Show B2— The Herald JoumalLogan Utah Monday August 12 2002 osa ' i a Rocky odd Grand slam 5 RBIs cap T record-settin- g weekend iv at Coors Field Cubs win DENVER (AP) — However Summy Sosa decided to leave r — on the team chatter or more likely a private jet — llie Colorado Rockies were glad to see him goSosji hit a grand slam and drove in five runs as the Chica12-- 9 go Cubs heat the Rockies Sunday at Cixirs Field center gave the Cubs an lead “Anything is possible with him” Chicago manager Bruce Kimm said “He’s one of the most prolific home run hitlers of all-tiAny time he goeft to the plate fans don't dare go to the concession stand or the restroom We're fortunate to have him” The Cubs who had six homers Saturday added five more Sunday Four came ofT Colorado starter Denny Stark (7-the most allowed by a Rockies pitcher this season Steve Smyth ( I --0) went six innings allowing four hits and three runs Diamondbacks 9 Marlins 2 Curt Schilling became the winner season’s first scoreless seven pitching innings as Arizona completed a three-gam- e sweep of Florida " in Phoenix 19-was the Schilling ( fastest to reach 18 victories since Randy Jones of San Diego in 1976 but had failed to get No 19 despite two strong outings This time the Diamond- backs supported him with 14 hits through seven innings and he left with an 0 lead Every Arizona starter had a hit including Luis Gonzalez skid who ended an ' with an RBI single in the sixth Braves 13 Astros 3 Chipper Jones had a Career-hig- h five hits and scored three runs and Kevin Millwood won for the ninth time in 10 decisions as visiting Atlanta routed Houston Atlanta had a season-hig- h 20 hits in winning for the 10th time in 12 games Every Braves starter had a hit Millwood (1 gave up two runs on six hits while 1 NationallLeague With nine RBIs on Saturday when he hit a trio of three-ru- n homers in a 1 win Sosa set an NL record for RBIs in eonJ sccutivc games with 14 “A lot of Sammy over the weekend" Rockies manager Clint Hurdle said shaking his head series In the three-gam- e Sosa went "You have to he happy about having series like this one” Sosa said “I haven't had a series like this in a long time “I got good' pitches to hit I’m glad the Rockies pitched to me Right now I’m feeling comfortable at the plate and I’m not swinging at so many bad pilches as I used to” Sosa who feels the Cubs’ charter plane is unsafe chartered his own private plane for the trip from San Francisco to Denver op Thursday nighLHe wouldn't confirm if he planned todo the same thing for the trip back to Chicago on Sunday night “Get away with those bad questions” Sosa said Corey Patterson hit two homers and drove in three runs for the Cubs and Fred homer McGriff bad a two-ru- n and three RBIs Sosa's grand slam the seventh of his career increased his major league-leadin- g home run total to 39 shot to The slam a 433-fo1 5-- M -3 f4 By The ot 3-- ce striking out six and walking two in five innings for Atlanta Giants 5 Pirates 4 (11) Pinch-hittRamon Mar- linez singled home the winning run in the 1 1th inning to give San Francisco a home victory over Pittsburgh Jeff Kent homered and er v I winning rally with his fourth walk of the game Reggie S arlders grounded into a force AmericanlLeague 1 Tim Wakefield pitched eight sharp innings for his 100th career win as Boston beat Minnesota at Fenway Park Wakefield (6-allowed four hits and 4) matched his season high with seven strikeouts for the Red Sox who took two of three from the AL Central-leadin- g Twins Nomar Garciaparra had an RBI double and Ugueth Urbina pitched a perfect ninth for his 28th save Johan Santana (6-4- ) allowed one hit through the first five innings but the Red Sox scored twice in the sixth on Johnny Damon’s double and a sacrifice fly by Shea Hilteiibrand Angela 1 Blue Jays 0 Jarrod Washburn