Lansing State Journal from Lansing, Michigan • Page 27

Baseball Lansing State Journal Sunday, September 3, 2000 3D American League EAST Pet. GB L10 Str Home Away Intr New York 76 56 .576 8-2 W-3 39-28 37-28 11-6 Boston 70 62 .530 6 5-5 L-1 36-29 34-33 9-9 Toronto 71 64 .526 6 7-3 L-1 37-29 34-35 9-9 Baltimore 61 74 .452 16V2 6-4 W-1 38-30 23-45 7-11 Tampa Bay 59 76 .437 18'2 4-6 L-2 31-37 28-39 9-9 CENTRAL Chicago 81 54 .600 7-3 W-4 38-26 43-28 12-6 Cleveland 71 61 .538 8Va 5-5 L-1 36-27 35-34 13-5 Detroit 68 66 .507 12'2 7-3 W-3 35-31 33-35 Kansas City 64 71 .474 17 6-4 W-2 33-32 31-39 8-10 Minnesota 59 76 .437 22 3-7 L-4 31-37 28-39 7-11 WEST Seattle 73 62 .541 3-7 W-1 40-28 33-34 11-7 Oakland 70 64 .522 2V2 4-6 W-1 37-31 33-33 11-7 Anaheim 68 67 .504 5 3-7 L-3 41-31 27-36 12-6 Texas 59 76 .437 14 2-8 L-2 37-34 22-42 7-11 Saturday's results Detroit 5, Texas 3 Baltimore 8, Cleveland 6 Seattle 4, Boston 1 Oakland 8, Toronto 0 Kansas City 7, Tampa Bay 5 N.Y. Yankees 13, Minnesota 4, 7 'a innings, rain Chicago White Sox 13, Anaheim 6 Today's games Minnesota (Kinney 0-1) at N.Y. Yankees (Clemens 11-6), 1:05 p.m. Texas (Glynn 3-3) at Detroit (Weaver 9-11), 1:05 p.m.

Baltimore (Spurgeon 1-0) at Cleveland (Woodard 1-2), 1:05 p.m. Oakland (Hudson 14-6) at Toronto (Loaiza 8-9), 1:05 p.m. Kansas City (Stein 4-3) at Tampa Bay (Eiland 2-1), 1:15 p.m. Anaheim (Ortiz 4-5) at Chicago White Sox (Baldwin 14-5), 2:05 p.m. Seattle (Abbott 8-5) at Boston (Ohka 3-2), 5:05 p.m.

Friday's results Cleveland 5, Baltimore 2 Boston 6, Seattle 2 N.Y. Yankees 4, Minnesota 2 Kansas City 9, Tampa Bay 5 Toronto 4, Oakland 3 Detroit 7, Texas 5 Chicago White Sox 9, Anaheim 8 Saturday's results St. Louis 2, N.Y. Mets 1 Milwaukee 8, Colorado 3 San Francisco 13, Chicago Cubs 2 Montreal 9, Cincinnati 5 Atlanta 8, Houston 6 Florida at Arizona, (n) Pittsburgh at San Diego, (n) Philadelphia at Los Angeles, (n) Today's games Montreal (Thurman 4-4) at Cincinnati (Parris 9-14), 1:15 p.m. N.Y.

Mets (Rusch 9-10) at St. Louis (Ankiel 8-7), 2:10 p.m. Atlanta (Ashby 8-11) at Houston (Miller 3-5), 3:05 p.m. Milwaukee (Haynes 11-11) at Colorado (Yo-shii 5-14), 3:05 p.m. Pittsburgh (Benson 9-11) at San Diego (Eaton 5-2), 4:05 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Garibay 2-6) at San Francisco (Hernandez 13-10), 4:05 p.m. Florida (Burnett 2-3) at Arizona (Stottlemyre 8-5), 4:35 p.m. Philadelphia (Person 7-4) at Los Angeles (Park 14-8), 8:10 p.m. Friday's results Cincinnati 8, Montreal 2 Houston 3, Atlanta 2 St Louis 6, N.Y. Mets 5 Colorado 5, Milwaukee 3 Los Angeles 2, Philadelphia 1 San Francisco 7, Chicago Cubs 2 Pittsburgh 3, San Diego 2, 10 innings Florida 8, Arizona 7, 11 innings National League EAST Pet.

