Show fh Section Thursday April 3 2003 Pagel The Herald Journal Insido R " smacks No 300 A-R-od Sosa still in search of 500 By The Associated Press Iverson leads Philadelphia to B2 victory over Chicago Sports briefs Howland hired as coach of UCLA LOS ANGEIS (AP) — Ben Howland who led Pittsburgh to the round of 16 in die NCAA tournament was hired as UCLA’s coach late Wednesday nighL Howland will be formally intro duced on campus Thursday athletic director Dan Guerrero said “Ben Howland is an outstanding basketball coach one of the best in the entire country and he is the man we want to run our pro- gram" Guerrero said in a statement “He has built winning programs throughout' his career and we expect that he will return UCLA basketball to the nation’s elite" Howland 45 becomes the eighth coach at UCLA since John Wooden retired in 1975 after leading the Bruins to 10 national championships in a span Howland replaces Steve Lavin who was fired March 17 after the Bruins went 9 for their first losing season in 55 years Lavin’s firing had been anticipated for months by everyone includcoach ing the 12-ye- ar 10-1- Wednesday's scores AL A historic home ran by Alex Rodriguez wasn’t enough for the Texas Rangers Rodriguez became the youngest player to hit 300 homers but the Anaheim Angels beat the visiting Rangers 11-- 5 Wednesday behind home runs from ’Hoy Glaus Brad Fullmer and Darin Erstad Rodriguez 27 years 249 days old hit a three-ru- n homer in the NL Montreal 3 Atlanta 0 Philadelphia 8 Florida 2 NY Mets 4 Chicago Cubs 1 Pittsburgh 7 Cincinnati 4 Houston 8 Colorado 7 St Louis 7 Milwaukee 0 Los Angeles 5 Arizona 0 San Francisco 5 San Diego 3 NBA Boston 90 Miami 62 Indiana 183 Cleveland 82 Phladelphia 108 Chicago 101 Toronto 89 Detroit 78 Milwaukee 106 Houston 99 San Antonio 105 Memphis 87 Sacramento 105 Washington 99 Minnesota 91 Seattle 86 New Orleans 106 New Jersey 97 New York 83 Denver 75 NHL Tampa Bay 2 Montreal 1 Columbus 3 Minnesota 0 Buffalo 4 Atlanta 3 Pittsburgh 3 Carolina 2 Dallas 2 Anaheim 1 San Jose 2 Calgary 2 tie Vancouver 3 Phoenix 3 tie Los Angeles 5 Colorado 3 AHL Grand Rapids 2 Utah 0 On television GOLF 2pm USA— PGA Tour BellSouth Classic first round at Duluth Ga MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL am 11 ' £SPN — Chicago Cubs at NY Mets WGN —Chicago Cubs at NY Mets MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 6 pm ESPN2 — NTT championship game Georgetown vs! SL John’s at New York Spjp ESPN2 — ExhMUon slam dunk contest at New Orleans (same-da- y tape) and NBA 5 pm TNT— Washington at Atlanta 7:30 ojn TNT— LA Lakers at Dates 8pm TNT— Spjn Utah at Portland HH IWIk ESPN — NY Wanders at Detroit i j fifth inning off Ramon Ortiz florins second of the season The fastest to 300 had been Hall of Famer Jimmie Foxx at 27 years 328 days Foxx finished hu career with 534 homers Rodriguez led the majors last season with 57 home runs and 142 RBIs both career highs for the Bengie Molina had four RBIs and Ortiz improved to 10-- 1 against Texas despite allowing four runs and seven hits over five innings six-ti- the : K-R- od Wind keeps Sou from milestone At New York Sammy Sosa took a big swing and sent a fly ball soaring to left field Sureit was All-St- ar Angels rookie Francisco Rodriguez made his 2003 debut right-hand-er struck out Hank Blalock Rodriguez and Juan Gonzalez on 17 pitches during a seventh then gave up a leadoff homer in the eighth to Rafael Palmeiro — the first regular-seaso- n homer in the majors off : home ran No 500 he immediately threw his arms up took a signature hop and clapped his hands Instead of history and a tying See SMACKS on B4 APphoto Texas' Alex Rodriguez is congratulated by teammates after hitting the 300th homer of his career Wednesday Prep baseball Ogpmg lira GOu® Harris throws mmj as one-hitt- er Grizz win big By Jeff Hunter staff writer When it's mid-Jul- y and Logan and Box Elder's baseball players are sweating through an American Legion doubleheader in herd all they'll need to do to cool down is think back to Wednesday's game at Worthington Park Although they warmed up (so to