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More SD THE DAILY GLOBE, Ironwood, Ml Friday, April 28,1995 Page 10 Jazz, Knicks, Sonics open with victories By The Associated Press The Utah Jazz ended the regular season with a seven-game winning streak. They started the playoffs by knocking off the defending champions. John Stockton's driving layup with 2.4 seconds to play gave the Jazz a 102-100 victory over the Houston Rockets on Thursday, the opening night for four of the eight first-round series. Stockton finished with 28 points and 10 assists and Karl Malone added 25 points as one of the NBA's greatest two-man combinations managed to hold off a great one-man show by Hakeem Ola- juwon. Last season's MVP was 20-for-30 from the field and finished with 45 points, but it wasn't enough when Vernon Maxwell's 30-footer at the buzzer bounced off the rim.

"They're world champs and I thought they were tremendous," Stockton said. "Who knows how it Griffey maims Tigers SEATTLE (AP) Ken Griffey, Jr. hit a three-run homer off the facade of the third deck in right field and Randy Johnson combined with two other pitchers on a three-hitter as Seattle beat Detroit 3-0 Thursday night. The paid attendance of 34,656 was Seattle's lowest for a home opener since 1981, and it was the first baseball game at the King- dome since last July 18 the day before several ceiling tiles fell into the stands and forced the closure of the building until December. Johnson gave up a double to Chad Curtis to open the game, but stranded him at second base and overpowered the Tigers from then on.

Only one other batter reached second base against the three-time defending strikeout champion. Johnson (1-0) gave up all three hits, struck but eight and walked two in six innings. He struck out at least one batter in every inning he pitched. Bill Risley pitched two innings and struck out three and Bobby Ayala pitched a perfect ninth for Seattle. Detroit's Sean Bergman (0-1), making his first opening day start and only his 10th major league start, pitched well for the first four innings.

But fielding lapses set up Griffey's decisive two-out homer in the fifth, his first of the season. Jays 7, 1 The record-low crowd at SkyDome was 3,060 less than the 34,139 who turned out April 23, 1990 for a night game with Cleveland. Those who were there saw Pat Hentgen pitch into the ninth inning he was the first starter in either league to do so and Ed Sprague hit a grand slam. Hentgen struck out six and walked two in 8 1-3 innings as the Blue Jays completed a two-game sweep in which they outscored Oakland 20-1. Indians 11, 6 It was a good night for home run hitters, as five Cleveland players and two from Texas cleared the wall.

The Indians' homers were hit by Paul Sorrento, Albert Belle, Eddie Murray, Manny Ramirez and Carlos Baerga. Will Clark homered for Texas and was booed as he rounded the bases. "You never expect to get booed at home. You do at Yankee Stadium, but not here," Clark said. 6, Beds 5, 11 Jose Hernandez hit a two-run single in the 11th inning that sent Chicago over Cincinnati.

The crowd at Riverfront Stadium waB announced at 17,702, although there were fewer fans actually in the park. Hernandez made a mental mistake in the 10th that almost cost the Cubs the game. With two outs and runners on second and third, he fielded a grounder by Reggie Sanders and looked to sec. ond base for a force play. Realizing there was none, he hurried his throw and barely got Sanders.

The Reds scored a controversial run in the sixth after winning an argument and getting a replacement umpire to reverse his call. 6, 4 David Justice hit a tie-breaking, three-run homer in the eighth inning and the Braves won before another small crowd in Atlanta. The crowd was announced at 26,120, although it appeared only 16,000 people were in the park. Last year, about 44,000 fans saw the Braves' second home game. Justice connected with two outs off Dave Burba (0-1) for his second home run of the season.

Earlier in the game, Mark Lemke hit a three-run homer. would out if it had gone another 10 As efnisfiffjfefls he was about the opposition, Stockton his usual low-key self describing his game-wmrrtPifnat saw him alone under the basket with four ReOfots. "We pick and roll and when that didn't worC'we got lucky," he said. The Rocketetied the score 100-100 the eighth tie in quarter on a 16-foot side jumper by Ifenny Smith with 16 seconds to go. "I did myJwst, but you cannot have a perfect game," Ohgfttwtm said.

"We lost. This was a golden was our game and we lost it." Game 2 in Salt Lake City and then the shifts to Houston. No MJA has been eliminated in the first round tSenext season since the Philadelphia 76ers in 1984; "We've goMb believe that we can get a win," Houston cssch Rudy Tomjanovich said. "When you give them second chances, you lose it. We can't do that." Malone struggled from the field, going 8-for-19.

