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THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1995 wssss SUM Expos take their time with slugger of the future if fg mm 11 if EAST Pet GBL HQ Streak Home Away Boston 49 38 .563 5-5 Won 1 24-22 Michael Barrett wonders about his power or lack of same. But the young man is the only person who questions any aspect of his offensive game. Two months after being the Expos' first choice in the June draft, the Atlanta High School standout is doing everything that could be expected. "With the bat," said manager Luis Dorante of the Gulf Coast Expos in the Florida rookie League, New York 44 42 .512 4Vz 8-2 Won 3 25-17 19-25 Baltimore 43 44 .494 6 6-4 Lost 2 23-21 20-23 Detroit 40 48 .455 3-7 Lost 5 24-20 16-28 Toronto 39 48 .448 10 6-4 Won 2 21-23 18-25 CENTRAL Pet GBL L10 Streak Home Away Cleveland 59 27 .686 5-5 Lost 1 31-12 '28-15 EAST Pel 681 110 Streak Home Away Atlang 54 33 .621 6-4 Lost 2 27-18 27-15 Philaaglphia 48 41 .539 7 6-4 Won 1 22-21 26-20 Monttfal 43 46 .483 12 4-6 Lost 2 24-20 19-26 Florida 36 49 .424 17 7-3 Won 5 16-26 20-23 NewVork 35 53 .398 19 4-6 Lost 1 18-25 17-28 CEHTBAL I Pet GBl Lit) Streak Home Away Cinciwati 54 32 .628 5-5 Won 1 25-18 Houston 51 37 .580 4 7-3 Won 1 24-21 2706" Chicago 44 44 .500 11 6-4 Won 4 19-24 25-20 Pittsbtirgh 36 50 .419 18 1-9 Lost 4 18-25 18-25 St. LqjJis 37 52 .416 18 3-7 Lost 5 22-23 15-29 WEST; Pet GBL HQ Streak Home Away Colorado 49 40 .551 4-6 Lost 1 28-16 21-24 Los APgeles 46 42 .523 2 7-3 Won 3 22-23 24-19 SanCiiego 41 47 .466 TA 5-5 Lost 1 24-22 17-25 San Francisco 40 48 .455 8J4 4-6 Won 2 21-22 19-26 Milwaukee 42 45 .483 17 2-8 Lost 5 19-25 23-20 Kansas City 41 44 .482.

171 5-5 Lost 2 20-21 21-23 Chicago 38 48 .442 21 7-3 Won 2 22-21 Minnesota 31 56 .356 28V, 5-5 Won 1 14-30 WEST Pet GBL L10 Streak Home Away California 55 33 .625 9-1 Won 7 25-17 ,3016 Texas 44 43 .506 10V4 2-8 Won 1 25-20 Seattle 43 45 .489 12 5-5 Lost 2 25-20 -ia-25 Oakland 41 48 .461 14V4 3-7 Won 1 20-23 51-25 "We want them to get used to playing every day and playing pro ball," Dorante said. "We want them to get comfortable and show us their skills. "Even if we don't instruct much during the first month we do a lot of watching. We get ready for when we start to instruct. With Barrett, we've started working a little on defence.

And he's been talked to about hitting." Barrett agreed that hitting instructions so far have had little to do with the mechanics of his swing. "They've pretty much left me alone so far as that is concerned," Barrett said. "What they have done is tell me to be more aggressive at the plate. "In high school, you see more good pitches to hit, more fastballs. But they told me I can't be as selective in pro ball.

They told me not to wait for the perfect pitch." Around the leagues Ottawa Lynx (Triple-A International League) 55-52 (2nd place): Left-hander Bryan Eversgerd (6-0) had a string of 18 scoreless innings through Monday night. Opponents are hitting .239 against Eversgerd, one of two pitchers acquired from the Cardinals in exchange for Ken Hill. Harrisburg Senators (Double-A Eastern League) 46-63 (6th place): Jose Vidro. 20-year-old Puerto Rican infield prospect, broke his thumb while diving for a ball at third base last weekend. Surgery will finish his season.

West Palm Expos (Class-A Florida State League) 19-15 (2nd hall): After a season with Vermont in the New YorkPenn league, left-fielder Jon Saffer is hitting 329 through 83 games (289 at Albany Polecats (Class-A South Atlantic League) 21-17 (2nd in second halt): Expos' first draft pick last year, shortstop Hiram Bocachica is hitting .306. There is a problem though. He has 42 errors in 68 games. Vermont Expos (Summer-A New YorkPenn League) 26-19: Have won six straight. With Lou Frazier traded to Texas, centre-fielder Ed Bady is the fastest man in the organization.

He's hitting .347. Gull Coast Expos (Florida Rookie League) 14-22: Outfielder Torrence Davis is hitting .330. YESTERDAY Florida-5, Montreal 2 YESTERDAY Toronto 12, Baltimore 10 Cincinnati 4, New York 3 Boston 13, Detroit 3 Philadelphia 4, Atlanta 3 Chicago 7, Pittsburgh Minnesota 6, Cleveland 5 New York 7, Milwaukee 5 IAN MacDON ALP EXPOS FARM REPORT made him their first selection. "We look at him as a power, mid-dle-of-the-lineup hitter," Expos GM Kevin Malone said at the time. "We'll probably shift him to third base.

