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D-2 Monday, September 28, 1992THE COURIER-NEWS BASEBALL figures he's played last game as Yankee Hall Final home game of year sees New York clobbered by Toronto, 12-2. TONIGHT at Cleve land, 7:35 TV MSG Network PITCHERS Militello (3-2) vs. Ebree (0-1) OF NOTE Only Yankee team with three 30 HR hitters: 1941 (Henrich, Keller, Joe 0) hours and, by then, only a handful of the 21,413 fans were still on hand to watch the dreary end. The win kept the Blue Jays 2Vi games ahead of Milwaukee in the AL East. Yankee rookie first baseman J.T.

Snow doubled into the right field corner leading off the ninth inning, against Tom Henke for his first major league hit. Gerald Williams followed with a two-run homer to left, spoiling the Blue Jays' shutout bid. The Yankees completed their season series against the Blue Jays, losing 11 of 13 games. The Yanks finished with a 41-40 home record. The first four hitters in the Blue Jays' lineup Devon White, Roberto Alomar, Joe Carter and Dave Winfield did not make an out against Sanderson, going a combined 9-for-9 with two walks.

Seventeen of Toronto's 19 hits were singles. Carter had his first four-hit game of the season. Morris came back after the long rain delay and pitched a three-hit shutout for six innings. What do they care if 1 swing at a bad pitch?" The umpires seemed unwilling to stop the game because the Blue Jays are in a pennant race. Finally, Yankee manager Buck Showalter went out to complain and umpire crew chief John Shulock ordered the field to be covered.

"I was going out to check the mound," Showalter said. "But, by the time I reached the first base line, it was under water. I guess John was thinking the same thing. My biggest concern was that somebody might get hurt. "It was a tough situation and the umpires were trying to be fair.

But you want to see the game played the way it should be." Showalter stopped short of criticiz-ing Griffin for his deliberate strikeout. "I've seen that before, but I wouldn't do it," Showalter said. "I don't believe in it. It blows up in your face when you start to rush things or slow it down. I've seen that backfire." The rain delay lasted exactly two outfielders.

"The only way I'll be back here will be if they offer me arbitration," Hall said. "If they offer it, I'll take it. Why not? "But I'm not going to negotiate with the Yankees. Why should There's been plenty of time to negotiate and the Yankees haven't said a word to me. I'm not upset with them it's a business decision." Hall shrugged.

"If I'm not here, I'll be somewhere else," he said. "I'll have a job." The free agent market figures to be glutted this winter but Hall doesn't think that will be a problem for him. "The guys who will be tough to sign are the ones looking for 6 million," he said. "Those are the salaries the owners want to cut out. Only one or two teams are willing to play that much.

"It's gonna be a lot easier signing a guy for between two and three million. I just know I'm not gonna negotiate with the Yankees in the offseason. That's vacation time. I'll be on the beach." Hall singled sharply to right field in his first at-bat Sunday against Blue Jays starter Jack Morris but that was one of the few things that went right for the Yankees. Their home schedule came to a close on a dark, wet day in the Bronx.

Toronto pounded Yankee starter Scott Sanderson for nine runs on 10 hits in just 2V innings. It was already a 9-0 blowout in the top of the fifth when the rain came down so heavily that Blue Jays shortstop Alfredo Griffin deliberately struck out on a Greg Cadaret wild pitch and then didn't run to first base. He was obviously trying to get that fifth inning completed to make it an official game. "I didn't tell Alfredo to do that," said Toronto manager Cito Gaston. "I only told him not to take borderline pitches." Griffin was upset when it was suggested later that he was making a farce of the game.

"I just wanted to get the game over," Griffin said angrily. "They wanted to get me out, didn't they? By JOHN BELIS Courier-News Staff Writer NEW YORK It looked like an evacuation scene in the Yankees' clubhouse Sunday morning. Boxes and cartons were piled to the ceiling as players cleaned out their lockers prior to the final home game of the season an ugly, rain-delayed 12-2 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays. Several players, like Kevin Maas and Hensley Meulens, figured they were probably wearing Yankee pinstripes for the last time. But nobody took that notion as far as Mel Hall.

"I want to take every box of my bats," Hall told the clubhouse man. "I'm not gonna need them here any more." Hall even removed the nametag from above his locker. "I don't want to leave anything here that belongs to me," he said. "If they see it, they might decide to keep me." Somebody wanted to know why Hall wanted the nametag. "Itll be a momento in years to come," he said with a grin.

"I'll be able to prove to people that I really did play for the Yankees. I'll look at it all winter and think about Don Mattingly." Hall is hitting .278 with 33 doubles, 14 homers and 76 RBI and he has the perfect Yankee Stadium swing. But it would cost the Yankees about $3 million to keep Hall for another year and it's more likely that they'll take a chance with their younger NATIONAL LEAGUE SCOREBOARD AMERICAN LEAGUE SCOREBOARD fv Standings Expos. 1-0 Rangers, 3-2 East Division Pet. GB SEATTLE TEXAS x-Pittsburgh 93 63 596 Montreal 70 .551 7 St.

