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wwwlennesseancom THE TENNESSEAN Monday, August 28. 2000 5C SPOR IS: BASEBALL MtasMafbsVn urham, pitching spark White Sox A Wv ft- Helton up to .394 avg. Tenneseun Vch Services Former Tennessee star Todd Helton is convinced the only way to hit .400 is to not try to hit .400. I lelton homered and doubled to up his average to 394 as Colorado finished a three-game sweep of in wm vs. manners 1 Pittsburgh, 9-2.

I lelton, trying to become the first since Ted Williams in 1941 to bat .400, must bat about .430 over the Rockies' final 31 games (7 AP AL wild-card race Pet GB Cleveland 67 58 .536 Boston 68 59 .535 Oakland 68 61 .527 1 Toronto 67 62 .519 2 Anaheim 66 63 .512 3 Detroit 64 65 .496 5 Los Angeles Manager Davey Johnson, right, argues with home plate umpire Mark Wegner (47) over a strike while Dodgers catcher Todd Hundley looks on in the third inning against the Chicago Cubs. Dodgers' rally beats Cubs in 10 AssmiuleJ Press SEATTLE Fur the second time in the series, the Chicago White Sox's pitching was sensational. And Ray Durham kept his temper in check. Durham's tiebreaking homer in the eighth inning combined with Chicago's four-hit pitching for the second time in three days gave the White Sox a 2-1 victory over the struggling Seattle Mariners yesterday. The Mariners lost for the 12th time in 14 games, including a 4-1 defeat Friday night when they had four hits.

But they stayed 2'A games ahead of Oakland, which lost to the New York Yankees 7-5. Durham, ejected in the ninth inning Saturday for arguing after being called out on strikes in an 11-5 loss, hit his 15th home run into the right-field stands off Freddy Garcia (4-4) with one out in the eighth. "It's night and day," Durham said with a smile when asked to contrast his flareup Saturday and his winning homer yesterday. "But yesterday was finished as swn as I left the ballpark. When something like that happens, you have to move on." Durham hit his first home run since Aug.

9. "I don't try to hit home runs and I've been in a rut at the plate so I've been trying to hit the ball up the middle," he said. "This one felt giHxi, but it felt good for the team." Yankees 7, Athletics 5 OAKLAND, Calif Pinch-hitter Bernie Williams drove in the go-ahead run in a three-run eighth inning as the New York Yankees came from behind to defeat Jim Mecir (8-3) walked David Justice to start the eighth and Jose Canseco singled. After Jose Vizcaino came in to run for Canseco, Tino Martinez lifted a routine fly ball to center field. But Terrence Long struggled with the ball in the sun, then dropped it after trying to NL wild-card race Pet.

GB .592 5 12 77 53 71 58 to reach .400. He is HELTON hitting .432 (54-for-125) in his last 34 games. "I saw George Brett on TV this morning and he talked about how he tried to hit .400 and that's where he went wrong," Helton said. "I'm not on a quest to do it. I'm just trying to help my team win some games." Brett made a run at .400 in 1980 before finishing at .390.

Fourth decade: Joe Charboneau, winner of the 1980 AL Rookie of the Year award with Cleveland, will appear in his fourth decade of professional baseball today after yesterday's scheduled at-bat was rained out. Charboneau, 45, will bat for the Canton Crocodiles of the independent Frontier League against the London Werewolves today, when he'll hit second in the eighth inning. Although the Frontier League has a 27-year-old age limit, the league has given Charboneau a special dispensation. Ripken plans ahead: If Cal Ripken plays well and stays healthy in September, there's a good chance he will return to play next April. Ripken, 40, has been on the disabled list with lower back pain since June 28.

When he is activated off the DL on Friday in Cleveland, the third baseman will begin a pivotal stretch that will go a long way toward determining if he retires at the end of the season or begins workouts for 2001. That's one reason why Ripken and the Orioles decided against beginning his return with a rehabilitative assignment in the minor leagues. Newark Arizona make a basket catch, loading the bases. With one out, Luis Sojo hit a slow bouncer to third, which Fric Chavez picked up and threw past first baseman Mike Stanley. Sojo was credited with a single and an RBI, and the throwing error allowed a second run to score to tie it 5-5.

