Show B2The Herald Journal Logan Utah Tuesday September 25 2001 Maddux feeling off better ' ' The Giants moved within 12 games of idle Arizona in the NL West and two behind ' St Louis in the wild card race : The Dodgers are 4 12 back in the division and five behind in fee wild canLLance Berkman and Moises Atou had two RBIs fifth apiece in a seven-ru- n beat Houston as St inning Louis at Enron Field to extend its lead in fee NL Central to 5 ' 12 games over fee Cardinals Houston’s magic number for clinching their fburfe division title in five years is seven The Cardinals arc fee only other team to win fee NL Central in feat span doing it last season St Louis has lost two straight after a e winning strnk Dave Mlicld (7-- allowed three runs and five hits in s Barry Bonds hit his 67di ' home run putting him within three of Mark McGwire’s right-hand- er : major league record and Livan Hernandez (13-1pitched seven innings of threehit ball as San Francisco defeated Los Angeles at Dodger Stadium " McGwire set the record of 70 homers three yean ago Bonds was wife two walks one intentional and the homer off James Baldwin (2-in the seventh inning The homer came in fee Giants’ 151st game McGwire hit his 67th in St Louis’ 162nd game The Cardinals played 163 games that season because one game was suspended by rain 4) four-tim- See MADDUX on B3 The Associated Press ' MIAMI (AP) — Atlanta Braves Greg Maddux who faced just two batters in his most recent start because of a hyperextended dhow said he felt much better Monday and expects to pitch as scheduled Thursday e “I fed good” the said winner Award Cy Young “I think it was a freak thing” Maddux who has been undergoing ultrasound treatment threw softly in the bullpen for 10 minutes Monday and said he felt no recurrence of die injury He’s scheduled to pitch the final series game of a four-ga- 1 -- single-seaso- n r-3 5) APptiolo San Francisco Giants' Barry Bonds hits Ns 67th home run of the season off Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher James Baldwin Monday i seven innings to win his feint straight decision Matt Morris (20-- allowed eight runs and nine hits in 4 2-innings to end an eight-gam-e ' I winning strode 8) 3 Marlins 1 Braves 0 Ken Caminiti grounded inttra g double play with fee bases loaded and Atlanta lost to Florida in Miami to drop into a tie with Philadelphia for: first place in fee NL East The Marlins scored in the second inningon catcher Javy Lopez’s throwing error Brad Penny (940 and two Florida relievers made it stand up blunging fee Braves' bid for a second game-enfen- o The Phillies who were idle nine-gam- T 1) See BONDS on B3 H®©&®QDn K1 DUD Ironman ends road trips at historic sites BOSTON (AP) — Cal Ripken stared at the framed photo showing Ted Williams practicing his batting stance in Boston’s clubhouse Later this week Ripken can check out the monuments to Yankee greats in fee House That Ruth Built The end of Ripken’s long road passes through two of baseball’s most historic fields Fenway Park and Yankee Stadium for the last seven games career away from home of his ‘There’s a presence on feose ballfields and it’s a really cool experience” said Ripken who announced June 19 he would retire at fee end of the season “It couldn’t get any better than going to Fenway Park and going to Yankee Stadium” The Baltimore Orioles opened a four-gaseries against fee Boston Red Sox on Monday night then play three games at Yankee Stadium start- -' ' ing Fnday night that would have been the end of Ripken’s career But because of the terrorist attacks that caused six days of postponements the games fee Orioles missed — three against Toronto and four against Boston — will be made up next week in Baltimore “I didn’t look at the end of fee schedule when I made my decision to retire It’s a very personal decision” Ripken said at a news conference before Monday’s game with an American flag behind him and die Williams photo hanging from fee same wall So Ripken who said he had no regrets about his decision to retire embarked on his last road trip after loss to Sunday’s four-hofee New York Yankees “As a defense mechanism for my feelings and my emotions I’ve been pushing off the inevitable of the last ' anything” Ripken said “But when fee calendar changed from August to September feat last month kind of ealne in there and I started to get different feelings I started becoming a little bit more emotional “If you simplify things it’s one more road trip one more homestand and then I’m finished playing" He’ll be finished after achieving some remarkable milestones — a major league record 2632 consecutive games played more than 3100 hits ' 4 f'i a : 7 - By Orioles help idle Yankees clinch tie for AL East title black-and-wh- ite By The Associated “ Tony Batista had his fifth mulrihit and fee game straight Baltimore Orioles beat Boston 1 Monday night at Fenway Park assuring the New York Yankees at least a tie for the 5-- ALEasttitfo -- 6) 1-- 14-min- AP photo Surrounded by security Baltimore Orioles’ Cal Ripken (8) signs autographs prior to fee first game of his last series against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park in Boston Monday The Orioles beat the Red Sox 1 to put Boston on fee brink of elimination 5-- 430 homers and 5100 total And if he plays 13 of Baltimore’s last 14 games he’ll finish with an even 3000 But he doesn’t want to create any ' expectations for a dramatic finish even 1 if he’s had a flair for such All-St- ar ss ' best at any stadium trailing only the Metrodome