Louis 78 78 .500 15 Chicago 75 81 .481 18 METS 69 86 .445 23Vi Philadelphia 66 89 .426 26va west Division Pet. GB CHICAGO MONTREAL abrhbi abrhbi DwSmt cf 4 0 1 0 Grssom cf 3 0 0 0 Sndbrg 2b 3 0 2 0 Brberie 2b 4 0 0 0 Grace lb 4 0 0 0 Clderon If 2 0 0 0 Dawson rf 4 0 2 0 LWalkr rf 2 10 0 May If 4 0 0 0 Wttland 0 0 0 0 Salazar 3b 4 0 0 0 Carter 3 0 11 Wilkins 3 0 0 0 Laker 0 0 0 0 Arias ss 3 0 0 0 Crdero ss 3 0 0 0 Morgan 2 0 0 0 Berry 3b 3 0 10 DscnzophOOOO Colbrn lb 3 0 0 0 JDRob 0 0 0 0 Botnfld 10 10 Willard ph 10 0 0 Roias 0 0 0 0 Fssero 0 0 0 0 Alou rf 10 0 0 Totals 31 0 5 0 Totals 26 1 3 1 abrhbi abrhbi Vizquel ss 4 0 1 0 Dghrty lb 3 0 10 Cotto Cf 5 0 10 Frye 2b 3 110 Briiey dh 4 0 2 0 Pfmiro ph 0 0 0 1 OBrien lb 2 1 0 0 JuGztz 4 0 2 1 Parrish 4 0 0 0 Dwning dh 4 0 10 Buhner rf 3 0 0 0 Huson dh 0 0 0 0 Howitt If 4 13 0 Fariss rf 4 0 0 0 Rynlds 2b 4 0 1 1 Palmer 3b 3 0 11 Amaral 3b 4 0 1 0 Stphens 2 0 0 0 Rdrgez 2 0 0 0 DHrris cf 2 0 0 0 Thon ph 10 0 0 Hulse cf 1110 Colon ss 2 10 0 Totals 34 2 9 1 Totals 31 3 7 3 Atlanta 93 62 .600 Cincinnati 88 68 564 5V4 San Diego B0 75 .516 13 Houston 76 80 .487 17V4 San Francisco 69 87 .442 24V4 Los Angeles 61 95 .391 32'i x-clinched division title Saturday's games Pittsburgh 19, METS 2 Montreal 12, Chicago 0 Houston 5, Los Angeles 4 San Francisco 8, Cincinnati 3 Philadelphia 3, SI. Louis 1, 1st game Philadelphia 10, St. Louis 0, 2nd game Atlanta 2, San Diego 1, 10 Innings Sunday's games Pittsburgh 4, METS 2 Montreal 1, Chicago 0 St. Louis 8, Philadelphia 1, 1st game Philadelphia 6, St.

Louis 5, 2nd game Houston 4, Los Angeles 2 Atlanta 2, San Diego 1, 10 innings Cincinnati 3, San Francisco 2 Monday's games Philadelphia (Branllev 2-6 and Math Standings East Division Pet. GB Toronto 92 65 .586 Milwaukee B9 67 .571 2V4 Baltimore 84 71 .542 7 YANKEES 74 82 .474 17'i Cleveland 73 82 .471 18 Detroit 74 83 .471 18 Boston 70 86 .449 21 A West Division y-Oakland 93 63 596 Minnesota 86 69 .555 I'fi Chicago 84 71 .542 t'i Texas 74 82 .474 19 Kansas City 69 B6 .445 23Vi California 68 87 .439 24Vi Seattle 60 96 .385 33 v-clinched tie for division title Saturday's games YANKEES 2, Toronto 1 Cleveland 7, Detroit 4 Milwaukee 2, Oakland 1 Boston 7, Baltimore 3 (14) Baltimore 2, Boston 0 California 1, Chicago 0 Minnesota 9, Kansas City 2 Seattle 8, Texas 4 Sunday's tames Toronto 12, YANKEES 2 Detroit 13, Cleveland 3 Boston 6, Baltimore 1 Minnesota 4, Kansas City 0 Milwaukee 5, Oakland 3 i Chicago 3, California 2 (11) Texas 3, Seattle 2 Mondays games YANKEES (Militello 3-2) at Cleveland (Ebree 0-1), 7:35 p.m. Boston (Gardiner 4-10) at Baltimore (Rhodes 6-5), 7:35 p.m. Chicago (McCaskill 11-12) at Minnesota (Mahomes 3-3), 8:05 p.m. Kansas City (Pichardo 9-6) at California (Abbott 7-15), 10:35 p.m.

Only games scheduled Tuesday's games YANKEES at Cleveland, 7:35 p.m. Boston al Toronto, 7:35 P.m. i Baltimore at Detroit, 7:35 p.m. Chicago at Minnesota, 8:05 p.m. Texas at Oakland, 10:05 p.m.

Milwaukee at Seattle, 10:35 p.m. Kansas City al California, 10:35 P.m. ml Chicago 000 000 000-0 Montreal 000 000 10x-l E-Barberie (13). DP-Chicago 1. LOB-Chicago 7, Montreal 4.

2B Dawson (27), Carter (18). SB-DwSmith (9), Dawson (5). IP RER BB SO Chicago Morgan L.15-8 7 2 1 1 2 3 JDRobinson 1 10 0 10 Montreal Bottenfield 6 3 0 0 1 5 Roias 1 10 0 11 Fassero 2-310010 Welteland 1 1-3 0 0 0 0 3 Umpires Home, Marsh; First, Bonin; Second, Poncino; Third, Reliford. 2:21. Seattle 010 001 000-2 Texas 001 001 001-3 One out when winning run scored.