won for the 15 th time in 16 decisions limiting Toronto to three hits over eight innings as Anaheim beat Roy Halladay and Toronto at SkyDome David Eckstein homered for the Angels who moved within 2 12 games of first-plaSeattle in the AL West and maintained their half-gam-e lead over Boston in the wild card ce race- - Washburn (15-- 3) retired 17 straight at one r' i ' ' t said Davthe enport who holds an 3 career advantage against Rubin and hadn’t lost to her since 1995 Rubin from Lafayette La proved better than some Of the - ' tTTrz: f UlllddiAM -- 7-- with three consecutive victories over higher tanked play- ' ers She ktunned Serena ' Williams the worldVNo 1 woman in a three-s- et quarto'- final then beht fifth-rankJelena Dokic 6-- 0 62 in the semifinals before defeating' the ninth-ranke- d Dkvenport "It has definitely been one of the best weeks if not ihe 'v best! Rubin said “It gives' me a great deal of confidence Hopefully I can take it into the US Open and cause some ‘trouble there I think my chances are very good rrrrr ! SeeALonB4 ed MenfsltennisB in the final with powerful ' forehand strokes that even the indefatigable Australian could not reach The sky darkened and the lights came on early in the match After one break apiece and the first set tied 4 play was suspended for 2 hours 18 minutes because of ' 7-- Cincinnati'MasterslSeriesr “I knew my haedcoyrt game was not bad but I didn’t expect to win this tourna-ment” Moya said He1 called it “a dreim come true” Moya the French Open - " Chanda Rubin hold IM champkmhlp tropliyalW baatlngUrriuy ed - 0) 1- -3 No 1 in the world upset Lleyton Hewitt the current 6 No 1 5 (5) Sunday in die final of the $295 million 4 8-- Chicago starter Dan Wright (8-1pitched innings allowing four runs on six hits to earn the win Antonio Osuna got two outs for his ninth save retiring Desi Relaford on a popup with runners at second and third to end it John Olerud hit his 20th home run — a two-ru- n shot — for the Mariners who also RBI singles from Bret Boone arid Edgar got Martinez ' 6 mason Ohio (AP)— Carlos Moya showing the form that once had him ranked She wod her second title of the year and fifth of her career i seven- rain-delay- ' ' ' y 3) Moya upsets No 1 in final game's biggest players this 3-- ' games Troy Percival pitched the ninth for his 27th save: went eight innings Roy Halladay (14-but lost for the first time in seven starts The Blue Jays also placed slugger Carlos Delgado on the disabled list ' White Sox 6 Mariners 5 Jeff Liefer hit a three-ru- n homer and Joe Crede and Jose Valentin added solo shots to help Chicago beat Seattle at home Crede ’s home run was his first in the ' majors The White Sox have won five1 of point struck out five and walked none He became the fifth AL pitcher to win 13 Womenfsltennis week at-b- ld against Davenport ' Finley and the host Cardinals over New York Rolen in a slump homered in his 42nd at since arriving in a trade with Philadelphia on July 29 He finished with three hits two walks and three RBIs Albert double Pujols added a two-ru-n 3) 4-- Associated Press Red Sox 3 Twins ' 5-- tworon triple lifting Chuck play and JT Snow singled Martinez batting for Nen hit a 2-- 0 pitch from Pirates closer Mike Williams (1-down the left-fieline easily scoring Sanders from second Reds 9 Padres 7 (12) Aaron Boone hit a two-ru-n homer in the 12th inning as drove in two runs for the Giants who won for the sixth time in eight games even though closer Robb Nen blew a 3 lead in the ninth Barry Bonds started the ng - Cardinals 9 MetsO Scott Rolen hit his first home fun with St Louis and a AP photo Chicago Cubs' Sammy Sosa connects for a grand Siam in the seventh inning of his team's 12-- 9 victory over the Cotorado Rockies Sunday at Coors Field Sosa has 14 RBIs over his last two games an NL record Rubin wins