GB L10 Str Home Away Intr Atlanta 80 56 .588 3-7 W-1 42-24 38-32 11-7 New York 79 56 .585 V2 5-5 L-2 47-22 32-34 9-9 Florida 65 68 .489 1316 4-6 W-1 36-36 29-32 8-9 Philadelphia 56 77 .421 22V2 5-5 L-3 29-38 27-39 9-9 Montreal 56 76 .424 23 3-7 W-1 31-38 25-38 7-11 CENTRAL St. Louis 77 58 .570 8-2 W-3 40-26 37-32 7-8 Cincinnati 68 67 .504 9 7-3 L-1 32-35 36-32 7-8 Milwaukee 59 76 .437 18 5-5 W-1 32-36 274 0 6-9 Chicago 58 77 .430 19 3-7 L-3 34-37 24-40 8-7 Houston 56 79 .415 21 5-5 L-1 28-37 284 2 6-9 Pittsburgh 54 79 .406 22 3-7 W-1 31-37 23-42 6-9 WEST San Francisco 78 56 .582 7-3 W4 45-20 33-36 8-7 Arizona 73 60 .549 4V2 3-7 L-1 42-28 31-32 6-9 Los Angeles 71 64 .526 7-3 W-1 33-30 38-34 6-9 Colorado 69 66 .511 9V2 7-3 L-1 40-24 29-42 6-6 San Diego 65 70 .481 13V2 5-5 L-1 35-29 30-41 5-10 Tigers marrow the gap Giants 13, Cubs 2 Late Friday Giants 7, Cubs 2 5, Rangers 3 DETROIT CHICAGO Umpires Home, Reliford; First, Williams, Second, Wegner; Third, Reynolds. 3:04. A 26,261 Royals 7, Devil Rays 5 KANSAS CITY TAMPA BAY abrhbi abrhbi CHICAGO SAN FRAN abrhbi SAN FRAN abrhbi 4 0 11 Benard cf 0 0 0 0 Mueller 3b 4 0 10 Bonds If 3 12 0 CMurry cf ab bi 4 13 0 Benard cf Tigers TEXAS Alicea 2b Curtis dh Greer If RPImo 1b Kapler cf Ledee rf Hslman Lamb 3b Clayton ss 3 110 Mueller 3b 5 110 GWIms cf 4 0 2 0 3 fir 0 0 0 0 Kent 2b 3 0 0 0 Vglsngp 4 110 5 12 0 5 111 12 11 30 11 3 12 1 4 113 3 0 0 0 3010 1 a 5 0 0 0 40 11 4 0 0 0 3 2 3 1 4 0 0 1 Tyner If 1 0 0 0 SCox rf 0 10 0 McGrff 1b 4 0 0 1 GVghn dh abrhbi 5 0 0 1 Easley 2b 4 0 2 0 JEcrcn cf 3 0 0 0 Magee If 3 12 0 Becker If 4 0 2 0 JGnzlez rf 4 0 0 0 Palmer dh 4 0 0 0 TCIark 1b 4 12 0 Macias 3b 4 12 0 DCruz ss Asmus Halter 3b McMlln ph Lindsey pr Ficklb abrhbi 5 12 0 2 2 2 1 3 0 11 0 0 0 0 3 111 3 0 0 1 3 0 10 0 100 4 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1011 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Burks 1 0 0 0 Bonds If 3 0 0 1 Kent 2b 2 0 10 Snow lb 3 0 11 Burks rf 0 0 0 0 Aurilia ss 1 0 0 0 Mrbelli 2 0 0 0 Grdner abrhbi 3 3 2 0 3 2 10 3 12 1 0 100 3 2 14 0 0 0 0 1103 0 0 0 0 4 112 0 0 0 0 1000 5 113 5 0 10 2 110 2 0 0 0 1000 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 Huff 3b Damon cf RSnchz ss McCrty ph Febles 2b MJSwy lb Dye rf Quinn dh Randa 3b Dnwdy If Zaun Fbrgas EYung 2b Mth jr. cf Nieves ss SSosa rf Grace lb Gterrez ss Vn Ppl Andrws 3b Reed Girardi ph Gioad It Huson 3t Wood Buford cf Totals 4 110 BoSmth 2b 3 1 0 1 EYung 2b Gloadrf Girardi SSosa rf Agilera Grace lb Huson lb Andrws 3b Gterrez ss Buford cf Arnold Hredia Nieves 2b Mth jr.

If Qevedo Frnswr Brown If Totals Chicago 5 12 0 DiFlice 0 0 0 0 Crespo ph 4 111 3 111 1000 0 0 0 0 3 0 10 Lowery If 4 0 2 1 Snow 1b 3 0 0 0 Fultz 0 0 0 0 REMtz 1b 0 0 0 0 Aurilia ss 1 0 0 0 Estlella 4 110 Estes 0 0 0 0 Melo 2b 1 0 0 0 Minor lb 4 0 0 0 UHenry 3 0 0 0 Fultz 0 0 0 0 3 111 FMrtnz ss 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 2 2 2 33 7 8 5 Totals Totals 35 310 1 Totals Gonzalez, Encarnacion homer as Detroit gains ground in playoff race Associated Press DETROIT Juan Gonzalez's first-inning, inside-the-park home run helped Detroit beat the Texas Rangers 5-3 Saturday, moving the Tigers within four games of the AL wild card lead. Juan Encarnacion also homered for the Tigers, winners of three straight and 14 of 19. Detroit, 30-21 since the All-Star break, moved closer to wild card leader Cleveland, which lost to Baltimore 8-6 Saturday. Texas has lost seven of eight and 22 of 30. The Rangers 30 510 5 WDIgdo 2b 1 2 0 0 0 29 2 6 2 Totals 32 7 10 7 000 002 000-2 Texas 000 100 200-3 Total 33 5 8 5 122 002-7 000 Detroit 200 020 01x-5 Kansas City Chicago 2 0 0 0 33 2 8 2 Totals 33 13 10 13 210 000 011 Tamoa Bav San Francisco 601 000 00x-7 001 001 000- 2 Afivn lis 1 DP Chicaao 1.