E-OBrien (3), JNelson (2), Colon (3). DP-Texas 1. LOB-Seattle 9, Texas 10. 2B Cotto (11), Howitt (1), Reynolds (22), Downing (18). SB Howitt (1), Reynolds (15), Daugherly (2).

Vizquel, Colon. SF Palmeiro. IP ER BB SO Seattle RJohnson 8 6 2 2 4 18 JNelson U-6 0 110 10 Swan 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 Texas Ryan 7 8 2 1 3 5 Whiteside 2 1 0 0 0 4 JNelson pitched to 3 batters in the 9th. WP-Rvan. Umpires Home, McClelland; First, Coble; Second, Merrill; Third, Reed.

3:10. ews 0-3) at METS (Gooden 9-13 and Vitko 0-0), 2, 5:10 p.m. White Sox. 3-2 PittsDurgh (Wakefield 6-t) at tnicago (Bullinger 2-6), 2:20 p.m. Montreal (Martinez 16-11) at St.

Louis (Olivares 8-9), 8:05 p.m. Only games scheduled Tuesday's games Philadelphia al METS, 7:40 p.m. Los Angeles al Cincinnati, 7:35 P.m. San Francisco at Atlanta, 7:40 p.m. Pittsburgh at Chicago, 8:05 p.m.

Montreal at St. Louis, 8:05 p.m. San Diego at Houston, 8:35 p.m. CALIFORNIA CHICAGO Pirates. 4-2 Astros.

4-2 HOUSTON LOS ANGELS abrhbi abrhbi Biggio 2b 5 0 2 1 Offrmn ss 5 12 0 Finley cf 5 0 0 1 Butler cf 5 0 10 Gnzalez If 5 0 0 0 Rdrgez If 3 0 10 Bgwell lb 4 0 2 0 Wbster If 10 10 Anthny rf 4 0 1 0 Andrsn pr 0 0 0 0 GYng rf 0 0 0 0 Karros lb 5 0 11 Cminiti 3b 4 1 2 0 Piazza 5 0 10 Servais 4 1 2 0 Ashley rf 5 12 0 Cedeno ss 3 0 2 2 DHnsen 3b 4 0 2 0 Boever 0 0 0 0 EYng 2b 4 0 3 1 RMphy 0 0 0 0 Cndiotli 10 0 0 XHrndz 0 0 0 0 Crews 0 0 0 0 PITTSBURGH NEW YORK abrhbi abrhbi Easly 3b 5 0 0 0 Sax 2b 5 12 0 Curtis If 5 0 2 0 Raines If 4 110 Salmon rf 4 0 0 0 Thmas lb 4 0 2 2 Brooks dh 4 0 2 0 GBell dh 4 0 0 0 Wllams dhO 0 0 0 Vnlura 3b 4 0 0 1 Gaetti lb 4 0 0 0 Abner cf 4 0 10 Felix cf 3 1 1 1 Huff rf 4 0 0 0 Soio 2b 4 0 0 0 Krkvce 4 0 0 0 DiSrcn ss 4 1 2 0 Beltre ss 2 0 0 0 Orton 3 0 11 Fisk ph 10 0 0 Polonla ph 1 0 0 0 Sveum ss 10 10 Tingley 0 0 0 0 Cora pr 0 10 0 Totals 37 2 I 2 Totals 37 3 7 3 abrhbi 4 nlK Mr I xrf V- nT 4 2 2 0 3 12 2 40 10 2 0 0 1 4 0 11 3 0 0 0 1000 4 0 0 0 3 0 10 1100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Redus lb Bell ss VnSlyk cf Bonds If King 3b McCldn rf Espy rf Slaught Lind 2b DnJksn Cox Belinda Simms ph 1 0 0 0 LHrris ph 1 0 0 0 I DJones 0 0 0 0 SWilsn 0 0 0 0 I abrhbi Thmps cf 4 0 1 0 Gllgher rf 3 1 1 0 Sasser lb 1 0 0 0 CWalkr 3b3 0 0 0 Murray lb3 0 2 1 Dozier pr 0 0 0 0 BJones 0 0 0 0 Bass If 4 0 10 Pecola ss 3 0 0 0 Colemn phi 1 1 0 Kent 2b 3 0 0 0 Boston ph 1 0 0 0 Hndley 4 0 0 1 Schrek 2 0 0 0 McKnt rf 2 0 1 0 Totals 34 2 7 1 Rynlds 1110 Cndele ss 2 1 2 0 Totals 38 414 4 Totals 39 214 2 California 000 020 000 00-2 Chicago 200 000 000 01-3 No outs when winning run scored. DP-Chicago 1. LOB California 3, Chicago 6. 2B DiSarcina (18), Abner (10). HR Felix (9).

