Show The Herald Journal Logan Utah1 Tuesday 3 2001 — Page 9 April n§ Sheffield quiets boo-birBy with home run ds The Associated Press Tony Gwyrin at home plate at Pacific Bell Park Winner Livan Hernandez allowed six hits in 7 The fails at Dodger Stadium let Gary Sheffield hear their boos One home run later he (heard their cheers Sheffield at odds with the (Dodgers during spring training Jtliit a g home nin off j)Jamey Wright on Monday that gave the Los Angeles Dodgers win over j‘a tore Milwaukee Brewers “I hope all is forgiven” Sheffield said “I'm not upset 3£ understand the fans’ reaction Vio matter what it may be The bottom line is we need the fan Support to get to the World 1- -3 innings and broke hit an RBI single in the fourth that scored Bobby Estalella who had dou- bled 1- -0 season-openin- g Series” Sheffield criticized Dodgers management and teammates during spring training after Los Angeles wouldn’t extend his contract beyond 2004 He asked ffor a trade but later withdrew the request and apologized “A fitting ending for him land also quite a statement by Tithe fans of Los Angeles and :what they’re all about" said 'Jim Tracy who won in his first game as Dodgers manager “If pust did my heart good to see them respond like that I take ’ftiy cap off to every one of V ’ v ’ ' 1 Ugueth Urbina pitched the 10th for his first save Jeff Fyhrie was the loser allowing Vidro's leadoff single in the 10th Expos catcher Michael Bar- rett became the first player ejected this season tossed by plate umpire Rick Reed in the eighth after a checked swing by Joe Girardi'was called a ball Phillies 6 Marlins Amaury Telemaco pitched four shutout innings for the win and scored the tiebreaking run at Miami on Doiig Glanville's grounder off Vladimir Nunez Scott Rolen had a sacrifice fly walked twice aind hit a two-osolo homer in the seventh off Atlanta 10 Cincinnati 4 San Francisco 3 San Diego 2 : Montreal 3 Chicago 4 in 10 innings and Philadelphia 6 Florida' 5 in 13 innings Chan Dodgers ' AP photo Ho Pant made his first open- - ’ to Louis Vina third on a fly ball hit by score out St tries from Cardinals' back Fernando Vina Brent Rockies catcher as Colorado Mayne tags ingrday start as a replacement for the injured Kevin Brown Mark McGwire in the first inning of the teams' season opener in Denver Monday ' ' and struck out seven in seven All of Cincinnati's runs pitched 16 scoreless innings ing six runs and 11 hits in five opener five hits Jeff allowing innings Furcal had a pair of sacrifice came to off homers — Dmitri the Cardinals earn innings against Shaw pitched a perfect ninth flies an RBI single and a solo Young’s solo shot and Sean MVP honors for the Mets went Cirillo who Jeff for the save double in homer off loser Dennys Reyes had a homer Todd Walker and Larry ' Casey’s three-ru- n Rockies 8 Cardinals 0 Marc the in Valdes third Walker two a tie the run that each home hit got the victory snapped Mike Hampton tamed Coors 4 the final 10 seventh out in the Reds Braves who1' Rockies for the rubs by getting Fieldin his Rockies debut maefo life miserable for Furcsil homered and homered Andniw Jones sixth'Rafael also 8 again in five 1t3 hits allowing Giants 3 Padres 2 four for the Braves and Quilvio St Louis starter Darryl Kile drove in a career-hig- h innings and striking out five with a runs against the Reds in Veras drove in three runs with Barry Bonds hit 495th During last year's NL champ- who dropped to d career homer and threw out double ionship series Hampton 676 ERA at Colorado allow Cincinnati’s traditional NL a right-hand- er 13th-inni- Phillies a 4 lead But Jose Mesa who blew a save oh the same mound as a 5-- member of the Indians when the Marlins won Game' 7 of the 1997 World Series balked in the tying run in the ninth - 11-- 13 - bases-loade- passes Johnson on AL strikeout list ' ng Braden Looper to give the 4-- all -- - ‘ ut rim-scori- ’ - Woody innings them” In other NL games it was Colorado 8 St Louis 0 ' loser in his Gwynn went first game since knee surgery last June 27 batting fifth in the order for the first time since 1983 his second season With 3110 hits he tied new Hall of Famer Dave Winfield for 16th on the career list Robb Nen who had 41 saves last season struck out the side in the ninth for the save Expos 5 Cubs 4 Vladimir Guerrero hit a go- ahead single in the 10th and Jose Vidro had a two-ru- n homer for visiting Montreal Winner Graeme Lloyd got just one out getting a grounder to escape a big jam in the ninth and send the game into extra ?l ’ off Williams sixth-innin- on wrist i i NEW YORK (AP — The World Series flag was raised there was a sellout crowd and 4 and Seattle 5 Oakland 4 Mom The Rocket wasn’t going to pass up this