. After surgery and Williams’ injury woesresurfaced last August. Using a new batting stance that was supposed to protect his shoulder,Williams broke his hand onhis first post“It kind of wrecked any chance of a comeback,” said Williams. ‘The A’s took Williams off their 40-man rosterlast year, andhe signed with the Twins organization as a free agent this past winter. Getting a chanceto start full-time for the Buzz the past month should help Williams’ future — in this organization or another. “All [can do is go out and do myjob when I get a chance to play and make the mostof it,” said Williams. “I have myself, and when I get a chance I'm confident I'll get the job done.” Sal ea —_kmenten fea” ayo fogeg (ace ‘Cont Ahc(2 eM «(nmi 0 gto 4 29 10 54) 2 etraze seantar ae 06040 Stor 2) anger ko jameet ad Nance (bases) + ES eA B Friday: aHighligh Salt Lake's me winnit streak snopeed in rai jelayed GascaBal,ey7.24), 7 p.m. Fulfilling the Need for Speed BYMEGAN CROTTY ‘THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE WEST VALLEY CITY — When I was Little did I know that eightyears later, I would be looking down a drag-racing strip Friday. And after hearing Jeers like, “I hope yourinsuranceis paid up,” I was intimidation part of the race — holding the brakes with myleft foot and pushing down the pedal with my right. e interesting thing is, most racers maketheir cars so they can't see the competition, helping them focusstraight ahead. Oncetthe greenlight on the tree turned on, off. Unlike mein the Chevrolet, dragster rac- ers experience a gravitational force much greater than what eople feel takingoffin anairplane(about4 G's) morethan little nervous. “It’s a tremendous feeling” Susie Wells, another dragster, said. “At the beginning, ster or a funny car, the former hitting You have to hold down the con and the Thanks to Rocky Mountain Raceways, | quickly changed my worried tuneto wanting to go downthestrip again and again The feeling of speeding down a ‘4-mile track with no traffic in the way and the competition nextto you, is a rush and gets rid of any nervousness. “It's a pretty huge adrenalin rush,” Melanie Troxel, a Federal-Mogulracer,said “If you're a thrill-secker; if you get off on that kindofstuff, you'd enjoy it.” I pulledupto the start, slowly setting off twosets of staginglights on the “Christmas GAME SUMMARY ‘londe Dallas Pit Perot — 1, Dalla, (Niewwendyk Revd) 825. Penalty —Carboe Da rg1089 Peried — 2 Dallas, Keane (Verbeek Tree,” letting the operator know I was carbemeat 13-3 ue ewe 5are ready, Then,I got to rev the engine — the cull, 1518 Peraty — Sabie Col croms<beek ng, 1829 ‘Tied Perod — 4, Dallas Lehtinen 7.6185. Cob Si (Peary, Foe 1288Fe les — Klemm, Colhi sticking) 7 Dal ob ping) Yee alaman) 148 ‘bets o@ Goal — Colorado 63:10—19 Dallas 491225 Power play Opportunities — Colorado 0 of 2 Dalla 0 03. Gaalles — Colorado Roy, 118 (28 shots21 saves) Dallas, Belfour 125118) Reterves — Koharsts A— 17.001 (16.928) ® Continued from B-1 NHL PLAYOFFS CONFERENCE FINALS holds a regular job on top of racing. Luck Drag Racing Comes to RMR For Mogul Series ily, she runs a companythatsells specialty automotive tools; that allows her to have the time off to race. Ontopofthat, Troxel has a sponsor — the key to anyracer's financial success. “It takes $200,000 to run a Federal-Mo‘ul car and $1 million to run a Top Fuel car the class above],she said. “At this level,it is definitely beyond my means to race out of at's where corporate sponsorship comes into play ‘Even with the winnings, you don't break e Lown my ownbusiness and that doesconsume a lot of free time. It's kind of borderline at this lev¢] — it can be a job or a hobby. (Federal. Mogul] is definitely the aH e-or-break The racing season runs from early Febru: ary to late November, taking most western drivers as far north as Canada and as far east as Kansas. Locally, Susie Wells, like Troxel, started drag racing by having her father take her to es. Her first races were 15 years ago on the ‘Salt Flats, | always liked cars,” she said. Wells, 47, said she Pought a little dragster and has been hooked ever since. After starting with funny cars, the Lake Point, Utah, native, chose the dragster after meeting her hus band, Stan. “it's very expensive,” Wells said, “You need sponsors; the purse money isn't ‘Tarnday, Dame 17 ata ane pm Mf geermary Tt) Dalian ot Dafa pam. secemary Jane 12 la Dali, pm, ecemmnry 2b00 the shoulderin 1994, but decided against surgery because it would have taken morethana yearto heal properly. speedsup to 250 mph. And Federal-Mogul drag racers don't drive automatics Shay, May 30 Colorado 7. Dalla 5 Jem 1 alla ¢, Colorado 1 Juve 4 ‘alla 4, Colorado 1, Dalle wie ween 4-9 STANLEY CUP FINALS atta vx. Dalias ‘Toendy, June # dtuat Dalla. 