San Francisco 3 LOB-Chi- 130 007 20x-13 caoo 5. San Francia-n a 1581 t-wueigado (4), Bobmith i lb), Whence (7), RMHemandez (1). DP-Kansas City 3, Tampa Bay 2. LOB Kansas City 8, Tampa San Francisco DP-Chicaoo 1 usmus loi. ur lexas uetrort i.

LOB-Texas 7, Detroit 8. 28-RPalmeiro (20), Clayton (16), Easley (24), Magee (3), TCIark (11), DCruz (40). 3B-RPalmeiro (2). HR-JEncarnacion (14), JGonzalez (20). SB Easley (12).

CS-JEncarnacion (4). San Francisco 1. LOB- HR-Kent (30). Aurilia (15). SB-EYouna (44).

Chicaao 7. San Francisco 9. 2B CYouno Bav 6. 2B-Damon 37 WDelqad aao u), uii-e- lice (10), i-Martinez is), rm-ovaugnn U4). (39), Benard (22), Snow (27), Estalella (18).

HR-Kent (31), Aurilia (16). S-Farnswcrth. SB Tyner (4). Dunwoody, Fabregas. SF MJSweeney.

IP RER BB SO IP RER BB SO CS-Mueller (1). SF-SSosa, Snow. IP RER BB SO Chicago WoodL6-7 5 7 7 7 3 2 VanPoppel 1 2 0 0 1 1 Worrell 2 1 0 0 0 2 San Francisco Gardner W.10-6 7 4 2 2 3 3 DHenry 1 1 0 0 0 0 Fultz 1 10 0 11 IP RER BB SO 11- 3 32-3 1-3 12- 3 1 Chicago Quevedo L2-7 Farnsworth Arnold Heredia Aguilera San Francisco Estes W.13-4 Fultz Texas Rogers L1 1-13 Crabtree Venafro JRZmmermn Detroit Blair W.10-4 DPatterson Nitkowski NCruz 6 12-3 0 1-3 61-3 1-3 1-3 Kansas City Reichert JSantiago Bottalico Tampa Bay Rekar Enders Fiore AL started the day tied with Tampa Bay and Umpires Home, Rieker; First, Packard; Second, Davis; Third, Guccione. 2:37. Dodgers 2, Phillies 1 1-3 22-3 1 RMHdz L3-5 Vogelsong 1 1 Umpires Home, Packard; First, Davis; MJAnderson by Rekar 5v PHILA LOS ANGELES Rogers pitched to 1 batter in the 7th.

Vena (Zaun). WP-Reichert 2, Rekar. abrhbi Minnesota for the worst record in the AL Willie Blair (10-4) won for the fifth time in seven decisions, giving up three runs two earned on seven hits with three strikeouts and no walks in 6 1-3 innings. Matt Anderson pitched a perfect ninth for his first major league save. fro pitched to 1 batter in the 8th, Nitkowski pitched to 1 batter in the 8th.

WP-DPatterson. Umpires Home, Scott; First, Drake; Second, Wolf; Third, Cederstrom. 2:56. A 35,060 Orioles 8, Indians 6 abrhbi 40 10 3 110 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 4011 3 12 1 3 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1000 100 0 1000 29 2 7 2 3 0 10 Godwin cf 4 0 10 Grdzln 2b 4 0 10 Shffield If 3 0 0 0 Karros 1b 3 0 0 0 Green rf 3 0 0 0 Beltre 3b 3 110 Kreuter 3 0 0 1 Cora ss 2 0 0 0 Bransn ss 0 0 0 0 Valdes 1 0 0 0 Loduca ph PAUL WARNERAssociated Press Abreu rf Glnville cf Rolen 3b Lbrthal TLeelb Burrell If MOAsn 2b TPerez ss Wolfp Brock Ducey ph Totals Philadelphia BALTIMORE CLEVELAND ab bi Umpires Home, Foster, Marty; First, Kulpa; Second, Marsh; Third, Hernandez. 2:57.

