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4C frUmy, Uoivnbr 4 1998 THE TENNES8EAN SPORTS: BASEBALL 1998 Memphis Sounds top n-nug TODAY Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh Atlanta at New York Met TOMORROW Cincinnati at St. Louis Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh 6 p.m., WGN 6:35 p.m., TBS Noon, Fox 6 p.m., WGN I Vs -1 The Royals bought the contract of pitcher Jeff Suppan from the Arizona Diamondbacks. Third baseman Gary Gaetti, who signed as a free agent Aug. 19, his 40th birthday, Is 14-for-41 (.341) with three home runs, two doubles and 11 RBI in 12 starts for the Cubs. A Chicago Judge has extended by three weeks an order that White Sox outfielder Albert Belle stay away from a woman who accused him of hitting her and ripping her phone out of a wall when she tried to call for help.

The Dodgers are expected to have Kevin Malone of the Orioles, Dave Dombrowski of the Marlins, Dan O'Dowd of the Indians and Jim Bowden of the Reds for a second Interview for team's general manager's Job. ASSOCIATED PRESS home Although he didnt get the decision, Phillips allowed just one run on nine hits and struck out eight in seven innings. He was in line for the win following Tim Edge's solo homer in the seventh, but Memphis knotted the game at 2-all off reliever Jimmy Anderson. "Every start Jason's had here has been a quality start," Edge said. "He's been exceptional since he's been here.

It would have been nice to get him this win." Nashville moved to 67-73 and heads to New Orleans for a four-game series to finish the year. "It's disappointing we're not going to be able to continue our home games in the playoffs," Jewett said. "But this was a good representation of what this team has been, and is, about." Nashville went out front 1-0 when T.J. Staton singled in the second and scored on Jeff Patzke's base hit. Memphis tied the game with Nate Dish-ington's solo homer in the fourth.

"At one point, the home run was the only ball they'd hit hard," Jewett said. "Jason was very impressive. It would have been nice if he'd had a few more pitches to work Indians 2, Tigers 1 game with at the end." Anderson, who allowed three hits in two innings, fell into the win as he was the pitcher of record when Wimmer doubled to open the ninth, moved to third on Edge's sacrifice and scored when Curtis King uncorked a wild pitch during the at-bat of Darrell Whitmore who was pinch-hitting for Anderson. "That's a reaction play," Wimmer said of the gamewin-ner. "I saw it got away and went, and the umpire called me safe.

It probably wasnt very smart; if I'm out, I look like a goat there." Sounds 3, Redbirds 2 MEMPHIS NASHVILLE abrhbi abrhbl Little cf 5 0 2 0 Hrmnsn cf 4 0 10 Kennedy ss 5 0 0 0 Brinkley If 3 0 0 8 Hale 2b 4 12 0 Smith lb 4 0 0 0 Dshngtn lb 4 12 1 Ramirez 3b 4 0 0 0 Gilbert 3brt 4 0 3 1 Staton rf 4 12 0 Warner If 4 0 0 0 Patzke 2b 4 0 2 1 Munoz rf 3 0 0 0 Wimmer ss 3 110 Rupp ph3b 1 0 0 0 Edge 2 111 Sletnaski 4 0 3 0 Phillies 2 0 0 0 Lowe 2 0 0 0 Griiak ph 10 10 Almanza 0 0 0 0 Anderson 0 0 0 0 Sleverson ph 1 0 0 0 Whitmore ph 0 0 0 0 King 0 0 0 0 Totals 37 212 2 Totals 31 3 8 2 Memphis 000 100 010 -2 Nashvle 010 000 101-3 Note: 1 oul, 0 runners on when game ended. E-Stelanskl. DP-Memphii 1. LOB-Memphls 9, Nashville 7. 2B-Hale, Gilbert, Wimmer.

3B Little. HR Dishington (10), Edge (4). SH-Lowe, Edge. SB Staton. CS-Slefanskl.

IP er bb so Memphis Lowe Almanza King 0-1 Nashvle Phillips Anderson 9-9 WP-KIng, Anderson. 2:44. A 7,504. 7 7 2 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 0 2 1 0 0 7 9 2 3 Diamondbacks 1, Pirates Arizona AB Bl BB Minnesota pitcher Brad Radke first base for an out after catching Rany Winn's grounder. GB L10 Str Home Away Intr 5-5 L-1 53-14 46-24 13-3 18V4 5-5 L-1 43-24 38-33 9-7 26V 8-2 W-7 42-28 32-38 9-7 31 0-10 L-10 37-34 32-36 5-11 46 5-5 L-1 27-44 27-41 5-11 GB L10 Str Home Away Intr 6-4 W-1 39-32 38-30 10-6 13 8-2 W-4 36-34 28-41 7-9 13 6-4 L-2 24-44 40-31 9-7 15 5-5 W-1 31-38 31-39 7-9 24 V4 3-7 L-2 27-44 26-43 7-9 GB L10 Str Home Away Intr 6-4 W-1 40-30 10-6 21a 6-4 W-1 42-29 32-36 8-8 13 4-6 W-1 35-35 29-41 8-8 13 4-6 L-1 35-33 28-42 7-9 East Division Pet y-NewYork 99 38 .723 Boston 81 57 .587 Toronto 74 66 .529 Baltimore 69 70 .496 Tampa Bay 54 85 .388 Central Division Pet Cleveland 77 62 .554 Chicago 64 75 .460 Kansas City 64 75 .460 Minnesota 62 77 .446 Detroit 53 87 .379 West Division Pet Anaheim 77 63 .550 Texas 74 65 .532 Oakland 64 76 .457 Seattle 63 75 .457 y-clinched playoff berth YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Minnesota 5, Tampa Bay 4 (12) Toronto 4, Boston 3 (11) Gooden continues in final By MAURICE PATTON Sports Writer Sometimes, it even takes a while to get used to home.

