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4C Saturday, July 17 1999 THE TENNESSEAN C2 vriuies 9t bAfiva Montreal AB Bl BB SOAvg. Mouton If 4 1 0 0 0 3 .265 WGuerrero dh 4 1 2 1 0 0 .282 Vidro 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 VGuerrero rf 4 0 1 1 0 0V292-; 1-Stowers pr-rf 0 0 0 0 0 0, lb 4 1 1 0 0 730 Andrews 3b 3 0 0 0 1 2 312 -Widger 300002 791 Machado 1 0 0 0 0 0 .154 Phillies 5, Red Sox 4 PMadelphii AB Bl BB SOAvo, Glanvllle cf 4 0 2 0 0 1 .327 Gant If 4 1 1 2 0 2 .257 Abreu dh 4 1 1 0 0 1 .323 Rolen 3b 4 1 1 2 0 1 .258 Brogue lb 3 1 1 0 1 0 .262 Lieberthal 3 0 1 0 1 0 .304 Ducey rf 4 0 1 1 0 2 .259 MnAnderson 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 111 a-Doster ph-2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .222 Cedeno ss 4 1 2 0 0 1 375 Totals 34 i 10 2 I TODAY Atlanta at New York Yankees Noon, Fox Minnesota at Chicago Cubs 3 p.m., WGN Chicago White Sox at St. Louis 7 p.m., FX TOMORROW Atlanta at Toronto Noon, TBS Kansas City at Chicago Cubs 1 p.m., WGN New York Mets at Baltimore 7 p.m., ESPN nnEmni Dodgers outfielder Raul Mondesi singled In the second Thursday against the Angels to snap an 0-for-12 drought. Mondesi, who TJones cf 4 0 1 0 0 1.738 Totals 35 4 3 10 4. ttt AB Bl BB SOAvg.

Bl BB 1 I 4 110 1 0 .272 0 1 .252 1 379 1. .277 1 335 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 9 stirii Redoes baat Reds CINCINNATI-PedroAstacio let the Colorado Rockies fee) good from start to finish. Astacio singled three limes and gave up only four hits in eight-plus innings last night for a 6-2 victory overCirannarj. Although Astacio (9-8) has been inconsistent from start to start, he's been the best starter on a pitching staff that has the highest earned run average in the major leagues. 'You get a good feeling about him when you come to trie park," manager Jim Leyland said.

'1 had a good feeling today coming to the park." Trie Rockies snapped their streak of eight consecutive road losses and also got their first win in five games against the Reds this season. Combined with Houston's 2-1 victory over Detroit, the loss dropped the Reds out of first place in the NL Central. ASSOCIATED PRESS 0 0 0 went 1-for-5, has gone 107 at-bats since hitting AB 4 5 0 5 5 3 2 4 2 0 2 37 Baltimore BvAnderson cf Bordick ss Surhotl If Figga Belle rf Baines dh WCIark lb a-Conine ph-lb Hairston r. 2b CJohnson Amaral If Reboulel 3b Totals Boston Offerman 2b JnValentin 3b Daubach dh c-Merloni ph-W Garciaparra ss O'Leary tt-rf Stanley lb Varitek DLewis cf-rf d-Jefferson ph Rapp Wasdin TNixon rf p-Buford ph-cf Totals nis last nome run, June 8 against Texas. He has 0 .185 1 .275 0 .352 1 .312 0 .294 0' 303 0 .252 0' 301 0: .189 0 .316 0 .256 1 .358 2 .296 2 .273 2 .247 1 .256 0 .278 0 .000 0 0 .258 1 .266 10 19 this year, but only one since May 28.

Devon White's four hits for Los Angeles 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 I a. Montreal 0O0 010 030-4 9 0 BaHinMM Oil 1A no 17 0 a-singled for Clark In the 6th. Thursday against Anaheim equaled a career high. He accomplished the feat 19 times previously. Devon Snow had three hits for San Francisco Thursday and Is hitting .348 with 16 homers and 49 RBI In 37 interleague games.

Oakland's Kenny Rogers, who allowed two homers aaainst the Giants Thursdav. had not nl- 1-ran for V.Guerrero the 8th. i.tfD iimimcoi wai'ii'iuis iv. aw (25), VGuerrero (21), BvAnderson (16), Sur- k.U ID DJ. ,1 UO C.rhnU fill Off Kline; Baines (20) off Ayala.

RBIs-WGuer- AP rero (14), VGuerrero (67), Mordecai (17), MONDESI lowed a homer In four previous starts and gave up Just six home runs in 107 innings this season coming In. -ASSOCIATED PRESS Phladelphia 002 102 000-5 10 0 Boston 210 000 0104 I 0 a-tlied out for Anderson In the 7th. b-slngled for Nixon in the 7th. c-walked for Daubach In the 8th. d-walked for Lewis In the 8th.

LOB-Philadelphia 4, Boston 10. 2B-Abreu (18), Brogna (17), Lieberthal (18), Cedeno (1), Daubach (18). HR Rolen (20) off Saberhagen; Gant (10) off Saberhagen; Varitek (11) off Person; Daubach (11) off Person. Bis Gant 2 (40), Rolen 2 (57), Ducey (19), Daubach 2 (38), Varitek 2 (34). CS-Glanville (2), Cedeno (1).

