Show - f B2 —The Herald Journal Logan Utah Tuesday Apr! 22 2003 Arizona hurler goes on DL Bucs hold off Eagles Henderson set to sign with team Atlantic league By wade Denniston staff writer ham said in The last couple of games errors have cost us" The Pirates got to within one irithe bottom of the third Tbmmy Uigease drove in a couple of runs with a double West Side while Mandy Richards Darcie softball Olsoh and Jessie Fuller each added By The Associated Press Baseball : : Amanda Sorenson and Melissa home runs Davis both hit two-ru-n Monday afternoon to lead Marsh Valley toan 8--6 victory over West Side in RBI singles softball action in Dayton 6-- 0 2 after But Davis gave Marsh Valley on top TheEagles jumped some breathing room in the sixth 12 innings of play then held off a furiwith her home run Bo Cobum ous rally by the Pirates who dropped drovein Olsoh in the bottom of the their second straight game seventh for the game's final run West Side had its chances though 8 Eagles Tenielle Beckstead Richards and The Bucs stranded a numerous 6 Pirates all had two hits for West Olson the amount of runners inclqding Side second the loaded in bases inning On top of that they committed four emus Despite reaching base five times Bucs catcher Bo Cobum did hot score unearned runs five to leading Cobum walked three times was hit by a We just gotta work ff little harder and cut 'y out the errors" West Side coach Stan Bing- pitch and had a single non-distr- ict non-leag- ue i M not be able to start as sched-ute- d Riesday at MonfieaL The move is retroactive to April 12 The Arizona Diamondbacks placed Randy Johnson on the disabled list with a sprained right knee Monday and hope he’ll be able to return to die rotation Sunday Johnson has been experiencing inflammation and swelling in his right knee since his hut start on April 1 1 He was initially scheduled to return last Wednesday Johnson was scratched from last Wednesday’s start however and the team later determined after a weekend throwing session that he would 15-d- ay “While yesterday’s session showed us some encouraging signs after consulting with our training staff I felt it was in ours and Randy’s best interest to give die knee a few more days of rest" manager Bob Brenly said “If he continues to show improvement as he did over the last few days we’ll set nur sights nn him mnVing the start on Sunday in New York “As always we’re going to ere on the side of caution because this is still a very long season and we want Randy there for the long haul” Brenly said Henderson to sign this week Rickey Henderson will soon put on a new jersey 'in New Jersey Hopfog to play again in die major leagues but toll searching for a spot the Henderson will sign this week with a team in die independent Adamic League his agent said Monday Hendtreon narrowed his choice to three clubs based in New Jersey — the Newark Bears Camden Riversharks and Somerset Patriots See HURLER on B4 Selanne will not return to By The Associated Press Teemu SelannC the San Jose Sharks’ leading scorer became a free agent Monday when he decided not to exercise a player option in his contract for next season Selanne’s departure is one final blow in a catastrophic season for die Sharks They plummeted to the bottom of the NHL fired coach Ron Wilson and general manager Dean Lombardi traded longtime captain Owen Nolan and generally lost any resemblance to the club that improved its point total die previous six seasons Selanne scored 28 goals and had 64 points this sea- -: son leading the Sharks in both categories while noticey ably improving his game and physical play Spending much of the season on a line with fellow speedsters Patrick Marleau and Marco Sturm the Finnish Flash was named the Sharks’ most valuable player “We like Teemu and we wanted him back but we very much respect his decision” team president Greg Jamison said “He wants to take a look at some things and we respect that It also allows us to explore every option and perhaps put some plans in two-wa- ' Minnesota Wild winger Richard Park (18) is mobbed by teammates after he scored Avalanche Monday night in Game 6 of their Western Conference quarterfinal series By The Associated Press 3-- ar “ high over Roy’s left shoul- der the Wild have only a few forwards whose skating and shooting skills are on par with the Avs best but Marian Gaborik the 21 year-old from Slovakia — is one of them He darted past de Vries to track down a pass from Antti Laaksonen swooped in and slammed a shot at Roy’s right shoulder that ricocheted off him and trickled into the net with 7:54 left in regulation Maple Leafs 2 Flyers 1 At Toronto' Travis Green scored 10:51 into the second overtime as the Maple Leafs beat Philadelphia to force a -- All-St- 19350 — another overflow sellout — ' into a frenzy Roy who stopped 66 of 69 shots'during Gaines 2--4 gave up three goals for the second straight game He made 20 saves Roy has played 57 overlime games in the postseason and his record in those contests fell to a still stellar 40-1- 7 He matched Fernandez until 1 :45 of the third period when on Minnesota went up 3-- 2-- winning goal in overtime to Park’s first goal Park who hit the post with shots in Games 2 3 and 4 rushed in from the right circle and zinged a wrist shot Vries against Manny Fernandez in the final 3 12 minutes But they didn’t even get a shot off in the extra period and now will play a Game 7 for the fifth straight series dating to the Stanley Cup finals in 2001 The Wild got four shots on goalie Patrick Roy and Park's bad-ang- le wrist shot slid underneath Roy's glove to send the crowd of Richard Park scured his second goal of the game 4:22 into overtime Monday night to give the Minnesota Wild a thrilling 2 victory over the visiting Colorado Avalanche to force a decisive Game 7 The Wild in the playoffs feu the first time in their three-yehistory have won two straight while on the brink of elimination The teams will play tonight in Denver with the winner moving on to the second round to face either St Louis or Vancou- ver The Blues and Canucks will also play Game 7 on Tuesday Of the 193 teams in NHL toiy that have trailed a series 1 only seven have