Once the Nashville Sounds did so, they were a tough team to beat, as last night's 3-2 victory over Memphis before 7,504 at Greer Stadium proved. "We played well the last couple of homestands," Sounds Manager Trent Jewett said after his team completed a 16-4 mark over its last 20 games in Nashville with the win, which came when Chris Wimmer scored from third on a wild pitch in the ninth inning. "Home means something to everybody," Jewett continued. "When it's a good atmosphere, good things tend to happen. But changing affiliates, home's not home until you've had time to make it home.

When we come back next year, hopefully some of our players will be at home from the first series." Completing their first season at Greer Stadium, the Triple-A team of the Pittsburgh Pirates capped a 39-33 campaign on their turf with the victory, which was aided by another strong pitching performance by starter Jason Phillips. Twins 5, Devil Rays 4 (12) Tampa Bay Winn cf McCracken It Boggs 3b Silvestri 3b McGritt lb Ledesma ss Sorrento dh b-MKelly ph-dh RiButler ft DiFelice Cairo 2b Totals Bl BB SO Avg. 1 0 0 2 .308 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 .285 0 .273 0 .250 2 .272 2 .327 2 521 0 .242 1 .215 2 .228 0 .272 Minnesota Lawton cf Gales 3b Molilor dh Ortiz lb MCordova If TWalker 2b Ochoa rf Sleinbach Hocking ss a-Nixon ph Meares ss Totals AB Bl BB SO Avo. 5 1 0 3 0 1 .248 0 1 .273 1 2 0 0 2 .245 1 .189 1 .282 0 .265 1 0 1 0 41 5 10 5 3 8 Tampa Bay 000 200 100 100-4 9 0 Minnesota 000 200 001 101-5 10 0 One out when winning run scored. a-struck out for Hocking In the 8th.

b-fouled out for Sorrento in the 10th. LOB-Tampa Bay 4, Minnesota 5. 2B-Boggs (22), Ortiz (18), TWalker 2 (37). 3B RiButler (1), Molilor (4). HR-Lawton (17) off Mecir; McGriff (16) off Radke.

RBIs-Boggs (40), McGriff 2 (68), Cairo (39), Lawton (68), MCordova (67), TWalker 2 (54), Sleinbach (47). SB-Winn (25), Cairo (15), Lawtdn (14). CS-McCracken (10). GIDP Ledesma, Ortiz, TWalker. Runners left in scoring position Tampa Bay 3 (McCracken 2, McGriff); Minnesota 2 (Ochoa 2).

DP-Tampa Bay 3 (Cairo, Ledesma and McGriff), (Cairo, Ledesma and McGriff), (RiButler and Ledesma); Minnesota 1 (Gales, TWalker and Ortiz). Tampa Bay RERBB SO NP ERA Rekar Aldred Mecir 5 2 2 2 4 117 5.21 0 0 0 0 1 11 3.95 2 2 2 1 2 36 3.42 3 1 1 0 1 21 4.24 White 1-5 Vf Minnesota Radke Serafini IP RER BB SONP ERA 9 7 3 3 0 10 128 4.25 1 1 1 0 0 6 5.62 1 0 0 1 1 11 4.19 Carrasco Grddo 3-1 2,3 0 0 0 0 3 33 4.61 Inherited runners-scored-Carrasco 1-1, Guardado 2-0. Umpires-Home, Cousins; First, Brlnkman; Second, Welke; Third, Cederstrom. 3:40. A 7,072 TODAYS GAMES Cleveland (Nagy 12-9) at Detroit (Greisinger 4-7), 6:05 p.m.

