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(n eyCiassified. Scoreboard 2C Sports Editor Karen Troxel, 607734-5151, Ext.290 Star-GazetteSaturday. July 28, 1 990 3-2: Ufica's Sparrow clubs HR as Blue Sox win, By KAREN TROXEL Star-Gazette team of the Philadelphia Phillies) first rally in the second and was responsible for the game-winning rally in the sixth. But the game didn't start out going in Utica's favor. In fact, it looked like it was a typical Elmira Pioneers game scoring runs ugly.

In the first inning, with one out and Utica having already committed the first of five errors, Shea Wardwell walked. He stole second, went to third on a throwing error by Utica catcher Jeff In-gram and came home on an from the moment I hit it, but I wasn't going to stand arou nd watching it, just in case." Sparrow needn't have wor riied, because the ball cleared the 384-foot distance with plenty to pare and it was all the Blue Sox needed. I But that didn't mean th; Pioneers weren't going to givtj Utica something to worry about and the action began in the eighth inning. With Utica starter Dave Gop man working on a. three-h McNeely started the trouble with See error by Kevin Coughlin.

The two errors were all on the Wardwell stolen base attempt. But the Blue Sox bounced right back and bruised Elmira starter and loser Jim Dennison (4-3) in the second inning. With one out, Sparrow singled, followed by a Craig Teter single. Rob Perkins walked to load the bases, then Brandon Wilson hit a sacrifice fly to Jeff McNeely in right field. McNeely made the catch, but Sparrow scored.

McNeely made the throw to home and it bounced underneath Elmi ra catcher Denny Birni's knee and rolled into the Utica dugout, allowing Teter to score. Both teams continued to play ugly for the next three innings combining for three errors until the sixth inning when Sparrow was again the man with the stick. Sparrow ripped a two-out pitch over the center field wall to give the Blue Sox a 3-1 edge. "It was an 0-2 hanging split-finger; a fork ball," Sparrow said. "It was just a great pitch and he (Dennison) made a mistake.

I was pretty sure it was going out Chris Sparrow is real happy to be in Elmira. Sparrow, a first baseman for the Utica Blue Sox, broke out of a slump in big league fashion by going 2-for-4 with a home run to help Utica to a 3-2 victory Friday over Elmira in New York-Penn League action. "I just haven't been in a groove," said Sparrow, a second-year pro from the University of North Carolina-Asheville. "I hurt my right knee earlier and after coming back, I've been 0-for-12. But maybe this will get me out of the slump." Sparrow didn't look like he was slumping at the plate or anywhere else at Dunn Field.

He started the Blue Sox' (a farm Hawkins tosses shutout as N.Y. sweeps Indians mrapslh) lrir sirdlBinisili AMERICAN LEAGUE 1 1 mm Lefty wins national u-ague i 14th, 10-1; Mets take time in 10 games. The Mets have won seven of eight against St. Louis this year. The Mets, the higr lest-scoring team in the majors, got.

13 of their 14 hits in 3Vi Innings. By then, every starter had either scored a run or drive) i one in except Darryl Strawber! ry, who finished 0-for-5. Tom O'Malley-added three hits and scored twice. Viola (14-5) is se cond in the major leagues in vie tories to Bob Welch's 16. Viola worked on three days' rest for the first tim this season.

He pitched in place of Dwight The Associated Press CLEVELAND Andy Hawkins, winless in 12 starts, including a lost no-hitter, held Cleveland to three singles for his first victory since May 6 as the New York Yankees beat the Indians 3-0 and went on to sweep Friday's twi-night dou-bleheader. The Yankees won the second game 4-1 as Jeff Robinson pitched his third strong game since leaving the bullpen less than two weeks ago, scattering eight hits in seven innings. Robinson (3-6) has yielded five runs in 21 innings as a starter and is 2-1 with a 2.14 ERA after going 1-5 with a 4.54 ERA in 32 relief appearances. Wayne Tolleson, who had five hits in 36 at-bats this season, had his first three-hit game since Oct. 2, 1988, including a double and his second RBI of the season.

