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C2 www.tennessean.com THE TENNESSEAN Saturday, September 4, 1999 5C SPORTS: BASEBALL "Jjijjay Blue Jays 5, Indians 7, Orioles 6 Cleveland AB Bl BBSOAvg. Roberts cf 4 2 1 0 1 0 .262 Viiquelss 5 2 2 0 0 0.333 RAIomar 2b 4 2 2 5 0 2.331 MRamirez rf 3 1 2 2 2 1 .330 Lome lb 4 0 0 0 0 2 .281 Sexson 5 0 1 0 0 2 .265 Bainesdh 3 0 0 0 1 1 .317 Baerga 3b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .238 Houston 3 0 0 0 1 0 .000 EiDioz 0 0 0 0 0 0 .268 lotoli 34 7 9 7 5 8 Today's game Tockjfen Poppel(10-6, 4.91 ERA) will go for the Sounds at Memphis at 12:05 p.m. against Alan Benes (0-2, 2.25), who is on a rehab assignment. Upcoming Tomorrow at Memphis, 6:05 p.m. Monday at Memphis, 2:05 p.m.

End regular season. Roberto Alomar of the Cleveland Indians turns a double play as B.J. Surhoff of the Baltimore Orioles is out at second on a ball hit by Albert Belle. Alomar stars in Baltimore ISoxl Bl BBSOAvg. Boston AB Offerman2b DLewis rf-cf Garciaparra ss Stanley lb Huskeydh O'Leary If Varitekc Buford cf TNixon rf WVeras3b Totalt Seattle BLHunter If a-Lampkin ph 1- RJksnpr-ib Ibanez fb-lf Griffey Jr cf ARodriguez ss EMartinez dh 2- Gipson pr Buhner rf RDavis 3b DWilson DaBell 2b Totalt 0 0 2 .291 1 .254 0 .349 0 .268 0 .293 0 .281 2 .264 0 .237 0 .274 0 .292 5 29 1 Bl 0 0 0 BBSOAvg.

0 2 .243 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 2 1 9 0 .314 0 .257 0 .259 0 .298 2 .309 0 .339 0 .318 1 .234 0 .233 0 .267 0 .263 5 Boston 000 000 1001 3 0 Seattle 000 000 1012 9 0 One out when winning run scored. a-grounded into fielder's choice for Hunter In the 7th. 1 -ran for Lampkin in the 7th. 2-ran for Martinez in the 9th. LOB Boston 2, Seattle 8.

2B EMartinez (28). HR Garciaparra (19) off Moyer. RBIs Garciaparra (83), Lampkin (24), DWilson (31). SB Grason 2), DWilson (4). CS RJockson 13).

GIDP Varitek, Griffey Jr, ARodriguez, DoBeH. Runners left scoring position Boston 1 (Huskey); Seattle 4 (Ibanez, RDavis 3). DP Boston 3 (Offerman, Garciaparra and Stanley), (Stanley, Garciaparra and Stanley), (Garciaparra, Offerman and Stanley); Seattle I (DaBell and Ibanez). Boston IP RER BBSO NP ERA Rapp 6's 5 1 1 3 5111 4.08 DLowe 5-3 2 4 1 1 1 0 28 2 80 Seattle IP ER BBSO NP ERA MyrW.13-6 9 3 111 5101 4.11 Inherited runners-scored DLowe 1-1. IBB off DLowe (RDavis) 1 HBP by Rapp (EMartinez).

Umpires Home, Clark; First, O'Nora; Second, Scott; Third, Miller. 2:39. A 44,471 AL disabled Hst Through Thursday Anaheim Jason Dickson, 60-day, ftip, April 3, Justin Bauahmon, 60-day. inf, March 24; Pep Harris, 60day, rrw, March 24; Mike James, 60-day, rhp, March 24; Michael Colongelo, of, June 14; Matt Luke, of, June 26; Mike Hottz, Ihp, Aug. 25.

Baltimore Will Clark, lb, Aug. 14; Jim Corsi, rhp, Aug. 25. Boston Tom Gordon, 60-day, rhp, June 12; Julio Sarrtana, oCWay, rhp, July 22; Marino San-tana, rhp, July 27; Bret Saberhagen, rhp, Aug. 18; John Valentin, 3b, Aug.

31; Shea Hillenbrand, Aug. 31. Chicago Darren Hall, 6(kJay, Ihp, March 26; Scott Eyre, Ihp, Aug. 31. Cleveland Sandy Alomar, dO-day, Moy 1), Wil Corderp, oCWay, of, June Jacob Cruz, 60-day of, Aug.

