Show - C10 c The Salt SPORTS Trihiin nizo T Sunday July 24 1994 a e A I 1 Buzz Party Over Before It Starts ' 1 - 1 By Chris Schulte i ! 4 7-- f iffy A 0 ttk 14' : '4 7 I:130 Bow ' sp' t - 1411-- - 1 I e 7--41- J :I Ar' A N U-- lk ' - ' ' ''" - ' '' ' e dr "' - 'abir 1 Or ' ' 4104 tN t ''''' '' - ) '': ' tl z‘7 I ' 1 - i' c ' 't - - - t 1 V ' - 4 ' ' i4 t t - it "- 1 - Ai t 11: t 14 4 I 11Lr'llk 0"11 of '''' I t If ' 7"1 11t ' 1 ) i - 4 - Nik 0 V - A iiittk ''' ‘t - I vt0 :" '''- - of f 1 Alt r:I ' It t) t‘ ' tbc - i att rk ' f 4 i': ' 1r - IC 't '' T : ' t4 - N 1 1 ' 11't '4 ''' ' ' A — : 1 Shaw kilt Lake 623 Whtssier Stevens I warms 10 4 3 3 00020 00014 10001 1 FserrY IL01) 1 7 2 5 6 4 i nings struck out three 2 0rnpires—Luker anizi walked three Freese and "He threw very well" Tacoma manager Casey Parsons said of Sturtze who was at Double-- Huntsville "He had good velocvery ity He used his slider to offset his change-uwell I was happy with the way he threw for his first start especially against these guys" The impressive performance was a confidence boost for the "I can pitch in this league" said Sturtze whose first outing for Tacoma was a relief effort the day he arrived Buzz shortstop Denny Hocking who was hitless in five including three against Sturtze noticed some changes in the guy he faced last season in Doub3 A p 413-innin- ‘t ' ! ns Russ Brock H pm la Troy Pitching: vs (1-- (4-- 5) Buzz Notes: Bill Wissler and Matt Stevens bounced back from tough outings with an inning of shutout relief each P Eddie Guardado and OF Rich Becker were sent back to Salt Lake by the parent Minnesota Twins on Saturday The Twins activated pitcher Pat Mahomes and designated hitter Dave Winfield from the disabled list Guardado was with a 847 ERA in 17 innings with the Twins and Becker hit just 188 in 10 games since being recalled 2B Brian Raabe left Saturearlier this month day's game with an injured left hand hurt when he was caught trying to steal second after singling in the first Ted Corbin took over at second because Jeff Carter Salt Lake's other regular at that spot is out with a strained hamstring Raabe and Carter are listed as g 0-- "He was a totally different guy from last year" Hocking said "He was more aggressive and seemed to have a totally different attitude What we need to do is just forget about it and go after the next guy" today Salt Lake starter Jon Henry in just his second start of the season was nearly as good for Triple-six innings He gave up just two runs before running into trouble in the seventh A The Assoc tided Press 2 0 g le-A i ' ‘ ' 'i 1 (1i '10- litA 6 Today: Tacoma at Salt lake ut at-ba- ts 1 - '' a t4:' lk 1" 4"k'N rk in- - 6 smitrooto two-ru- n 1 t' 4 ' i- I 1 t t '1 1 ' 441 1 ‘ ll'- 't Vt t 111' 1 1 1 t t NtI 1‘ I 0 start allowed one run 6-- 1 '''" i '' ! k t ' i'liN I Nel-N- 4 tr 4 1( t ' first Triple- - Tovorno Stutz (W14)) WP—Plenrv Ulrich t it ''4 - 10 At -- " ''' t '''' ‘ 440 t' 't it ' - !11 rs N4tN ' te ‘ ' C 4 i Ct!! :I WI' - A ! A : 1 tl 'kl ''''ii' w '‘ l 0 J 4 i ): I - it 4 ' ' i' f' gr' ' 14 - ' s ‘ r lb" ' y ( a 's A trik '1 'Z -4 lbler ''') '' At 4 t - t 'l ' - 430440"0"1"1""1--' " 11 '' ''" A A righthander making his on six hits in 613 lik: 41APItt '''-- 1 The 1 7 left-cent- 500100- 3 Lycly 1 1 Ilk 9 1 3ta T 40 - '' 4 s 4 00 - w f 034""0 ' itA- -- 4" '': :k :' INV kat :' --4 t 1 t‘ )'- 1 4 k tit' 0 tok -' 1 3 lef fs' t :Tip-'1--- II 41 71tr :1 it (1J(z' ''itr: 1 ' tte--z- ' ' 'of b4(1 t Nk vz 4114 it 1 - 13-1- post-gam- 8 icibh 2 1 e firethoughts to the works The Buzz got to Sturtze in the home half of the seventh when Dan Masteller walked with one out double to and Mike Durant followed with a two-othe gap in Roger Smithberg took over and retired Hocking to end the threat Smithberg pitched a scoreless eighth and Curtis Shaw