He has a chance to be a Gold Glove defence at third." Barrett hasn't been moved yet. "There Pie things to work on defensively," Dorante said. "His first steps forward are awkward. On little choppers, his first steps are not with confidence. Then he tends to overthrow.

"But we have been filming him. We have videos of him making certain plays. We have films of him turning the double play. "We will use the film to work with him for the rest of this season and at Instructional League. He'll be better prepared for next season." This doesn't sound as though a switch to third is imminent.

"They've discussed it with me," Barrett said. "They think I can improve at shortstop and that's what we're going to work on. The way they explained it was that it will be a lot easier for me to switch from shortstop to third in a few years than it would be to switch to shortstop from third. "I'm still a shortstop in the plans. I just have to find my power." Players at this level are normally left alone for the first month or so.

Los Angeles 9, Colorado 6 Houston 8, St. Louis 6 California 7, Seattle 2 Chicago 4, Kansas City 3 "he don have no problem. "He goes the other way pretty easy. We bat him third every day and there's never a problem." That's easy for the boss to say. But the 18-year-old right-handed" hitter, who had 10 home runs while batting .638 with 55 RBIs in 105 at-bats Pace Academy this year, feels he has a flaw.

Barrett is hitting ,31 1 in the rookie league. He has nine doubles, one triple and no homers. Hitting to all fields "I'm happy the way they have me hitting to all fields," Barrett said after Monday's game at Municipal Stadium in West Palm Beach. "Today, I was 3-for-5. I pulled one, I hit one up the middle and I hit one to right.

I'm spraying it around pretty good. "But I ask the coaches all the time, where's my power?" The Expos are going to be patient, not only about power but so far as development of the complete player is concerned. Barrett carries 185 pounds trimly on his 6-foot-3 frame. He has good running speed, which explains his 24 stolen bases at the Academy. But he can use more quickness.

And he figures to put on bulk. It is with these things in mind Santfancisco 4, San Diego 3 TODAY'S PROBABLES Texas at Oakland, 10:05 p.m. TODAY'S PROBABLES Milwaukee (Sparks 6-5) at New York (McDowell 8-7) 1:05 p.m. Florida (Hammond 7-3) at Montreal (Fassero 10-8) 7:35 p.m. New York (Jones 6-7) at Cincinnati (Smiley 10-1) 7:35 p.m.

Texas (Taylor 0-1) at Oakland (Van Poppel 1-3) 315pm at Pittsburgh (Loaiza 6-5) 7:35 p.m. Chicago (Foster 7-7) Minnesota (Parra 0-0) at Cleveland (Ogea 5-3) 7:05 7:40 p.m. Philadelphia (Munoz 0-1 at Atlanta (Mercker 4-6) Boston (Clemens 3-3) at Detroit (Moore 5-10) 7:05 girt. Houston (Reynolds 6-6) at St. Louis (Osborne 3-5) 8:35 p.m.

Toronto (Menhart 1-1) at Baltimore (Mussina 1 2-5) 9:05 p.m. Los Angeles (Banks 0-3) at Colorado (Ritz 9-5) Kansas City (Gordon 6-7) at Chicago (Alvarez 4-6) 8:054) -m. San Francisco (Wilson 3-4) at San Diego (Hamilton 4-5) 10:35 p.m. California (Harkey 5-6) 10:35 pirn. Seattle (Belcher 7-5) at TOMORROW Kansas City at Chicago, 2:05 p.

MONDAY, July 31 Colorado 3, Montreal 2 TOMORROW S. Francisco at S. Diego, 4:05 p.m. MONDAY, July 31 Toronto 6. Baltimore 3 LA.

at Colorado, 5:05 p.m. San Diego 5, Houston 1 Texas at Oakland. 3:15 p.m. Chicago 6, Kansas City 4 St. Louis at Florida, storm New York at Cincinnati, 7:35 p.m.

Minnesota at Cleveland, 7:05 p.m. Chicago at Pittsburgh, 7:35 p.m. New York 4, Pittsburgh 1 Boston it Detroit, 7:05 p.m. Philadelphia at Atlanta, 7:40 p.m. Toronto at Baltimore.

7:35 p.m. Hoosten at St. Louis, 8:35 p.m. that the Expos ticketed Barrett for a switch to third base when they Milwaukee at New York, 7:35 p.m. Seattle at California, 10:05 p.m.

YESTERDAY Philadelphia 000 301 090-4 Atlanta 000 030 000-3 E-SFernandez (1). DP-Philadelphia 2. EXPOS Fourth loss in last five games at home YESTERDAY Giants 4, Padres 3 Atlanta 1. LOB-Philadelphia 8. Atlanta 8.

28-Daglton (16), Hayes (15). 3B-Elster (1). HH-cpjones (14). 5B-ijrissom (17). Blue Jays 12, Orioles 10 CS-Blauser (3).

S-Avery. SF-Lonqmire. CONTINUED FROM PAGE F1 Instead, Perez pitched a courageous TA innings, but saw his record fall to 9-3 while IP ER 08 SO SFemandez W.2-1 5 2 3 3 6 Borland 1VS 1 0 0 2 1 Bottalico TA 1 0 0 0 1 the outfield and cut-off man Mike Lansing hit Dawson with his throw to the plate. Flaherty (18). HR-JnValentin (17).