Jaret Wright, rhp, Aug. Mark Langston, Ihp, Aug. T8; Steve Karsay, rhp Aug 25; Jason Rakers, 60-day, rhp, Aua 31; David Riske, rhp, Aug. 25. Detroit Robert Fick, 60-day, March 31; Seth 60-day, rhp, March 26; Seon Run-yon, Ihp, May Justin Thompson, Ihp, Aug.

16; Gregg Jetferies, of-dK Aug. 22. Kansas City Hipolito Pichardo, 60-day, rhp, March 28; Orber Moreno, rhp, June 10; Jose Santiago, rhp, June 20; Scott Leius, 60-day, inf, July Carlos Febles, 2b, Aug. 21; Dan Reichert, rhp, Aug. 24.

Minnesota None. New York Mike Jerzembeck, 60-day, rhp, March 26; Vldal Candelaria, 60-day, Aug. Casey Degroote, 60-day, ss, Aug. 1. Oakland Ariel Prieto, 60-day, rhp, March 26; Tim Raines, of.

July 1 Jorge Velandia, inf, Aug. Tony Phillips, of, Aug. 16; Eric Chavez, 3b, Aug. 21. Seattle Carlos Guillen, 60-day, inf, April 1 1 Butch Henry, 60-day, Ihp, April 30; Mark Letter, 60-day, rhp, May Eric Weaver, 60-day, rhp.

May 15; John Mabry, of, Aug. 14. i ampa Day Rkk Gorecki, 60-day. rhp, April Cory ile, 60lav, rho, March 23; Jim Mecir. 60- day, rhp, May Quinton McCracken, 60- day, of, May 25; Tony Saunders, 60-day, Ihp, rway ii; tevin srocKer, ss, July ii; wave ti-lana, rhp, Aug.

27. Texas Mike Simms, of, March 26; Eric Gunderson, 60-day, Ihp, May Mark Clark, rhp, June 20; Ruben Mateo, or, Aug. 5. Toronto Bill Rtsley, 60-day, rhp, March 27; Alex Gonzalez, 60-day, ss, May 1 Craig Grebeck, 60day, inf, Aug. Rob Butter, 60-day, of, Jury 20.

NATfONAl LEAGUE Arizona David Dellucci, 60-day, of, July 25; Byung-Hyun Kim, rhp, July 28; Travis Lee, lb, Aug. 1 Ernest Spivey, 60-doy, 2b, Aug. 20; Andy Fox, inf, Aug. 28; Turner Ward, of, Aug. 31; Troy Brohawn, 60-day, Ihp, Aug.

31. Atlanta Andres Galarraga, 60-day, lb, April Kerry Ligtenberg, 60-day, rhp, April Odalis Perez, 60-day, (hp, July 23; Javier Lopez, 60-day, c. Jury 25; Rudy Seanez, rhp, Aug. 21. Chicago Kerry Wood, 60-day, rhp, March 31; Jere-mi Gonzalez, rhp, June Matt Karchner, rhp, July 1 Kevin Tapani, rhp, Aug.

26. Cincinnati Scott Winchester, rhp, March 24; Mark Wohlers, rhp, April 1 Steve Avery, Ihp, July 26; Hal Morris, lb, Aug. 27. Colorado Kevin Ritz, 60-day, rhp, March 25; Mike Lansing, 60-day, inf. May 21.

Florida Cliff Floyd, 60-day, of, June 20; Kevin One, 3b, July 1. Houston Moises Alou, 60-day, of, April Mitch Me-luskey, 60-day, April 26; Jack Howell, inf, July 18; Richard Hidalgo, of, Aug. Glen Barker, of, Aug. 24. Mariners 2,1 American Conference Central Division I Ret.

GB 'K-Omoha (Royals) 78 59 .569 Albuq. (Dodgers) 65 70 .481 12 Col.Spr. (Rockies) 65 70 .481 12 Iowa (Cubs) 65 72 .474 13 Eastern Division Okla. (Ranpers) 82 56 .594 Nashville (Pirates) 79 57 .581 2 Memphis (Cords) 71 63 .530 9 New OH. (Astrosi 54 82 .397 27 Pacific Conference Southern Division I Pet.

