Show B2 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Friday April 30 2004 NHL sweep away to next month net with 333 seconds remaining for the Lightning who have won seven By The Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Failing to break major ground on the issue of salaries in their first formal labor talks since October the NHL and its players' union scheduled more negotiations late next month “I don’t think anybody came into this thinking we were going to get a deal done today hit we had good discussions” NHL Players' Association senior director Ted Saskin said Thursday “It’s a step in the process and at the end of the day I guess we’ll judge how productive these meetings have been” NHL vice president Bill Daly used the word “progress” in characterizing the discussions and referred to Thursday’s talks as “a healthy dialogue" The two sides’ chief negotiators spoke to the media after a 3 1 meeting at the union’s offices in Toronto ' Without providing an exact date the two sides agreed to meet again in late May straight playoff games this year Nikolai Khabibulin stopped 27 shots allowing only Niklatf Sund- - " strom’s goal 3:46 in Khabibulin who has allowed nine goals in nine games has four shutouts and a 099 in this year’s playoffs Red Wings 4 Flames 2 Mathieu Dandenault scored his first goal of the postseason midway through the third period and Detroit beat Calgary in Game 4 to even the Western Conference’s Brad Richards scored his second straight winning goal and the Tampa Bay Lightning swept the Montreal Canadicns out of the playoffs with a 1 victory Thursday night The Lightning advanced to the Eastern Conference finals for the first time in their history and handed Montreal its first series sweep since Buffalo did it in ' 3-- 12-ye- ar top-seed- ed secon- series d-round 1998 Martin Gelinas and Vilie Nieminen scored for the Flames 18 seconds apart in the second period to tie the game at 2 before Dandenault got the lead back for the Red Wings Game 3 of the series is Saturday in Detroit Tampa Bay which earned its first playoff sweep will face either the Toronto Maple Leafs or Philadelphia Flyers next with a trip to the Stanley Cup finals on the line Frcdrik Modin scored into an empty best-of-sev- en players ur APphoto Tampa Bay's Brad Richards scores past Montreal's goalteinder Jose Theodore during the second period of Game 4 Thursday wm National League Pettitte claims first NL victory By The Associated e sweep Edmonds hit an 2 pitch from Annuientering his fifth ty Tclemaco (0-wall inning of relief over the right-fiel- d g for the sixth homer of his career The Cardinals raised their home record to 9 avoiding their worst start in at Busch Stadium since going 1969 Manager Tony La Russa became the second manager in major league history to win 700 games with two different teams joining Sparky Anderson Mike Lincoln (3-pitched a perfect three-gam- 0-- 1) Press game-endin- David Wells pitched seven effective innings for his first win with his new team The Padres prevailed 1 over the Expos' RBI Khalil Greene had a double in the seventh as San Diego completed a four game sweep of Montreal for the first time since both teams joined the major leagues in 1969 Wells allowed two hits and one run — unearned — to pick up his first win for the Padres in his fifth start Trevor Hoffman pitched the ninth for his sixth save in seven opportunities Tomo Ohka (0-who pitched into the seventh became the first pitcher to lose five times this season San Diego’s Brian Giles fell a home ran short of the cycle Astros 2 Pirates 0 needed only six excepPettitte Andy tional innings to go from the disabled list to midseason form getting his first NL victory for Houston in a 0 win Pettitte who hadn’t pitched in 23 days because of a strained left elbow and three relievers held Pittsburgh tp two hits Raul Mondesi was the lone Pittsburgh player to reach base against him with a walk and single Pettitte struck out three and walked ' one and Octavio Dotel struck out the side in the ninth for his third save in three chances ' Brad Ausmus hit a sacrifice fly in the seventh off Kip Wells (2-and pinch-hittJose Vizcaino singled to make it 0 Cardinals 5 Phillies 4 13 innings Jim Edmonds homered to lead off the 13th inning helping St Louis avert a 4-- 2-- 2-- 11 go-ahe- ad (1-- 2) 2) 13th er 7 Marlins 4 Giants 3 Bariy Bonds hit his 668th home run but World Series champion Florida hit three homers of its own to defeat San Francisco Mike Lowell connected for a tiebreaking solo homer off Felix Rodriguez (1-in the top of the ninth inning Hee Seop Choi and Ramon Castro also homered for the Marlins Justin Wayne (2-pitched 12-- 3 innings for the victory in his major league debut Franklyn Gracesqui promoted from the minors a day earlier made his major league debut and struck out Michael Tucker with a runner on third to end it for a save Mets 6 Dodgers 1 Karim Garcia hit a two-ru- n homer and Jae Seo held the Dodgers to one run on six hits in 6 innings Garcia homered off Jeff Weaver (1-with two out in the