Show The Herald Journal Logan Utah Sunday April 18 2004 — B3 ' - Red Sox topple Yanks again Detroit’s Maroth fAmericanlLeague overcomes jams to notch 2nd win previously 10-- in Fenway Park allowed four runs — three earned — seven hits and four walks iq just five innings The Yankees have just 12 hits in the first two games of the highly anticipated series By Maroth struck out Jcdy Gerut with the bases loaded in the third got out of a two-o- n one-ojam in the fourth and no outs jam in escaped a the fifth 1 19 Detroit which lost an last 4 The to games year improved Tigers didn't get their seventh win last year until May 7 when they were White Sox 4 Devil Rays I At St Petersburg Fla Scott allowed an unearned run and five hits in 6 3 innings to lead Chicago' Schoeneweis made his second start of the season The had made 98 consecutive relief appearances since June 25 2002 before his start for the While Sox April 8 Damaso Marie threw two scoreless innings for his first save completing a ut 5 flrst-and-thi- rd AL-reco- 7-- the first between the teams since Aaron homer won Game 7 of Boone's 1 the AL championship series last October Orioles 5 Blue Jays 3 At Toronto Larry Bigbie hit a homer in the ninth off Justin Speir(l-l- ) giving Baltimore its third straight win Brian Roberts followed with a double and scored on a single by Miguel Tejada B J Ryan (14)) pitched the eighth and The Associated Press 7-- 25 lth-inni- ng Curt Schilling jumped into the Sox rivalry with some flair Schilling overpowered New York and shut down Alex Rodriguez leading Boston to its second straight win over the 2 Yankees Saturday at Fenway Park for the second Rodriguez went and straight day grounded into a double with in the seventh The AL on two play MVP nearly traded to Boston last December before Texas sent him to New York is hitting just 171 Schilling ) acquired by the Red Sox in November struck out eight and allowed six hits and four Walks Yan-kees-R- ed Schoe-newe- go-ahe- ad 5-- -4 (1-- six-hitt- er Twins 8 Royals 4 2-- 3) 1) left-hand- er six-hitt- er Mike Mussina (1-also struggled in the second game of the four-gam-e scries in Boston's with two first runs a forcing bases-loadewalk and hit batter Mussina d At Minneapolis Henry Blanco had a double and an RBI single and Lew Ford added two RBIs to lead Min- nesota to its fourth straight victory two-ru- n 21-ga- AP photo Red Sox baserunner Mark Bellhom right slides safely into second with a stolen base as Yankees second baseman Enrique W ison lunges with an errant throw from catcher Jorge Posada d ring Saturday aftemoon at Fenway Park in Boston - See AL on B4 -3 ©SID3 is 2-- for Jorge Julio completed the his first save Toronto's Josh Towers who hadn't pitched since spring training gave up three runs and eight hits in 4 3 innings Tigers 6 Indians 1 At Cleveland Mike Maroth woiked put of three jams for his second win this season loser a year ago Maroth A won his fourth straight decision He allowed 10 hits in 7 innings But (2-0- rd ODD Reds rally ninth to defeat Cubs in National League By The Associated Press Rcds3 Cubs 2' The St Louis Cardinals celebrated Mark McGwire's return with a few Jjome runs Scott Rolen homered on consecutive and had four RBIs Albert Pujols also connected and the Cardinals rallied from a three-ru- n deficit to beat the Colorado Rockies 4 Saturday at Busch who threw out the ceremonial firs! ' was pitch given a pregame standing ovation by the crowd of 46471 It was his first appearance at Busch Stadium since retiring after the 2001 season' Rolen has never hit more than 31 home runs in a season but leads the major leagues with 23 RBIs and has seven homers Jason Marquis ( ) allowed three runs and eight hits in seven innings to help the Cardinals' win their second straight after a 6 start at home their worst since 1973 Todd Helton hit homer off him in the third a two-ru- n