GB Fresno (Giants) 71 67 .514 Salt Lake (Twins) 69 68 .504 1 Vi Tucson (DWla) 65 73 .471 6 Las Veg. (Padres) 64 74 .464 7 Northern Division X.Vancouver (A's) 81 57 .587 Totoma(Mon.) 66 69 .489 )3'A Edmon. (Angels) 61 74 .452 18Vi Calgary (Marlins) 55 80 .407 24 'A x-clincned division title Thursdays results Tacoma 8, Edmonton 7 Salt lake 15, Fresno 8 Las Vegas 1 1, Albuquerque 3 Nashville 7, Omaha Oklahoma 5, New Orleans 4, 17 innings Tucson 7, Colorado Springs 4, 10 innings Memphis 8, Vancouver 5 Iowa 5, Calgary 4 Yesterday's results Fresno at Calgary Salt Lake at Albuquerque Vancouver at Colorado Springs Iowa at Edmonton Nashville at Memphis Tacoma at New Orleans Oklahoma at Omaha Las Vegas at Tucson Today's games Las Vegas at Tucson Oklahoma at Omaha Tacoma at New Orleans Nashville at Memphis Iowa at Edmonton Vancouver at Colorado Springs Fresno at Calgary Salt Lake at Albuquerque Tomorrow's games Salt Lake at Albuquerque Fresno at Calgary Vancouver at Colorado Springs Iowa at Edmonton Nashville at Memphis Tacoma at New Orleans Oklahoma at Omaha Las Vegas at Tucson Thursday's late box Sounds 7, Spikes 5 OMAHA NASHVILLE ab i bi ab bi Gibraltar dh 4 0 2 2 Hermansen cf 5 0 I I Roberge2b 5010 Lakerc 5012 Ouinn rf 5121 Ramirez 3b 5000 Unroelf 5110 Robertson 1 5 1 3 0 Sutton lb 4122 Brinkley dh 4120 Normancf 5010 Brownrf 2212 Pelbw3b 5120 Hyzdulf 3010 Lopezss 3120 Howard 2b 4132 Bvtngtonss 1000 Polcovichss 3 2 20 Mercedes 2020 Totals 39 515 5 Totals 36 7 14 7 Omaha 020 030 0O0 51 Nashville 001 202 20 7 DP Nashville 2. LOB Omaha 12, Nashville 9. 28 Laker, Howard, Herman-sen, Pellow, Sutton, Robertson 2, Gibroher 2.

HR: Quinn (25), Sutton (3), Brown (18). SB Roberge (15). SH Polcovich, Mercedez. ip er bb so Omaha 6Vi 13 7 2 4 I Bluma 1 1 0 0 0 0 Nashville Davis 4 10 5 2 2 2 Giord 1 2 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 2 5 0 Boyd 1 0 0 0 0 Sauveur 0 0 0 1 0 DoughertyS.lO 1 1 0 0 0 0 WP Ryan, Davis. HBP Brown (by Barber).

2:58. A 11,464. Sounds 9, Memphis 6 NASHVIUE MEMPHIS ab bi ab bi Hermansencf62 3 3 Lariviererf 4120 Lakerc 5110 Clopp2b 4110 Ramirez 3b 5122 Bieserlf 52 3 1 Robertson lb 40 10 Hass3b 5011 Brinkleylf 402 1 McDonald 4 1 2 1 Brownrf 3221 Richardlb 4112 Howard2b 5122 Litllecf 4000 Polcovichss 5110 Polancoss 4000 Arroyo 2110 Busby 1000 Dunbarp 0000 Mlickip 1000 Garcia ph 0000 lovtngierp 0000 Sauveurp 1000 Warnerph 1010 Nussbeckp 0000 Eversgerdp 0000 Stefanski ph 1010 Totals 40 915 9 Totals 38 6 12 5 Nashville 014 100 300 9 Memphis 400 020 000 6 Brinkley. IOB Nashville 12, Memphis 7. 2B Hermonsen, Robertson, Brown, Howard, Clapp, Bieser.

38 Bieser. HR Hermansen (32), Richard (1). SB Brown. ip er bb so Nashville Arroyo 4.1 9 6 6 1 4 Dunbar 14) 1.2 1 0 0 1 2 Sauver 3 2 0 0 0 3 Memphis Busby 2 7 5 5 10 Mkki 2 2 1 12 0 Lovingier 2 0 0 0 1 1 Nussbeckl6-10 2 6 3 3 2 1 Eversgerd 1 0 0 0 1 1 T-160. Seasons Sept.