did the same in the ninth to preserve the comfortable win Buzz manager Scott Unger was impressed with Sturtze but also disappointed in some aspects of his team's effort "Their kid pitched a pretty good game" said Unger But "we swung at some bad pitches and didn't execute a couple of things" to help him Particularly annoying to Ullger was a successful double-stea- l the Tigers pulled off in the third "Those are things you work on in spring training" said igen "And I thought Henry could have got to a couple of balls that would have helped him get out of that seventh-inninjam" D O D cab 5 A' - - 5-- shuts down Buzz II Record: fans probably turned their - 18uvgc ihter i 1 Tdpie-- A d 7-- 1 r 1--7 -- A 2-- Salt Lake Tigers I Highlight newcomer runners on first and third with two out Scott Lydy greeted Wat- kins by drilling a offering far over the right-fielwall and sud- denly it was Just as Euddenly most of the Holidays fireworks and those special white hats are not a good mix for the Salt Lake Buzz For the second time this season a festive night turned into a disaster as the Tacoma Tigers whipped the Buzz Saturday in front of 15548 fans at GAME SUMMARY Franklin Quest Field Lak Just as bad was the "cel- - TMenia ab h rh 2b ebration" on the Fourth 3 : re"inqg of July when Salt Lake :8 88 e lead on its Young at 440100 Dunn blew a 4010 4 0 0 Mcintosh Molnar Gombi3b 2000 Slatxmak way to a 13-- loss 3000 g Ma5teordr :113 The fireworks shows t?taTcl 0 Dutont c at least were hits Totals 32 I 35 7 9 ö Totals It was Tacoma starter 101 000 -7 000 000 -1 Wad Tanyon Sturtze who cornEm°cK Lake 9 140—Lsit0St—: ruined the Buzz's party Booznes CSYoung this time 10 it - Taco- Saturday: ma 7 Henry allowed two runs and gave way to Scott Watkins with THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE i a day-to-da- 2 y Native American dancer in tribal dress waves Russian flag while dancing at Goodwill Games Unger Predicts Fans Will Forgive Following Strike Goodwill Games Operating Smoothly ' Organizational Problems Worked Out in Time For Opening Ceremonies s' - - : Russia — ST PETERSBURG After several days of embarrass- Ing logistical and organizational snafus the Goodwill Games got off to a smooth start Saturday With Russian President Boris Yeltsin kicking off the show The opening ceremony even started on time On the first full day of competievent the US tion in the basketball team cruised past Ar two Russian gentina weightlifters combined for five world records and US volley:bailers were kings of the beach Crowds were scarce at all 16-da- : :' - - ''" --- - r 'IN IN !' ) '' 16te''11:- c- t'if - "'itlt '7' ! ' I:: ' ' ' - 7 ' '"'""' 1 I - ' rt- - --- ' ''(1 r14t '' i !r ' '''' 1:- t "rik ''41' - - ' 4' ' - t ''' -t i: L lt 1 k - ? l' 'Alt - :'''': ''' i'''71 If 1 ! r i :' :' gl 1 ' PRESS - -- ' ' 1 i' -- !1''t : ) ' ' N :I ) 16e fl : 1 ‘k ' N''-t- i The Associated Press y Noted capitalists Ted Turner Boris Yeltsin enjoy Goodwill Games 83-7- 1 1: - US Basketball Team Starts Decently events except for Saturday - night's opening ceremony at : rov Stadium where a 70000 people watched an near-capacit- ST PETERSBURG Russia — To head coach George Rav- Ki- eling the US basketball y team's opening performance at the Goodwill Games was "spotty" To others like former NBA coach Hubie Brown it was impressive The Americans led by re- ex- travaganza rivaling the dazzling : shows put on at the Olympics Two fireballs sped toward each : other along an invisible wire col : liding over a cauldron to light the flame for the biggest sports event in Russia since the collapse of the : Soviet Union The ceremony held on a sun-li- t summer evening was an eclectic mix of Russian poems by Alexander Pushkin classical music by Tchaikovsky rock - tunes circus acrobats martial serve Michael Finlefs 16 points