Show 'ts' f4 -- ' ' ' i The Herald Journal Logan Utah" Monday August 3 1998 Sports briefs Price is right at St Jude MEMPHIS Tcnn (AP) — Nick Price hirdicd the second playoff hole to beat Jeff Sluman and win the FedEx St Jude Classic It was Price's First victory this season and second since 1994 After both players parred the first play iff hole No IS Sluman s tee shot landed into the water right of the fairway on the second extra hole — the par-- 4 No 12 He hit his third shot to about 12 feet hut Price made a birdie putt to win his second St Jude title Glen Day who tied Sluman with a round-be65 Finished two shots hack at 270 Bob Estes Finished with a 69 for a 271 alone in fourth place Tim Conley 69 1 was at 272 followed by and Jay Paul Govdos (67) at Haas 68) and Paul Ainger (72) at 20-fo- ot st cr cr Davenports bests Venus STANFORD Calif (AP) — Lindsay Davenport outlasted an injured and erratic Venus Williams to win 6-- 4 5--7 6-- 4 in the Final of the Bank of the West tournament played in temperatures of more than 90 degrees that forced a break before the third set te The Williams third-seede- d who served 12 aces in her semifinal victory Saturday night over Monica Seles had 14 aces against Davenport — but also had eight double faults LOS ANGELES (AP) — Andre Agassi countered Tim Henman's 130 mph-plserves to win the Mercedes Cup 6-- 4 6-- 4 It was Agassi's I Ith consecutive match victory without dropping a set Agassi needed just one hour 20 minutes to win his fourth tournament of the year and second in as many weeks us Buzz batter New Orleans SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Scott had three hits and drove in five runs to lead the Salt Lake Buzz to a 10-- 5 win over the New Orleans Zephyrs on Sunday in the Pacific Coast League Salt Lake (57-4jumped to a 0 lead after one inning as Stahoviak tripled dricut the ving in two New Orleans (58-5lead to 1 in the second inning but the Buzz regained a three-ru- n cushion in the third on an RBI single by Stahoviak The Buzz then exploded for six runs on eight hits in the sixth inning to take a 10-- 1 lead Stahoviak scored two with a double to left field The Zephyrs made one last effort with a single tally in the eighth and throe runs in the ninth Sta-hovi- ak 3-- 8) Morgan’s decision pays off Utah Showdown champion plays bogey-fre- e tourney PARK CITY Utah (AP) — Gil Morgan could have spent the weekend at home in Oklahoma paying bills going out to dinner and watching his daughters play tennis Last week at the US Senior Open however he decided to join the Field at the Utah Showdown The decision paid off Sunday when Morgan concluded a bogey-fre- e tournament with an easy four-strowin over Isao Aoki and John Mahaffey “Obviously I'm very glad I made the trip to Park City" Morgan said He 0) 3-- brought his wife and two of his daughters to the Park Meadows course and they spent the week riding hones "This was a wonderful weekend getaway for us" Though Morgan started the final lead and domround with a three-strok- e inated play for the third day Aoki made Sunday interesting with a big move on the front nine He birdied six of the first eight holes on the Final clear windy day at the Park Meadows course Aoki was just two shots behind Morgan at the turn after starting the day Five strokes back but he faded down the stretch picking up just one birdie on the back nine to finish d with a 66 “Front nine was Aoki Back nine no Aoki" he said “I have hit the ball good for two weeks (but) 1 need more putting Not many weekend getaways end with a $150000 payday but not many vacationers can play 54 holes without a bogey Morgan's performance was just the ninth of its kind in senior tour history and the Fust since Hale Irwin did it in last year's Vantage Championships “I think it’s the Fust tournament in my career where I didn't make a bogey" he said "Thank goodness we only had three rounds" Morgan Finished the tournament at 200 He recorded his Fifth vicseason this tying him with Irwin tory for the lour lead and his second in four d weeks He carded a 67 and won for the 12th time in less than two yean on the senior tour Final-roun- practice" Mahaffey a former PGA Championship winner who joined the senior tour in May birdied three of the last final-roun- AP photo Morgan: Utah Showdown champion examines Ms traphy Sunday in Park City See MORGAN