SB Curtis (39), Brooks (3), Sax (27). CS Williams (1), Orton (1). Totals 29 4 7 4 IP RER BB SO Blue Jays. 12-2 TORONTO NEW YORK abrhbl abrhbi While cf 5 3 3 0 BWIms cf 3 0 0 0 DBell cf 1111 Hall If 3 0 10 RAImr 2b 5 3 2 0 James If 10 0 0 Carter rf 5 2 4 4 Mttngly lb 3 0 0 0 TWard rf 1 0 1 1 Snow lb 1110 Wnfield dh4 1 2 2 Trtbull rf 3 0 10 Sorgue dh 1 0 1 1 GWIms rf 1112 Olerud lb 3 0 1 1 Maas dh 4 0 0 0 Mrlinez lb2 0 1 0 Velarde ss 3 0 0 0 Mldndo If 4 0 2 0 Slveslri ss 10 0 0 Tabler If 1 0 0 0 Nokes 3 0 0 0 Gruber 3b 4 0 0 0 Levrilz 10 10 Quinlan 3b 0 1 0 0 CHaves 3b 2 0 10 Brders 4 1 0 0 Mulens 3b 2 0 2 0 Griffin ss 4 0 10 Gallego 2b -3 0 0 0 Zosky ss 1 0 0 0 Stnkwc 2b 10 0 0 Totals 45 12 19 10 Totals 35 2 1 2 California Langston 10 4 2 2 1 11 Crim L.7-6 0 3 1 1 1 0 Chicago Hough 7 5 2 2 14 RHrndz W.7-3 4 3 0 0 0 3 Associated Press photo Seattle's Randy Johnson en route to 18-strikeout performance Sunday against Texas. Johnson ties AL record Lefty strikes out 1 8, but Seattle loses game Crim pitched to 4 batters in the 11th, Umpires Home, Hendry; First, Mc Houston 000 030 100-4 Los Angeles Oil 000 000-2 E-Cedeno (10), Reynolds (1).

DP-Houston 1, Los Angeles I. LOB-Houslon 8, Los Angeles 13. 2B Biggio (31), Cedeno (12), Reynolds (1), Candaele (12), Ashley (3), DHansen (10). Reynolds, Candiotli 2. IP RER BB SO Houston Reynolds 5 9 2 2 0 2 Boever 2-32000 1 RMurphy 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 XHernandez 2 3 0 0 0 3 DJones S.34 1 0 0 0 0 1 Los Angeles Candiotli 11-15 7 10 4 4 0 6 Crews 1 2 0 0 0 0 SWilson 1 2 0 0 0 2 HBP-by DJones (Webster).

WP-Candiottl. Umpires Home, McSherry; First, Davidson; Second, Pulli; Third, Hohn. 3:03. A 32,596. Coy; second, Meriwether; Third, Hickox, New York 000 001 001 I Pittsburgh 102 010 00x-4 LOB-New York 7, Pittsburgh 6.

2B-Gallagher (9), Redus (7). SB-Coleman (23). DnJackson. SF Bonds. IP RER BB SO New York Schourek L.5-8 7 7 4 4 3 3 BJones 1 0 0 0 0 3 Pittsburgh DnJksn W.8-12 7 6 1 1 1 3 Cox 1 0 0 0 1 1 Belinda 5,17 1 1110 1 DnJackson pitched to 2 baiters in the 8th.

PB-Slaught. Balk Schourek. Umpires-Home, Wendelstedt; First, Rieker; Second, DeMulh; Third, Darling. 2:34. A 31,217.

Tigers. 13-3 CLEVELAND DETROIT abrhbi Phillips cf 4 110 ROUNDUP 4 3 2 0 4 2 2 0 5 2 2 2 4 113 4 2 2 4 22 10 30 11 Whtker 2b Frymn ss Fielder dh Tttleton Deer rf Lvngst 3b Crreon If Brgmn lb Barnes lb abrhbi Lofton cf 5 0 0 Fermin ss 2 0 JHrndz ss 2 0 0 0 Baerga 2b 3 1 3 2 Belle If 3 0 0 1 THwrd If 1 0 0 0 Srrento dh4 0 1 0 Jffrson lb 4 0 2 0 CaMrlt 3b 4 0 1 0 Whiten rf 3 0 0 0 Kirby rf 10 0 0 Ortiz 4 0 10 Totals 36 3 9 3 as singled home the winning run in the 1 1 th inning for his career-high 1 1 0th RBI, and the Chicago White Sox beat California. Thomas delivered with the bases loaded and no outs. Dale Sveum and Steve Sax singled and Tim Raines walked, and Thomas singled on the first pitch from Chuck Crim (7-6). Reds, 3-2 1000 CINCINNATI SAN FRAN Toronto 342 000 003-12 New York 000 000 002- 2 E-Tartabull (3).

DP-New York 1. LOB-Toronto 11, New York 7. 2B-Sorague (2), Snow (1). 3B Carter (7). HR-GWilliams (2).

SB-While (36). SF-Olerud. IP RER BB SO Toronto JaMorris W.20-6 6 3 0 0 1 2 Eichhorn 1 0 0 0 0 0 DWard 1 1 0 0 0 2 Henke 1 4 2 2 0 1 New York Sndrsn L.12-10 22-3 10 9 7 2 4 Cadaret 12-3 1 0 0 0 2 CuYoung 32-3 5 0 0 0 0 Nielsen 1 3 3 3 2 2 Balk Sanderson. Umpires Home, Shulock; First, Young; Second, Tschida; Third, Welke. 2:47.

