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MOMUV.It'M II.2tHU (3 Thk Arizona Kkitiu.h SPOUTS WI. M's avoid losing Braves stay hot streak; on trip -A rem navjii IPEEDV INTERLEAGUE Jeff Gordon (24) and Ricky Rudd are side by side, as they were for most of the late stages of the race, on a restart on Lap 194 on Sunday at Michigan International Speedway. Kmart special for Gordon Bob Bnxlt-etkAiSOCidtrd Piess lip Vi 1 1 th homer of the year and the eighth during his career-high 15 game hitting streak. Wells allowed one run and five hits in 6'A innings. Hob I lowry pitched the ninth for his third save.

PIRATES TWINS 8: At Minneapolis Brian Giles singled toopen a seven-run eighth inning and capped the rally with a two-run triple, leading littsburgh over Minnesota. Minnesota led 8-1 after two innings, but four relievers gave up five hits and four walks in the eighth. Matt tawton and Cristian Guzman homered in a three-run first for Minnesota, which tacked on five more in the second. ATHLETICS 6, GIANTS 2: At Oakland Eric Chavez and Jeremy Giambi hit back-to-back homers in a three-run eighth inning as Oakland beat San Francisco. Mark Mulder (8-3) allowed two runson five hits over 7tin-nings with two strikeouts.

He did not give up a hit until Benito Santiago's double in the fifth inning. Chad Bradford got the last four outs for his first save since Sept. 7, 1998. ANGELS 6, DODGERS 5 (10): At Los Angeles Garret Anderson hit a one-out, solo homer off Eric Gagne in the 10th inning to lift Anaheim over Los Angeles. Anderson's solo homer on Friday was the only run in Ana-heim's 1-0 victory over the Dodgers.

Gagne (1-4), sent to the bullpen after proving ineffective as a starter, pitched one inning. Al Levine (3-4) pitched the ninth, and Troy Percival pitched the 10th for his 16th save in 16 tries. Jorge Fabregas' RBI single off Jeff Shaw with one out in the ninth drew the Angels even at 5. ORIOLES 3, EXPOS 2: At Baltimore Jason Johnson came within an out of his first complete game in the majors, and Baltimore scored all of its runs on two-out singles in defeating Montreal. The Expos wasted a fine performance by Javier Vazquez, who pitched a six-hitter.

Montreal scored only six runs in losing two of three to Balti 1t5 3Sl Shawna Robinson, with Ricky Craven (left) and Tony Stewart, is the first woman since 1988 to finish a Winston Cup race. Woman meets goal start to 34th-place Cup finish more. Johnson (6-3), making his 60th major league start, took 8 four-hitter into the ninth inning. But an error and successive two-out singles chased him. Buddy Groom came on and retired pinch-hitter Mike Mnrdecai on a flyout.

BREWERS 8, TIGERS 3: At Detroit Jeromy Burnitz drove in five runs with two homers, and right-hander Jamey Wright came off the disabled list to get the win as Milwaukee beat Detroit. Burnitz hit a three-run homer in the first inning and a two-run shot in the fifth. Wright (5-4) allowed three runs two earned on four hits and four walks in five innings. He had been on the 15-day DL since May 21 with a sprained muscle and was activated before the game. MARLINS 7, BLUE JAYS 2: At Toronto Alex Gonzalez hit a three-run double as Florida beat Toronto.

Derek Lee had a two-run triple for the Marlins and Brad Penny (5-1) allowed one run and five hits in 5 innings. Toronto's Esteban Ixiaiza (5-6) gave up seven runs and six hits in 5i innings. RED SOX 5, PHILLIES 4: At Boston Dante Bichette, taking over as cleanup hitter because Manny Ramirez was sick, went 3 for 4 with a home run as Boston beat Philadelphia. Bichette's fourth homer of the season tied the game at 1 in the fourth against Robert Person. Then Bichette singled and scored the tying run in a three-run sixth, when Boston took a 4-3 lead.

METS 10, DEVIL RAYS 0: At St. Petersburg, Fla. Kevin Appier allowed four hits in seven innings and Mark Johnson and Joe McEwing hit two-run homers as New York beat Tampa Bay. Appier (4-5) limited the Devil Rays to four hits. He struck out nine and walked three.

