Show i B2 —The Herald Journal Logan Utah Tuesday April 6 2004 i DDU propels Brewers: Qubs get past Reds ' : (over 500 in two years They haven’t finr lished wife a winnmg record since 1992 Ben Grieve hit a two-ruhomer and jSsttit Podsednik had a tiebreaking three-ru- n shot offMatt Mania in the sixth inning fbf die Brewers who began last season with six straight losses and never recov- - ' mmHndmDvingwilfauioneof Willie May fbcfciidploec oe ’ Jr with Kven has pioyo- first-pitc- n shot Monday against Houston goi Aaron (755) will lie ahead on the hal- lowed homer list Brewers 8 Cardinals 6 right-fiel- three-ru- (Uyhomoimioojiaive - Oece rally With The Say Hey Kid in atten- h fastball dance Bonds lined a from Roy Oswaft over the d fence in the eighth inning for a three-ru- n shot that tied it at 4 San Francisco completed the comeback in the ninth against loser Octavio Dotel now the Astros' closer after the ofTseason trade of Billy Wagner to the Phillies JT San Francisco’s Bany Bonds hits Ns 659th career home run a NWonmuuBua McGwire’asingl&season mark of70 in M01 Bonds went ' 73 tHU01cLhia more opening Acmhil hdpnBthoSMfanmcoOom AP photo fraoty 777 ' Scott Podsednik drove in four runs and Milwaukee opened the season by beating St Louis at Busch Stadium with Presi- dent Bush watching from a box above home plate It’s the first time the Brewers have been "t ulqi mum mmI in - Say hey Willie Barry is about to catch you Barry Bonds hit his 659th home tun Mon- - 9 n in thri same building where he tied Mark flUheAwodaWIPreM ' ' fiSaS Podsedrvik’s big day ODD to Thisyearthesecondundrif manager Ned Yost they’re aiming for 00 despite a $28 miUioqpayroU that’s the lowest In : nuiw Binhttonf oot the ceremonial Tint pitch 111 inode dnix to Cordjoai Ctfch Mike MethenyTtai Boh wMehed die fint five inrangi Home prime box Hmi - Cehe7 Reds 4 a hit Kfrry Sammy Sn— nuidn’t Wood crmldn’t get past the fifth inning Bie oroblems7 Not for these newlv consent Chicago Cubs Corey Patterson homered and Moises Alou doubled with the bases loaded ' pi ' SeeNLooB4 - DDWDDDD Tigers rough up Blue By The Associated Halladay Press knocked around for seven runs — six earned — and 10 hits in 6 3 innings Halladay who struck out nine dropped to 2 against ' the Tigers TWins 7 Indians 4 11 innings At Minneapolis Shannon Stewart hit a three-ru- n homer with two outs in the 11th inning giving Minnesota a comeback victory over Cleveland Trims Hafner hit two of Cleveland’s three home runs and Indians starter CC Sabathia pitched seven shutout innings with noth- ing to show for it Cleveland got 17 hits and blew g lead against a 0 e defending AL Central champion Minnesota Matthew LeCtoy walked against losing pitcher Chad Durbin with one out in the 11th and Joe Mauer singled With two outs Stewart hit a pitch to left to end it Juan Rincon worked a scoreless 11th for the win Sabathia a winner last year for an Indians team that went 4 gave up two hits in the first inning — and none after that He waUced three struck out nine and watched the bullpen fritter away a victory Athletics 5 Rangers 4 Y ' " At Oakland Calif pinch-hittEric Byrnes hit a two-ru-n double with two outs in the eighth and the Athletics rallied for a victory over Texas Byrnes who began the season : on the bench after a breakout 2003 season connected against Ron Mahay and rookie Bobby run : Crosby scored the Perhaps these A’s have a flair for the dramatic even without departed 2002 AL MVP Miguel Tejada'" New Oakland closer Arthur ' Rhodes pitched the ninth for his first save while Chad Bradford ' finished the eighth for the win ’ The Kansas City Royals started 2004 even mote dramatically than 2003 Mendy Lopez tied the game homer ami Carlos with a three-ru- n ‘ Beltran won it with a two-ru- n n ninth shot capping a inning that led the Royals over the Chicago White Sox 7 Monday Before 41575 the largest crowd in Kansas opening-da- y White Sox took the City history a 3 lead into the ninth in Ozzie Guillen’s first game as White Sox manager Benito Santiago who had three RBIs in his Royals’ debut hit ah RBI double in the ninth off Billy Koch after Cliff Politic walked the first two batters Lopez homered with one out off loser Damaso Marte to tie it at 7 and Beltran hit the winning drive DJ Carrasco was the winner pitching a perfect ninth inning e AL MVP Juan Gonzalez singled in his first two for the Royals and went start Kansas City got off to a fJ 2-- a 9-- six-ru- : 9-- 7-- 4-- eighth-innin- two-tim- AP photo Toronto pitcher Roy Halladay the American League’s reigning Cy Young Award winner gave up three home nine to Detroit in the Blue Jays’ 7-- 0 loss Monday afternoon er since 2000 spent the offseason trying to rebuild a franchise that hasn't finished with