Show BEST AVAILABLE COPY M AtTQSlD'QODimi Angels win fourth straight By The Associated Press A’s The Angels won for the 14th time in IS games and stayed even with Oakland which beat Seattle The Marinas fell eight games behind the in the wild-car- d race Washburn (18-5- ) became the Angels’ top winner since 1991 when Marie Langston won 19 games and Chuck Finley and Jim Abbott each had 18 victories Washburn allowed two runs one earned on five hits walked none and struck out five in 71-- 3' innings He left to a standing ovation and smiled and tipped his cap to the crowd of 35345 Earlier this week Washburn dealt with being investigated for an alleged sexual assault The pitcher was never arrested and the Orange County district attorney’s office declined to file charges say ing the case had been thoroughly reviewed and was being rejected “based on lack of sufficient evidence at this time" Athletics 5 Mariners 0 Barry Zito held Seattle hitless until John Olerud singled tq lead off the eighth inning and the Oak- - keep pace Minnesota arrived in Cleveland with a magic number of three The Twins then brought in 10 cases of land Athletics defeated the struggling Mariners The Athletics ended a three-gam- e losing streak Seattle lost its fifth in a row and fell eight games behind the A's and Angels in its bid for the wild-car- d spot The Mariners' losing streak is their longest since they dropped 0 2000 eight straight from Aug Zito (21-leading the league in wins retired the first 16 batters before walking Dan Wilson on four pitches in the sixth Olerud singled to center field to start the eighth and Ruben Sierra followed with a single After manager Art Howe visited the mound Zito retired Mike Cameron on a fly ball and Wilson to hit into a double play Indians 12 Twins 5 The Cleveland Indians in no rush to surrender their division title stalled Minnesota’s eventual clinching again by routing the Twins Terry Mulholland took a shutout into the seventh inning and Jim Thome and Karim Gartia hit three-ru- n homers forthe defending AL Central champions who blastfor nine runs ed Eric Milton (13-in the first two innings Travis Fryman homered for the Indians who would prefer if the Twins wrapped up their champi 3-- champagne in anticipation of celebrating their first playoff appearance since 1991 White Sox 13 Yankees 2 Magglio Ordonez went with three RBIs and three runs scored as the Chicago White Sox capitalized on three errors to beat the New York Yankees i Mike Mussina (16-1struggled with his control walking four batters and hitting one to lose his third straight start as the Yankees’ five-gawinning streak was snapped New York's magic number for clinching its fifth straight AL East title dropped to seven after Boston lost 3 to Baltimore Orioles 8 Red Sox 3 Rookie Rodrigo Lopez earned his 15th win and Geronimo Gil hit a ' two-ru- n homer as the Baltimore Orioles ended an eight-gam- e losing streak beating the Boston Red Sox Baltimore's Mike Bordick set an AL record with his 96th consecutive errorless game at shortstop breaking a tie with former Orioles star Cal ' Ripken Rey Ordonez of the New '' York Mets set the major league record of 101 games in 1999-200- 0 Blue Jays 5 Devil Rays 2 Eric Hinske hit a three-ru- n 12-2- 5) 0) 8-- - : 9) ' ‘ Oakland A's pitcher Barry Zito pitches against the Seattle Mariners Oakland Calif Friday He took a into the eighth inning j Greg Maddux struggled through the worst fust inning of his career giving up six runs and the Florida Marlins totaled 16 hits and three home runs to beat the Atlanta Braves 13--3 Friday night at Miami t Maddux (13-departed after two innings trailing 7-- 0 His ERA the lowest in the NL entering the game rose from to 242 to 274 That left Randy Johnson of Arizona in the lead at 253 Andy Fox capped the Florida fust with a three-ru- n homer Preston Wilson drove in four runs and every player in the Marlins’ lineup had a hit by the fourth inning Expos 11 Mats 8 Vladimir Guerrero hit his 37th homer and drove in three runs reaching 100 RBIs for the fifth straight season as Montreal beat the sloppy Mets six New York made a season-hig- h errors — including three by 10-tiGold Glove second baseman Roberto Alomar 6) Grizz ' Continued from B1 we blew two of them” Favero isaid “I told the kids at halftime to keep playing and those missed opportunities will be scores” Logan came out firing in the third quarter with a pass toChris Bitner who somehow managed to hold on to the ball after a devastating blow from a Trojan defender Olsen then trudged his way down to Morgan’s line on a quarterback sneak Olsen capped the drive finding Greg Palmer streaking across touchthe middle for a down pass and then die Grizz converted a long two-poiconversion putting Logan up 40-ya- rd 10-ya- rd rd nt 14-- 7 : With big hits from Jimmy Schmidt and Tyler Thomas and a sack by Jordan Oldham the Trojans were forced to punt Schmidt fielded the punt Bobcats IIUUMllililIIIIU — and gave up six unearned runs The Mets lead the majors with 130 errors Cubs 7 Reds 6 Fred McGriff got his 1500th career RBI homer and Moises Akxi hit with a two-ru- n shot as Chicago beat