Adam Keefe had 11 points for Utah and Tom Chambers and Antoine Carr added 10 each. Smith finished with 14 points and Robert Horry had 13 for Houston, which lost to Utah for the third time in eight days. Knicks 103, Cavaliers 79 The Khicks laid some defense on the team that was the NBA's best at it in the last 40 years. Patrick Ewing had 21 points and Charles Oakley added 19 for New York, which used 15-0 and 18-2 runs to pull away to the home victory. The Cavaliers, who allowed just 89.8 points per game, well ahead of runner-up New York's 95.1, missed 26 of 37 shots in the middle tw quarters.

Reserves Danny Ferry and Tony Campbell were the only Cleveland players in double figures with 20 and 13 points, respectively. Mark Price, slowed by an inflamed tendon in his left foot, finished with six points on l-for-6 shooting. Pacers 90, Hawks 82 Reggie Miller scored 24 points and Derrick McKey had 21 for the Pacers, who began a playoff series with the homecourt advantage for the first time since joining the NBA in 1976. They had to rally from a 70-60 deficit in the third quarter and took the lead for good when Atlanta went more than six minutes without a field goal. Atlanta had five starters in double figures, led by Grant Long's 18 points.

SuperSonics 96, Lakers 71 Seattle snapped a three-game playoff losing streak as Shawn Kemp scored 21 points and Detlef Schrempf added 20. The Sonics blew a 2-0 lead against Denver in the opening round of last year's playoffs and lost as the Western Conference's top seed. They came up with an impressive defensive effort against the Lakers, who set a team record for fewest points. It could have been a lot worse, except for the 29 points of Nick Van Exel. The visiting Lakers missed 24 of 28 3-point attempts.

Globe Scoreboard Utah Jazz forward Karfpatone (32) forces his way past Houston Rockets' forward CrttiSfy Brown in teh third period Thursday in Salt Lake City. The the Rockets, 102-100. HOCKEY Games Ottawa 6, Tampa Bay 1 Chicago 5, Dallas 1 Winnipeg 4, Detroit 3 Edmonton 3, St. Louis 2, OT NBA Playoff Glance Day-by-Day All EDT FIRST ROUND (Best-of-S) Thursday, April 27 New York 103, Cleveland 79, New York leads series 1-0 Indiana 90, Atlanta 82, Indiana leads series 1-0 Utah 102, Houston 100, Utah leads series 1-0 Seattle 96, L.A. Lakers 71, Seattle leads series 1-0 Friday, April 28 Chicago at Charlotte, 7 p.m.

(TBS) Boston at Orlando, 8 p.m. (TNT) Denver at San Antonio, 9:30 p.m. (TBS) Portland at Phoenix, 10:30 p.m. (TNT) Saturday, April 29 Cleveland at New York, 1 p.m. (NBC) LA.

Lakers at Seattle, 3:30 p.m. (NBC) Atlanta at Indiana, 7:30 p.m. (TNT) Houston at Utah, 10 p.m. (TNT) lit BASEBALL National League Division Thursday's Chicago 6, Cincinnati 5,11 innings Philadelphia 6, St. Louis 2 Atlanta 6, San Francisco 4 Montreal 2, Pittsburgh 1 Colorado 8, New York 7 San Diego 13, Houston 1 Only games scheduled Gaines Montreal (Henry 8-3) at Chicago (Foster 3-4), 3:20 p.m.

Florida (Witt 8-10) at San Francisco (VanLandingham 8-2), 4:05 p.m. Pittsburgh (Neagle 9-10) at Philadelphia (Quantrill 2-2), 7:35 p.m. St. Louis (Watson 6-6) at New York (Saberhagen 14-4), 7:40 p.m. Colorado (Ritz 6-6) at Houston (Kile 9-6), 8:05 p.m.

Atlanta (Avery 8-3) at Los Angeles (Astacio 6-8), 10:05 p.m. Cincinnati (JarviB 1-1) at San Diego (Hamilton 9-6), 10:05 p.m. American League East Division (1). Pet. GB Toronto 2 0 1.000 Toronto 1 0 1.000 New York 1 0 1.000 Detroit 1 1 .500 1 Baltimore 0 2 .000 2 Central Division Pet.

GB Milwaukee 2 0 1.000 Cleveland 1 0 1.000 K.C. 1 0 1.000 Vz Minnesota 1 1 .500 1 Chicago 0 2 .000 2 West Division Pet. GB Seattle 1 0 1.000 Calif. 0 1 .000 1 Oakland 0 2 .000 1V4 Texas 0 2 .000 1V2 Baltimr 021 001 000 10 2 Minn 110 012 9 0 McDonald, Pennington (6), Mills (6), Benitez (7) and Hoiles; Tapani, StevenB (6), Guthrie (7), Campbell (8), Aguilera (9) and Merullo. Stevens, 1-0.