S-Merlonl. GIDP-Offermon. Runners left in scoring position Philadelphia 2 (Ducey, Cedeno); Boston 6 (JnValenlln, Garciaparra 2, O'Leary, Buford 2). Runners moved up Lieberthal, Offerman, JnValentin, Varitek. DP Philadelphia 1 (Doster and Brogna); Boston 1 (Verllek and Offerman).

New York Mets base runner John Olerud trips up Tampa Bay Devils pitcher Bobby Witt as he scores on a wild pitch in the third inning during interleague play last night (74), Baines 2 (65), Hairston Ir. (6). CS-Halr-ston Ir. (1). S-Hairslon Ir.

GIDP-VGuerrero, Hairston Runners left In scoring position Montreal 3 (Mouton, VGuerrero, Fullmer); Baltimore 3 (Bordick 2, Surhoff). Runners moved up Reboulel. DP-Monlreal 1 (Mordecai, Vidro and ruiimen; Baltimore 1 tooraick, nairsion ir. and WCIark). els down B'Rays Montreal IP RER BB SONPERA Philadelphia IP ER BB SO NP ERA Ubmitn i- 4 0 4 i i Ayala 1 5 4 4 0 0 22 3.56 Kline 13 110 0 17 4.30 Person W.3-2 6 5 3 3 3 8 100 5.28 Poole 1 1 0 0 0 0 15 3.16 SMontgomery 2-3 2 1 1 1 1 30 3.34 Urbina 1 0 0 0 2 2 26 4.

4 Gomes 13 Vh 0 0 0 3 1 28 3.51 Boston IP RER BB SO NP ERA Telford 1 1 0 0 0 0 12 3.11 Bathnior IP ER BB SO NP ERA Mssna W.12-4 7 4 1 1 1 10 84 3.57 Kamieniecki 1 4 3 3 0 0 22 9.15 Rhodes 1 1 0 0 0 0 12 6.03 Victory a steal for N.Y. Sabrhgn L.6-3 5 9 5 5 0 4 106 2.81 Cormier 1 0 0 0 0 1 8 4.11 Avals pitched to 3 baiters In the 6th. Garces 2 1 0 0 0 2 24 0.00 Rapp Vt 0 0 0 2 1 14 5.15 Wasdin 0 0 0 0 0 4 3.22 East Division New York Boston Toronto Tampa Bay Baltimore Central Division Cleveland Chicago Kansas City Detroit Minnesota West Division Texas Oakland Anaheim Seattle InhArltori inrurc-u-rvori kllnA 1-1 Pet GB L10 Str Home Away Intr 52 36 .591 3-7 L-2 26-19 26-17 6-8 50 40 .556 3 4-6 L-1 28-17 22-23 4-10 47 45 .511 7 7-3 L-2 29-21 18-24 5-9 39 51 .433 14 4-6 L-3 16-24 23-27 2-12 38 51 .427 14V4 6-4 W-4 19-22 19-29 9-5 Pet GB L10 Str Home Away Intr 57 32 .640 5-5 L-1 29-19 28-13 8-6 43 44 .494 13 5-5 W-1 22-25 21-19 8-6 36 53 .404 21 3-7 W-1 17-26 19-27 4-10 36 54 .400 2Vi 3-7 L-3 21-29 15-25 6-8 34 54 .386 22's 4-6 L-3 18-27 16-27 7-6 Pet GB L10 Str Home Away Intr 50 39 .562 4-6 W-2 22-16 28-23 7-7 45 44 .506 5 7-3 W-2 28-15 17-29 9-5 42 46 .477 Vh 6-4 L-1 20-20 22-26 6-8 42 47 .472 8 3-7 L-7 20-21 22-26 4-10 WP-Kamienieckl. Umpires-Home, Foster, Marty; First, Craft; Second, McKean; Third, Miller. 2:41.

A 41,929 Marlins 4, Blue Jays ElfiriHs AB Bl BB tft Person pitched to 1 bailer in the 7th, Saberhagen pitched to 2 bailers in the 6th. Inherited runners-scored-Poole 1-0, Gomes 2-0, Wasdin 2-0. WP-Rapp. Umpires-Home, Welke, First, Ceder-strom; Second, Dial; Third, McClelland. 331.

Mets 9, Devil Rays 7 LCaslillo 2b 4 2 2 1 0 0 .282 AGqnzalez ss 5 1 1 2 0 1 .286 Aven dh 5 0 3 1 0 1 325 kA'Alar IK A ft 1 A A tin" AB Bl BB SOAvg. 3 3 3 I 2 0 .307 1 2 1 1 Kotsay rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 754 PWilson cf 3 0 10 11 765 Bautisla If 4 0 1 0 0 1 765 Lowell 3b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .262 Fabregas 4 0 1 0 0 I .206 TofciK a in a i New York Henderson If Atfonzo 2b Olerud lb Piazza Venlura 3b McRae cf MFranco dh ROrdonez ss Cedeno rf Totals 0 0 1 1 0 1 .275 1 .232 1 782 East Division 1 2 1 2 2 15 Toronto AB Bl BB SO Avg. Stewart 4 0 2 0 1 1 .304 Bush 2b 5 1 2 0 0 0 .288 SGreen rf 4 0 1 1 0 0 330 CDelgado lb 2 110 11 .248 TFernandez 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 369 Fletcher 3 0 1 1 1 0 798 TBatista ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 769 VJCraena Hh Ann ft A I loo Tampa Bay AB Bl BB SO Avg. Cairo 2b 5 2 2 1 0 2 30) Boggs 3b 4 2 1 1 1 1 .307 Perry dh 5 1 1 2 0 1 .278 McGrHf lb 5 0 1 0 0 0 .320 Flaherty 5 0 1 1 0 1 .274 Sorrento If 3 0 0 0 1 3 .255 Trammell rf 4 0 2 0 0 0 279 Stocker ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .306 Lowery cf 3 2 2 0 1 0 .308 Phillies 5, Red Sox 4 BOSTON Robert Person struck out eight and Scott Rolen's two-run homer broke a sixth-inning tie as Philadelphia beat Boston. Person (3-2) gave up three runs, five hits and three walks in six innings.

