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Agassi edges Chang to win ATP ChampionshipC2 Bootin again 77. Punter RickTuten returns to Hawks and blows away competition7C3 PORTS Monday, August 12, 1SS6 The Spokesman-Review Spokane, Wash.Coeur d'Alene, Idaho ClassifiedsC6 To contact the Sports department, dial (509) 459-5500, Fax (509) 459-5098, E-mail SportsSpokesman com PGA ends in a photo finish Associated Press I BrOOkS USeS a tournament he seemed to have locked up. 1 -a. i.l fMt rpallv lnclrv tn Qtanrl nn thf 17th te.e. and know I still had an I Brooks uses Associated Press a tournament he seemed to have locked up.

I felt really lucky to stand on the 17th tee and know I still had an Leaderboard stretch run, great drives to beat Perry on extra hole i- 1 ill opportunity, Brooks said. My caddie informed me that 11-under was then leading and I guess it gave me a little bit of life. I hit my two best drives of the week in regulation and in the playoff on No. 18. And Perry hit two of his worst, both times hooking into the rough and hacking the ball around enough times to make a 6.

For the second consecutive year, the PGA Championship was decided in a playoff last year Steve Elkington defeating Colin Montgomerie on the first extra hole. I This time it was a gift from Perry a Kentucky native to Brooks; the Texas visitor who never would have made the playoff if Perry hadnt bogeyed No. 18 in regulation. I Continued. PGAC2 LOUISVILLE, Ky.

Champions in Kentucky have to hold up down the stretch. Thats true at Churchill Downs in the Derby. And it was true in the PGA Championship. Mark Brooks felt the sting of the whip when he realized on the 17th hole he had a chance to win. And he responded like a true thoroughbred, making a birdie on the last hole to force a sudden-death playoff with Kenny Perry.

Then he proved he had two stretch runs in him when he birdied No. 18 for a second time in 20 minutes to win his first major championship and third tournament of the year. Perry, meanwhile, spit the bit bogeying No. 18 twice to give away Final results of the PGA Championship in Louisville, x-Mark Brooks 68-70-69-70-277 Kenny Perry 66-72-71-68-277 Tommy Tolies 69-71-71-67-278 Steve Elkington 67-74-67-70-278 Justin Leonard 71-66-72-70-279 Jesper Parnevik 73-67-69-70-279 Vijay Singh 69-69-69-72-279 x-won tn playoff Mariners still need Martinez (y Bay Area entry ousts shorthanded Spokane Bat star will return after another loss to Twins By Gary Brooks Tacoma News Tribune SEATTLE With Edgar Martinez out of the lineup for the past three weeks with fractured ribs, the Seattle Mariners offensive production has been cut nearly in half. Against Minnesota on Sunday in the Kingdome, Seattle once again was stagnant at the plate against Twins starter Brad Radke.

Scoring just three runs, the Mariners lost their season-high sixth in a row, 6-3, in front of 36,114 spectators. Seattle manager Lou Piniel-la hopes the effect a missing Martinez has had on the Seattle offense will be reversed when Martinez is activated from the disabled list for the game tonight against Kansas City. Well get Edgar back tomorrow, Piniella said Sunday. Hopefully, that will give us a lift. We need it Seattle has scored only 34 runs in its last nine games, an average of 3.8 runs a game compared to the 6.39 runs a game it was averaging when this tailspin began.

The Mariners only victory in the last nine games came bn Aug. 4, when they broke out for nine runs against Detroit. We need a spark to get this thing turned around, Piniella said. Martinez, who was hitting .334 when he collided Continued: M'sC4 By Dave Trimmer Staff writer The Spokane Shadows Cocoa Beach dream went Cocoa Puff, but not without a i fight. Spokanes amazing first full season of-1' competition in the United Systems of-1 Independent Soccer Leagues came to a controversial end on a beautiful Sunday evening when the San Francisco Bay Seals pulled out a 3-2 victory at Spokane Falls Community College.

With the win in the finals of the --), Western Conference Northern Division finals, the Seals (17-5) advance to the-' USISL Premier League championships in Cocoa Beach, next weekend. i That was a heartbreaker, Shadow coach Einar Thorarinsson said. We wer the better team from minute 1 to minute 90. Its tough to play with two men down. The Shadow battled a man short from- minutes into the game because of an; 1 ill-advised and, considering the magnitude of the game, questionable red card, then ethe last minutes two men down le of another red card.