MVaughn (27), Greenwell (8). Leary (9). SB-Alicea (8). IP ER BBS0 7 5 1 1 4 Stanton 1 3 2 2 1, 0 Aguilera 110 0 .0 0 Moore L.5-11 3V, 5 7 7 -33 Groom 1 5 4 4 '2 2 Christopher 2'A 3 1 1 0 Boever 2 2 1 1 1 2 HBP-by Boever (JnValentm). byGrcipm (MVaughn).

WP-Moore 2, Christopher. Umpires-Home. McClelland; First; Rbe; Second, None; Third, None. Yi Kapp improved to 5-6. The Expos have lost 11 fur out of their last five at home and are now r-f 43-46, three games under .500.

1 0 0 0 0 3 Avery L.4-7 6 7 4 4 2 5 McMichael 1 1 0 0 10 Florida got another run in the fifth and two in the eighth off Perez to put it away, after Borbon -V, 0 0 0 1 1 Clontz 0 0 0 1 2 On top of all the players the team lost in April, they clearly miss Moises Alou, in the Dominican for the funerals of his father-in-law Umpires-Home, Gregg; First, Davis; Alou left Perez in to hit for himself with two men on in the sixth. TORONTO BALTIMORE ab bi ab bi White cl 6 0 0 0 ByAdsncf 4 110 Molrtordh 3 10 0 Brbene2b 4 2 11 RAImr2b 4 12 0 flPmrolb 3 2 2 0 Carter If 6 12 0 Bonilla rf 4 2 13 Olerudlb 4 3 2 1 CGtiwncf 0 0 0 0 Sprgue 3b 4 2 2 2 CRpken ss 2 1 1 1 Green rf 3 110 Bainesdh 4 114 Huffrf 1111 Hbilesc 4 111 AMrtnzc 3 12 4 Bass If 4 0 2 0 Cedeno ss 5 114 Huson 3b 3 0 0 0 Alxndrph 10 0 0 Totals 39121312 Totals 33101010 Toronto 033 000 006-12 Baltimore 402 031 000-10 DP-Toronto 2. LOB-Tbronto 10, Baltimore 1. 2B-Carter (15), AMartinez (5). 3B-Sprague (1).

HR-Cedenb (3), Barberie (2), Bonilla (1), Baines (14), Hoiles (11). CS-ByAnderson (5). SF-CRipken. IP ER BBS0 Second, Bell; Third, Winters. "He had a winning streak going," Alou said.

"I want Yankees 7, Brewers 5- SAN FRAN SAN DIEGO ab Hi ab bl DSndrscf 2 0 0 0 Finleycl 4 0 0 0 nejtejcf. 3 0 10 JoReed 2b 4 0 1 0 RbTps2'b 3 0 0 0 TGwyn rf 4 0 10 4 0 0 0 Cminiti 3b 4 1 1 0 CnWfUb 4 0 0 0 Plntierlf 4 0 0 0 GWIW 4 2 2 1 Lvngst lb 3 2 1 1 ClaylfnSs 4 110 Asmusc 3 0 11 1111 ACdeno ss 3 0 0 0 Scrsone3b 3 0 2 1 Oshmnp 10 11 MLtr 4 0 10 PCIarkph 10 0 0 Beck 0 0 0 0 Bcttr 0 0 0 0 BJhnsnph 10 0 0 Tatars 32 4 a 3 Totals 32 3 6 3 San Francisco 020 200 000-4 San Diego 020 100 000-3 E-Clayton (13). DP-San Diego 2. LOB-San Francisco 6, San Diego 6. 2B-Manwaring (7).

HH-GHill (14), Livingstone (2). S-Ausmus. SF-Scarsone, Dishman. IP ER II SO 8 6 3 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 7 7 4 4 3 4 Bochtfer 2 1 0 0 10 MLeiter pitched to 1 batter in the 9th. NBP-by MLeiter (ACedeno).

Balk-Dishman. Umpires-Home. Pulli; First. West; Cubs 7, Pirates 5 and brother-in-law who were murdered last week. "Mo will be back (tomorrow)," his father said last night.