All three Red Sox runs came on homers Brian Daubach's two-run homer in the first inning and a solo shot by Jason Varitek in the second as the Red Sox built a 3-0 lead. Wayne Gomes got the final four outs for his 13th save. Bret Saberhagen (6-3) allowed five runs, including both homers, and nine hits in five innings to snap a four game winning streak. Martins 4, Blue Jays 2 TORONTO Alex Gonzalez drove in two runs, including a tiebreaking RBI double in the seventh inning, as the Florida Marlins continued their interleague success with a win over the Toronto Blue Jays. The Marlins are 30-15 since interleague play began in 1997, including 104 this season.

They are 7-1 against the Blue Jays. Dennis Springer (4-10) allowed 11 hits but just two runs in eight innings as Florida won its third straight Pat Hentgen (6-7) took the loss.1 Assoc iated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -Speed, speed and more speed. The New York Mets practically ran the Tampa Bay Devil Rays out of their own ballpark for the second straight game, stealing five bases in a 9-7 victory last night.

Matt Franco hit a two-run homer and Mike Piazza continued his torrid hitting, going 3-for-4 with two RBI. But it was the speed of Rickey Henderson and Roger Cedeno that devastated the Devil Rays. Henderson went 3-for-3, including a run-scoring single off Dave Eiland (1-5). He also walked twice and stole a season-high three bases, giving him 27 this season. Cedeno also had two hits and swiped two bases, hiking his major league-leading total to 50.

The five steals by the Mets were one shy of the club record. "The biggest thing is to keep them off base, and we haven't done that," Devil Rays manager Larry Rothschild said of Henderson and Cedeno, who have eight stolen bases in the series. Henderson has reached base in eight of 10 plate appearances, while Cedeno with help from a couple of Tampa Bay errors has been on seven of 10 times. "We've scored a lot of runs the past couple of nights without the middle of our order doing a lot of damage," Mets manager Bobby Valentine said. "That's the sign of a good team." Rick Reed (7-3) allowed five runs and eight hits in six innings to win his fourth straight decision.

Orioles 9, Expos 4 BALTIMORE Harold Baines went 4-for-5 with a homer and Mike Mussina got his 12th victory as the Baltimore Orioles won their fourth straight. Mussina (124) allowed four hits and struck out 10 in seven innings before leaving with a 9-1 lead. The right-hander, who is on a pace to win 20 games for the first time, is second in the AL in wins behind Boston's Pedro Martinez (15). The four hits were a season high for Baines, who led Baltimore's 17-hit attack with his 20th homer and a pair of RBI. Montreal, starter Dan Smith (14) gave up four runs and eight hits in four innings.

JoCruz cf 403000 1233 Totals 34 2 11 1 3 5 Florida loo 010 200-4 10 0 Toronto 101 000 000-2 11 1 E-TFernandez (9). LOB-Florlda 8, Toronto 10. 2B-AGonzalez (20), Aven (10), Lowell (5), Fabregas (8). 3B-LCastillo (3). RBIs-LCastillo (15), AGonzalez 2 (41), Aven -(48), SGreen (72), Fletcher (38).

SB-LCasliHo (18), Bush 2 (20), SGreen (16). CS-SGreen lorao 38 7 11 5 3 9 New York 003 202 200-9 15 0 Pet GB L10 Str Home Away Intr Atlanta 57 34 .626 7-3 W-4 30-18 27-16 9-5 New York 52 39 .571 5 7-3 W-2 26-21 26-18 10-4 Philadelphia 47 41 .534 8 6-4 W-1 24-21 23-20 8-6 Montreal 33 53 .384 21V4 3-7 L-4 20-27 13-26 7-7 Florida 34 56 .378 22'2 6-4 W-3 17-31 17-25 10-4 Central Division Pet GB L10 Str Home Away Intr Houston 52 37 .584 7-3 W-5 26-18 26-19 9-2 Cincinnati 50 37 .575 1 5-5 L-1 21-24 29-13 6-6 Pittsburgh 44 45 .494 8 4-6 W-1 26-19 18-26 6-8 Chicago 43 44 .494 8 6-4 W-4 19-17 24-27 5-6 St. Louis 44 46 .489 8'2 5-5 L-1 20-24 24-22 5-6 Milwaukee 43 45 .489 8'i 6-4 L-1 12-24 31-21 5-5 West Division Pet GB L10 Str Home Away Intr San Francisco 50 40 .556 5-5 L-3 30-18 20-22 6-5 Arizona 48 43 .527 2'jz-4-6 L-2 29-18 19-25 5-6 San Diego 45 43 .511 4 6-4 W-4 30-19 15-24 8-3 Colorado 41 47 .466 8 5-5 W-1 24-20 17-27 4-5 Los Angeles 40 48 .455 9 6-4 W-1 22-23 18-25 7-7 YESTERDAY'S GAME THURSDAY'S GAME lampa say 003 020 002-7 11 1 E-SIOCker (16). LOB New York 9. Tm- pa Bay 7.

