Show The Herald Journal Logan Utah Sunday 2003 — B3 April 13 Ags snare a spl it at Ca State North ridge I By David Cordero staff writer V TVq hits weren’t enough for Utah State in its first game against Cal State Northridge Pitcher Leslie Higley kept the Aggies in die affair until the seventh inning before giving up the win- ence win of the season The Matadors took Game 13-- 1 “We had a hard time getting our offense going (in the first contest)” Aggie coach Debbie Bilbao said “Apparently we saved it for the second advanced to third on a wild pitch Mancie Neff followed with a walk then trotted home with Vance as Kelly Leos bomered to center to give die Ags a commanding 3-- 2 advantage “Leos’ (3-rshot) really spurred us un on” Bilbao said game” Yet it was almost too late The second Aggie softball Yet they weren’t satisfied Aimee Johnson and Candice Hatch contest was tied at 2 heading into the followed with RBI angles Then Vance came ninth inning before USU (6-2- 4 overall Big to theplate again and drove in a run with a West) exploded for six runs basehit to center in Game 2) Shortstop Haven Vance the plate” “(Vance) had a tremendous day angled to lead off the ninth stole second then ning homer Teammate Carii Baumgartner endured a more favorable fate The offense gave her 15 hits and eight runs as USU beat host CSN 2 for its first confer- - 1- -4 (4-for--S a 8-- Bilbao said “She hit the ball hard in the first game and got nothing out of it But in the second game die kept her composure and busted out” Baumgartner gave up just six hits and two runs in nine innings of work to earn her second win of the year n A two-oblast to center by Moores the Emily gave CSN (17-1- 8 victory in Game 1 Leos and Neff had USU’s lone hits The Aggies will close out the series with the Matadors this morning at 1 1 am two-ru- ut 3-- 3) wlh five innings in his third ineffective start of the season He gave up four runs on eight hits and four walks At that his ERA actually improved two points to 1038 Rockies 3 Padres 2 Preston Wilson homered leading off the ninth inning against Brandon Villafuerte (O-l- ) to lift Colorado over Sari Cubs record a shutout over Pirates By The Associated Press Damian Miller thinks Kerry Wood and Mark Prior could be spoiling Cubs fans Wood struck out 13 in eight impressive innings leading Diego Justin Speier ( pitched two innings for the win and Jose JimeneZ worked a perfect ninth for his third save in as 0) -- the Chicago Cubs past the Pittsburgh Pirates 0 Satur- 4-- National 0 iLeaguel day just three days after Prior struck out 12 in a complete-gam- e shutout Wood gave up only three hits and allowed just one Pirate runner past first base: “I think Cubs fans are going to be awful spoiled with these guys in the long run" said ce v- Miller who homered and drove in two runs “Their mental makeup is right where it heeds to be and their stuff is always going to be there It’s just a matter of those guys being consistent every fifth - AP photo Chicago Cubs righthander Kerry Wood stuck out 13 Pirates Saturday afternoon wind blowing in on a chilly spring day “Today for me was a great day for me to pitch with the wind howling in and with days like that you can get day” in six innings but it wasn’t enough as Milwaukee beat the sputtering frustrated Arizona Diamondbacks Wood (2-has struck out held the Matt Kinney 26 in 20 innings over three Diamondbacks to two runs on starts this season He walked five hits through 3 3 innings mistakes” away four and was pulled after 122 to help the Brewers to their Wood said pitches fourth victory in five games The Pirates did not threaten “He was throwing breaking ' uritiHfieninth When they pul fBl on the road stuff for strikes and when he and fellow two runners on base against Schilling (0-does he’s awfully tough” ace Randy Johnson are a com- reliever Mike Remlinger Joe Pirates manager Lloyd bined 4 this season No DiaBorowski took over and got McClendon said “We ran into two outs for his second save mondbacks starter has a win a guy who's pretty special” Brewers 3 Diamondbacks 2 yet Arizona fell to 9 the Wood took advantage of the Curt Schilling struck out 10 0) (1-- 1) 2-- with-mor- ‘ 1 2) 0-- 2-- Royals Continued from-B- l Indians center fielder Milton Bradley said “They’re ' expecting to” Ibanez’s homer in the sixth inning off CC Sabathia (0-put the Royals up 2 and Tucker connected in the seventh off David Riske to make 2) 3-- it 5-- 2 one of Chris George (2-the 17 Royals batting a flu bug the past few days allowed two runs and seven hits in 5 innings Jason Grimsley and Albie- 0) 1- -3 -- Lopez got the Royals to the ninth and rookie D Carrasco got three outs for his first J career save Carrasco was given the ball because Mike MacDougal who leads the majors with six saves was ill and resting in the clubhouse “They just want it’ Pena said “They want to play I b keep saying it’s a and I’m going to use every one of them” Ilgen White Sox 3 The Detroit Tigers won for the first time this season gethomer from ting a three-ru- n