4 1916 Longtime pitching rivals Christy Mathewson and Mordecai Brown closed out their careers, by special arrangement, in the some game. Mathewson won the game IM. 1 928 The Boston Braves started a aiu-eling string in which they played nine straight dbleheaders, a major league record. 1 94 1 The New York Yankees etnehed their third stroiaht pennant on the earliest date in baseball history with a 6-3 victory over Boston. Sounds dose in on first Tennessean staff reports MEMPHIS The Nashville Sounds rallied to beat the Memphis Redbirds 9-6 last night and pull within one game of first-place Oklahoma in the Pacific Coast League's Eastern Di-vLsioa Oklahoma lost last night to Omaha 4-3.

The Sounds had to overcome a four-run Memphis first inning. Chris Richard, on the first pitch he had ever seen at the Triple-A level, hit a two-run homer to key the inning for the Redbirds. The Sounds scored one in the second and took the -lead with four in the third inning. Aramis Ramirez had a two-run single and Darryl Brinkly had an RBI single to tie the game. Emil Brown's sacrifice fly to center field scored Ramirez and made it 5-4 Nashville.

Chad Hermansen hit his 32nd homer of the year in the fourth to make it 6-4. 1 Memphis tied it in the fifth on a basehit from Chris Hass, chasing Bronson Arroyo from the game. The Sounds took the lead for good with three runs in the seventh. Brown had a one-out double. Matt Howard singled him home for a 7-6 lead.

After loading the bases, Hermansen had a two-run, two-out double to finish the game with three hits and three RBI. Matt Dunbar was the winner and is 1-0. Rich Sauveur pitched the final three innings for his seventh save. Hermansen's hitting streak has reached 13 games. Mike Robertson now has an 11-game hitting streak after a double in the eighth.

Meares goes back up: Pirates shortstop Pat Meares cut short his rehab assignment at Nashville and re-. turned to Pittsburgh. Meares is bothered by fatigue in his left wrist. On the air: Both today's and tomorrow's games will be carried on WNSR-560 AM on a tape-delayed basis, with today air time 3 p.m. and tomorrow's 9 p.m.

Toronto AB BBSO A iva. Stewart If 3 1 2 .310 Wells cf SGreen rf Segui dh b-McRae ph-dh rfalnnrin th 150 313 .294 175 268 333 TFemandez 3b Fletcher 1-BnjmfiRld nr 1 .293 0 .244 0 .219 0 .294 0 .308 Matheny Batista ss Bush 2b Totals Kansas City AB Bl BBSOAvg. Damon If 4 1 3 0 1 0 .303 Holbert ss 2 1 0 0 1 0 .250 d-JeGiambi ph I 0 1 1 0 0 .280 2-MLopezpr 0 0 0 0 0 0 Behran cf 3 0 0 112 .287 Dyer 502100. 292 M.Sweeney dh 5 0 1 0 0 2 .320 Ronda 3b 4 0 2 0 0 1 .321 Vrtiello lb 4 0 2 0 0 0 .167 Kreutere 2 0 0 0 0 1 .224 a-DBrown ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Fasano 1 0 0 0 0 0 .125 Hansen 2b 3 1 2 1 0 0.222 c-Pase ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 .310 Totals 36 4 14 4 3 6 Toronto 000 020 012S 9 0 Kansas Cty 001 000 1024 14 0 a-arounded into holder's choice for Kreuter in the 6th. b-sacrifked for Segui in the 9th.

c-sin-gled for Hansen in the 9th. d-singled for Hot-Bert in the 9lh. 1 -ran for Fwtcher in the 8th. 2-ran for Giam bi in the 9th. LOB Toronto 12.

Kansas Chv 10. 2B Stewart (26), Dye (34). HR SGreen (35) off Stein; Hansen (3) off Halladay. RBIs Stewart (64), SGreen 1 (107), CDelgado (125), Matheny (1 7), JeGiombi (28), Bettran (89), Dye (98), Hansen (4). SB Damon (31), Holbert (3).

McRae, Holbert. SF Bettran. GIDP TBatis-ta, Dye, Kreuter. Runners left in sconng position Toronto 6 (Wells 2, Segui, TFemandez 2, Bush); Kansas City 4 (Dye 2, MiSweeney, Hansen). irunner? movea up Demon.

