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Atr -ifr lifer jifi mm omfay July 13 1992Tucson Citizen BASEBALL 3D Blauser hits 3 homers Leads Braves to win over Cubs The Associated Press hit three home NL games Braves 7 Cubs 4: At Chicago the Braves completed a four-game sweep of the Cubs Terry Pendleton and Dave Justice opened the 1 0th with singles off Assenmacher who then retired pinch hitter Ron Gant and Damon Berryhill before giving up the homer to Blauser Kent Mercker (3 0) the fifth Atlanta reliever worked two scoreless innings for the win Alejandro Pena got the last three outs for his seventh save Rick Wilkins who hit a two-run homer in the sixth singled home a run for the Cubs in the seventh to tie it 4-4 Cubs starter Frank Castillo went six innings giving up four runs on six hits Braves starter Mike Bie-lecki who lasted only two innings after straining a back muscle up one run on four hits Pirates 7 Reds 6: At Cincinnati Barry Bonds tied it with a two-out three-run triple in the ninth and Gary Redus won it with a two-run homer in the 10th Bonds tied the game 5-5 with a bases-loaded triple off Norm Charlton the All-Star closer game-winning homer his first of the year came off Tim Belcher (8-7) The Pirates won the last three games in the four-game series between the National division leaders leaving them with a split of the 12-game season series Bob Patterson (5 1) pitched a perfect ninth for Pittsburgh but was replaced by Stan Belinda after giving up a leadoff single to Hal Morris in the 10th Belinda gave up a sacrifice fly to Joe Oliver but got the final three outs for his 13th save Dodgers 9 Cardinals 0: At Los' Angeles last-minute sub Mitch Webster drove in two runs and Kevin Gross pitched his second shutout as the Dodgers completed their longest homestand since moving to LA Webster filled in for slumping Darryl Strawberry' who came off the disabled list last Monday after missing 48 games with a herniated disk in his back two RBIs were two more than Strawberry has in 24 at-bats since his return The Dodgers finished the 18-day homestand with an 12-10 mark leaving them 13 games behind division-leading Cincinnati Los Angeles is entering the All-Star break in last place for the first time since 1986 Gross (5-9) won for only the second time in his last eight starts He gave up nine hits struck out five and walked four Giants 4 Expos 0: At San Francisco Billy Swift scattered seven hits over seven innings and won for the first time since May 7 1 The Expos shut out in their last two games head into the All-Star break with a 20-inning scoreless drought and an injured star Larry Walker their All-Star outfielder left the game in the third inning with a sore muscle in his left leg Chris James homered and doubled for the Giants who have won seven of their last nine to pull within one victory of the 500 mark Swift (7-1) pitched out of trouble in the first third and fourth as the Expos stranded six runners in the 'The Atlanta Braves got a power boost from an unlikely source Jeff Blauser who entered the game with only 39 homers in his six-year career blasted three yesterday in a 7-4 victory over the Chicago Cubs Blauser capped his amazing day with a three-run shot in the 10th inning Tie is the second major leaguer to hit three homers in a game this season Juan Gonzalez of Texas did it against Minnesota on June 7 and the first Brave to accomplish the feat since Jeff Treadway against Philadelphia on May 26 1990 What made Blauser's blasts even more surprising was his recent slump The light-hitting infielder was batting 163 (8 for 49) in his previous 23 games "I've not hit well this Blauser said "but this is a nice way to go into the (All-Star) break I guessod right a few times Blauser who had only four homers in the first 85 games this season hit solo homers in the second and sixth innings before his gante-w inning blast off Paul Assenniacher (2-2) "It was all Jeff Blauser Braves manager Bobby Cox said "He played great in the field and he DOWN AND OUT Former UA outfielder Kevin lided while trying to catch a ground ball Stillwell Ward comes to the aid of teammates Kurt Stillwell sustained bruised ribs and left the game Fernan-and Tony Fernandez after the two infielders col- dez stayed in the game Padres 8 Phillies 2: At Jack Murphy Stadium site of tomorrow's All Star game Gary Sheffield had three hits including his 18th homer and Jerald Clark also connected as San Diego handed Philadelphia its eighth straight loss Andy Benes (7-7) capped the four game series sweep with his first win in five starts lie allowed two runs on seven hits in 6 innings struck out nine and walked two first four innings The Giants turned four double plays behind the right-hander who got 19 of 21 outs on ground balls Astros 3 Mets 1: At Houston hot hitting Ken Caminiti tripled in a run in the first inning and Butch Henry pitched seven strong innings for the Astros Caminiti is 9 for 24 (375) in his last six games Henry (3 6) gave up one run on six hits struck out six and walked one A1 Osuna pitched the eighth