a winning record since 1993 Rodriguez a who helped Florida win last year’s World Series homered in a mree- ran sixth inning White who last year with Kansas City added a thiiee-ru- n homer off Roy Halladay in the seventh Johnson signed by the Tigers after Baltimore let him go allowed four hits in six innings and got the win A1 Levine Jamie Walker and Esteban Van com- bined for four-h-it rcjief for die Tigers who had just five shutouts last season-- ' Rodriguez and White each had two hits for the Tigers who also signed Fernando Vina Ugueth Urbina and Carlos Guillen as part of the rebuilding effort Halladay the reigning ALCy Young Award winner was All-St- ar 10-ti- Two-tim- at-ba- ts fin-ish- ed 9-- 0 last year beating Chicago 3--0 in the the Royals’ opener on athrcp-hitte- r shutouL Kansas first opening-da- y City won 16 of its first 19 staying in contention until the final week of its the season and finished 83-7- 9 1994 since record fust winning r Tigers 7 Blue Jays 0 At Toronto Ivan Rodriguez and Randell White homered in their Detroit debuts to back the pitching of Jason Johnson andth- er new addition Last year Detroit began 0-- 9 ' and set an American League record with 119 lossesThe Tigers who hadn’t won an open- - 1- -1 13-ga- 68-9- -- er ’ go-ahe- ' 'r''-'Vv 'AP photo' three-nKansas City pinch-bitthomer in the game-tyin-g Mendy Lopez back celebrates his bottom of the ninth against the Chicago White Sox Monday at Kauffman Stadium er m Huskies going for 3rd straight title " NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Everyone it seems has a spin on this latest national champi-- : oriship game between arid Tennessee Jessica Con-nectic- - ut When Connecticut gow for its third straight NCAA title in women’s basketball toriight this last Obstacle for the v Huskies is the only school that won three in a row '' “I was comparing it to Miss America ” said Moore ‘ " someone else It’s like ifwe win it tonight then ' they will be passing : the crown down to us” Actually that crown or torch or whatever yoii Want to call it “ already has been passed Wjth r its two straight championships ':andduee'indKpaMT6urv'’' years Connecticut clearly has ' supplanted Tennessee as the nation s program in the women’s game ' Tennessee has wod six titles Tenbut none since 1998 Evcn nessee’s ShannaZolmansaid this is “Geno’s era” a refer- - 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V l - - AUGUSTA Ga (AP)— A cola in his hand and a cigarette never too far from his : lips John Daly never looked more at ease as he stepped out of the Augusta National club- hotue Monday far removed ftom a world of double ' “I’mjust so happy lo be here” Daly said qutedy “To me this is like heaven” V The Masters also is his For the second consecutive year and the fourth time since 1995 irs UCom and Tisnnesaee lor the We Tha explosive ComecMcut Huskies taka on the LadyVcta'urshakeaWe defensive chemistry 3Bt-''3ftr- passes the crown downto Familiar fobs meet for the title - UConn’s center ’’After she is done reigning she C ' UCONN TENNESSEE MEET FORSECOND STRAIGHT YEAR ' i : I' return to suc-cessf- Moore’s is unique ' ul erice to UConn’sbrash coach Geno Auriemma That’s what gives this rival-- ry a buzz no matter how many times they meet in die finals This wiil be the second ’ : : - haven' He wants desperately for this week to be all about his golf which has been so good the last two months that he came out of nowhere a place Daly knows all to well— to return to Au gusta National Daly has Such cdntnft of his : game that no one wOuldbe surprised to see him in a green ’ i in-la- ftom previous transactions He stud be would stand behind his wife of nearly three ' - J jackcton Sunday “If this is his week there's ho reason he can't win” Adam Scott length is awesome snd his short ganie is pure It’s a matter of it clicking this week" But even as Daly played a ' V practice round widi good fiiend Fuzzy Zoeller his mind ‘ Daly’s wife and her parents were in a federal court in Mississippi ifc the start of theft trial on money laundering changes They wound iqj pleadhig guilty in an agreement wilhpiosecutora Shente Miller Ddy indicted last July just five days after giving birth to Daly’sfirst son was (fercd five yean’ probation ": widi six months of house anesL Prosecutors have said that Daly didn’t know about the trouble that led to the indict-me- nt vriuch allegied that his wife arid conspired to buy and sell dnigsiiarig cash - years andstronglyrecommend-eshe take theplea bargain : : “You don’t beat a federal : : d !: court a federal judge and the FBI There’s no way” Daly said in the parking lot “I told Sherrie ’You’ve got to look after what’s ahead of you If ' said-“Hi- s - : ' V- - : See DALY oo B4 |