0-1. (1). VanSlyke(l). Hous 000 100 1 5 3 SD 220 035 21 0 Reynolds, Powell (4), Dougherty (6), Brocail (7) and Servais; Ashby, B.Williams (6), Berumen (8), Hoffman (9) and B.Johnson. 1-0.

0-1. ton, Magadan (1). San Diego, T.Gw- ynn(l). NATIONAL LEAGUE Cbic 010 030 000 11 3 Cine. 002 002 000 12 1 (11 innings) Trachsel, Banks (5), Nabholz (6), Walker (7), Hickerson (9), Edens (10), Myers (11) and Wilkins; Smiley, P.Smith (6), J.Brantley (7), Carrasco (9), McElroy (11) and Santiago.

1-0. 0-1. (1). Grace (1). Cincinnati, Santiago (1), Smiley (1).

'TRANSACTIONS Thursday's Games Toronto 7, Oakland 1 Cleveland 11, Texas 6 Milwaukee 9, Chicago 4 Minnesota 7, Baltimore 4 Seattle 3, Detroit 0 Only games scheduled Friday's Games Oakland (Stottlemyre 7-7) at Milwaukee (Scanlan 2-6), 7:05 p.m. Chicago (Bere 12-2) at Boston (Cormier 3-2), 7:05 p.m. California (Langston 7-8) at Toronto (Guzman 12-11), 7:35 p.m. Cleveland (Clark 11-3) at Texas (Pavlik 2-5), 8:05 p.m. New York (McDowell 10-9) at Kansas City (Gubicza 7-9), 8:05 p.m.

Baltimore (Fernandez "6-6) at Minnesota (Mahomes 9-5), 8:05 p.m. Detroit (Doherty 6-7) at Seattle (Bosio 4-10), 10:35 p.m. LINESCORES AMERICAN LEAGUE Oakland 000 000 4 0 Toronto 000 601 7 8 1 Darling, Corsi (5), Leiper (6), Acre (7), Eckersley (8) and Steinbach; Hentgen, Menhart (9) and Knorr. 1-0. 0-1.

Sprague (1). Phillie 100 102 8 0 St. Lou 020 000 10 1 West, Bottalico (6), Ge.Harris (8), Slocumb (9) and Daulton; Dn.Jackson, Parrett (7), Fossas (7), Habyan (7), Henke (8) and Pagnozzi. 1-0. son, 0-1.

SFran 200 000 6 0 Atl 030 000 6 0 Portugal, Frey (7), Burba (8), Bautista (8) and Manwaring; Glavine, McMichael (6), Wohlers (8), Bedrosian (8), Stanton (8), Clontz (9) and J.Lopez. 1-0. 0-1. (1). Justice (2), Lemke (1).

Mont 010 000 6 0 Pitts 000 000 5 0 P.J.Martinez, Perez (6), Aquino (7), Rojas (8) and D.Fletcher, Spehr (8); Wagner, Plesac (7), Dyer (7), Christiansen (7), Miceli (8), Gott (9) and Parent, Sasser, (9). P.J.Martinez, 1-0. 0-1. (1). Andrews (1).

Cleve 086 010 13 2 Texas 100 100 6 8 0 De.Martinez, Cook (7), Plunk (8) and Pena; Ke.Gross, Heredia (3), Alberro (7) and I.Rodriguez. De.Martinez, 1-0. 0-1. Baerga (1), Belle (1), Murray (1), Ramirez (1), Sorrento (1). Texas, W.Clark (1), Greer NY 104 002 9 1 Colo 000 115 13 2 Jacome, J.Manzanillo (6), Gun- doreon (6), Henry (6), Lomon (7) and Stinnett, Hundley (9); Freeman, Sager (3), Bailey (6), M.Munoz (6), Holmes (7), S.Reed (8) and Girardi.

1-0. 0-1. BASEBALL CHICAGO WHITE Rob Dibble, pitcher, to Birmingham of the Southern League. Sent Al Levine, pitcher, from Nashville of the American Association to Birmingham. Sent Jason Watkins, pitcher, from Birmingham to Prince William of the Carolina League.

National League ATLANTA to terms with Kent Mercker, pitcher, on a one-year contract. LOS ANGELES Placed Tim Wallach, third baseman, on the 15-day disabled list. Purchased the contract of Zoe Munoz, catcher, from Albuquerque of the Pacific Coast League. ST. LOUIS Manuel Lee, second baseman, on the 15-day disabled list.

