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2B TIMES HERALD, PORT HURON, MICHIGAN WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1999 STANDINGS (to Ion si stoinnn): pay to a job tiltey Sp gdDllffeo's Es Gtoira'ti db very w0D L10 Str Home Away Intr 7-3 L-1 36-21 33-22 9-9 2-7-3 W-3 36-23 28-28 9-9 2-6-4 W-1 33-24 J29-27fi-12 4-6 W-1 27-28 23-3511-7 4-6 L-1 23-32 24-344-14 3 silence) might not be such a bad tradeoff. On Tuesday, the PGA's Jim Awtrey emerged from an hour-long meeting between the top U.S. players and Ryder Cup officials GBL10StrHome Awayjntr 2-6-4 W-2 34-22 34-22 9-9 3-7 L-6 25-29 26-31 9-9 2-5-5 L-1 23-31 24-3210-7 2-4-6 L-1 22-32 J4-J4 6-J2 2-8 L-1 25-32 8-10 GBL10 StrHomeAway Intr 6-4 W-1 34-21 33-24 0-8 2-8-2 W-1 41-18 20-34 12-6 2-5-5 W-2 31-28 24-307-11 2-3-7 L-5 23-33 23-336-12 JIM LITHE PRO GOLF tryman say they want the Cup back more than ever, Duval, Woods and a few prominent members of American golf's inner circle are saying they want it less. Exactly how much less remains to be seen. 'The players are satisfied that we're going to take a look at all this, and then we'll see in the next few weeks at what we can do and how soon," Awtrey said.

No specifics were aired not publicly, anyway but you can bet a buyout is already in the works. The players, if they're smart, will go ahead and send off the checks to the charity they support, a nice gesture to be sure, but a nice tax write-off as well. Maybe bragging rights was too poor a prize to keep fat-cat golfers interested even this long. We'll soon know. Jim Lilke is a sports columnist for The Associated Press.

Write to him at jlitkeap.org. whatever we see fit," Woods said. "Personally, I would donate all of it to charity. But I think it's up to the other person's discretion what they would do with it." There is some irony in all this grumbling. For years now, the Ryder Cup has been passing itself off as a high-minded competition pitting our millionaires against theirs.

But what Tiger and the rest of play-for-pay crowd should know is that in its humble origins nearly 80 years ago, it was just another bald-faced scheme to get Americans more jobs. At the turn of the century, as country clubs sprang up across the United States, status-conscious members insisted on hir- ing pros from the old country. In 1921, a competition of was begun to change the perception our homegrown pros were second-rate. So uneasy were most Americans about their chances that one of the competition's biggest backers, railroad baron Walter Ross, refused at the last minute to spring for a trophy. It turns out his fears were well justified.

The British prevailed 9-3, then thumped the Americans even more handily five years later. The whole thing might have died there except that Samuel Ryder, an English seed merchant who came to the game late and brought with him a convert's zeal, offered a gold trophy to the winner. It was a decision Ryder would regret. The Americans won the first official Cup match, W2-2V2, in 1927, then won 23 of the subsequent 32 meetings. But since 1979, when the original Great Britain-Ireland side was expanded to include players from the Continent, Europe has walked away with the Cup five of seven times, including the last match two years ago.

And now, just as their coun A friend came up with a novel idea to get America's reluctant Ryder Cup heroes off the hook. Just win, babies. It's that simple. David Duval, Tiger Woods and Mark O'Meara could get the ball rolling by helping the U.S. team crush Europe in late September, then do it again in the 2001 and 2003 matches.

A modest win streak should be enough to convince their countrymen to turn their patriotic fervor toward some other pricey little piece of hardware we don't currently own, like the America's Cup. Granted, it would involve sacrifice. It might mean hiring somebody else to wind the Rolex watches and order off the menu to free up more practice time. A few guys might even have to give up Nintendo. But judging by the heat they brought on themselves with mumbled threats of a boycott, five years of honest laboring (in 3m PetGB 69 43 .616 64 51 .557 6tt 62J1J497VL 50 63 .442 47 66 .416 22Ji New York Toronto.

Boston Baltimore Tampa Bay HIMlIIwll. Cleveland 68 44 Chicago 51 60 Minnesota 47 .63 Kansas City. 46 66 TIGERS 44 68 imaaw.L. Texas 67. 45 Oakland 61 52 Seattle 55 58 Anaheim 46 66 SHI IW Pet GB Atlanta 69 46 .600 NewYork.68.46J96.J4 Philadelphia! 51.549 6 Montreal 46 64.4182014 Florida 46 68 .404 22 IW GB Houston 69 46 .600.

