Show t B2 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Friday n n kti w ' Bertuzzi charged with assault for punch ui i June 25 2004 VANCOUVER British Columbia ( AP) — Canucks star Todd Bertuzzi was charged with ussaull Thursday that broke Steve for a sucker-punc- h Moorc'-s neck and left him in a pool of blood ah attack that prompted an 'outcry about hockey violence announced by The charges-werthe criminal justice branch of the ministry of the attorney general after Mixirc was hospitalized after the March 8 attack with three fractured ' vertebrae facial cuts sion symptoms and amnesia Nerves in the neck area were stretched Moore last met with the media March 29 It was not known then ' ItlS ' i when or if the Colorado Avalanche r- XjT “ center would play again There have 1been no public updates since Kv''1 '$&s?Thc NHL susfjcndcd Bertuzzi for Ji thc final J 3 games of the regular Bertuzzi was ordered to appear in' season and Vancouver's seven court July 9 If convicted the 29- - ' ' year-bi- d player could face a penalty 'off games:' lime a The from to guilty suspension cost Bertuzzi near- -' jail ranging decision with no criminal record $502000 of hjs $68 million salaiy : ' while the Caniickswcrc fined Pat Morris Bcrtuzzi’s agent ' $250000 Bertuzzi was left off Cana- AP photo' refused to discuss his client's rcacYou hoped the da’s roster for this fall’s Vorid Cup Vancouver’s1 Todd Bertuzzi fights tears as tion to the decision The decision comes on the eve of he apologizes : for hurting Colorado’s process would have led to an oppo-- 1 the NHL’s entry draft this weekend site decision" Morris said Steve Moore back on March 1 0 7f - - post-concu- s- r ryj fH - H play-y-:Non- ’ - in Raleigh NC a showcase event' for the league A Bill Daly the NHL’s chief legal ' officer on Thursday called the league’s punishment “stern and : ' swifts and hoped such “appropri-- : ate' action would have kept the case : from the courts y "We did what we believe was ’f right for the players involved and the sport as a whole" he said ’ NHL commissioner Gary Bcttman plans a hearing with Bertuzzi Last month Betlman gave no indication when that might happen or if the indefinite suspension will be lifted ' In 2000 Marty McSorley was ' charged with hitting Vancouver’s Donald Brashcar with his stick1 ' McSorley was convicted of assault with a weapon but received an 18-- month conditional discharge mean- Canucks general manager Davef ing no jail time andno criminal said the team will “continue V: record after probation The NHL : supjportTodd and his familyending his suspended him for a year ' career throughout this process” hut had no Bertuzzi could get up to 1 12 further comment - Avalanche president and general years in jail if tried in provincial manager Pierre Lacroix said his team court and up to 10 years if the case is heard in British Columbia will cooperate with authorities if asked:“Our main concern remains Supreme Court The government r i1' will choose the court'-- ' for him to fully recover” He said -- - - ‘f’ : : - 7-year " - - I'st''! Sofiano’shomerin 18tn wris1itiforJTexas - By The Associated Press o Guznrtan tobkthiran' Jose " ' Mjj’ Offer-man’- s t his last 23 games with lO doubles three homersand 2 L 1 Nate Robertson (63) combined with Bran - :i two relievers' on a ' m' j i Braves roughed up DontrelJe: don lnge and Bobby Higginson had three hits each for Detroit'’: 5'’ yWillisand won for just the sec- 'V: ond timein eight games’ - 'Athletics 2Angelsl sacrifiee' then scored-joFord s f Alfonso Sorlahohit a twb-ru- n homer i 8th inning Thursday to give they fly IP left fielderManny Ramirez Devil Rays 19 Bljie Jays 1 3 Texas' Rangers a: 9:7 victory ’over the:Vyi 12 game A 'day after theirclub-recor- d 'Seattle Mariners ending the longest : streak V major leaguc gameof the season winning endedthcTampnBay:' Devil Rays