Show Section A : Page The Herald journal 1 liuido Phillie holds Giants hitless PHILADELPHIA (AP) — cost-cutti- Often overlooked and considered expendable in Atlanta Kevin Millwood at last outdid his former Cy Young teammates Millwood pitched his first career shutting down Barry Bonds and the NL’s top team to lead the Philadelphia Phillies over the San Francisco Giants 0 Sunday Millwood acquired from Atlanta last December struck out 10 and walked three to record the in team history ninth His gem came on the first in anniversary of the last the majors by Boston’s Derek no-hitt- Stock Malone and Sloan's Utah farewell? B2 Sports briefs Newton signs noAgs drafted on second day no-hitt- er er no-hitt- er After watching wide receiver Kevin Curtis go in the third round of the NFL Draft on Saturday no Utah State players were drafted dur-in- g the final four rounds Sunday Curtis was chosen by St Louis the 74th player taken in die two-da- y draft There are a handful of Aggies route expected to go the free-age- nt But as of Sunday evening only offensive tackle Jim Newton had ' officially signed as Indianapolis invited him to camp made me more nervous” In Atlanta Millwood pitched behind Greg Maddux Tom Glavine and John Smoltz Maddux (four) Glavine (two) and Smoltz (one) have seven Cy Young awards among them but none has pitched The trio has three two by Maddux and one by Smoltz “That was cool” said Maddux who watched on a clubhouse television as Atlanta played Milwaukee at Turner Field “I really enjoyed it I was probably more nervous than he was” Millwood said upstaging his former mentors didn’t make his performance more special “I’d be just as excited if one of those guys threw it” he said Lowe against Tkmpa Bay “Every pitcher’s goal is to throw one I was probably 88 nervous as I’ve ever been” said Millwood traded for catcher Johnny Estrada in move by the Braves a “It was one of those special days and I don’t plan on doing it every time out but it was a lot of fen” Millwood used several variations of his fastball and just enough pitches to keep Bonds and the other Giants’ hitters throughout the afternoon — and kept the crowd of 40016 cheering at Vrietans Stadium “My fastball was die flavor of the day” said Millwood who threw it on 81 of his 108 pitches “The fans were great they were loud and on their feet When I got two strikes it was so loud I couldn’t hear myself think That ' no-hitt- er one-hitte- off-spe- ed ce rs See MILLWOOD on B4 AP photo Kevin Millwood reacts with first baseman Jim Thome rear after pitching a Sunday no-hitt- er Cards win in 20th MIAMI (AP) — The Florida Marlins and St Louis Cardinals kept playing and playing — until Feman- do Vina got his first hit of a long day when he stepped to Vina— theplate — hit an RBI single in the Mm inning lifting the flawtinah aver the Marlins 7-- 6 Sunday in the longest game in the major leagues in 10 years “I was battling as much as I could still trying to get my rhythm” Vina said “Who would have thought I would win the game? You pull off something like this and it's a good feeling" Vina’s two-o- ut single to rigjht knocked in Edgar Renteria with the run and the Marlins went down in order in the bottom of the 20th ending the longest game since Aug 31 1993 when Minnesota beat Cleveland 3-- 4 in 22 innings It was the longest game in Marlins history surpassing the 17 innings they played against Toronto on June 8 1998 -9 go-ahe- ad Sunday's scores NBA playoffs Boston 102 Indiana 92 LA Lakers 102 Minnesota 97 Oriando 100 Detroit 92 Portland 98 Dallas 79 Phoenix 66 San Antonio 84 NHL EU UCSB pitcher Katie Junge center watches as USU's Sara Fleming left takes out Gaucho third baseman Chantal Pershing LuceroHerakt Journal as she slides into third playoffs Minnesota 3 Vancouver 2 Philadelphia 2 Ottawa 0 AL UCSB Toronto 10 Kansas City 9 Baltimore 7 Tampa Bay 4 Chicago White Sox 3 