Show The Herald Journal Logan Utah Tuesday September 3 2002 — A9 Maddux gets first W in a month Sosa hits Bv No 494 The Associated Press in return Reds end National League Greg Maddux won for the first time in a month pitching eight strong innings as the Atlanta Braves won their fourth in a row 5-- 1 over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday at Turner Field Maddux (12-- Brewers 4 Cubs 21st game Cubs 17 Brewers 4 2nd game Sammy Sosa hit his 494th career homer and Kerry Wood won for only the second time since the break as Chicago routed Milwaukee and salvaged a split of a doubleheader at Wrigley Field Wood (10-8- ) tied a major league record with four strikeouts in tlx fourth inning and also hit a two-ru-n homer his first since May 2 2000 Bill Mueller Alex Gonzalez and All-St- ar Todd Hundley homered for the Cubs whose that led Montrecomplete game a al past Philadelphia at Olympic Stadium Ohka (13-6- ) got his second complete game in four starts improving to 0 in his last seven starts Ohka struck out one and walked two Philadelphia had won its previous eight road games and four straight overall The only other loss for the Phillies in their last 12 games was 6-- 3 to Ohka on Aug 28 Dodgers 19 Diamondbacks 1 In a game that got so out of hand that Mark Grace pitched the ninth inning for Arizona Los Angeles defeated the Dia-mondbacks at Bank One Ballpark in one of the biggest routs in the Dodgers' 113-ye- 17 runs were a season high ‘In the first game Ronnie Belli ard home-re-d Eric Young and Jose twice Hernandez added solo shots and Glendon Rusch (8-1won his seventh straight against Chicago Sosa broke a tie with Lou Gehrig and moved into 18th place on the career list with his 494th homer Reds 5 Cardinals 3 Aaron Boone homered for the first time in 20 games and had three RBIs as Cincinnati ended a three-gam- e losing streak at Busch Stadium Shawn Estes (5-- 1 1) allowed three runs and six hits in 5 2-- 3 innings for the Reds starting a six-gatrip after a 2-- 5 homes-tan- d Adam Dunn who had been in an slump had three hits and a first-inniRBI single Boone hit his 24th homer his first since Aug 13 with a runner on in a three-ru- n first against Garrett Stephenson (1-Expos 5 Phillies 1 Tomo Ohka pitched his second career t 'St ' history Shawn Green and Brian Jordan hit consecutive home runs in the second inning to d loss ever for the ignite the most Diamondbacks eclipsing a 19-- 2 defeat at Colorado on June 18 2000 The Dodgers pounded out 24 hits ing the most since they moved to Los Angeles 40 years ago It was the most hits ever allowed by Arizona r '!v 4 ' s : 5) v v'Y A t V' J ' ‘V AP photo Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Greg Maddux throws against the Pittsburgh Pirates during their game Monday Mench Park lead V I I S A ' -- ' r i :' f--' ‘'is V"- By The Associated Press StJnterleagueV 4 Kevin Mench drove in three runs and Chan Ho Park won his third straight start as the Texas Rangers beat the Houston Astros 7-- 2 Monday at The Ballpark in Arlington The game the last interleague game until the World Series was the makeup of a June 30 rainout Park (7-held the Astros scoreless until Alan Zinter's one-ohomer in the seventh Park who got out of a bases-loade- d jam in the sixth with a 6) - ’ if-- " ut V ' ' 3 ’ ! ‘ r v - ' '"Vr v' I v'i " 5' ' j k ' i - -- j “ ninth-inni- ng game-winnin- g RBI sent the Athletics to their ft® AP photo 19th straight victory D® Indians 11 Tigers J Karim Garcia homered twice and had a Red Sox 8 Yankees 4 six RBIs as Cleveland handed career-hig- h Nomar Garciaparra drove in three runs ' Detroit its ninth straight home loss and Casey Possum (3-- won for the first homers in the first Garcia hit three-ru- n time in seven starts this season as Boston and sixth innings Detroit has lost five beat New York at Yankee Stadium straight oyeraH and 11 of 12 The Tigers Shea Hillenbrand had three hits and haven’t won at home since beating Seatscored twice for the Red Sox who tle 3 on Aug 