ASTROS 6, RANGERS 5: At Arlington, Texas Pinch-hitter Orlando Merced's three-run homer with two outs in the ninth inning lifted Houston over Texas. Merced's fourth homer of the year came after Jeff Zimmerman (2-4) came within a strike of getting the save after Richard Hidalgo and Jeff Bagwell walked. 1 AViM 'j 4 Associated Press second straight big win. Richardson pitched a complete game a week before as the Green Wave (56-12) knocked defending national champion Louisiana State out of the NCAA Tournament and clinched Tulane's first CWS berth. Dan Johnson and Jed Morris homered for the Huskers (50-16).

i i iJ Associated Press MARINERS 8, PADRES At Seattle John Olerud, Ichiro Suzuki and Al Martin homered as Seattle defeated San Diego on Sunday for its 16th win in 17 games. A day after San Diego ended the longest winning streak in Mariners history at 15 games, John JIalama (5-4) scattered seven hits in seven innings to complete Seattle's 11-1 home-stand. At 48-13, the Mariners matched the 1939 New York Yankees for the second-best 61 -game start since 1900 behind the 1912 New York Giants (50-11). Carlton Ioewer (0-1) made his first major league appearance since Sept. 20, 1999, for the Padres and allowed six runs and six hits in 2'i innings.

BRAVES 4, YANKEES 1: At New York Greg Maddux out-pitched Mike Mussina, shutting the Yankees down into the seventh inning as Atlanta beat New York. The Braves are 8-1 on their 12-game road trip and have moved within three games of Philadelphia in the National League East. Maddux (6-5) was hurt only by Joe Oliver's solo homer in the second, giving up seven hits in 6i innings. Jose Cabrera got four outs in relief of Maddux, and John Rocker pitched the ninth for his 18th save in 20 chances. REDS 9, INDIANS 3: At Cleveland Rookie Chris Reitsma shut down Cleveland for 7Ys innings to get his first win in 10 starts, and Cincinnati defeated the Indians.

Reitsma (3-5) gave up nine hits, walked one and struck out one. He was lifted after Jim Thome's two-run homer in the eighth. Sean Casey and Pokey Reese drove in two runs apiece, and Michael Tucker had three hits as the Reds beat Jaret Wright (2-1). WHITE SOX 3, CUBS 1: At Chicago Chris Singleton hit a solo homer and Sandy Alomar Jr. scored on a botched sacrifice bunt as the White Sox beat the Cubs to win the first Cross-town Series of the season.

The White Sox have won 13 of their past 16 games. The Cubs' Rondell White hit a solo homer off Kip Wells (3-2) in the fifth inning. It was his Stanford Associated Press STANFORD 5, CAL STATE-FULLERTON 2 (10): At Omaha, Neb. Chris O'Riordan's go-ahead RBI single in the 10th inning led Stanford over Cal State-Fullerton in a hard-fought pitchers duel in the College World Series on Sunday night. Ryan Hall, who robbed Mike Rouse of extra bases with an impressive running catch in the ninth to send the game to the 10th tied at 1, led off with a single off Chad Cordero (3-4) and moved to second on a wild pitch.

Scott Dragicevich popped up a bunt, and first baseman Aaron Rifkin, running toward home on the play, dived for the ball halfway down the line. The ball hit of Rifkin's glove in fair territory, and Hall beat catcher Brett Kay's throw to third to put runners on first and third with no outs. Hall, who came in as a defensive replacement in the eighth, scored on O'Riordan's single through the right side. Sam Fuld followed with a two-run triple off Mike Nunez, and Ryan Garko's sacrifice fly made it 5-1. J.

D. Willcox (5-0) allowed one run in 1 relief innings for his second win of the College World Series. He gave up an RBI single to David Bacani in the 10th before Jeff Bruksch got the last out for his second save of the series. Stanford (50-16), which clinched its third straight 50-win season, advanced to the winners bracket and won't play again until Wednesday night. Cal State-Fullerton (47-17), the top seed in the NCAA Tournament, will play Tulane in an elimination game Tuesday.

TULANE 6, NEBRASKA 5: At Omaha, Neb. Jake Gau-treau's leadoff homer sparked a four-run sixth inning, and Tulane held on to beat Nebraska in an elimination game trips Fullerton in 10 2nd straight win puts No. 24 on top Associated Press BROOKLYN, Mich. If there were any doubts that Jeff Gordon is back to championship form, he answered them Sunday with a milestone victory. Gordon survived a bad final pit stop that forced him to slice his way through the field, a pair of restarts and a tense battle with Kicky Rudd over the final two laps to win the Kmart 400 at Michigan International Speedway and give Hendrick Motorsports its 100th victory.

"That's a true mark of a championship-caliber team to be able to stay calm, regroup and come back in," Gordon said. "That's what we did and that's why this team is so good." Gordon, coming off two straight disappointing seasons, won for the second consecutive week and the 55th time in his career, and took the points lead by 26 over Dale Jar-rett. And it put Rick Hendrick into the record book as just the third car owner with 100 victories. Petty Enterprises has 271 and Junior Johnson 139. But Hendrick couldn't be at the track to celebrate the win.