Boston (Wakefield 15-6) at Toronto (Hentgen 11-10), 6:05 p.m. Minnesota (Rodriguez 4-3) at Texas (Sele 16-10), 7:05 p.m. New York (Hernandez 9-4) at Chicago (Slrotka 12-13), 7:05 p.m. Kansas City (Rapp 11-11) at Anaheim (Hill 9-5), 9:05 p.m. Baltimore (Guzman 8-14) at Seattle (Spoljaric 4-3), 9:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Arrojo 12-1 1) at Oakland (Haynes 10-6), 9:35 p.m. 4 0 0 0 0 3 10 0 1 2 0 10 2 4 0 110 4 0 10 0 4 0 10 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 31 1 4 1 3 AB Bl BB 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 4 0 10 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 30 0 3 0 0 Cleveland AB Bl BB SO Avg. Lofton cf 3 0 1 2 0 2 .280 Vizquel ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .281 Justice If 3 0 0 0 1 .286 Whiten If 000000 795 MRamirez rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .303 Fryman 3b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .286 Fielder dh 4 0 0 0 0 2 535 Sexson lb 4 0 0 0 0 2 358 SAIomar 3 1 2 0 0 0 .235 Wilson 2b 3 1 2 0 0 0 .295 Totals 31 2 7 2 2 Detroit AB Bl BB SO Avg. Bartee cf 4 0 1 1 0 1 .229 Higginson If 4 0 0 0 0 0 .291 Encarnacion rf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .324 ToClark lb 4 0 1 0 0 1 .288 Easlev 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .276 LGonzalez dh 4 0 0 0 0 1 .267 GAIvarez 3b 1 1 0 0 1 0 .231 1-Randa pr-3b 1 0 1 0 0 0 .242 Bako 4 0 1 0 0 1 .273 DCruz ss 3 0 1 0 0 1 .257 a-Calalanotto ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .298 Totals 34 1 7 1 1 6 WEDNESDAY'S RESULTS Boston 7, Seattle 3 Texas 5, Detroit 3 Anaheim 13, Cleveland 5 Chicago 3, Baltimore 2 Oakland 2, New York 0 Toronto 5, Kansas City 0 Tampa Bay 4, Minnesota 1 East Division to impress Associated Press DETROIT On a cool September night, Dwight Gooden found his control and got stronger as the game went along. It was exactly what the Cleveland Indians had hoped for.

Gooden, with excellent de fensive support, won again on the road as the Indians beat the Detroit Tigers 2-1 last night for their fourth win in five games. "We brought him here to be Doc Gooden," Indians manager Mike Hargrove said. "In certain respects, he may even have exceeded our ex pectations." Gooden (7-6) is 5-2 in nine road starts this season. Against the Tigers, he went seven innings for the third time this year, giving up five hits and one walk with five strikeouts. "The key thing was I had good control tonight," said Gooden, who won his fourth straight decision.

"In this park, you have to make good pitches. There's nobody in their lineup you can really pitch around. Believe me, if anybody says they like pitch ing in close ballgames, they're lying." Gooden got all his strikeouts after the fourth inning. Mike Jackson got two outs for his 35th save in 40 chances. Sandy Alomar and Enrique Wilson, the last two batters in Cleveland's order, each singled off Justin Thompson (10-13) in the third and scored on Kenny Lofton's double into the left-field corner for a 2-0 lead.

Blue Jays 4, Red Sox 3(11) TORONTO Shannon Stewart drove in the winning run with his fourth hit, and Toronto beat Boston for its Pet GB L10 Str Home Away Intr Atlanta 91 49 .650 5-5 L-1 48-24 43-25 9-7 New York 77 63 .550 14 5-5 W-1 42-30 35-33 9-7 Philadelphia 66 74 .471 25 2-8 L-3 35-37 31-37 7-9 Montreal 53 88 .376 38'! 2-8 L-3 33-39 20-49 6-10 Florida 47 93 .336 44 2-8 L-7 27-45 20-48 8-8 Central Division Pet GB L10 Str Home Away Intr Houston 88 52 .629 8-2 W-1 46-21 42-31 10-4 Chicago 78 62 .557 10 7-3 W-4 46-27 32-35 5-8 St. Louis 67 72 .482 20V 5-5 W-4 37-30 30-42 4-9 Milwaukee 66 74 .471 22 4-6 W-2 35-38 31-36 8-6 Cincinnati 65 75 .464 23 6-4 L-3 31-36 34-39 7-6 Pittsburgh 64 74 .464 23 4-6 L-6 37-35 27-39 6-7 West Division Pet GB L10 Str Home Away Intr San Diego 90 50 .643 7-3 L-1 49-18 41-32 6-7 San Francisco 76 64 .543 14 7-3 W-3 42-29 34-35 8-5 Los Angeles 70 70 .500 20 6-4 W-2 40-29 30-41 8-5 Colorado 64 77 .454 26'i 4-6 L-2 34-35 30-42 4-8 Arizona 56 85 .397 34Vi 7-3 W-6 27-38 29-47 5-8 Cleveland 002 000 000-2 7 0 Detroit 001 000 000-1 7 1 a-lined out for Cruz In the 9th. 1-ran for Alvarez in the 7th. E-GAIvarez (19). LOB-Cleveland 5, Detroit 8.

2B-Lofton (28), SAIomar (24). RBIs Lofton 2 (63), Bartee (15). SB-Encarnaclon (4). CS-Fryman 2 (8). S-Lofton.

