Show The Herald Journal Logan Utah Monday July 8 2002 — A7 lance sfoedls burden of lead : have the lead in Paris holding on the spotlight to the yellow jersey now is not “When there is a chance like this to take you have to go for part of the game plan’’ said Dan Osipow director of operations for it" said Bertogliali who picked Armstrong’s US Postal team up his first stage win in cycling’s “The jersey not only means more premier event rider finThe Lampre-Daiki- n pressure it means more work to defend it” ished in 4 hours 49 minutes and 16 seconds — the Armstrong has only lost the yellow jersey once same time as the before — in 1999 the pack-- ' Tour his first of Bertogliali year title when he also won jgi described claiming the the prologue That year yellow jersey as “a he regained the lead in dream that has now the mountains and kept it come true” 4ii until the finish Bertogliali finished with the same time as Armstrong who “Lance Armstrong tactically would have an interest in seeing placed 30th The Swiss rider had 20 bonus seconds taken off for someone else take over the yellow jersey so that someone else placing first allowing him to the until him lead move past Armstrong in the the helps pack mountains" Tour de France standings German sprint specialist Erik director Leblanc Zabel of the Telekom team celesaid While Armstrong is the overbrated his 32nd birthday by placwhelming favorite to win the ing second Australia's Robbie Tour the early flat stages provide McEwen of the Lotto team was third other teams an opportunity steal Swiss cyclist captures first stage on Tour LUXEMBOURG (AP) — Lance Armstrong's bid for a fourth straight Tour de France title might be helped by his loss in the first stage 121-rid- - ' one of Europe's smallest countries The weather was cool and overcast but the sun poked through the clouds near the end of the race second Monday's 1122-mistage is from Luxembourg to Jean-Mar- ie iges later in the race “If you have aspirations to MDs itaftoir er hmr Sunday sprinting across the finish just ahead of Armstrong and the rest of the main pack ' Bertogliali also took the leader’s yellow jersey from Armstrong who had won Saturday’s prologue Retaining the yellow jersey early in the race was not a priority for Armstrong who isn’t expected to bid for a commanding edge until the mountain AP photo CSC-Tisca- 9 Switzerland's Rubens Bertogliali won the opening stage Switzerland's Rubens BertogHati leads the pack across the finish line alter the first stage of the four de France In the overall standings France’s Laurent Jalabert was second just ahead of Armstrong li Jalabert of finished with thAiame time as Bertogliati but won bonus seconds in an ’ i intermediate sprint Three crashes entangled small groups of riders but no one was seriously injured “The field is hungry in the first few days and that's why you have to be careful about falls which can be frequent” French rider Jacky Durand of the fdjeuxcom team Thousands of fans cheered the riders during the 1194-mil- e stage through the countryside and medieval towns of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg ©QDti le Saarbruecken Germany dtetafr odd Tigers claw way past Red Sox Indians roll By The Associated Press homer to power an eight-ru- n third as routed Cleveland inning Chicago Rookie Ryan Drese (8-allowed four hits in seven-plu- s innings leaving in the eighth after he hit Ray Durham with a pitch and Havis Fry'-man booted Tony Graffanino’s grounder Todd Ritchie the White Sox's disappointing acquisition lasted just two-plinnings his shortest outing of the season and was booed loudly when replaced by Matt Ginter Ritchie gave up seven hits and six runs Athletics 3 Royals 2 Barry Zito allowed two runs in 7 3 innings and earned his 11th win of the season in Oakland’s victory - Derek Jeter hit a two-ru-n homer in the sixth inning to make sure Jeff Weaver won in his debut with New York as the Yankees rallied for a 10-- 6 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays at New York Weaver (7-allowed a pair of three-ru- n homers in his first start after being obtained by the Yankees from the Detroit Tigers in a three-wa- y trade involving the Oakland Athletics on early Saturday 6) (3-1- 1) 8) off-seas- on us f American League Jeter who missed two games with a sprained left knee started as the designated hitter for the first time-ihis career and Jed the Yankees’ comeback with three RBIs including his homo- off reliever Corey Thun that put the Yankees