2B-Piazza (18), Cedeno (15), Boggs (10), Lowery (2). 3B-Cairo (5), Lowery (1). HR MFranco (4) off RWhile; Perry (2) oH RReed. RBIs-Henderson (20), Alfonzo 2 (58), Olerud (54), Piazza 2 (59), MFranco 2 (17), Cairo (27), Boggs (18), Perry 2 (19), Flaherty 3D-nenoerson an, tedeno 2 (50). CS-Henderson (10), Piazza (2), Cedeno (12).

GIDP-Olerud. Runners left In scorina oositinn Npw Vnrk 3 (Piazza, Ventura, Cedeno); Tampa Bay 3 Runners left in scoring position Florida 4 (Aven 2, Millar, Baulista); Toronto 4 Fletcher, TBatista). Runners moved up-LCastillo, AGonjalez," Fabregas, Bush. DP-Ftorkta 2 (LCaslillo, AGonzalez and" Millar), (Kolsay and Millar). Florida IP ER BB SO NP ERA 8 11 2 2 2 5 130 4 33 Alfonseca 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 14 366 Toronto IP ER BB SO NP ERA Henloen L-7 7 9 4 4 1 6 115.

5.71 Spoliarlc IVi 1 0 0 0 1 18 314 Frascatore 0 0 0 0 0 7 3.38 Inherited runners-scored-Froscatore 1-0. HBP-by DSpringer (CDelgado). by DSpringer (SGreen). PB-Flelcher. Umpires-Home, Clark; First, Seo Ond.

Tschida: Third. Reert ILairo, nanerty, ilocKer). Runners moved up-McGrlff. DP-Tampa Bay 2 (Sleeker, Cairo and McGriff), (Flaherty, Stocker and Flahertv). Colorado 6, Cincinnati 2 Cincinnati 10, Colorado 7 New York IP RER BB SO NP ERA RReed 7-3 6 8 5 5 2 4 99 4.96 Isringhausen 2 3 2 1 1 4 44 5.97 Cook 2 VS 0 0 0 0 1 6 2.57 Tampa Bay IP ER BB SO NP ERA Wilt Vh 7 5 5 4 0 80 5.67 Eiland 1-5 2 2 2 2 1 1 38 4.96 Duvall 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 3.27 RWhile 2VS 5 2 2 1 2 45 4.14 ALopez 1 0 0 1 18 8.65 TODAY'S GAME Colorado (Bohanon 9-7) at Cincinnati (Tomko 3-5), 12:15 p.m.

TOMORROWS GAME Los Angeles at Pittsburgh, 5.05 p.m. Rockies 6, Reds 2 Bl BB SOAvg. xfi uuvaii pitched to 1 batter In the 6lh. Inherited runners-scored-Coc 1-0, Eiland 1-0, Duvall 1-0, RWhile 2-1. WP-lsringhausen 2, Witt.

PB-Plazza. Umpires-Home, Hirschbeck; First, Cul-breth; Second, Everltt; Third, Roe. T-328. A 22,858 Braves 10, Yankees 7 Colorado AB NPerez ss 5 0 DHamilton cf 4 0 Echevarria rf 4 1 Bichette 4 1 Barry If 0 0 Castilla 3b 5 1 KAbbott lb 3 1 Shumpert 2b 3 1 Blanco 3 1 Aslaclo 4 0 Veres 0 0 0 310 0 .269 0 376 0 727 0 .280 0 .286 1 .348 0 .292 0 .000 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 YESTERDAY'S RESULT Chicago Cubs 11, Minnesota 10 Philadelphia 5, Boston 4 Florida 4, Toronto 2 Milwaukee 2, Kansas City 0, 1st Houston 2, Detroit 1 Texas 9, Arizona 8 San Diego 2, Seattle 1 Baltimore 9, Montreal 4 AB Bl BB SOAvg. Pittsburgh 11, Cleveland 3 N.Y.

Mets 9, Tampa Bay 7 Atlanta 10, N.Y. Yankees 7 Kansas City 12, Milwaukee 10, 2nd Chicago W.Sox 9, St. Louis 8 Los Angeles 3, Anaheim 1 Oakland 4, San Francisco 2 Atlanta Weiss ss 0 0 1 .229 5 0 5 0 1 .251 Totals 35 6 11 0 314 0 .172 0 0 .299 1 309 0 759 Bl BB SOAvg. 0 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .293 BBoone 2b Clones 3b 1- ONixon pr Lockhart 3b BJordan rf Klesko If 2- GWilliams pr-lf JLopez dh AJones cf Simon lb Perez Totals 2 320 0 775 0 .297 0 734 0 741 2 343 1 734' 0 312 0 305 1 771' 0 nm 38 10 12 10 Cincinnati AB Reese 2b 4 0 DYoung rf 4 1 HMorrls 1b 4 0 GVaughn If 3 0 Larkln ss 4 1 Taubensee 3 0 Cameron cf 2 0 Belinda 0 0 DReves 0 0 ABoone 3b 3 0 Villone 1 0 Sullivan 0 0 a-MLewis ph 1 0 GWhite 0 0 Hammonds cf 1 0 Totals 30 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 784 New York AB Bl BB SO Avg. Knoblauch 2b 4 1 1 0 1 0 766 Jeter ss 4 2 3 2 1 1 377 O'Neill rf 5 0 1 0 0 1 .292 BeWilliams cf 5 1 2 1 0 1 335 TODAY'S GAME Atlanta (O.Perez 4-5) at N.Y.