Cincinnati 66 45 .595 St. Louis 57 58 .496 Pittsburgh 56 57 ,496 Milwaukee 52.59.468 1 12 12 .11 Chicago 50 62. .446 I'l'llf Pet Arizona .65 49 .570 San Francisco 58 55 .513 San Diego 52 .61 .460 Los Angeles 50 63 ,442 Colorado 48 65 .425 z-first game was a win 17)4 GB 614 1214 1414. 162 Pd .607 .459 1614 .427 20 41 1 22 .393 24 Pet .540 .487 1214 .411 21 and said, "The players right now are focused on the Ryder Cup, winning the Ryder Cup, and there is no issue between the PGA and players." That statement flew in the face of remarks Duval has been making for weeks, and something Woods said only a few hours earlier. "I would like to see us receive whatever the amount is 200, 300, 400, 500,000 dollars, whatever it is' and I think we should be able to keep the money and do LOSANGELS MONTREAL ab bi ab bi Grdzlnss 5 0 0 0 Vidrozb 4 12 0 Hlndswrf 4 0 11 Mercedlf 3 111 Shffieldlf 2 0 0 0 MMrtzcf 0 0 0 0 Karrostb 3 0 0 0 Barrettc 3 10 0 DWhitecf 4 0 10 VGrerorf 4 2 2 4 Hndieyc 4 111 Fllmerlb 4 0 10 Beltre3b 4 111 RoWhtecf 4 0 0 0 Cunsell2b 4 2 2 0 Andrws3b 3 111 Valdesp 1 0 0 0 Blumss 4 0 10 Hansenph 10 11 Thrmnp 3 0 0 0 Millsp 0 0 0 0 Telfordp 0 0 0 0 Mndesiph 1 0 0 0 Klinep 0 0 0 0 Urbinap 0 0 0 0 Totals 33 4 7 4 Totals 32 6 8 6 LosAngeles 010 020 100-4 Montreal 000 041 10x-6 AMERICAN LEAGUE Monday Kansas City 5, Boston 2 Ia.mpa.

Bay l0L Baltimore.9 Toronto 1 9, Texas 4 Seattle 6, Chicago 4 L1 0 Str Home Away Jntr 2-7-3 W-2 31 -25 9-9 6-4JVJ 5-5 W-1 33-25 35-2112-6 31-27. 31-24 11-7 2-8-2JV-427-33 19-31 8-JO 5-5W-5 26-35 20-3311-7 L10 Str Home Away Intr 5-5 L-2 35-22 34-2412-3 7-3 W-3 2-5-5 kl 2-6-4 L-2 3-7W-2 2-8 L-4 28-29 38-16 7-8 26-29 Jl-29 7-8 35-26 21-31 7-8 20-33 32-26 8-6 L10 Str Home Away Intr z-7-3 W-4 33-20 32-29 7-8 z-3-7 L-2 34-22 24-33 7-8 2-3-7 L-4 31-24 21-37J1-4 5-5 L-1 24- 31 25- 26 26-32. 8-7 2-8 L-5 23-39 4-8 New York 12, Oakland 8 Oakland 6. New York 1 Toronto 10. Minnesota 6 Seattle 4, Chicago 3 (Abbott 2-0), 6:35 (Sparks 5-8), 10:35 Oakland (Heredia 9-5).

10:35 Montreal 8. San Diego 0 Atlanta 5. Houston 3 Los Angeles 9. New York 2 Milwaukee 7, Colorado 6 Cleveland 4, Anaheim 0. Tuesday Texas 4, TIGERS 3, 12 inn.

Baltimore 1 ZJampa Bay1 Boston 9, Kansas City 6, 10 inn, Cleveland 2, Anaheim 1.10 inn. Today TIGERS (Blair 1-8) at Texas 8-7), 8:35 Boston (Saberhagen 8-4) at Kansas City (Rosado 7-8), 2:05 Chicago (Navarro 7-9) at Seattle Baltimore (Mussina at Tampa Bay (Arrojo 2-7), 7:05 Toronto (Carpenter 8-5) at Minnesota (Milton 4-8), 8:05 Cleveland (Burba 8-7) at Anaheim New York lHemande127) at Thursday TIGERS (Mlicki 6-10) at Ji05 Toronto (Hentgen 7-8) at Minnesota (Radke 8-10), 1:15 Tampa Bay (Witt 6-8) at Kansas City (Reichert 1-0). 8:05 NATIONAL LEAGUE Monday Catfish Hunter worsens after fall The Associated Press GREENVILLE, N.C. Baseball Hall of Famer Jim "Catfish" Hunter was unconscious and breathing with the aid of a ventilator in a neuro-intensive care unit after injuring his head in a fall, a hospital spokeswoman said. Hunter, 53, who has amyothropic lateral sclerosis an irreversible deterioration of the muscles commonly called Lou Gehrig's disease fell Sunday on cement steps outside his home in Hertford, a friend said Tuesday.

His condition was downgraded to critical from serious Monday, when he was awake, hospital spokesman Doug Boyd said. Hunter was taken to a hospital in Edenton and transferred early Monday to Pitt County Memorial Hospital, which serves the East Carolina University medical school. He remained in critical condition early today, said Betty Bailey, the hospital's nursing patient care coordinator. Hunter's family was at the hospital with their minister much of Tuesday, Boyd said. Bailey said she did not know if family members were spending the night at the hospital.

"The family is very private right now," Boyd said. Tommy Harrell, who lives next door to the Hunters, spent much of Tuesday on the phone with several of Hunter's former teammates. Harrell wasn't optimistic. "He's had some bad knocks before, but this is the he said. "The only thing people can do right now is pray for him." But Harrell said Hunter's wife, Helen, is handling the latest setback well.

"Helen's tough," Harrell Cincinnati 4 Pittsburgh 2 Florida 5, San Francisco 4 St. Louis 12, Philadelphia 6 Arizona 10, Chicago 7- Arizona 3, Chicago 1. Cincinnati 6. Pittsburgh 1 Philadelphia 7, St. Louis 5 Atlanta Houston 4 Tuesday Montreal 6.