GIDP Fryman. Runners left In scoring position-Cleveland 3 (Lofton, Justice, MRamirez); Detroit 4 (Bartee, Encarnacion, Easlev, GAIvarez). Runners moved up-tasiev, Lbonzaiez, DCruz. DP-Detroit 1 (DCruz, Easley and To Clark). Cleveland IP RERBB SONP ERA Gooden W.7-6 7 5 1 1 1 5 96 3.67 Poole 1-3 SReed 2-3 Assenmacher 1-3 0 4 3.00 1 8 6.04 0 5 3.38 0 9 1.74 Jackson ft Detroit IP RERBB SONP ERA Tmpsn L.10-13 8 2 2 2 6 116 3.84 0 0 0 2 13 2.14 MAnderson 1 HBP-bv Gooden (GAIvarez).

Umpires-Home. O'Nora; First, McCoy; Second, Meriwether; Third, Evans. T-Z34. Blue Jays 4, Red Sox 3 (11) YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Arizona 1, Pittsburgh 0 AP makes an underhand toss to Indians Mr, Wild card race American League Pet. GB Boston 81 57 .587 Texas 74 65 .532 7V4 Toronto 74 66 .532 8 Yesterday's Games Toronto 4, Boston 3 (12) seventh straight win.

In the opener of a four-game series, the Blue Jays overcame Pedro Martinez and moved within a half-game of overtaking Texas for second place in the AL wild-card race. Martinez gave up three runs and seven hits in seven innings, struck out 11 and walked three. With the score 3-3 in the 11th, Dario Veras (0-1) walked Tony Fernandez leading off. Craig Grebeck's one-out grounder advanced the runner and Veras, called up from the minors earlier in the day, hit Alex Gonzalez in the back with a pitch. Stewart then singled to short center, making him 4-for-5.

Twins Devil Rays 4 (12) MINNEAPOLIS Todd Walker doubled and scored on Terry Steinbach's single in the 12th inning, giving Minnesota a win over Tampa Bay. A season-low crowd of 7,072 at the Metrodome saw the Twins rally twice. Minnesota made it 3-3 with a run in the ninth, and Matt Lawton's two-out homer in the 10th tied it at 4-4. MIL Wild card race National League Pet. GB Chicago 78 62 .557 New York 77 63 .550 1 San Francisco 76 64 .543 2 Yesterday' Games None scheduled Arizona won its team-record sixth straight game.

The Pirates lost their sixth in a row and are one loss away from being mathematically eliminated from the NL Central race. Matt Williams' two-out single in the third inning drove in the only run the left-handed Anderson (11-12) needed to outpitch Francisco Cordova (12-12), who struck out 10 while allowing only four hits. Anderson didn't allow a runner past second base while striking out three and, as usual, walking none. He has walked only seven since June 13 and his average of 1.2 walks per nine innings is tied with the Mets' Rick Reed as the best in the NL TODAYS GAMES Montreal (Hermanson 12-10) at Florida (Meadows 10-10), 6:05 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Clark 7-13) at Pittsburgh (Schmidt 11-10), 6:05 p.m.

Atlanta (Glavine 18-5) at N.Y. Mets (Leiter 13-5), 6:40 p.m. Philadelphia (Schilling 13-12) at Milwaukee (Woodard 9-9), 7:05 p.m. Cincinnati (Harnisch 10-6) at St. Louis (Bottenfield 4-6), 7:10 p.m.

San Diego (Hitchcock 8-6) at Colorado (Jones 7-7), 8:05 p.m. Houston (Lima 14-6) at Arizona (Telemaco 5-8), 9:05 p.m. San Francisco (Estes 7-8) at Los Angeles (Drelfort 7-12), 9:05 p.m. Boston AB Bl BB SO Avg. DLewis cf 6 0 1 1 0 2 .267 JnValentin 3b 5 12 110 .261 MVaughn lb 4 0 1 0 1 0 .331 3-Snopek pr-2b 1 0 0 0 0 1 .205 Garciaparra ss 5 1 2 0 0 0 325 O'Leary If 0 0 0 0 1 .270 Stanley dh 4 0 1 1 0 1 .257 1- Sadler pr-dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 .256 b-Romero ph-dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Bragg rf 4 0 2 0 1 0 297 Hatteberg 3 0 0 0 0 1 281 a-Varltek ph-c 2 0 0 0 0 1 251 Beniamln 2b-lb 5 1 3 0 0 1 .284 Totals 45 3 12 3 3 I Toronto AB Bl BB SO Avg.