Yankees (Pettitte 5-7), 12:05 p.m. Detroit (Borkowski 0-0) at Houston (Lima 13-4), 12:10 p.m. Cleveland (Nagy 11-4) at Pittsburgh (Benson 6-7), 12:35 p.m. Minnesota (Mays 1-3) at Chicago Cubs (Mulnolland 4-5), 3:05 p.m. Philadelphia (Wolf 4-0) at Boston (Portugal 5-6), 3:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Hershiser 9-6) at Tampa Bay (Alvarez 4-6), 3:05 p.m. Florida (A.Fernandez 4-5) at Toronto (Wells 9-6), 3:05 p.m. Los Angeles (Park 5-7) at Anaheim (Sparks 4-5), 3:05 p.m. San Francisco (Reuter 7-4) at Oakland (Hudson 5-1), 3:05 p.m.

San Diego (Williams 4-7) at Seattle (Garcia 9-5), 3:05 p.m. Montreal (Hermanson 3-7) at Baltimore (Erickson 4-8), 6:05 p.m. Chi. White Sox (Baldwin 4-9) at St. Louis (Bottenfield 14-3), 7:10 p.m.

Arizona (Benes 5-9) at Texas (Burkett 2-4), 7:35 p.m. Kansas City (Rosado 5-6) at Milwaukee (Nomo 7-2), 9:05 p.m. 0 .143 0 .000 I 0 .232 1 I war line! lb 4 0 0 2 0 1 .274 CDavis dh 4 1 1 0 1 0 .290 vs. Memphis, 6 p.m. RHP Frank Castillo (5-2, 4.68) starts for Nashville against Redbirds' LHP Kris Detmers (3-6, 4.83).

Ledee it 4 1 3 0 0 0 771 JPosada 4 1 1 0 0 0 717 Brosius 3b 4 0 2 2 0 0 757 Totals 38 7 14 7 3 4 Atlanta oil 130 004-10 12 0 New York 200 301 100- 7 14 0 Tomorrow: vs. Memphis, 4 p.m. Monday: at New Orleans, 7:05 p.m. American Conference Central Division Pet. GB Omaha (Royals) 56 34 .622 -Albuquerque (Ddgers) 44 46 .489 12 Col.Springs (Rockies) 42 46 .477 13 Iowa (Cubs) 42 48 .467 14 Eastern Division Nashvle (Pirates) 57 32 MO -Oklahoma (Rangers) 49 40 .551 8 Memphis (Cardinals) 45 40 i29 10 New Orleans (Astros) 36 53 .404 21 Pacific Conference Southern Division Pet.

GB Fresno (Giants) 49 41 .544 -Salt Lake (Twins) 45 43 .511 3 Tucson (D-backs) 43 47 .478 6 Las Vegas (Padres) 40 50 .444 9 Northern Division Vancouver (Athletics) 48 42 .533 Edmonton (Angels) 40 47 .460 Tacoma (Mariners) 38 50 .432 9 Calgary (Marlins) 36 51 .414 lO'a Thursday's Games Fresno 2, Salt Lake 1 Albuquerque 7, Iowa 4 Las Vegas 5, Oklahoma 2 Memphis 4, Nashville 2, 1st game Memphis 1, Nashville 0, 2nd game Omaha 9, Colorado Springs 0 New Orleans at Tucson, field conditions Vancouver 5, Calgary 4, 10 Innings Edmonlon 4, Tacoma 0 Yesterday's Games Edmonton at Tacoma Calgary at Vancouver New Orleans at Tucson, 2 Colorado Springs at Omaha Memphis at Nashville Oklahoma at Las Vegas Albuquerque al Iowa Salt Lake at Fresno Tomorrow's Games Edmonton al Tacoma Calgary at Vancouver New Orleans al Tucson Colorado Springs al Omaha Memphis al Nashville Oklahoma al Las Vegas Albuquerque al Iowa i mp nt Fresno i-ran tor cjones In the 9th. 2-ran for Klesko In the 9th. LOB-Atlanla 7, New York 8. 2B-BJordan (19), BeWilliams (15). 3B-BeWilliams (2).

HR-Jeler (15) off Remlinger; AJones 2 (18) off MRivera, OHernandez; CJones (22) off OHernandez; Ktesko 2 (15) off OHernandez 2. RBIs-CJones (58), BJordan (75), Klesko 4 (53), AJones 4 (54), Jeter 2 (62), BeWilliams (53), TMartinez 2 (57), Brosius 2 (38). SB-Knoblauch (16), Ledee (1), Brosius (5). SF-TMartinez. GIDP-JLopez, JPosada.