Los Angeles 4 New York 4. San Diego 3 Milwaukee 2X Colorado 1J0 innL Florida 8, San Francisco 7. 12 inn. Today San Francisco.Estes ZrZl at Florida (Fernandez 6-7). 1:05 Colorado (Jones 5-9) at Milwaukee (Woodard 11-6), 2:05 Arizona (Johnson 11-8) at Chicago (Lorraine 1-0), 2:20 Los Angeles MojtjaJiSmJth :iaiii.r.vira5s NEWYORK ab rh bi Knblch2b 5 0 0 0 OAKLAND ab bi TPhllpscf 3 0 0 0 Jeterss Neillrf 4 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 30 10 4 0 10 4 12 0 4 0 2 0 Chrstnscf 10 00 Velarde2b 4 13 0 BeWmscf TMrtnzlb JaGbidh Stairs rf Spieziolb Grievelf McDnldlf Tejadass 10 10 3 10 0 3 112 4 112 0 0 0 0 4 0 10 4 12 1 4 111 Ledeelf Leyritzdh JPosdac 30 11 BrosiusSb 4 0 0 0 ChavezSb Hinchc Totals 34 1 0 1 NewYork Totals 31 6 10 6 000 000 100-1 Oakland 000 004 11x 6 DP-New York 2, Oakland 1.

LOB New York 9, Oakland 7. 2B-Ledee (5), Leyritz (1), JPosada (14), Spiezio (16), Chavez (19). HR-Grieve (18 Chavez (12), Hinch (4 5B-velarde (U). C5-veiarde 15). IP RER BB SO NewYork Naulty Oakland 61-3 9 12-3 1 5 5 5 4 1111 6 8 1 1 2 1 1 2 0 1 TJMathews 12-3 1 1 1-3 0 0 0 DJonesS.6 Olivares pitched to 3 batters in the 7th.

we-uemens. Umpires Home, Cooper; First, Scott; Second, Cousins; Third. Shulock. 3:05. A 32.474 (43.012).

CHICAGO SEATTLE abrhbl abrhbi Drham2b 4 0 10 BLHntrlf 4 0 0 0 Sngltncf 4 0 0 0 DaBsll2b 4 111 Thmasdh 4 0 0 0 GrfyJrcf 4 111 MOrdzrf 4 110 ARdrgzss 4 0 10 Knerkolb 3 12 0- EMrtnzlb 3 0 2 0 CLeelf 4 113 FRdrgzpr 0 10 0 Smmnslf 0 0 0 0 Buhnerrf 3 0 10 CWilsn3b 4 0 10 Mabrypr 0 10 0 MUhnc 4 0 10 Tmmnsdh 3 0 0 0 Carusoss 2 0 10 Brnlgalph 0 0 0 0 DWilsnc 3 0 10 RDavis3b 3 0 10 Lmpkinph 10 12 Totals 33 3 8 3 Totals 32 4 9 4 Chicago 000 300 0003 Seattle 000 101 002-4 One out when winning run scored. DP-Chicago 1. LOB-Chicago 5, Seattle 7. 2B-Lampkin (8). HR-CLee (7).

DaBell (16), Griffey Jr (36). CS-Caruso (10), EMartinez (2). Bournigal. IP RER BB SO Chicago Sirotka 7 7 2 2 1 5 Foulke 1 0 0 0 0 0 1-3 2 2 2 2 0 Seattle MoyerW.11-6 9 8 3 3 2 5 PB MUohnson. 2:35.

A 43,696 i 1 TORONTO MINNESOTA ab bi ab bi Stewartlf 5 3 2 1 TWalkrdh 4 110 McRaecf 3 0 10 Hckmg2b 3 2 2 1 SGreenrf 5 12 2 Lawtonrf 5 0 11 CDIgdolb 5 2 2 2 Coomerlb 5 0 13 TFrndz3b 3 110 Koskie3b 3 0 10 Fltcherc 5 12 4 Gates3b 10 0 0 TBatsass 5 0 10 CAIInlf 5 0 0 0 WGrendh 4 110 JJonescf 4 12 0 Bush2b 4 13 1 Stnbchc 2 12 0 CGzmnss 4 111 Totals 39 10 15 10 Totals 36 6 11 6 Toronto 121 032 001-10 Minnesota 200 010 300 6 DP Toronto 1, Minnesota 1. LOB Toronto 6, Minnesota 9. 2B Bush (17), Coomer (20), JJones 2 (12), Steinbach (10). HR-Stewart (10), CDelgado 2 (33), Fletcher (12), Bush (3). SB-Lawton (14).

