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Scoreboard 4C rK Pioneers preview 2C-3C Sports Editor Karen Troxel, 607734-5151, Ext. 290 Star-GazetteWednesday June 20, 1 990 Elmira rallies back to win opene r- If By KAREN TROXEL Star-Gazette tion of clutch hitting and door-slamming relief pitching that made the difference for the Pioneers. Jason Friedman's two-oul, eighth-inning bloop single scored Tim Graham with the winning run to cap the rally. Friedman, a 20-year old from Cypress, said it wasn't a pretty game-winning hit but he wasn't complaining. Auburn grabbed the lead with four runs in the third inning, taking advantage of Elmira starter Cedric Santiago's control problems and an error by third baseman Larry Grant.

Fletcher Thompson started Elmira's troubles by drawing a walk from Santiago, then leadoff man Bryan Smith was hit by a pitch. After Santiago got Jose See ELMIRA4C "I'll take it," Friedman said as he ripped tape from around his ankles after the game. "That's the name of this game hit them where they ain't. I'm sure it will even out as the season progresses, but I'll take this one now." That seemed to be the attitude of the Pioneers during the entire game. Elmira's offense wasn't pretty, but it got the job done.

AUBURN The Elmira Pioneers figure it's better to be 1-0 than 0-1. Elmira is 1-0 heading to tonight's home opener after rallying for a 5-4 victory over the Auburn Astros in the New York-Penn League season opener Tuesday night. -V Th Associated Press CONE CRANKS UP: David Cone of the New York Mets fires a strike against the St. Louis Cardinals Tuesday night at Shea Stadium. Cone blanked the Cards as the Mets won 6-0.

Cone, Mets defeat Cards, 6-0 Bosox beat Jays, tighten AL East race The Associated Press MILWAUKEE The usually punchless New York Yankees built a four-run lead for only the third time in 23 games and Chuck Cary pitched out of two big jams in six scoreless innings in a 5-1 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Tuesday night. Cary (4-2) scattered five hits before leaving after the first of two rain delays. The Brewers had runners at first and with none out in the first inning and second and third with none out in the fifth and failed to score both times. Mel Hall hit a two-run homer, New York's fourth home run in 10 games and first with anyone on base, as the Yankees snapped a four-game losing streak. RED SOX 4, BLUE JAYS 2 Rookie Dana Kiecker limited red-hot Toronto to three hits and two unearned runs in 8V innings and Ellis Burks tripled home the go-ahead run in the ninth, leading the Boston Red Sox to a 4-2 victory Tuesday night that snapped the Blue Jays' six-game winning streak.

After Toronto's John Cerutti held Boston to two runs and eight hits in eight inning, Duane Ward (1-3) took over in the ninth. He started out by walking Dwight Evans and Burks followed with ROM IEVAHDUSKI Martin in search of reliability at the Glen Mark Martin, who leads the NASCAR Winston Cup point standings, says the key to staying ahead in the points is finishing well in as many of the remaining races as possible. "We run good enough, now we need to be reliable," said Martin, who feels confident that he can keep on running up front. But if he is to win the Winston Cup championship, he'll need a car that is capable of taking him to the finish every time out. Martin and his Jack Roush Racing Ford Thunderbird were at the Watkins Glen International circuit Tuesday for a tune-up test session for the Aug.

10 Budweiser at the Glen Winston Cup event. Martin holds a slim 53-point lead over second-place driver Morgan Shepherd going into this weekend's Winston Cup race at the Michigan International Speedway. The Winston Cup points race is as close as it's ever been at this point in the season, with six drivers within striking distance to grab the championship lead at any race. "Every race is important," Martin said, who underscored the fact that, although the Glen is one of the few tracks which the team has tested on this year, the Bud at the Glen race has no more significance to the team than any other race because of the closeness of the Winston Cup points battle. While Martin said he was searching for "reliability, not speed" at the Glen, he did manage to turn in some quick lap times driving the battle-scarred Thunderbird which he drove to a second-place finish weeks ago on the Sears iPoint, road course.

The Batesville, native ran in the 1:14 range, with his best test lap of 1:13.44 comparing favorably to the '89 pole qualifying time of 1:12.5. Earlier this week, Rick Hendrick canceled a scheduled test at the Glen for Darrell Waltrip that was supposed to take place today. No reason was given for the cancellation. But Hendrick is anxiously awaiting next week's premier of the Days of Thunder movie in which he played an integral part as a technical consultant for the shooting of the movie's racing scenes. Hendrick, a self-made millionaire who owns four Winston Cup teams and 31 car dealerships, stands to make several million dollars from his Hendrick Sportswear company, which owns the Days of Thunder movie rights to the T-shirts, hats and jackets.

