Show B2 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Friday July 26 2002 - fX ''m 4 t I ' : r v : " ' i'" V ’ ' '! ' v v 'V 'r r ! i ' v--- ‘ i l r ' e-- rs-f- Fick has three ft ¥ : s ' 7 preserve the Tigers’ edge With die Royals trailing 2 in the eighth Carlos Beltran tripled ' with one out Joe Randa walked and Raul Ibanez hit a line drive that Fick caught But before Beltran could tag up and score Pick doubled Randa off first bask Red Sox 6 Devil Rays 0 Pedro Martinez struck out 11 and allowed two hits in eight innings and Boston beat Tunpa Bay at Fenway Park! Ttot Nixon hit his 15th homer of the season a two-rushot in the first and Manny Ramirez and Jason Varitek hit homers off Luis De Los Santos ) in the third Martinez (13-is 0 in his last seven starts In his last five his ERA is 079 with 50 strikeouts eight walks 20 hits and three earned runs in 34 innings Mariners 7 Rangers 2 Ichiro Suzuki hit his second homer in three games and Seattle starter John Halama won again as the Mariners beat the Texas lingers 2 Thursday night Rafael Palmeiro hit his 26th homer of the season for thelast-plac- e Rangers who lost their sixth consecutive series It was Palmeiro’s 473rd career home run 22nd Next up on die career list is Willie Stargell and Stan Musial with 475 homers Staying a game ahead of Ana- heimin the AL West the Mariners scored five runs in the second inning off Aaron Myette (0-After a walk to Mike Cameron and a single by Ben Davis Suzuki homeied to right field to give Seat- tie a 1 lead i ' mi as Detroit sweeps RBI Press By The Associated ' - 3-- Garret Anderson’s game-wi- n ning hit was nothing to brag about an opposite-fiel- d blooper to left The Anaheim Angels’ cleanup hitter was able to chuckle about it afterward because it gave his team an important victory Anderson’s two-osingle off Oakland closer Billy Koch drove in Darin Erstad with the run Thursday as the Angels beat the Athletics 4 “He’s a tough pitcher he can make the ball move a couple dif-ferent directions I don’t ever remember getting a good part of the bat on the ball” Anderson said smiling “I just got lucky The ball dropped where nobody ut go-ahe- ad 5-- n back-to-ba- ck (0-2- 5-- 2) 'AmericcinlLeagueJ - 1- -3 was playing He got me to pop up he got his job done” David Eckstein singled with one out for his fourth hit of the game equaling a career high Erstad forced Eckstein and took second on a wild pitch before Jim Mecir walked Tim Salmon (3-Koch relieved and Anderson came through bn a pitch with his third hit of the game and 77th RBI of the year Scot Shields (3-pitched 2 3 scoreless innings to earn the victory and Ben Weber worked a perfect ninth for his fifth Save in seven chances The Angels contending with Oakland and Seattle in the AL West have played their last eight ' against the A’s and iners winning six 1 - ‘V-'T- ' Seattle's three-ru- 3) Thursday' The A’s who lost for just die fifth time in 13 games fell two games behind the Angels Tigers 5 Royals 2 ' Robert Pick hit a tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the sixth inning and' added a two-ru-n homer as die ' Detroit Tigers beat die Kansas City e Royals for a sweep Fick the Tigers' representative in the game also made a defensive key play in right field to inning 2-- All-St- ar rjyvv ‘ty 2) t- V By 4-- ‘ The Associated Press All-St- ar ' i KNationallLeagueH Bob DuPuy baseball's chief operating officer concurred with Man- fred that the sides had made progress on revenue sharing Union head Donald Fehr was eling home from Montreal and hasn’t been updated on the session Gene Orza the' union’s No 2 official wasn’t as optimistic but did say the talks were “informative and wsu- hi® r J mwMbr-- Y seven-gam- - t site 1) JohnPattersoninhissecondbig i 1 Giants pinch hitter : JJ Snow toosea his bat after striking out on the season and Jeff Bagwell drove in five runs