We got homered at home, said veter- an defenseman Stuart Rose, whose brilli- ant header off a corner kick by Zane Higgins gave the Shadow, which finished 18-4, a 1-0 lead 7 minutes into the game." You dont want to come in and say the I referee hurt you, maybe some of the foulsT-T should have been called, but he kind of." swayed the game. Even the San Franciscb; players on tne field were saying the same ,4 thing, the calls were not being consistent. Basically, everyone associated with the; Shadow, including 1,408 fans, agreed. Thorarinsson labeled the calls question able and inconsistent. Weve always come back, he Even two men down, we kept attacking.

L-m Thats the character of the team, never Lj give up. The Shadow controlled the I intense game against the defending sion champions from the outset, despite going against a strong, warm breeze. staying on the attack, the Shadow kept the Seals from utilizing their speed. That' Continued: ShadowC3. Montana athlete wins triathlon title (l By Greg Lee Staff writer COEUR dALENE For the last two-thirds of the 13th annual Coeur dAlene Triathlon, Ann Seifert thought she was racing for second.

Imagine, then, her surprise when the Helena, native found out about 10 minutes after finishing Sunday morning that she was the winning female amateur. Seifert was more than content with second place especially since she didnt see presumed winner Melissa Bruigom again after they finished the first leg of the race, the swim. It turned out that Bruigom, of Victoria, British Continued: TriathlonC3 1 "'i A Dan PelleThe Spokesman Review San Francisco Bays Tim Weaver gets a Jump on Spokanes Zane Higgins (12) as the Seals head toward the Northern Division title, Scoreboard Have-nots have a nice day i Baseball American League Texas 6, Toronto 0 New York 12, Detroit 0 Boston 2, Milwaukee 0 Chicago 8, Baltimore 5 Oakland 9, Cleveland 3 California 6, Kansas City 5 Minnesota 6, Seattle 3 National League San Diego 7, Pittsburgh 5 Houston 10, Philadelphia 5 Montreal, Chicago 3 (10) Los Angeles 10, Cincinnati 5 St. Louis 5, San Francisco 3 New York 5, Florida 3 Atlanta 4, Colorado 1 Baseball report C1.C5 shredded a blower belt. To reach the finals, Ranney dispatched No.

2 qualifier Bobby Baldwin of Chicago, who also lost a blower belt at the eighth-mile mark. Even the runner-up was acting like hed won it all. This is my first race, said Passey, a 30 year-old from Bountiful, Utan. I just got my license and had never been side-by-side before this weekend. Were really in the minor leagues compared to guys like Force, but tracks like this really level the playing field.

Passey said he was working with broken equipment but decided to roll the dice tn the final. I hurt it (the motor) on the burnout but still Continued: Lesser lights dominate action during AHRA drag-race finals By Paul Delaney Correspondent The have-nots finally had their day with the haves Sunday at the American Hot Rod Association World Finals at Spokane Raceway Park. With all the big names like John Force and Tony Pedregon watching from the sidelines, championships in the 34th edition of this race went to those who always have to work a lot harder drag racing success. Among them were Top Fuel winner Mike Ranney of Arvita, last years World Finals runner-up, who defeated newcomer Bob Passey 6.26 second and 233.55 mph to 6.98, 193.00. Funny Car victor Gary Densham, who last won in Spokane in 1989, had to charge hard to defeat perennial Spokane bridesmaid Tom Hoover, 6.131 and 177.38 to 6.788, 192.99.

Ranney was competing in just his seventh event and making only his 25th pass of the year. "We had to really work for that one, said the automotive garage owner. We left good and then got out and away, but I thought he might catch me. Ranney, the third quickest qualifier smoked his tires at the eighth-mile mark but still made a full pass at 5.89 in round one to defeat Havre, Montanas Garth Widdison, who 'i Complete TV listings can be found In Today's Menu, page C2. Colin Mulvanythe Spokesman Review Bobby Baldwin burns In his tires before a run In his top-fuel dragster..