A 23,129 Yankees 13, Twins 4 (7V2) MINNESOTA NEW YORK abrhbi abrhbi CGzmn ss 4 0 0 0 Jeter ss 3 3 2 0 Cnizaro 2b 4 12 3 Posada 4 3 2 2 Lawton rf 4 0 10 O'Neill rf 4 2 3 3 JJones If 0 0 0 0 Bllnger If 110 0 Coomer lb 4 110 BeWms cf 2 2 11 DOrtiz dh 4 0 2 0 GHill dh 0 10 1 Bchnan If 3 0 0 1 Cnseco If 3 0 0 1 Koskie 3b 4 0 2 0 RThpsn rf 0 0 0 0 THuntr cf 3 110 TMrtnz 1b 4 0 11 Moeller 2 110 JVzcno 2b 0 0 0 0 Sojo 2b 4 0 11 Brosius 3b 4 111 29 1 4 1 Totals 001 000 000-1 Second, Guccione; Third, Rieker. 3:04. Brewers 8, Rockies 3 MILWAUKEE COLORADO abrhbi abrhbi JMoutn cf 3 10 0 Pierre cf 4 110 Loretta ss 5 0 10 NPerez ss 4 0 4 0 LLopez ss 0 10 0 Pena ph 10 0 0 Jenkins If 4 2 2 0 Helton 1b 3 0 0 1 Sexson 1b 4 2 3 3 Hmnds rf 3110 Bumitz rf 3 0 10 TWalkr 2b 4 0 0 0 JHrndz3b 4 0 0 0 Cirillo 3b 3 0 2 1 Acvedop 0 0 0 0 Htndsw If 4121 Huston ph 1111 JJimnz 0 0 0 0 Blliard 2b 4 0 2 1 Petrick 3 0 0 0 Blanco 4 0 2 1 Bhanon 2 0 0 0 MPSwy ph 1110 MMyrs 0 0 0 0 Santos 0 0 0 0 Shmprt ph 10 0 0 Hayes 3b 10 11 Chnard 0 0 0 0 CMendoza If 1 0 0 0 Totals 34 8 14 7Totals 33 310 3 Milwaukee 100 001 204-8 Colorado 100 101 000-3 Sexson (4), Mendoza (1). DP Milwaukee 2, Colorado 4. LOB-Milwaukee 1 1, Colorado 9.

2B-Jenkins (31), Sexson (9), Belliard (26), Blanco (23), NPerez 2 (32), Hammonds (22). HR-Hollandsworth (11). SB-Houston (2). CS-Cir-aio (3). S-JCrjAmico.

SF-Blanco, Helton 100 000 01x-2 Los Angeles E-Valdes (1). DP-Philadelphia 1. Los Anqe- Happy camper: A smile was already beginning to spread across Juan Gonzalez's face Saturday as the Detroit slugger rounded third and headed for home en route to an inside-the-park homer. With an assist from Cards, Braves slip back into lead BKAsn rf 3 110 Lofton cf 4 111 Hairstn 2b 4 2 10 Vizquel ss 5 12 0 DShldsIf 4 12 3 RAimr 2b 3 0 0 1 Belle dh 4 12 1 MRmrz rf 4 2 3 1 Hbbard dh 0 10 0 JolCbra pr 0 0 0 0 Conine 3b 5 13 2 Thome dh 5 0 10 Rchard lb 2 0 11 Segui 1b 4 10 1 MLewis ss 4 0 2 1 Frymn 3b 4 012 Lunar 3 0 0 0 WCrdro If 3 0 0 0 Frdyce 1 0 0 0 EADiaz 3 110 Kngsle cf 4 110 BSelby ph 10 0 0 SAIomr 0 0 0 0 Totals 34 8 13 STotals 36 6 9 6 Baltimore 000 002 402-8 Cleveland 110 001 021-6 E-Conine 2 (15). DP Cleveland 4.

LOB-Baltimore 9, Cleveland 9. 2B DeShields (35), Belle (36), Conine 2 (19), Kingsale (1), Fryman (31). 3B Lofton (5). SB-flAlomar Totals Minnesota 32 4 10 4Totals 29131111 001 120 00- 4 New York 005 305 Ox-13 les 1. LOB-Philadelphia 2, Los Angeles 8.

28-Abreu (37), Rolen (28), Green (12). HR Beltre (15). CS-Abreu (6). Valdes. IP RER BB SO Philadelphia Wolf 7 6 114 8 Brock L.7-7 1 1110 0 Los Angeles Valdes 7 3 10 16 Fetters W.6-2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 Umpires Home, Fletcher; First, Danley; Second, Morrison; Third, Craft.

2:31. A 28,383 Two outs when winning run scored. Moeller (5). DP-Minnesota 2. LOB Minnesota 8, New York 5.

2B-Lawton (40), DOrtiz (29), O'Neill (26). HR-Canizaro (7), Posada (25), O'Neill (17), Brosius (13). SB-Jeter (20), O'Neill (14), GHill. (30), JolCabrera (5). CS DeShields (10).

IP RER BB SO SF Richard, RAIomar, Segui. IP RER BB SO IP RER BB SO Orioles 8, Indians 6 CLEVELAND Bartolo Colon took a shutout into the sixth before leaving with a stiff right shoulder, and Baltimore rallied against the Indians' overworked bullpen. Delino DeShields was credited with a two-run single on a ball shortstop Omar Vizquel should have fielded in Baltimore's four-run seventh. Mariners 4, Red Sox 1 BOSTON Edgar Martinez, who entered the game 0-for-20 against the Red Sox this season, hit a tie-breaking homer leading off the eighth inning, and Freddy Garcia. (5-4) pitched seven strong innings in Seattle's victory.