Shawn Estes ( 24 ) entered with a 129 ERA and had been 24) for the first time since win- -' ning his first four decisions in 1997 He lasted 4rik3 innings giving up seven runs and 10 hits' Phillies 6 Expos 3 At Philadelphia David Bell Pat Burrell Placido Polanco and Bobbv Abreu homered to help hand Montreal its sixth straight loss Kevin Millwood gave up three runs and seven hits in seven innings and struck out seven to win his fifth straight decision against the'Expos Roberto Hernandez and Billy Wagner finished with Wagner getting three straight ouLs for his fourth save Philadelphia won its third start straight following a Montreal has scored just 15 runs in IT games and has not scored more than three runs in any game The Expos are on their longest losing streak since dropping six in a row from Aug 29 to Sept 3 last year At Chicago Kerry Wood lost his cool and the Cubs lost the game Wood was ejected in a heated exchange with plate umpire Eric Cooper after' blowing a one-ru- n lead in the ninth inning run Wily Mo Pena doubled in the with two outs in the ninth and Cincinnati beat Chicago in another emotional game at Wrigley Field ' ' Sean Casey singled and after WikxI ( 2: ) walked Adam Dunn on a 2 pilch Wood waved in disgust Cooper then started toward the mound before Cubs catcher Michael Bar- rett got between the two After Cooper returned to the plate and Wood to the mound Ryan Fred's bunt moved bptlr runners up before Jason LuRuc tied the game with a sacrifice fly Pena then doubled (0 right center and Cubs manager Dusty Maker came out to remove Wood As Wood was being taken out of the game he sprinted to the plate and began screaming at Cooper before he was ejected As he w alked down the dugout Wood heaved a ball mg In-- I met and gloves onto the ficd Dodgers 5 Giants 4 At San Francisco Barry Bonds hit his ((3iJ homer and second in tw o days but losXnge les still won A night earlier Bonds hit a two-ru- n homer' against Eric Gagne in the ninth inning of a 3 2 loss! Saturday's homer was Bonds' fifth this at-ba- ts 8-- Stadium-McGwir- go-ahe- ' 1 -- 1 1 4 (1-- -- 2) Milton Bradley homered and drove in (wo runs for the Dodgers who won their fourth straight despite a shaky ninth innjng from Gagne Braves 4 Marlins i At Atlanta ChippcF Jones homered tor rlie second straight night and Russ Orti out ' pitched Josh Beckett to lead the Bra es over the World Series champions Jesse Garcia added his first homer in more than fouryears helping Atlanta huik 1 Redman doubled leading off the eighth! scored on a sacrifice fly by' Jason Kendall and Pittsburgh won its second game against the Mets' straight one-ru- n d Redman ripped a shot into the Jack Wil- corner against Steve Trachsel son sacrificed and Kendall drove in the run with a fly hall to center as Redman beat Mike Cameron's throw to the plate Mike Johnson and Solomon Torres retired the final two hitters in the eighth and Jose Mesa pitched the ninth for his fifth save '7 7 At New York Tike nue : - " ' APphoto Fbrmer St Louis Cardinals sjugger Mark McGwire wavies to fans at Busch Stadium while holding his son Max during pregame ceremonies in St Louis Saturday Williams advances Adu scores first to By The Associated Press (1-- CHARLESTON SC(AP) — Venus Williams beat Jelena Kostanic of Croatia 64 1 Sat- urdiiy at the Family Circle Cup capitalizing on a strong serve to reach' her first final of the year she will face In bxlay's-finawho Martinez Conchita Spain's defeated Switzerland's Patty Schnyder 64 3 Martinez and Schnydertiiunted each other in their match and ' Schnyder refused toshake her tipponenl's hand afterward The' ' Martinez won this 7 d ' in 1994 and'95 toumaiheni Inddubles Martin Navratilo-- 1 ' va and Lisa Raymond beat Schnyder and Nicole Pratt of 7 will j Australia 4 They team pfVir- face the ginia Ruano Pascual of Spain and Paulo' Suarez of Argentina who’beat