Shane Halter and six strong innings by Nate Cornejo to beat the Chicago White Sox fell two The Tigers losses stmt of matching last season’s 1 start They are the only team since 1900 to ' seasons start with nine straight losses Chicago stranded 14 run-ne helping snap its streak winning against the Tigers Cornejo (1-- picked up his first victory since April 27 2002 a span of seven starts Matt Anderson got four outs for his first save Josh Stewart (0-- took his first career loss Yankees 5 Devil Rays 4 ball-clu- 23-m- an (1-- 9) Hideki Matsui made the most of his second chance single hitting a bases-loade- d with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning leading the New York Yankees over 1) 1) tyro-ru- with three doubles for who are off Yankees (9-to their best start since win- ning nine of 10 to open the 1988 season ' for-- 4 1) Antonio Osuna pitched a perfect ninth for the (1-- Matsui had a chance to give the Yankees the lead in the seventh but he hit into double g an play with the bases loaded He also stranded two runners in the first and fifth innings before his and was latest big moment in New inning-endin- York Matsui became the first Yankee to hit a grand slam in his first game at Yankee Stadium against Minnesota on Tuesday and drove in both runs in a 2-- 0 win over the Twins on Thursday Todd Zeile started the win- ning rally against Travis when he Harper (0-reached on an error by third baseman Damion Easley with one out in the ninth Jason Giambi followed with a single and Bemie Williams walked 1) 1) win Twins 9 Blue Jays 6 Doug Mientkiewicz home- red and drove in three runs as the Minnesota Twins broke away from the Toronto Blue Jays Toronto closer Kelvim entered the Escobar (0-ninth with the game tied at 4 but he allowed five runs with- out recording an out Luis Rivas and Jacque Jones singled before Escobar walked 1) Denny Hocking Corey Koskie followed with a go- ahead grounder to first base- man Carlos Delgado whose throw to the plate didn't beat a sliding Rivas Torii Hunter followed with a two-ru- n single off in worst record in the National League and its worst start in its 1998 since going 2-expansion Season Diamondbacks slugger Luis Gonzalez and manager Bob Brenly were ejected in the' seventh inning" Mike DeJean got four outs for his third save 13 ’ Phillies 8 Reds 5 Todd Pratt drove in three runs offsetting solo homers by Austin Kearns and Adam Dunn as the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Cincinnati Escobar and Mientkiewicz hit a two-ru- n single off Linton giving Min-th- e Doug nesota a 4 lead After Toronto scored a run in the ninth Eddie Guardado relieved with the bases loaded and one out Mike Bordick had an RBI grounder before Guardado closed for his fourth 9-- save LaTroy Hawkins ( 1 0) pitched 1 innings for the win Angels 9 Athletics 4 Garret Anderson hit a three run homer and pinch-hittEric Owens had a tiebreaking two-ru- n single as Anaheim beat Oakland Ben Weber ( 1 --0) eamed the victory with 2 2-- 3 innings of perfect relief and Troy Glaus had a pair of RBI singles for the defending World Series champions who have scored 39 runs in their last four home -- 1- -3 the Cubs’ 4-- 0 victory Reds It was the third home run in two games for Kearns whose two-ru- n shot in the bottom of the ninth inning beat on Friday night Kevin Millwood (2-allowed just one hit until the fourth when Kearns and Dunn hit consecutive home runs and Reggie Taylor singled in a run to make it 1 Millwood struck out seven walked two and allowed four hits in six innings lasted Jimmy Haynes (0-0) 3-- games' hit an RBI Carl Pavano (1-triple and limited the Braves to four runs three earned in 6 3 innings He gave up nine hits' including home runs by Javier Lopez and pitcher Russ Ortiz (1-Juan Pierre singled home Florida!s first run in the third That extended his hitting streak to 13 games longest in the majors including 12 this season 2) 2-- 2) See WOOD on B8 3) tom half to take an 4 lead Ricardo Rincon (0-took the loss Mariners 13 Rangers 4 'Gil Meche ( 1 -- 1 ) won for the first time in almost three years and Jeff Cirillo went with two RBIs to break a 8-- 1) slump nasty season-openin- g The Mariners had 14 hits losand snapped a three-gam- e ing streak in emphatic fashion After scoring three runs in their previous 30 innings they 'got six in the first against (0-- 1 ) who threw Drese Ryan 38 pitches and got only one out Ichiro Suzuki hit his 17th major league homer and first of the season off Reynaldo- Garcia in the third a two-ru- n shot that just cleared the fence in right Bret Boone added a solo shot his first of the season Alex Rodriguez hit a two-ru- n homer for Texas er n Uoyd H Facer Trucking for providing The Herald Journal during the 2002-200- 3 school year to students in games After Oakland pulled ahead 4-sixth the 3 with a four-ru- n in scored five the bot Angels Matsui then hit on 0-- 1 pitch in the hole between shortstop and third base to seme Zeile with the 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