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Baseball Section Page 4 Star-Telegram Thursday June 11 1998 TALKIN' BASEBALL Sprained knee sidelines Kent r-'rom Wiie Rqxiits The San Francisco Giants have lost their cleanup hitter for at least two weeks and they continued to fume yesterday about the way Jeff Kent was injured on a slide by Seattle's Alex Rodriguez Kent was placed on BASEBALL NOTES Go to your room PHOENIX The hardest part of sitting out the first game of his eight-game suspension was watching ace Chuck Finley struggle through a mediocre performance Anaheim Angels manager Terry Collins said last night Collins who watched Anaheim's 10-8 victory against the Arizona Diamondbacks in his hotel room the night before also felt bedeviled by a lack of information particularly when interim manager Joe Maddon took out center fielder Jim Edmonds It turned out Edmonds was ailing after being hit by the Diamondbacks' Clint Sodowsky in the sixth inning "I didn't know why until I called" Collins said "I said 'What happened to and Maddon said 'Well he couldn't lift his arms over his head'" AL president Gene Budig suspended Collins and Kansas City manager Tony Muser for not controlling their players during a bench-clearing brawl last week in Kansas City Mo Collins' suspension lasts for five more road games plus a home game in Anaheim and he planned to watch the road contests from his hotel after making out the lineup and leaving the field "I can't hold my liquor well enough to watch the games at a bar" he joked The Associated Press on the November ballot that if approved would block the City of New York from spending money to build a stadium for the Yankees in Manhattan The move is certain to escalate tensions with Yankees owner George Steinbrenner who last week said that political meddling by Vallone was pushing him "dangerously close" to moving the team from New York Briefly Toronto Blue Jays right-hander Erik Hanson who has an 0-3 record with a 624 ERA has been designated for assignment Toronto recalled the contract of right-hander Luis Andujar from Triple-A Syracuse Atlanta's John Smoltz trying to bounce back again from an injured elbow allowed two runs in four innings during a rehabilitation start for Double-A Greenville of the Southern League Smoltz hopes to rejoin the Braves late next week Orel Hershiser in yesterday's Mariners-Giants game In the bottom of the first San Francisco's Barry Bonds was hit in the leg by a pitch from Bill Swift Bonds later left the game with tightness in his left calf Hershiser left the game after being hit on the wrist by a line drive X-rays on Hershiser were negative Arrojo with family Tampa Bay pitcher Rolando Arrojo granted permission earlier this week to leave the Devil Rays to attend to a personal matter has been in Florida with family members who have left Cuba General manager Chuck LaMar said Arrojo was in Miami along with several family members who have apparently defected the communist island Arrojo who defected from Cuba in 1996 was expected to rejoin the Devil Rays today in Boston Rumble in the Bronx? City Council Speaker Peter Val-lone introduced legislation to place a referendum regarding the team sk ammmmmmm the 15-day disabled list ith a sprained right knee a day after he was injured when Rodriguez slid into him while trying to break up a double play "I didn't think it was that bad until I got home and saw the replay" Kent said "Now I think it was cheap" Rodriguez defended his slide as clean and necessary "If you review the film it was a slow ground ball and took a high hop to (shortstop Reyl Sanchez and my responsibility is to break it up" he said "I don't think it was a high slide but once I hit the base I rolled over a little bit" Rodriguez was hit in the shoulder by the first pitch he faced from The Associated Press Giants pitcher Orel Hershiser falls to his knees after he was hit on the wrist by a line drive during yesterday's game against Seattle X-rays were negative and he expects to make his next scheduled start 1 1 CJJU JK I- I Hicks Rangers From Page 1 From Page 1 retired Goodwin attempting to steal second base on the ensuing pitchout Alicea later would deliver a single but three