In the first game, Steve Bal-boni hit a solo homer and Roberto Kelly added a two-run shot off Greg Swindell (6-6) as the Yankees ended a three-game losing streak. Robinson and Hawkins (2-8) entered the doubleheader with a combined record of 3-14, but extended Cleveland's slump to 10 losses in 13 games. Hawkins, who faced only two bat- ters over the minimum, struck out five and did not walk anyone, ending a hard-luck string that included a 4-0 loss on four unearned runs in his no-hitter against the Chicago White Sox on July 1. He yielded singles by Jerry Browne in the first inning and Dion James in the fourth, but Browne was erased on a double play. Hawkins retired 14 in a row until Ken Phelps singled in the ninth.

It was the Yankees' third shutout of the season and the Indians did not advance a runner beyond first base. Hawkins is 3-0 and has not allowed an earned run in career innings in Cleveland. RED SOX 1, TIGERS 0 Boston's Tom Bolton held Detroit to four hits in Vh innings for his first career road victory after seven losses and the Red Sox scored an unearned run off Jack Morris to beat the Tigers 1-0 Friday night. Morris (8-13) yielded just four hits but was victimized See HAWKINS2C 1'st-place. The Associated Press NEW YORK Frank Viola won his National League leading 14th game and the Nev York Mets scored early and often Friday night, crushing the St.

Louis Cardinals 10-1. Dave Magadan (got three hits and drove in four' runs in the first three innings as the Mets took a 10-1 lead. Cardinals center fielder Milt Thompson contributed, misjudging Daryl Boston's fly ball into a two-run triple that capped a five-run first and mis-playing Magadan's line drive into a bases-loaded triple in the third. New York won for the seventh S3 Gooden, who was (given two extra days to rest his nore shoulder. The Mets also amnounced Friday they will tradlfj disgruntled first baseman Mike Marshall to the Boston Red Sox for three mi: nor leaguers effective today.

Marshall will be removed from the 15-day disable list Saturday and sent to the Re cl Sox for pitcher Greg Hansell, ou tfielder Ender See VIOLA2C Th Associated Preis TANGLED TEAMWORK: New York Yankees second baseman Steve Sax, left, and outfielder Jesse Barfield get tangled while going for a fly ball Friday against the Cleveland Indians. Barfield caught the ball as the Yanks won 3-0 in Cleveland. lose the basketball spotlight Corning, Big Flats among winners in Cinderella tourney; action continuing GOODWILL GAMES Star-Gazette Yugoslavians beat Russians in hoop semis; may face U.S. The Associated Press SEATTLE U.S. basketball moved to center stage again Friday.

That's where the Soviets thought they were taking their slapstick act, too, but once again, they're second banana. A day ago, the Soviet baseball team made its exit, stage left, a victim of the nine-man hook, beaten by the United States 17-0 in a game called after 6V2 innings by the 10-run rule. Then, Friday, the Soviets' defending Olympic champion basketball team lost in the semifinals to Yugoslavia, 84-78, and will have to settle for a no better than a bronze medal. day, but neither the Soviets nor the Americans open until Saturday. The U.S.

team plays Switzerland, and the Soviets open against West Germany. The Soviets still are: fuming over what they consider the theft of one of their star players, fSergel Fedorov, by the Detroit Red Wings of the NHL. Fedorov left the Sovie team Sunday and flew to Detroit. "The future is not no good," Soviet coach Igor Dmitriev said. "We have no protection against the dishonest activity of the NHL." U.S.

wrestlers opened their games with a 20.5-13.5 victg ory over Bulgaria. Among the U.S. winners were 1988 Olympic gold medalist John Smith, who beat Vladimir Yankov 9-0 in the 62-kilogram division, and Jim Scherr, who celebra ted his 29th birthday with a 7-0 victory over Draguya Rusev in the 90-kilo class. The favored Soviets won nine of 10 weight classes in crushing Mongolia 25-6. States, beaten earlier in the tournament by the Soviets, met Elrazil and its potent forward, Oscar Schmidt, perhaps the best scorer in the international game.

The winners meet Sunday night for the gold medal. After the basketball loss, disaster loomed for the Soviets vhen their women gymnasts fell behind the United States halfway through the team competition. It looked like a huge upset in the making, but the heavily favored Soviets rallied in the final two events to win narrowly, as the United States took the silver medal. The U.S. team took advantage of a rare mistake by Soviet world champion Svetelana Boginskaya, who fell from the uneven parallel bars, to lead 59.186-59.161 with two events left.