where he hit 323 ‘The dung feat I remember fee most is out on that field” at Fenway Ripken said “AH of the ballparks especially the new ones and Camden Yards I guessstarted the trend try to capture in modern sense fee feeling of Fenway Park “It’s just a great feeling to be able to play baseball on that field It's a spe- - & dal place” ' when we needed to” Although the postgame ebration was morp subdued g a slump theyaU got together to ! than last year in light of fee terrorist attacks on Sept 11 figure out how to tun things around champagne was flowing in the “We sat down and talked : i v A’ clubhouse : v Last season Oakland won about how we knew we could ' die West on die final day of day better” first baseman Jason Giambi said “We I f fee season w1iito Seattle eiuned the wild card spot changed a few things and We 0 ' Unable to catch the got rolling again” Mariners in die division race' After an start—' seven-game season the' A compiled rj this toeing including a record in the fee second-be- st streak — the A’s rolled right become into die playoffs on Sunday to majors just the sec- after wild Seattle— to AL the card ondteam— clinching ' berth a wife a weekend sweep of die capture playoff The A’s were widely expect-s- et Seattle Mariners'' ed to dominate diearm goals We knew if gtay com break we’d have a young and talented starting die a good chance” center fielder r rotation— starring Mark Y We X Mulder Tim Hudson and :! v V Johnny out and went Barry Zito — and Giambi last played tough cel-were- to season-openin- ' : ' : 4 8-- 18 v All-St- ar : JF'V r V V Tji V v-'- ref leet or poor start ''iv r OAKLAND Calif (AP)— When die Oakland Athletics WA' ‘ you want” Ripken said “It’s important for me to continue to play welL Everyone takes pride in what they do on die field and I’d like to go down to die finish line just playing well” Ripken entered Monday's game with a 261 batting avenge with 14 homers and 67 RBIs in 114 games In his pre--r vious six games he was with nine RBIs and a hit in each one:' His 305 batting average at Fenway Park before die season was his second- - ' ' Afc U" accomplish- ments In his last game this season he homoed “The pressure sometimes hasthe ability to mount and it’s not true that you can just call up on your greater focus and have a good at bat any time Playoff-boun- d : The Yankees who were idle Wife Monday nigfrt are 0 14 games left die Red Sox can win no more than 89 New York can clinch die division championship Tuesday night wife a win at home over Tfcmpa Bay or a Boston loss to Baltimore Batista scored twice and ' Chris Richard added three bits andtwtfRBBraS the Orioles 'sent Boston to its 17th loss in 21 games Calvin Maduro (4-allowed one run on four hits in six innings for fee win Mariners 9 Rangers 3 Jamie Moyer won his lOfe straight decision and John Otorud hit a tiebrealting two- run double as visiting AL West champion Seattle snipped a ’ four-galosing streak Olerud’s double off Doug Davis (10-9- ) wife two outs hr fee third broke a 1 tie and gave the Mariners their first toad in 36 innings — since die second inning of their loss to Anaheim on Thursday that 1 started their longest losing i streak of the season Moyer (19-5-) pitched five r innings allowing two runs and eight hits wife five strikeouts to join 12 other active pitchers t with 150 victories He u unbeaten in his 13 starts since losing to San Rancisco on July 13 89-6- 20-ye- ar ur Press f ' ' : ' : ' Blue Jays 3 Indians 2 11 innings Raul Mondesi hit a two-ru- il homer in die life inning off ‘ See CLINCH on ifo v - - - A ' St ic a Giambi said sucdncdy'-- ' t: The Athletics’ tummound team leader y ": Those xedicti(His were came without a tot of fanfare soon dashed More attention was focused ion The A’s stumbled to 10 : die daily trade rumors involv- - i ' v v under 500(8--1 8) by ing Giamltif Who is a free agent at the end of the season!V The A’s and didr tattooed launching fedr chase for die slugger had agreed to' a six-'single-seasdeal worth a rqxxted $91 recordjJ-yea“Everybody wants to figure ' million back during spring " out why we started out so (? tauntog----bthe team bad” third baseman Eric Xwouldn't' bow to GtomM’s i : AP photo desire for a clause Qiavez said“Butmaybe Oakland Alt Howe shakes hands with fans after ? :v Athletics manager All-Stthere’s no explanation for it”-the break it By fed A’s brat the Seattle Mariners 8uriday to clinch a wtidcard berth VPcared dial Giambi was aU Slowly after that soul- - "' but g tore headed for a team' searching foam medtog tire Dye from tire Katisas City “Things have worked out 7 A’s began to put their team 'v wife deeper pochets-i RoyallV ik fori great Since tfw breLfee AV batfetogefeerRomMay 15- - wy ' Thoi Oddmd genoal man:!: Dye hit a threeun homer b ager Billy Beane praised for 22 drey strung together a have gone 48-1- 5 They’: Sunday as Oakland clinched' seven-gam- e to him 50 won 19oftheirlast21 5Q RBIs winning streakr putting together last season’s giving v break they ' division winners cm a limited are 34 games over J50O for dfe By die All-Stgames wife die A’s were a game over 500 at 44-- - budget did fee unexpected: - “I wanted to 'first time since Sept 21 1992 help this ' than trade Giambi he chib get to the playoffs” he f 7V::' y v ' : i V v A ever outfielder Jermaine A’S v said See on B3:' Nobody picked up adding with a smile quit” ' " ' year’sALMVPandunques-tionab- k ' v : 0- V mm on ut if 'V no-tra-de ar ar f nrev::v ‘ ' f ! ball-rath- er ' r "v''' y- - ( hi v V: VvivA-- : 'v |