Damon Stoudamires floor leadership and rebounding by Tim Duncan Andrew LeClercq and Cherokee Parks on Satur beat Argentina two-ho- : arts experts ballet dancers and fireworks Among those enjoying the festivities were Yeltsin games founder Ted Turner and Interna tional Olympic Committee presi:: dent Juan Antonio Samaranch ' Yeltsin officially opened the -sure years 1in declaring games : from now our hearts will be jump-ropin- g day in a game played before only a few hundred fans "We played well in spots" Raveling said "We played well offensively in spots We played well defensively in spots But we're not going to win the gold medal with a spotty perfor- mance" In other games in the eight-tearound-robievent Russia edged China Italy de- m n 95-9- 3 feated Brazil 72-6- 7 and Puerto Rico beat Croatia 93- - 83-7- 1 moved when we recall the events on the banks of the River Neva "This is a joyous meeting of old friends The links between politicians and athletes are very close and we understand each other - through themEarlier Yeltsin said he was proud that Russia was staging such a large event — with more than 2000 athletes from around the world The first two Goodwill Games were held in Moscow in 1986 and Seattle in 1990 "The very fact that the games are taking place in Russia signifies that the world sports movement trusts our country" he said Yeltsin's presence probably had a lot to do with the smooth punctual and highly professional running of the ceremony 2nd Place Not Good Enough for Irvan Any More THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TALLADEGA Ala — It wasn't that long ago that Ernie Irvan was considered some: thing of a loose cannon who - showed the potential to reach stardom on NASCAR's Win: ston Cup circuit : He was as likely to crash as : himself or somebody else he But those days 4 was to finish are gone In fact ifs a measure of his newfound status as a series finishes star that second-plac- e for Ir'enough aren't good just 7 van any more Going into today's DieHard : 500 at Talladega Super-speeway Irvaifs Robert Yates Rae finished second ing Fords have : in four consecutive races at NASCAR's two biggest tra:ks — Talladega and Daytona — : starting with this race a year d :ago t to Dale He was runner-u266- on the last July Earhardt finished mile Talladega oval Marlin in just behind Sterling 500 in February Dallolla the lest to Earnhardt at Talladega in May in the Winston Select p -- J L t 500 and finished less than three feet behind Jimmy Spencer earlier this month in the Pepsi 400 at Daytona With 12 career victories including three this season Irvan has shown he knows how to win But the last of those victories came back in May on the road course at Sonoma Calif In the first 13 races of this season Irvan in his first full season driving for Yates and in his first real shot at the championship finished lower than seventh only once In his last four outings he has finished 18th second at Daytona 30th and 37th and has fallen out of the series lead is 93 points behind Earnhardt who is aiming to equal Richard Petty's record seven series titles In-a- C 0 0 Fram Filters 500K: Ken Schrader rocketed into the lead two laps from the end then held on to win the Fram Filters 500K Busch Grand National stock car race Saturday at Talladega &p0oP"Argtt10qck Superspeedly -- 44fon DIHUAHD A "It's really unfortunate" to DOD 13-da- major-leagu- it 7-- A 2-- 3 1-- 1-- DOD Edmonton: Pitcher Dana Ridenour is the only player to spend time with the top affiliate PCI STANDINGS Second Ault Northam DMI1011 Beat Trappers ante It 0 WvOIt len Cava ly Worriers) Imam° lAthietics) iiknoeisl kir Lcsse Marine) (Ussisl 9-- 7 League action Saturday night Designated bitter Marc Newfield knocked out a pair of doubles a triple and single to irite the Cannons Calgary's big inning