CS-McRae (1), SGreen (7). SF Hocking. IP RER BB SO Toronto EscobarW.10-8 5 4 3 3 2.3 Halladay 1 2-3 4 3 3 1 1 Lloyd 1 1-3 1 0 0 2 1 Koch 1 2 0 0 0 2 Minnesota RadkeL.8-11 4 2-3 10 7 7 1 0 Sampson 2-3 3 2 2 1 0 Carrasco 12-3 1 0 0 1 1 Guardado 1 0 0 0 1 0 TraMiller 1 1110 1 WP-Halladay. CLEVELAND ANAHEIM ab bi ab bl Robertscf Vizquelss RAImrzb MRmrzrf Thome Sexsonlb Justicetf EWilsn3b EiDiazc 5 110 5 12 0 4 0 10 2 0 11 4 0 10 3 0 10 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 Dmgtn2b 5 0 10 Edmndcf 4 0 0 0 Salmonrf 3 0 0 0 MVghndh 4 0 0 0 GAdrsnlf 4 0 0 0 Glaus3b 3 0 0 0 Erstadlb 4 111 BMolnac 3 0 10 OPImroph 0 0 0 0, DSrcnass 2 0 0 0 Husonph 10 10 Totals 33 1 4 1 000 001 000 12 010 000 000 0-1 Totals 35 2 7 1 Cleveland Anaheim E-CFinley (3). LOB-Cleveland 9, Anaheim 6.

2B-BMolma (2). HR-Erstad (10). SB-flAlomar (25). CS-Oumngton (1). RAIomar.

SF MRamirez. IP RER BB SO Cleveland Langston 6 3 11 1 2-3 0 0 0 1 1-3 0 0 0 1 10 0 3 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 weed Anaheim CFinley Percival 7 2-3 5 1 1-3 0 2-3 2 Magnante 1-3 0 0 0 0 1 T-3: 17. A 25.777 BALTIMORE abrhbl ByAdsncf 3 111 Amaralcf 12 10 Bordickss 6 2 4 5 Surhofflf 3 2 0 0 Coninelf 2 0 2 2' Bellerf 6 112 Bainesdh 6 13 1 WCIarklb 3 112 CJhnsnc 6 12 1 DShlds2b 6 4 2 0 Minor3b 5 2 3 1 Totals 47 17 20 15 Baltimore TAMPABAY ab rh bi Lowerylf 3 0 10 DMrtnzcf 4 0 0 0 Grffnnozb 4 0 0 0 McGrffdh 30 10 10 0 0 4 0 10 3 0 0 0 4 0 10 4 110 Boggsp Flhertyo Srrentolb JGuillnrf Smith3b Ldsmass Lambss 20 11 1000 33 1 6 1 Totals 330 114 041-17 TampaBay 000 010 000- 1 E-Lowery (2), Sorrento (4), Smith (6), uuvall (l). ur lamps Bay l. lub Baltimore 14, Tampa Bay 7.

2B Amaral (8), Bordick 2 (21), Bells (14). Baines (13). Minor (3), Smith (2), Ledesma (11). 3B-OeShislds 2). SF ByAnderson.

IP RER BB SO Baltimore PonsonW.11-7 I 0 112 5 TamoaBav EilandL.2-7 Callaway Duval I 1 1-3 6 6 6 2 1 4 113 4 2 2 1-3 3 4 2 2 1 Boqgs 113 3 1 1 0 1 HBP by Duvall (WCIark), by Eiland (ByAnderson). WP Ponson, Duvall. 8:58. A 17.848 Cincinnati (Villone 6-4) at Pittsburgh (Schmidt 10-8). 7:05 St.

Louis Stephenson 2-0) aLPhiladelphia (Wolf 5-3). 7:35 San Diego (Hitchcock 11-8) at New 4-1), 7:40 Houston (Lima 15-6) at Atlanta (Maddux 13-6), 7:40 Thursday San Diego (Williams 5-10) at New York (Leiter 9-7). 12:10 Los Angeles (Judd 0-0) at Montreal (Hermanson 5-10), 1:05 i.iaii.i.ji.T.iia. CINCINNATI ab bi Cmeroncf 4 12 2 Hmndsrf 4 12 1 Caseylb 5 111 GVghnlf 4 0 10 Tuckerrf 10 0 0 Larkinss 5 12 0 ABoone3b 5 0 10 Reese2b 4 111 BJhnsnc 3 110 JGzmnp 2 0 11 MLewisph 10 10 Gravesp 0 0 0 0 PITTSBURGH abrhbi Martinlf 4 0 0 0 ANunezss Gilescf KYunglb SprgueSb WMrris2b BBrwnrf 5 0 0 0 4 0 10 3 0 10 4 0 0 0 3 12 1 4 0 0 0 4 0 10 1000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 1 6 1 100-6 JOIiverc Schrekp Hnseilp ABrwnph Silvap Clontzp Sveumph Sarbckp JAdrsnp Wehnerph Totals 102 200 Totals 38 6 13 6 Cincinnati Pittsburgh 000 100 000-1 Martin (9). LOB Cincinnati 9, Pittsburgh 10.

2B-Hammonds (10). Larkin (19), Reese (25). BJohnson (5). HR Cameron (15), Hammonds (to), Casey (19), WMorris (12). CS-ABoone (4).

S-JGuzman. IP RER BB SO Cincinnati JGuzmanW.1-1 7 4 112 7 Graves 2 2 0 0 2 2 Pittsburgh Hansell Silva Clontz Sauerbeck 3 2-3 8 5 0 4 1 1-3 2 1 1 1 "1 1 1 JAnder8on 1 0 HBP-bv JGuzman (KYouna). WP-Sauer- beck 2:50. A 13.306 (48.044). COLORADO ab bi MILWAUKEE ab bi NPerezss Heltonlb Echvrrrf Bchettelf Mnwrnc 5130 4 0 0 0 3 0 10 4 0 11 0 0 0 0 Lorettalb Beckerrf CirilloSb Jenkinslf Grssomcf Blliard2b JsVltnss Greenec Nilssonc KPtrsnp Ochoaph Cppngrp 4 0 0 0 3 110 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 10 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 11 2 0 0 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 Castilla3b 4 0 10 Shmprt3b 0 0 0 0 Clmntecf 4 0 0 0 KAbbtt2b Blncoc LHarrsrf Astaciop 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 LWalkrph 10 0 0 Veresp 0 0 0 0 Totals 36 1 6 1 Colorado Totals 28 2 3 2 000 000 010 0-1 000 000 100 1-2 Milwaukee No outs when winning run scored.