base hits during the inning went for naught Johnny Paul (817) 3V0-7760 slur-tele grumxom Rangers statistics (Through Tuesday) Hitting AB 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO Avg Helling 20 1 000000 500 of a St they'll beat a Pu pic Simms 48 10 18 3 0 Rodriguez 230 46 86 24 2 Sele 3 0 3 13 5 7 375 0 36 19 42 374 0 0 0 0 333 2 18 6 13 324 16 16 324 1 0 3 1 4 0 Cedeno 74 13 24 Haselman 34 3 11 Goodwin 232 47 73 McLemore 199 39 61 5 1 1 11 34 45 315 3 8 0 3 35 43 31 307 4 i man on siBr-telfigramcom Clark 218 42 66 12 0 10 39 32 38 303 Gonzalez 259 46 78 20 0 20 78 13 56 301 Kelly 42 9 12 4 Talis 183 23 51 7 Alicea 100 19 27 9 Greer 242 42 65 10 Slevens 182 29 47 7 Elsler 171 27 43 6 Sheldon 10 0 0 114 18 286 2 1 20 9 44 279 0 2 14 13 14 270 4 5 40 33 48 269 1 12 34 17 50 258 1 6 28 22 37 251 0 0 0 0 1 000 Rangers 2221 395 664 121 13 77 376 248440 299 Opp 2200 334 617 132 25 65 323 205373 280 ER BB SO ERA Pitching IP Gunderson 29 29 Wetleland2423 14 6 15 2 31 8913 86 42 35 29 71 0 0 93 0 1 46 3 3 53 1 3 79 1 386 0 3 92 Sele Levine Pavlik 8 4 3 19 23 14 16 Bailes 2023 26 13 Helling 8523 89 44 44 32 57 8 3 4 62 Patterson 2023 19 11 11 9 13 1 2 4 79 2 4 79 Hemandezl613 11 9 9 11 16 20 28 33 19 16 15 Crabtree Burkett 1 496 0 5 14 5 6 30 5 672 3 7 36 0 844 (f jip 80 91 58 56 22 55 6413 86 54 48 27 36 66 87 56 54 33 29 Oliver Wilt TEACHERS DON'T MISS THIS! Hundreds of ideas for using the Star-Telegram in your classroom All materials easily adapted to any grade level or subject area Hear motivational speakers and presentations Visit over 50 educational related booths Fun field trip and classroom craft ideas Great door prizes including one pair of round-trip airline tickets courtesy of American Airlines and Arlington Hilton package Continental breakfast buffet Complimentary hand-out materials Plan all your programs for the 1998-99 school year Wild Wonders Live Animal presentation presented by Sean Greene and The Fort Worth Zoo an animal outreach program for schools To secure your EXPO reservation and FREE materials register for one of the NIE packages before July 17 You will receive an NIE EXPO '98 confirmation packet by July 20 Santana 513 1 Rangers 563 617 334 308 205 373 39 24 492 Opp 55513 664 395 379 248 440 24 39 6 14 Stolen bases-attempts: Rangers 46-70 (Goodwin 23-34 McLemore 8-12 Talis 6-6 Rodriguez 3-3 Cedeno 2-4 Clark 1-1 Gonzalez 1-1 Greer 1-4 Alicea 1-3 Elster 0-1 Stevens 0-1) Opponents 18-45 Errors: Rangers 36 (Talis 8 McLemore 6 Elster 4 Clark 4 Cedeno 2 Witt 2 Alicea 2 Bailes Gonzalez Goodwin Hodnquez Oliver Stevens Simms Sele) Opi lonents 37 Double plays: Rangers 61 Opponents 60 Saves: Hangers 21 (Wetteland 18 Hernandez Pavlik Patterson) Opponents 12 Complete games: Rangers 6 (Sele 3 Oliver 2 Helling) OpiH)nents2 Shutouts: Rangers 4 (Sele 2 team 2 Helling) Opponents 0 Home attendance: 1184409 for 33 dates (35891 avg 1997 attendance 1204313 tor 33 dates (36494 avg Rangers 5 Rockies 2 EXHIBITORS: American Airlines CR Smith Museum Amon Carter Museum Ben Keith Hosted by: Star-Telegram Newspapers in Education Friday July 24 8am 12noon Will Rogers Complex Amon Carter Jr Exhibits Hall The Cattle Raisers Museum Champion Paper Clubhouse for Kids Only Creative Arts Theatre School Dallas Museum of Natural History Dallas Stars Hockey Fossil Rim Wildlife Center Imagisphere Children's Museun Learning Well Legends of The Game Baseball Museum Mapsco Marcus Cable The Movie Studios at Las Colinas Northeast Environmental Tean Palace of Wax Ripley's Believe It Or Not River Legacy Living Science Center The Science Place Six Flags Hurricane Harbor Stockyards Station Tarantula Steam Train Discovery Toys There was so little business for the major-league owners that a meeting scheduled for three days was reduced to one The Florida Marlins' sale situation remained unclear although some owners in Seattle said they expected it to go through eventually The owners announced Monday that they wouldn't vote on the Marlins' deal in Seattle "I would assume it's on track" Montreal Expos president Claude Brochu said "I don't think there's any problem" It may be on track and there might not be a problem but there are a lot of people in South Florida