DP Toronto 3 (Bush. TBatista and CDelaa- do), (TFemandez and CDelgado), fWells and CDelgado); Kansas City 1 (Randa, Hansen and Vrtiel). Toronto IP RER BBSO NP ERA Halladay 6 8 113 3100 4.22 Lloyd 2-3 1 1 1 0 0 5 3.14 Qanfl W.2-1 1 Vi 1 0 0 0 2 23 2.45 Koch 27 1 4 2 2 0 1 22 2.55 Kansas City IP RER BBSO NP ERA Stein 7 5 2 2 5 2127 3.97 Mrmn 1-3 0 1 1 2 0 11 4.50 Rigby 2-3 1 0 0 1 1 16 4.46 Byrdak 1-3 2 2 2 1 0 9 8.84 Service 1 0 0 0 0 9 5.56 Inherited runners-scored Quantrill 1-1. Rigby 2-1, Service 2-1. IBB off Bvrdak fTFemandez) 1.

off Stein (SGreen) 1. Umpires Home, Brinkman; First, Cousins; Second, Eddings; Third, Shulock. 13:19. A 13,05 Rangers 10, White Sox 4 Chicago AB Bl BBSOAvg. Caruso ss 5 I 2 0 0 0 .261 LRodriguez 2b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .208 MOrdonez rf 3 0 0 1 1 1 .299 Thomas dh 2 0 1 0 0 0 .305 a-Simns ph-dh 2 0 0 0 0 2 .238 Konerko lb 4 I 0 0 0 0 .293 Singleton cf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .312 CLeelf 4 12 10 0.315 CWilson 3b 4 1 2 2 0 0 .232 MLJohnson 2 0 0 0 0 1 .221 b-Fordyce ph-c 2 0 0 0 0 0 .289 Totals 35 4 10 4 2 4 Texai AB Bl BBSOAvg.

McLemore 2b 4 0 1 1 0 0 283 1 IRodriguez 5 1110 1 .327 Greer If 5 1 3 0 0 0 .302 JuGonzolezrf 5 2 2 2 0 1 .313 RPalmeiro dh 4 1 0 0 11 .337 Zeile 3b 3 2 1 1 1 I .304 Stevens lb 4 3 3 3 0 0 ,291 Clayton ss 4 0 2 2 0 1 .268 TGoodwin cf 4 0 2 0 0 0 240 Totals 38 1015 10 2 5 Chicago 031 000 000 4 10 0 Texas 010 301 50x 10 15 1 a-struck out' for Thomas in the 6th. fa-grounded out for Johnson in the 7th. Zeile (22). LOB Chicago 8, Texas 7. 2B Caruso (10, Clee (27), Greer (37), Ju-Gonzalez (28), Stevens (261.

HR (Rodriguez (31) off SLowe; Stevens 22) off Baldwin; JuGonzalez (32) off Zeile (20) off Baldwin; CWilson (4) off Burkett. RBIs MOrdonez (106), CLee (67), CWilson 2 (23), Mctemore (39), IRodriguez (93), JuGonzalez 2 (111), Zeile (82), Stevens 3 (76), Clayton 2 (39). SF MOrdonez, McLemore. GIDP MOrdonez, CLee. Runners left in scoring position Chicago 2 (Simmons 2); Texas 3 (IRodriguez 2, RPalmei- Runners moved up Caruso, Singleton, Fordyce, IRodriguez, JuGonzalez.

DP Texas 2 (Zeile, McLemore and Stevens), (Clayton, McLemore and Stevens). Chicago IP RER BBSO NP ERA 6 9 5 5 1 4100 5.62 Slowe 0 3 3 3 0 0 10 3.47 Pena 1 3 2 2 I 0 14 2.53 Howry 1 0 0 0 0 1 15 3.63 Texas IP ER BBSO NP ERA Burkett 6-7 6 9 4 4 0 3 79 6.13 Venafro 2 I 0 0 1 1 28 3.30 Patterson 1 0 0 0 1 0 8 5.33 SLowe pitched to 3 batters in the 7th, Burkett pitched to 1 batter in the 7th. Inherited runners-scored Pena 1-1, Venafro 1-0. IBB off Pena (Zeile) 1. HBP by Venafro (LRodriguez).

I Imnin. Umu Cr4 CIj 11.. rison; Second, Young; Third, Culbreth. A (4V, 166). Baseball today Saturday, Sept.

4 Boston at Seattle (8:05 p.m. CDT). Pedro Martinez seeks to become a 20-game winner for the first time and keep the Red Sox ahead in the wild-card playoff race. STARS Thursday David Wells, Blue Jays, pitched a four-hitter and struck out seven for the 33rd complete game of his career, a 6-1 win over Minnesota. Deivi Cruz, Tigers, hit a game-winning, two-run homer in Detroit's 8-7 victory over Texas.

