Show iUM A8 — The Herald Journal Logan1 Utah Tuesday July 23 2002 Lance taking suspense out of Toiir t m E Fiance (AP) — Lance Armstrong is taking the suspense out of the Tour de France For the fourth straight year his rivals are stranded long before the finish His early success is angering French fans and ruining organizers’ plans to make the Tour less predictable But dmTtblame Armstrong: He’s only - of formi that advantage is likely to grow in the coming days has shownhe hw the tic loss '?£ —V D " r ‘ cteTnlu axe often unprdictabie but Armstrong looked so strong in Se first three that a serious challenge in the seems highly SruztoUEdarlyLeParisien ips f- p ft SXlbSSnday’s He rstmich stronger than us wesee it day after day “Of course we will still do the maxi- mum and hope Armstrong has an ’off’ day” Saiz said “But it would really have to be a big ofT day for us to catch up Tour organizers saved some of this year’s toughest stages for last in a bid to make the race more suspenseful In 2001 almost the whole final week was made up of flat stretches in V ? three-wee- wins "Once j w ’ which rivals had nearly no chance of redyeing ' Armstrong’s leL On Tuesday riders were to trek from Vaisod- in die southern Provence region to WnJnMHw’i ifaii Pbb Aipes ski k stage is probably the hardest of die three exeqitinnally i leg also runs VAISON-LA-ROMA1N- "h is what they paymeto do” the Texan sard Sunday “Th say Lwce we want yw to wm the Tow de France “I can ’t rtally concern myself with Is it bad for the event?”’ After Monday’s rest day six stages remained the world’s toughest cycling race including three grueling stretches in the Alps' Nevertheless a fourth consecutive title seemed easily within Armstrong's reach thanks to his performance in the Pyrenees and on the formida- ble Mont Ventoux n unlilmly He won the opening two mountain stages in pyrmr finikin” with nrint Although he didn’t win Sunday? stage on Mont Ventoux he made the fastest climb to the summit in Tour history He climbed 3280 feet over 13 miles in 38 minutes knocking S3 sec-onds off the previous best set by Marco Pantani two years ago Ew Rk a ' 'w : m Lh ' ap photo V C Lance Armstrong gets ready to go training a tH wnn nooin wuiwns il wrong bckji Hritiln Monoay White Sox Toronto drops Baltimore By The Associated Press five hits and Jacque Jones had a career-hig- h N a home run as the Minnesota IVins beat the Chicago White Sox 6 Monday night at Comi&key Park for their sixth straight win increasing their AL Central lead to 14 games 11-- SI N AmericanlLeague II 0 The Twins had 17 hits and scored six runs in the sixth inning just hours after the White Sox fired pitching coach Nardi Contreras and replaced him with Don Cooper Jones hit a two-ru-n homer in the second and shot in the Dustan Mohr added a three-ru- n sixth when White Sox manager Jerry Manuel and reliever Rocky Biddle were ejected Rick Reed (8-- got die win by allowing six hits and three runs u five innings including a two-ru- n homer by Carios Lee Frank Thomas added a solo shot off reliever Tbny Fiore and double in die ninth Lee had a two-ru- n Junior Ortiz robbed of a grand slam in the fourth on a nice catch by White Sox right fieldr double in er Magglio Ordonez hit a two-ru- n the sixth to give Minnesota a 3 lead When Doug Mientkiewicz grounded to first i Paul Konerko he threw home but around Koskie slid a tag by Mark JohnCorey ‘ son on a close play 3 6 Blue Orioles Jays 7 briiqr' Vernon Wells had his first carper and Chris Woodward and Carlos dordwconnected to lead Toronto past more at Camden Yards Wells who had 14 homers in his previous 132 games hit solo shots in the ithandsixf innings His first home run preceded a drive byi Woodward and his second followed a three- run blast by Delgado Roy Halladay (124) allowedone earned rim and seven hits m seven innings to beat the Orioles for the second time in six dayi Kelvim Escobar got three outs for his 19di save in 24 chances All four Toronto home runs came off Jason who ba yielded seven homers Johnson (3-in two starts against die Blue Jays this year A Jl JIt 3) 7-- ' two-hom-er: Cubsi first baseman Fred McGriff drives in the game-winnin- run In the bottom g £)U®7 Qf ap photo die ninth against die Phillies Monday fr&D L Marlins stop streaking Braves Reds’ Griffey returns By The Associated Press before leaving for a pinch-hitt- five-ru- ninth-innin- ng 7-- : right-cent- er V : (9-3)l- ’ right-hand- 3) - u 'i : Jour-hitt- ' 4 er Mus-itan- gs v to the 1 victory :V Zimmerman also had a abuble for Moun tain Crest which took advantage of two I Brigham City errors tg score tbee unearned " runs v -- 3-- r V i -- ti 1th copKco- fourth They SSd lmmigU1 tvtwinovaJodoppottml ft iCKX23hV die shutout with a 4lhe Guardian hit ln71-- 3 beat Milwaukee fbr the lOthtjme in ll deqskxis : ) r f : V J ‘jf 1 spoiled ron in the last of die seventh' I In Game 2 Eiason Kyle Hamilton and forMountain alldoubled Crest (DerekLyle i which scored single funs in the first second f v sixth iiinings With the two victories fee Mustangs who j i iH y 'f A Jt " !v McBride IV ifae ' footbsdl DoingSo potentially' couldn’t play for the ' sifter t a rieliv career jrt East Hii Utes: i would make Havili eligjbleq play School standout high school nihmng back Vice president fex student affairs later at any bCAA school However Havifi was balled who was recalled from a Mormon ’’ White I recognize diatSioneu ' home