"Maybe that will-give them some life." ed to give him a chance to win the game. I wanted to 'give people something to cheer about." CHICAGO PITTSBURGH MILWAUKEE NEW VORK ab bl ab bi Listachss 4 10 0 BWImscf 5 '2 3 1 Cirillo2b 3 111 Velarde If i .1 0 Seitzer 3b 3 0 0 0 Leyntz 1b 4 0 1. 1 Nilssonlf 5 0 11 Mttnglylb 0 0 GVghndh 3 111 Sierra dh 3 0 8-1 Mieskerf 4 12 0 Stanley 2 1 '9 0 Jahalb 4 0 0 0 GWImsrf 1 Vina 2b 1 0 0 0 TFmdz ss 4 0 2 2 ab bl ab bl McRaecf 5 0 2 0 Martin It 5 110 Dnston ss 5 0 1 0 JBell ss 4 110 Grace 1b 5 110 Merced rf 3 13 4 Sosarf 3 10 0 MJhnsn1b4 0 1 0 Zeile 3b 3 12 0 Pegues ph 1 0 0 0 Gnzaiezlf 3 113 King 3b 4 0 0 0 TODD Expos GM Malone did what he could JHmdz 2D 4 unano 3 3 110 Kmakc 4 111 Cmngscl 4 0 0 0 Nvarrop 3 0 11 Parentc 4 0 0 1 CONTINUED FROM PAGE F1 Nbholzp 0 0 9 0 Ericksp 2 0 0 0 MPerez 0 0 0 0 McCrry 0 0 0 0 Bullettph 1 0 0 0 Brmlldph 1110 Myers 0000 Dyer 0000 forward to Christmas, and then he Hurtado 5 8 9 9 4 1 Robinson W.1-0 3 2 1 1 0 1 Castillo S.8 1 0 0 0 0 2 Brown 21, 6 6 6 2 1 ARhodes 4'. 1 0 0 6 2 Clark -'AO 0 0 0 0 Orosco 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 6 6 1 0 Lee 1 1 0 0 0 2 DJones pitched to 6 batters in the 9th. HBP-by Brown (Sprague).

WP-Hgrtado. Umpires-Home. Garcia; First, Ford; Second, Young; Third, Reilly. A-41 ,394 Second. Oarting; Third.

Hirschbeck. 2,692 gets up Christmas morning and there's no packages under the tree." wanner ph 10 0 0 Gottp 0 0 0 0 Totals 36 711 7 Totals 36 5 8 5 Chicago 000 105 010-7 Pittsburgh 001 000 310-5 Dodgers 9, Rockies 6 So what almost happened? "We had serious discussions with Hulse cf 4 112 ROavis 3b 4 1- 2- 1 Mthenyc 4 0 10 Kelly 2b 4 .1,2. 0 Totals 35 7 5 Totals 34 712 7 Milwaukee 000 111 200-5 New York 002 011 301-7 E-TFernandez (5). DP-Milwaukae-l LOB-Milwaukee 1 1 New York B. 2B-3Itsaon (4), BWilliams (14), GWilliams (9), Ke(ty(S).

HR-Cinllo (4). G.Vaughn (13). HufSsgi). SB-Mieske (1), Kelly (6). SF-Sierra.

IP ER 0 Givens 6 8 4 4 4 Miranda L.4-4 1 3 3 3 Bronkey 110 0 Pettitte 5 4 2 2 't Rivera W.4-2 2 3 3 3 tj2 Wickman 1 0 0 0 1 0.00 Umpires-Home, Evans; First, OTfora; Second, Reed; Third. Hirschbeck. 06 5" E-Grace (2), JBell (6). LOB-Chicago 5, Pittsburgh 8. 2B-Dunston (21), Zeile (15), JHernandez (8).

Kmak (2), Merced (17). eight or 10 teams. Out of those, maybe four were close." Angels 7, Mariners 2 3B-Gonzalez (5), Martin (2). HR-JHernandez (7), Merced (10). CS-McRae (4).

One of the players Malone want SEATTLE CALIFORNIA ab bl ab bi SF-Gonzaez. IP ER 88 SO Amara! If 4 0 10 Phillips 3b 5 0 0 0 Navarro W.9-4 6'A 7 3 3 2 2 Nabfiolz 1.1 2 2 11 ed was Juan Acevedo, a right-handed pitcher in the Rockies organization who won 17 games in Double-A last year, perhaps on the assumption that any guy with the word MPerez -MO 0 0 0 0 Myers S.25 1 0 0 0 1 2 EricksL2-4 5 8 6 6 2 White Sox 4, Royais 3 McCurry 114 1 0 0 0 0 Dyer 11110 1 Gott 1 1 0 0 0 1 "Ace" in his name can bring it. The You can wonder why the Rockies would have preferred Saberhagen with his attitude and his contract over Fassero, another lefty who comes at the bargain-basement price of $1.5 million but the Rockies obviously have a little more elbow room than the Expos when it comes to taking on salary. The budget Malone was working with wouldn't have kept Saberhagen in sweat socks. "Claude (Brochu) didn't say yes or no, but I had the feeling that if it was the right guy and I was passionate enough about it he would say 'do Malone said.

"I think I could have gone up to half a million." That's nothing like the budget of the Rockies, who took on the equivalent of the Mexican national debt with Saberhagen's contract, which runs until the 23rd century or until the starship Enterprise comes home, whichever comes first. Given the constraints of a team which basically killed its chances for this year by dumping about 1 4 million in salary in April, Malone did what he could. "These guys (teams like the Rockies can take major steps. We have to take baby steps." This time, at least, even the baby steps weren't there. "The trouble was, it seemed like everybody was looking for someone who could help them in '95 or '96, the same thing we were looking for," Malone said.

"Our strength is with pitching in (Double-A) Harrisburg and position players in (Class-A) Albany. These are people who are going to help you in '98 or '99." Felipe Alou won't lose any sleep over young Mr. Acevedo. "When we saw him, he didn't have good mechanics," Alou said. "He didn't have a good delivery." Alou didn't even know about the Saberhagen trade until his afternoon session with reporters, but he wasn't surprised to find Fassero still in his rotation.

