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DAYTON DAILY NEWS 2D WEDNESDAY, MAY 17, 1995 Baseball AMERICAN LEAGUE NATIONAL LEAGUE CUBS 2, GIANTS 0 BRAVES 15, ROCKIES 3 bibb to Colorado 400 362 .253 .354 .234 .333 .297 .000 .000 .000 .538 000 Chicago McRaecf Sanchez 2b Grace lb Sotarf Dunston ss luaoBjit It Wllkinsc Tlmmons II Navarro Myers Totala San Fran DLewiscf RbThmpsn 2b Bonds II MoWllms 3b GHillrf Clayton ss JeReedc Philips lb Mulholland a Pattanonph Totala ab bibb ao avg. 4 0 2 0 0 0 .295 4 0 0 1 0 0 .289 4 1 1 1 0 0 .309 4 0 1 0 0 1 .293 4 0 0 0 0 0 .262 3 0 0 0 0 0 .280 3 0 10 0 0 .240 3 1 1 0 0 0 .190 2 0 0 0 0 1 .091 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 2 2 0 2 ab bibb ao avg. 4 0 0 0 0 2 .241 4 0 1 0 0 1 293 4 0 1 0 0 0 .314 3 0 1 0 0 1 .365 3 0 0 0 0 0 .284 3 0 0 0 0 0 205 3 0 0 0 0 1 .333 3 0 0 0 0 0 .108 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 10 0 0 0 0 .276 30 0 3 0 0 6 101 000 000-2 6 0 EAST Pet GB 10 Streak Home Away Boston 11 5 .688 7-3 Won 2 7-2 4-3 New York 10 8 .556 2 4-6 Lost 3 5-4 5-4 Toronto 9 10 .474 3 4-6 Lost 2 6-5 3-5 Detroit 7 10 .412 4 5-5 Won 1 1-5 6-5 Baltimore 6 10 .375 5 4-6 Lost 1 4-5 2-5 Last CENTRAL Pet GB 10 Streak Home Away CLEVELAND 12 5 .706 8-2 Won 2 5-1 7-4 Milwaukee 10 7 .588 2 4-6 Lost 2 5-5 5-2 Kansas City 7 9 .438 4Va 4-6 Lostl 3-4 4-5 Chicago 6 10 .375 5V? 5-5 Won 1 4-3 2-7 Minnesota 6 12 .333 6Vj 3-7 Won 1 5-6 1-6 Last WEST Pet GB 10 Streak Home Away Seattle 9 7 .563 4-6 Lostl 5-2 4-5 California 10 8 .556 6-4 Lostl 5-5 5-3 Oakland 9 9 .500 1 6-4 Won 2 4-3 5-6 Texas 9 11 .450 2 6-4 Won 2 5-7 4-4 EAST Pet GB 10 Streak Home Away Philadelphia 13 5 .722 8-2 Lostl 3-2 10-3 Montreal 12 8 .600 2 7-3 Wonl 5-3 7-5 Atlanta 10 9 526 3Vi 4-6 Won 2 5-6 5-3 New York 8 11 .421 5 4-6 Won 2 5-5 3-6 Florida 5 13 .278 8 3-7 Won 1 2-9 3-4 Last i CENTRAL Pet OB 10 Streak Home Away Chicago 12 6 ,667 7-3 Won 2 4-4 8-2 Houston 9 9 .500 3 4-6 Lost 4 1-6 8-3 St. Louis 9 10 .474 3Vs 5-5 Lostl 6-6 3-4 CINCINNATI 8 10 .444 4 7-3 Lostl 3-5 5-5 Pittsburgh 4 13 .235 2-8 Lost 3 1-7 3-6 Last WEST Pet OB lOStreek Home Away Colorado 12 7 .632 5-5 Lost 2 8-3 4-4 Los Angeles 10 8 .556 1 6-4 Wonl 3-4 7-4 SanFran 10 10 .500 2Vt 4-6 Lost 2 6-5 4-5 San Diego 8 11 .421 4 4-6 Won 2 7-6 1-5 Weiss ss Girardic I Walker r( Galarraga lb Bichette Kingery cl Castilla 3b Bales 2b Aoeveoop Safer Leskanic SReedp avanderWal prt MMunorp Bailey Tottli Atlanta Grissomcl c-DwSmithphrf Blauserss Belliard ss Cpjoneslf McGntl lb Justice rt Bedrosianp 01va3b Sharperson 3b JLopeic lemke 2b 1 Mrdcaipr 2b Smoltz MKellyph cf Totals tribbao 0 0 0 1 Through Sunder' game, x-on disabled list; betting totals do not include rjHcrwri TearrTtotals Include players no longer with the Rede BATTING tvgabrhZbSbhrrslab Larkm .426 68 17 29 5 3 4 15 9 Laws .333 21 3 7 2 0 1 4 0 Santiago .324 34 3 11 3 0 1 1 0 Walton .313 16 3 5 0 0 2 4 1 Hams .294 17 4 5 1 0 0 4 0 Boone i .290 69 11 20 3 0 1 3 0 R.Sanders .276 54 9 16 4 0 2 9 4 Gant .264 53 8 14 0 0 6 17 4 Moms .203 64 8 13 2 1 2 10 0 D.Sanders .203 65 12 14 2 1 1 4 8 Branson .200 20 3 4 1 30 Howard .200 15 2 3 0 0 0 1 1 Hunter .200 20 1 4 0 0 0 3 0 Taubensee .182 22 1 4 0 0 0 4 0 Greene .105 19 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 Berryhill 083 120 1 0 0 0 1 0 Anthony .000 001000 00 Tattle .266 586 84 155 21 5 21 83 27 PITCHING w-leratv lp er bb so Pugh 1-0 0.68 0 13.1 5 1 1 5 4 Jarvis 10 1.80 0 20.0 8 4 4 7 7 McElroy 0-1 2.08 0 4.1 4 3 1 3 2 Smiley 1 0 3.00 0 24.0 21 8 8 9 13 Carrasco 1-3 3.27 0 11.0 15 5 4 7 8 Ruffm 0-0 3.86 0 4.2 3 2 2 6 4 Sullivan 0-0 3.86 0 2.1 2 1 1 1 1 Brantley 1-0 3.97 1 11.1 8 5 5 5 7 Hernande; 2-0 5.25 1 12.0 10 7 7 7 8 Rijo 1-2 6.55 0 22.0 26 18 16 9 19 Smith 0-1 6.89 0 15.2 19 13 12 6 9 Schourek 0-2 6.91 0 14.1 17 11 11 10 14 Remhnger 0-0 7.11 0 0.2 1 1 1 2 0 Courtnght 0 0 9.00 0 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 Roper 0 0 9.00 0 3.0 8 4 3 1 3 Grott 0-0 21.60 0 1.2 6 4 4 0 2 x-Jackson 0-0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 84 4.64 2 161.1 155 87 81 76 101 IS .364 .254 .364 268 260 .372 CO 000 000 000-0 3 0 SanFrancli .189 .200 .298 .224 .143 .000 .156 TUESDAY'S RESULTS CLEVELAND 10, New York 5 Texas 6, Toronto 1 Detroit at Baltimore, inc. California at Minnesota, inc.