Joe McEwing, Cardinals, hit an RBI single in the ninth to lift St. Louis over Milwaukee, 4-3. 1-877- with a and a in the RACE A Anaheim than gave Joe bench interim this Baltimore ByAnderson cf Bordick ss Surhoff dh Belle rf Conine lb Amoral If c-May ph Ripken 3b Minor 3b Reboulet 2b Bl BBSOAvg. 1 1 .294 1 0.271 1 1 I 2 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 .319 0 .288 0 .312 1 .273 0 .357 1 .332 0 .175 1 0 .174 b-DeShlds ph-2b 1 0 1 .262 0 1 .228 2 0.241 5 6 rigga a-CJohnson ph-c Totals 6 10 Cleveland 100 030 3007 9 0 Baltimore 100 023 0006 10 1 o-walked for Figgo in the 6th. b-struck out for Reboulet in the 8th.

c-grounded out for Amoral in the 9th. Conine (7). LOB Cleveland 8, Baltimore 9. 2B MRamirei (29V Sexson (15), Ripken (25). HR RAIomar (23) off AReyes; Bordick (9) off Honey: WRomirez (37) off JJohnson.

RBIi RAIomar 5 (105), MRamirez 2 (139), ByAnderson (67), Bordick 4 (60), Belle (92). SB Roberts 2 (9), Viiquel (35), Belle (161 Baerga. SF RAIomar. GIDP Belle. Runners left in scoring position Cleveland 5 (Roberts 3, Thome, Baltimore 5 (Bordick 2, Surhoff, Amoral 2).

DP Cleveland 1 (Honey, RAIomar and Thome). Cleveland IP ER BB SO NP ERA Honey 5 9 6 6 3 3 87 5.16 Asnnr 1-3 0 0 0 0 1 6 8.48 Shuey 2 0 0 0 2 2 44 3.25 Jcksn 1 1 0 0 0 0 14 3.97 Baltimore IP ER BBSO NP ERA JJohnson 6 5 4 4 3 5113 6.20 AReyes 0-3 1 3 3 3 0 1 23 3.38 Kamieniecki 1 1 0 0 2 1 37 6.05 Orosco 1-3 0 0 0 0 1 7 6.00 Inherited runners-scored Assenmacher 2-0, Orosco 1-0. HBP by Orosco (Thome), by Haney (ByAnderson). WPShuey. Umpires Home, Hirscnbeck, First, Merrill; Second, Reynolds; Third, Roe.

3:20. A 41,521 Devi Rays Minnesota AB I 4. Twins 2 Bl BBSOAvg. JJones cf 5 11 CGuzman ss 3 0 0 0 1 0 .242 b-Coomerph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .270 lawton rf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .254 MCordova dh 5 0 1 1 0 1 .293 TWolker 2b 5 0 1 0 0 2 .284 CAIIen If 4 1 1 0 0 1 .270 Koskie3b 2 0 1 0 2 0.315 JaValentin 3 0 111 0 .269 Mientkiewicz lb 4 0 4 0 0 0 .231 Totals 35 2 11 2 5 5 Tampa Bav AB Bl BBSOAvg. Graffanino 2b 5 DMartinez cf 3 1 1 0 4 .269 0 2 1 0 .280 .281 .312 .272 .161 Canseco dh 2 0 0 McGriff lb 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 Perry 3b 3 1 0 Smith 3b 0 0 0 Sorrento If 2 0 1 a-Trammell ph 0 10 lowerylf 0 0 0 JGuillenrf 3 1 2 Ledesma ss 4 0 2 Difelicee 3 0 0 Totals 29 4 8 1 .243 0 .280 0 .299 0 .287 0 .273 0.295 7 Minnesota 100 001 0002 11 0 TamaaBav 0 0 0 0 0214 8 1 a-walked for Sorrento in the 8th.

bstruck out for Guzman in the 9th. JGuillen (2). LOB Minnesota 1 2, Tam pa Bay 9. 2B JJones 1 8), CAIIer) (1 7), Mient-iewirr 5 1201. JGuilhn IS).

Ledesma 114). RBIs MCordova (66), JaValentin (27), Canseco (78), JGuillen 9), Ledesma (27), DiFelice (21). CS TWolker (7). SF Canseco. GIDP MCordova.

