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CO Baseball Tricky I7.lic.ii throws Yankees another curve By THOMAS HILL DAllY NEWS SPORTS WRITER DETROIT Dave Mlickl does not qualify as a Yankee killer just yet. He could, however, be considered a Yankee tamer. The ex-Met came within one out of pitching his second career shutout against the Yankees yesterday, but settled for his first victory of the season after allowing one earned run in 823 innings. Mlickt improved to 4-2 lifetime against the Yankees with a 2.90 ERA. He is 46-53 with a 4.34 ERA for his career.

for his third win in four starts and Bruce Aven hit his third homer in two games to lead Pittsburgh. Rockies 11, Giants 7 DENVER Todd Helton's RBI double off Livan Hernandez (2-5) put Colorado ahead for good at in BASEBALL R0UHDUP "It's just luck," Mlicki said. "I just happened to have good games and it NOTEBOOK THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Mark McGwire homered in his first two at-bats, tying Mickey Mantle for eighth place on the career list with 536, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Los Angeles Dodgers, 12-10, yesterday. Craig Paquette and Jim Edmonds also homered for St.

Louis, and Eric Karros (two), Gary Sheffield and Todd Hundley connected for the Dodgers as the teams combined for a Busch Stadium record eight homers. Heathcliff Slocumb (1-2) got the win, and Dave Veres pitched the ninth for his seventh save. Expos 16, Cubs 15 MONTREAL Henry Rodriguez homered twice and drove in a career-high seven runs for Chicago, but Montreal pulled off an early triple play and a ninth-inning rally. Rodriguez, who was 4-for-6, hit a three-run homer off Dustin Herman-son (4-3) in the ninth for a 15-13 lead. But the Expos came back on Rondell White's two-run homer and pinch-hitter Mike Mordecai's single off Rick Aguilera (1-1).

Braves 11, Phillies 2 PHILADELPHIA Chipper Jones homered from both sides of the plate and Andruw Jones doubled, tripled and homered as Atlanta completed a three-game sweep. Pirates 3, Brewers 0 PITTSBURGH Kris Benson (3-4) pitched eight strong innings Tampa Bay closer Albie Lopez (2-3) couldn't protect a 2-1 lead in the ninth, allowing Alex Gonzalez's RBI single and Damn Fletcher's sacrifice fly. Royals 5, Indians 4 CLEVELAND Mac Suzuki (1-0) struck out eight in a career-high S'i innings and Mike Sweeney went 4-for-5 to lead Kansas City. Chuck Finley (3-3) lost his third straight start. White Sox 5, Twins 3 CHICAGO Jose Valentin singled home the go-ahead run in the seventh inning off Brad Radke (2-4) as Chicago beat Minnesota.

Kelly Wunsch (2-2) pitched an inning of scoreless relief for his second win in two days. Angels 7, Rangers 6 ANAHEIM Troy Glaus and Scott Spiezio hit back-to-back home runs with one out in the ninth inning off Francisco Cordero (1-1) as Anaheim topped Texas. Mo Vaughn homered twice for Anaheim and Garrett Anderson connected once. Ivan Rodriguez had put Texas ahead in the ninth with a homer off Shigetoshi Hasegawa (2-0). Athletics 7, Mariners 2 OAKLAND Jason Giambi hit his major league-leading 16th home run and drove in three runs to increase his total to 46, also tops in baseball, as Oakland beat Seattle.

Gil Heredia (5-2) won his fourth straight decision. Paul Abbott (1-1) gave up seven runs in four innings. the seventh, and the Rockies completed a three-game sweep. Padres 3, Diamondbacks 1 SAN DIEGO Arizona's team-record winning streak ended at nine as Brian Meadows (4-3) allowed one run and two hits in eight innings. Astros 10, Reds 3 HOUSTON Mitch Meluskey hit a three-run homer and Scott Elarton limited Cincinnati to four hits in seven innings as Houston snapped the Reds' six-game winning streak.

Red Sox 10, Orioles 1 BALTIMORE Darren Lewis and Brian Daubach homered as Boston completed its first four-game sweep of Baltimore since 1977 and moved into first place in the AL East. Brian Rose (3-2) gave up just one run in five innings. Mike Mussina (1-5) allowed three runs in seven innings. Blue Jays 3, Devil Rays 2 ST. PETERSBURG David Wells (7-2) scattered seven hits to win his sixth straight game for Toronto.

happened to be the Yankees." His best games, however, have come at interesting times. Mlicki pitched a nine-hit shutout and his first career complete game for the Mets against the Yankees in the first-ever regular season game between the clubs on June 16, 1997. The day after the Tigers obtained him from the Dodgers in April 1999, Mlicki pitched five scoreless innings and got the win as Detroit completed a three-game sweep of the Yankees. Mlicki who entered yesterday's game with an 0-5 record and a 7.25 ERA knew all too well that he was in no position to boast about his mastery of the Yankees. He did, however, acknowledge that they seemed a little more anxious at the plate than usual.

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