Oakland at Chicago, inc. Boston at Milwaukee, inc. TUESDAY'S RESULTS Chicago 2, San Francisco 0 Atlanta 15, Colorado 3 Montreal 7, CINCINNATI 3 New York 1, Houston 0 Philadelphia at Florida, inc. Pittsburgh at Los Angeles, inc. St.

Louis at San Diego, inc. a llied out for Mulholland in the 10th. LOB Chicago 3. San Francisco 3. 2B McRae (91.

HR-Grace (2) off Mulholland. RBIs-Sanche; (4), Grace (9). CS-Sanche: 14). Navarro. Runners left in sconng position Chicago 2 (Sanchez, Navarro).

Runners moved up Sanchez, Timmons. 45 15 20 15 1 11 200 000 010- 3 1 30 031 041-15 20 1 Colorado Atlanta Chicaoo Iph ar bb so np 8Vi30 0 0 6 8 3 0 0 0 6 92 2.12 1-300 0 0 0 5 5.14 SanFran Iph er bb so np ara MMnd 962 2 0 2 115 5.40 Inherited runners-scored Myers 1-0. Umpires Home, Pulli; First, West; Second, Poncino; Third, Hirschbeck. TODAY'S GAMES Chicago (Foster 2-1) at San Fran (Portugal 1-1), 3:35 p.m. Philadelphia (Schilling 3-0) at Florida (Gardner 0-4), 7:05 p.m.