A 21.413. Brewers, 5-3 2 0 0 1 Totals 33 13 12 11 Cleveland 100 000 200 3 Detroit 305 112 lOx-13 National League E-Baerga 8 DP-Cleveland 1 Cardinals. 8-1 (First game) ST. LOUIS PHILA abrhbi abrhbi Carr cf 4 0 11 Javier cf 4 0 0 0 OSmith ss 5 1 1 0 Duncan 2b 4 0 0 0 Gilkey If 5 112 DHIIns 3b 4 110 Jose rf 4 12 0 RJordn lb 4 0 2 0 Hudler rf 0 0 0 0 Pratt 4 0 10 Zeile 3b 5 2 2 0 Marsh rf 3 0 0 0 Brewer lb 4 1 2 0 Amaro If 3 0 0 0 Pgnozzi 4 0 1 2 JuBell ss 3 0 0 0 TJones 2b 3 1 1 0 Brink 2 0 0 0 Crmier 4 1 0 0 Abbott 0 0 0 0 Lndmn ph 10 0 0 Ayrault 0 0 0 0 Totals 38 III Totals 32 1 4 0 LOB-Cleveland 8, Detroit 6. 2B Baerga (29), Whitaker (25), Deer (18), Livingstone (19).

HR-Baerga (20), Fielder (34), Tellleton (31), Deer (32); S-Fryman. OAKLAND 5F Carreon. Barnes. MILWAUKEE IP RER BB SO abrh abrhbi Listach ss 2 10 0 Cleveland Mesa L.7-12 2 5 7 7 4 Blkshp If 4 0 0 Neel ph 10 0 Boucher 31-3 6 5 5 1 1 wwiisn ct 4 Sierra rf 4 0 I Christopher 22-3 1 1 0 2 Detroit Terrell 7 8 3 3 2 4 Lelter 2 1 0 0 0 1 Mesa pitched lo 4 batters In the 3rd. WP-Terrell.

5 110 4010 3 12 1 0 0 0 0 4 2 12 3 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 Hmllon rf Molitor dh Yount cf Diaz cf GVghn If Surhoff lb Seltzer 3b Nilsson Jaha lb Filcher 2b McGwr lb4 2 3 Baines dh 4 0 3 Lnsford 3b4 0 1 Quirk 2 0 0 RHdrsn ohl 0 0 Umpires Home, Joyce; First, Craft; abrhbi abrhbi Roberts If 3 1 1 0 Felder cf 2 0 0 0 Hrnndz tf 1 0 0 0 Clayton ss 3 0 2 0 Greene 3b 4 1 1 1 McGee rf 2 0 10 Larkin ss 1 0 0 0 Lewis 3 0 0 0 Bnvdes ss 2 0 0 0 WCIark lb 2 0 0 0 ONeill rf 4 1 1 1 Rghetti 0 0 0 0 Morris lb 3 0 0 1 Decker 0 0 0 0 Coslo lb 10 10 Swift pr 0 0 0 0 Bransn 2b 4 0 1 0 Beck 0 0 0 0 Oliver 3 0 2 0 James If 2 0 0 0 DaMrlz cf4 0 1 0 Leonrd If 2 110 Riio 3 0 0 0 MaWIm 3b 2 0 2 0 Foster 0 0 0 0 JPttrsn 2b 2 0 10 Dibble 10 10 RThmp 2b 2 0 0 0 Snyder 3b 0 10 1 Mnwrn 2 0 0 0 Wood ph 10 0 0 Burba 0 0 0 0 Colbert 10 10 Uribe ss 2 0 0 0 Hosev rf 2 0 0 0 Carter 2 0 10 JPena 0 0 0 0 Litton lb 2 0 10 Totals 34 3 9 3 Totals 34 2 10 1 Cincinnati 200 001 0003 San Francisco 000 000 101-2 DP Cincinnati 2, San Francisco 2. LOB Cincinnati 7, San Francisco 9. 2B-Greene (4), Oliver (25), DaMartinez (18), Leonard (7). HR ONeill (14). SB Felder (14).

SF-Snyder. IP RER BB SO Cincinnati Riio W.15-9 7 6 1 1 1 3 Foster 1-3 2 0 0 0 0 Dibble 1 2-3 2 1 1 2 3 San Francisco Carter 5 1-3 7 3 3 2 2 JPena 2-3 0 0 0 0 1 Righettl 1 0 0 0 1 0 Burba 1 1 0 0 0 0 Beck 1 1 0 0 0 2 WP Dibble, Carter. Umpires Home, Williams; First, Harvey; Second, Crawford; Third, Davis. 2:50. Second.

Phillips; Third, Roe. 2:46. A 14,330. Ready ph 0 0 0 HMcds 0 0 0 Weiss ss 4 0 0 Bordlck 2b2 0 0 Fox If 0 0 0 DHdrsn phi 0 0 Twins. 4-0 KANSAS CITY MINNESOTA Totals 31 5 7 5 Totals 35 3 abrhbi St.

Louis 040 002 200-1 Philadelphia 100 000 000-1 E-OSmith (10), Zeiie (12), Marsh (2), JuBell (5). DP SI. Louis 1, Philadelphia 1. LOB-St. Louis 7, Philadelphia 4.