man ahead '' Tigers 9 Red Sox 8 Carlos Pena went and drove in the run in his first game for Detroit as the Tigers beat Boston Red despite squandering the lead four times 2 4 and 6 The Tigers led but every time the Red Sox came back tying it at 8 on Brian j Daubach’s second homer of the shot in the sixth game a two-ru-n Rich Games (0-- walked the bases loaded in the eighth before Pena hit a hard grounder to the right of shortstop Nomar Garciaparra He' fielded the ball deep in the hole but had no chance to make a play any- - ' 2-- ova Kansas Gty n (1-- ‘ - : one-ru- 6) ut left-hand- er 1) ' 3) 5) 'where' Indians 9 White Sox 3 Halama of the i Milton Bradley hit a grand slam and Matt Lawton added a three-ru- n (4--2) making his fifth start went 5 2-- 3 innings' giv- - ’ - three-gam- 8-- 3-- 4) 4-- ng 4-- 1- -2 Al-St- ar - 1- -0 scattered nine hits to Zito (1 become the first A’s pitcher with 11 break since Dave wins at the Stewart (11) and Bob Welch (14) did it in 1990 Eric Byrnes homered and drove in two runs as Oakland won its fourth in six games The A’s are 3 in their n last seven all games Royals starter Paul Byrd (11-e had his winning streak snapped after lasting 52-- 3 innings!' He allowed three runs mi eight hits with two walks and two strikeouts ' Mariners 8 Twins 2 John Olerud hit a pair of two-ru-n John Halama homers and won his first start since May 17 as Seattle Mariners beat Minnesota Olerud gave the Mariners a 4--l lead in the third inning when he homered off Rick Reed (6-- after Mark McLemore singled He hit sec- shot in foe eighth ond two-ru-n 3) 2) game-winni- ing up solo home runs to Jacque Jones and AJ Pierzynski He allowed two runs on four bits and two walks with six strikeouts before being replaced after 85 pitches by Arthur Rhodes Dan Wilson had a two-ru-n double and a sacrifice fly for the Mariners Angels 2 Devil Rays 1 (10) Tim Salmon singled in the winning run in the 10th inning after Ramon Ortiz pitched nine strong innings and' Anaheim beat Tampa Bay to complete a three-gam- e sweep Bengie MoUna led off the 10th with a sharp grounder that went off the glove of thud baseman Jared Sandberg and Adam Kennedy advanced pinch-runne-r Jose Nieves with a sacrifice bunt Nieves took third on David Eckstein’s groundout and Salmon looped a pitch from rookie Travis Harper (4-into center field to score Nieves and send the Devil Rays to their club-reco- rd J 1th straight road loss Ortiz settled for a despite allowing a run and three hits with seven strikeouts Orioles 10 Rangers 4 Tony Batista had two hits in' Baltifourth inning and more’s seven-ru- n the bridles went on to beat Texas- ' Batista started the fourth with a one-osingle and scored the tying run when Marty Cordova followed with a triple An RBI double by Batista later in the inning pushed Baltimore ahead 7-- 1 Rookie right-hand- er Rodrigo worked seven innings for Lopez (8-the win He allowed just four hits including homers to Rafael Palmeiro Alex Rodriguez and Herbert Ferry Baltimore had 16 hits off fiveTexas pitchers Every Orioles starter had a hit and every one but Gary Matthews Jr! who went scored : r-5 ' AP photo New York Yankees pitetibr Jeff Weaver bites his glove leaving the mound at the end of the fifth inning after giving up the second of two three-ru- n homers Sunday againsttheTofontoBlueJay8 lt was his Yankee debut week All-St- ar ' was a club record Brewers 7Reds 4 Eric Young had three hits and Paul Bako and Jeffrey Hammonds homered to lead Milwaukee over Cincinnati Milwaukee starter Ruben Quevedo left one out short of qualifying for the win Valerio De Los Santos (2-- got the final out of the fifth when Sean Casey flied to left field with the bases loaded De Los Santos allowed one hit in 1 inpings Phillies 10 Expos 8 two-ru- n homer in :Scoit Rolen hit a jwo-othe dghdi inning as Philadelphia avoided a four-gasweep against Montreal Rolen connected on a 0 pitchfrom Matt Herges ) for his 13th homer Of the season who walked with two scoring JeremyGiambi ' By The Associated Press Greg Maddux pitched seven scoreless innings and allowed just three hits as Braves beat the Chicago Cubs 2-- 0 Sunday at Atlanta The Cubs playing their second game fbir interim manager Bruce Kimm were wifoout Sammy Sosa for the third straight game because of a family emergency The BraveS who have the best record in the major leagues won for the 15th time in 18 MILWAUKEE(AP) — At every turn this Ail- Star game is tinged with trouble!' Tom Glavirte pulled out of playing but