Show m P W MM f£k Page 10 —The Herald Journal Logan Utah Wednesday August 12 1998 Padres’ Myers bullpen cohorts stifle Braves By The Associated Press The Atlanta Braves got to see 47th home run and set an NL record for most homers before September in St Louis' 8--3 loss to New York “There's a lot of August left" Cardinals manager Tony La Russa said Down 1 Atlanta put two runners on base with no outs in the eighth But Myers recently acquired from Toronto and Miceli escaped the inning and Hoffman breezed through the ninth on just eight pitches for his major league-leadin- g 39th save “Myers has been a tremendous addition I think more so than him just getting those people out it was just his poise and to be able to handle that situation" Hoffman said By getting Myers the Padres blocked the Braves from filling their need far a top reliever especially with Mark Wohlers Richmond struggling again at ftiple-- first- hand why the San Diego Patbes might be so formidable in the postseason Relievers Randy Myers Dan Miceli 3-- and Trevor Hoffman shut down the Braves giving the Padres a 1 victory Thesday night in a matchup of the NL's top two teams “The thing that's tough about those guys especially since they’ve acquired Myers is that if you get down by one or two runs going into the seventh or eighth inning the game is over pretty much” Atlanta starter Denny Ncagle said While San Diego was showing off its bolstered bullpen out West Mark McGwire showed off his power at Busch Stadium McGwire hit his major league-leadin- g 3-- A Atlanta leads San Diego by two games in the chase for home-fiel- d advantage should they meet in the NL championship series The Padres are 2-- 3 against the Braves this season with four games left between them Joey Hamilton (10-9- against Milwaukee starter Bronswell Patrick Alou has 32 homers including four in his last five games Giants 8 Cubs 7 Jeff Kent hit a pair of two-ru- n homos and Barry Bonds drove in three runs as won his fifth ) San Francisco beat Chicago to stop a straight decision and Steve Finley home-re- d for San Diego The Padres stopped Atlanta’s four-gawinning streak Astros 6 Brewers 5 e losing streak The host Giants blew a 3--0 lead but came back in the seventh when Bonds singled home the tying run and Kent hit his 19th home run Martins 8 Dodgers 6 Rookie Jesus Sanchez pitched 6 scoreless innings and Todd Dunwoody five-gam- For the seventh time this season Houston rallied to win a game in which it trailed after eight innings 1- -3 Bill Spiers hit a tying single in the ninth inning and pinch-hitt- er Tony Eusebio’s single in the 10th ended the game at the Astrodome Houston won its fifth in a row overall Jeff Bagwell and Moises Alou home-re- d on consecutive pitches in the sixth homered and drove in three runs as Florida won at Dodger Stadium The Marlins led 0 and got 17 hits the most against Los Angeles this season The Dodgers scored five runs in the ninth inning and lost for the fifth time in 8-- license to Mike Tyson The board scheduled a public meeting for Friday morning Maureen Sczpanski spokes- woman for the state Department of Law and Public Safety said Tuesday a decision is expected during this meeting Tyson will attend the meet- ing according to his lawyer Anthony Fusco Jr “He will definitely be there’’ said Fusco “We're hopeful We think we made a good presenta D’ Amato Continued from Page 8 Defensive Player of the Year despite his teammate Ben Crosland winning the Big West Defensive Player of the Year award The senior from Orange Calif was ot 246-pou- West first team selecan All-Bi- g tion and earned Big West Defensive Player of the Week twice in NCAA i Continued from Page 8 certain days But the committees were also given the power to petition for a waiver if they think changing the day would “unduly disrupt the orderly conduct of a champi- onship" “There is a loophole but it’s still a major step forward for us Tyson 32 hasn't fought since June 1997 when he bit the cars of WBA heavyweight champion Evander Holyficld during a bout in Las Vegas Nevada reg- ulators revoked his boxing license and said he could reapply after one year But he opted to apply for a license in New Jersey instead hoping for a return to the ring in Atlantic City Tyson's supporters say Tyson has paid his penalty for the biting incident but some boxing insiders believe he should have returned to Nevada to repent During a hearing before regu 1997 D' Amato led USU with 124 tackles including 73 solo stops He recorded five sacks made lators two weeks ago Tyson lost his temper and cursed after being grilled by state lawyers about the Holyficld incident But Fusco his wife and other supporters told the board that Tyson was remorseful for biting Holyfield Tyson said it will haunt him for the rest of his life Critics say Tyson's outburst during the