and Xa ier Hernandez closed it out for his fourth save Loser Sid Fernandez (7-8) went six innings giving up three runs on four hits Houston took a 2 0 lead in the first on Caminiti's RBI triple and a sacrifice fly by Jeff Bagwell The Astros scored another run in the second when Luis Gonzalez tripled and came home on a sacrifice fly by Casey Candaele Oriole strategy backfires Managers would bench six All-Stars Intentional walk followed by homer The Associated Press The Associated Press AL Left fielder Mark Carreon Detroit Tigers (Salpointe Catholic HS): lor 3 vs California Center fielder Chad Curtia California Angela (Benson HS): 2 for 5 caught stealing (9) vs Detroit Right fielder Jack Daugherty Texas Rangers (UA): On 1 5-day disabled list Pitcher Scott Erickson Minnesota Twins (UA): Did not pitch Center fielder Kenny Lofton Cleveland Indians (UA): 0 for 4 vs Texas NL Shortstop Casey Candaele Houston Astros (UA): 0 for 2 hit a sacrifice fly vs New Yctrk Mets Pitcher Craig Lefferts San Diego Padiea (UA): Did not pitch Pitcher Joe Magrane St Louis Cardinals (UA): On disabled list Catcher Tom Pagnozzi St Louis Cardinals (Rincon HS): 1 for 3 vs Los Angeles Center fielder Kevin Ward San Diego Padres (UA): 0 for 1 vs the second inning yesterday his fifth homer of the season off Wilson Alvarez (2 3) Mariners 7 Yankees 6: Jay Buhner's three run homer in the seventh inning led the Mariners homer was his 15th of the season third in the four-game series and eighth in his career against his former team Frik Hanson (7-11) was the wint ner and Russ Swan pitched a hitless ninth for his fifth save Matt Nokes hit a two-run homer his 1 2lh in the fifth giving the Yankees a 5 4 lead Dion James also homered for New York Buhner's homer which followed singles by Edgar Martinez and Tino Martinez came off Greg Cadaret (4-7) Angels 5 Tigers 4 (10 innings): Gary run scoring single in the lflth inning gave the Angels the victory Junior lelix led off the 10th with a single off Mike Henneman (0 5) and stole second With two outs pinch hitter John Morris was intentionally walked but the strategy backfired when Gaetti bounced a single into left field and Felix beat Dan Gladden's throw to the plate Steve Frey (3 1) got the win with two innings of scoreless relief The Angels won despite their pitchers giving up a club record 13 walks Luis Sojo and Le Stevens hit solo homers for the Angels Detroit's Cecil Fielder hit a two run homer bis 18th Royals 5 Brewers 1: Kevin Appier collected bis 10th win of the season and Kevin McReynolds drove in two runs and scored one for Kansas City Appier (10 3) scattered six hits slamming a 2-2 pitch into the left-field seats bottom line is Milacki made a bad pitch with two strikes" Oates said Brian Harper had two hits and two RBIs for the Twins who are 13 3 over their last 16 games The Orioles got a three-run homer front Leo Gomez Tom Edens (3-0) pitched 3 innings of one hit ball in relief and Mark Guthrie finished with 2 'fy hitless innings Other AL games Athletics 8 Blue Jays 0: Ron Darling pitched a two-hitter and Mark NlcGw ire hit his major league leading 28th home run as Oakland defeated Toronto for the third straight time The only hits off Darling were Candy single leading off the eighth and Manny single leading off the ninth Mike Bordick had four hits and scored three runs for the Darling (8 7) also pitched a two-hitter against Boston May 24 McGwire who homered in the seventh off Bob MacDonald also doubled in a run in the second off Pat Hentgen (3-1) Red Sox 3 White Sox 0: I rank Viola pitc bed seven shutout innings and Tom Brunansky and Bob Zup-cic homered for Boston Viola (8 3) gave up three hits struck out three walked two and allowed only two runners past first base in seven innings Greg Harris allowed one hit over the last two innings for his first save of the season Brunansky who hit a grand slam in Boston's 11-2 win Saturday ho-incred into the Red Sox in NL managers selected Tom Gla-vine of the Braves as their starting 'pitcher while AL managers split heir otes ev enly among Roger Clemens of Boston Juan Guzman of Toronto and Kevin Brown of Texas The actual starting pitchers were to la announced today by the managers since fans vote for pitchers The most striking votes came at third base in the AL and at shortstop third base and catcher in the NL Boggs hitting 263 with six homers and 27 RBIs didn't receive a vote Ventura got five for his 298 average eight homers and 42 RBIs Smith elected to start in 10 consecutive all star games more than any other player since voting was returned to fans in 1970 didn't get a vote either while Fernandez and I-arkin got four each Santiago get a vote not surprising considering he's just coming off the disabled list Sandy Alomar hitting 241 with two homers and 23 RBIs for Cleveland got just one vote for the AL atrhing spot bile Tettleton ith a 230 baiting average 19 homers and 32 RBIs got six In the AL outfield managers pre ferred arter (274 1 9 homers 63 RBIs) and Anderson (286 13 57) over Canseco (253 18 48) and Griffey (283 1 3 