His marketing firm has also purchased the mock Winston Cup cars from the movie and will utilize them in future promotions. Ron Levanduskl writes an auto racing column that appears Wednesday. Elmira will host Auburn tonight at 7 at Dunn Field. On Tuesday, it was a combina NATIONAL LEAGUE f. iw.J .) eighth, is 14-for-24 lifetime against the right-hander.

Cone struck out four and walked one for his seventh career shutout! It was the Mets' eighth shutout of the season and the eighth thrown against St. Louis. The Cardinals, who have lost nine of their last 12 games, are next-to-last in the NL in runs scored. CUBS 2, EXPOS 1 Shawn Boskie won a duel of rookies with Mark Gardner and the Chicago Cubs beat Montreal 2-1 Tuesday night as Spike Owen of the Expos set a National League record for consecutive er WORLD CUP fense for second-half goals by Andreas Ogris and Gerhard Ro-dax and the Americans couldn't capitalize on their man advantage until seven minutes remained, when Bruce Murray scored. It was not a pretty finish to a rather ugly showing by the United States, whose players spoke so bravely of making the second round when they got here.

Instead, they matched the United Arab Emirates' record of 0-3. "The United States needs to know we are not happy with it," Eric Wynalda said, "and we don't expect them to be." In the other game Tuesday 1 N.Y. slugs out 3 more homers The Associated Press NEW YORK David Cone pitched a four-hitter and the New York Mets kept up their power show by beating the St. Louis Cardinals 6-0 Tuesday night. The Mets, who have won nine of 11 games, got home runs from Kevin McReynolds, Orlando Mer-cado and Howard Johnson.

New York has homered in 22 of its last 25 games to increase its National League-leading total to 81. Cone (3-4) didn't allow a hit until Milt Thompson's opposite-field double to left field with two out in the fifth inning. Thompson, who added a single in the American league his tie-breaking triple past a diving center fielder Mookie Wilson. Burks scored on a grounder by Tony Pena. INDIANS ORIOLES 4 Light-hitting Felix Fermin got a rare extra-base hit off Gregg Olson, Baltimore's near-perfect relief ace, in the eighth inning and scored on Sandy Alomar's single, giving the Cleveland Indians a 5-4 victory over the Orioles on Tuesday night.

Fermin, who started the game batting .217 with seven extra-base hits in 138 at-bats, doubled with one out. After Stan Jefferson walked and Jerry Browne flied out, Alomar singled to score Fermin. TIGERS 7, ATHLETICS 6 Alan Trammell drove in four runs, three on a first-inning homer, leading the Detroit Tigers to a see-saw 7-6 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Tuesday night. Dave Stewart (9-5) threw 142 pitches in seven innings, yielding seven runs and 12 nits, and suffered his second straight loss. ROYALS 2, MARINERS 1 Kevin Seitzer tripled home the decisive run and Kansas City pitchers stranded 12 Seattle base-runners as the Royals beat the Mariners 2-1 Tuesday night for their fifth victory in six games.

The Mariners loaded the bases with two out in the seventh, but second baseman Frank White and reliever Mark Davis teamed up on a fine play to prevent the tying run from scoring. White See YANKEES4C And now there is a chance that the problem will become a vicious circle some of Edinburgh's young, male HlV-suf-ferers told doctors they were, going to Italy for the Cup. Dr. Judy Bury said of the city's AIDS-team said some of the big Italian cities such as Milan have comparable AIDS epidemics to Edinburgh's, so it is possible that uninfected fans could pick up the disease in Italy and pass it on to their unknowing partners on their return home. TELEVISION Austrians give the boot to Americans, 2-1; U.S.

ends 0-3 rorless games in a season by a shortstop. Owen had one fielding chance, taking a relay from left fielder Mike Aldrete and throwing Mark Grace out at the plate on a double by Andre Dawson in the seventh inning. Dawson drove in a run in the third as the Cubs won for the second time in three games after losing six in a row. Boskie (2-3) allowed five hits, struck out four and walked one in 6Vs innings. He didn't allow a baserunner until Tim Wallach singled with one out in the fifth.