on Page 8 Big Unit makes huge debut debut in 1988 against Pittsburgh while pitching for Montreal got as many cheers as anyone in pregame introductions at Three Riven Stadium The threw 116 pitches and became the winner when the CCntral-leadin- g Astros scored four runs in the eighth Johnson leads the majors with 225 strikeouts “Strikeouts weren’t a concern Winning was” Johnson said Giants 15 PhiBies 3 Bonds homered tripled and singled twice as San FUncisco beat Philadelphia for the third straight day The Giants led 9-- 2 when Bonds stole second base in the fifth inning The next time up in the seventh Bottalico hit him with his first pitch In the bottom half Giants starter Kirk Rueter threw a pitch that hit Alex Arias who began walking toward the mound Catcher Brent Mayne got in his way and the benches and buUpens cleared again — Arias was ejected and Rueter stayed in the game Newcomer Ellis Burks Bonds and Jeff Kent hit Consecutive home runs in the second inning die first time the Giants Johnson Astros beat Pirates 6-- 2 By The Associated Agassi wins Mercedes Page 6 left-hand- er Prow fastRandy Johnson and his 98-mball made a quick impression Johnson was just as dominant in the NL as he had been in the AL winning his Houston debut by striking out 12 in seven innings Sunday for a 6-- 2 victory over Pittsburgh “I knew there was a lot of anticipation and I wanted to give a good effort he said “It's nice to get the win because it puts everybody at ease I've still got to learn die bitten and the ballparks but in time it will come” Johnson's strikeouts woe the moat by an Astros pitcher this season and came less than 48 hours after Seattle traded him to Houston for three prospects The Big Unit spent Saturday traveling crosscountry to Pittsburgh barely recognizing names as be studied boxscores "It was kind of tough on Riutdy and kind of tough on us Astros star Jeff Bagwell said “Most pitchers like to concentrate and get into their own world He flies all day yesterday and then his First day in the park he has to pitch I’m sure that was hard on him but he obviously performed pretty well” A pair of All-Stbitten — Barry Bonds and Mark McGwire — had different results in other games Sunday Bonds went and drove in three runs before being ejected in San Rrancis-co- 's 15-- 3 romp at Philadelphia Hit in the knee by a pitch from Ricky Bottali-c- o Bonds tackled die reliever and trigg brawl gered a Bonds and Bottalico were ejected and both showed signs of the altercation Bonds had a noticeable welt above his right eye and Bottalico had a cut under his left eye “Part of baseball” Bonds said “We won the game I had a great day dirt’s it ph had hit three in a row since July AL Detroit 3 Tampa Bay 2 Baltimore 9 Kansas City 2 Toronto 6 Minnesota 4 Oakland 7 Cleveland 5 Texas 12 Chicago White Sox 3 Seattle 6 NY Yankees 3 Boston 8 Anaheim 7 NL Atlanta 4 St Louis 3 San Diego 4 Montreal 1 Houston 6 Pittsburgh 2 San Francisco 15 Philadelphia 3 NY Mets 9 Los Angeles 3 Milwaukee 7 Arizona 2 Colorado 6 Chicago Cubs 3 Cincinnati 5 Florida 1 PCL Albuquerque 6 Las Vegas 5 Calgary 1 1 Edmonton 4 Fresno 4 Tucson 3 Colorado Springs 6 Iowa 4 Nashville 13 Omaha 7 Salt Lake 10 New Orleans 5 Memphis 5 Tacoma 2 Oklahoma 5 Vancouver 3 Pioneer Idaho Falls 4 Lethbridge 3 Butte 6 Helena 5 Great Fans 3 Ogden 2 O WNBA New York 85 Charlotte 67 Houston 70 Sacramento 53 MLS All-St- ar MLS USA 6 MLS Wbrid 1 On television 5 pm FSR — Major League Baseball Colorado at Pittsburgh 7 pm ESPN — WNBA Basketball Washington at Los Angeles 11 Tuesday un ESPN — Men’s tennis Du Maurier Open early round coverage at Toronto Today's quote "Having (Randy) here makes this the best teem I've ever played for This is what we’ve waited for This is the best dunce we've ever had to win the World Series" — Houston's Jeff Bagwell after newly acquired ace Randy Johnson struck out 12 Sunday in his Astros debut Johnson allowed two runs in seven innings and got the victory in Houston's 2 win at Pittsburgh -- 6-- 11 1982 when Reggie Smith Milt May and Champ Summers did it JT Snow also homered for die Giants Scott Rolen and Arias homered for the Phillies Braves 4 Cardinals 3 Kevin Millwood pitched seven strong innings as Atlanta beat St Louis Millwood (12-6- ) struck out eight and ar Monday's scores m gave up six hits Kerry Ligtenberg Randy Johnson shuck out 