Show I'm The Herald Journal Logan Utah Tuesday Press By The Associated Boston’s Rick Tocchot (22) shoots wide on Florida goaltender John VanBiesbrouck (34) during the Panthers’ 6-- 2 win Monday night in the Sports briefs EAST RUTHERFORD NX (API — Butch Beard was fired as coach of the New Jersey Nets just two days after his second straight 30-5-2 season Beard almost guaranteed his dimiMil two weeks ago criticizing his bosses and calling his team a bunch of “second-lin- e Thomas Raptors can Malone after one year TORONTO (AP) — Brendan Malone his team having finished its inaugural season with a 1 record was fired as coach of the Toronto Raptors because of differences with general manager Isiah Thomas Malone was immediately replaced by 21-6- mate of Thomas’ who was signed to a three-yecontract Malone was in the deal reportedly first year of a three-yeworth $30(000 annually ar ar Vancouver 4 Colorado 3 IHL Playoffs Paoria S MHwaukaa 4 OT Las Vsgaa 4 Phoenix 1 Ctovaiand 6 Baltimore 3 Boston 4 Minnesota 1 New York 6 Kansas Cy 2 Chicago 12 Texas 4 Caftomta6Detrok5 who gave up four runs and six hits in five innings “If he gets two or more he’ll lock the door on you” The Dodgers have lost four in a row and are on their seven-gam- e road trip Padres 5 Marlins 3 At Miami Andy Ashby (3-0- ) pitched a seven-hitt- er and drove in the run with a sacrifice fly to snap Florida’s NL San Diego 5 Florida 3 Montreal 6 St Louis 0 PRtaburgh 9 PhlatMphia 3 New York 5 Cincinnati 1 won their fourth straight Cormier 1- -5 ng four-gam- e (1-- 1) struck out nine and walked none in his first career shutout Rodriguez starting in left field in place of injured Moises Alou hit a two-ru- n homer in the third off Donovan and a three-ru- n Osborne (1-drive in the seventh ofFTJ Mathews AP photo II Atlanta's Greg Maddux dntivernd a 4--1 win over LA Monday night 1) winning streak Scott Living-ton- e had a solo homer and an RBI single See NX On Page OGDEN — One hit and sevea errors sums up Sky View’s I Edmonton 5 Tacoma 2 Sat Lake 7 Calgary 4 11 Innings Phoenix 5 Tucson 3 Lea Vegas at Vancouver ppd rabi Colorado Springs 10 Albuquerque 6 On lolovfslon i- - T tnpji ESPN — '"“S f‘f t-- - 'J"-- NHL Playoffs NY Rangaru to MarWuaL gama Nix 4 every part of the game while the Scots put together another solid effort against their Region 5 foes Ben Lomond made it a season sweep to improve to 4 in league play and 8 overall 3-- MBch MaacareStarakl Journal Mountain Crest's Russ Guymon (22) lumps back to list as Logan fret baseman Stan Men! takes the tfvow from pitcher Jeff Healey Luff Mustang assistant coach Ron Stott celebrates MCS tirid straight bming-andto-g double play 0 J innings without scoring had just one runner advance past first base About the only good news wu the lone runner that they stranded all afternoon “We're not threatening anybody” I lowed said "1 thought we played well but it doesn’t matter what you do defensively if if you’re not putting on some offensive pressure” Kit then the Mustangs weren’t their usual “You don’t see many high school teams deliver three infield double plays” said Logan bead coach Stu Howell “But the feet is that they were all too easy I’m not taking anything away from them but we hit it right at them each time and the kids just made the play in each case "That helped them out and really hurt runners at third base “I thought (Jeff) Healey did a good job against us today” Coach Blotter said “He tied us up pretty good” The Grizzlies who have now gone 14 Sec MUSTANGS ou Page 19 i selves at the plale either stranding three I P ! quota today! I'll take the home run but it's hard to uy because you don’t get too many dunces to hit for the cycle Still it wu nice to get that extra home run” — Tonmto third baser Ed Sprague who only needed a double to hit for the cycle when he corse m in die seventh inning cf the Blue Joys 16-- 7 win over Seattle Monday night He hito home run instead v Nv ' - f brrm-- : X'f - vl T— 4 j L I-- “ ' j- j i - i - £ ’ - Vv- -' 1 mark and failure to make the playoffs represented much 41-4- less than had been expected from Charlotte this season The Hornets were coming off a franchise-recor- d 50 victories last season and fans were hoping this would be the year Charlotte took its place among the NBA's elite Instead the Hornets ranked at or near