White Sox 13, Angels 6 CHICAGO Charles Johnson drove in a career-high seven runs, hitting a three-run homer, a three-run double and an RBI single as the Chicago White Sox beat Anaheim to increase their AL Central lead to 8V2 games. Yankees 13, Twins 4 (Tz) NEW YORK Scott Brosius, Paul O'Neill and Jorge Posada homered as New York pounded Eric Milton for eight runs in a rain-shortened victory over Minnesota, the Yankees' ninth win in 11 games. Athletics 8, Blue Jays 0 Minnesota Milton L12-8 Cressend TEMiller Carrasco Hawkins New York Neagle W.5-4 4 11-3 0 2-3 1 51-3 Milwaukee JCDco de los Santos Acevedo Leskanic Colorado Bohanon DeJean L.4-2 MMyers Chouinard JJimenez Baltimore Rapp W.7-10 Groom Trombley Kohlmeier Cleveland Colon Nichtinq Karsay SReed Speier 6 12-3 1-3 1 5 1 1- 3 2- 3 11-3 1- 3 2- 3 1 21-3 Gnmsley TEMiller Ditched to 3 batters in the 6th 23 1-3 Dipoto UmDires Home. Reed; First, Wendel- 2-3 grower Colon pitched to 1 batter in the 6th. stedt, Hu; Second, Fichter; Third, Bucknor.

3:16. Braves 8, Astros 6 ATLANTA rh bi abrhbi HBP by Karsay (Lunar). WP-Trombley. Balk Speier. Umpires Home, Lamplugh; First, Hirsch-beck, Second, Shulock; Third, Runge, Brian.

3:53. Mariners 4, Red Sox 1 Associated Press HOUSTON Pinch-hitter Bobby Bonilla hit a go-ahead, two-run single in the eighth inning as the Atlanta Braves defeated the Houston Astros 8-6 Saturday night. The win, combined with the Mets' 2-1 loss to St. Louis earlier in the day, lifted the Braves back into first place in the NL East by a half game. Greg Maddux (15-8) gave up five runs in the first inning, but settled down and lasted 7 1-3 III innings.

Maddux, who lost five of his previous eight starts, allowed six runs on 10 hits, struck out eight and walked only one. John Rocker pitched a perfect ninth for his 18th save in 20 chances. Scott Elarton (15-5), who won 11 of his previous 12 decisions, allowed seven runs on seven hits, struck out eight and walked six in 7 2-3 innings. Cardinals 2, Mets 1 ST. LOUIS Darryl Kile (16-9) threw a five-hitter to outduel Mike Hampton (13-8), and the Cardinals beat the New York Mets for the second straight game in their final at-bat.

Fernando Vina got the game-winner with an opposite-field RBI single off Armando Benitez with two outs in the ninth inning. Jim Ed- monds' ninth-inning homer beat the Mets 6-5 Friday night. Kile struck out two, walked none and retired the final 18 batters, throwing only 94 pitches. Giants 13, Cubs 2 SAN FRANCISCO Rich Aurilia celebrated his 29th birthday by hitting a three-run home run for the second straight game as the Giants beat the Chicago Cubs. Shawn Estes (13-4) allowed two runs on six hits in six innings.

He struck out three and walked two. Brewers 8, Rockies 3 DENVER Richie Sexson went 3-for-4 with three RBI and Jeff D'A-mico (11-5) allowed three runs in six innings as Milwaukee beat Colorado. Todd Helton drove in a run with a sacrifice fly, but saw his major league-leading average drop to .391 Expos 9, Reds 5 CINCINNATI Milton Bradley singled in two runs in the sixth inning to key a three-run rally that lifted Montreal to victory over the Reds. The victory snapped Montreal's three-game losing streak and prevented Cincinnati from winning three in a row at home, something the Reds have not done in three months. SEATTLE HBP-by Milton (BeWilliams).

WP-Grimsley. Umpires Home, Hollowell; First, O'Nora; Second, Hirschbeck, Third, lassogna. 3:05. A 47,438 White Sox 13, Angels 6 ANAHEIM CHICAGO abrhbi abrhbi Erstad dh 5 110 Drham 2b 5 0 10 Glaus 3b 2 110 JAVrtin ss 5 110 Salmon rf 3 10 0 Thmas dh 4 110 MVghn 1b 2 10 1 MOdnz rf 5 12 1 Gant If 3 10 1 CNLee If 4 2 12 GAndsncf 4 123 Perry 3b 42 10 BMolnac 4 0 10 Knerko lb 2310 AKndy 2b 4 0 0 0 JAbbott cf 4 2 3 1 Gil ss 3 0 0 0 CJhnsn 4 13 7 Spiezio ph 10 0 0 Bghman ss 0 0 0 0 Totals 31 6 5 5Totals 37131411 Anaheim 000 005 100- 6 Chicago 040 150 30x-13 E-Gil (16), Durham (14). DP-Anaheim 1, Chicago 1.