CINCINNATI (Rijo 1-2) at Montreal (Fassero 4-0), 7:35 p.m. Colorado (Swift 1-0) at Atlanta (Maddux 2-0), 7:40 p.m. New York (Jacome 0-3) at Houston (Swindell 1-1), 8:05 p.m. Pittsburgh (White 0-0) at Los Angeles (Nomo 0-0), 10:35 p.m. St.

Louis (Jackson 0-3) at San Diego (Ashby 1-2), 10:35 p.m. THURSDAY'S GAMES St. Louis at San Francisco, 4:05 p.m. Colorado at Atlanta, 7:40 p.m. New York at Houston, 8:05 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Los Angeles, 10:05 p.m. Seattle at Kansas City, inc. TODAYS GAMES Boston (Sele 2-1) at Milwaukee (Bones 2-0), 2:05 p.m. Detroit (Groom 1-1) at Baltimore (Brown 2-1), 7:35 p.m. CLEVELAND (Martinez 3-0) at New York (Perez 1-0), 7:35 p.m.

Toronto (Darwin 1-1) at Texas (Gross 0-3), 8:05 p.m. Seattle (Johnson 3-0) at Kansas City (Gubicza (1-2), 8:05 p.m. California (Finley 0-3) at Minnesota (Tapani 1-1), 8:05 p.m. Oakland (Harkey 1-1) at Chicago (Alvarez 1-2), 8:05 p.m. THURSDAY'S GAMES California at Minnesota, 1:15 p.m.

Oakland at Chicago, 2:05 p.m. CLEVELAND at Boston, 7:05 p.m. Detroit at Baltimore, 7:35 p.m. Milwaukee at Texas, 8:05 p.m. Seattle at Kansas City, 8:05 p.m.

MONDAY'S RESULTS Texas 12, Toronto 4 Minnesota 9, California 6 a singled for Reed in the 8th. b-smgled for Smoltz in the 8th. c-struck out for Grissom in the 8th. I ran for lemke in the 5th. E-Casulla 121, Blauser (3).

LOB-Cotora-do 4 Atlanta 7. 2B CpJones (5), McGnff (2), Justice 2 (3), Sharperson (1), JLopez (1). HR Blauser (1) off Acevedo, CpJones (5) off Leskanic, Justice (3) off Acevedo, Oirva (4) off Acevedo. Galarraga (3) off Smoltz. RBIs Ga larraga 2 (13), Blauser (1), CpJones (13), McGriff 3 (17), Justice 4 (12), Oliwa 2 (8), Sharperson 2 (2), JLopez (10), Lemke (8).

SB-Weiss (7). GIDP Girardi. Runners left In scoring position Colorado 1 (LWalker); Atlanta 3 (Gnssom 2, OwSmrth). DP-Atlania 1 (Mordecai, Belliard and McGnff). INDIANS 10, YANKEES 5 MONDAYS RESULTS bibb so Cleveland ab ar bb ao New York 5, Montreal 3 Los Angeles 4, Pittsburgh 0 San Diego 7, St.