"When we sent (Ugueth) Urbina down," Alou said, "We obviously weren't going to trade Fassero." As for Saberhagen, Alou just grinned, thinking of the thin air in Denver and the way fly balls turn into three-run homers in the Mile-High City. "Saberhagen," Alou said, "is a fly-ball pitcher." Umpires-Home, Quick; First, Davidson; Rockies wanted Jeff Fassero. It Second, Hohn; Third, ponclno. A-1 9,562 LOS Angels COLORADO ab bl ab hU Fnville2b 4 3 2 1 EYng 2b 4 0 2 1 Offrmass 6 0 10 Kngery of 3 111 Mndeirf. 5 2 3 6 Burks ph 100 0 Piazza 5 0 2 0 Painter 0 0 0 0 Karros lb 4 110 Holmes 0 0 0 0 RKeUyfl 5 2 2 0 Bcrteftetl 4 111 WHacji3b 3 0 0 1 LWrrrf 4 0 0 0 NMswcf 4 111 Glrrga 1b 4 111 Vakfeip.

1 0 0 0 Castilla3b 4 10 0 Wbtterph 1 0 0 0 Gtrardic 4 2 2 2 Astaciop lOOOWeissss 4 0 2 0 Cmngtp OOOOMTpsnp 100 0 Osuna 0 0 0 0 Hckren 0 0 0 0 CGwynph 0 0 0 0 Sftoedp 0 0 0 0 TdWrtp 0 0 0 0 VndrWIir 2 0 2 0 Tatars 30 612 Tstatt 15 (11 6 LesAegotea 202 004 001-4 Catena. .000 310 200-4 E-Weiss 2 (11). DP-Lo Angeles 2. LOB-Los Angeles 11, Colorado 4. HH-Mondeei 2 (17), Kingery (7), Bichette (21), Galarraga (22), Oirardi (4).

SB-Fonville (6), RKelly (15). CS-EYoung (8). S-Valdet, MThompson. SF-Wallach. IP ER 83 tO VakfetWX 5 6 4 4 1 3 Attack)' 1 3 2 2 0 3 Cunminga 0 0 0 0 0 Osuna 1'.

0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 MTpsnL.2-2 5'A 7 7 6 2 4 Hickerson -V4 0 1 0 10 SReed 1V4 1 0 0 2 1 Painter 1 2 0 0 0 1 Holmes 12 1111 Umpires-Home, Relrford; First, Kellogg; Second, Wendelstedt; Third, Gorman. seemed like a natural fit, except that Rockies GM Bob Gebhard didn't see it that way. Soio Zb 4 0 10 Edmns cf 4 0 11 EMrtnzdh 4 12 1 Salmon rf 4 2 3 2 Buhner rf 4 0 0 0 CDavis dh 3 1 1 0 Blwers3b 4 0 10 Snow 1b 3 0 10 TMrtnzlb 4 12 1 GAndsnK 4 10 1 Fermin ss 2 0 0 0 Easley 2b 4 1 1 1 DWnsnc 1 0 0 0 Myers 4 12 2 Newsonph 0 0 0 0 DSrcnass 4 110 Widgerc 10 0 0 AOiazcf 3 0 0 0 Totals 31 2 7 2 Totals 35 710 7 Seattle OIO 001 000-2 California 100 020 04i-7 E-Sojo(4). DP-Califomia 1. LOB-Seattle 4, California 6.

2B-Edmonds (20), Myers (7), DiSarcina (26). HFI-EMartinez (17), TMartinez (23), Salmon (21). SB-Snow (2). CS-EMartinez (2). S-Fermin.

IP ER BBS0 710 7 6 2 10 JNelson 0 0 0 0 1 BnAndersonW2 6 5 2 2 1 3 Habyan 2 0 0 0 0 BPatterson 0 0 0 0 1 Percival VA 0 0 0 1 James 1 0 0 0 0 1 Umpires-Home, Coble; First, Merrill; Second, Meriwether; Third, Hendry. i took a call from Gebhard about KANSAS CITY CHICAGO ab bi ibr fcbl Clemanlf 4 0 2 0 LJhnsncf Gagness 4 0 0 0 Guillen ss 4- Joynerlb 4 0 0 0 Raines If 3 vo Gaetti 3b 3 2 11 Tbmasdh 2 Vitieliodh 3 112 DaMtnzlb 3 tt'1 Lckhrtph 1 0 0 0 Dvrauxr! 4 Brdersc 3 0 1 0 Drhm2b 4'H-O Cceresph 1 0 0 0 Krkvcec 4tro0 Hiattrf 3 0 0 0 Grbeck3b 41 Nunlyph 10 10 Howard 2b 4 0 10 TGdwncf 2 0 10 Totals 33 3 8 3 Totals 32 ft 3 Kansas City 020 000 fiOJ-3 Chicago 021 100 E-Hiatt 2 (3). DP-Chicaqo2 LOB-Maasas U3 five o'clock (Monday afternoon) and he told me he wasn't trading Acevedo." At 45 minutes to midnight, howev Reds 4, Mets 3 NEW YORK CINCINNATI ab IX ab bi er, Gebhard did just that sending Acevedo and another young righthander, All-Namer Arnold Gooch, to the New York Mets for famed Butlercf 4 0 10 Howardcf 4 2 2 1 City 5, Chicago 8. HR-Gaetti (1). S-DaMartinez.