Cincinnati a thee-ru- n started slowly but Kerry Wood (11-revved up his fastball as the game went along The right-handgave up seven hits and six runs in seven innings fanning eight Pirates 5Phillies 3 Adam Hyzdu homered Jack Wilson drove in two runs and Pittsburgh used some aggressive baserunning to score twice in die seventh inning and beat Philadelphia Cardinals 3 Astros 2 (10) Edgar Renteria hit an RBI single in the 10th inning as St Louis beat Houston to extend its lend in the NL Central Renteria had three hjts and two RBIs for the Cardinals who lead second-plac- e Houston by 6 12 games 9) er and then proceeded to slash and dash his way into the end zone from 75 yards out with 1:39 left in the third quarter! Trojan receiver Tom Wright made an acrobatic catch early in the fourth quarter to convert on But the drive was eventually squashed by a Tro-ja-n personal foul and the Trojans were forced to punt However on the Trojans’ next possession and after only three plays they marched down the field and scored on a pitch to Joe Wiscombe making the score 21-1- 4 Logan answers with Olsen making something out of nothing on a scramble for his life taking the ball down to the line Olsen Trojan’s then hooked up with receiver third-and-lo- homer as the Toronto Blue Jays tied a with their fifth straight win season-hig- h the beating Tampa Bay Devil Rays The Devil Rays turned their fust triple play in franchise history in the fifth inning Dewon Brazeltori (0-- allowed a single to Chris Woodward before hitting Dave Berg with a pitch Woodward and Berg then took off and Ken Huckaby hit a sharp Bobcats’ fourth seme and went for 36 yards in the sec-- ' there” It boggles die mind why ' Kearns insisted on continuing to kick to Sky View because Bobcat punt returners Brennen Reese and Brad Singer were easily the fastest players on y the field and offer time they possibilities every touch the ball f Reese ripped off a return on Sky View’s second possession to set up the first touchdown Singer took back a kick 20 yards to initiate the “That was unbelievable” Christensen said “It was not only heady but gutsy And he runs with reckless abandon He’s electrifying” ‘ 42-ya- rd They dominated every possible aspect of the game Perhaps more than in any other area they excelled at punt returns “We got great field position from special teams” Christensen said “We just executed tng-pla- 28-ya- rd KodtoDodgei 4 Juan Uribe broke Out of a slump with four hits and Paul Shuey walked in the run in the Seventh inning as Colorado beat Los Angeles The Dodgers who started the night tied d with San Francisco in the NL race lost for the sixth time in seven n homer games Brian Jordan hit a and Eric Karros added a solo shot Giants 10 Padres 3 and Jeff Bany Bonds went Kent hit his career-be34th homer as San Francisco routed San Diego to regain d the NL lead The Giants moved one game ahead of the go-ahe- ad wild-car- 70-ya- rd 1 out-raci- ng forthe score the fourth inning kt Tigers 4 Royals 2 (10) Carlos Pena hit a two-ru- n homer with one out in the 10th inning and the Detroit Tigers defeated the Kansas City J Royals j Pena’s 18th homer gave reliever Eric j his first major leagutj Eckenstahler (1-3 victory 0) ‘ Tribe thumps So Fremont By Julio Ann staff writer Grosshans twp-ru- st wild-car- Despite not having possession of the ball most of the game the Preston Indians came away with a 33-- 0 victory over the South Fremont Cougars Friday at St Antho-ny Idaho Los Angeles Dodgers who tost at Colorado £Qur defeuscplaycdgreat” Russ Ortiz (l2-l0- ) pitchedlnio the eighth 1’reston coachRobbiie Gunter wijh three runs scored inning and went said“We really shut them ? and an RBI to win his fourth straight start r"down and kept them in the Brewers 8 Diamondbacks 4 middle of the field” Jim Rushfad hit his first big league home nm The Indians (3-were able and Qendon Rusch pitched a sevenhitter as to come away with some key e Milwaukee snapped a losing streak - turnovers placing then inside the 50 and were able to capi- talize on where they ended up with the ball quickly he said Gunter said he Was pleased with the effort of his team and 0) four-gam- : Roll Continued from B1 how they worked together to make necessary plays Chase Harris and Kelly Rawlings connected for two touchdowns in the second quarter on a pass and a pass respectively Preston’s Todd Parker also caught a pass from Harris for a TD in the third quarter Harris finished the night with seven completions for ' 106 yards j Dirk Forbush passed for 56 j 30-ya- rd 25-ya- rd 25-ya- rd yards for South Fremont t stead was later taken to Logan-for surgery Henderson said I “I’m not sure what was bro-- 1 ken” Henderson said “I’m 3 wondering if he didn't break the upper end of his humerus 3 but he might have broke part of the socket” ‘ With Beckstead out run- ning backwide receiver Mitch White was thrust into the quarterback spot despite hav- ing very little experience at the position He performed admirably under the circumstances completing his first pass for 58 yards and completing touchdown passes to S ran for 107 yards and two touchdowns on 15 carries The