Show Section Monday April 30 2001 Page The Herald Journal USU rallies to win final ' KSO 1 home game By Darrell Edward Ehrlick staff writer 'The final Utah State softball home game of the season didn't disappoint 7- Aggie fansfront of a crowd of softball fans and parents of players — some who have been fixtures at Aggie hoiite games traveling hundreds of miles to make it Johnson field — USU put sixth inning to together a four-ru-n rally hack against the UC Santa Barbara Guuchos for u victory Sun- ' : afternoon day ' “It was a big' win because we were ahead and then behind and io come buck and pull it'oul felt said w inning pitcher Lisa good-- Hoch wins Greater Greensboro Page B4 Classic:: Sports Duo leads Stingers Scott MEMPHIS Tenn (AP) Pritchett Chris each hit and Morgan homers as Salt Luke City heat Memphis 4-- 2 Sunday After Pritchett's homer in the second inning Memphis tied it in the bottom of the inning on RBI singles by Luis Garcia and Mike Stcfanski Morgan followedin the third ' inning with his homer " Elvin Ninii (3-- 1 ) was the winner' i- ' -3 ‘ ' Spencer “Everybody did their job today" Despite the 3 score only one d run had been put on the five first the through innings The Aggies took the lead early v hen Heather Curtis scored on a sin-- ’ gle to right held by Breanne Nickle 5-- score-boar- Williams hospitalized ( AP) — Ted Williams heart surgery three from recovering months ago' has begun making phone calls and could return home to Florida in a mutter of week's his doctor and son said Dr Jeffrey Borer the cardiologist who operated on Williams at New York's Weill Cornell Medical Center in Jan 16 said the Hull of Famer and his son John Hcmy phoned him Sunday from Sharp Hospital in San Diego where Williams was moved two months ago to continue his recovery BOSTON ' in the first inning Xochitl Ramirez and UCSB's " Sly via Santos locked horns for the majority of the ballgame Utah State hit Santos well but left 10 runners stranded through : five innings - UCSB fared slightly better ' Eli LuceroHerald Journal Utah State's Marnie Andrews right makes her way to second base safely after UC Santa Barbara second baseman Kim Sawyer makes a diving stop on a ground ball during Sunday's game The Aggies beat the Gauchos 5--3 r : "1 was frustrated" USU head' I NBA! al ' against veteran Jazz Milwaukee 10 Louis 12 NY MetS' 1 'Florida 11 Houston 5 Colorado 14 Cincinnati 7 Chicago Cubs 11 San Francisco ? Los Angeles 4 Philadelphia 1 San Diego6 Pittsburgh 1" Arizona 7 Atlanta 5 - PCL Salt Lake City 4 Memphis 2' NHL ' ' St Louis 2 Dallas 1 WUSA Diego 0r New York 0 tie Boston 1 Bay Areal tie NBA ' Dallas center Shawn Bradley' right commits a flagrant foul on Utah forward Karl Malone in the first half Saturday - TNT — Playoffs first round game 4 San Antonio at Minnesota : NHL 5 pm ESPN2 — Playoffs conference semifinals game 3 Buffalo at Pittsburgh Knicks beat Raptors Kings take lead on Suns Tuesday NHL pm ESPN — Playoffs conference semifinals game 3 Dallas at St Louis ESPN2 — Playoffs conference semifinals game 3 New Jersey at Toronto' SOCCER : : 12:30 pm ESPN2 — UEFA Champions League semifinals first leg teams TBA1 “I usually don't argue unless I ' think I'm right When you look at the replay I'm right So what? It's It's not a extremely’unimportant milestone or like a Ripken streak”— New York Mets all-st- ar catcher Mike Piazza tut being eject- ed for the first time in his career ' during a 12-- 1 lo$s to the St Louis Cardinals on Sunday- PORTLAND Ore (AP) — The Los Angeles Lakers have a few days to rest up and heaj some injuries The Portland Trail Blazers have a long spring and summer to reflect on what went so wrong The Lakers advanced to the second rbupd of the playoffs With stunning ease unday defeiit- ing the Trail Blazers 6 to earn a 0 sweep of their rivals "If we keep playing like this it's going to lie very bard to beat us" said Shaquille O'Neal who led the Lakers with 25 points and 15 rebounds “We know what it takes to win a championship because