Stewart If 5 1 4 1 1 0 .277 SGreen rf 5 1 2 0 0 2 .276 Canseco dh 5 0 1 1 0 2 .238 CDelgado 1b 4 0 0 0 1 2 .297 JoCruz cf 5 0 0 0 0 3 .263 TFernandez 3b 4 1 1 2 1 1 .305 Fletcher 3 0 1 0 1 1 .279 2- Samuel pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .180 KLBrown 1 0 0 0 0 0 .264 Grebeck 2b 5 0 0 0 0 1 .260 AGonzalez ss 3 1 0 0 1 1 .251 Totals 40 4 9 4 5 13 Cleveland 2, Detroit 1 TOMORROW'S GAMES Boston at Toronto, 3:05 p.m. Baltimore at Seattle, 3:05 p.m. New York at Chicago, 6:05 p.m. Cleveland at Detroit, 6:05 p.m. Minnesota at Texas, 7:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Oakland, 8:15 p.m. Kansas City at Anaheim, 9:05 p.m. Milwaukee 7, Colorado 3 TOMORROW'S GAMES Atlanta at New York, 12:15 p.m. Cincinnati at St. Louis, 12:15 p.m.

Houston at Arizona, 3:05 p.m. San Francisco at L.A., 3:05 p.m. Montreal at Florida, 6:05 p.m. Chicago at Pittsburgh, 6:05 p.m. Phil, at Milwaukee, 6:15 p.m.

San Diego at Colorado, 8:05 p.m National League Through Wednesday AB Pet uwruo NYY 140 489 76 167 .342 LWalkerCol 113 408 94 139 341 BchetteCol 139 576 86 196 340 Kendall Pit 126 467 84 154 330 Gwynn SD 109 394 59 1M nn Biggio Hou 139 559 112 184 329 VGuerrero Mon 138 542 98 177 .327 90 140 551 95 179 325 GrilloMil 133 509 87 165 324 Piazza NYM 130 486 74 155 319 MaGraceChC 135 502 83 160 319 RUNS-ChJones, Atlanta, 112; Biggio, Hous- Sl- Lou. "7: Sosa, Chicago, 109; Bagwell, Houston, 106; GVaughn San Diego, 104; VGuerrero, Montreal, 98; Rolen, Philadelphia, 98; Glanville, Philadelphia, 98. McGwire, St. Louis, 125; Akxj, Houston, 118; Castilla Colorado, 117; Bichette, Colorado, 115; C-Vaughn, San Diego, 110 HITS Bichette, Colorado, 196; Biggio' Houston, 184; Castilla, Colorado, 179; VGuerrero, Montreal, 177; Glanville, Philadelphia, 169. DOUBLES-DYoung, Cincinnati, 44; Bichette, Colorado, 44; Biggio, Houston, 43; LWalk-er, Colorado, 43; Fullmer, Montreal, 41; Flovd BB: TRIPLES-BLarkin, Cincinnati, 10; Delluccl, Arizona, NPerez, Colorado, AJones, Atlanla, KGarcia, Arizona, BBrown, Chicago, Womack, Pittsburgh, DeShiekts, St.

Louis, 7. HOME RUNS McGwire, St. Louis, 59; Sosa, Chicago, 56; GVaugnn, San Diego, 47; Galarraga, Allanta, 42; Castilla, Colorado, 38; Alou, Houston, 38; VGuerrero, Montreal, 35. STOLEN BASES-Womack, Pittsburgh, 51; Biggio, Houston, 44; Renteria, Florida, 40; EcYoung, Los Angeles, 38; Floyd, Florida, 27; AJones, Atlanta, 23; BLarkm, Cincinnati, 23. PITCHING (16 Decisionsl-Smoitz, Atlanta, 13-3, .812, 333, Glavine, Atlanta, 18-5, .783, 261; KBrown, San Diego, 17-5, .773, 2.41; ALeiter, New York, 13-5, .722, 2.47; GMaddux, Atlanta, 17-7, .708, 207; Lima, Houston, 14-6, .700, 343; AshOy, San Diego, 16-7, .696, 3.19; Tapani, Chicago, 16-7, 496, 485 STRIKEOUTS-SchiHing, Philadelphia, 258; Wood, Chicago, 233; KBrown, San Diego, 222; GMaddux, Atlanla, 179; Reynolds, Houston, 178; Nomo, New York, 163; Dreifort, Los Angeles, 160.

SAVES-Hoffman, San Diego, 45; Beck, Chicago, 42, Shaw, Los Angews, 39; Nen, San Francisco, 34; JFranco, New York, 31; Urfiina, Montreal, 28; BWagner, Houston, 27. AFox d-rf TBatista 2b TLee lb MWilliams 3b Delluccl It JBell ss KGarcia rf DWhite cf Stinnett BnAnderson 2 .288 1 .280 0 .265 3 .258 1 .264 0 .248 2 .220 0 .286 0 .238 1 .105 Totals Pittsburgh Womack 2b ABrown cf 1 .287 0 .350 0 .329 1 .288 0 .270 0 .261 0 .272 1 .000 1 .119 0 .274 Kendall KYoung lb JGuillen rf MaMartinez If FGarcia 3b Nunez ss FCordova TWard ph Totals Arizona 001 000 0001 4 0 Pittsburgh 000 000 000-0 3 0 a-popped out for Cordova in the 9th. LOB-Arizona 6. Pltlsbiirah 3 9n-inn (26), Kendall (30). RBIs-MWilllams (62).