Recalled Tripp Cromer, infielder, from Louisville of the American Association. Agreed to terms with Rich Rodriguez, pitcher, on a one-year contract. FOOTBALL National Football League CAROLINA Willie Brookins, linebacker, Billy Mitchell, defensive back-kick turner; Leonard Larramore, noBe tackle; David Lauder, kicker, Kevin Feighery, punter, and Brandon Hayes, offensive tackle. DALLAS David Lang and Stephen McGuire, running backs; John Anderson, safety; John Baker, kicker; Billy Davis and Jeff Thomas, wide receivers; Josh Evans, defensive tackle; Artis Houston, cornerback; John Jones, guard; Raul McCord, punter; and DeMario Vaughn, offensive DENVER Jeff Campbell, wide receiver. GREEN BAY Lee Becton, running back, and Matthew Dorsett, defensive back.

Placed KeShon Johnson, defensive back; Roosevelt Nix, defensive tackle; and Kevin Glenn, wide receiver, on waivers. TIGER BOX MARINERS 3, TIGERS 0 DETROIT SEATTLE abrhbi ab bi Curtiscf 3 0 10 Bragglf 4 110 Fltcher2b 4 0 0 0 Cora2b 4 0 0 0 Pmbrtnlf 3 0 10 GrfyJref 4 113 Stubbsph 1 0 0 0 Buhnerrf 4 0 0 0 Fielderlb 4 0 0 0 EMrtnzdh 3 0 10 Frymn3b 4 0 0 0 TMrtnzlb 3 0 2 0 Samueldh 2 0 0 0 Blwers3b 3 0 0 0 Butistarf 2 0 10 DWilsnc 3 0 2 0 Hggnsnrf 1 0 0 0 FerminBS 3 10 0 CGmezss 3 0 0 0 Flhertyc 3 0 0 0 Totals SO 0 3 0 Totals 31 3 7 3 Detroit 000 000 Seattle 000 030 (1). 1. 5, Seattle 4.2B—Curtis (1). Jr (1).

IP RER BB SO Detroit 5 7 Lira 3 0 Seattle 6 3 Risley 2 0 AyalaS.l 1 0 PB-DWilson. Uremovich; Second, Schaly; Third, Bohn. First, Higgins; IHS golfers place third MINOCQUA, Wis. Brum Ciesielczyk's Ironwood finished third at Timber jRujjge Golf Club here Thursday. The Red Devils points to 172 for Northland Rnfea and Lakeland, who tied for flrif.

Leading Ironwood was Ryan Osterman with 43, foUoWfcdpby Chris Colassaco with Osterman 46, and Jeremy Joki, 52. Justin Richards led the Irpn- wood jayvees with a 49. Otfcgr IHS golfers participatinj B.J. Hill, Sam Davey and Anderson. On Thursday, April 20," tha-led Devils took fourth with avctte of 360 in a meet at the Haytl(rd Golf Club.

Duluth Denfeld took 321, followed by Superior with 334, and Hayward With iMO. The top four golfers wood were Ryan OsternWKJted Chris Colassaco (both and Cory Osterman and JtfjKmy Joki, with 94s. Ryan RoutfKiaux led the Ironwood jayvees 94. Three-on-three deadline The deadline for admigjgjto to the 3-on-3 basketball tournfihent set for Saturday, May 6, ttjjphe Gogebic Community been extended to Wednesday, May 3. There are still openings in all divisions.

The divisions arevfthale and female): elementary, ifoaior high, junior varsity, open. Games will begin at 8 continue throughout the dajfc For more information, fifTpons may call (906) 287, or Ext 210. Red Wings fall WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) The Winnipeg Jets beat the Detroit Red Wings for the first time in five tries this season. But the big news was off the ice. Thursday nighfs victory came just a few hours after a private business group shocked players and fans by announcing they couldn't put together a deal to keep the money-losing team in Winnipeg.

Then Keith Tkachuk went out and scored consecutive goals in the second period as the Jets defeated the Red Wings 4-3. In what could be one of the last NHL games in Winnipeg, Tkachuk helped keep the Jets' diminishing playoff hopes alive. The news prompted the announced crowd of 14,081 to chant "Save Our Jets" as the teams battled in a physical game. In the Jets' dressing room, the bombshell announcement was foremost in many players' minds. "I think the guys did an admirable job of keeping their focus," Jets coach Terry Simpson said.

"I guess was as surprised as anybody But basically the message to the team was that things like that are not in our control. The thing we do have control over is how we play on the ice." The Jets (15-23-7) also got goals from Teppo Numminen and Kris King but were outshot 35-25. Nikolai Khabibulin made 32 saves. Niklas Lidstrom, Sergei Fedorov and Vyacheslav Kozlov scored for Detroit (31-10-4), which clinched the Western Conference regular-season title when St. Louis lost in Edmonton later Thursday night.

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