the pair : Cara Black of Zimbabwe and ' Rennae Stubbs of Australia 6 6-- ' l : -- - 6-- '7 - - 16th-seede- : 6-- top-seed- third-seed- ed 2-- 7646-- 4 7"-- - ::'- Williams was playing inher first semifinal of the season and event She stnig- first ' clay-cou- rt - 3m L i 14-ye- ar gled with unforced errors in the first set but had no trouble in the second Kostanic left the court with a trainer at the end of the first set to treat a cramp in her 3 hip It wasn't that painful" she said “You know it's there! and it ' made me scared a little" ' d The Williams R' the highest seed left after the top three seeds! including sister Sere-- ! ' na withdrew With lingering ' injuriesaridillnesses ' William's said her goal entering the tnurnament was simply to siay healthy “I don't feel any pres- sure1 she said “I just wani to ' play better with each match" ! She wasn't at her best Saturday with 34 unforced errors and five 'double faults! But she hit 65 per1cent of her ifirst serves which ' were consistently more than l(X)' mph She won almost 80 percent of the points off her firiit serve and only 26 percent olThcr sec- ond fourth-seede- : ’ - ' 3-- : t 1 left-foo- ' : : : : 2) to' 2) - ' a ing ' six-hitt- er Beckett 7- (14) entered with a 064 ERAlhat See Nl mi 114 MLS L Freddy Adii's first professional goal didn't help DC United win ' The dd who joined Major League Soccer this season! scored in the 75th minute of Saturday !s 2 loss to the MetroStars in East Rutherford N J ' "It’s a great feeling to get iny first goal but it's a little unfortunate to do it on a losing day"Adii said “I didn't ' get a chance to celebrate because we lost Hopefully this will lead to bigger and better things and there will he plenty more to come" Adu player in a major US pro league in more than a v century! did not start but replaced Alecko Eskandarian in the 54th 7' minute Adu thrilled the crowd of 3 149 when he sneaked behind two defend- - V ers to take a entssing pass from Joshua tpros and knocked a sliding ed shot past Jonny Walker ‘‘Every player wants that first goal' because if opens everything else up It also makes itmorespecial here" Adii said V Reserve forward Fabian Taylor ' scored two goals in a span -half for the MetroStarsofthesecond Taylor who joined the MetroStars over 500 at Ortiz gave up one run and six hits in 0 23 innings lowering his ERA from ft 75 42)0 John Smoltz tyho followed Kevin (ir hoskj and Chris Kcilsmaout ofthe bullpen' got three straight outs lor his third save complet 6-- 5! right-fiel- (1-- ) ' season -6 Pirates 2 Mets 1 3-- last monthafter playing fouryears in ' Jamaicaentered the game after haif- time and outscored Adu “I think that was all the talk before the game Everything wais about Fred-dy- ” Taylor said “I just wanted to do well with my new teammates I didn't think I was going io' do better than ' V him’': ' - Earthquakes 3 Revolution J' ' 3- Foxboro Mass De Wayn6 DeRosario and Alberto Alvarez scored goals two minutes apart in the second halffdrSan J(?se! ' Landon Donovan also scored for the defending MLS champion Earth- ) TaylorTwellman quakes scored for New England ' Rapids 1 Galaxy 1 ' At Denver Carlos Ruiz scored in ' the 20th minute tp help Los Angeles V Galaxy tie Colorado! The Rapids' Peguero opened the scoring'in the ninth minute on a Jieader off Antonio ide la Tt'wre's comer kick- 7 " Burn 2 Fire 0 At Chicago Edward Johnson had a goal and an assist to help Dallas tx:at ' the Fire Bobby Rhine also scored for the Bum (1-1- -1 ! : (0-2-- 0) 7l' - : Jean-Phillip- pe (l-O-- l) - APphoto' DC United's Freddy Adu right scored his first professionaJ goal Saturday" ! against the MetroStarsy : Itas failed In sonic Chicago in its first three games' Wizards 1 Crew 0 At Kansas C'ityv Mtt lnn Nlcnia earned his MLS-rccor- d 5)tli sljuinuC and Davy Amaiid scored the Wi arils first goal of the season (0-1-- 2) i |