chance to set a record Clemens became the Ameri- strikeout After a leadoff double by Jermaine Dye Clemens got ' Roger Clemens wanted to Joe Randa on a forkball in the bring back a memento for dirt for his 3509th career - AP photo That’s a lotof guys he’s sent back to the house” team- mate David Justice said' The Rocket got a standing g can League strikeout king ovation after the strikeout and five to congratulations Monday getting pass Walter Johnson as the Yankees' from his teammates on the won their season opener 3 ' mound Clemens waved to the crowd and pumped his fist as over the Kansas City Royals “I wanted to doit here in he left the field with ball “He was! pumped up” this setting andon this stage” Said Clemens who was plan- - catcher Jorge Posada said fling to fly to Houston to show “He wanted to throw harder ball to his than he usually can He got out the record-settin- g mother who recently got out of the rhythm a little ‘Of intensive care for treatment he found it” Clemens who has a record of emphysema Clemens who has a picture five Cy Young Awards in a of Johnson hanging in his ' career that will end in Cooper-- 1 ' locker nearly didn’t get a s 'stown passed a record that chance for the record in the stood as the major league mark when Nolan from 1927-8- 3 opener He had only three strikeouts Ryan broke it in the firet seven inning's and ' Clemens who also passed was hit in the right forearm by Hall of Famer Ted Lyons for a comebacker against the first : 34th place on the career wins list is awed by- the company' Jiatter of ' Theball even left an imprint fire's in'' He even visited a bookstore on Clemens’ arm but it wasn’t him this slow He struck to spring to learn more about qnough out Carlos Beltran to tie the Johnson nicknamed the Big record and then manager Joe Train '!' V did it themselves' Tmre sent Clemens out to start : the ninth They finished what they start- “1 felt extremely fresh and ed” Clemens said “He was " strong Once I tied it I dpsper-- one of those guys” with a Posada went ately wanted to try to have it: ' homer arid four RBrs arid happen here” Clemens said In other AL games it was Bernie Williams and Tino Baltimore 2 Boston 1 in 11 Martinez also homered in the innings Chicago 7' Cleveland Yankees first opener at home New York Yankees' starting pitcher Roger Clemens became the strikeout leader Monday American League'? since 1995 The three home runs were the most for an opening day at Yankee Stadium since Mickey Mantle Roger Maris and Bill Skowrpn went deep against : Baltimore on April 2-- 3-- ' - 101962 Trailing 1 on Dye’s solo ho'mer: Ne w York broke through with five rims in the sixth inning Loser Jeff Sup- -' pan gave up a single to Paul O'Neill and fell behind 0 to Williams who homered to ' ' ' center field After walks toJustice and Martinez Tony Cogan came on in relief in his major league debut' It turned out to be a but-the- the-eight- - memorable one forall the wrong reason? when Posada homered over the new plexiglass fence in left center to make it : Chuck' Knoblauch shifted from second base to left field when he was unabfe to throw accurately to first made his league debut in left Knoblauch who made 41 errors the past two seasons at second got a standing ovation ' after catching a routine fly from Beltran to end the third White JSox 7 Indians 4 v David Wells provided an ti-2- - " V I immediate payoff pitching Chicago past Cleveland at 'Jacobs Reid in 1995a Dunleavy had three in an 2 run that put the 11-- I '' for-1- 5 shooting Duke is the first No : team to win the nation- al championship since UCLA ke 50-3- I 77-7- 9-- nt ’ 61-5- : ' White Sox Juan Gonzalez homered twice in his first game for Cleveland The AL ' Central-champio- n Worcester division titles got a three-ru- n homer from Magglio OrdorieZ Orioles 2 Red Sox 1 ' timetable:-fou- r Brady Anderson singled - season Garciaparra seven innings for Boston Pat went' opener in each! of Hentgen matched him in his joked with reporters and kept a pleasant demeanor despite his obvious that he's more vulner-- able than prior to ever being injured Ne had a fair amount of injury and a of surgery”' But there might be only “a small chance" of increased vulnerability depending on the range of motion Garciaparra regains Morgan said The surgery at UMass fair-amoun- ' t Memorial Health Care fol- lowed a week in which he ited hand specialist vis- - : starting on opening day That’s exciting” Opening day was less of :a thrill for Garciaparra He didn’t play any spring training games Instead he hoped a split tendon and the inflamed sheath that surrounds' it would heal by keeping the ' wrist in a cast Finally he resorted to McCue in Virginia and said the probability