the bot- tom of the league in several ByTha Assodatod Press Jacobs Field is no friend to the Baltimore Orioles Many think Cleveland and Baltimore win wind up playing in the AL championship aeries If that's the case the Indians figure lobe WON — Major Lnngun Basabal 0) k " confident against the Orioles Monday night's 65 win made k eight straight for Cleveland against Baltimore at the Jake "It’s difficult when you're always i tv WM rr Fifth inning to Brandon Payne lie struck out two snd did issue six walks but two double plays sad a pick-okept Sky View from a defensive categories contributing to wildly inconsistent play in the stretch run that cost Charlotte a playoff berth The ifomets who kist four of their last six games dosed the season with a four-galosing streak at the Charlotte Coliseum a slide that did not set well in a city that consistently is among the NBA attendance rally "It’s great to win” Ben Lomond coach Roger Howell said “The kids did a nice job Throwing a wu great but they did a lot bunted the ball and moved people got base hits sad played well defensively” King also helped himself at the plate going with a run and an RBI He also reached first twice on base oa balls Ben Lomond catcher Brady Cottle also had two hits as the Scots scattered eight for the game “Jake (King) did didn’t have to throw a lot of pitches And we got base hits when we needed them” Nick Wheeler got the start oa the mound for the Bobcats snd went four innings picking up nine strikeouts snd issuing just two walks But errors sad two passed balls on third strikes came back to haunt Sky View "Everybody seemed to lack desire” Jonathan Howell uid "They out- - hit us us sad out focused us We gave them out-defens- ed behind” Baltimore man- ager Davey Johnson said after Lis tram's fifth straight Ion overall “It puts pressure on each t at-b- AF photo Ctovtoand apeadator K any Lofton ufiriu saWy Mo home under to tog of Ortotos catohar Chris Ndtoa during re toduna 65 You're leu aggressive st We’re trying to do too much in certain situations and not playing homer off Scott g on a 3-- 0 pitch 3-0 I “When get count I try to hit the lights That’s my theory” Thome said Consecuth e doubles by Omar Vizquci and Kenny Lofton later in the inning finished Erickson (1-- 1) Cleveland added a ran in the eighth mi a balk by rookie Brian Sackinskj At CkvdunJ Lluilcs Nagy (3-allowed three runs and eight hits in six innings striking out four and walking one Jim Pooie pitched two scoreless innings and 0) it nq (Cl TW See CATS PH 4 m Page 10 ninth for his fifth save in five tries Erickson N -- Jose Mesa worked a scoreless sixth-innin- m s good Cleveland has won four straight overall and nine of 10 tie w ith a o job” Roger Howell said ”He within ourselves” 3-- 3 to T of other good things We leaders Jim Thome broke a D ff O’s struggling in Cleveland tt- - 6UJ — Boxing baavywuights Chris vm Samson FoVui (15-2-Byrd (15-0-to Autwn Hits Mich 7--6 one-hitl- er - r and sophomore hurler Jake King took care of the Bobcat batters King went the distance giving up just one hit in the Pr - 3-- 3 "That wu our worst game of the year” said Howell “We didn’t make routine plays” The Scots had their problems with three errors but t" i E 6-- The Bobcats are - ”' loss Monday at The Bobcats had trouble ia ff t-- - 9-- 4 Ben Lomond It was as Bobcat coach Jonathan Howell said “horrible” “ Allan and I came to a mutual CHARLOTTE NG (AP) — Allan Bristow resigned under agreement that it wu time for us to make a change and head in pressure as coach of the Charlotte Hornets today after the n different direction” Hornets e owner George Shinn said today dub had a drop-ofrom last scaaoa’a record and at a news conference that Brisfailed to make the playoffs tow did not attend “Allan hu Bristow took a struggling been with us a long time and 1 franchise and molded appreciate all of the effort and it into respectability but wu dedication he put into his job” unable to turn the Hornets into Bristow did not go out after a consistent winner losing record Kit the Hornets nine-gam- PCL “I think er Bristow abandons Hornets' nest Oakland 6 Mtwaukee 2 Toronto 16 Seattle 7 Attanta 4 Los Angeles 1 Colorado 4 Chtergo 2 Houston 1 1 Sen Francisco single down the leftfield line With Keller throwing groundbaUs and the Mountain Qest defense