as Houston beat foe Pittsburgh Pirates 84) Thursday in Houston Saarioos (2-allowed six hits ami no walks as he pitched foe team’s first Shutout since Roy Oswalt did it against Milwaukee last Sept 9 No Astros starter pitched into the ninth inning this season before Saar- - AP photo awing against a chocked homer off Bagwell hit a three-ru-n Kris Benson (3-and also had a two-ru- n single FhOUes 6 Cubs 2 Tomas Perez hit a ' Ule and then made a daring dash home ini foe eighfo inning rallying over Chicago Philadelphia ' The Phillies won their foird straight after losing the series opener 5) 2) J -- See AVERTED on B3 : bases-load- ed - A's acquire Durham from White Sox a A 5-- All-St- ar : er v: a tbols7’ limited I to ' what we can do at this a six-ru- 0) 1-- receives ''"I 6-0- 3 A outfield” HbWe said v “He’s hit from one two force he’s done well in any one of those spots So we’ll take a look and see what foe best fit is for us : right now Just the bat is what I lilre He’s an offensive impact ' player” he said Oakland has mostly ured Mark Efiis Frank Menediino and i f Randy Velarde at second fois seuon Ellis has started as the Athletics’ leadoff hitter in 38 Giambi did it games 39 times before being traded to - 0 7-- i league start shutout San Diego into the eighfo inning as Arizona won their fourth in a row Matt Williams hh a three-ru- n homer as foe Diamondbacks extend- ed their leadjn foe NL West to a season-high four games over Sari FranciscoandLosAngeles Quinton McCracken doubled in force runs and Steve Finley jingled n in two in Arizona’s seventh inning Patterson (1-- allowed five hits in 7 3 innings in his first major league victory He left foe game to a standing ovation after giving up singles to Gene Kingsdate And Trenidad Hubbard in foe eitth ” Durham 30 was hitting 299 : time”with nine homers and 48 RBls Adldnswho turns 25 on Aug-3He also stole 20 bases and scored was 6 with a ERA at 7l runs V' f Tr)le-- Sacramento: The right- Atlanta Los Angdes arid drift d hander was s ' Boston were aim dwiCein 1998 t said to have been' ‘‘Thededsion toTrade Ray was interested not an easy one Ray has been Durham who’s part of our femily since 1990” in thefinal sea- ” White Sox general manager Ken sonofafour- Williams srid “In Adldns we year are getting a young pitebeirwifoa extension live quickj power anA” :?i The A’a are 3 and Howe -: ninfo-roun- ihV' v - 59-4- ' be t : TAMPA Fte- - (AP) —Mariano Rivera received a cortisone injection Thursday in his strained shoulder and the New York Yankees’ closer couM be headed to foe disabled list ftir foe second time this season1 Rivera who last pitdied Saturday received foe injecrion fiom Dt Allen Millo and ft Yankees said tfe willjbe evaluated on a daily basis On Thursday Rivera said he would go on ifoeDL if he received a shot ew York was off Thiiisday and had no need to make s roster move until Friday sriien foe Yanltees start a foreegame series at Thmpe iv’'- -: Bajtv'i’ Riverfc who had neves before received a cortisone i1 ' ihjectkn in his srpr or shpulder felt tibtness infoe shoulder while throwing Thursday in Cleveland f“I just want to get bdter and do foe bestdung for the team and myself’ he said then “If I do go (on y foe DLX jt will be the best for me" Rivera chanties fois season riit All-St- ar -- : j right-hand- er ) ' ' “One of foe things about this deal was that we natively worked with the WMteSmt?' h Athletics general manager Bflly Beane said“ We had little to no paynl flexibility Wfe’re very' I: I left-fie- ld Central-leadin- : : 2) w I W- who wasn’t even in St Louis’ plans for this season a few months ago has won three of his five starts since being brought up He held Sah Francisco’s patchwork lineup to seven hits over six innings while striking out six g The NL Cardinals took three of four from the Giants who are trying to stay atop foe wild card race despite