E-Blanco (4), Cirillo (11). LOB-Colorado 7, Milwaukee 6. 2B-NPerez (20). Echevar-ria (6). SB-Becker (5), Ochoa (4).

S-Cir-illo, Belliard, JsValentin. SF Grissom. IP RER BB SO Colorado Astacio 9 2 10 19 VerssL.2-5 0 11110 Milwaukee KPeterson 6 5 10 16 CoppingerW.M 2 1 0 0 0 3 Veres pitched to 4 batters in the 10th. HBP by Astacio (Jenkins), by KPeterson (Echevarria). 2:47.

A 19.758 ilfJ.T.;:ji:7JiI4.ilill;kl ARIZONA ab rh bi AFoxss 4 0 0 0 JBall2b 4 10 0 LGnzlzlf 3 10 0 MaWlmSb 4 0 10 Drazolb 3 0 11 TLeelb 0 0 0 0 SFinleycf 3 111 Gilkeyrf 4 0 10 CHICAGO ab bi Mrndni2b 3 110 Alxndr2b 1000 4 0 10 3 0 2 0 2 0 10 4 0 0 0 4 0 10 4 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 2 0 10 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 1 9 0 O0O-3 Nievesss MaGrclb Sosacf GHillrf HRdrgzlf Gaetti3b Sntiagoc Lieberp FHrdiap Biauserph Adamsp Totals 010 002 Olsonp 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 Stinnettc BnAdsnp Sabelp Swndellp DPowllrf 10 0 0 10 10 Totals Arizona 33 3 5 2 Chicago 100 000 0001 E-AFox (12), JBell (15), Nieves 2 (4). HRo-driguez (6). DP Arizona 2. LOB Arizona 6. Chicago 12.

2B Gilkey (8). MaGrace 130). HR-SFinley (22). CS-DPowell (1). Nieves, Lieber.

SF Durazo. IP RER BB SO Arizona BnAnderson Sabei SwindellW.2-0 OlsonS.12 Chicago LieberL.8-6 FHeredia 1 3 10 10 3 2-3 5 0 0 2 1 3 1-3 1 0 0 2 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 7 2-3 1-3 Adams 1 BnAnderson pitched to 1 batter in 2nd. 2:54. A 32,787 HOUSTON ATLANTA abrhbi abrhbl Biggio2b 3 111 GWImsIf 4 2 10 Gterrszss 5 0 2 1 BBoone2b 4 12 4 Bgwelllb 2 0 11 CJones3b 3 111 DeBellrf 3 0 0 1 BJordnrf 4 0 10 Everettcf 4 0 0 0 Kleskolb 4 12 1 Mieskelf 4 0 10 BHuntrlb 0 0 0 0 RuJhsn3b 4 110 AJonescf 4 0 0 0 Knorrc 4 2 2 0 GMyrsc 3 0 0 0 Rynldsp 2 0 0 0 JHrndzss 3 10 0 JPowllp 0 0 0 0 Weissss 10 10 Bogarph 1 0 0 0 Glavinep 2 0 0 0 OGuillnph 0 0 0 0 Rmlngrp 0 0 0 0 Lckhrtph 10 0 0 Rockerp 0 0 0 0 Totals 32 4 8 4 Totals 33 6 8 6 Houston 001 030 0004 Atlanta 300 001 20X-6 Gutierrez (4). RuJohnson (5), JHernan-dez (12).

DP-Atlanta 1. LOB Houston 7, Atlanta 6. 2B-Knorr (1), BBoone (24). HR BBoone (15), CJones (26). Klesko (16).

SB-JHernandez (8). Reynolds, OGu-lllen. SF-Biggio. DeBell. IP RER BB SO Houston 7 7 6 4 1 1 JPowell 1 10 0 11 Atlanta QlavineW.10-9 7 7 4 2 3 5 Remlmger 1 1 0 0 0 1 RockerS.24 1 0 0 0 0 0 (50.528).

Schilling X-rays show no bone spur PHILADELPHIA Curt Schilling's shoulder showed no signs of a bone spur in X-rays Tuesday, and the Phillies' ace is on schedule to make his next start Friday in Cincinnati. Schilling received a cortisone Injection In the shoulder on Sunday and "feels much better," team doctor Michael Ciccotti said. It was the first good news In a while on Schilling's condition. Schilling had made 117 straight starts before missing one July 26 because of biceps tendinitis. He returned to the rotation Saturday and allowed seven earned runs and eight hits m6fttnnings of an 6-2 loss to Arizona.