Runners left in scoring position-Atlanta 4 (Weiss 2, BJordan, Simon); New York 5 (O'Neill, BeWilliams 2, CDavis, JPosada). Runners moved up-Weiss, BBoone, TMartinez. DP-Atlanta 2 (BBoone and Weiss), (BBoone, Weiss and Simon); New York (Jeler, Knoblauch and TMarllnez). N.Y. Mets 8, Tampa Bay 7 (10) Cleveland 2, Pittsburgh 0 Baltimore 8, Montreal 2 Kansas City at Milwaukee, ppd.

St. Louis 3, Chicago 2 (13) San Diego 3, Seattle 2 Oakland 11, San Francisco 9 THURSDAY'S RESULTS Boston 6, Philadelphia 4 Florida 8, Toronto 6 Atlanta 6, N.Y. Yankees 2 Chicago Cubs 9, Minnesota 3 Houston 8, Detroit 6 Arizona 3, Texas 2 Anaheim 7, Los Angeles 6 (10) TOMORROWS GAMES Florida at Boston, 12:05 p.m. Detroit at Cincinnati, 1215 p.m. Phila.

at Tampa Bay, 12:35 p.m. Minnesota at St. Louis, 1:10 p.m. Cleveland at Houston, 1:35 p.m. Arizona at Seattle, 3:35 p.m.

San Francisco at Texas, 8:05 p.m. Atlanta IP ER BB SO NP ERA GMaddux 3'i 9 6 6 2 1 55 3.73 Remlinger 3Vi 4 2 2 1 1 43 1.64 McGllnchy Vb 0 0 0 0 0 5 340 RSprngrW.l-l 1 1 0 0 0 1 19 5.59 Rocker 18 1 0 0 0 0 1 11 2.79 Atlanta at Toronto, 12:05 p.m. Montreal at N.Y. Yanks, 12:35 p.m. Chi.

W. Sox at 1:05 p.m. K.City at Chi. Cubs, 1:20 p.m. Colorado at Oakland, 3:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m. San Diego at Anaheim, 7:05 p.m. New TOIH IP ER BB so NP ERA OHernandez 4i 8 6 6 3 3 92 474 Mendoza 3'i 1 0 0 1 2 41 4.56 MRivera L.2-3 1 3 4 4 1 0 19 3.22 By MAURICE PATTON Sports Writer Good pitching usually beats good hitting, and that's what's happened over the last two nights at Greer Stadium much to the home team's chagrin. The Nashville Sounds were shut out for the second straight game, their scoring drought extending to 18 innings as Memphis got out with a 7-0 victory last night Southpaw phenom Rick Ankiel put the Nashville offense in a vise, striking out 10 in six innings and giving up just five hits never more than one in any single inning.

"If you know anything about baseball, you could look out there on the field and know he was one of the better players out there," Nashville Manager Trent Jewett said after the loss, which came on the heels of a Redbirds' doubleheader sweep on Thursday. "That guy was one of the best pitchers I've seen in my four years in this league. I hesitate to say he's the best, because I saw Kerry Wood last year. But he's going to be a good one a great one, a No. 1 starter.

You don't see many with three major league-caliber pitches, major league command, 30-year-old poise, athletic ability they're not sitting on every street corner." Ankiel, who doesn't turn 20 until Monday, improved to 4-1 and was never really challenged throughout his stint Nashville left eight runners on five in scoring position but missed opportunities as Ankiel kept the Sounds off balance all night Particularly disappointing was a bases-loaded, no-out situation in the fourth inning, as Jeff Patzke struckout before Nashville starter Paul Ah Yat Colorado 040 100 100-6. Cincinnati 010 000 001-2. 4 1 a-flied out for Sullivan in the 5th. Bichette (B), ABoone (11). LOB-Colo-rado 8, Cincinnati 4.

2B-KAbbott 2 (8), Blanco (8). 3B DYoung (2). HR DYoung (4) off Astacio; Echevarria (7) off GWhite. RBIs NPerez 2 (44), Echevarria (16), KAbbott 2 (24), Blanco (18), DYoung (12), Cameron (40). CS-Echevarria (2).

S-Shumpert. SF-Cam-. eron. GIDP-Echevarrla, Larkin. Runners left in scoring position-Colorado Ji-(DHamilton, Shumpert 2); Cincinnati -3 (GVaughn, Taubensee, Villone).

DP-Colorado 1 (Caslllla, Shumpert and KAbbott); Cincinnati 1 (Reese and HMorrls). Colorado IP RERBB SONPERA Aslacio 8 4 2 1 2 7 116 5.40 Veres 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 '368 CkKinfiali IP RERBB SONPERA Villone 4-3 4 4 5 5 3 0 88 4.00 Sullivan 1 1 0 0 1 0 18 2.41 GWhite 2 3 1 1 0 1 28 4.07 Belinda 1 0 0 0 0 0 10.80 DReyes 1 1 0 0 0 0 12 .1.67. Astacio pitched lo 3 batters In the' Villone pitched lo 1 baiter in the 5th. Inherited runners-scored-Veres 2-0, van 1-0. HBP-by Villone (DHamilton).

i Umpires-Home, Ponclno; First, Second, Meals; Third, Rippley. 2:41. 1 Baseball Today SCOREBOARD Today Chicago White Sox at St. Louis a.m. CDT).