of surgery was “extremely high” : Morgan-foundas expected ' tendon and an inflamed a'split sheath surrounding it ' He also fixed an exposed piece of bone on the bottom of the sheath an injury that hadn’t shown up in tests He removed about 15 percent of a frayed section of the tendon! near tire little finger ' - I :' : ar Four’s most outstanding player award to his national player of the year trophy ' victories tying Kentucky’s Wayne turner who tried to enjoy the moment” an fought through foul trouble and ished with 16 points on 15 shooting fin--- I Battier added the Final He finished his career with 131 ' The 12th week of the season ends June 23 when the Red Sox are home against Toronto The All-Stgame is 2 12 weeks later on July 10 in Seattle for the played from 1996-9- 9 NCAA record Of course none of the wins were as sweet ap the last: As the final seconds ticked down Battier crouched low' to thefloor and soaked it all in ‘1110 national championship is so big so vast when you talk about it” he said “It’s such a 'different feeling to be on tlie verge of it Looking up at the them bounced my way I was able to get riiy hand on them and stick them back in” Duke’s other Williams ' Dr-Fran- seen” Grebeck said “But I’m - ' “The repair went quite well”' Morgan said' “It!s “How rituch I'm going to be playing at short remains to be Jason ' frustration Yet there’s no assurance that his right wrist will be as strong as it was before the injufy 372 - ve Garciaparra smiled often Boston’s first two games last' season but ended up hitting " Orioles debut giving up one run and four hits in 8 2--3 timings:’ - In the 11th Jerry Hairston 4-- Throughout his time on the sidelines the minor-leagu- allowed one run arid four hits in s play” had a' similar to six weeks additional time getting ready for a game Garciaparra was replaced at shortstop by Craig Grebeck who came to spring training e contract with a in Monday’s and went tinez trying for his fourth straight opening day win Oakland ace Tim Hudson he'-plan- immobilizingthe wrist four to six weeks of rehabilitation and home'' the winning run in the 11th 'inning as Baltimore won at Camden Yards Cy Young winner Pedro Mar--' : While sidelined' he said to “heal rehab support and get ready to team my 2-- White Sox who last year ended the Indians’ run of five straight hustled for a leadoff double and scored when Anderson grounded a single up the middle off Derek Lowe Mariners 5 Athletics 4 John Olerud’s sacrifice fly m the eighth inning gave Seattle Jhe win at Safeco Reid ' The Mariners who finished second to the A’s by a half-gain the AL West last season overcame a 0 deficit against a statement All-St- ar jeopardy threw six strong innings in his debut for the in three points Three times it was Battier the outstanding player of the Final Four who 9 Continuedfrom Page 8 four responded for Duke Blue Devils tip ' minutes into the second half His dunk on a pass from Four times the Wildcats Arizona came right back Williams made it 2 with pulled within three points with a 0 run that was capped 2:31 left and WilUams hit a 3 Three times it was Battier who by a hook shot by Woods with with 1:45 left that gave the responded from close range " 14:11 left that made it 5048 Blue Devils an eight-poiMy jump shot wasri’t lead It took Duke just four minfrom 3 so I had to look falling s utes to get the lead back to 10 “Most games we’re able to for other fays to score” Battie1 on Dunleavy’s last 3 of get that run Woods said- r-said “Loren Woods is “We just couldn’t today They ' such a great shot blocker he the game with 10:08 to play Four times Arizona got with just beat us at our own game” was guarding me A couple of : Continued from Page 8 returned last weekend after missing six games with a broken foot had 12 points and 12 ’rebounds Williams saddled with foul (Trouble had 16 points on 5- -' ' Wells weakened by flii-lisymptoms that put his start in surgery as “the best solution for me to get back to playing as soon as possible I trust Dr Morgan” Garciaparra said in two-tim- all-ti- record-settin- 7-- BOSTON TAP) — Nomar Garciaparra spent the morning having surgery on his right wrist Then his Boston Red Sox spent the afternoon taking a loss in their first of many grimes without him ' They hope there won’t be so many losses by the time he returns that it will be top late e for the defending AL batting champion to help them make the playoffs - “We’re looking at the break” general manager Dan Duquette said Monday in Baltimore where Boston lost 1 in 11 innings “We hope to have him back by then” Dr Bill Morgan the Red Sox team physician who performed the :operation in : ' clock seeing it tick down we’re up by 10 points I just i i a |