50) Canseco ison the disabled list and won't be acti vaied by Oakland teforp the game so be will Ik replaced anyw av NL third baseman was a close race ith Slu ffield edging Pendleton 5 3 SAN DIFGO If managers did the voting instead Of fans the starting lineups for tomorrow night's All Star game would he very different Wade Boggs Jose Canseco and Sandy Alomar Jr would be riding the leneh So would Ozio Smith Beuito Santiago and Terry Pendleton A survey conducted during the past six days by The Associated Press showed managers agreed with only nine of the 16 starters ticked by fans Boggs would be replaced as the American league third baseman by Robin Ventura and Alomar would be dropped as rate her in favor of it key Tettleton Managers agreed with Minnesota's Kirby Puckett in the outfield hut would replace Canseco and Ken Griffey Jr of Seattle ith Toronto's Joe Carter and Baltimore's Brady Anderson National League managers preferred former Rincon High School star Tom Pagnozzi of St Louis over Santiago at catx her Gary Sheffield of San Diego over Pendleton at third base and eitbt Tony Fernandez of San Diego or Barry Larkin of Cin einnati over Smith at shortstop Nine of the 14 AL managers responded to the survey including Bobby Yah Mine who answered la fote be was fired last week by the Texas Rangers iglit of the 12 NL managers participated Managers weren't allowed to vole for players on their own teams Baltimore manager Johnny Oates hesitate to do it again and again and again that is intentionally walk Kent Hrbek in the first inning of a scoreless game with a runner on third iwo outs and Bob Milacki pitching do it 100 times out of Oates said yes terday after Pedro Munoz ruined the unconventional strategy slamming a three-run homer that sparked the Twins to a 9 4 ictory over the Orioles Hrbek has been walked intentionally in manydifferent situations during his 11 -year career but he couldn't remember ever getting a fre pass in the first inning The reason? His 391 lifetime batting average against Milacki His 350 average against the Orioles this year also was a factor "When I got to first base Randy Milligan told me 'We've got to stop the bleeding It surprised Hrbek said "I guess they were just playing the the difference if the first or the Oates said "You've got a guy oming uplohind bint that you've gotten out all year and there were two out" Munoz who was bitting 222 wtth one RBI in 27 at bats against Bdtimore crossed up Oates by over five innings Mike Bodditker permitted only one hit over the last four innings for his third save The Royals took a 4 0 lead against Rrure Ruffin 1 3) in the first Brian Mi Rae and Gregg Jefferies singled George Brett walked and McReynolds hit a two-run single Wally Joyner walked loading the bases and reliever James Austin walked Mike Macfarlane furring in Brett McReynolds scored the final run on Curtis fielder's choice Indians 6 Bangers 3: At Arling ton Stadium Mark Whiten had a three run homer in the eighth in ning as Cleveland la-at Texas for the first time in seven games The shot off Kenny Rogers (1 4) was Whi-ten's seventh of the year Angotti gets crack at Triple A ball here Homer hoists US to win over Korea By STEVE RIVERA iff baseball draft hit a 2 0 pitch from Korea starter Sun Dong Iim (0 1) over the wall in left enter It was 1 lammonds' third home run of the exhibition season Team LS is 20 5 with five games left in its national tour and is 3 1 against Korea The final game of the series will Ik plaved tonight at Rithmond Va The Associated Press I OR MILL SC Jeffrey Hammonds' solo home run in the top of the sixth inning the only bit by the I'nited States lifted the CS Olympic lasball (i am to a 2 1 vxtory ovr the Eon an national team last mgbt Hammonds the fourth pnk Ovr rail in last month's amateur The Tucson T( ms broke a 15 in ning scoreless st rr ak in the fifth last night only to lose 5 3 to the Flme nix lire birds who vt tired in the sixth and seventh innings last night at Hi Cm Ik tt I if Id be Toros vpiamb red a fun a formanei bv starting pitc er JefT Juden who went six innings and allowed one run on five bits He bad seven Strikeouts The in birds si ored four rims off Matt Tomer Tin i ros loved out a tore game burin stand nh a 4 5 rerm la 9 I) ill the pat ific Coast are host to has Vegas Streaks: Toro third baserin Gary Cooper has bit in 10 of bis la I 1 games Second bast nif Trent Hubbard wrnt 1 for 3 hi I I nit 1 1 mes to struggle gomg 2 for 2 rn 1 the last five games 1 irt bird ati (u Jim MrNamai was rjis led fn last night's gan aft' arguing with hem plate nr ire Joe Burleson in the fifth inmr aft'r a no tall on what be ha thought was a dead ball Firebird 6 Toro 3 tvia lea ben the Toros return from the All Star break Thursday be probably ill go bar to ing the team's first base coach liatting practite pin rliollK-n ran her But that's something he wanted to do in the first plar-e After spending three years in the Houston organization from laying no higher than Class A ball the Astros offerer! 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