Kent Bottenfield goes for his NLHeading 15th win against Frank Thomas and (he-White Sox. STARS Thursdav Mo Vaughn, Angels, singled home the winning run in the 10th inning to lead Anaheim over Los Angeles 7-6. Albert Belle, Orioles, homered and drove In four runs as Baltimore beat Montreal 8-2. Mike Lowell, Marlins, hit a game-lying homer and won the game with an RBI single in the ninth inning as Florida beat Toronto 8-6, Roger Cedeno, Mets, had a RBI double In the 10th Inning to give New York an 8-7 victory over Tampa Bay. Mark McLemore, Rangers, Nl a two-out, bases-loaded double In the ninth to drive in all three Texas runs in a 3-2 win over Arizona.

Olmedo Saenz, Athletics, hit a two-dul, three-run homer In the bottom of the ninth lift Oakland to an 11-9 win over San Francisco. SAFECO OPENS After Ei seasons in the Kmgdome, Seattle played the first game In Its new home, Safeco Field, on Thursdav night, losing to San Diego 3-2. The most expensive baseball stadium ever $517 million had its 22-million ton retractable roof open, marking the first time a maior league baseball game has been played outside in Seattle sine 1969. SAMMY AND BIG MAC Semmy Sosa and Mark McGwire bbtfl homered Thursdav night. Sosa hit his maior league-leading 33rd lo lead the Chicago Cubs to a 9-3 victory over Minnesota.

McGwire staved four behind with a solo shot In the fourth Inning of SI. Louis' 3-2 victory over the Chicago White Sox. (1-1) grounded into a rally-killing double play. The three consecutive losses are the most for Nashville since a four-game slide from April 30-May3. "You don't ever want to lose, but we're not going to get too excited about losing three in a row," Jewett said.

"We're a long way from being eliminated." The Sounds remain atop the Pacific Coast League's East Division, leading Oklahoma by at least seven. TV time: Tonight's game will be shown on WNPX-TV (Channel 18-Intermedia) on a tape-delayed basis beginning at 8 p.m. Steve Selby, the radio voice of the Sounds, will handle the play-by-play with former major league catcher Barry Lyons providing color commentary. Milestone: Jewett picked up his 500th managerial win last week against Tacoma. Jewett's career record is 501-513.

His best season was in 1995, when his Carolina (Class AA) team went 89-55 and won the Southern League title. The next year, he went 748 at Calgary (Class AAA) for the most successful first-year campaign of any manager in that franchise's history. innerneo runners-scored-Remlinger 3-0, McGlinchy 1-0, Mendoza 1-0. HBP-by OHernandez (EPerez). WP-Mendoza.

Umpires-Home, Evans; First, Meriwether; Second, Barrett; Third, McCoy. T-3. Upcoming AL schedule Monday, July 19 Florida at Boston, 605 p.m. Philadelphia at Tampa Bay, 605 p.m. Atlanta at Toronto, p.m.

Detroit at Cincinnati, 605 p.m. Montreal at N.Y. Yankees, 635 p.m. N.Y. Mels at Baltimore, 635 pm.

Kansas City al Chicago Cubs, 705 P.m. Chicago White Sox af Milwaukee, 705 p.m. Cleveland at Houston, 705 p.m. Minnesota at SI. Louis, 7:10 p.m.

San Francisco at Texas, 735 pn. San Diego at Anaheim, 905 pm Colorado at Oakland, 905 pm Arizona at Seattle, 90S pm. Tuesday, Jury a Philadelphia at Tamoa Bay, 1135 am Kansas City at Chicago Cubs, 120 pm San Diego at Anaheim, 305 pm Colorado at Oakland, 305 pm Detroit at Cincinnati, 605 pm Florida at Boston, 605 p.m. N.Y. Mets at Baltimore, 605 pm Atlanta at Toronto, 605 pm Montreal at N.Y.

Yankees, 635 p.m. Chicago White Sox at Milwaukee, 705 pm Cleveland at Houston, 705 pm Minnesota at St. Louis, 7:10 p.m. San Francisco at Texas, 735 p.m. Arizona at Seattle, 905 pm Wednesday, July 21 Kansas City al Detroit, 1205 pm Baltimore at Boston, 605 p.m.

Toronto al Cleveland, 60S p.m. Tampa Bay at New York, 635 pm Chicago al Minnesota, 705 pm Anaheim at Texas, 735 pm Oakland at Seattle, 935 pm National League Through yesterday AB Pet. LWalkerCol 74 280 73 105 375 Casey Cin 81 322 59 120 .373 LGonzalezAri 85 342 62 123 .360 HRodriguez ChC 77 258 44 88 341 CedenoNYM 87 250 56 84 336 Kendall Pit 7B 280 61 93 .332 GlanvillePhi 84 352 51 115 327 CMHoMii 86 343 51 111 324 AbreuPhi 79 288 63 93 323 Piazza NYM 72 280 47 90 321 RUNS Bagwell, Houston, 83; JBell, Arizona, 79; LWalker, Colorado, 73; Sosa, Chicago, 70; MaGrace, Chicago, 69. RBI-Ma Williams, Arizona, 84; Bagwell, Houston, 81; Sosa, Chicago, 80; McGwire, St. Louis, 79; LWalker, Colorado, 77.