Runners left in scoring position Minnesota (JJones 2, Lawton, MCordova, TWolker 2, jovaiennn); lompa oay 3 tumamnez rerry, Lrirence l). Runners moved ud CGuzman. DP Tampa Bay 1 (Witt, Ledesma and McGriffl. Minnesota IP ER BBSO NP ERA Hawkins 1 Vj 0 1 1 4 1 34 6.45 Perkins 3 3 1 1 0 2 40 6.93 TraMiiler 1 2 0 0 0 1 15 1.86 Carrasco 1 'j 1 0 0 1 1 25 5.75 Gddo L.2-4 0 1 1 1 1 18 4.35 BWells 2 1 1 0 I 23 3.69 Tampa Bay IP RER BBSO NP ERA Witt 6 6 2 2 5 2 98 5.67 Chrltn 2 2 2 0 0 0 2 24 3.00 Hsrndz 1 3 0 0 0 1 21 3.08 TraMiiler pitched to 2 batters in the 6th, Witt pitched to 1 batter in the 7th. Inherited runners-scored Perkins 3-0, TraMiiler 1-0, Carrasco 1-0, Guardado 1-0, BWells 1-1.

Chariton 1-0. HBP by Charlton (lawton). by Hawkins tuiretice). wr iramuier, Dwells. Umpires Home, Reilly; First, Meriwether; oecond, Uiaz; third, Mckean.

3:23. A 15,355 AL schedule Monday. Seat. 6 Cleveland at Baltimore, 12:35 p.m. Minnesota at Tampa Bay, 12:35 p.m.

Boston at Seattle, 3:35 p.m. Chicago at Texas, 7:05 p.m. New York at Anaheim, 7:35 p.m. Detroit at Oakland, 8:15 p.m. Tuesday, Sept.

7 Baltimore at Minnesota, 7:05 p.m. New York at Kansas City, 7:05 p.m. Cleveland at Texas, 7:05 p.m. Chicago at Anaheim, 9:05 p.m. Boston at Oakland, 9:05 p.m.

Toronto at Seattle, 9:05 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 8 Boston at Oakland, 3:05 p.m. Detroit at Tampa Bay, 6:05 p.m. Baltimore at Minnesota, 7:05 p.m.

New York at Kansas City, 7:05 p.m. Cleveland at Texas, 7:05 p.m. Chicago at Anaheim, 9:35 p.m. Toronto at Seattle, 9:35 p.m. Thursday, Sept.

9 Detroit at Tampa Bay, 6:05 p.m. Baltimore at Minnesota, 7:05 p.m. (1 877 7 S00 minutes given away or Win, J. 5:30 til 7:00 p.m I GO ruve Associated Press BALTIMORE Roberto Alomar reminded the Baltimore Orioles and their fans what they're missing. Alomar marked his return to Baltimore in spectacular fashion last night, hitting his career-high 23rd homer and driving in five runs to lead the Cleveland Indians past the Orioles 7-6.

Manny Ramirez hit his 37th home run for the Indians, who won their fifth straight. Alomar hit a sacrifice fly in the first inning, an RBI single in the fifth and a three-run homer in the seventh to bring Cleveland back from a 6-4 deficit. His previous career high in homers was 22, with Baltimore in 1996. Alomar, who played three seasons with the Orioles before signing as a free agent with Cleveland, was booed lustily in his first at-bat. "I think it's always special to come back to the place where you played for three years," Alomar said.

"I have some good memories of playing in this ballpark." Mariners 2, Red Sox 1 SEATTLE Jamie Moy-er pitched a three-hitter and the Seattle Mariners beat Boston as one of the new American League umpires ejected three Red Sox. Dan Wilson singled home the winning run off Derek Lowe (5-3) with one out in the ninth inning. Boston manager Jimy Wil- liams and first-base coach David Jauss were ejected in the eighth along with Damon Buford by Brian O'Nora, working his second game as a fulltime member of the AL staff. In the eight, Williams argued after Buford was called out on a close play at first. Williams was ejected for the second time this season.