battle of the comebacks ' m? ot Alfonso Soriario homered and scored three times as the New York Yankees roughed up Mark Mulder and beat the Oakland Athletics 5 Sunday at Yankee Stadium to avert a sweep Jason Giambi drove in three runs against his former team helping the AL East leaders maintain a four-gam-e advantage over ‘ los- Boston and avoid their first three-gam- e ing streak since May 22-2- 4 Soriano's leadoff single started a three-ru- n first as the Yankees broke their ' scoreless streak second and 'Soriano doubled in a two-ru-n Jut his 29th homer in the sixth as the Yankees tagged Mulder (13-for a season-hig- h runs eight Mike Mussina (14-6- ) continued to strug-gl- e yet wound up with the win AP photo New York Yankees shortstop' Derek Jeter left completes a double play against the Oakland Athletics Sunday ' i 1) er 7) ' with Brandon Villafuerte (1-one out in the 12th The Reds led 7-- 2 after six innings but their bullpen let it slip away Bubba Trammell hit a solo homer in the seventh off Scott Williamson and a two-ru- n shot in the ninth off Danny Graves that tied it at 7 Brewers 6 Expos 2 Ben Sheets scattered five hits over eight innings and Matt Stain and Richie Sexson homered as Milwaukee beat Montreal at home drive to Stairs’ 420-foright-centin the fifth gave Milwaukee a 2-- 1 lead 'and Sexson’s 24th homer a 430-foshot to left leading off the seventh put the Brewers on top for good 2 Phillies 6 Dodgers 3 Jimmy Rollins capped his fust career five-h- it game with a tiebreaking RBI single in the eighth inning and Philadelphia bounced back from two crushing losses to beat Los Angeles on the road Mark Grudzielanek and Marquis Grissom each home- -' red for the third time in three game but the Dodgers tied a season high with four errors and saw their wild card lead over San Francisco cut to a half-gam-e Los Angeles behind first-plaseven slipped Arizona in the NL West a rv 8-- MANHATTAN BEACH Calif (AP) —t Chanda Rubin upset No 3 Lindsay Daven- port 7 7-- 6 (5)r 6-- 3 to win the JPMorgan Chase Open on Sunday in a final between two players making comebacks from knee surgery Davenport served for the match in the second set after trailing 0 but Rubiri broke back and went on to begt the Wqman she used to compete against in the division : "She was better than me in 'v' ' ) i ff three-gam- Soriano Yanks rough up Mulder Cfl i in:-- v : ( 8-- - ' -ji' 4) A v 9-- 19-ga- i vv ‘tw five-ru- 3) ot © ' n Cincinnati blew a late lead at home then rallied for a 7 victory and series sweep of San Diego Boone hit three homers in the series opener Friday night e then completed the sweep by connecting off HtjLr t 7-- ' K ihii ©ymltaiini - 4-- ndn1- ' - 1 ! When they resumed kioya held serve twice then broke Hewitt in the 12th game to take the set ' i Hewitt had Moya down 2 in the second set but could ' ' not put him Sway Hewitt V v faaledto hold serve twice : sending the set tout tiebreakc : a Rubin came into Manhattan Beach ranked 21st and she will rise to about 15 when the WIATour rankings are released Monday She earned $93000 Rubin and Davenport both underwent knee surgery by die same doctor in YuC Qolo days apart in January It was Although lie won titles at Acqndco Bastad and Umpg same left knee in one year She returned in May and V ' this year his best previous fW-ish in a major tournament was won her first title of the year' in on grass at Eastbourne :astherunneMiptoJuanCar- los Ferrero at Monte Carlo in June She is 23--7 since comApriL ing back " - “I’ve used it to motivate Moya who pon $392006 me” she said of her surgeries did not lose a set in six match- es this week and beat Hewitt “I’ve worked overtime twice Rubin’s second surgery bn the ‘ ’ -- 5-- ' er But at 5 in foe tiebreaker Hewitt double-faultthen hit Moya's serve beyond die baseline on match jxxnt : 5-- ed i i |