set team (records for bins and was the longest big league hits iha game since the Si Louis Ckidirials won 'vark Mu j20 innings ai Florida tin April 27 2003 o Jose Cruz): Carl Cfawfordand isj’ bv wirmine CGeoff Bfuni horncred for the Devil Rays ?v' Jt so matched the longest game in for Oaklandwhofinished with 24hits three more twice but Seattle has Rangers hisloiy ' V than their marLThe ?' Mulder (9-club old pitched his major 'v previous games: played record for runs was 15 Soriano hit his LOth home run tplefi if: leagueleading fQurth'cpmpletegaInevoff Jamii' Mover Julio Lugo went 5rfor-- 7 to set a team' after Hank' allowing four hits1 He struck' out four : : its record for tied and walked three Mulder is unheatenin' hits andTaniipa Bay single ' 10 starts since April 28 record with 11 walks Vl:- V luts forCruz Crawford Lugo and Rey was Dye’sl4th this his first win in 12 career games' Thehontcrun ' Sanchez each drove in throe runs for the season and only the second allowed by The Rangers overcame a 1 deficit : in 46 3 Devil Rays who have won 16 of 9w 'reliever Scot Shields (5-and tied the game at 7 on Mark Teix- ' eira'x RBI single in the ninth Their six - ' : ' ' White Sox 7 Indians innings " Yankees 5 Orioles 2 JoseValentin hit a three-ru- n homer ift ' game winning streak is the longest in the '’ Aliiv DnilhoiiPT'anil TVimV ltar flll'iKl innino nnii thii nnil thn InniTui:! ihincriaunn flic u Sit the’ " - four-hitter'a- i National League - V - - - -- ge !! 'It - : : in' t pitch®: fbr?:yf i : -- Brett Tomka (24) 'from the disabled list-’tball six innings of three-h- it his first victory since April 28 'i'k'V i The Giants won for the5th:-y time1 in 16 home games increasing their lead to 2 12 - r' 20-inni- - : 2) - - ’ : : 1 : 5-- 1 1) 2-- f-- r ‘ - 1- : -- Whilii-Qnv-tai-liw- — 43 minutes longer than the first two games of the series combined Twins 4 Red Sox 3 Lew Ford hit a sacrifice fly following e a error by Nomar Garciaparpi in the 0th inning' and the Minnesota Tw ins beat the Boston Red Sox 3 Thursday Leading off the 0th Garciapurra two-bas- 1 4-- 1 limit- this season before Jon Rauch cd the Indians to one run in five innings He gave up six hits and White Sox relievers held Cleveland hitlcss (1-- 1) Jake Westbrook (64) pitched six innings allowing just four hits and no earned runs with two walks and six strikeouts Tigers 12 Royals 3 Ivan Rodriguez had three doubles a Sprinter’s lawyer livid SAN FRANCISCO ( AP) — When Tim Montgomery appeared before a federal grand jury — and reportedly admitted using performance-enhancin- g drugs — he probably expected his testimony to stay secret until the case went to trial But on Thursday the San Francisco Chronicle published details of the testimony in which Montgomery also said the man at the center of the BALCO scandal told him Barry Bonds w ith steroids The newspaper did not say how it obtained the information Montgomery's lawyers — and representatives of the other elite athletes and trainers implicated in the steroid probe — were liv id over the leak Several called for a federal investigation “I think it’s outrageous’’ said Anna Ling the attorney for Bonds’ trainer Greg Anderson one of four men indicted in the BALCO scandal “The secrecy G I Miracle and Field of the grand jury system is a foundation of the criminal justice system” Montgomery testified that he used human growth hormone and a then- undetectable steroid and that the Bay Area Laboratory Victor Conte told him he gave : Bonds performance-enhancer- s accord-ing to the Chronicle The newspaper's report' included direct quotes from Montgomery's testimony It is illegal to give grand jury testimony to the media Prosecutors did not return calls from The Associated Press seeking to determine if they would launch an investigation Montgomery was one of several sprinters who received a letter Wednesday from