who are wondering whether the $169 million sale of the Marlins from Wayne Huizenga to team president Don Smiley is going to happen Smiley declined to comment on the Marlins' situation When the owners sat down to meet yesterday they decided that one day was enough time to act on the Rangers' sale Hicks wasn't in Seattle but the owners had no problems with that or with him "Everything that I've heard about him is that he's outstanding" Colorado Rockies owner Jerry McMorris said "This is a case where some very outstanding people are being replaced by another outstanding person "It's been the most noncontro- versial quiet process that we've had" Said Anaheim Angels president Tony Tavares: "You would struggle to find a more quality guy to get involved in the game Look at the man and look at his background He's been successful at everything he's done" Tavares' Angels are chasing the Rangers in the AL West "I think he should move to the American League East" Tavares said jokingly of the new Rangers owner "I don't think it would get much support but I think I'll propose it anyway" McMorris said he expects the Marlins' sale to be approved in the future "Don Smiley's had a very good reputation with this group" he said "I hope that he's successful in trying to put together the right ownership group And I hope he's successful in his desires to keep the team in Miami" The purchase price of the Rangers is the second-highest in baseball behind the $311 million Rupert Murdoch paid for the Los Angeles Dodgers from Peter O'Malley in May Hicks controls two companies Chancellor Media of Dallas and Capstar Broadcasting of Austin His combined radio revenue is $15 billion The next owners' meeting is scheduled1 for Sept 15-17 in stretch "I think any good team expects to do well against a team that might be struggling or isn't playing as well as it should" said Helling who gave up two runs on five hits and five walks "You want to take advantage of those situations" Helling though lost command of the strike zone in the seventh inning Jason Bates opened the inning with a single and Helling issued consecutive one-out walks to pinch hitter John Vander Wal and center fielder Curtis Goodwin to load the bases Rangers manager Johnny Oates summoned right-hander Xavier Hernandez from the bullpen after the walk to Goodwin Rockies manager Don Baylor countered by sending catcher Jeff Reed a left-handed hitter to pinch hit for struggling second baseman Mike Lansing Hernandez retired Reed on strikes with three pitches but he too would struggle with command Helton drew a bases-loaded walk tor the Rockies' second run which brought third baseman Vinny Castilla to the plate Castilla who entered the game with 22 home runs represented the potential go-ahead run and worked the count full but Hernandez struck him out on a slider The Rangers took advantage of the Rockies' mistakes in the fourth inning Right-hander John Thomson (5-6) fell behind in the count to Gonzalez who deposited a second-pitch fastball into the left-field seats to give the Rangers a 2-1 lead Thomson then issued a walk to Clark who advanced to third on the ensuing single by catcher Ivan Rodriguez Right fielder Dante Bichette allowed Rodriguez to advance to second when his throw sailed high above the cutoff man Clark scored on the sacrifice fly by Cedeno and Tatis drove in Rodriguez with a one-out single to right field to give the Rangers a 4-1 lead The Rangers chased Thomson during their next at-bat with their third consecutive three-hit inning Clark's one-out run-scoring single gave Helling a four-run lead with which to work The Rangers wasted three hits in the third inning after consecutive singles by Helling and center fielder Tom Goodwin The Rockies who trailed 1-0 after a second-inning home run by Clark expected a sacrifice-bunt attempt from Rangers second baseman Luis Alicea Helton and Castilla charged for the bunt but Lansing worked his way behind Helling at second base Thomson wheeled and delivered an accurate throw to Lansing who tagged Helling for the pickoff The Rangers further ran out of what once appeared to be a potential big inning when Manwanng DK 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