2B-TJones (4), RJordan (13). HR-Gilkey (7). IP RER BB SO St. Louis Cormier W.9-10 9 4 1 0 0 10 Philadelphia Brink 5 7 6 2 3 1 Abbott 3 4 2 2 0 3 Ayraull 1 0 0 0 1 1 Brink pitched to 4 batters In the 6th. WP-Cormier, Abbott.

Umpires-Home, Tata; First, Rippley; Second, Rapuano; Third, West. 2:53. A-NA. Knblch 2b 2 0 0 0 3 00 2 1 2 4 0 0 0 3 100 abrhbi Miller 2b 4 0 0 0 Jovner lb 4 0 0 Brett dh 4 0 0 0 Jfferles 3b 4 0 0 0 Mcfrlne 3 0 I 0 lEsnrlch If 3 0 2 0 Thrmn rf 3 0 0 0 McRae cf 3 0 0 0 Howard ss3 0 0 Totals 31 0 0 Leius 3b Mack cf Pucketl dh PMunz rf Harper DReed If Jrgnsn lb REDS 3, GIANTS 2: Cincinnati defeated San Francisco in what may have been the last baseball game ever at Candlestick Park. A crowd of 45,630 more than 16,000 short of a full house gave the Giants a three-minute ovation when the team ran onto the field.

After the game, the crowd chanted Stay!" as the Giants assembled on the field and waved their caps. Jose Rijo (15-9) allowed just one run on six hits over seven innings to help the Reds win for the 10th time in 11 games as Cincinnati stayed alive in the NL West race behind division-leading Atlanta. BRAVES 2, PADRES 1 (10): Terry Pendleton singled home the go-ahead run in the 10th inning and Atlanta reduced its magic number to two by beating San Diego. Pendleton scored the tying run in the ninth with two outs, then won it with his third straight single. Randy Myers (2-5) allowed a single to Otis Nixon with two outs in the 10th.

Jeff Blauser walked and Pendleton followed with a single. EXPOS 1, CUBS 0: Gary Carter went out a hero In his final home game with Montreal as his seventh-Inning RBI double stood up as the winning run. Carter, who is retiring after this season, hit an RBI double with two outs over the head of former teammate Andre Dawson in right field, scoring Larry Walker from first base. 4 1 1 302 300 2010 26 4 5 4 KDoulet ss Totals Kansas City 000 000 000-0 Minnesota 200 101 00x-4 By The Associated Press ARLINGTON, Texas In Nolan Ryan's final appearance of the season, Randy Johnson stole the strikeout show. Johnson struck out 18 in only eight innings, tying the American League record for left-handers, but neither he nor Ryan got a decision in Texas' 3-2 victory over Seattle Sunday.

Johnson matched the mark of 18 strikeouts for a lefty set by Ron Guidry of the Yankees on June 17, 1978, against California. Johnson also set a Mariners record for strikeouts, surpassing the 16 fanned by Mark Langston and Mike Moore in 1988. "I was playing cards before the game and Nolan called to congratulate me on how well I have been pitching," Johnson said. "If I was going to lose to someone, I wouldn't mind losing to him. He's my idol.

He brought out the best in me today. He's what this game is all about. When you face him you have to pitch your best." Johnson, who leads the league with 233 strikeouts, had fanned 16 through six innings. But he asked to be taken out after throwing 160 pitches, and Jeff Nelson (1-6) relieved to start the ninth with the score tied at 2. From the start, Johnson was ahead in a head-to-head strikeout duel with Ryan, the career leader with 5,668.

Johnson began a string of seven straight strikeouts by fanning the last two batters in the first inning. He struck out three batters in the second, third, fifth and sixth innings. He did not strike out a batter in the seventh. "Pitching against Ryan, you have to keep your team in the game," Johnson said. "Of the four walks I gave up, two of them came back to score.

The walks came back to haunt me." Johnson struck out Monty Fariss four times and Brian Downing and Ray Stephens three times each. Jose Canseco and Rafael Palmeiro did not start for the Rangers, although Palmeiro hit the game-winning sacrifice fiy. Only twice has an AL pitcher struck out more than 18 in a nine-inning game. Roger Clemens set the major league record of 20 against Seattle on April 29, 1986, and Ryan fanned 19 against Boston on Aug. 12, 1974.

"After the seventh inning, the manager wanted to take me out, but I DP Kansas Ctv 2. Minnesota 1. Oakland 011 000 010-3 Milwaukee 102 002 00x-5 E-Weiss 2 (19). DP-Milwaukee 1. LOB-Oakland 7, Milwaukee 15.

2B-WWilson (15), Baines 2 (18), Fletcher (18). HR-McGwire (41), GVaughn (23). SB Listach (54), Hamilton (39), Molitor (30), Yount (14), Surhoff (14), Seilzer (11). CS Seltier (11). Listach.

SF-Ypunt. IP RER BB SO Oakland Witt 12-3 1114 2 Campbell L.2-3 1 1-3 2 2 2 1 0 Downs 22-3 3 2 1 5 2 Parrelt 1 1-3 0 0 0 0 1 Eckerslev 1 10 0 11 Milwaukee Navarro 72-3 9 3 3 2 5 Orosco 2-300001 Henry S.2S 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 Umpires-Home, Kosc; First, Garcia; Second, Clark; Third, Evans. 3:49. A 54,985. Red Sox.