Les Lancaster, the third Chicago pitcher, worked the ninth for his fourth save, allowing the only Montreal run. Gardner (3-3) allowed three hits in seven innings while striking out seven and walking one, See CONE4C night, Italy clinched first place in Group A by beating Czechoslovakia 2-0. The Colombians will be partying after pulling out a 1-1 tie in the final seconds against West Germany on Tuesday. Freddy Rincon's whistle-beating goal set off wild celebrations by his teammates and Colombian fans. Yugoslavia had no trouble with the United Arab Emirates, appearing in its first World Cup.

The Yugoslavs scored early and late, with Darko Pancev getting two of the goals. Organizers for World Cup '94, to be held in the United States, said they hope to use domed stadiums, with natural grass placed over the artificial surfaces. FIFA, the international governing body for soccer, does not allow artificial turf for World Cup games. Compiled from LPGA HERSHEY, Keystone tax bill of who are The Derry voted Monday sponsors of Hershey About 17 in revenue last year went Harrisburg costs Board "There's an that we ought Medical world worried over Cup-related AIDS The Associated Press ROME The beginning was bad. So was the end, pretty much erasing what happened in the middle.

The United States soccer team came to its first World Cup in 40 years determined to prove its worth, bent on showing it belonged with the elite of the world. Instead, it was routed by Czechoslovakia, an impressive but outmatched loser to Italy and, finally on Tuesday night, down, dirty and defeated by Austria. The Austrians were even rougher in their 2-1 victory that was marred by nine yellow cards and the ejection of Austria's Peter Artner with 33 minutes gone after he kicked Peter Vermes. But they victimized the slow U.S. de- Scrlpps Howard News Service EDINBURGH, Scotland -Casual sex between soccer fans either celebrating or seeking solace is common at the World Cup Finals in Italy, but it's their return home that worries the medical community.

Doctors in Edinburgh, England, the British city worst hit by the disease, have traced a wave of AIDS cases to infections incurred by drug abusers around the time of the 1982 World Cup in Spain. Tax-exempt status of event probed Pa. The Lady Open may get slapped with a $60,000 from township officials challenging the golf tournament's charitable status. Township School Board night to send a bill to the the LPGA tournament at Country Club. percent of the $1.1 million taken in by the tournament to charity, mostly healthcare organizations, the Patriot-News of reported.

The rest goes toward of running the tournament. member F. Bruce' Martenis said, aroma of impropriety here to take a look at." Thompson 'excited? over Nuggets' offer WASHINGTON John Thompson acknowledged Tuesday that he's "very excited" about an offer to become general manager and part owner of the Denver Nuggets, but said he has yet to decide whether to leave Georgetown after 18 years as the Hoyas head coach. Thompson, who has taken the Hoyas to the NCAA tournament 14 of his 18 years and won the 1984 national championship, said he would make his decision "as soon as possible," but it will await consultation with university officials and his players. And "I have not spoken to one player" yet, he said.

"If I were to leave, I would certainly sit down and talk to them first." Thompson denied reports that he already had recommended candidates to succeed him. ON wire reports. 1:30 New 2:30 Milwaukee 6 p.m. 7 p.m. MSG 8 p.m.

ESPN 8:30 Cleveland 11:30 Midnight Complete Horseheads winners in Legion ball, 3-2 HORSEHEADS Bill Ladd stroked-a two-run single and Brandon Weiland had three hits Tuesday to pace Horse-s heads Legion to a 3-2 American Legion--Conners League victory over Elmira Heights Legion. Steve Michnick allowed only four hitsl in five innings of pitching to gain his-second win for 4-1 Horseheads, while Scott Barton finished the final two innings. Dan Nelson had an RBI-double in the fourth inning for Heights. Ladd's two-run single followed a walk, a hit by Weiland and a wild pitch. J.J.

Gublo drove in what proved to be the decisive run for Horseheads in the fifth. Weiland singled, took second on Ladd's groundout and scored on Gublo's hit. SCORES National League Cincinnati 4 Atlanta 2 (1st game) Atlanta 3 Cincinnati 0 (2nd game) Chicago 2 Montreal 1 New York 6 St. Louis 0 Philadelphia 2 Pittsburgh 1 (10 innings) American League 1 Detroit 7 Oakland 6 Cleveland 5 Baltimore 4 Boston 4 Toronto 2 California 5 Chicago 3 Kansas City 2 Seattle 1 Texas 5 Minnesota 4 World Cup Soccer Austria 2 United States 1 Italy 2 Czechoslovakia 0 West Germany 1 Colombia 1 TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS p.m. Baseball: St.

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