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Show The Salt Lake Tribune C10 BASEBALL Thursday, October 9, 2003 beeSe Cuss 12, MARLINS 3 said he would retire before facing another such procedure. MCCOQURT TRYING TO BUY DODGERS Boston real estate developer Frank McCourt is negotiating to buy the Los Angeles Dodgers from News Corp., a high-ranking baseball official said Wednesday. The negotiations were first reported by the Los Angeles Times, which cited unidentified baseball executives as its sources. The ‘This will be the final one for me, | can guarantee you that,” the Atlanta Braves’ right-hander said after retuming to his home in Duluth. Smoltz, 36, spent Tuesday night in Birmingham, where James Andrews removed painful scar tissue in the elbow. DAMON COULD RETURN SATURDAY paper said McCourt was on the verge of completing a deal to buy the Red Sox center fieier Johnny Damon could retum to the team minican Republic. lineup by Saturday when the AL championship series moves to Boston for Game 3. The jeadoff hitter sustained a Grade 2 concussion Monday night SMOLTZ TO RETIRE BEFORE MORE SURGERY One day after the fourth surgery on his right elbow, John Smoltz ina head-to-head collision with second baseman Damian Jackson during Game 5 of the first round at Oakland, —The Associated Press McCourt reportedly is offering about $330 million for the NL team, Dodger Stadium and training facilities in Florida and the Do- $3000 ANNE RyAn/ The Associated Press CASH BACK Chicago's Alex Gonzaiez is greeted at home plate by Randall Simon, who scored on Gonzalez's two-run homer. Cubsturnon power Prior masterful: Chicago supports thepitcher with four homers,including a monster blast by Sosa By Ben WALKER The Associated Press CHICAGO Sammy Sosa called it a stroke of luck. More like the stroke of a slugger primed to lead his team deep into the postseason Sosa struck again Wednesday night, this time clearing the juniper bushes in dead center field with a 495-foot shot that left teammate KennyLofton shuddering And that wasjust the beginning for the Chicago Cubs. The Cubs put onastartling display of raw power at the plate and dn the mound, and behind Mark Prior overwhelmed the Florida Marlins 12-3 to even the NL cham pionship series after two games ‘L was so happy that | had a chanceto produce,” Sosa said. “As soon as | put the swing on theball, the ball wasout of the ballpark. “T've been lucky. I've been seeing good pitches and I've hit them out,” He said He's had plenty of company, too. Alex Gonzalez homered twice and Aramis Ramirez also connected for the Cubs. But it was Sosa’s shot that woke up Wrigley Field “This is the prime time to do it,” Cubs manager Dusty Bakersaid *He really hasn't had a hot streak Red Sox get jump on Yankees all year. It seems whenhe does, he hits a home run every at-bat. “I’m hoping it’s on the way. Boy, it’s coming right on time,” he said. A day afterhetied the game with a two-out, two-run shot in the ninth for his first postseason home run, Sosa hit a two-run drive in the second inning that went even farther. Bya lot. Sosa launched a drive that soared over the ivy-covered wall, sailed above the shrubbery that serves as a batter’s backdrop and threatened to fly completely out of the park. Only a television camera booth kept the ball from becoming a street souvenir Lofton, who was on third base, shuddered as he watched it go. Marlins center fielder Juan Pierre didn't even bother to move. “He hit that a mile. He can do that every once in a while,” Gonzalez said. Coming off his two-hit gem in the opening round against Atlanta, Prior was good enough. Of course, being handed an 11-0 lead afterfive innings helped the 23-year-old keep “Wefell behind too early. When you're down 8-0 in the third inning, you're in trouble,” Marlins manager Jack McKeonsaid. Asked whether he had reconsidered his strategy about pitching to Sosa, McKeon bucked up. “Did he beat us? Enough said,” he said. 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