gobbling them up die Mustangs (5-- 2 55-1- ) didn’t need much mote “That’s as good of a defensive ballgame as we’veplayed” said MC head coach Jim Blotter “We turned three double (days and never made an error “I just thought that defenae really won the game for us today” Keller got out of trouble ia the second when catcher Lance Mathews threw Jared Johnson out trying to steal second Then with runners at the corners and two out ia the third the senior righthander picked Nick Palmer off of first But it was the three straight double plays that left MC asaistant coach Ron Stott jumping for joy and Keller extremely grateniL “Great defenae always helps” Keller said “I didn’t really feel like I had it today Not like I have the past few days” Shortstop Nate Blotter started the first 5 double play while thud baseman Russ Guymon began the other two with second baseman Brandt Baldwin successfully pitting the pivot on ill three 6-4- AL needs” said losing pitcher Tom Candiotti (1-- 2) 3) “Those double plays were great” said Wiliams who never touched a five baseball ia the game since all three basehits and Logan’s two fly balls were hit to either right or center “They were fun to watch” But while Williams enjoyed watching hia teammates play errorless defense they enjoyed watching him at the plate The senior drove in the Stangs’ first run of the game in first inning with a double to right then plated another score in the fifth on a assistant Darrell Wriker a former team- wasnngton i 7 for San Diego while Sheffield hit his ninth homer for the Marlins John Burkett (1-gave up eight hits and four runs in seven innings Expos 8 Cardinals 0 At Montreal Rhcal Cormier pitched a three-hittand Henry Rodriguez home red twice and drove in five runs as the Expos Williams had to amuse himself at the plate lay aftr in left field “There was nothing to do” Williams said after the Mustangs’ 5-- 0 shutout of Logan “Steve (Keller) pitched a great game for us” The Grizzlies (2-- 5 in Region 5) managed just three singles off of Keller who benefit- ed from three inning-endin- g double plays by his teammates far the final three innings ar rvaourgn n homer tied him Klesko — whose with Florida's Gary Sheffield for the NL lead with nine — helped Atlanta to its sixth win in eight games following a 5-- start “Sometimes one run is aU he (Maddux) Crest’s John HYRUM —Mountain Beard had a three-yecontact the final year being an option year at the team’s discretion Florida 6 Boston 2 Pages By Jeff Hunter sports writer players” who might never get better NHL Playoffs iijjliin holds Grizz scoreless for second straight game 5-- 0 Nets fire Beard after disappointing season Monday1'! score! jrTj i blank Logan Mustangs Keller NHLPtayoffia Tyson has disputed the woman'll version of events in which she said he fondled her and tried to bite her face at a Chicago nightclub He is on probation after serving a prison sentence for raping a woman vi i 23 1996 two-ru- Greg Maddux may be back in a groove and that’s bad news for National League hitters Maddux pitched his first complete game of the season Monday night allowing eight hits as the Atlanta Braves beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 4--1 He threw strikes on 77 of 108 pitches got 17 groundball outs struck out seven and walked none “Tonight I located my fastball better and pitched down better than I have" said who has won four straight Maddux (3-- 1) Cy Young Awards His pitching and the hitting of Ryan AP photo INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Mike Tyson has been ordered to stay out of bare and strip clubs after a woman claimed the boxer assaulted her in Chicago Marion Superior Court chief probation officer George Walker said April vt illuV Maddux back in the groove Sports snapshot Tyson ordered to stay away from strip dubs 0' m wfodet ¥! mil tuI Blue Jays I6Mariam7 Joe Carter had a grand slam and five RBIs and Ed Sprague had two homers and five RBIs at the Kingdoms Carter w ho had three homers and nine RBIs in the series connected in the fifth off Tim Davis for his eighth career grand slam Tony Castillo (1-- ON pitched three scoreless innings Ed Hurtado (15) allowed four runs and two hits in 2 15 innings after starter Sterling Hitchcock gave up five rum and eight Lbs ia 2 1- -3 innings Sm AX on Page 11 r r a CN 1 |