was the second The first four Cannons batters all hit singles against Edmonton starter Don Lemon Darren Bragg and Quinn Mack each added three hits and two RBIs to the onslaught woo smon Kra al 440 ICO-- 4 41) 400 030 300—t I2 (7 ond 013sebj 03rour 18 croc 0436C covary rrniun ttil0torns 11PTIOt NOV11 s burzge 10o—L3m3nion 5—bun Dinka AM (7 1 533 16 467 448 429 433 ió 16 17 I V THE ASSOCIATED PRESS EDMONTON Alberta — The Calgary Cannons racked vicup 19 hits to take a tory over the Edmonton Trappers in Pacific Coast Jo 44 13 42 13 Southool ILocsor Astrool Phoenix !Gots) Abut:141mile Pcigrs) eCokengs (Room) tox Vegos (Po Oies) sewon firskrill Pet I V Eonxcrifon 9 19 io 17 15 44 13 91 44 17 7 Soli Lake 4 Coguiy 9 kimoieort 7 011 — 2 2'6 3 6-R- Aloixoexioix II ioxicouwei 5 C000toaci bpengt 5 Phoenix 4 CP IJCIIOPI LIPP KIM vbgai 00CV1 OVV1011 ICICOMO CI SOP Lake 2 pm AbliC)ISICIUS Voinotivie Corpix EOrnonton IJCZOn Lot ivexm Cootwo Spence of Piloting( 548 517 393 ire I - ' -- ' I 4-- 9 000 Las Vegas: Former Stars' slugger Eddie Williams enjoyed his best game to date with the parent San Diego Padres last Sunday when he ripped two home runs against the New York Mets in a 10-- 1 E The shots give Williams seven since being called up His 20 in the PCL still tie him for the Mike Campbell league lead now pitching with San Diego has pulled off a feat that no one else has accomplished this season in the majors or Triple-A- : hit three home runs off the same pitcher Campbell hit one off Colorado Springs' Brian Conroy in May and then came back with two in a game on July 6 against Conroy Conroy by the way is still with Colorado Springs 0 Vancouver: The Canadians' e losing streak knocked them out of first in the PCL's Northern Division for the first time since the early part of the season The mediocrity of the division however prevented the skid from ruining their second-hal- f chances as they never fell more than three games behind In fact a couple of wins after the streak put them game behind division-leadinCalgary nine-gam- one-ha- lf g Inning un - of both the Florida Marlins and Colorado Rockies Last season Ridenour was with Colorado Springs the top affiliate of the Rockies and this year he's with with a Edmonton Ridenour 536 ERA is tied for the league lead in home runs allowed so he may be on his way to another club for next season Dodgers Pelt Raptors With 3 OS Pet 679 — 252 laturieves Games nom° 2 long-seaso- n — The Calgary Racks Up 19 Hits to 4 v CHRIS SCHULTE Salt Lake: Bernardo Brito arrives in town Monday to continue rehabilitating his broken finger suffered when he was hit by a pitch on July 2 The slugger whose 87 RBIs still lead the PCL even though he hasn't played in two weeks could rejoin the team road in the middle of the y Brito's that Tuesday begins trip bat has been missed the Buzz lost 11 of their first 18 games without Former the veteran slugger Buzzman Erik Schullstrom ene joyed a successful debut when he pitched 223 inball for nings of scoreless one-hloss Monday the Twins in their to the Toronto Blue Jays Schullstrom pitched in only eight games with the Buzz before being called up Andy Cook who started the first game at Franklin Quest Field and was later released by the Twins is finding moderate success with the New York Yankees' affiliate the Columbus Triple-with a 374 Clippers Cook is Jeff Innis ERA in 15 games also continues to hang on with the Las Vegas Stars Innis released by the Twins at his request has appeared in 34 games with a record and 406 ERA He has also The Buzz picked up a save continue to lead the PCL in batting with their team 307 average and in runs with 654 They are team in also the only baseball that has not recorded a shutout this season Salt Lake has held the opponent to one run five times including a 0 loss in the third game of