the US Agency warning that they could face punishment for alleged Anti-Dopi- Ponson his seventh straight defeat shot in the third Rodriguez hit a two-ru-n inning to tie the game and Jeter gave the Yankees the lead for good with a two -run drive ofTPOnson (3-1in the fifth " allowed two runs in the Vazquez (8-first inning then blanked the Orioles over the next six The right-handwho allowed nine hits is 1 in his iast seven starts 0) 5) er 5-- about leak steroid use USADA plans to seek a lifetime ban for Montgomery two sources familiar with USADA’s warning letter told the AP on condition of anonymity He is expected to contest the ban at an arbitration hearing “No one can legally or legitimately have Tim’s grand jury testimony and if they think they have it I would like to see it” Montgomery's attorney Cristina Argucdas said in a statement Montgomery also gave secondhand testimony implicating Bonds saying Conte told him he supplied Bonds with the same steroid Ben Johnson used before being disqualified in the 1988 Olympics Montgomery also said Conte told him Bonds switched to an unde- tectable steroid in 2003 when baseball introduced its drug policy “That is absolutely untrue” said Conte’s attorney Robert Holley innings his last and sevi "8 against Texas settled Mike Hampton (2-down after a shaky first inning ' won for the first time in five starts : He gave up seven hits and four runs in six innings Cardinals 4 Cubs 0 Chris Carpenter threw eight sharp innings and had two hits and an RBI for St Louis' The NL Central leaders took two of threefrom their closest competition and lead the divi- sion by three games after a 2 homestand The Cardinals who scored all their runs in the fourth with the help of an error by shortstop Rey Ordonez are 29-- 8 against the Cubs at Busch Stadium since 2000 Tony Womack had three hits and an RBI and Hector Luna And Mike Matheny droVe in a run apiece Womack is batting 384 in June with 3 multihit ' games Carpenter (8-Carpenter struck out nine tying his season best and walked one He gave up seven hits before giving way to Jason Isringhausen who worked a one-h- it ninth to finish St Louis fourth shutout of the season Matt Clement (7-allowed four runs and seven hits in six innings falling to 1 this season against the Cardinals Ordonez's error on a potential ' 7) '" ball to center field in the sun allowing three ruqs to score iri seventh inning as the a five-ru- n Cincinnati-Redrallied 'past the New York Mets 2 Thursday Cameron’s error foiled a ' strong start by Toni Glavine(7- 4) who leads the leagues 6-- 1 ( 2) 6) 3-- ball in the fourth led to three unearned runs Giants 9 Dodgers 3 AJ Pierzynski had two doubles Marquis Grissom homered and the Giants won their sixth straight to complete a four-gam- e sweep of Los double-pla- y run-scori- Angeles —7— 1- -3 - 5) ! e two alloweo nree runs — on nine hits in 6 innings ' Cory Lidle (5-allowing Jivo runs and nine hits in eight innings striking out seven and walking none Jose Reyes hit his first homer of the season in the fifth Expos 3 Phillies 2 Tony Armas Jr pitched six scoreless innings for his first win in 14 months and Tony Batista hit a two-ru-n homer g Armas had shoulder surgery in May- 2003 and missed the first two months of this season while recovering from a strained right rotator cuff He allowed three hits walked three and struck out seven Chad Cordero pitched the ninth for his fourth save n Batista homered off Eric (9-in the fourth to put Montreal up 0 Milton allowed two runs and four hits in six innings Rockies 3 Brewers 0 Mark Sweeney hit a two-ru- n Colhomer to help orado win its second road series of the season Aaron Cook (2-won for the first time in four starts allowing eight hits all singles in eight innings Shawn Chacon finished for his 15th save eed ! 7-- S 11 - : (1-- 2) season-endin- Mil-to- 2) 2-- last-pla- ce 2) : - " |