injuries to several regulars Jason Isringhausen pitched foe ninth for his 24fo save in 28 chances Ryan Jensen (10-7- ) took the loss Astros 8 Pirates 0 Rookie Kirk Saruloos pitched the Astros’ first complete game of Smith (4-- go-ahe- ad ni Pac-Be- 4-- 9-- Dead 0) Drew homered and drove runs sending Travis Smith mid St Louis over San Francisco at ll ' Park winning 3 ' St Louis 4 since the e break finished a road with another strong outing from trip Smith the rookie who was recalled from the minors after Danyl Kile died last month ' J - kt Wrigley Field An error by left fielder Moises Alou helped Philadelphia come back in foe eighfo Fred McGriff hit his 470th career home run for the Cubs Carlos Silva (2-- pitched two ? innings ftw foe win t Marlins 3 Expos 2 - Juan Encamacion singled through a drawn-i- n infield to drive in foe run in the ninth inning leading visiting Florida over Montreal After foe two teams traded runs in foe eighth Preston Wilson singled off TJ Ticker (4-- to lead off foe ninth and advanced to third on Mike Lowell’s double off foe wall Derek Lee was walked intentkmal-l- y to load the bases and Encamacion singled to left to give foe Marlins their third and final lead of foe game Diamondbackf 10Pdres0 rf JJ) president for labor relations Players fearful owners will change work rules after the season or loc)t them out kre threatening to strike in August or September which would be baseball's ninth stoppage since ’ ANAHEIM Calif (AP) Second baseman Ray Durham the subject of recent trade " rumors was finally dealt by the ( ' Chicago White Sox on Thursday to the Oakland Athletics for' Triple-- pitcher Jon Adkins ' The trade completed after the White Sox agreed to send cash to pay part of Divham’ji Saifary' was announced following Oakland's1: 4 los to foe Anaheim Angel in 1998 Durham an and 2000 will join foe Afotetics ' in Tbxas for Friday night’s game ThcA’s are in the middle of foeij f AL West and wild card races ' ‘while Chicago is way behind in foe AL Centtsl ft ' “He’s a talent fois kid” Oak- -' Viand managi Art Howe said i It’s nice to mjert tiiat kind ofbat into our lineup He’s a switch-hittwith speed he’s ot a lot of Pjr API Anaheim’s David Eckstein (22) ia forced out at second base by Oakland Athletics i baseman Mark Ellis in the eighth inning Thursday in Anaheim Darin Erstad was safe first Erstad later scored the winning run on a single by Garret Anderso offensive day in Astros win NEW YORK (AP) — Baseball’s top labor lawyer thinks there’s a way to work out a new contract without another strike Sounding unusually optimistic Rob Manfred said after Thursday’s five-hoi- ir bargaining session that the sides will meet again Friday and probably will have sessions for five straight days starting Monday That would be the longest period of sustained talks since foe previous contract expired Nov 7 “I have said repeatedly publicly That I believe it is possible for us to reach a negotiated agreement without having an interruption of the season and I still believe that” said Manfred baseball’s executive vice - iZ or ’ v' V-- a 4 Bagwell has big can be averted - S KivN Cardinals extend division thinks strike 1972- all-ti- three-gam- Labor lawyer - 7-- Aafon Myette during the second 1- -0 1) n AP photo Ichiro Suzuki watches his home run oft Texas Ranger JK ‘ 1 “He (BMne) had told me that he was working on trying to get Um here He’S' going to somd second he’s going tqDH indgetsomeplayrngtirndWe ld may even look at him in foe arid see if be can play some out-fie- ' ' J J J Jl ! i A a a a a r aw r ' - a a a ai ’W-- Durham has reored more (han 100 tuns in eadi offoe (last five 22 y years He hit a career-hig- h hranenlast season and i foe poly White Sox secon baseman with lifetime totals of mbrc than 100 borne tuns and 100 steals ' ' V v f r' J' a ’x r s t Aisa JJ a 1 1 V ' “ s faa A X a l xl1 V v ' |