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D5 THE BOSTON GLOUK FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 1996 'People have said that our fan base is the most loyal BOB KRAFT (left), Revolution owner 1 jf '-l Cmmmb4 LA is. Points in favor of defense MLS' playoff tie-breaking system means breakdown of offense By Frank Dell'Apa GLOBE STAFF JV at Oakland Coliseum A'S AVERAGES fi Pitching matchups TonigM (Ch. 68, WED 8S0, i mm Mike Maddux (2-1, 3.64) vs. Dave 10 Jelgheder (1-5, 4.87). mcGwi 322 345 84 111 44,90 Tomorrow (Ch.

68, WEEI, 9): Aaron STz: Vol 1 rele (5-9, 5.60) vs. Willie Adams (1-2, JJ ,5 4.38). Sttfflbach .276 439 69 121 31 89 Sunday (Ch. 68, WEEI, 4:05: Tim SI III (11-11, 5.26) vs. John Was- (7-6, 6.25).

Molina 250 16 0 4 0 0 Boumlgll 241 245 32 59 0 18 Head to head Your 23s 392 57 92 is si The Red Sox lead the season series, EE 7: f2t ft 7-3. They swept a three-game series at ill "I 11 3is Jenway Park last week. wwnmt 122 17 is 3 10 10 Garrison .000 9 0 0 0 0 Miscellany touu 266 4755 718 1264 214 692 Oakland enters the series with 214 wT1 fcome runs, on pace to break the major Mower 5 2 3.31 7 68.0 65 league record, of 240 in a season set by tS'Z ft I Sie New York Yankees in 1961. The A's omom 3.97 2 65.2 79 Pneto 4-6 4.05 0 93.1 93 already have shattered the franchise Adams 12 4.38 0 sn so record (199) set when rookie Mark JJJi'Z mi 1a McGwire was teaming with bash brother tenmow i 4.87 0 44.1 54 Reyes 6 10 5.18 0 104.1 119 pose Canseco in 1987. McGwire has 44 woiciecnowsm 5.65 79.2 97 home runs this season and is batting .444 (12 for 27) with four HRs and sev- chouinard' ZZ 4 2 6:17 0 58:1 74 tn RBIs vs.

the Red Sox this year IZZ 11 Sf 2 Mo Vaughn has five home runs and 12 SZ il JS 0 III RBIs while hitting .476 (20 for 42) vs. fetcher 0-0 20.25 0 1.1 6 She A's this season. 64 72 5 21 30 1222 21371 "We are deeply honored that Havelange will be present at our three major events the inaugural game in San Jose, the Ail-Star Game and the championship," Logan said. Next year, the MLS Cup will be played at RFK Stadium in Washington and the All-Star Game likely will return to Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. The top four teams from each of the five-team conferences will qualify for the playoffs.

The regular season concludes Sept 22; the Eastern Conference playoffs will begin Sept. 24, the Western Conference playoffs the next day. The playoffs could conclude as late as Oct. 15. The Revolution suffered a setback in their fight for the final Eastern spot Wednesday night; they were relegated to last place by Cj-lumbus' 2-0 win over Los Angeles.

"Columbus looks to have turned it around," Revolution coach Frank Stapleton said. "But we have to concentrate on what we are doing. We have two games in hand, and if vie concentrate 100 percent and get the points from each game, someorje else, possibly New York, might get dragged into it." The Revolution trail New York New Jersey by three points but have played one more game than the Met-roStars. I "People in the league have said that our fan base is the most loyal and dedicated on a continuing basis," Kraft said. "Soccer is the future.

It brings in a heterogenous audience. You see the new Americans going to watch this sport." Most of the tickets will be distributed locally, Logan said. The finalists will be allocated about 2,500 tickets each. Logan said Joao Havelange, president of the Federation Internationale de Football Association, will attend the championship. This will be Havelange's first appearance at Foxboro Stadium since the World Cup two years ago.

B0EEQG TOQB Qm AS a ..102 319 ..133 523 ....85 325 55 109 101 167 65 100 73 136 72 121 23 51 57 83 73 106 61 116 59 82 ..112 ..110 ....45 ....77 ..116 ..127 449 409 176 298 386 430 Major League Soccer will change its point system for the playoffs, commissioner Doug Logan said yesterday. The MLS has awarded three points for a victory, one point for a shootout victory and zero points for a shootout loss during the regular season. During the playoffs, which begin Sept. 24, victories in the shootout will be worth three points in a best-of-three series. Shootouts are conducted if a match ends in a tie.

This sets up a situation in which a team could reach the championship game without winning a playoff game in regulation time, and could encourage defensive tactics. If the championship game is tied after regulation time, it will be resolved by two 15-minute sudden-death overtime periods, then a shootout. Logan said the league is hoping to sell out the championship game, to be called MLS Cup '96, scheduled for 3:30 p.m. Oct 20 at Foxboro Stadium. Tickets will be priced at $15, $25, $35 and $50, and seating for soccer will be expanded to 58,098 capacity for the contest between the winners of the Eastern and Western conference playoffs.

Pregame activities will include a clinic with MLS players at a Boston park, to be designated by Mayor Menino and Parks commissioner Justine Liff, who attended yesterday's press conference at Columbus Park in South Boston. There also will be a dedication of a modified monument on Boston Common to the first club in the hemisphere, Oneida FC. Revolution owner Bob Kraft said the championship game would be a reward for New England fans who have made the team third in MLS average attendance this season. ..99 310 ..30 115 (Canseco (Valentin rNaehring Cordero Frye 'Stanley O'Leaty with Sox reenwell ffraselman iTinsley Rodriguez Malave Manto withSox Cuyler Putt rWith Sox "Others Morals ..51 ..52 ..69 ..25 ..41 23 20 17 23 7 12 12 5 19 190 152 183 67 102 84 30 110 23 2 ..10 ..50 ...9 ....2 2 0 BATTING Kfit Ayi. 28 3B Hft SB CS BB SO 63 .342 26 4 17 2 0 0 21 70 118 .319 25 1 38 13 2 0 83 127 77 .308 21 1 28 0 3 1 60 74 52 .303 26 2 11 15 9 9 58 54 64 .296 15 0 17 11 2 1 45 58 34 .290 12 0 3 10 2 1 8 25 27 .279 15 1 4 8 9 4 44 38 69 .275 20 1 24 10 2 0 68 61 75 .270 23 5 15 5 2 1 39 69 38 .265 19 1 10 3 12 8 52 55 13 .252 7 0 3 2 4 3 19 20 23 .263 12 0 4 4 3 0 12 16 14 .257 7 1 3 2 4 2 10 34 14 .251 6 1 3 1 5 7 13 53 9 .239 1 0 1 3 0 0 4 8 17 .235 3 0 4 1 0 0 0 25 8 .214 6 1 3 4 0 1 12 18 4 .267 3 1 2 3 0 0 3 6 12 .200 1 2 2 3 7 3 13 19 1 .174 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 45 .254 18 4 7 33 13 7 43 80 731- .282 242 24 186 116 67 39 547 840 PITCHING IP ER BB SO HR S.

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