Runners left in scorina oosltinn Arlnn (Delluccl 2, KGarcia 2, Stinnett); Pittsburgh 2 (KYoung, JGuillen). Runners moved uo-JBe KGarda Arizona IP RERBB SONP ERA Adrsn W.ll-12 9 3 0 0 0 4 104 4.51 Pittsburgh IP RERBB SONP ERA Crdva L.12-12 9 4 1 1 3 10 118 3.07 Balk BnAnderson. Umpires-Home, Dreckman: First. Raou- ano; Second, Pulll; Third, Gibson. Wednesday's late boxes Mets 4, Padres 1 New York AB Bl BB SO Avg.

Phillips It 4 0 0 0 0 0 .227 Alfonzo 3b 4 1 1 2 0 1 .282 Oterud lb 4 0 1 0 0 2 342 Piazza 3 1 1 1 1 0 319 McRae cf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .273 LHarris rf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .271 Baerga 2b 4 ROrdonez ss 3 0 1 0 1 0 .246 Reynoso 2 1 1 0 0 0 .200 MFranco Ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .291 JFranco 0 0 0 0 0 0. 000 Totals 32 4 6 4 3 3 San Diego QVeras 2b Bl BB SO Avg. 0 0 2 .271 SFinlev cf Gwynn rf GVaugnn If Vander Wal lb 1 242 0 330 1 .285 0 .280 1 .297 1 .214 0 .269 1 .265 0 .121 0 .243 0 .000 0 552 0 7 Levntz ph GArias 3b CHernandez Gomez ss Ashby GMyers pn Boehringer b-MaSweeny ph SSanders Totals New York 012 100 0W-4 6 SaVONO 100 000 000-1 1 a-grounded into oouoie piay tot mnuy the 5th. b-grounded out tor Boehringer In the 8th. c-flled out for Reynoso In the 9th.

d-struck out for Vander Wal In the 9th. Gomez IIU). LUD new Turn ami Diego 5. 2B-Reynoso (1). HR-Plazza (28) off Ashby; Alfonzo (15) off Ashby; LHarris (5) off Ashby; Gwynn (12) off Reynoso.

RBIs Alfon zo (70), rtazza IVJI, Lnorns ui, vwyim (61). S-Reynoso. GIDP LHarris, Gomez, GMyers. Runners left In scoring position-New York 4 (Alfonzo, Oterud, Baerga, ROrdonez); San Diego 2 (GVaugnn, bAriasi. Runners moveo up rnimps oaeigo, Gwynn.

np-New York 2 (Baerga. ROrdonez and Oterud), (Baerga, ROrdonez and Olerud); San Diego 1 (QVeras, oomez ana vanoer vvau. New York ER BB SO NP ERA Rynoso W.6-1 4 1 1 3 6118 2.64 1 0 0 0 1 19 3.58 RERBB SONP ERA 4 4 4 1 2 79 3.19 2 0 0 2 1 41 4,61 JFranco 5, Jt San Diego Ashby 16-7 Boehringer SSanders 0 0 0 0 11 4.43 Umpires Home, Wegner; First, West; Sec ond, Kellogg; Third, Danlev. A 17,565 W.IW. Athletics 2, Yankees Oakland McDonald K-rf Chrislenson cf Giambi lb Stairs dh Grieve rf 1-Roberts pr-lf Spiezk) 2b Bournigal 2b Sprague 3b Teiada ss Hinch Totals New York Knoblauch 2b DJeter ss O'Neill rf BWilllams cf TMartinez lb Strawberry dh Raines If Brosius 3b Girardl a-Posada ph-c Totals Bl BB SO Avg.

0 1 1 259 2 2 259 294 311 .291 .274 .271 230 1 .221 1 .232 1 235 12 AB Bl BB SO Avg. 0 261 0 335 1 .315 1 .341 0 .289 1 .247 .289 .295 I .277 0 278 Oakland 100 000 010-2 8 0 New York 000 000 000-0 0 a-lined out for Girardl in the 8th. 1-ran for Grieve in the 9th. LOB-Oakland 6, New York S. 2B-BW1I-Hams (28), Brosius (27).

HR-Christenson (5) off Stanton. RBIs-Chrislenson (31), Stairs (97) SB-McDonald (9). Runners left in scoring position-Oakland 3 (Giambi 2, Grieve); New York 4 (Knoblauch. BWilliams, TMartinez 2). Runners moved up Stairs, O'Neill.