Scott Brosius was walked intentionally to set the stage for Williams, hitting for Clay Bellinger. Williams grounded into a force play, allowing Martinez to score the go-ahead run. Justice added an RBI double in the ninth for New York. Twins 7, Tigers 6 (10) MINNEAPOLIS Midre Cum-mings hit a game-winning RBI single in the 10th inning and Ron Coomer had three RBI as Minnesota beat Detroit. Orioles 3, Devil Rays 2 BALTIMORE Jay Spurgeon allowed two runs in seven innings to win his first start in the majors, and Melvin Mora homered as Baltimore defeated Tampa Bay.

Royals 11, Red Sox 7 KANSAS CITY, Mo. Dave McCarty and Jermaine Dye each hit two-run homers and Dan Re-ichert won his fourth straight decision as Kansas City beat Boston in withering 100-degree heat. to Sh games, scoring the tiebreaking run in the seventh on Todd Zeile's RBI grounder. Marlins 7, Reds 6 MIAMI Mike Lowell homered with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning as Florida overcame five RBI by Dante Bichette to beat Cincinnati. Astros 7, Expos 3 MONTREAL Tony Fusebio doubled twice and hit his seventh homer to extend his career-best hitting streak to 23 games and Scott Flarton pitched his second career complete game as Houston beat Montreal.

Padres 2, Brewers 1 MILWAUKEE Ryan Klesko's run-scoring single in the eighth inning lifted San Diego to a win over Milwaukee. The Padres rallied vs. reliever David Weathers (3-5) of Loretto, in the eighth. Rockies 9, Pirates 2 PITTSBURGH Brian Bo-hanon backed his own effective pitching with a two-run double as Colorado finished a three-game sweep of Pittsburgh. Phillies 2, Giants 1 (10) PHILADELPHIA Bobby Abreu homered twice, including a game-winning, inside-the-park homer in the bottom of the 10th.

Associated Press CHICAGO Kerry Wood was dominating against the Los Angeles Dodgers, who think he still has a lot to learn. Wood struck out 11 for his first double-digit strikeout game in almost two years yesterday, but his bullpen failed him as the Dodgers rallied for a 7-6, 10-inning victory over the Chicago Cubs. "By far, that was the best stuff he's had all year," Cubs Manager Don Baylor said of Wood, who missed all of 1999 following elbow surgery. With the game tied 6-6, pinch-hitter Jeff Branson walked to lead off the 10th against Todd Van Pop-pel (2-4) and advanced on Adrian Beltre's sacrifice and Bruce Aven's groundnut. Branson then scored on a 2-0 wild pitch to Alex Cora.

Mike Fetters (5-2) picked up the win with two innings of two-hit relief and Jeff Shaw pitched the 10th for his 21st save in 28 opportunities. Friction between Wood and the Dodgers occurred in the fifth. After Aven hit his second homer of the game, a two-run shot, Wood's next pitch nearly hit Cora in the head. Cora eventually popped up. In the bottom of the fifth, Dodgers starter Ismael Valdes threw a pitch near Mark Grace's head to lead off.

After home plate umpire Mark Wegner warned Valdes, Dodgers Manager Davey Johnson came out to argue and was tossed during the discussion. On a 3-1 count, Valdes then hit Grace in the right arm and Wegner immediately ejected Valdes and acting manager lim Tracy. Mets 2, Diamondbacks 1 NEW YORK Mike Hampton showed no ill effects from the cracked rib that sidelined him, pitching eight sharp innings as the New York Mets, despite being robbed by Steve Finley's spectacular catch, beat Arizona. New York increased its wild card lead over the Diamondbacks tru TrrfflM! J1- TENNESSEE I Sounds stop Memphis ISO ORDER YOURS TODAY! With flaisnJna Presents I LBMther Lscmt I On The web: Teammart.net By Phone: 615-361-3447 By Mail: PO Box 27027 Nashville. TN 37227 Nashville scored again in the eighth on a two-run homer by John Wehner for a 7-3 lead.

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