IP tH 6850 Altonzo3b 4 0 11 MJcksnp 0 0 0 0 Everett rf 3 10 0 Walton tl 0 0 0 0 Kent 2b 4 0 10 Larkinss 4 2 2 0 Crjneslf 4 0 0 1 Gantlf 3 0 12 Stinnett 2 0 0 0 JBmtly 0 0 0 0 Orsulak ph 1 0 0 0 RSndrs rf 3 0 0 0 bleach-hurler Bret Saberhagen, a 7 9 4 2 ,,2,1 Meacham 1 0 0 0 flighetti W.2-0 7 6 2 2 iv McCaskill -'AO 0 0 '-J Hammaker -'AO 0 0 CP 12 11 J2 Twins 6, Indians 5 nasty piece ol work whose nasty stuff makes him valuable property. Bogarlb 3 0 10 Moms lb 3 0 11 Brogna ph 1 0 0 0 Boone 2b 3 0 0 0 Astros 8, Cardinals 6 Righetti pitched to 2 batters in theSli, HBP-by Gubicza (Raines). Umpires-Home, Bnnkman; First, Xviev; Vzcainoss 3 110 Sntiagoc 3 0 0 0 Hmrsch 1 0 0 0 Bmson 3b 3 0 0 0 Buford ph 1110 Schrek 2 0 0 0 Mlickip 0 0 0 0 LHrhsph 10 0 0 Spiers ph 1 0 0 0 Dlewis cf 0 0 0 0 1 MINNESOTA CLEVELAND ab bi ab bi Knblch 2b 5 3 3 1 Lofton ct 5 13 0 Becker cf 5 0 3 2 Vizquelss 3 12 1 Puckettrf 4 0 10 Baerga2b 5 0 0 0 Merullodh 2 10 1 Belle If 4 2 12 Coomerdh 1 0 0 0 Murraydh 5 111 Crdvalf 4 111 Thome3b 2 0 2 1 SthvkSb 4 0 11 Kirbypr 0 0 0 0 Second. Cousins; Third, Welke. A-1 8,951 Bvrd 0 0 0 0 ON THIS DATE: The way Sean Berry saw it, it was just coffee-talk.

Totals 32 3 6 2 Totals 28 4 4 HOUSTON ST. LOUIS ab kbi ab hbi BLHntrdi 5 12 0 Crballo 2b 5 1 1 0 Moutonlf 5 2 3 0 Gilkeylt 4 112 Btggw2b 4 2 3 3 BJrdnrf 513 3 DBellrl 5 111 LnkMcf 3 0 10 Esebkje' 5 2 2 0 Coles lb 3 0 0 0 Mgdan'ltf 5 0 11 Mabrylb 10 0 0 ToJnesj). 0 0 0 0 Shafterc 4 111 Shipley 3b 4 0 0 0 Cooper 3b 4 0 10 Miilerss 4 0 2 1 Cromerss 4 110 New Talk 000 002 001-3 Wlbeck 4 0 0 0 MRmrz rf 2 0 1 0 That's all. But the timing of Felipe Alou's suggestion that Cincinnati 102 010 001-4 1906 The Chicago White Sox ptgln Mstller 1 4 0 2 0 Srrentolb 3 0 0 0 Meares ss 3 110 SAImr ph 10 0 0 E-Harnisch (21. OP-New York 1.

his defensively challenged third baseman might want to their American League-record streak, one that would be tied opiby the 1 947 New York Yankees. Cincinnati 1 LOB-New York 4, Cincinnati 3. 2B-Gant (1 3). HR-Howard (3). SB-Larkin Pena 4 0 0 0 HPerrv Ph 10 0 0 start taking some fly balls in the outfield could have been worse.

After all, the representatives for Louisville Slugger 32 cs-Qant 41. IP ER 88 SO Totals 36 S12 6 Totals 35 510 I Minnesota 100 002 201-6 Cleveland 300 020 000-5 HamischL.2-8 5 6 4 4 2 2 Mlicki 2 0 0 0 0 0 and Easton were in the Expos clubhouse yesterday. E-Klingenbeck (i). DP-Minnesota 1, Byrd 1 0 0 0 0 1 "Its something to give us another option, something Cleveland 1. LOB-Minnesota 6, Cleveland 13.

2B-Becker (7), Cordova (18), Masteller that might allow us to move Moises Alou to right field, 7 5 2 2 0 4 MJackson 1 0 0 0 0 0 JBrantlevS.21 111110 (3), Lofton (12), Murray (11). Thome (15). HR-Knoblauch 4 Belle 20 SB-Knoblauch play Sean in left and give Tony (Tarasco) a day off against Umpires-Home, OeMuth; First, Rapuano; (24), Vizguel (18). CS-Meares (3). S-Vizguel.

tough lefties," said Alou. IP cn Be SO Second, Hunge; Third, Layne. Berry has been a shortstop or third baseman during his EXPOS BATTING Hmptn 4 0 0 0 DnJksn 1 0 0 0 Brocail 0 0 0 0 Mthews 1 0 0 0 Sinvrtt lb 0 0 0 0 Battle ph 0 0 0 0 Parrett 0 0 0 0 Penyph 1110 Tatar! 41 814 Totals 36 810 8 200 140 001-8 St.lo.ts 100 000 032-8 E-Miller 2 (14), Caraballo (4), Coles (3). DP-Houston 2. LOB-Houston 7, St.