Oakland IP RERBB SONP ERA GHrda 3-0 7 TJMathews 1-3 5 0 0 0 97 1.10 0 0 0 0 0 8 438 Taylor 29 New York Cone 1S-S Stanton 1 0 0 0 0 12 4 02 RERBB SONP ERA 4 1 1 2 10112 3.58 1 1 1 0 2 14 614 1 0 0 1 0 14 MRivera innerneo rurmervscorea I jmatnews 10 Umpires Home, Hlckox; First, Clark; Second, Joyce; Third, McKean. A-30332 Brewers 7, Rockies 3 Colorado AB Bl BB SO Avg. DHamillon cf 5 0 3 0 0 0 .306 NPerez ss 4 1 2 0 0 1 .276 Bichette If 4 0 1 0 0 2 340 LWalker rf 3 1 2 0 1 0 .343 Castilla 3b 4 1 2 2 0 0 .326 Helton lb 3 0 0 0 1 0 .311 Lansing 2b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .272 Strillmaller 3 0 0 0 0 3 000 b-Bates ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .169 Thomson 2 0 0 0 0 1 .111 a-KAbbolt ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .230 Leskanic 0 0 0 0 0 0 000 McElroy 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 c-JReed ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .290 Totals 35 3 11 3 2 8 Milwaukee AB Bl BB SO Avg. Vina 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .309 Lorelta ss-3b 3 3 2 0 1 0 .317 Nilsson lb 4 2 2 4 0 1 .272 Cirillo 3b 3 0 1 0 0 1 .324 JsValentin ss 1 0 0 0 0 1 .215 Burnitz rf 4 1 2 2 0 0 .269 Grissom cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .264 Jenkins If 4 0 0 0 0 2 .242 Mathenv 2 0 0 0 1 1 .239 Woodall 2 1 1 1 0 0 .267 Weathers 1 0 1 0 0 0 .087 MMvers 0 0 0 0 0 0 CFox 0 0 0 0 0 0. 000 Wickman 0 0 0 0 0 0.

000 Totals 32 7 10 7 2 I Woodall hits homer to defeat Colorado Boston 000 010 110 00-3 12 0 Toronto 000 002 100 01-4 9 0 Two outs when winning run scored, a-struck out for Hatteberg in the 8th. b-grounded out for Sadler in the 10th. l-ran for Stanley in tne Bin. 2-ran tor Fletcher In the 8th. 3-ran for Vaughn in the 10th.

LOB-Boston 12. Toronto 10. 2B DLewis (22), Bragg (27), Beniamln 2 (20). HR-JnVa-lentin (19) off WWilliamv RBIs DLewis (59), JnValentin (60), Stanley (72), Stewart (39), Canseco (88), TFernandez 2 (54). SB-Garcla- parra 2 (9), Stewart (43), SGreen 2 (31).

CS-Samuel (7). Runners left in scoring position-Boston 7 (MVaughn. Snooek 2. Garciaparra. Hatteberg 2, Varitek); Toronto 4 (CDelgado 2, JoCruz, Fletcher).

Runners moved up MVaughn, Grebeck. Boston ER BB SO NP ERA PMartlnez Swindell Eckersley Lowe DVras 7 3 3 3 120 2.71 0 0 0 1 1 IB 3.58 0 0 0 0 0 1 4.9 0 1 13 4.20 1 0 14 19.64 RER BB SONP ERA WWilliams QuanlrlH 2 2 1 2101 4.53 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 8 2.44 1 8 3.63 Plesac Almanzar 2 38 5.21 Prson W3-0 2 8 8 04 Inherited runners-scored Plesac 1-0, Per son 2-0. IBB off Person (JnValentin) 1. off PMartl nez (CDelgado) 1. HBP-bv DVeras (AGonzalez).

Umpires-Home, Barrett; First, Phillips; Second, Cooper; Third, Scott. T-331. WEDNESDAY'S RESULTS Chicago 4, Cincinnati 2 San Francisco 12, Montreal 3 St. Louis 14, Florida 4 Arizona 2, Pittsburgh 1 (11) Houston 4, Atlanta 2 Milwaukee 8, Colorado 4 Los Angeles 6, Philadelphia 0 New York 4, San Diego 1 American League Through Wednesday AB Pet. BWllllarm NYY 105 417 142 .341 DJeter NYY 125 535 111 179 335 MVaughn Bos 129 510 94 169 .331 Garciaparra Bos 119 509 92 165 .324 IRodriguez Tex 125 502 74 162 .323 TWalker Min 120 447 75 144 322 Belle ChW 140 523 167 319 O'NeiH NYY 131 530 15 167 315 OffermanKC 138 532 86 166 312 Stairs Oak 121 440 80 137 311 RUNS-DJeter, New York, 111; Durham, Chicago, 104; ARodriguez, Seattle, 105; Griffey Jr, Seattle, 105; Edmonds, Anaheim, 102, JnValentin, Boston, 101; Knoblauch, New York, 101.

