Show 'Ji y me ' sl" h v ' "pl ' P P '‘ i Tlw Herald Journal Logan Utah Sunday July 19 1998 — Pag 13 twice goes I - 1 ST Louis (AP) — Mark McGwire got two pitches to swing at Friday night and 7 MaritdoesiL” two out in the first on the first pitch he Just don't show the tape to Bohanon — or his first homer in five games McGwire hit tuned them into souvenirs another solo shot in the eighth off Antonio McGwire McGwire hit two homers — his 41st and Osuna to break the July mark held by Babe "I don't diagnose things like that' McG42nd —to set a major league record for most Ruth and Jimmie Fou wire said “You see it and you swing I'm not a home runs by the end of July as the Canfinab The homer off Bohanon was the player that sits around and diagnoses a swing" beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 1 Friday night ' since they started measuring them at ' It was the fifth game this year “I kept telling myself tonight to be aggies ' Busch Stadium in 1988 McGwire also hit the and 48th of his career for McGwire who shot moved within one homer of the Cardinals’ uve and if I saw a pitch I could take a whack other three including the record team record set by Johnny Mize in 1940 at to take a whack at it" McGwire said “I against Florida oo May 16 beautiful the bat see twice more not a strikes You're to two St Louis starter Juan Acevedo (5-- shut saw I going tonight swung and bit two home runs” swing on a home run than that first one" St the Dodgers out for six innings on three hits McGwire could not have beat any more Louis manager Tony La Rnssa said "It was Acevedo has a 141 ERA in his last four solo homer into just classic I'd replay that over and over starts allowing five earned runs in 32 aggressive He hit a die upper deck off Brian Bohanon (24) with again for people if they want to know how innings - fourtb-longe- st muhi-hom- 4-- er 545-fo- ot 2) 511-fb- ot push Texas past Tampa Bay at Arlington Texas Alicea lifted a fly ball to left off Esteban Yan (4-- to score Continued from Page 12 S ! 3) the last by Boston against Seattle in 1977 The major league mark is five by the New York Giants against Cincinnati in 1939 Steve Avery (72) won his third straight decision and Derek ! Lowe pitched three innings for 1 his second save Frank Castillo I (2-6- j took the loss Rangers 9 Devil Rays 8 (10) Luis Alicea had a one-osac rifice fly in the 10th inning to ) ut NL Continued from Page 12 lead in the NL West Hamilton (8-got his 50th career win by giving up a run on three hits in six innings to e 9) out-pit- ch Fete Hamisch (7-Trevor Hoffman got the final four outs to remain prefect in 29 save opportunities this season 4) Vaughn led off the fourth inning with his 33rd homer Thome Continued from Page 12 players to attend all or most of the games he schedules But 60-plu- s often times that demanding schedule conflicts with the agendu of employers wives and families For the past two seasons though Thosne hm found it easier to spend his summers on the diamond Tm single again so I don’t Fernando Tads who singled and advanced to third on Mark McLemore's single on a play Tim Crabtree (4-- 0) pitched a perfect 10th Ifcxas Juan Gonzalez hit a pair doubles to snap a iff nine-gam- e streak without an RBL He leads the major with 103 RBI Mariners Royals 5 At Seattle Alex Rodriguez hit homer in a tiebreaking three-nthe seventh inning the Seattle nut-scori- I m u Pirates 5 Expos 2 At Montreal Turner Ward and Kevin Young hit consecutive homers and Jon Liebre retired 19 straight batters at one stretch leading Pittsburgh past Montreal pitched a for his second complete game of the season He gave up four hits in the first inning but Montreal managed only Shane Andrews’ leadoff single in the Lieber five-hitt- (7-1- 0) eighth after er that Marlins 2 Cubs 1 Mariners won their sixth straight With the scored tied 4-- 4 Rodriguez homered to left off Scott (3-after Rico Rossy with a double the inning opened and Joey Cara walked It was his 29th homo second most in the AL Service 2) behind teammate Ken Griffey Jr's 39 and his second in two games Bobby Ayala (1-got the tory with three scoreless