Louis 5 Chicago 6, San Francisco 1 Florida 9, Philadelphia 1 Atlanta 4, Colorado 0 Sara 7.88 10 8.31 32 4.96 Indians drop Amaro, hit roster limit 143 378 .338 426 231 5 5 5 4 4 1 5 4 Colorado Acevedo 1-2 Sager Leskanic SReed MMunoz Bailey Atlanta Smoltz 2-2 14 3.09 24 8.53 231 110 1334 23 2 0 Kirbycf vizquelss Baerga 2b Belle II Murray lb Sorrento lb Ramirez rf Winfielddh Espinoza 3b Penac Totals 1 113.60 .369 .158 .250 .174 4 4 Iphr art so no an 8 6 3 3 1 8 88 3.38 100 0 1 0 15 4.50 Bedrosian 41 1015 Saeer Ditched to 4 batters in the 5th. bibb so Indented runners-scored Leskanic 2-1, Bailey 11. Umpires Home, Tata; First Gregg; Sec end, Winters; Third, Barron. Belle, Tribe slam Yankees .233 .333 .255 .357 .242 .444 .313 .243 .327 New York Polonia If TFmndzss Boggs3b Stanley Mattingty lb Tartabull dh James rf a-GWllms ph-rf BWilliams cf Kelly 2b Totals METS1, ASTROS 0 bibb so ab 2 10 0 0 .257 .328 .333 .371 .314 .281 .667 .286 .220 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 1 1 0 II 012 022 102-10 15 1 000 100 202- 8 1 Cleveland New York All Tlmas Eastern Today at Montreal, 7:35 Friday Colorado, 7 :35 Saturday- Colorado, 7:05 Sunday Colorado, May 22- Houston, 7:35 May 23 -Houston, 7:35 May 24 -Houston, 7:35 May 25 -at Chicago, 8:05 May 26 -at St. Louis, 8:05 May 27 at St.

Louis, 8:05 May 28 -at St. Louis, 2:15 May 30-at Pittsburgh. 7:35 May 31 at Pittsburgh, 7:35 June 1- at Pittsburg, 7:35 June 2 St. Louis, 7:35 June 3 -St Louis, 7:05 June 4- St. Louis, 2:15 June -Pittsburgh, 7:35 June 6 -Pittsburgh, 7:35 June 7 -Pittsburgh, 12:35 June 8 -at Houston, 8:05 June 9 at Houston, 8:05 June 10 at Houston, 8:05 June 11 at Houston, 2:35 June 12 at Colorado.

8:05 June 13 at Colorado, 8:05 June 14 at Colorado, 5:05 June18 -Montreal, 7:35 June 17 -Montreal, 7:05 June 18 Montreal, 2:15 June 19 -Atlanta, 7:35 June 20 Atlanta, 7:35 June 21- Atlanta, 7:35 June 22 -Atlanta, 12:35 June 23- Honda, 7:35 June 24 -Florida. 7:05 June 25 -Honda, 2:15 June 27 at Philadelphia, 7:35 June 28 at Philadelphia, 7:35 June 29 at Philadelphia, 1:05 June 30-at New York, 7:40 Julyl -at New York, 7:10 July 2 at New York, 1:40 July 3 San Francisco, 7:36 July 4 San Francisco, 7:35 Jury 5 San Francisco, 7 :35 July 6 San Francisco, 7:35 Jury 7- Los Angeles, 7:35 July 8 Los Angeles, 7:05 July 9 -Los Angeles, 2:15 July 1 1 All Star Game (Arlington, Texas) July 13 at Chicago, 8:05 July 14 at Chicago, 3:20 July 15 at Chicago, 8:05 July 16 -at Chicago. 2:20 July 17 at San Diego. 11:05 July 18 at San Diego. 10:05 July 19 at San Diego.

10:35 July 21 -Chicago. 7:35 July 22 -Chicago, 7:05 July 23- Chicago, 2:15 July 24 -San Diego, 8:05 July 25 -San Diego, 12:35 July 26 at San Francisco. 10:35 July 27 at San Francisco, 3:35 July 28 at Los Angeles, 10:05 July 29 at Los Angeles. 10:05 July 30 at Los Angeles, 4:05 Aug. 1 New York.

7:35 Aug. 2 -New York, 7:35 Aug. 3 -New York, 7:35 New York Butler cf Vizcaino ss Brogna lb Bonilla 3b Orsulakrf Alfonzo2b Hundley Crjoneslf BJonesp h-Seguiph Henry Totala Houston BigglO 2b Gonzalez If Bagwell lb OBellcf Magadan 3b Planner rf Servais bibb so CLEVELAND (AP) -The Cleveland Indians said Tuesday that outfielder Ruben Amaro had been outrighted, cutting the roster to the required 25 players. The move leaves Amaro with 72 hours to either accept an assignment with the Indians or declare himself a free agent. On Monday, the Indians optioned infielder David Bell and right-handed pitcher Chad Ogea to Buffalo, designated catcher Jessie Lewis for assignment and acquired catcher Eddie Tucker from the Houston Astros for left-handed pitcher Matt Williams.