LOB-Anaheim 6, Chicago 5. 2B-Thomas (36), CNLee (28), CJohnson (21). HR-GAnderson (32), CJohnson (251. SB-JAValen-tin (17), Perry (4). SF-MVaughn.

Marlins 8, Diamondbacks 7 (11) FLORIDA ARIZONA abrhbi abrhbi LCstllo 2b 5 2 3 1 Wmack ss 4 3 2 0 MSmith rf 6 110 JBell 2b 4 2 3 3 Floyd If 5 0 3 2 LGnzIz If 5 0 12 Alfnscap 0 0 0 0 Clbrnn lb 6 0 3 2 PWilsn cf 6 12 0 SFinley cf 5 0 0 0 Lowell 3b 5 2 3 4 MtWms 3b 5 0 1 0 DLLee 1b 5 10 0 Batista rf 5 0 10 AGnzIz ss 5 110 DMiller 2 0 0 0 RCstro 2 0 10 Morgan 0 0 0 0 CSmith pr 0 0 0 0 Cunsell ph 1110 Rdmnd 1 0 0 0 BKim 0 0 0 0 JSnchz 2 0 0 0 Dllucci i ph 10 10 Millar ph 0 0 0 1 Mieske ph 10 0 0 Almnza 0 0 0 0 BJAdsn 10 0 0 Looper 0 0 0 0 Stinnett 3 0 0 0 Rdrgez ph 10 10 BRyan ph 0 0 0 0 Miceli 0 0 0 0 Frias pr 0 10 0 AFox ss 10 0 0 Totals 44 8 15 STotals 43 7 13 7 Florida 301 002 000 02-8 Arizona 102 010 200 01-7 E-RCastro (5). DP-Arizona 2. LOB Florida 10, Arizona 9. 2B Floyd (231, AGonzalez (14), Womack (19), Colbrunn (19), Dellucci (1). HR-Lowell 2 (21), JBell (14).

SB-LCas-tillo (52), Womack (39). CS-PWilson (12), MtWiliiams (2). JBell. SF-LGonzalez. IP RER BB SO Florida JSanchez 5 4 4 4 2 1 Bones 11-3 2 1 1 0 0 Almanza 0 1110 0 Looper 2-3 2 0 0 0 0 Miceli 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 Alfonseca 1 0 112 0 Arizona BJAnderson 41-3 9 4 4 1 0 Reynoso 1 12 2 2 0 Plesac 1 0 0 0 1 1 Morgan 2-3 1 0 0 0 1 BKim 1 1 0 0 2 2 Mantei 2 10 0 12 Swindell L2-5 1 2 2 2 0 2 Umpires Home, Froemming; First, Winters; Second, Welke, Bill; Third, Culbreth.

A 31,791 Furcal ss 3 2 11 Cedeno If 5 0 0 0 AJones cf 5 13 3 Spiers 2b 4 12 0 Clones 3b 4 10 0 Bgwell 1b 3 110 Surhoff If 5 12 0 Hidalgo cf 4 111 Joyner 1b 2 0 0 0 Alou rf 4 2 3 2 BJordnrf 3112Mlskeyc 4 122 Lckhrt 2b 3 0 0 0 GBarkr pr 0 0 0 0 Glrrga ph 10 10 RChvz 0 0 0 0 Lmbrd pr 0 10 0 Lugo ss 4 0 0 1 JLopez 0 0 0 0 Truby 3b 4 0 10 Bako 3 110 Elarton 3 0 0 0 Bonilla ph 1012 Dotel 0 0 0 0 GMddx 4 0 0 0 Bogar ph 10 0 0 Totals 34 810 8Totals 36 610 6 Atlanta 300 200 021-8 Houston 501 000 000 -6 DP-Atlanta 1, Houston 2. LOB Atlanta 5, Houston 4. 2B-AJones (30), Surhoff (9), BJor-dan (22), Bako (9), Alou 3 (23). HR-Furcal (1), AJones (31), Metuskey (12). SB-furcal (31), Lombard (2), GBarker 18).