6-1 LOB-Kansas City 4, Minnesota 7. 2B- wanted to get a chance to win the game and I wanted to break the Mariners strikeout record," Johnson said. "I didn't want to go out for the ninth. I was getting pretty tired. I still have another start and didn't want to abuse my arm." BREWERS ATHLETICS 3: Greg Vaughn's home run again postponed Oakland's plans to clinch the AL West, and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Athletics to keep pace in the AL East.

The Brewers swept the three-game series, and remained 2V2 games behind Toronto. Milwaukee has won six in a row, but now must finish the season with six games on the West Coast, while the Blue Jays wind up the year at home. The A's went into the day with a magic number of one for clinching their fourth division title in five years. Second-place Minnesota staved off elimination by beating Kansas City 4-0, and the Brewers beat Oakland. Jaime Navarro (17-11) pitched 7 Innings for the victory.

Doug Henry got two outs for his 28th save. Kevin Campbell (2-3) gave up Greg Vaughn's 23rd home run. TWINS 4, ROYALS 0: John Smiley (15-9)' gave up five hits none of them to George Brett as the Twins stayed barely alive in the AL West. Brett began and ended the day with 2,996 hits and has seven games to Join Robin Yount as this year's additions to the club. He went hitless for the first time In five games.

RED SOX 6, ORIOLES 1: The Baltimore Orioles were mathematically eliminated from the AL East race as they lost to Boston. It was the 13th loss in 20 games for the Orioles, who were In second place from June to mid-September but couldn't close the gap on Toronto. The Blue Jays eliminated Baltimore by beating New York 12-2. Wade Boggs got four hits and Joe Hesketh subbing for injured Roger Clemens allowed just four hits In eight Innings to lead the Red Sox. Clemens left the game with a pulled right groin after taking his warmup pitches before the bottom of the first Inning.

His status was listed as day to day. TIGERS 13, INDIANS 3: Sparky Anderson became the winnlngest manager In Detroit history as Cecil Fielder, Rob Deer and Mickey Tettleton homered In the Tigers' rout of Cleveland. Anderson, In his 14th season as Detroit's manager, won his game. He moved past Hughie Jennings, who managed the Tigers from 1907 through 1920. WHITE SOX 3, ANGELS 2: Frank Thorn- 1i Jovner 34 DReed 2 HR Mack 6 Harper (9).

SB-Knoblauch (32), Reboulel (2). SF Joroensen. IP RER BB SO Braves. 2-1 Kansas city Hanev L.2-2 52-3 5 4 4 7 Gordon 21-3 0 0 0 1 2 Minnesota Smiley W.15-9 9 5 0 0 0 WP-Smilev. Phillies.

6-5 (Second game) ST. LOUIS PHILA abrhbi abrhbi Carr cf 4 110 Javier cf 4 12 1 GPena 2b 5 0 2 1 Mrndnl 2b 5 0 2 0 MThmp If 4 1 1 0 DHIIns 3b 3 10 0 Perez 0 0 0 0 Daullon 3 12 1 McCIre 0 0 0 0 RJordn lb 4 0 2 1 BSmilh 0 0 0 0 Amaro If 2 0 11 Jose rf 4 110 Castillo rf 3 3 0 Glrrga lb 2 2 1 2 Millette ss 3 0 10 Wodson 3b4 0 2 I Lndmn ph 10 11 Gdman 4 0 1 1 MlWIm 0 0 0 0 Fgeroa ss 2 0 0 0 Ashbv 3 0 11 CWilsn ph 0 0 0 0 Shphrd 0 0 0 0 TJones pr 0 0 0 0 Grlwid ph 0 0 0 0 MClark 1 0 0 0 Hartley 0 0 0 0 Crpnler 0 0 0 0 JuBell ss 10 0 0 Alicea ph 0 0 0 0 Gilkey If 10 0 0 Totals 31 i 9 5 Totals 34 15 i Umpires-Home, Scott; First, O'Nora, Second, Morrison; tmro, fort. Baseball today BALTIMORE abrhbi abrhbi SCOREBOARD Andrsn cf 4 0 10 ATLANTA SAN DIEGO abrhbi abrhbi Nixon cf 5 1 2 0 TFrndz ss 5 0 10 Blauser ss4 0 I 0 Slllwell 2b 5 0 0 0 Blliard ss 0 0 0 0 Shffield 3b 4 12 0 Pndllon 3b 5 1 3 1 Teufel 3b 0 0 0 0 Justice rf 3 0 0 0 McGrff lb 3 0 10 Bream lb 3 0 0 0 Sntlago 2 0 0 0 Hunter lb 1 0 I 1 Walters 2 0 10 LoSmth If 3 0 0 0 Myers 0 0 0 0 Rardon 0 0 0 0 Drjksn cf 4 0 11 Brrvhll 3 0 I 0 JCIark If 4 0 0 0 Gregg pr 0 0 0 0 Stphnsn rf 3 0 0 0 Whlers 0 0 0 0 Vtcher rf 10 0 0 Gant If 1 0 0 0 Benes 2 0 0 0 Lemke 2b 2 0 0 0 Vlsqz ph 10 0 0 Smoltz 2 0 0 0 JHrndz 0 0 0 0 Klesko ph 1 0 0 0 Lmpkin 10 0 0 Looez 10 0 0 Totals 34 2 1 2 Totals 37 16 1 BOSTON Hlcher Cooper lb Boggs 3b Brnsky rf 4 0 0 0 Pittsburgh at Chicago (2:20 p.m.). The Pirates begin setting up their rotation for the playoffs when rookie knucklebalier Tim Wakefield (6-1) faces Jim Bullinger 5 0 0 0 5 120 S340 3 111 40 11 McLmr 2b CRipkn ss GDavis dh Orsulak If 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 120 MVghn dh ChMrtz rl ooo 2-6). STATS Wedge dh Zupclc cf 4 12 1 Dann Howlft ended an 0-for-43 slump an RB roe Sa urdav In Seattle's 8 Huletl 3b Segul lb Tackett Dmpsy Totals 3 0 11 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1000 30 1 4 I 5 0 2 1 50 10 3 0 2 1 40 4 IS JoVlntn ss Pena Nhrlng 2b Totals victory over Texas.