His father, "Papa" Joe Hendrick, is scheduled to have heart surgery today. So Hendrick remained in North Carolina to be with him. The three Hendrick cars, including Terry Labonte and Jerry Nadeau, donned stickers on their Chevrolets that said, "Get Well Pop." Gordon was off to another dominating performance he led 137 of the first 174 laps when an error on the final pit stop cost him the lead. He led Rudd and Sterling Marlin into the pits on Lap 175 but came out sandwiched between them. That's when his crew radioed him to come back in because the lug nuts were loose.

Rudd, who had his own tire problems, followed him in and, after a second stop, the two went back on the track in 10th and 11th place with Marlin as the leader. But they zigzagged their way through the field and were right behind Marlin when a caution came out on Lap 189. "I made some pretty incredible moves to get by some cars," Gordon said. "I only know one way, and that's to go for it. When you've got a good car, you've got to put it on the edge." It returned to green-flag racing with seven laps left, and Gordon got a tremendous jump on the restart.

He passed Marlin in Turn 1, taking Rudd with him. "We had a good car on the long runs, but he could beat us on the get-go," Marlin said. Moments later, Shawna Robinson, the first woman in a Winston Cup race in 12 years, brought out the seventh caution flag of the race with a spin in Turn 2. After two laps under caution, NASCAR returned the field to green with four laps left. That's when Gordon and Rudd began their stirring duel.

Rudd looked to make a pass several times, then made his move coming out of Turn 4 with one lap to go. His Ford Taurus went high on the track and looked past Gordon, then changed direction by sliding low and passing Gordon's Chevrolet on the inside. Gordon wasted no time in retaking the lead, sweeping up high on the track in Turn 1 to pass Rudd. He then drifted down the track to block Rudd from making another move and held him off around the track and at the finish line by 0.085 seconds. Associated Press in Indianapolis, Kansas City and Atlanta.

Robinson made the field at Michigan International Speedway after failing in her two previous attempts this year. "Believe me, every time I sit in that race car I'll get better," she said. The Des Moines, Iowa, native plans a full schedule in 2002. Robinson said Sunday was a "learning experience" for her inside her Ford Taurus. Robinson would rather be considered just a driver not a woman driver but she said, "You're always being focused on in this situation." That was true even before the race, when she was included in the invocation as Lonnie Klaus prayed "for every man and Shawna." The splashes of pink on her car, which was her sponsor's idea, also provided a reminder during the race.

Robinson became the 15th woman to compete in a Winston Cup event. Patty Moise was the last to do so, at Talladega Superspeedway in 1989. Moise was also the last woman to finish a Cup race, at Watkins Glen International in 1988. AUTO SCOREBOARD Kmart 400 AT BROOKLYN, MICH. Results from Sunday's NASCAR Winston Cup race at Michigan Speedway wtth position, dnver, car make, laps completed and money won.

1. (1) Jeff Gordon. Chevrolet, 200, $240, 137. 2. (2) Ricky Rudd, Ford, 200, $123,257.

3. (29) Sterling Marlin. Dodge. 200, $95,280. 4.

(9) Jeremy Mayfield, Ford, 200 $98 814. 5. (12) Ryan Newman, Ford, 200, 6. (23) Hut Stncklin, Ford, 200, $57,140. 7.

(13) Jeff Burton, Ford, 200. $91,286. 8. (4) DaveBlaney, Dodge. 200, $47,965.

9. (6) Bill Elliott. Dodge, 200. $71.638. 10.

(8) Kevin Harvtck. Chevrolet. 200, $94,042. 11. (14) Jimmy Spencer, Ford.

200, $62, 735. 12. (10) Johnny Benson, Ponti-ac 200, $53,400. 13. (25) Bobby Labonte, Pontiac, 200 $92 317.

14. (33) Ken Schrader. Pontiac, 200. $57 701. 15.

(31) Matt Kenseth, Ford. 200, $54,040. 16. (20) Mark Martin, Ford, 199, $83,041. 17.

(17) Jeff Green, Chevrolet, 199, $38,390. 18. (21) Dale Jarrett, Ford, 199. $83,117. 19.

(36) Jason Leffler, Dodge. 199, $54,080. 20. (3) Mike Skinner, Chevrolet, 199, $78,014. 21.

(43) Robert Pressley, Ford, 199, $52,115. 22. (38) Bobby Hamilton, Chevrolet 199, $48,440. 23, (16) Steve Park. Chevrolet, 199.

$66,333. 24 (19) Bobby Hamilton Chevrolet, 199, $68 060. 25. (37) lony Stewart, Pontiac, 198, $57 490. 26.

(42) Terry Labonte, Chevrolet. 198, $71,970. 27. (22) Kyle Petty, Dodge, 198. $35,990.

28. (41) Jerry Nadeau. Chevrolet. 198. $46,840.

29. (35) Michael Waltnp. Chevrolet, 198. $45,640. 30.

(34) Casey Atwood. Dodge, 198, $39,065. 31. (26) Kevin Lepage, Chevrolet, 198. $37,915.