Louis 7. 2B-Mouton (11), DBell (16), Eusebio (17), BJordan (13). Perry (4). 3B-Carabatlo (1). HR-8iggio 2 (16), BJordan (14), Shealfer (4).

SB-BLHunler (14). CS-Mouton (7). SF-Gllkey. IP ER 18 SO Hampton W.7-3 7 6 3 3 2 2 Brocail 11110 0 ToJonea 13 2 2 0 1 DnJackaooU2-11 4'AIO 7 6 1 1 Mathews 214 2 0 0 0 2 Parrett- 2 2 1 10 3 Umpires-Homa, Hallion; First, Froemming; Second, Vanoven Third, Hernandez. Klingenbeck 4 8 5 5 4 2 Trombley 1 0 0 0 1 2 Schullstrom VA 1 0 0 2 0 Guardado 1'A 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 Watkim -'AO 0 0 0 0 Stevens -'AO 0 0 0 1 pro career, but played centre field at UCLA.

"Felipe just mentioned it to me while I was getting a coffee. It wasn't like it was a big meeting," said Berry. "The way it was pre HR RBI Avg. 11 49 .290 sented to me was that it would be done to change some things against lefty pitchers. Hey, whatever it takes to get in the game." 18 .199 32 .299 36 .303 33 .310 6 .173 16 .215 32 .240 RHP Mark Gardner was originally scheduled to start.

LHP Chris Hammond (7-3, 2.50) will start tonight. -Jeff Blair YESTERDAY'S B0XSC0RE Marlins 5, Expos 2 (At Olympic Stadium) FLORIDA ab bl wso avg MONTREAL ab biwso avg 4 0 2 0 1 0 .234 R.White.cf 5 0 2 0 0 0 .257 Carr.cf 5 0 0 0 0 4 .212 Tarasco.rf 4 0 0 0 1 1 .269 Colbrunn, 1b 5 2 2 0 0 0 .281 Cordero, ss 5 0 2 0 0 1 .305 Pendleton, 3b 5 1 3 1 0 0 .298 Segui, 1b 3 11111 .326 Dawson, rf 4 1 3 2 0 0 .250 Fletcher, 3 0 10 10 .310 1 1 0 0 0 0 .260 4 1 1 1 0 2 .298 Abbott, ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .252 Harris, 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Johnson, 3 0 2 2 1 0 .228 Lansing, 2b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .242 Tavarez, If-rf 2 0 0 0 2 0 .195 Pride, if 4 0 0 0 0 0 .185 Rapp, 3 0 0 0 0 0 .172 Perez, 2 0 0 0 1 0 .094 Gardner, 0 0 0 0 0 0 .154 Scott, 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Perez, 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Silvestri, 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Nen.p 0 0 0 0 0 0 Treadway, ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .170 TOTALS 35 512 5 4 5 TOTALS 34 2 8 2 5 5 Florida 100 110 020-5 Montreal ....000 100 010-2 E-None. DP-Florida 1 (Veras, Abbott and Colbrunn), Montreal 2 (Fletcher and Lansing), (Berry, Lansing and Segui). LOB-Florida 9, Montreal 10. Scoring Position-Florida, 2 for Montreal, 1 for 8.

2B-Dawson (5), Pendleton (18), Johnson (9), 3B-Cordero (2). HR-Berry (8), Segui (6). S-Gardner, Abbott, Runners Moved Up-Cordero. GOP-Carr, Fletcher. (12).

CS-Veras (12). Florida IP ER BB SO Pttchaa ERA Rapp (Won 5-6) 5 5 1 1 6 3 109 4.47 Gardner (Hold 1) 2 2 1 1 0 1 26 4.17 Perez (Hold 9) 0 0 0 0 0 2 6.76 Nen(SavelO) 1 .1 0 0 0 1 15 2.83 Montreal IP ER BB SO Pltche ERA Perez (Lost 9-3) 7 12 5 5 2 4 108 3.38 Scott 0 0 0 2 1 19 4.20 Harris 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 2.84 Umpires-Home, McSherry; First, Williams; Second, Bonin; Third, Montague. (46,500) OeMartinez 6 6 3 3 1 2 Plunk -A 3 2 2 1 0 Poole 0 0 0 0 0 Tavarez L6-1 '231 103 Klingenbeck pitched to 3 batters in the 5th. HBP-by Tavarez (Meares). Umpires-Homa, Joyce; First, McKean; Second, Cederstrom; Third, Scott.