CS-AJones (6). IP RER BB SO BOSTON abrhbi abrhbi 3 2 10 TNixon rf 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 Grcprr ss 4 0 0 0 2 0 2 3 CEvrtt cf 3 0 10 3 0 0 0 Bchette dh 4 0 0 0 4 12 1 O'Lry If 4 111 3 0 10 Varitek 3 00 0 0 0 0 Alxndr 3b 2 0i0 4 0 0 0 Cmngs ph 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 Gilkey ph 10 0 0 4 010 Offrmn 2b 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 Brogna lb 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Alcntra lb 100 0 3 0 0 0 Losing 2b 3 010 1000 Mclmre 2b AMartn If Lesher lb ARdrgz ss EMrtnz dh Buhner rf Gipson rf CGuilln 3b Cmeron cf JOIiver Hndrsn pr DWilsn DaBell lb Ibanez If Totals Seattle TORONTO Gil Heredia (14-9) pitched 7 1-3 scoreless innings for his career-high 14th win as Oakland defeated the Blue Jays. Royals 7, Devil Rays 5 ST. PETERSBURG, Ha. Roberto Hernandez's throwing error allowed the go-ahead run to score during a two-run ninth inning as Kansas City beat Tampa Bay.

30 1 3 1 33 4 7 4 Totals IP RER BB SO Anaheim 000 000 000 000 Boston Morrkorl 1-1 LOB Seattle 9, Boston 4. 2B-Lesher (1), 71-3 10 2-3 0 1 0 Atlanta GMddx W.15-8 Ligtenberg Rocker Houston Elarton L15-5 Dotel Pote Petkovsek BWard Turnbow CEverett (25). 3B-Lesher (1). HR-EMar-tinez (33), Oleary (11). SB Lesher (1).

CS-McLemore (12). 72-3 1-3 Chicago IP RER BB SO 1 JosCabrera Parque W.11-6 UmDires Home. Raouarto; First Cuzzi; Buehrl ftrle Wunsch Second, Schrieber; Third, McClelland. 2:52. A 43.189 It's lights out for Lugnuts, Dragons Howry Bradford Expos 9, Reds 5 Seattle FGarcia Rhodes Sasaki Boston RJ Martinez Pichardo Cormier Garces L.8-1 Umpires Home, DeMuth; First, Higgins; Second, Eddings; Third, Carlson.

3:09. A 29,785 MONTREAL CINCINNATI 51-3 2 0 0 4 3 11- 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2- 3 3 3 3 1 3 2-3 0 0 0 0 2 Wakefield Rhodes pitched to 1 batter in the 9th, Cor abrhbi 4 0 0 0 3 3 10 3 12 0 2 0 11 3012 1000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1111 "We had to shut the entire bank of lights down." Seth VanHoven Oldsmobile Park operations coordinator abrhbi Brdley cf 4 0 2 3 Reese 2b Mrdcai 3b 3 0 0 1 Stynes 3b Vidro 2b 5 1 1 0 Grf Jr cf VGrero rf 4 2 3 2 DYong If LStvns 1b 4 0 0 1 Casey 1b Sgignol If 3 110 Ochoa rf TLJons If 2 0 10 Sllivan OCabra ss 5 110 Whlers Barrett 3 3 10 Bell ph WGrero ph 1011 Sexton ss Telford 0 0 0 0 Larue Cardinals 2, Mets 1 NEW YORK i bi ab bi 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 Tracy ph 1111 BSntigo ph 10 0 0 mier pitched to 1 batter in the 7th. HBP by RJMartinez (EMartinez), by RJMartinez (Cameron). Umpires Home, Miller; First, Meals; Second, Young; Third, Katzenmeier. 3:13.

A 31.830 Athletics 8, Blue Jays OAKLAND TORONTO abrhbi abrhbi Long cf 5 12 0 Stewart If 3 010 Velrde 2b 4 0 0 1 ASGonzIz ss 3 0 1 0 JaGiambi dh 4 1 0 0 DMartinez rf 2 0 0 0 Stairs rf 4 2 2 3 CDIgado 1b 4 0 0 0 Piatt If 3 12 0 Fullmer dh 4 0 0 0 Christnsn If 0 0 0 0 TBatista 3b 4 0 0 0 Pirates 3, Padres 2 (10) PITTSBURGH SAN DIEGO abrhbi abrhbi ABrwn cf 5 0 0 0 DJcksn If 4 010 Kendall 5 0 2 0 Rlaford ss 3 0 0 0 Giles If 4 110 Klesko ph 10 0 0 Vn Wal rf 5 111 Cnnane 0 0 0 0 WMrrs 2b 4 110 Hffman 0 0 0 0 Hrnndz lb 5 0 2 1 GoWms ph 1 0 0 0 Osik 3b 4 0 2 0 Owens rf 5 0 10 ANunez ph 10 11 Nevin 3b 3 10 0 Wehner3b 0 0 0 0 Vrtieilo 1b 2 0 0 0 Meares ss 4 0 0 0 Mabry 1b 10 0 0 Serafini 4 0 0 0 WGnzIz 3 110 Loiselle 0 0 0 0 RMRva cf 4 0 10 MkWIs 1 0 0 0 Nchsn 2b 3 0 0 0 Darr rf 10 12 WWImsp 2 0 0 0 Mgdan ph 10 10 DeHan rf 10 0 0 Totals 42 310 3Totals 35 2 62 Prttsburgh 000 200 000 1-3 San Diego 000 000 002 0-2 E-fielaford (27), Vitiello (1), WGonzalez (5), Nicholson (4). DP Pittsburgh 1, San Diego 1. LOB Pittsburgh 12, San Diego 7. 2B Kendall (22), Vander Wal (22). SB-Kendall 2 (19), Darr (4).