of the phenomenal season we had last year” ' " Los Angeles which has won 1 1 straight ganjes awaits the winner between Sacramento and Phoenix "These days off will help us recuperate” said Kobe Bryant who had 22 points and a playoff ' ' ' 99-8- 3-- once-powerf- ul Teddy's quote ' were poised enough to get a ' much-neede- at the end win" d - Dallas center Shawn Bradley after the Mavs’ victory in Game 3 : ing like w ide-cyc- rookies d just more aggressive Jazz for7 ward Donyell Marshall said after Game 3 In winning the first two games Utah mus- ejed up against Dallas intimidating the Mavericks and daring officials to blow1 whistles ' against the home team Dallas players w hined about noncalls and were tixi distracted ‘They v' best-of-fi- as they are w ere : trol the game’s ‘flow ' Pack at Reunion Arena for their first home playoff game in years the Mavericks knew the crowd and maybe even the fels would he 1 ve '' 1 ‘ See DALLAS on B4 Lakers dispose of Blazers 7:30 pm ESPN — Playoffs conference semifinals game 3 Colorado at Los Angeles 3 AP photo this!-tea- you have to stay focused We Tuesday night in Dallas "You can't back down to this team"-- : Bradley said "As veteran as they are you ' have to slay focused We were poised enough much-needed at the end lo get a win" ' Utah leads the series '2rl and still has tons more playoff experience But the" young: hungry Mavericks are no longer play- - " On pm - hOW As veteran 1 San 6 ms- can't back down to “You DALLAS ( AP) Maybe it was when Shawn Bradley threw an elbow to Karl Malone's heiid'got hit with a flagrant foul and didn't say a word ’ ()r maybe it was whenDirk Nowitzki dunked over Malone stared at him then Walked away 'v-But by the time John Stockton's teeth opened a gush in Steve Niish's forehead that required seven stitches the Dallas Mavericks surely had proved to the Utah Jazz — and themselves — that they had finally grasped " the principles of playoff basketball By getting physical and keeping quiet! the Mavericks heat the Jazz 04-- 9 Saturday to series lo a Game 4 extend their first-rou- (14) St ' playoffs Mavs show toughness nl Montreal 0 ' r Dallas learning to play with big New 97 Toronto 89 Sacramento 104 Phoenix 96 LA Lakers 99 Portland 86 1 Sec AGGIES on B4 “A NBA playoffs York Toronto 2 Anaheim 0 Cleveland 9 Texas 2 Kansas City 11 Boston 8 (11) Detroit 6 Tampa Bay 1 ' NY Yankees 3 Oakland 1 Baltimore 4 0 Minnesota Chicago White Sox 2 Seattle the first two UCSB hatters! But Davis Beck belted a drive to center field for a double and Julia Tuitiai plated her w ith a single to tie the game at 1 ' With Tamui on board catcher Stacy Bolton launched a home run coach Pam McCreesh said "I knew they were going to hit (Santos) because they’ve been hitting all those pitchers well this week- end It was just a matter of Sunday's scores : t against Ramirez leaving six run- ners on base in five innings of play - ' ' t ' nine assists but tweaked his sore left fall side during a fourth-quartLos' Angeles also is hoping to get Ron Harper n "Of Man Harper” as Bryant called hint — hack from a left knee injury In other NBA playoff games Sunday it was New York 97 Toronto 89 and Sacramento 104 ' Phoenix 96 The Knicks and Kings lead their first-rouseries 1 '! San Antonio leading 2-- 1 in its scries will attempt to eliminate Minnesota on ' Monday night in Minneapolis While the Lakers' are looking more and more like the favorite to win their second Straight title the Blazers pn Sunday completed their puzzling collapse that began in early March when they lost five straight games and finished the regular season The team with the highest payroll in NBA his' tory — $897 million — - faces an offseason of ' 'uncertainty Coach Mike Dunleavy could be fired some players could be traded and even general manager Bob Whitsitt's job isn't safe career-hig- h er 2-- best-of-li- : ’ ve ‘ ’ 8-- ' See LAKERS on B2 AP photo Portland's Damon Stoudamire center puts up a shot while Los Angeles' Rick Fox right tries to block it ' A ' |