Minnesota Seattle 4 Detroit 3 Texas 10 NY Yankees 7 Oakland 4 Cleveland 3 Boston 6 Anaheim 4 (14) 1 By David Cordsro staff writer PCL Salt Lake 8 Nashville 3 On television MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL Span ESPN2 --r Regional coverage Phiadetphla at Los Angeles or at 7:35 Florida at Arizona NBA 6pm TNT— Playoffs first round game 4 Philadelphia at New Orleans 8:30 pjn TNT— Playoffs first round game 4 Sacramento at Utah NHL 5 pjn ESPN — Playoffs conference semifinals game 3 New Jersey at lfempa Bay pjn CorN — nayOVTSt COvVOiBnCO SOfnr finale game 3 Dales at Anaheim ' - NL Houston 6 Montreal 3 Atlanta 7 Milwaukee 1 Arizona 6 NY Mets 1 1st game Arizona 7 NY Meta 3 2nd game Cincinnati 7 San Diego 5 Loe Angeles 6 Pittsburgh 2 Philadelphia 1 San Francisco 0 Colorado 6 Chicago Cubs 3 SL Louis 7 Florida 6 (20) scores early and often -- Before you could settle into your seai UC Santa Barbara was q)iead by four It soon Iwmim an upnill battle whose slope was impossibly steep no mutter how hard Utah State tried to dimh it The Aggies fell to the Gauchos ' 12-- 6 Sunday afternoon at Johnson Field UCSB (33-1-7 overall 6 Big 8-- West Confer-ence) which pushed across 34 runs in the week- - series closed e out a rind UAH in beating Utah St seven of the eight runs the Gauchbs scored in those two frames shot off The first blow a the bat of first baseman Kristen Manncapped UCSB’s four-ru-n first The second a grand slam by Jami Trinidad was hardly a shocker The senior catcher went yard twice in the first game of Saturday’s doti- bjeheader then did so on the first Sunday pitch of her second at served up a Leslie Higley (4-1- ctatc cncroAi BI Gauchos 12 Aggies 6 three-gam- sweep of USU (6-3- 3 “It’s hard to play catch-up- ” Aggie softball coach Debbie Bilbao said “The first two innings were really the killer” Two home runs accounted for : fastball Trinidad sat on it belting it well over the right-fiel- d fence It was the hitter’s sec- ond grand slam in as many days giv- ing the Gauchos an 2 advantage' “When she gets her pitch she real- ly connects” UCSB coach Kristy Schroeder said “I like to see her up there with the bases loaded and no place to put her” By The Associated Press Shaquille O’Neal had a simple plan to keep the Lakers from being on the brink of elimination: Just get him the ball “I told the guys before the game get me die ball and move out of the way” he said “I've just got to have the ball in a position where I can do something As soon as I’m open I would like to have iL” He got it — from his team-bat-es and off the boards — ami that was the difference Sunday as Los Angeles ral lied for a 102-9-7 victory over the Minnesota Tlmberwolves to even their playoff series 2 ' first-rou- nd 2-- O’Neal had 34 points 23 rebounds and six assists for the three-tim- e defending chanqx-on- s who won by outscoriog ' the Timbdwrdves 22-- 1 1 in the last seven minutes Minnesota didn’t make a fieldgoalinaspanof5:18 while foiling behind for good and Kevin Garnett missed two free throws with 15 scoonds remaining and a chance to pull the Timberwolves within one 8-- at-b- See SWEPT on B4 7) Shaq Lakers even up series with Phoenix edges San Antoriio left-hand- ed T-Wol- ves “This was a game that we had to have” O’Neal said “We did what we’re supposed to do” When asked why he didn’t get the ball more often O’Neal replied: “I don’t have any idea I would like to get the ball every time I shouldn’t have to say it” Game 5 will be played Tuesday night at Target Center where foe teams split the first two games of the series Game 6 is Thursday night at Staples Center O’Neal grabbed 10 of foe Lakers’ 18 offensive rebounds to help them to a 29-- 2 advanpoints tage in second-chance Sec NBA on B4 AP photo Lakers center Shaquille O'Neal goes up for a shot as Minnesota's Kevin Garnett defends during the second half 2SIS555i$5253fll ) ( t |