the season - 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Forth 441 booby wyntlion Naewilie (ibb 189k Pravlsoorpa Varlet Cheworer lurronci Mootesvilie smear s42 Ase (188760) poomona warier IALLADEGAL strike talk e When the impending baseball strike finally runs its course Salt Lake Buzz manager Scott Ullger expects fans to forgive forget and return to the stadiums in droves "They probably should say the heck with" the game said !Alger "But they won't They're also hurt during a strike and some will threaten to stop going but once the strike is over everyone forgets and goes back" The longtime baseball man is speaking from experience Since !Alger was drafted by the Minnesota Twins in 1977 the game has suffered two work stoppages 'Alger who spent part of one season in the majors with the Minnesota Twins blames a small but vocal group of players and union chief Donald Fehr for the problems "It's a joke" said LT1 Igen "Players don't know how good they have it The majority of people work 40 hours a week for 30 or 40 years and never make more than 00000 and these guys play for a few and make a ton of money A lot of players wouldn't survive a day with a real job" When the strike hits each team is allowed to send one player back to Triple-and Ullger expects outfielder Rich Becker to be the Twins' choice A few teams might make moves in anticipation of the work stoppage but Ullger said the Twins probably won't do much Some of the moves will be based on economics as much as baseball since the big leaguers don't get paid during the strike "It's tough to know exactly what is going to happen" said Unger "They might move a player or two down and bring some others up who are making more money so a guy who is making less can keep making money" Ullger is disgusted with all the major-leagu- I ' tiN4 THE ASSOCIATED ' - 0 PCL BASEBALL PIONEER LEAGUE Demme Bierittem Prigs rReas) Goers Pols (Dodgers) Lettioncrde (Cto(1pl MoOtotrie tial Lows) WWWWW 17 17 20 Over ltra) Solis (Naves) — Funny how n those innings can blow open a close game And unfortunately for the Ogden Raptors they were on the giving end of one Saturday night that turned a 5 game into an 11-- 7 Pioneer League victory for the Great Falls Dodgers at Simmons Field six-ru- 1C000piatunicrell Oemes Tel 9olis 11 OZin 7 4 1101 Medic — 4'6 I GPS 647 1M 371 — I 94 11 3211 9 Butte 3 Letribrioge Billings la Oao Billings all 636 5:s0 530 429 Pet 42 W 22 23 BAle OGDEN Pet WWWWW W 22 21 13 41eisina (Blowers) loot i12 W 21 47 17 15 8 lostecw's 7 o Ogoen w Ownes pM 440i Blie Biock-aleen° al Leinorioge Ggeal Polls al Immo Falls 5-- More than 2000 fans GAME SUMMARY Owe Pub For?22'i lotyergt ip AvArrx II Str: r $ urnor tth Czxoei c °Vim t t I t ??? rSige 11 Jejle3T' watched as Raptor starter Dukes 11 rtoo Jason Evenhus pitched five C 1 i 11 Canadians 5 innings and left the game r3:'"e- Al I H 1 ANNISMI I VANCOUVER BC — with a 54 lead Then they $4 ti 14 I total 7 1 Mike Busch hit three two-ru- n watched the bullpen give up leL CA—'71 71 it13 run in the homers to lead Albu- the game-tyin- g LI— 21:raii574? querque to a win over Van- sixth and six runs in the ill'i G10 36 Ci—HurvelJ00 Si—Custre couver The three home-ru- n eighth IP II PO II Worst of the offenders was nio!Irtit performance was a career 4 5 5 2 1 3 allowed who Salado j Tim best for Busch 'tera64 j I i I five runs on five hits and re020 033 210--44 46 Mammon 410 OA 001- -4 0 4 tired Varnouver I only one batter 7ritrital obt Winlat M OSUI0 RIM 0 04 I 1 1 1 Y73 iiJ The Raptors managed two tM1401 Or700 lokoor ittrnot 0K) Pave 141 t5 EIMr04 the of ON Even runs in the bottom " 3 fi9) inrtana tut P'731-rl- t f' Volcoimpr imipitob—Lbottare ckle mitrnite“--L- a h—:r4) Rafr eighth I A A 671-7min- irig-Zverli- 1111 et 18 iii ill 441P-- bka-- Qq 01404041046014-4LAA- N (01 44 I |