DETROIT ab rh bi Ploniadh 6 0 10 Asmu9C 6 14 1 Easley2b 5 0 0 0 Palmer3b 6 111 TEXAS ab bi McLmrtb 5 0 10 IRdrgzc Greerlf JuGnlzrf TGdwincf RPImolb Zeile3t RKellycf 5 113 4 0 10 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 0 10 50 10 3 10 0 TCIarklb 5 0 3 1 Encrnclf KGrciart DCruzss Barteecf 5 0 10 3 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 3 1 0 Stevens 4 110 Aliceadh 0 0 0 0 Claytonss 5 12 1 Totals 40 4 I 4 Ctlnottoph 10 0 0 Kaplercf 0 0 0 0 Totals 45 3 11 3 Detroit 002 010 000 000-3 003 000 000 001-4 Texas One out when winning run scored. E-Thompson (1), RKelly (3). DP-Detroit 2, Texas 1. LOB Detroit 10. Texas 7.

2B Ausmus 2 (17). HR-IRodrigue (24). SB-Encarnacion (26). Easley. Alicea.

IP RER BB SO Detroit Thompson FCordero Nitkowski Brocail 7 2-3 1-3 2 NCruzL.2-4 1 1-: Texas Loaiza 6 2-3 11 3 3 2 3 Crabtree 2 1-3 0 0 0 0 4 JeZimmerman 2 0 0 0 1 1 PattersonW.2-0 1 0 0 0 0 1 Umpires Home, Cederstrom; First, Eddings; Second, Katzenmsisr; Third, McClelland. BOSTON KANSASCITY ab bi ab bi Oftrmn2b 6 12 1 Damonlf 5 2 3 1 JnVltn3b 5 12 1 Febles2b 5 112 Dubachlb 5 13 3 Beltranct 5 0 0 0 Grcprrss 5 0 0 0 MiSweylb 5 0 2 1 OLearylf 4 12 1 Dyerf 5 110 Jffrsondh 2 110 RandaSb 5 110 Huskeyph 10 10 JeGmbidh 5 0 2 1 Sadler 0 10 0 Kreuterc 5 12 1 Vanlekc 5 2 2 0 Holbertss 3 0 10 DLewiscf 5 0 3 2 Poseph 10 0 0 TNixonrf 3 10 1 Hansenss 10 0 0 Totals 419 16 0 Totals 45 6 13 6 Boston 000 200 201 4-9 KansasCity 120 000 002 1-6 DP Kansas City 1. LOB Boston 9. Kansas City 9. 2B-Daubach (25), Jefferson (11), Varitek (28).

Damon (34), MiSweeney (33), Dye (27), JeGiambi (9). 3B-Randa (7). HRJnValentin (11), Daubach (17), O'Leary (24), Febles (10). SB-Damon 2 (24). CS-Daubach (1), DLewis (7).

SF-TNixon. IP RER BB SO Boston Rose 3 1-3 6 3 3 0 1 Wasdin 2 2-3 1 0 0 0 3 DLowe 2 1 0 0 0 2 WakefieldW.4-6 12-3 3 3 1 0 6 GarcesS.1 1-3 0 0 0 0 1 KansasCity Witasick 6 7 2 2 4 3 Service 1 2 2 2 1 1 Montgomery 11-3 2 1 1 0 1 2-3 2 2 2 0 0 Su2ukl 1 3 2 2 0 0 Whisenant pitched to 2 barters in 10th. HBP-by Witasick (Jefferson). WP-Was-din. PB-Varitek 3.

Umpires Home, O'Nora; First, Diaz; Second, Reynolds; Third. Reilly. 4:00. A 15,906 All-Century Team Voting NEW YORK Results of fan balloting for the MasterCard Major League Baseball All-Century Team, through Tuesday: Catchers Top Two) 1. Johnny Bench, 216,522 2.

Yogi Berra. 156.003 3. Carlton Fsk. 69,406 4. Roy Campanella, 52,037 5.

Josh Gibson. 49.503 First Basemen (Top Two) 1. Lou Gehrig. 262.321 2. Mark McGwire, 112.632 3.

Jimmie Foxx. 73.986 4. Harmon Killebrew, 40,751 5. Eddie Murray. 33.775 Second Basemen (Top Two) 1.

Jackie Robinson, 174,444 2. Rogers Homsby, 135.616 3. Joe Morgan, 126.075 4. Rod Carew. 93,172 5.

Nap Lajoie. 18111 Shortstop 1. Cal Ripken JrS' 2. Ozzie Smith. 129,462 3.

Em Banks. 128.384 4. Honus Wagner, 112.048 5. Robin Yount. 32,064 Third Basemen (Top Two) 1.

Mike Schmidt, 161.699 2. Brooks Robinson, 164,783 3. George Brett, 146,622 4. Eddie Mathews. 36.720 5.

Paul Molitor, 33.813 Outfielders (Top Nine) 1. Hank Aaron. 252.074 2. Babe Ruth. 249.877 3.

Ted Williams. 243.961 4. Willie Mays, 242.883 5. Joe DiMaggio, 229,303 6. Mickey Mantle, 216.833 7.

Ty Cobb. 168.328 8. Ken Griffey 142,072 9. Pete Rose, 133.140 10. Roberto Clements, 122.006 11.

Stan Musial, 121,830 12. Joe Jackson, 70.184 13. Reggie Jackson. 84,586 14. Tony Gwynn.

50.476 15. Carl Yastrzemski, 48.762 16. Frank Robinson. 46.124 17. Rickey Henderson, 36.774 16.