HITS-LGonzalez, Arizona, 123; Casey, Cln-dnnatl, 120; MaWiHiams, Arizona, 116; Glan-vHle, Philadelphia, 115; Ck-ilto, Milwaukee, 111. DOUBLES Biggk), Houston, 38; Kent, San Francisco, 28; Casey, Cincinnati, 26; Martin, Pittsburgh, 26; KYoung, Pittsburgh, 26; Karros, Los Angeles, 26. TRIPLES AGonzelez, Florida, NPerez, Colorado, Martin, Pittsburgh, 6. HOME RUNS-Sosa, Chicago, 34; McGwire, St. Louis, 31; Bagwell, Houston, 29; Burnitz, Milwaukee, 26; LWalker, Colorado, 25; JBell, Arizona, 25; MaWiUiams, Arizona, 23.

STOLEN BASES-Cedeno, New York, 50; Womack, Arizona, 39; Young, Los Angeles, 33; Cameron, Cincinnati, 28. PITCHING (11 Oedsionsl-Bottenfield, St. Louis, 14-3, .824, 3.78; Hampton, Houston, 11-3, .786, 3.02; Lima, Houston, 13-4, .765, 333; Schilling, Philadelphia, 13-4, 765, 3.11 STRIKEOUTS-RaJohnson, Arizona, 219; Schilling, Philadelphia, 133; Reynolds, Houston, 121; Brown, Los Angeles, 120 SAVES-Wagner, Houston, 23; Hoffman, San Diego, 22; Nen, San Francisco, 21; Shaw, American League Through yesterday AB Pet. Jeter NYY 87 342 76 119 377 TFernandez Tor 83 295 46 109 369 Garciaparra Bos 72 285 53 102 3Sa RPalmeiro Tex J7 311 46 110 .354 BeWilliams NYY 89 337 68 113 .335 Surhoff Bal 89 379 60 127 .335 MOrdonez ChW 85 346 54 115 .332 MRamlrezCle 80 313 72 104 332 SGreenTor 83 327 71 108 .330 VizouelCle 75 300 55 99 .330 RUNS-Loflon, Cleveland, 80; RAtomar, Cleveland, 78; Jeter, New York, 76; MRaml-rez, Cleveland, 72. RBI-MRamirez, Cleveland, 96; Griffey Jr, Seattle, 81; CDelgado, Toronto, 79; JuGonzalez, Texas, 79; RPalmeiro, Texas, 76 HITS-Jeter, New York, 129; Surhoff, Baltimore, 127; Bettran, Kansas City, 115; MOrdo-nez, Chicago, 115; Stewart, Toronto, 114 DOUBLES Greer, Texas, 27; TFernandez, Toronto, 26, Thomas, Chicago, 25.

TRIPLES Jeter, New York, Durham, Chicago, Fetes, Kansas City, Damon, Kansas City, Randa, Kansas City, Offerman, Boston, 6 are tied with 5. HOME RUNS-Canseco, T.Bay, 31; Griffey Jr, Seattle, 29; SGreen, Toronto, 25; MRami-rez, Cleveland, 25; JuGonzalez, Texas, 24. STOLEN BASES-Stewart, Toronto, 29; TGoodwin, Texas, 27; Encarnadon, Detroit, 24; BLHunter, Seattle, 24; Lofton, Clev, 23. PITCHING (11 rjcWons)-PMartinez, Boston, 15-3, .833, 2.10; Petkovsek, Anaheim, 9-2, J18, 1.74; Mussina, Baltimore, 12-4, 750, 3J7; Nagy, Cleveland, 11-4, .733, 443. STRIKEOUTS PMartinez, Boston, 184; Mussina, Baltimore, 107; CFinley, Anaheim, Kl; DWells, Toronto, 100; Sele, Texas, 95; Colon, Cleveland, 93; Mover, Seattle, 90.

SAVES-RHernandez, Tamoa Bay, 26; Wenetand, Texas, 26; MRivera, New York, 23; Pcrdvai, Anaheim, 23; Taylor, Oakland, 23. Redbirds 7, Sounds MEMPHIS NASHVILLE aorttbi abrhbi LarMeri rf 5121 Brown 4010 dano 2b 5010 Long 0000 LrHed 4110 Hermattsen 4010 Haas 3b 4011 RamireiJb 4010 Pem lb 4221 Gulenrf 3000 McDonald 4111 Mntsonwy lb4020 Warner If 4110 Laker 2010 Bieserlf 0000 Secrtstc 1000 Oroaz nil Howard 2b 4000 Ankiel 2012 Pattte 4000 Mohter 1000 AhYatp 2000 Lovngrer 0000 Ward phrf 1000 Totals 34 711 7 ToWs 33 0 0 Memphis on 113 020-7 Nashvle ON 000 000-t E-Wamer. DP-Memphis 1, Nashville I LOB-Mernphis 5, Nashville 2B-Lari-viere, Perei, McDonald, Ankiel, Montgomery. SH-Ankiel tar iPrrbbs. Ankiel 4-1 i 5 0 0 2 10 Motuer 2 1 0 0 0 4 Lovingier 1 0 0 0 0 1 Nashvle 5 1 5 5 3 7 Ryan 110 0 0 1 I.

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