third inning to give New York a 0 lead Weaver gave up three runs on five hits in seven innings while striking out 3) 1) 2-- (1-- ' 0) 1) bases-load- (1-- 3) er 2-- San Diego third baseman Sean Burroughs snares a line drive off the bat of Montreal's Juan Rivera Finally Jeter breaks out of batting slump By The Associated Press ' Derek Jeter broke out of slump with a Iciidoff home ' ran Miguel Cairo hit a tiebreaking theNeW York Yankees completed a three-gam- e ' sweep of the Oakland Athletics with a 7-- 5 victory Thursday night The Yankees hit four home runs White Sox 63lue Jays 4 Esteban Loaiza stayed unbea- ten as Chicago rallied for five runs in the sixth inning and beat Toron- : ' nd - to-- y '' J rail his career Loaiza (4-record in April to 18-- 3 including TO straight victories in that month former ' ' dating kick to 2001 when hie off Barry Zito pitched for Toronto Cy Young winner allowed six runs hits Loaiza went in and six and eight innings?' innings V struck out nine allowing seven hits and four runs ' After Neal CotLs struck out three! Bemie Williams arid Aiex ' in two innings Billy Koch pitched Rodriguez also went deep to help -: the ninth for his second save Kevin Brown (44))The right' hander allowed four runs and Angels 12 Tigers 3 y ' Vladimir Guerrero homered and seven hits in six innings' y fourth Anaheim had an eight-ru- n Red Sox 4 Devil Rays 0 " 1st game innings winning for the fifth time in its last six games Red Sox 7 Devil Rays3 ' : Guerrero homered doubled and 2nd game ' ' The Red Sox finally’alldweda singled twice in fivie Jarrod Washburn (4-V: run after 32 scoreless inniugs pitched streak their eight innings fof the victory allow- then extended winning ing three runs and nine hits He to six with a sweep' of the day- struck out six and walked none' " doubleheader' night was Nate Robertson (l-homer Jason Varitek's three-ru- n for nine and runs n first inning in eight hits tagged capped a seven-ru3 in 13 after innings ' the night game Byung:Hyun Rangers 9 Royals 7 Kim arid three reiievers pitched ' Boston's third Straight shutout in Michael Young and Brad y ' ' Fullmer homered during Texas' : :y the opener ' fliree-ni- n rally in the ninth inning Boston's scoreless streak ended ' Young tied it with a solo shot quickly when Derek Lowe (3-) against Curtis Leskariic allowed two funs ihlhe first Hank Blalock followed with q seven worked He innings inning and Fullmer homered with — giving up three runs ' one earned triple vy twoouts :i and nine hits' It : Was seven Leskanic's third blown allowed ) Moss (0:1 Damian sin save five one out recorded opportunitieand just ran 0) he : six-pl- us - at-ba- ts ' APphoto' New York Yankees’ Derek Jeter right shares a light moment with manager Joe Torre after hitting a home run against the Oakland Athletics Thursday : : I) ((k-3- - : ' 1) : - 'y'’ ' The Boston Celtics BOSTON (AP) coaching job was only open a few hours ' when Danny Ainge decided that Doc Rivers was the guy he wanted' That doesn’t mean the Celtics’ basketball n boss didn’t give it a lot of thought “The search probably started at die 1988 Game” Ainge said on Thursday : after hiring his teammate from the Eastern ' Conference team that year “A friendship probably started there and a mutual respect” Rivers was hired to replace interim coach John Carroll who was let go a day after the Celtics were swept from tire first round of the playoffs by the Indiana Pacers Carroll' inherited the job when Jim O’Brien quit Jan 27 because of philosophical differences with Ainge y y “As soon as Jim O'Brien left I started contemplating what we might do fra our future” Ainge said “Doc was someone I thought of right away” Ainge announced on Monday that Carroll iwouldn't be kick Then Ainge went to Orlando to interview Rivers y “Danriy Ainge called me and asked me to coach the Boston Celtics” Rivers said “If you like basketball 1 don’t know how you : could say no to that” He wasted little time making an impres- sion in his new city Wearing a green Red Sox jersey and hat Rivers threw put the first pitch before the second game of Boston’s doubleheader with Tampa Bay on Thursday All-St- ar 1) : eight- Ainge tabs new Celtics coach American League - 3-- v ' 3) 1- -3 ed 3) AP photo Phillies pinch-hittRicky Ledee hit a homer in the 'ninth that tied it at two-ru- n Carlos Almanzar (3-worked two perfect innings to pick up the victory Francisco Cordero pitched the ninth for his seventh kave iii seven chances " Orioles 9 Mariners 5 ' r Eric DuBose pitched seven innings of three-h- it ball and Melvin Mora and Brian Robots had four hits apiece DuBose (3-has given up just fdur earned runs in his last 21 innings 0) : ’ - 2) 'y V ' Lui$ Matos had three hits and drove in two runs for the Orioles who got 13 hits including 12 against Seattle starter Joel Pineiro G-- 3) -- " : : The Mariners have lost seven of eight Playing in his 614th consecutive game Orioles shortstop Miguel Tejada left in the eighth after being struck in the face by a throw from first baseman Rafael '' Palmeiro lak-pla- ce - '£ |