CORNING Teams participating in the Cinderella Softball World Series spent the entire day going at one another in the second day of action Friday. In all, there were 10 games played at Baker Field. Play will resume today and run through Sunday. Here are the results: Big Flats defeated Savona, 16-0; Elmira Southside scored 27 arid held Campbell to Horseheads beat Southside 11-6; Dansville blanked Campbell 32-0; Erwin ValleyPainted Post downed West Elmira, 18-2; Caton-LawrencevilleLindley Presho beat Bath, 17-3; Corning scored 13 and held Addison to West Elmira defeated Bath 16-6; and Erwin Valley-Painted Post beat Caton-LawrencevilleLindley Presho, 13-0. Games continue today with the championship set for Sunday at 3 p.m.

SIMON WHEELERStar-Gazette FIRING IT IN: Megan Carmody pitches for West Elmira during a losers bracket game against Bath in the Cinderella World Series Friday afternoon in Corning. West Elmira won 16-6. In the other semifinal, the United The hockey tournament began Fri I 3 ON TELEVISION I 1 SCORES American League New York 3 Cleveland 0 New York 4 Cleveland 1 Boston 1 Detroit 0 Toronto 1... 0 Chicago 7.... Milwaukee 4 Minnesota 9 Oakland 4 National League Chicago 2.....

0 (10) New York 10 St. Louis 1 Philadelphia 5 Pittsburgh 3 Honda withdraws PGA advertising BIRMINGHAM, Ala. Another company, American Honda Motor has withdrawn its television commercials for the PGA Championship because the host club has no black members and ABC said its lost ad revenue is near-ing $2 million. It also appeared Friday that the tournament will be picketed despite a request by Birmingham's black mayor not to stage protests. Leaders of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference saiid that promises by Shoal Creek's governors that the private club will consider blacks as members were too late to head off protests during the Aug.

9-12 tournament. Sanders reportedly leaning to baseball CLEVELAND If things are as they appear, Deion Sanders' chances of being with the New York Yankees for the rest of the season are improving. Sanders, according to reports out of Atlanta, was seriously mulling some serious money from the Yankees to play baseball full-time and football part-time. Neither Sanders nor his lawyer, Eugene Parker, would confirm the $2.5 million total annual package offered, according to an Atlanta newspaper. The breakdown included $500,000 to help Sanders pay off the Atlanta Falcons in some manner of buyout for missing the first three games of the NFL season.

Sanders could join the Falcons for their fourth game, Oct. 7, if he finishes the season with the Yankees. His present baseball contract runs out July 31. Finger Lakes track to start simulcasting CANANDAIGUA Finger Lakes Race Track will offer statewide simulcasts of its races to Off-Track Betting parlors during August, a first for the thoroughbred track. The statewide simulcasts from Finger Lakes will begin with Wednesday's 10-race program, track officials said Friday.

Finger Lakes will not simulcast to New York City OTB outlets on Sundays. OTB parlors in Nassau and Suffolk counties will carry Sunday races. Racing from Finger Lakes currently is simulcast to all six OTB regions in the state on Tuesdays only, when there is no racing at the three New York Racing Association tracks Aqueduct, Belmont and Saratoga. On other days, Finger Lakes simulcasts are restricted to the Western, Capital and Catskill regions. i i TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS 1 p.m.

St. Louis Cardinals at New York Mets or Baltimore Orioles at Kan-, sas City Royals CBS! 1:30 p.m. Auto Racing: 24 Hours of Le Mans MSG 3 p.m. Golf: LPGA Championship NBC; Bowling: PBA International Summer Classic ABC 3:05 p.m. Goodwill Games WTBS 4 p.m.

Greatest Fights Ever: Frazier-AH from 1971 NBC; Golf: PGA Buick Open CBS 4:30 p.m. Wide World of Sports: Boxing', Jeff Harding vs. Dennis Andries for WBC World Lightweight title ABC 7 p.m. Baseball: New York Yankees at Cleveland Indians WPIX New York-Penn Utica 3...... 2 Geneva 5...

Watertown 3 Hamilton 3 Erie 2 Jamestown 3.... Welland 2 OneontaB 2 Niagara Falls 7 St. Catharines 6 -Plttsfield 6 Batavia4(12) Complete listings In Sunday's TVWeek Compiled from wire reports..