The Indians now have 12 pitchers and 13 position players on the roster. Right-handed pitcher Paul Shuey and catcher Sandy Alomar are on the disabled list. a-grounded out for James in the 7th. E-Ramirez (II, Stanley (2). LOB Cleveland 7.

New York 7. 2B Kirby (2), Baerga 13), Belle (101, Murray (3), Espinoza (1). HR Stanley (21 off Nagy, BWilliams (3) off Cook, Kelly (21 off Cook, Belle (3) off Key, Sorrento (6) off Wetteland, Ramirez (6) off Bankhead. RBIs-vizquel 2 (4), Belle 2 (14), Murray (18), Sorrento 2 (21), Ramirez (19). Espinoza (2), Polonia (4), TFernandez (6), Stanley (6), BWilliams (11), Kelly (5).

SF-Espinoza. GIDP Winfield. Mattingly. Runners left in scoring position Cleveland 4 (Kirby, Belle, Winfield, Penal; New York 2 (TFernandez. Tartabull) Runners moved up Pena, Polonia.

DP Cleveland (Vizquel, Baerga and Murray); New York 1 (Key, Kelly and Mattingly). 5 .268 .149 .338 .255 .239 .207 .200 .276 .235 .417 .000 .500 c-MThompsonph l-Moutonpr Miller ss d-Eusebioph Reynolds a Dormers ph Tartinezp 'S ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK Albert Belle again picked on the Yankees in general and Jimmy Key in particular, homering and scoring four times as the Cleveland Indians beat New York, 10-5, Tuesday night. Belle went 3-for-4 with a double, and Manny Ramirez and Paul Sorrento also homered. Cleveland ended an 11-game losing streak to New York that began in 1993. The Yankees were 9-0 against the Indians last year, the only time they swept another team for a whole season.

Ramirez also homered as the Indians won for the 11th time in 14 games overall. Mike Stanley, Bernie Williams and Pat Kelly homered in New York's third straight loss. Charles Nagy (2-0) pitched five innings and allowed two hits, including Stanley's solo home run. Nagy was hit in the left leg by Tony Fernandez's line drive leading off the fourth inning. Nagy was down for about a minute and stayed in the game, but gave up two hits and two walks in the next six batters, and left with a 7-1 lead.

Key (1-2), runner-up in the AL Cy Young voting last season, began the game with a 16-5 record against the Indians. He retired the first three batters, but then ran into all sorts of trouble in losing consecutive decisions for the first time since July 1993. Key lasted just 5 innings and gave up 11 hits and seven runs he last allowed seven runs while pitching for Toronto on Aug. 7, 1992. 001 000 000-1 6 0 000 000 000-0 3 1 fork no era 60 2.63 37 9.45 er bb so 5 21 13 1 2 22211 1 20 0 0 1 24 0.82 Cleveland Nagy 2-0 Cook Plunk Mesa New York Key Bankhead 1 22 2 1 1 32 2 89 lp er bb ao np era 5VM17 6 2 2 86 5.64 2 2 1 1 0 0 31 5.23 1 22 2 0 0 24 3.60 park, but after taking batting practice convinced Cox he was ready.

Colorado took a 2-0 lead in the first when Larry Walker singled with two out and Andres Galarraga followed with his third homer. The Braves took a 3-2 lead in the bottom of the inning when Jones doubled and scored on McGriff pop-fly single over third base. Justice followed with his third homer on a 3-1 pitch from Juan Acevedo (1-2). Atlanta stretched its lead to 7-2 in the third when Blauser homered for his first RBI this season. McGriff beat out an infield hit and scored from first on Justice's double just before Oliva hit his fourth homer.

Mets 1, Astros 0 Bobby Jones held host Houston to three hits over seven innings for his third straight victory, leading New York Mets to victory. Jones (3-1) didn't allow a hit after the third inning and has allowed two earned runs in his last 30 innings. He finished with five strikeouts and five walks. Doug Henry pitched two hitless innings to record his first save. Jones' performance overshadowed the effort by Houston starter Shane Reynolds (1-2), who struck out five over seven innings and kept alive his string of not walking a batter this season in 20 2-3 innings.