Howill had gone 31 at-bals without hit lor Oakland before being released, and continued the skid was the Mariners. The longest drought In Atlanta 000 000 001 1-2 000 100 000 0-1 San Diego E-LoSmlth (1). DP-San Dieoo 2. Boston 104 001 000-4 Baltimori 010 000 000-1 E-McLemore (6), Hulett (7). DP-Balllmore 2.

LOB-Boston 11, Baltimore 2. 2B-Boggs (22), Naehrlng (5), Ander malor league history was an 0-for-70 slump by pitcher Bob Buhl in 1962 while with the Milwaukee Braves and Chicago Cubs. The Pirates scored 19 runs Saturday against New York, their highest total at home since moving into Three Rivers Stadium In 1970. Bill Swift needs to pilch one more Inning lo qualify for the ERA title. He leads the NL with 2.12 mark, with Bob Tewksbury second it ASTROS 4, DODGERS 2: Houston completed its most arduous road schedule in its 31 -year history with Its first three-game sweep at Dodger Stadium.

Doug Jones set a team record with his 34th save, preserving the first major league victory for Shane Reynolds (1-3). Jones saved all three games In the series. CARDINALS 8-5, PHILLIES 1-6: Plnch-hitter Jim Llndeman's two-out single In the bottom of the eighth scored Braulio Castillo with the winning run as Philadelphia edged St. Louis for a split In their doubleheader. In the first game, Rheal Cormier (9-10) hurled a four-hitter and struck out 10 in snapping the Phillies' six-game winning streak.

Brad Brink (0-4) lost for Philadelphia. son (28), Hulelt (6). SF-Naenring. RER BB SO IP St. Louis 010 102 100-5 Philadelphia 101 020 llx-6 LOB-SI.

Louis 6, Philadelphia 15. 2B-Woodson (8), Daullon 2 130). Castillo (3), Ashbv (1). HR-Galarraga (10). SB-Carr (7) Jose (26), Daullon (11).

CS-GPena 2 (8) Alicea 14). MClark, Amaro, Millette. SF-Oalarraga, Javier, Amaro. IP RER BB SO St. Louis MClark 42-3 10 4 4 3 4 Carpenter 1 1-3 0 0 0 2 0 Perez 2-321110 McCiure 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 BSmilh L.3-2 1 3 110 1 Philadelphia Ashbv 5 6 4 4 2 3 Shepherd 2 2 112 0 Hartley W.7-6 1 1 0 0 0 1 MtWiltlams S.27 1 0 0 0 1 1 Ashbv pitched lo 2 batters In the 6th.

HBP by Perez (DHolllns). WP-Shepherd. Umpires Home, Rippley; Rapuano; Second, West; Third, Tata. 3:06. A 20,274.

Bolton 2.19. STREAKS LOB Atlanta 8, San Diego 7. 2B Blauser (18), Hunter (13), Sheffield (33), DrJack-on (23). CS Justice (4). S-Lemke.

IP RER BB SO Atlanta Smollz 7 5 110 7 Wohlers .1 10 0 10 Reerdon W.3-0 2 0 0 0 0 2 San Diego Benes 7 2 0 0 3 6 JHernandez 1 1-3 2 0 0 0 0 Myers L.2-S 12-3 4 2 2 1 PB Walter, Umpires-Home, Hallion; First, Winters; Second, Froemmlng; Third, Montague. 2:47. Toronto had won 10 straight against New York this season before the Yankees Clemens 0 0 0 0 0 Heskelh W.7-9 8 4 1 1 0 5 Fossas 1 0 0 0 0 0 Baltimori Sdtciiffe 21-3 1 4 1 1 Clements 3 1-3 3 1 0 1 Williamson 1 1-3 2 0 0 0 0 Flanagan 2 2 0 0 0 1 WP-Heskelh 4. Cederslrom; Flrsf, Railly; Second, Cousins; Third, Brlnkman. -T 2:43.

A 45,597. beat the Blue Jays, 2-1, Saturday. SLUGGERS Barry Bonds has 32 home runs and 100 RBI. He Is the first Pirates player to reach 100 RBI In three straight seasons since Willie siargetl in 1971-73. I.