Barry Bonds. 27.510 19. Lou Brock, 27,783 20. Tris Speaker, 17,626 21. Willie Stargell, 15,469 22.

Al Kalme, 14.921 23. Duke Snider, 14.418 24. Cool Papa Bell, 12,153 25. Mel Ott, 11,105 Pitchers (Top Sbt) 1. Nolan Ryan.

217,833 2. Sandy Koufax, 211.718 3. Cy Young, 186,729 4. Bob Gibson, 122,707 5. Roger Clemens, 105,452 t.

Walter Johnson, 100,171 7. Greg Maddux. 92.634 I. Satchel Paige. 66.336 Steve Carlton, 84,820 10.

Warren Spahn, 72,460 II. Tom Seaver, 71.381 12. Whitey Ford, 58,499 13. Bob Feller, 54.754 14. Christy Mathewson, 52.452 15.

Jim Palmer. 35.102 16. Grover Cleveland Alexander, 32,636 17. Dennis Eckersley, 31,111 18. Lefty Grove.

30.663 19 Dizzy Dean. 29.143 20. Rollie Fingers. 23.704 21. Juan Marichal, 20.782 22.

Carl Hubbell, 11.369 23. Robin Roberts. 7.036 24. Mordecai Brown, 6,434 By KATHY WILLENS, AP CATFISH HUNTER: The Hall of Fame pitcher is in critical condition at a hospital in North Carolina. said.

"She's got a strength that a whole lot of people don't have." "We just need everybody to keep him in your prayers," Helen Hunter said Tuesday. "We need everybody's prayers right now, and we need them strong." Childhood friend Charles Woodard said Hunter fell around 5:30 p.m. Sunday. "He was outside seeing off a friend and was going back up the steps to his house when his feet got tangled," said Woodard, who owns Woodard's Pharmacy in Hertford. "He just fell backward and hit his head." Hunter was diagnosed 1 1 months ago with ALS, a neurological disease that interferes with the signals the brain sends to the muscles.

Over time, the muscles degenerate. The cause is unknown; there is no cure. Hunter pitched for 15 years, winning 224 games, including a perfect game. He received five World Series rings while playing for the Kansas City and Oakland Athletics and the New York Yankees. Boyd said Hunter hasn't undergone surgery since he was admitted to the hospital.

However, his head injuries caused blood clots on his brain, and he was undergoing a series of tests, The Pilot and Ledger Star of Norfolk, reported. Doctors in Greenville are consulting with others at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, who are treating Hunter's ALS. "It's tight. I felt it in batting practice," McGwire said. "I don't want the disc to move.

This muscle is pretty tight. And we're playing on not the greatest turf." McGwire has not homered in 13 at-bats since hitting his 500th and 501st last Thursday against San Diego. He was l-for-10 with no extra-base hits in a four-game series at Pittsburgh over the weekend. McGwire, who has battled back problems since 1989, missed three games last month due to back spasms. "It's something I'll have to deal with the rest of my life," he said.

He certainly looked strong in batting practice Tuesday, homering on 14 of 15 swings. A couple of clouts landed nearly halfway to the top of the upper deck. LOB-Los Angeles 6, Montreal 5. 2B Hansen (7), Merced (7), Fullmer (22). SB-Blum (1).

HR-Hundley (17). Beltre (11), VGuerrero 2 (25), Andrews (8). S-Valdes. IP RER BB SO LosAngeles ValdesL.8-11 Mills Montreal ThurmanW.5-7 Telford Kline UrbinaS.26 WP-Valdes. 6 2 6 1-3 1 1-3 1 1-3 6 4 4 2 7 T-2: 17.

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IP RER BB SO SanDieqo AshbyL.10-6 Wall NewYork Rogers WendellW.3-1 Cook 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 3:05. A 32.101 ST.LOUIS ab bi Rnteriass 4 10 0 Drewcf 4 2 2 1 McGwrlb 0 0 0 0 Pqueftelb 4 110 Bttalicop 0 0 0 0 PHILA Glnvillecf Gantlf Abreurf Rolen3b Brognalb Lbrthalc MnAdn2b Dos1er2b AAriasss Personp Duceyph Tlmacop Poolep KJordnph Gomesp ab bi 4 111 2 2 2 3 4 0 10 3 0 12 4 0 0 0 '4 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 111 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 Painterp Lnkfrdlf THwrdrf Aybarp DHwrdlb TatisSb ACstlloc McGeeph 0 0 0 0 4 0 12 3 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 4 0 10 10 0 0 McEwg2b 4 12 0 Jmenezp 3 0 0 0 Crshorep 0 0 0 0 Plancozb 2 0 0 0 Totals 36 5 10 5 St.Louis Totals 28 7 6 7 001 300 010 Philadelphia 010 010 05X-7 E-Rolen (13). DP-St. Louis 1. LOB-St.

Louis 13, Philadelphia 10. 28 Lankford (25), THoward 2 (7), Gant (19), Abreu (25), AArias (14). 3B Drew (4). SB-flentena 2 (23), Drew (10). SF-flolen.