Chris Jones, in his first game since being purchased from Class AAA Norfolk, got the first hit off Reynolds with one out in the third. He was sacrificed to second by Bobby Jones and scored on Brett Butler's single to center. Cubs 2, Giants 0 In San Francisco, Jamie Navarro allowed three hits over 8 innings as visiting Chicago beat San Fransiaco. Navarro (4-0), who retired 18 straight at one point, struck out six and walked none before giving way to Randy Myers with a man on first in the ninth. Myers retired Barry Bonds on a deep fly to right for his sixth save as the Cubs improved to 12- Wetteland inherited runners-scored Bankhead 1-0.

a-popped out for Reynolds in the 7th. b-grounded into double play for B.Jones in the 'th. walked lor Servais in the 9m d-ground- lot Miller in the 9th. for Thompson in the 9th. rvais (2).

LOB New York 2, Houston 8.2u Butler Big-gio (3). Butler, Vizcaino, BJones. GIDP Hundley. Segui, Servais. Runners left in sconng posrtion New York 2 (Vizcaino, Brogna); Houston 3 (DBell, Servais, Miller).

WP Nagy. Mesa, Key, Bankhead. Umpires Home. Morrison; First, Clark; Second, Barren; Third. Kosc.

4 -Philadelphia, 7:35 Aug. 5 Philadelphia. 8:05 DP New York 1 (Vizcaino, Arfonzo and Brogna). Houston 3 (Biggn, Miller and Bagwell), (Bagwell, Miller and Bagwell), (Biggio and Miller). 0 imiiaoeipnia i.

10 8 at Atlanta, 7:40 9- at Atlanta. 7:40 .10 at Atlanta, 7:40 til at Florida, 7:05 New York ioh hr er bbso np an ar Sabo would love to return to Reds 12 at Florida. 8:05 13 atFlonda, 6:05 14 -Colorado, 7:35 730 0 5 51101.82 HenryS.l 2 0 0 0 1 2 32 4.00 Houston Ioh ar bb to np era ,15 Colorado, 7:35 IB-Colorado. 7:35 1.17 Los IB- Houston. 7:35 Reynolds 1-2 7 41 1 0 5 74 2.61 DVeres 110 0 0 0 8 0.00 PAMartinez 110 0 0 0 .6 7.11 HBP by BJones (Planber).

Umpires Home, Vanover; First, Froem-ming; Second, Crawford; Third, Hernandez. 8:05 20- Houston. 2:15 .21 -at St. Louis, 8:35 22 at St. Louis, 8:35 ON NEWSLINE: For updates on your favorite baseball team, call the Dayton Daily Newsline, 463-4636 and enter the following code AMERICAN LEAGUE 3120 Baltimore Braves IS, Rockies 3 David Justice drove in four runs with four hits, including a two-run homer, as Atlanta had 20 hits in continuing its mastery of Colorado.

The four hits matched a career-high for Justice for the sixth time, the last on Sept. 12, 1993, at San Diego. Fred McGriff also had four hits, with three RBI. It was only the fourth victory in the last 12 games for the Braves, who lifted their overall mark against Colorado to 23-2, including 11 of 12 in Atlanta. The Braves also got home runs from Jeff Blauser and rookies Jose Oliva and Chipper Jones, helping John Smoltz (2-2) improve his lifetime record against the Rockies to 5-0.

Jones, McGriff and Justice the 34-5 hitters were 1 l-for-14 with eight RBJ. Justice missed the previous eight games with a bruised axillary nerve in his right shoulder. He wasn't in the lineup when he arrived at the ball Benzinger angered by release ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN FRANCISCO -Backup first baseman Todd Benzinger was shocked by his sudden 6. Mark homered in the first off Terry Mulholland (2-3) and the second run came on Rey Sanchez's third-inning fielder's choice. The Giants have had only six singles over the past two games and haven't had an extra base hit since Todd Benzinger's sixth-inning homer against Pittsburgh on Saturday, a span of 30 Boston California Chicago White Sox Cleveland Detroit Kansas City Milwaukee Minnesota NY Yankees Oakland A's Seattle Texas Rangers Toronto 3121 3122 3123 3124 3125 3126 3127 3128 3129 3130 3131 3132 3133 release from the San Francisco Giants "It doesn't make much NATIONAL LEAGUE By Bill Peterson SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE Chris Sabo, who in 1993 rejected a Reds contract offer of $6.4 million for two years, says that "for a song" he'd come back to play third base for the Reds.