6 pm, Tharwia. aya aeee Last year, however, wasa total loss for Oakland's 24th- round draft pick in 1991. Luckily, I was in a Chevrolet, not a drag- ‘Thursday, June 2 Orlando 3, Houston 2 series ted 33 June 3 ‘Orlando at Houston, 6:30 pm opens 4540 % 3909 goodto beable to put a uniform backon. heel. THL PLAYOFFS ‘TURNER CUP FINALS Topple Avs, Gain Finals ning a Stanley Cup. the minors every season from 1992-1997. He made postPacific Coast League selection in 1995 with Edmonton. learning to drive, my instructor had totell “the steering wheelis yourfriend”affer he noticed my white knuckles on the PADRES 3 SAN DIEGO — David Newhan, making his major leaguedebut, scored the goahead run on John Vander Stars Wal's bases-loaded, brokenbat grounderin the eighth inning as San Diego beat Seattle sams ob rhb san pao obrnts wnreet1009 4129 Owret noses 4020 S349 Shores pm ie, 1000 @ Continued from B-1 Gmeyrd loymto Mosigutsd201 11% Newmar Neyo 1010 Gimmie 0490 4000 ee Moab? 2000 timerod 3144 Mays 2090 Fencgiap 0009 Marom Gowns42400 m 3040 Mook 0000 vondwwoinnt 004 more aggressively, threw Hamm 1000 tom 0000 Guitone 4000 Werwocke £335 the puck rink-wide, and they could out-skill bor? $040 Voom” 1900 gambled Dallas. Peter Forsberg, Wat p 0000 0000 woe 32274 Sa363 Claude Lemieux and Theo Fleury, in perhaps his last $00 as an Av, nearly 8 001 foo oo0—2 Os game scored in the closing minutes ofthe period. It lasted but a few shifts. Calm, steady hockey prevailed Colorado could not gain theoffensive zonein the sec: ond period. The Avs were pinched off. The Stars played their system to perfection. They went down to block shots. The Avalanche wasforced just to dump and “The second period, it was National Lea close to perfect,” Dallas captain Derian Hatcher ROCKIES 9 said. “We got back to doing the things we've done all BREWERS 8 (10) season.” DENVER — Dante Birmer teammate only chette’s RBI single withtwo intensified the Avs’ hurt. In outs in the 10thinning was fact, he ended their season his fourth hit of the game Keane, onceanalternate andgaveColorado a victory captain in Colorado,scored over Milwaukee twice in about four minutes in the second period to end Sawa ‘COLORADO abr hot obrhty suspense. oven “S424 OWerien of 5°42 0 anyAfter Keane's second Gomrs > 4431 Mworm 5440 Cio 4000 Wot 5133 score, Avs goalie Patrick Rare? 4110 Beer 43 Newonc 4221 Commas $000 Roygrimaced cemscncs 3442 Hamm id 4110 in anger andandcontorted frustration Meytd 0000 $034 Reedc Bree 0000 3134 four threw his arm around Were 0.000 Paonen a 4012 Hull Goat) 3224 tema 1000 Modanoon the bench. The Moot 1000 Boharonp 2000 Stars were goingtothe fin Reamer 1000 Woke 0000 Abr0000 Mityp 9000 Is, janrasn 1000 Dawonp 0000 ‘The Avalanche weregoing Non 0000 en 10 Woden p 0.000 Yuwrp 0000 home, their one-time capBaws i 1.000 Cureton 10.10 tain Dale Hunterlikely hav8077 Torom a2 9478 ing played his last game. No NHL player has played The 30-year-old hit .245 in parts of three seasonsin the major leagueswith the Oakland A’s, andhit at least 295 in enough.” Like Troxel, Wells has a regular job on top of racing, working for a company that makes cabinets and countertops e don't go fishing; we don't goto Dysneyland,” Wells said of her lack of “nor it’s like you're holding a racehorse back break andgetthe car up to 5, I'm sloweronthe highway:I dont know if it's because I get my kicks outhere.’ ‘Thekey to racing, I learned from instruetor Les Figuerro — one of the drag racers competing in this weekend's events,is not necessarily how fast you go, but your re- sports time pro racer’s response time is in the negiborood of 400 seconds. Mine was 296 — not enoughtorace a dragster,but enough to makeit to the next level of media competition, And even though my response time wasn't stellar and I didn't win the trophy. you can bet, though, the next time I'm ata stop light on 700 East, I'll be temptedto rev the engine of my HondaCivic and go. mal” vacations. “We'd like to compete more, but it's a matter of finances.” It costs Wells $700 a pass if everything goes smoothly — and that’s for regular maintenance on the rods and tires. Wells’ car runs on methanol, which costs $100 a barrel, while Top Fuel cars run on nitrol, which costs $1000 a barrel. Wells’ racer, named Beauty and the Beast(“The car is the beauty; the engineis the beast"), has to meet NHRAregulations andhad Just had its new 1999 tune-up, e the maiden voyage,” she said The earaitolbas tires computers keeping track of the rpm, temperature and clutch setting. There is also a laptop in thetrailer, keeping track of the weather “Youhave to know computers, be able to do math and know mechanics,” Wells said of being a racer. And drag racing is definitely a sport where women and men can compete as equals, “It's better to be lucky than good,” Wells said, “Even if you have a fast car, it still takes little luck.” Both Wells and Troxelnotice that the ra: tio of men to women is about 50-1, but it doesn't bother them. ey're more interested in how long you've raced than if you are a woman,” Wells said. “Youjust have to be a competitor and confident that you can handle the car. More women are involvedin drag racing than in other motor sports because they were involved in drag racing in its early stages when it was just getting er “i Troxel said, mentionin, shitle ley ee a legend. 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