hearing proves he has problems with Citing Tyson's 1992 rape conviction in Indiana members of the New Jersey chapter of the self-contr- ol National Organization for Women say allowing Tyson to box again in New Jersey would be “an insult to women" was an honorable mention D' Amato one of four The second year starter is a junior college transfer from Rancho Santiago (Calif) where he team captains is on pace to graduate in December with a degree in sociology The 68 nominees on the watch list will be trimmed to 10 semifinalists on Oct 13 Three finalists will be announced via a national teleconference on Nov 12 The winner will be announced Dec 1 1 at the Butkus Award Gala at Universal Studios in Florida from where they were in terms vention in January But only 30 vides ship at a meeting in San Antonio in January “Our concern in April was dial Sunday was just one of the days that could be important to schools with religious beliefs that might prohibit their competition” said Kenneth Shaw chairman of the board of directors five tackles for loss and was sec- ond on the team in pass break ups with seven He had 10 or more tackles in eight games last sea19 son including a season-hig- h stops at Oregon State of providing some flexibility!’ requests were required to fo ' said BYU President Merrill J a review ’Bateman “They’re taking us'a The rule Is subject to an over step forward in trying to pro- ride vote by the NCAA memberus with an opportunity to play” When the hoard struck down the BYU Rule in April 99 schools mounted an effort to overturn the ruling — one short of the 100 needed to automatically suspend the policy change until the NCAA con Todd Helton each drove in four runs as Colorado beat Montreal at Coors Field and is batDante Bichette went behind 347 three league points ting leader John Olerud of the Mets Lansing hit a act before talking about how disappointed he was with last year’s 6-- 5 team He expects a lot better in 98 “We need to he a consistent team” McBride said “Last year we played well against good teams then lousy against others likeTblsa” At least he didn’t single out Utah State The Utes have lost three-ru- n homer in a first inning Rockies starter John Thomson was hit in the right knee by Vladimir Guerrero’s liner in the ninth inning and left the game with a bruise Diamondbacks 7 FhOUes 3 Tony Batista hit two home runs and Andy Benes won at home for the first time in nearly three months Philadelphia lost for the 11th time in 13 games Jay Bell added a home run and an RBI five-ru- n double for Arizona Bell and Devon White each had three hits doesn’t get any questions and gives thanks for a good meal Tuesday he joked about the drive up from Cedar City and took a stand-u- p nois) it’s like we are starting the season with the (Division playoffs But I would like to thank BYU and Utah State for costing us some money and takA) ing on Murray State and Sam Houston State” Gregory was referring to the Cougars and Aggies scheduling Division schools but not I-- willing to play the Thundeibirds The newcomer to the Big Five is Weber State coach Jerry Gray-be- al The former Eastern Washington assistant has changed die helmets and promises to run the ball more than the Arslanian Wildcat teams did For now Arslanian plans on riding with Strauss to the Big Five Huddle Former USU coach John L Smith used to get a helicopter ride until an accident midway through the last season “I’ve been told about that heli- copter ride and it was not an emergency landing it was a crash” Arslanian said “Before I get on board (a helicopter) I’m going to check with John L” For right now he has Strauss on a tight driving schedule and knows all the short cuts around traffic jams on Interstate 15 two straight to die Aggies and he has taken heat from Utah boost- era “We haven’t played well against Utah State the last two years” McBride said “They have woo those games and deserved to win them” Things still haven't changed for Southern Utah coach Ray Grego- - BILLS DEBT CONSOLIDATE NOW CHwe&hyounfa 14 MU waMng Ob’ $10£00-to$U0m- o $50000 - $550mo riamaoMwntMy S6 V ii MM CACHE DEMOCRATS OrmOurWebsItnl 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have just 3500 “Is that some sort of soft pop said miles more to go I do have a new rock group” Edwards quipped “I don’t think BYU fans will even Mg car “We do have a tough schedule know who Metallica is” (games against Montana They are a heavy metal band Utah Ron McBride did a McNeese State and Western Illi- WIlnVMDl Mark's Auto Body 1100 N Main Logm tion" t E Mike Lansing Vinny Castilla and ry He gets up talks and talks Arslanian imminent? return Tyson’s TRENTON NJ (AP) — New Jersey's state Athletic Control Board is expected to make a decision Friday on whether to award a boxing seven games Rockies 15 Expos 6 1 MMW POOR s d I I |