Mistrial stalls farmhand's rape case DENVER — A mistrial was de- yean in prison — and third-degree dared Monday in the rape trial of Reds minor-league pitcher Marcus Moore when a Denver County Court Jury found Itself deadlocked and unable to reach a verdict -Moore who has split the year between Class AAA Indianapolis and Class AA Chattanooga was arrested on July 18 1994 in Colorado Springs after his girlfriend fiaimnrf he raped her twice and repeatedly beat her with a belt during a domestic dispute He was charged with first-degree sexual assault — a Class 3 felony punishable by 4-16 assault A decision will be made on July 10 whether to retry Moore dismiss the charges or reach a plea bargain Moore has already turned down one plea-bargain offer that would have called for an undisclosed amount of jail time Moore 24 was acquired from the Colorado Rockies on April 10 for minor-league infielder Chris Sexton He appeared in 56 games for the Rockies in 1993 and ’94 and was 4-3 with a 645 ERA — Jeff Horrigan