come back to win two games on the road After trailing 0 late in the third period the Avalanche looked like they had the momentum by getting goals from Joe Sakic and Greg de the 1- ar APphoto beat the Colorado decisive Game 7 in the first-rou- nd series The teams have played seven overtime periods during the first six games but will place” have to recover quickly because Game 7 is Tuesday night in Philadelphia Not since the 1950 Stanley Cup finals have Games 6 and 7 of a series been played on consecutive nights All three games played in Toronto this series were decided in overtime Jeremy Roenick scored for the Flyers who have lost in the first round four of the past ve years Philadelphia’s Roman Cech-manmade 34 saves including a penalty-shstop on Robert Reichel and Ed Belfour stopped 35 shots for When Selanne with the Sharks before last season he agreed to a one-ye- ar deal for $65 million with an option for the second ed year At the time Selanne said he considered die option year nearly automatic — but then the Sharks slumped to 14th place in the Western Conference missing the playoffs for the first tune in six seasons Selanne’s contract originally called for a decision on the option year within seven days of the end of the regular season but San Jose extended the deadline by eight days at Selanne’s request Last week Selanne left California to play for Finland in ek ot Toronto Reichel gave the Maple lead in the first Leafsa 1- -0 period the World Championships He wasn’t available for comment Monday Jamison said Selanne’s decision didn’t necessarily mean die team won’t pursue him as a free agent The Sharks have exclusive negotiating rights with Selanne until July 1 Blit in declining the option Selanne showed that he believes he can make more marmoney on the ket than the Sharks will be willing to pay Selanne will be one of the most attractive sewers available this summer though he’s unlikely to get a lucrative long-terdeal with the expiration of the NHL’s collective bargaining agreement looming in September free-age- nt m 2004 The Sharks still haven’t heard from center Vincent Damphousse who has a $4 million player option for next season Damphousse must make a decision by June 30 Jamison said the S’arks have interviewed si of the nine candidates to I heir next general managti oug Wilson the Sharks’ director of pro personnel is the only candidate that has been identified Jamison hopes to hire a general manager by May 1 Stars call up three Grizzlies The Dallas Stars on Monday recalled left wing Barrett Heisten goaltender Corey Hirsch and defenseman Jeff MacMillan from the Utah Grizzlies Dallas goaltender Mike Smith was taken off the play- off roster Heisten 23 appeared in 58 games with Utah this season posting 10 goals and 10 assists for 20 points with 47 penalty minutes In 35 games this season Hirsch 30 collected a 14-16- -2 record with a 264 and a 921 save percentage MacMillan 24 registered eight goals and seven assists for 15 points with 132 penalty minutes in 78 games this season: Yanks continue dominance over Twins Home runs power Tribe KAmericanlLeagueM By The Associated Press enough' Alfonso Soriano hit a grand slam rind Nick Johnson hometed twice to give David Wells more than enough support as the New York Yankees completed their second straight season sweep of the Minnesota Twins with a 15-- 1 victory Monday in Minneapolis The Yankees won all four games at the Metrodome and have beaten the Twins 13 straight times the past two seasons them 3l3 in that span Wells who pitched a perfect game against Minnesota in 1998 ran the rotation’s record to 14-- 0 the longest-win- ning streak to start a reason since 1900: Wells (3-pitched a seven -- hitter for his second complete game of the season both ' against the Twins’ Dustan Mohr spoiled the shutout bid in the eighth with his second home nin of the season 1 1 Rick Reed (1 -- 3) allowed a career-higruns — 10 earned — and 10 hits in 4 ng ? 0) " 1- -3 - " innings With two outs in the fourth Reed put three straight men on base before failing to get a fastball to Soriano inside Soriano who has one-o- f the quickest swings in the game hit an 0-- 1 pitch into the left-fieseats to put the Yankees ahead ld 7-- 0 Reed got one out in the fifth before the next five batters reach Tony Fiore entered with a nine-ru- n deficit allowing RBI singles to Almonte and Johnson that pushed New' York’s lead toll-- 0 Blue Jays 11 Red Sox 6 Chris Woodward hit a two-ru- n homer and Greg Myers homered and drove in four runs as Toronto snapped Boston’s seven-game winning streak The Blue Jays spoiled Boston’s annual Patriots Day game at Fenway Park and e averted a sweep of the weekend losseries Toronto snapped its streak second win 12 with in its ing just games Vernon Wells and Dave Berg hit a solo homert and Cory Lidle (3-- got the win for the Blue Jays Eric Hinske went with three doubles to highlight Toronto’s four-gam- four-ga- 2) ‘ effort Manny Ramirez went 17-h- it for the Red Sox Indians 9 White Sox 2 At Chicago Ellis Burks and Karim Garcia each homered twice as Cleveland won for the second straight day Carlos Lee went deep in his fifth straight game matching a club record But it wasn’t enough to catch the Indians who have won two straight for the first time since the opening series against Baltimore Milton Bradley added a pair of RBIs and Jake Westbrook (1-got his first victory as a starter since July 252001 The Indians roughed Jon Garland (0-up early tagging him for five runs and five hits in just 2 2-- 3 innings season-- 2) 2) Orioles 4Devil Rays 0 At Baltimore Rick Helling (11) allowed four hits in eight innings and Jerry Hairston homered off Steve Parris (0-2- ) as the Ori- oles beat Tampa Bay Baltimore won for the fifth time in six games in front of l 8017 fans — the smallhistoest crowd in Camden Yards' ar Groom finished Orioles' first the ry Buddy shutout since beating Anaheim 3--0 last July 2 Tkmpa Bay which was blanked for the second time this season has dropped six of seven and finished its road trip 2--7 12-ye- APphoto Minnesota pitcher Rick Reed shows Ns frustration after giving up s single to the New York Yankees on Monday1 fifth-inni- I ' - |