plans tb follow die progress of a union meeting where : : major leaguers will talkabout possible strike 2) ' 'dares' 1- -3 f Going on three days rest Maddux (8-- got groundball outs and threw just 82 pitches John Smoltz pitched a perfect ninth for his ut 2) 11 3lstsave 1-- (2-3- National League APphoto' r 6) u : " -4 : n - Futures: ’ r:: i Being the commissioner of baseball is certain- : -- two-plu- (2-0- - i : i - 2-- U ' L six-ga- i'-- r dd 1) ‘ two-gam- ' ar ’ four-gam- 10-gar- qe VOV - 5-f- V - r!' i - ' butt Athinta Braves closer Jofiri Smoltz wares to fans Jon Lieber (6-Rheal Cormier (44) pitched a scoreless j after picking up his 31st save of the season jgarcujp two runs— one earned— on five hits in seven innings ' eighth for the win Wd Jose Mriia pitdied the a 4--: Atlanta left fielder Chfoper Jones niutii forhis 23rd save in 28 chances single and scored three runs and Edgar for-3- 7 slump missed his first geme of the Se M(uitreal's Brad Wilkerson who had bordeRenteria also homered for1 the Cardinals Who son with abroisedjmee' red in his preyiousthree games preht have hit 20 in nine games Pujoli was ' ? ykstros 6 Plates 1 v': With a ungle triple and force runs scored With an RBI double and his 21st homer ! 7r Jose Vizcaino’s two-iudouble keyed the ' V Montreal’s Joey Eischen hit Marior Ander--’ fibrt made his Hadunah Lotus’ Luther St five-ru-n sec inning against Pittsbjyr’s son with a locpung 2 ctiryebaU shortly afier major league start since 1999 and gkve up ' ! " Jimmy Anderson in as many starts and Wade s Pat Burrell homered It carried an automatiq four nips — three earned— in ’ Miller heU the Pirates to a run over six innings Eischen third for and of the Expos manager ejection sixy innings Mike Matdiews ) Miller struck out a season high nine as he ' Fforfo Robinson and pitching jwch Dick' darned his first victory since April 27r i pitchers i and three relievers combined for 14 strike- j Pole argued and was also ejected Padres 7 Rockies 1 l outs Roy Oswalt Octavio Dotel and Billy Rorftde 12 6 Cardinals Oliver Perez allowed one hit dver 6 Dodgers ’ each an hiding Wagner r three-pitched 13 ' hit Eduardo Albert t and Perez 3 innings and struck out a career-hig- h ' Pujols r - V V Houston '' outscorcdteburgh 27-- in winas San bbrae runs hit two Klesko and the and home runs LbuisJbullpen St Ryan pm : slack in a victory over Los ' yV i V ning three of four in a series that helped die losing streak picked Up the Diego snapped a ' ' Central race die ’r Even Astros NL backinto 10 --: - r edge struck outhe (3-Perez Tne i with a depleted pitching stafL they 72 an Angeks side in the second fifth and sixth finings in The Cardinals have Won five of seven to ' road trip and have wod nine of 12 take a e lead in foe NL Central The winning for the first time in foree starfs He ' J "! The Astros didn’t get an RBI from Lance ( i n Dodgers in first place in theNL West entered foil two strikeouts short of the franchise Berionan for foe first timeirll games but 'recrad of IS He walked five and theAil-Stbreak having lost three of five the majors ’RBI leaderwifo 81scored twice’ jV The teams e series a split RBI streak Berkmm’s See NL on A 9 Placido Polanco was wifo an RBI ' '!!"' '! Sammy Sosa' Barry Bonds imd Richie Sexson showed up Sunday at Miller Park on the score- board at least In baseball’s own ad they appeared as crazed puffed-u- p cartooncharacters making them look as if they were on steroids Even the Milwaukee nal Sentinel provided a rude : ' welcome as the event came to'ccanmissioner Bud Selig's hometown' A headline in the newspaper’s business section read: “For all we oweSeligs it’s time they left” Not exactly a classic futifest going into Tuesday night’s midsummer classic':' ' “I think that we’re in aLspcxt that is tumuitiious as baseball has been for nearly a deCade” former Brewers star Paul Molitor £aid before manaipg heUSteam in Sunday ’smjnor league ''v f ly hot an enviable job at this particular juncture’) he said “Different strums have made their way’ over baseball at different times and he's the man-- ' on top so he’s going to receive the brunt of the criticism whether it's about Yankee dominance !' interaction wifo steroid use whatever it’s going tb " b '' eyiCV Truth is the nxst memorable V t part of All-St- ar night might be the tributes to Ted Williams Dariyl Kite and Jack Buck: aseball Was still working Sunday to put the ' '1 finishing touches bn its remembrance of Williams as a great hitter and military hero -- - |