32. (27) Ron Hornaday Pontiac, 197, $35,340. 33. (28) Brett Bodine, Ford, 197, $35,265. 34.

(32) Shawna Robinson. Ford, 197, $35,190. 35. (5) Ricky Craven, Ford, 196, $35,115. 36.

(24) Buckshot Jones, Dodge, 188, engine failure. $43,065. 37. (15) John An-dretti, Dodge. 186, crash, $70,042.

38. (40) Ward Burton, Dodge, 184, engine failure, $68,040. 39. (7) Dale Earnhardt Chevrolet, 171, engine failure, $69,593. 40.

(39) Elliott Sadler, Ford, 156, $52,835. 41. (18) Rusty Wallace. Ford, 118, $79,940. 42.

(30) Todd Bodine Ford. 38. crash, $34,760. 43. (11) Kurt Busch, Ford, 16, crash.

$42,069. Ran statistics Winner's average speed 134.203 mph. Time of race 2 hours, 58 minutes. 50 seconds. Margin of victory 0.085.

Caution flags 8 for 34 laps. Lead changes 17 among 7 drivers. Lap leaders J.Gordon R.Rudd 1-2; J.Gordon 3-22; D.Eamhardt Jr. 23-24; J.Gorddn 25-30; J.Benson 31-41; B.Jones 42; D.Eamhardt Jr. 43 44; J.Gordon 45 92; S.Martin 93: J.Gordon 94-123; S.Marlin 124131; M.

Kenseth 132-141: J.Gordon 142-174; S.Marlin 175-193; J.Gordon 194-198; R.Rudd 199; J.Gordon 200. Canadian Grand Prix AT MONTREAL, CANADA Results from Sunday's Fl race at Circuit Gilles Vilte-neuve with starting position, dnver, country, car make and time over the 2.747-mile island circuit run. 1 Ralf Schumacher, Germany, Williams-BMW, 1 hour, 34 minutes. 31.522 seconds. 69 laps, 120.315 mph.

2. Michael Schumacher. Germany. Ferran. 69.

3. Mika Hak-kinen Finland. McLaren-Mercedes. 69. 4.

Kimi Raikko-nen, Finland. Sauoer-Petronas. 69. 5. Jean Alesi.

France, Prost-Acer. 69. 6. Pedro de la Rosa. Spain.

Jaguar. 68. 7. Riccardo Zonta, Brazil, Jordan-Honda, 68. 8.

Luciano Burti. Brazil, Prost Acer. 68. 9. Tarso Marques, Brazil, Mi-nardi-European, 66.

10. Jos Verstappen, Netherlands, Arrows-Asiatecn, 65. 11. Jarno Trulli, Italy. Jordan-Honda, 63.

Associated Press BROOKLYN, Mich. They thought she wouldn't make it. Once she did, they thought she couldn't finish. Shawna Robinson proved them wrong. The 36-year-old mother of two became the first woman to compete in a Winston Cup event in 12 years.

Then she became the first woman to finish a race since 1988. "You have to understand, what every single driver out there expected me to do was probably crash or get in the way," Robinson said. "I think I did neither of those things, so my goal was accomplished." Robinson started 32nd and finished 34th Sunday in the Kmart 400 three laps behind race winner Jeff Gordon. "I think it's significant," NASCAR President Mike Helton said. "I think every step she makes is important.

First, she had to make it, then she had to finish. Now that she's done those things, she can focus on improving her position." Robinson will attempt to qualify for her next Winston Cup event in Chicago on July 13. She also plans to race Younger bro Schumacher wins Montreal Associated Press MONTREAL Ralf Schumacher outdrove his older, more famous brother, Michael, on Sunday, pulling away to an easy victory in the Canadian Grand Prix. The German siblings started side by side on the front row and pole winner Michael led from the start on the 2.747-mile Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. Ralf never let him get too far away, though, stalking the leader until he made his pit stop on the 46th of 69 laps.

As Michael, the defending Formula One champion, drove his Ferrari into the pits, Ralf 's Williams BMW flashed past into the lead. He stayed out front the rest of the way, building a big enough edge before his pit stop on Lap 51 to retain the lead. After the younger brother emerged from the pits in front, he pulled steadily away, unchallenged until he cross the finish line 20.2 seconds more than the front straightaway ahead. It was his second victory, with the first last year in San Marino. Michael Schumacher added a third runner-up finish to four victories here.

3'' i IMMlliiln Tulane's Jon Kaplan (left) and Matt Groff give it the old college try but can't catch Dan Johnson's homer for Nebraska. of the first College World Series for both teams. Michael Aubrey, the Green Wave's designated hitter for the first seven innings, pitched the final two for his first save as Tulane sent the home-state Cornhuskers back to Lincoln without a CWS win. Beau Richardson (8-1) scattered the five runs and seven hits over seven innings in his.