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By Shannon Resch For the Lansing State Journal There wasn't much power at Oldsmobile Park Saturday night either in the park or in the Lansing Lugnuts' lineup. The game between the Lugnuts and the Dayton Dragons was suspended because of power outages in the scoreboard and outfield lights. Play was stopped for a few minutes in the first inning, and again in the sixth for more than half an hour before the game was called with Dayton leading 7-1. Seth VanHovencq, Oldsmobile Park operations coordinator, says a breaker short-circuited, resulting in outages of several lights. "We had to shut the entire bank of lights down," to let the high-watt bulbs cool down, he said.

When the lights were brought back up, only half the bank of lights came on. Umpires ruled the park unplayable because of shadows, VanHoven said. The Board of Water and Light was expected to work on the problem throughout Saturday night. Chavez 3b Perez rf 4 0 0 0 Vina 2b 4 0 11 Bordick ss 4 0 0 0 Planco 3b 4 110 Alfonzo 2b 4 110 Edmnd cf 4 0 10 Vntura 3b 4 011 EDavis rf 3 0 0 0 Zeile lb 3 0 10 Pquette 1b 4 011 Agbyni If 3 0 1 0 Drew If 4 13 0 Payton cf 3 0 0 0 Rnteria ss 3 0 10 Pratt 3 0 10 Mtheny 3 0 10 Hmptnp 2 0 0 0 THwrdph 0 0 0 0 Benitez 0 0 0 0 Mrrero pr 0 0 0 0 Kile 10 0 0 Lnkfrd ph 10 0 0 Totals 30 1 5 1 Totab 312 9 2 New York 000 100 000-1 St. Loiis 000 001 001-2 Two outs when winning run scored.

DP-New York 2. St. Louis 1. LOB New York 3, St. Louis 9.

2B-Alfonzo 132), Drew (13). SB-Drew (14), Marrero (5). S-Hamp-ton, Renteria, Kile. IP RER BB SO New York Hampton L13-8 81-3 8 2 2 2 3 Benitez 1-310011 Teiada ss 4 111 Fletcher 3 0 0 0 412 3 JoCruz cf 4 010 4 0 0 0 Morndini 2b 4 0 2 0 2100 MValdez 1b RJHernndz RER 8B SO 34 8 9 8 Totals 31 0 5 0 Totals first inning. Ray Olmedo hit a solo homer in the fifth.

Catcher Chris Curry knocked in the Lugnuts' only run in the second inning with a sacrifice fly. Today's games are the next-to-last on Lansing's 2000 schedule. The season finale takes place at 6 p.m. Monday at Oldsmobile Park. The Lugnuts (33-34) can still post a winning record in the second half of the Midwest League season, even though they cannot qualify for the playoffs.

West Michigan, Michigan and Dayton (37-30) have earned the right to represent the Eastern Division of the league in the postseason. The remainder of Saturday's game will be made up today at 1 p.m., and the regularly scheduled game will begin 20 minutes after the first game is finished. Tickets to Saturday's game will be honored for both games. Before the game was suspended, the Lugnuts had managed to do little damage against the Dragons. Lansing starting pitcher Aaron Sams gave up seven hits and six earned runs in 3 23 innings of play, while Dayton starter Bobby Ma-dritsch limited the Lugnuts to four hits and one run while striking out five.

Dayton had a three-run homer from leftfielder Adam Dunn in the IP Ren Bo SO Oakland 010 300 004-8 Toronto 000 000 000 -0 DP-Toronto 1. LOB Oakland 7, Toronto 9. 2B-Long (28). 3B Piatt (4), Morandini (1). HR-Stairs (19), Tejada (22).

S-ASGon-zalez. SF Velarde. IP RER B8 SO Oakland 71-3 Montreal TMoore Lira Telford Kline Strickland Cincinnati Villone L.9-8 Sullivan Wohlers Luebbers 21- 3 22- 3 2 1 1 52-3 11-3 1 1-3 0 0 2 2 0 Pittsburgh Serafini Loiselle MkWIs W.3-3 San Diego WWilliams Cunnane Hoffman L.4-7 2-3 2 8 1 1 1 23 DReyes Umpires Home, Meriwether; First, Rip- 4 St. Louis 3 KileW.16-9 9 5 1 1 0 2 HBP by Hampton (Vina). WP-Kile.

3 Umpires-Home, Diaz; First, Cooper; Sec- 0 ond, Van Vleet; Third, Kellogg. 1 T-239. A 41.433 71-3 4 0 0 3 MecirSJ 12-3 1. 0 0 1 Toronto Trachsel L7-12 8 7 4 4 4 Borbon 2-3 2 4 4 3 Quarrtrill 1-3 0 0 0 0 Umpires Home. Nelson.

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