20 trimmed New York’s AL East lead to 6 12 allowed one run CC Sabathia (10-1and five hits in seven innings improving games on a rainy day at Yankee Stadium to 1 in his last six starts Rey Sanchez and Jason Varitek added two-ru- n Mariners 5Twins2 singles Boston which had lost Pinch-hittfour straight to its longtime rivals is 4 Ruben Sierra hit a tiebreaktwo-ru- n 12 games behind Anaheim in the wildsingle with two outs in the ing card race eighth inning as Seattle handed AL Alfonso Soriano hit his 35th homer Minnesota its season-hig- h stole his 38th base and knocked in two fifth consecutive defeat at Safeco Field runs ' Siora singled to right off LaTroy White Sox 5 Blue Jays 3 Hawkins after Bret Boone singled and Joe Bouchard homered for his first Edgar Martinez walked to open the career hit and Chicago won its season-hig- h inning against Johan Santana (8-sixth straight game at SkyDome who struck out the Arthur Rhodes (8-Borchard whose contract was purchased side in the eighth got the win Kazuhiro from Triple-- Charlotte before the game Sasaki pitched the ninth for his 34th save homer off Corey Thurman (2-hit a two-ru-n as the Mariners closed within two games d in the fourth inning for a 4- lead race of Anaheim in die HAmericaniLeagueH Miguel Tejada and the Oakland Athletics simply refuse to lose — even when the degree of difficulty gets higher and higher Tejada got his second straight game-aidin- g hit as the A’s matched the longest winning streak in AL history with their 19th straight victory Monday beating the Kansas City Royals 7-- 6 at Network Asso- ciates Coliseum David Justice homered and drove in four runs as Oakland overcame a 0 deficit to equal the 19 straight wins recorded by the 1906 White Sox and matched by the 1947 Yankees With their second straight victory in the A’s recorded the their final streak in major league history and the third longest since 1900 With the bases loaded and the score tied at 6 in the ninth Tejada drove a sharp one-osingle against Jason Grimsley (3-through five drawn-i-n infielders The hit sparked a replay of the raucous Coliseum celebration on Sunday when Tejada’s homer beat Minnesota dramatic three-ru- n 5-- at st 5) 3) 6-- 0) 4-- er Central-- leading 6) 3) A 3) wild-car- -1 LOS ANGELES (AP)— Carson Palmer threw for 302 yards and scored on a sneak with 1:26 remaining as the No 18 Southern California Trojans opened their season Monday night with a 24-1- 7 victory over Auburn Palmer bulled into the end zone from 1 yard out for the score in the game that was only the second football meeting between the schools A fifth-yesenior still trylive to to the high ing up expectations that greeted him at USC Palmer completed including a touchdown pass against the Tigers who also were begin- ning their season Palmer was intercepted twice both times in the first half Tailback Malaefou MacKenzie whooften seemed overlooked by the Auburn defense had six catches for 1 17 yards and also carried 11 times for 31 yards Auburn’s Camell Williams ran for 94 yards on 21 carries and a TD but the Trojans' defense held him to minus-- 2 yards on seven carries in the second half Daniel Cobb went for 132 yards for the Tigers with one interception After an Auburn drive stalled at the USC 22 the Tigers’ Damon Duval made a field goal nine seconds into the fourth quarter to tie it 17-1- 7 go-ahe- Oakland extends streak to 19 White Sox win By The Associated Press strikeout and a double-pla- y grounder gave up one run and eight hits over 6 2-- 3 innings with seven strikeouts Michael Young had a pair of RBI singles and Alex Rodriguez got his major league-leadin- g 120th RBI with a sixth-innidouble Todd Greene homered to lead off the seventh giving the Rangers a homer in 20 straight games one short of a team ng record Jeriome Robertson (0-- 1) lost in his major league debut Trojans victorious behind QB Palmer f V 'J v V J tyg Oakland players swarm around Miguel Tejada (4) after his Monday at Network Associates Coliseum in Oakland