Sabo, in his first season as a designated hitter for the Chicago White Sox, moved to the Sarasota, area after the 1993 season but said he plans to move back to Cincinnati and put down roots, probably in the fall. Meanwhile, the Reds' Opening Day third baseman, Willie Greene, was demoted to the minor leagues last week, leaving the Reds with a platoon of Jeff Branson, Lenny Harris and Mark Lewis at third base. Sabo, who dislikes the designated hitter role and longs to return to the National League after a stint last season with the Baltimore Orioles, is batting .268 (15-for-56) with one home run and six RBI for the White Sox. He makes no secret of his desire to return to the Reds, for whom he played from 1988-93. Since his rookie season, when he made the all-star team and batted .271, Sabo has been a fan favorite in Cincinnati.

"I plan on being with the Reds again before I'm done, one way or another," Sabo, 33, said. "Tell (Reds general manager Jim Bowden) 111 be a free agent again next year. sense to me," he said. "They gave me no answers that satisfy me. If you could figure it out, give me a call and tell me." Benzinger was cut Monday when the Giants reduced their roster from 28 to the regular limit of 25.

"We wanted to go in another direction," Giants manager Dusty Bak Atlanta Cubs Cincinnati Colorado Florida Houston LA Dodgers Montreal NYMets Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis San Diego San Francisco 3134 3135 3136 3137 3138 3139 3140 3141 3142 3143 3144 3145 3146 3147 after batting .259 with 21 home runs and 82 RBI for Cincinnati in 1993? "That (offer) was immediately taken off the table," said Sabo. "It was on, a minute later it was off. They can say what they want. That's the way it was.

By the time my agent told me about it, it was already off the table, so what kind of offer is that? "If it was still on the table, I would have taken it. Obviously. They want Willie How many years is it (the Reds have tried Greene), three years in a row now? Eventually, they might have to go in a different direction." Sabo said he talked to the Reds about signing over the winter. "I went and visited Marge (Schott) in September, Marge and Bowden. At that time they said they were very interested.

Then, they called later and said they were going with Willie Greene." Sabo said he isn't happy the Reds have given his former uniform number, 17, to Lewis. "They gave it away. That's kind of weak." Sabo, who was signed by the White Sox after at-tending a free-agent training camp in Homestead, was being counted on to bat cleanup behind Prank Thomas, the two-time American League Most Valuable Player Award winner. But the White Sox benched him briefly because of ineffectiveness. Last weekend, they signed former Philadelphia Phillies first baseman John Kruk with the intent of grooming him for a DH role.

Though he likes the White Sox players, Sabo said he feels a bit like an outsider with Chicago. "Most people dont understand me, anyway," Sabo said." AB 17 68 18 73 LartwiCm Kates la MM CM TGwynnSD raahaaMan "fiw LA Bichette Cot LaajterOal HPct. 29 426 31 425 27 409 29.397 24 393 23 383 29 372 20 370 27.365 25 357 17 14 16 12 18 17 10 15 14 16 66 19 73 17 61 18 60 18 78 14 54 20 74 17 70 SSD Roper repeats to himself over and over, "Stay on top, stay on top." When he reached his locker in Olympic Stadium today, somebody had written in French, "Rester au sommet." Loose translation: stay on top. Cleaning up: For the second straight game, right-fielder Reggie Sanders batted cleanup Tuesday night and says it makes no difference in his approach. "It's just another spot in the order," he said.

"I treat every spot in the order the same second, sixth, seventh, fourth, whatever. It's just like a good meal. I treat it all the same." BP for Anthony Outfielder Erie Anthony, disabled since spring training after having bone chips removed from his elbow, took batting practice for the first time before Tuesday's game and threw against a wall for 15 minutes. 'We'll see how he feels each day and maybe after a week of throwing against the wall he'll be OK," Johnson said. "I'd like about a week facing live pitching and I'll keep throwing to get my arm in shape," Anthony said.