innings Charlton's wild pitch and Matt Walbeck's sacrifice fly then increased their lead to 3 on Craig Shipley's RBI double in the hit a tiebreaking 8-- two-ru-n eighth threw seven strong innings for his first home victory and Tooy Batiste homered as Arizona beat Colorado seven strong innings and Todd Zeile homered as Florida beat e Chicago to to stop a three-gam- allowed two runs on seven hits to win for the first time in 10 starts at home struck out four The Anderson losing streak at Miami Meadows won his fifth (9-- 6) straight decision He allowed one run and six hits striking out four Vinny Castilla hit his 30th homer for Colorado and Dante Bichette also connected for the Rockies who have lost four in a row and seven straight on the road Bobby Jones (3-took the home run for Chicago Diamondbacks 4 Rockies 2 If you were to attend a game in Smithficld you might not believe that More a salt lick than a baseball cap Thome's Blue Sox hat looks like its been on his head much longer than just four seasons And teammateroommate Todd Wilson finds feat surprising “In every other way Rick's just 8) and walked none 9) schoolwork and called oo his experience as an athlete and as a coach to tefo him get through “probably the toughest time in my life” "As an athlete one learns a lot of thinp about rising above hardships and bouncing back” Thame uys “If you get knocked down six times you get back up six” (7-- left-hand- er and walking two Matt Mantei finished with 11-- 3 scoreless innings for his third save Mark took the loss Clark (5-Henry Rodriguez hit his 23rd got married but Brandee straightened me out” he uys “Now I like to have things neat" : The Angels scored a pair of runs in the seventh on Norm DiS-arci-na Utah It wu a time in my life that wu pretty tough” full-tim- two-ou- that cut Anaheim's lead to 5--3 but didn't hit a home run for the fourth straight game Angels 8 Orioles 3 At Anaheim Calif Gary me 2) of relief Griffey went At Phoenix Brian Anderson Thome who graduated cum have anything else to do now laude from Utah State now has That makes it a bit easier'' e teachhis degrees and a I Ml 1' ' ing position at Sky'View High Being single certainly wasn't School He also serves as the easier at first sophomore boys' basketball Married in 1992 Thorne and his coach and coaches junior varsity wife Brandee were divorced leu baseball with Blue Sox than four yean later Just prior to Christopher HowelL “I look back on my life and at tbeseparation Thome haddecid- ed to quit his job and return to some of the things that I’ve e school to earn degrees in accomplished and I'm probably ' education and history physical most proud of going back to well his teaching certificate school’ getting through those i The financial and emotional hardships then landing a teachstrain miring that period wu just ing job and becoming a coach” about all he could take Thorne declares He and Brandee whom recentThings were tough for awhile” Thorne says ”1 was ly remarried are still "great going through my divorce back friends” and be credits her with in school with student loans my turning him into a neat freak ' 1 wu kind of a slob before I family had moved to southern nine-ga- 7) Rookie Brian Meadows pitched While leaning on his family Thorne immersed himself in his double and rookie Jarred Washburn pitched well after a rocky start as Anaheim snapped Baltimore's winning streak After giving up two runs in the fint inning Washburn (5-- settled down and didn't allow another hit until Lenny Webster chased him t with a botner in the sixth Open House - Open Daily Monday - Friday 10:00 AM - &00 Saturday iim ajl-4-oop- 4) same hat will be on Thome’s head when he breaks Hansen's record of 877 career hits in 1999 or 2000 Although Thorne wasn’t even aware that be had set a new mark for runs scored last week until the game wu stopped and he wu given the game ball he admits thin he's given the Blue Sox marks a thought or two “And I’ve realized that those guys played most of their careen with wooden bats” says Thome who sports a “BLUESOX” vanity license 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