speak) in gale force winds and played in a the Griz- zlies and Bees Logan managed to get in the first game of a scheduled ee downpour-tumed-bliz-za- rd ’ doubleheader And thanks to a five-ra- ti fifth inning Kansas City 5 Chicago White Sox 4 Anaheim 11 Texas 5 NY Yankees 9 Toronto 7 Minnesota 8 Detroit 1 Cleveland 4 Baltimore 2 Boston 7 Tampa Bay 5 Oakland 8 Seattle 3 MLB Grizzlies 13 Bees 3 5 inn the 10-ru- Logan mercifully ended the contest early via rale n That last inning we were chang- ing baseballs every pitch (trying to keep them dry) and it was just getting ridiculous1' Logan coach Eiric Markworth said following the Griz- zlies’ 13-- 3 romp "But we got it in" With the exception of a three-erro- r three-ru- n third inning Logan (I-- in Region 4 6-- 2 overall) dealt with the chilly and slippery conditions much better than the Bees (0-- 1 2-Box Elder committed seven errors most of them on errant throws and pitchers Kory Stewart and Tyson Woodward helped keep Grizzly baserunners moving with a slew of wild pitches Logan pitcher Tyson Harris meanwhile hardly seemed affected by wet baseballs and a treachefous mound The senior righthander allowed just one hitands truck out four in five innings "My fastball was really working for me today — just blowing it by 'em" Harris said "It seemed like they couldn't catch up to Up 4--0 Harris ran into trouble in the third inning thanks to three straight 5) if MC SV Eli LuceroHerald Journal Ldgan first baseman Joey Lee throws the ball to pitcher Tyson Harris for the force out at first during Wednesday's Region 4 game against Box Elder at Worthington Park errors by the Grizzlies including a comebacker that went through Harris' legs and into center field An RBI single by Aaron Everett pulled the Bees to within 4--3 but Hants got out of the jam with the lead by enticing Matt Putnam into a foul pop up "Tyson's looked good he's looked strong all year" Markworth said "He's been our No 1 guy so far" Logan rebuilt most of its lead in the bottom half of the third when Harris reached on an error and Dallas Larsen followed with an RBI double to deep left field Justin Kohler singled two batters later to leave the hosts up 6--3 after three innings Four wild pitches two walks an error and a double by Baxter Kratsch led to two more Grizzly runs in the bottom of the fourth After a Logan parent declared "This is crazy!" while huddling underneath a blanket and an umbrella the Grizzlies wrapped up the victory in the fifth Three Box Elder errors brought in Logan's first ran without the need of a base hit then Joey Lee belted a d double into left to bases-loade- plate three more runs "I thought we really hit the ball well today with men on base” Markworth noted "Joey picked us up there the last inning and Dallas ' had a couple good hits so I thought we did a nice job" See SNOW on B4 suspended Weather postpones Preston’s games By WadoDennlston staff writer SMTTHFIELD — The Region 4 baseball opener between Mountain Crest and Sky View Wednesday afternoon at Richard V Hansen Park was suspended 50 minutes info the first gune of a doubleheader After Bobcat starter Ryan Doyle walked his Mustang counterpart Nick Eliason to begin the fourth ipning play was halted with the score tied at zero and Brady Fond aAtht plate Snow fell for most of the first three innings but ildidnt stick to tire playing surface However ' v N - Mountain Crest coach Stephen Hansen said the pitcher's mound was too slippery — one of the reasons the game could not go any further Barring more inclement weather and Mustangs (7-the Bobcats (3-will resume their game this afternoon at 3 at The Yard in 0) 3) Hyrum Following the completion of that contest they will play again — Mountain Crest's scheduled series home tilt in the three-gaThen on Rjday the series shifts back to Hanseti Park for the final gaihe between the two rivals scheduled to begin at 3 pm regula- r-season SeeMCouB4 Brant StevensHerald Journal Mountain Crest batter during to a View lefthander Ryan Doyle pitches Sky in the top of the fourth in was Smithfieki The suspended game game Wednesday’s |