Rebels who totaled a mere 103 yards of offense against West Side a year ago rushed for 293 yards Friday Rich’s victory was secured however through the air as senior quarterback Colby Holmes completed passes for 164 yards and three touchdowns all in the first half "They were keying pretty hard on us and blitzing pretty hard so we just started pass- ing and that opened things up” said Weston who had just 20 yards in the first half "Then we got some running in in the second half so it was all right” The Pirates did roore the final 20 points of the game’ and although they came marily against the Rebels’ second team it was a confidence-buildin- g stretch for a team without its starting quarterback Junior signal-call- er Kevin Beckstead was likely tost for the season after severely injuring his toft shoulder late in the second quarter Under heavy pressure from the Rebels’ defensive front Beckstead got off a throw just before being drilled The pass was picked off by Rich line-man Kyle Motta at Wpst Side’s line aind returned 32 to yards set up Weston’s first touchdown of the night The game was delayed ' -8 Eli LucereHerald Journal 21-ya- rd Ben Macey putting Logan back up by two touchdowns Late in the fourth quarter Morgan threatened but Hadley was picked off by Thomas who returned the ball 54 yards all the way back to Morgan’s AP photo liner to second baseman Andy Sheets 1) ng ond half to establish field position for Eric Anderson’s field goal But the most amazing play of the game was Singer’s touchdown return With about eight minutes remaining in the second quarter the Cougars punted away and Singer lef the ball bounce at about the Bobcat 37 After the frop a Kearns player batted die ball down field where Singer picked it up off a boUnce and headed down the right sidelines With die help of a couple key blocks the sophomore sped down the sidelines the Cougars’ coverage Continued from B1 I in no-hitt- er Maddux struggles Braves fall hard By The Awodated Press I onship elsewhete American: League Jarrod Washburn pitched Anaheim to its fourth straight victory and the Angels remained tied for the AL West lead with a 2 win over the Texas Rangers on Friday night at Anaheim Calif The Herald Journal Logan Utah Saturday September 14 2002 — Logan punt returner jimmy Schmidt runs past Morgan's Landon Walker on his way to the end zone Friday night And then the connection was revisited in the form of a fade to the comer of the end zone putting the Grizzlies on top 14 yard-lin- e Olsen-Mac- ey How about steady play? Look no further than (he right arm of Jake Christiansen In the first half the Sky View 'quarterback completed four passes — all for touchdowns The first two came on the same play a seam route over the middle to tight end Tanner Touchdown No 1 Ur as ' Cooley a and No 2 was frpm 32 yards out Seemingly the only differences between the two woe in distance “I just got open in the middle and Jake made two good throws” Cooley said “I(’s awesome when we get into ' the red zone (referring to the first touchdown) we score instead of getting stuffed in four downs” After a paydirt toss to Adam Skabelund late in the first quarter found Josh Stokes on si little screen pass on the left side Forty-nin- e yards later er two-ya- rd Chris-tians- en 35-1- 4 The Trojans scored one mote time with no time : remaining to trim the margin to 15 after breaking numerous tackles Stokes was celebrating in the end zone after he put the Bobcats ahead 28-- 0 “When we played with one back or (an) empty (backfield) they played without a safety” Christensen said “We felt if we could protect the quarterback we cbuld throw the ball down the field” And how about the D? In the last 10 quarters of play Sky View has allowed just six points While it did give up 130 yards passing the defense muzzled the Cougars on the ground — to the tune of minus one yard “We’ve been working to get 1 1 men to the ball on every play” Bobcat linebacker Kevin Hall said “If you get 11 to the ball they aren’t going to do anything” That’s a pretty accurate evaluation of what happened Quite the laugher indeed 35-ya- rd : ’ Robert Bingham (nine yards) and Jason Shepherd (five yards) in the second half “I hate to use Mitch there because he’s our best receiver and he’s our best rusher” Henderson noted “So we may have to use a combination of him and our JV quarterback (Jordan Uyingston)” White also ran for a 1 1 54-ya- rd score in die fourth quarter but J despite being the recipient of four Rich fumbles in the second' half the Pirates were way too far back to gel back in the game! “We got down ! it's been a long time since we’ve been down that far” Henderson noted Holmes completed touch- down passes to Blake Pugmire (nine yards) and Randy Muir (48 yards) in the first quarter then hit Ptigmire for another 26t yard score in the second quartet Following Weston’s two short TD runs Rich scored the first eight points of the second half on a safety courtesy of a Zane Nelson tackle of West Side back Collin Hodges in the end zone and a run by Randy Muir “We’re doing good so far” ' Weston declared “Hopefully we can keep it up” ng 25-ya- rd |