Calif ut -- one-side- ng VW at-b- V "w ar yy vtr-- ftfth-longe- - vr-- qsMV'X m t- 5-- ex-Cu- s- ' vr six-hitt- er q " V- A losing skid three-gam- e 3) allowed seven hits and also sparked a three-ru- n rally in the third singling up the middle and scoring Atlanta's first run on a wild pitch Chipper Jones hit his 22nd homer for the Braves who lost two of three at Pittsburgh last week 5) A ad ar David Davis’ field third midway goal through quarter had put’’the Trojans up by 3 points Auburn linebacker Karios Dansby had an interception in the first half and recovered a fumble by Kareem Kelly at the Tigers' line to turn away one USC threat in the fourth quarter ' Hie Tigers got some help from a Trojans mistake and some luck at the goal line to even it just before halftime 37-ya- rd -- 12-ya- rd 14-a- ll 23-of-- 32 10-of-- 21 39-ya- rd Auburn punted from on 4 from its own 15 but USC was called for having 12 men on the field giving the Tigers a first down at the 30 Cobb marched the Tigers down the field then tried to score himself on a scramble with lime running out in the half but he fumbled at the USC 1 The ball popped into the air and into the arms of Auburn tailback Ronnie Brown who pushed it over the line for the score with 11 seconds left The Tigers went 91 yards in 15 plays to that tying TD using 6:43 Sultan McCullough had given the Trojans a 14-- 7 lead earlier in the quarter when he scored on a run to cap a drive that started when Omar Nazel intercepted a Cobb pass at the USC 25 to end an Auburn threat Nazel returned the interception 15 fourth-and-1- 14-ya- rd - : yards' Pierce leads US to rout over Russia Paul Pierce had INDIANAPOLIS (AP) mother one of his scoring blitzes Monday night ementing his status as the best offensive player m the US- - national team Pierce made seven consecutive shots and scored ' !0 of his 27 points in the third quarter to lead the Jnited States to a 106-8- 2 victory over Russia Pierce has led the Americans in scoring in all our of their games The US team hadn’t looked all that special in ts previous two games at the World Champi-m&hi-ps with Germany keeping the game close or three quarters and China opening a big early ead But this one was much more to the US eam’s liking and Pierce was the player who limed it into a rout Pierce solidified his status as the US team’s gp--o scorer driving for three layqps and scoring 10 d America's first 12 points of the second half The US team had another shooter' at its disposal as Reggie Miller made his tournament debut after being sidelined during the first round with a sprained ankle Miller made his first appearance with 2:13 left in the second quarter coining in to a nice ovation after the US jteam MWorldiChampionshipsS Pierce added consecutive 3)ointers later in the quarters for an 80-5- 9 lead dun followed a tip by Ben Wallace with yet another 3 for an 85-6- 1 edge Against Germany on Friday Pierce scored i eight pants in 46 seconds to break open a close ' ' ' game His streak of seven straight baskets ended with ' 48 seconds left in the third when he had an air-ball from range and he reacted with an embarrassed smile Andre Miller added 18 points for the United States which plays New Zealand on Tuesday and Argentina on Wednesday to complete the second round Zakhar Pachoudne had 16 points to lead Rus-si- a which was without its only NBA player as Andrei Kirilenko sat out with a left ankle injury had opened a 8 lead Miller committed a turnover the first time he tquehed (he ball throwing a bad pass but he quickly redeemed himself After a Russian player break Miller grabbed missed a layup on a the defensive rebound and then found himself line He made the shot just open at the before the buzzer to give the Americans a 4 50-3- ' t int 54-4- lead When the second half began Place made certain that Miller won’t be making a bid for too many of his minutes at this shooting guard AP photo The United State's Paul Pierce right gets past Russia's Zakhar Pachouli ne Monday |