(Through July 31) AB Alou 297 Andrews 136 Berry 173 Cordero 346 Fletcher 197 Floyd 52 Laker 93 Lansing 262 Phde 50 Rodriguez 108 Segul 259 Silvestri 31 Spehr 35 Tarasco 308 Treadway 52 R. White 244 THE HAWK FLIES IN: OF Andre Dawson, who has been 40 86 19 27 20 52 44105 24 61 5 9 12 20 30 63 9 10 10 28 39 84 5 4 4 9 49 84 6 9 50 62 1907 Walter Johnson made his ma)o-league debut with the Washington Sertefots and lost 3-2 to the Detroit Tigers. ThefirSt hit he ever yielded was a bunt singly 'Sir Jy Cobb. The Tigers beat Johnson, knaves The Big Train, 7-6 exactly 20 years Islabon Walter Johnson Day in 1938 The Brooklyn Dodgers and Louis Cardinals used a yellow baseSiJjn the first game ot a double-header experiment. The two teams went the white ball in the second gamewine Dodgers swept the doubleheader, 9.3.

1950 Bill Bruton of Milwaukee Wftvo bases-loaded tnplaa to lead the BrayeJ to an 1 1 -5 victory over the St. Louis Carinajf. 1970 New York Yankees cettner Thurman Munson died in the crasfrarHis private plana while practicing takecWaM landings in Canton, Ohio. 19S7 Kevin Seitzer went 6-for-fS, JjSp homers and drove in seven runs, to 20-hit Kansas City attack as the Royattjieat the Boston Red Sox 13-5. 1987 Erie Davis led off the bothMT-ef the 1 1 th inninp, with his 30th home-fflfi Jf the season, to give the Cincinnati 5-4 victory over the San Francisco Sjajts.

Davis's homer made Mm the seventbr and earliest player in major-league Mstoryvoetth 30 homers and 30 steals in the saniM- n. 0 CALENDAR: Aug. 31 Deadline for poitltason rjg-ters. ZjrZ (apt. 1 Active rosters increase JO players.

Sept. 12-14 Owners meetings, Oetiott. Oct. 3 Divisional playoffs Oct 10 League championship Jedes begin. Oct, 21 World Series begins, National League champion.

Oct. TBA Free-agent filing peried begins, day after World Series .200 ,259 on.the DL since July 3 with a strained hip flexor, was acti vated before the game. RHP Richie Lewis was optioned to make room for him. Phillies 4, Braves 3 .326 .129 .257 .273 .173 Red Sox 13, Tigers 3 ATLANTA THE DOCTORS ARE IN: 1B David Seoul and Tim ab i DM 9 34 .254 ab bl Graaom cf 3 1 0 0 Burner ss 4 0 0 0 Spehr will be part of Saturday's Gatorade Baseball Clinic EXPOS PITCHING PWU GlkjriSffl" Jtfepesji Duncan 2b Bmcop Whiten ph ScHmprf; DaujfMV Hayes Brrnffp-. MmtfntStf lindtnf'lt' VnSlykcl at Riverside Park in LaSalle.

The clinic, open to the general public, begins at 1 p.m. FEED THE WORLD: The Expos annual food drive to benefit Sun Youth and Societe Saint-Vincent-de-Paul will be held Friday to Sunday. Fans who donate five non-perishable food items will receive two Terrace tickets. 4 0 10 5 0 10 4 0 10 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 110 4 12 0 3 110 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 10 1 9 0 13 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 I0ST0N DETROIT abrkM ab a Tinsleycf 3 110 Curtis cf 5 0 2 0 Minnas 5 13 6 CQmez2b 4 0 10 Mvghnlb 6 2 2 1 Frymn3b 5 110 Cnsecodh 4 110 Fkifderdh 2 10 0 OHIInsdh 2 0 10 Samuel lb 3 0 1 Qmwillf 4 2 2 3 Trmmllsa 3 111 Stairs 2 0 0 0 Flhertyc 4 0 10 Nhhng 3b 6 110 Butista rf 4 0 0 1 O'Leryrf 4 2 2 1 DWhrtelt 4 0 2 0 Hslmanc 5 1 1 1 Alices 2b 2 2 11 -Totals 41131B1J Total Hill oaten 302 140 110-13 Detroit 000 000 120-1 DP-Boston 2, Detroit I LOB-Boslon 11, Detroit 9. 2B-Canseco (6), Greenwell (17), (Through July 31) IP Fassero 115.0 10 Eraser 5.1 0 Harris 24.1 1 Henry 108.2 6 Heredia 75.1 3 Leiper 1.0 0 Martinez 122.0 9 Perez 88.2 6 CpJnas 3b 4 1 2 3 McGrfl 1b 3 0 1 0 Justice rf 3 0 0 0 O'Bnen 2 0 10 MKelly or 0 0 0 0 JLopezc 0 0 0 0 Klesko It 4 0 0 0 Lemke2b 3 10 0 Avery 10 0 0 Mrdcaiph 10 0 0 McMcl 0 0 0 0 Borbon 0 0 0 0 Clonlz 0 0 0 0 DwSmt ph 1 0 0 0 Totals 28 I 4 3 I 8B 30 ERA 8 37106 3.99 0 0 1 1.69 1 9 26 2.96 8 24 4 9 3.07 5 16 54 5.38 0 0 1 0.00 6 42111 3.32 2 15 62 3.15 3 21 40 3.97 0 14 36 4.28 5 20 42 4.73 AND THAT'S A RAPP: RHP Pat Rapp started last night's game after his start Monday was wiped out by the Roias 45.1 1 Scott 40.0 0 Shaw 51.1 1 cancellation of the Marlins game against the Cardinals.

Totals 33 4 I 4.