IP RER BB SO St.Louis Jimenez 6 3 2 2 7 6 Croushore 1 0 0 0 2 1 Aybar 1-312210 BottalicoL.1-6 1-3 2 3 3 2 0 Painter 1-3 0 0 0 0 1 Philadelphia Person 6 6 4 1 5 7 Telemaco 11-3 2 1 1 1 1 PooleW.M 2-3 1 0 0 0 1 GomesS.I7 1 10 0 10 T-3: 15. A 48.514 SANFRAN FLORIDA abrhbi abrhbi Benardcf 6 0 11 LCstllo2b 6 3 4 1 FRdrgzp 0 0 0 0 Bergss 4 2 4 4 REMtz2b 6 0 0 0 Kotsayrf 5 0 0 0 Snowtb 6 2 2 1 Millarlb 5 0 0 0 BaBndsIf 3 2 2 0 Edmndp 0 0 0 0 Burksrf 5 2 3 3 PWilsncf 5 0 11 Muellar3b 5 0 2 1 Dnwdylf 4 0 10 Auriliass 5 0 10 Alfnscap 0 0 0 0 Mrbellic 3 110 Clpnskilf 10 0 0 Javierph 1 0 0 0 Lowell3b 5 110 Tvarezp 0 0 0 0 Rdmndc 5 0 0 0 FPSglocf 2 0 0 0 VNunezp 2 0 0 0 Qrdnerp 1 0 0 0 Medinap 0 0 0 0 Sprdlinp 0 0 0 0 Avenph 1111 Maynac 2 0 10 Looperp 0 0 0 0 JSnchzp 0 0 0 0 Butistalf 2 110 Totals 45 7 13 Totals 45 8 13 7 SanFrandsc 110 112 001 0007 Florida 100 102 300 001 8 One out when winning run scored. DP San Francisco 1, Florida 2. LOB-San Francisco 10, Florida 5. 2B Snow (20), BaBonds 2 (12), Mirabelll (5), Mayns (26), LCaslillo (19).

PWilson (14), Lowell (9). HR-Snow (15). Burks 2 (22), Berg (2). SB-Benard (19), BaBonds (10), LCastillo (34). S-Gardner 2.

IP RER BB SO SanFrancisco Gardnsr 6 2-3 9 7 7 1 5 Spradlin 1-3 1 0 0 0 0 Tavarez 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1-3 3 1 1 1 3 Florida VNunez 5 9 6 6 1 4 Medina 2 2 0 0 3 1 Looper 1-3 1 0 0 0 0 JSenchez 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 Alfonseca 2 11110 EdmndW.5-6 2 0 0 0 1 1 VNunez pitched to 2 batters in the 6th. WP-VNunez. 3:52. A 13,553 Strawberry hitless TOLEDO, Ohio Darryl Strawberry went 0-4 Tuesday night as he continued his comeback from a drug suspension at Triple-A Columbus. Strawberry, hitting cleanup as the designated hitter, (lied out to left field twice, grounded out and struck out looking in hn four at-bats.

Columbus beat Toledo 2-1. "Each day is progress." Strawberry said. "If you haven't played as long as have, the game is tougn enough. He is hitting .292 (7-24) with four RBIs and stolen base with Columbus. I I Brocail signs 3-year deal with Tigers Sore back sidelines McGwire after dazzling batting practice The Associated Press DETROIT Reliever Doug Brocail has signed a new contract with the Detroit Tigers that could be worth $6 million over three years.

Brocail, 32, is deferring $600,000 of next year's salary so the team can use the money on improve-mmm ments. BASEBALL it's out of the way' he said. "I wanted it all over with going into the new stadium (next season) so all I have to do is worry about who we're going to have and how well we're going to play." Brocail will make $1.5 million next season and $2 million the following season, he said. If he pitches in 109 games between now and the end of the 2001 season, he guarantees himself $2.5 million in 2002. He is 4-3 with 2.76 ERA in 5 1 games this season.

The Tigers named catcher Javier Cardona and pitcher David Darwin, both of the club's Double-A Jacksonville Suns affiliate, as the minor league players of the Doug Brocail month for July. Cardona was honored as player of the month and Darwin as pitcher of the month. Cardona, 23, hit .309 with six home runs and 22 RBIs in July. He was the Tigers' 23rd round pick in the 1994 draft out of Lake Land (III.) Junior College. Darwin, a 26-year-old left-hander, was 5-1 with a 2.72 earned run average for the month.

He was Detroit's 26th round pick in 1996 out of Duke. Umpires have withdrawn their lawsuit against baseball, leaving the National Labor Relations Board as the last hope for 22 umps who want their jobs back. The lawsuit was pulled back just as the American and National leagues prepared to file a motion to dismiss the case. The leagues, claiming the suit was frivolous, had planned to ask for legal sanctions against the umpires' union and its lawyers. The umps said they might file another suit in federal court next week.

The Associated Press PHILADELPHIA Mark McGwire is used to this by now. He knows when he feels a twinge in his back, it's time to sit down. "Sometimes you can save yourself a trip to the DL by sitting out a couple of innings," said McGwire, the major league leader with 44 homers, after leaving Tuesday night's game with tightness in his lower back. McGwire, who thrilled a large crowd at Veterans Stadium with soaring shots in batting practice, walked in his only at-bat against Philadelphia starter Robert Person. He did not take the field for the bottom of the second inning.

The Cardinals lost 7-5, and manager Tony La Rus-sa said he wouldn't know until today if McGwire will miss any more games..