Angels 8, Yankees 2 Prizes All week consisting of oil toll free 1-877-1 New Chevy Truck 1 i 1 7Ti i' i i i r-MHOt DogsTS cokes, Apple Pies, and Door Innnl 1 tVMSj; AL wiid-card race Pet GB Boston 75 60 .556 -Oakland 73 61 .545 1 12 Toronto 73 64 .533 3 festerday's results Tbronto5, KansasCity4 Seattle 2, Boston 1 Detroit at Oakland Today's games Detroit at Oakland, 3.05 p.m. Boston at Seattle, 3:05 p.m. Toronto at Kansas City, 7:05 p.m. ANAHEIM, Calif. Hours after manager Terry Collins resigned, the Anaheim Angels finally showed some life as they ended their nine-game losing streak with a romp over the New York Yankees.

With bench coach Joe Maddon serving as interim manager, the Angels opened up the game with a five-run seventh, including Mo Vaughn's two-run homer off AndyPettitte. Rangers 10, White Sox 4 ARLINGTON, Texas -Lee Stevens hit a tiebreaking homer and drove in three runs as the Texas Rangers handed the Chicago White Sox their fifth straight defeat. Blue Jays 5, Royals 4 KANSAS CITY, Mo. -Shawn Green hit a two-run homer and Brad Rigby walked in the go-ahead run in the eighth inning as the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Kansas City Royals. Devil Rays 4, Twins 2 ST.

PETERSBURG, Fla. Jose Guillen hit a tiebreaking RBI single in the eighth inning, helping the Tampa Bay Devil Rays beat the Minnesota Twins. Sept. JJL Door prizes every 30 7 Collins out as Angels manager "iTrri" lr IJ "'I-' i 'S tearful Terry Collins resigned as the Angels' manager yesterday, less three months after the last-place team him a two-year contract extension. i i in ti iii Maddon, the Angels coach, will take over as manager for the rest of season.

Anaheim began yesterday nine-game losing streak 51 -82 record, the worst major leagues. 446 7233) to -L Muslc1 from I I changes. Talladega race tickets, savings bonds and more) Boggs finishes his season with a .301 average, the 1 5th time in 1 8 big-league seasons that he's hit .300 or better. He's 20th all-time in baseball history with 3,01 0 hits. New deal for McGriff: Fred McGriff didn't want to move again, and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays were more than willing to allow him to stay put.

The 35-year-old slugger, the subject of trade rumors in June, signed a two-year contract extension that is worth about $6 million per season. McGriff, a Tampa native, also got a no-trade clause that will enable him to live year-round at home. A career .287 hitter with 387 homers in 1 3 seasons, McGriff was hitting .31 4 with 29 homers and 90 RBI going into last night's game against the Minnesota Twins. Another ump may quit Angry with baseball and many of his colleagues who didn't support the union leadership, National League umpire Steve Rippley said he may retire next week and join the 22 umps already out of work. Rippley, a crew chief scheduled to work a weekend series in Chicago, called NL senior vice president Katy Feeney on Thursday and said he wanted to retire.

She told the 1 6-year veteran to think it over. Stargell better Hall of Famer Willie Stargell will likely be released from his three-week hospital stay today, Pittsburgh Pirates managing general partner Kevin McClatchy said. Stargell, the Pirates' caYeer leader in home runs and RBI has been hospitalized in Pittsburgh since early August for blood tests and kidney dialysis, the Associated Press has learned. Cubs move: The Chicago Cubs signed reliever Bobby Ayala to a contract for the remainder of the season. Ayala was 1 -6 with a 3.68 ERA in 53 relief appearances with Montreal before being released Aug.

27. He struck out 64 in 66 innings. TENNESSEAN NEWS SERVICES GO RACE (1-877-446-7255) toll free Collins and general manager COLLINS Bill Bavasi said the manager was not forced out. The two had a long talk Thursday night, and both decided it would be best if he quit now. "I know he's not bitter, but I'm bitter.

This club had every reason to respond and didn't. This is just bad chemistry in the clubhouse," Bavasi said. "The team didn't quit on Terry; I can't imagine anybody quitting on Terry. They quit on themselves." The Angels were still in contention at the Ail-Star break, but tost 37 of their next 47 to plummet into last place in the AL West. After managing the Houston Astros to second-place finishes in the NL Central from 1 994-96, Collins went to Anaheim and had a 220-237 record with the Angels.

Boggs out tor season: Tampa Bay Devil Rays third baseman Wade Boggs is scheduled to undergo knee surgery Tuesday, ending the season in which he surpassed 3,000 career hits. Boggs, 41 had inflammation in the knee for the past month. He underwent an MRI exam yesterday, which revealed a torn meniscus. Boggs became the 21 st player in baseball history to record 3,000 career hits when he hit a home run against Cleveland on Aug. 7.

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