from a Mormon church mis-mission to face dteigesdiat ted t BarbSnyder iaid Mondaydto'f: this filebombing conviction won’t r sion in 2000 to face charges that 'administration has no jurisdiction woridnghardto turn his life 'around I have iiot wavered foonji Vlhe and five others threw plastic join the Utah football team tbisfalL in the matter and the appeal was1' v milk jugs filled With gasoline into ' Sione Havili had appealed to rejected because the school's stu-- T'j my original decision’1’ Hill said this does1 of l' aSaltUtixCity hdmel7monthS ' condwpt ' university admihisUatdn allowed without Chris a Haviti to director earlier n’t team athletic month after to join pie t apply when Hill said he encouraged HayBi Authorities said die attack was Hill learned of the former All-- r scholarship practice opens vV in retaliation fix an apparent gang- next month He signed a fctter-o- fto enroll in junior college this fait State player’s criminal back- intent in 1998 to play at BYU ifhe wants to continue playing ' related ground and told coach Ron 'v f 1 driVe-byshomi- ng 'i 1 : XL “ Nick Eliasonpiti lln the firstgame and hit a double to lead the Diamondbacks who maintained sole posses- " rsioft of first place in die NL West dent-athteteco-de "V 0 saidJ lIjUULTll 'iff - i : (had) just total command the whole Mountain Crest coach Stephen 4 tL game l 1 Cy :' SALT LAKE CITY(AP) : 3-- tripled and hpmered as Pittsburgh took an early lead and held on for a victory at Cinergy Field ' : J armmdbacks5RocUesl: Griffey out witii a pidted hamstring since V June 24 oinlyjogged after he hit the ball and Curt Schilling got his 17th victory — four went with a walk and aseventh-innin- g more than anyone else — and Luis Gonzalez sacrifice fly to the warning track drove in four runs as Arizona beat Colorado at v ' 1 isn’t One Ballpark :! 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' perfect game to help lead die Mountain Crests Legion toibls:v ‘header sweep of the host Brigham Qty Guardian Monday night Zimmerman Anew the second gameofthc twinbillandhad 13 strikeouts as die Mus-wo-n er 'itr - J Mustano an American : 2--10 to take their chances and let him play as they try to make'up ground miaertL Central 'X 1 to score on Briim Jordan's single to end the fifthi jn the eighth' widi runners on first and second and two out Gant made a diving back- handed catch ofDave Roberts' slicing liner about a foot insidethe line since the break a V The Dodgers are slump that cost them first place in the NL West ' S' t ataff writer diree runs with hisdefeose He threTout Mark Grudzielanek on the fly trying ) 'Vs ipiihsiBGl® Padres 5 Dodgers 2 post-All-St- 7) f ' Ron Gant had twohits scoredthrce runs and made twosensatiboalplaysin left field as San Diego beat Los Angeles at Qualcomm Stadium to ar break mise continue the Dodgers’ 13-gar- ne 6) six-ga- er ‘ ! 5-- ' in thd sixth Mete 5 Expos 2 Pinch-hittMarco Scutarb made a name for himself at Shea Stadium with his first major triple that broke a seventh- league hit a two-ru-n inning tie and sent New York over Montreal The Mets scrambling back into the NL wild card race began their most important stretch of the year by winning die opener of a season-hotnestand long And while Mo Vaughn’s hustle and homer Roberto Alomar's hitting and Mike Piazza’s throwing helped one swing by Scutaro made the difference as New York won for the sev-enth time in nine games : Pirates 6 Reds 5 Ken Griffey Jr: returned to Cinrinnati lineup with two tingles arid a sacrifice fly but Brian Giles er game-tyin- game-winni- leading Houston to a victory at Minute Maid Park Milwaukee lost its eighth straight game its last July longest losing streak since ahi 1 Miller (7-- retired 14 of the first 16 hitters and didn’t allow a baserunner to advance past first base until die sixth inning He allowed one runs mid six bits to improve his ERA to 263 1 lifetime against the Brewers NationallLeague n The Chicago Cubs didn’t let a blown deficit get them down g lead or a g single off Jose Sammy Sosa hit a Mesa in the ninth inning and Fred McGriff fol" the with as double a lowed Cubs beat the Philadelphia PhiIlies 6 Mon- day at Wrigtey Field The Phillies who trailed 0 after two innings went ahead on Bobby Abrcu’s solo homer off Kyle Farnsworth(3-l- ) But the Cubs rallied off Mesa in the bottom half All four Cubs who came to the plate in the blew a save ninth reached base as Mesa (3-for the seventh time in 32 chances ' Mark Bellhom led off with a single and Chris Stynes bunted reaching on a throwing error by first baseman Travis Lee Sosa who had hit his 30th homer in the sec- bind inning followed with an RBI single to tie iL McGriff then won it with a drive to Marlins 2 Braves I AJ Burnett allowed a run in six innings as Fknidd handed Greg Maddux his first joss in V win- 16 starts arid snapped Atlanta's ' Pro Stadium at ningstreak Player ' far the first time since Maddux April 30 In the following J5 starts he went 7 Owith a228 ERA The gaveup two runs and seven hits in six innings Burnett (9-- was just slightly better yielding five hitsKnd striking out six 8) fi ' i a ' V i t f : t t " v - h ' 4 ' i fkP!¥®“ltheTop0fUtah overall and ran League improved to i 20-- 8 v y y their win streak to a dozen 14 5 Mountain Crest will be back in action this' £ evening hosting die Smithfield Aztpcs tl2)at6 atTbe Yaidj! 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