RBI-JuGonzalez, Texas, 144; Belle, Chicago, 126; MRamirez, Cleveland, 119; Griffey Jr, Seattle, 117; RPalmeiro, Baltimore, 112; Gar-daparra, Boston, 110; ARodriguez, Seattle, 110. HITS-ARodriguez, Seattle, 181; DJeter, New York, 179; MVaughn, Boston, 169; Belle, Chicago, 167; O'Neill, New York, 167; Offer-man, Kansas City, 166; Garclaoarra, Boston, 165; GAnderson, Anaheim, 165. DOUBLES-JnValentin, Boston, 43; CDelga-do, Toronto, 41; Belle, Chicago, 40; Erstad, Anaheim, 39; Grieve, Oakland, 38; GAnderson, Anaheim, 38; JuGonzalez, Texas, 38; EMartl-nez, Seattle, 38. TRIPLES-Offerman, Kansas City, 12; Winn, Tampa Bay, Damon, Kansas City, Durham, Chicago, O'Leary, Boston, Garciaperra, Boston, McCracken, Tampa Bay, 7. HOME RUNS-GrWev Jr, Seattle, 47; Belle, Chicago, 42; RPalmeiro, Baltimore, 41; JuGonzalez, Texas, 39; ARodriguez, Seattle, 38; Canseco, Toronto, 37; AARamirez, Cleveland, 35.

STOLEN BASES-Henderson, Oakland, 57; Lofton, Cleveland, 47; Slewarl, Toronto, 42; ARodriguez, Seattle, 39; Offerman, Kansas City, 38; BLHunter, Detroit, 35; Nixon, Minne- "ptTCHING (16 Declslonsl-OWiHIs, New York, 17-2, J95, 3.22; PMartinez, Boston, 18-4, II, Ul; Cone, New York, 18-5, .783, 358; Clemens, Toronto, 17-4, 739, 2.64, Wakefield, Boston. 15-4, .714, 4.44; Holing, Texas, 17-7, 708, 4.59; Saberhagen, Boston, 12-6, 667, 4.15. STRIKEOUTS-Clemens, Toronto, 216; Johnson, Seattle, 213; PMartinez, Boston, 208, CFMev, Anaheim, 186; Cone, New York, 174; Erfckson, Baltimore, 159; Saunders, Tampa Bay 150. SAVES-Wettetand, Texas, 39; Perclval, Anaheim, 38; Gordon, Boston, 31; MJackson, Cktvdand, 34; AguHera, Minnesota, 34; MRiv-ara, New York, 33; JAAontgomery, Kansas City, 11. Colorado 100 101 000-3 11 1 Milwaukee 000 230 02X-7 10 2 a-flied out for Thomson In the 7th.

b-lined oul for Strittmatter in the 9th. c-struck out for McElroy in the 9th. E-Bichette (11), Nilsson (8), Mathenv (8). LOB-Colorado 7, Milwaukee 3. 2B-Loretla (25), Grissom (25).

HR-Burnitz (32) off McElroy; Castilla (39) off Woodall; Woodall (1) oft Thomson; Nilsson 2 (9) off Thomson 2 RBIs Castilla 2 (119), Lansing (53), Nilsson 4 (45), Burnitz 2 (108), Woodall (1). SB-LWalk-er (11). GIDP-LWalker, Lansing, Vina. Runners left in scoring position-Milwaukee 1 (Jenkins). Runners moved up Helton, Nilsson, Jenkins.

DP-Cotorodo 2 (Helton, Strittmatter and Castilla), (Lansing, NPerez and Helton); Milwaukee 2 (Vina, Lorelta and Nilsson), (Loret ta, Vina and Nilsson). Colorado RERBB SONP ERA 6 5 5 2 6 100 4.71 2 1 1 0 0 19 3.46 2 1 1 0 2 19 2.03 RERBB SONP ERA 9 3 3 1 7 96 4.90 Thmsn L.8-10 Leskanic McElroy Milwaukee Woodll Weathers MMvers CFox 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16 5.05 0 6 2.89 0 2 4.10 0 0 Wickman 1 11 3.21 Leskanic pitched to 1 baiter In the 8th, MMvers pitched to 1 batler In the 8th. Inherited runners-scored McElroy 1-1, MMvers 1-0, CFox 2-0. Umpires-Home, Hirschbeck, First, Froemmlng; Second, Bucknor; Third, Vonover. Associated Press MILWAUKEE Milwaukee pitcher Brad Woodall homered and pitched six strong innings, and Dave Nils-son hit a pair of two-run homers in the Brewers' 7-3 victory over the Colorado Rockies.

Woodall (7-8), who got his first victory against Colorado after two losses, struck out seven and allowed three runs on nine hits. John Thomson (8-10), who did not allow a hit until the fourth inning, gave up six hits and five runs in six innings. Milwaukee broke a 2-2 tie with three runs in the fifth on home runs by Woodall and Nilsson. wooaan first career home run, a solo shot to right, put the Brewers up 3-2. Mark Loretta walked with two outs and Nilsson followed with his second two-run shot of the game, his fifth in seven games.

Burnitz hit a two-run homer, his 32nd, in the eighth, to make it 7-3. D'backs 1, Pirates PITTSBURGH Brian Anderson pitched a three-hitter for his first career shutout and Arizona finished off a three-game sweep of one-run games, beating Pittsburgh..