12 in his first game as an Astro Sunday AP photo bench-clearin- — time to move on” the McGwire finished off a frustrating weekend at Atlanta by going with three strikeouts in St Louis’ 3 4-- loss McGwire leading the majors with 45 home tuns was hitless in 11 ts in at-br- three-gam- e series He struck out pitched a perfect ninth for his 16th save The Braves took advantage of an error by shortstop Luis Ordaz called up from Triple-- A Memphis earlier in the day to scare three runs in die fifth for a 2 leL Padres 4 Expos 1 Andy Ashby earned his league-leadin- g 15 th victory and Tony Gwytm hit a two-ru-n homer as San Diego won at Olympic 4-- seven times and never got the ball out of the infield “Sometimes you're not very good” McGwire said “That’s the way it is I wasn't very good this weekend” Johnson who made his major league See NL on Page 8 Pantani rides off with title Gymnasts Tour de France converge winds in Paris Scandal-wcke- d up onUSU PARIS (AP) — Marco Pantani rode in triumph along the Champs-Elysee- s (Moving he indeed was a champion but By Shawn Hanlson sports writer still no match for the drug scandal dirt enveloped the Tour de finance Pantani is the first Italian winner since Felice Gimondi in 1965 He also is the first to win both the Tbur of Italy and die Tour de France in one year since Spain's Miguel Indunin did so five yean ago Gymnasts from one coast to the other “To win the Giro and the Tour de France is something my country has been waiting for a long time” Pantani said "This day will remain one of die most important days in my life” Germany's Jan Ullrich the 1997 winner finished second 3 minutes 21 seconds behind Bobby Julich of Gtenwood Springs Colo was third 408 back die best finish by an American since Greg LeMond won his third crown in 1990 Julich riding with the finench CofkHs team joined LeMond as die only Americans to finish in die top three “This year I had little dunce to win” Julich said “Panuni was on another planet When he attacks die mountains no one can match him” This was a race in which many riders feh they were being treated as criminals during the ongoing drag investigation Once they delayed die start of a stage by two hours Another time they held hands in protest crossing the finish line prompting organizers to wipe out the AP photo Tour de France champion Maroo Pantani center drinks a glass of champagne as he rides among tha peck during Sunday's final stage entire stage “No matter what happened here it was my dream” Julich said “Differ- less dun a minute Italian President Oscar Luigi Seal-fai- n sent Pantani a message offering “the thanks of die Italian people for people dirt persevere and don't let it bother! them’ Tom Steels of Belgium took the 21st and final stage on the Champs-Elyse- success” including die first in Ireland Pantani riding for the Mercatone Uno team finished the stage from Melon to Paris in the pack in 45th place A flat tire held him up for Italy a banner on a building read “Pantani flies high” Some 2000 people took to bicycles to celebrate ent things come about and try to mess with yon But it's the strong having given luly this exceptional es Steels won four stages 91-mi- le Panuni's tributes are just begin- ning A wine shop in Alessandria in northern Italy dedicated a Piedmont wine after the rider In Cesnatico See PANTANI on Page 9 were in Logan last week to learn from die Utah State coaching staff at a week-lon- g camp More dun 90 campers 70 from outside the state attended the gymnastics camp put on by Aggie head coach Ray Cora The athletes tanged from to Amy Spelhneyer from Powell Wyo "It was an extremely successful camp” said Corn ftiday afternoon as the camp was winding down "We had athletes here from Atlanta Ga to San Jose Calif The two new staff members Qninn Shannon and Mark Lee were certainly a big calling card for kids from out of state This camp is advertised by word or mouth only and a few flyers within die state was a fan week The information shared by Mrtk Lee and Quhm Shannon about (heir It perspectives on how to train the different dolls certainly was an added phis for all die coaches dirt came and attended here” A lot of the athletes were aocompanied by their coaches One such coach was Dean-netJohnston from Palestine Texas She te brought eight gymnasts with here including See GYMNASTS en Page 9 POOR C |