"I couldn't be more happy about my progress." Kevin's corner Kevin Mitchell is in a squabble with his Japanese team, the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks. Mitchell says his knee hurts and he can't play. The Daiei Hawks say they'll void his contract. MitcrteH says, "Fine. I'll go back and play for the Reds." Uh really? "I've got my own set of Johnson said.

"Mitch may get a can from President Clinton to tel him he is helping our balance of trade, to stay there and bring some of ttiose doiars back." "We were together my first year of pro ball," Boone said. "He threw as hard as Hector Carrasco, only Salkeld did it as a starter 96 on the gun regularly with some pitches at 98. Just think of facing Carrasco for seven innings and you have it." Salkeld, though, doesn't throw that hard any more. He has had arm troubles throughout his career twice on the disabled list, once for the entire 1992 season. "Hardest thrower I've ever seen until he blew out his arm," Boone said.

"But he learned how to pitch. You have to when you have that kind of velocity taken away from you." A bed check: Disabled pitchers John Roper and Mike Jackson each threw batting practice successfully and threw without pain for 10 minutes (40 pitches) before Tuesday's game. Both are scheduled for rehab starts this weekend at Class AA Chattanooga. Manager Davey Johnson said he wants Roper to pitch a couple of innings for Chattanooga Friday, take three days off, then pitch again for the Lookouts, 'to see how it responds." Jackson will pitch Sunday for the Lookouts, "and take two or three outings to see where he is," Johnson said. "He still gets tired.

He has good arm strength, but he is out of pitching shape." Roper knows why his shoulder gets sore. He changes his motion and has trouble pitching straight over the top. "It's a real bad habit I slipped into from trying to overthrow my fastball instead of letting it go naturally, Roper said. "Bad habits are like a good bed easy to get into, hard to get out of." San Fran HOME RUNS Morris out until at least Friday By Hal McCoy DAYTON DAILY NEWS MONTREAL First baseman Hal Morris won't play until at least Friday if then when the Cincinnati Reds return home to play the Colorado Rockies. Morris injured his left hamstring running to first base in Atlanta Sunday and is taking varied treatments ice, electrical stimulation, massage, light stretching, exercise bike, "and any other ideas we can come up with," trainer Greg Lynn said.

It is not a full pull of the hamstring, but tender nonetheless. "Never had anything like this," Morris said before Tuesday's game, holding the dials to an electric stimulator. "I did something different to my leg a couple years ago in Atlanta, not the same type injury as this. I haven't had a whole lot of luck on that field. I'm just treating it day to day, ice on it in my room, and see how it goes.

I have no experience with this." Morris wasn't having much luck at the plate in Atlanta, either. After shedding his early-season slump, Morris slipped back into another funk and was for 14 at the time of his injury. Boone recalls: Bret Boone remembers Roger Salkeld, a 24-year-old right-handed pitcher the Reds acquired in an off-day trade Monday with Seattle, sending veteran pitcher Tim rjdeher riutii daw AAA Indianapols to the Mariners. 7 Sosa can. Mondesi.

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Benzinger, who was making a base salary of $250,000 with the Giants, said he was called in to Baker's office and told of the decision after Monday's game against the Chicago Cubs at Candlestick Park. "I thought he was going to tell me I was going to start at first base tomorrow." Benzinger said AB HPct Murray 16 64 15 27 422 COaxsCal 18 67 12 27 403 BaaraOe 16 67 14 25 373 CaevTor 18 75 15 28 373 RamraO 16 60 16 22 367 RMemarTor 11 71 15 26 366 EktcrensSn 16 55 13 20 364 (MmW 15 53 19 356 BagJBNV 15 53 9 19 358 TeSeytn 16 66 11 24 353 MclenxRTei 19 66 12 24.353 HOKE RUNS jJJJJ They don't have to give up on Willie Greene, just let me go in there and compete against him one-on-one. I'd love that It might be good for me to DH (with Chicago) for one year. I'll be ready to go next year at third base." If Sabo wants so much to be a Red, why did he reject their lucrative offer 6 Tei mcGm. OaMM "KSbibattedm McGn.Ond.

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