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THE NEws Nom MONDAY JUNE 29 1998 Baseball' 1 2 4 3D 3 Mudcats get a break with Brown's single 'I 7 i I I 4t- 4tAt No 'It 7f 4 '0 wi iik 4414 '''-'''S I 6: il 'kJ ree' NN- 1 1 Ab or 1 i 1 )1 4 teda 1 4 elr' 4 1 4 4 S' NN ''''nit Moises Alou right gets a hand from Jeff Bagwell after hitting a two-run homer for Houston in the Astross 12-3 victory THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Ah Yat went six innings allowing six hits three runs and one earned run in his first appearance since getting called up from Class A Lynchburg He walked two struck out six and got an endorsement from Mudcats pitching coach Dave "Razor" Rajsich "He threw strikes and mixed his pitches" Rajsich said "We were concerned he might be a little intimidated after that display last night" Ah Yat formulated his game plan as the Smoldes pounded out 21 hits in a 15-6 win on Saturday night "Our pitchers allowed us to do what we're capable of doing offensively" Mudcats manager Jeff Banister said "We're not a club that can stand toe-to-toe with somebody and bang it out of the park" Banister liked a bunt single by Luis Figueroa during a two-run seventh that started with a double by Craig Wilson The Mudcats pushed their lead to 7-3 giving them some breathing room when the Smoldes drew two walks in the ninth Left-hander Jason Haynie (3-2 276 ERA) who has been on the disabled list with tightness in his elbow since May 30 is scheduled to start for the Mudcats at 7:30 tonight against right-hander Joe Young (1- 5 828) of the Smokies Al Myaft can be reached at 829-4556 or amyattnandocom Houston romps on Alou's 3 hits BY AL MYArt STAFF WRITER ZERILON Randy Brown laid a Louisville Slugger to rest at Five County Stadium on Sunday but the lumber drew a posthumous battlefield commendation from the Carolina Mudcats shortstop Brown's two-out two-strike flare Mudcatomil up the middle scored two rtms in Smokiestmi3 the third inning and put the Mudcats ahead to stay in a 7-3 win over the Knoxville Smoldes "He Ely Hartshorn' threw me a good pitch" Brown said "A slider down and away I kept my hands back and my head down "I broke my bat but it went out a hero I was fortunate to get enough wood on it to get it into center field" Brown's two RBIs put the Mud-cats up 3-1 and Mudcats left-handers Paul Ah Yat former Smokie Chad Brown and Kevin Tolar were able to protect the lead Ah Yat (1-0) made his first Double-A start and settled down after yielding a double to Will Skett on the first pitch of the game "He introduced me to the Southern League but as the game went along 1 felt more comfortable" said Ah Yat the Pittsburgh Pirates' 21st round pick out of the University of Hawaii in 1996 Bisons stop FROM STAFF REPORTS BUFFALO NI The Buffalo Bisons scored a run in the bottom of the Bisonsto ninth to force extra innings Bulls5 then completed the task in the lOth inning to defeat the Durham Bulls 6-5 on Sunday Buffalo scored four runs in the eighth inning three on a home run fl" ACURA 1 EALER IMUDCATS REPO EtzrS tsct KNOXVILLE 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Chad Kreuter Frank Thomas and Albert Belle hit RBI singles as host Chicago rallied in the eighth inning to stop the Brewers' six-game winning streak Jeff Cirillo set a career high with five hits for the Brewers including a double in a two-run eighth that made it 8- 7 But the White Sox came back to stop a three-game losing streak in the bottom halt Mike Cameron reached on a two-base throwing error by shortstop Jose Valentin and scored on Kreuter's single Ray Durham walked and after Mike Myers (2-1) struck out Mike Caruso Thomas singled for a 9- 8 lead Belle followed with his single Reds 5 Tigers 2: Former Carolina Mudcats right-hander Steve Parris posted his first win in nearly three years as Cincinnati finished a three-game sweep The Reds have won four straight after an 11-game losing streak Parris (1-0) making his first start of the season won for the first time since pitching Pittsburgh to a 3-2 victory over Florida on Aug 20 1995 FROM WIRE REPORTS Moises Alou homered had three hits and drove in three runs as the Houston Astros beat the Cleveland Indians 12-3 Sunday to take two of three in the interleague meeting of Central Division leaders The visiting Astros outscored the r- defending AL champions 21-8 in the final two games of the series showing a nice mix of power and speed that's tough to beat in any league Alou who hit three homers for Florida against the Indians in the 1997 World Series beat Cleveland on Saturday with an RBI single in the Ilth offJose Mesa He got the decisive hit for the second straight day making it 4-2 with a two-run homer his 16th off Nagy in the fourth Derek Bell hit a 433-foot solo homer in the first his 11th Alomar tied it at 1 with his homer in the second ALSO SUNDAY Twins 3 Cardinals 2: Bob Tewksbury twice used lob pitches to transform Mark McGwire's swing from menacing to meek and Otis Nixon drove in the winning run with a squeeze bunt in the seventh inning at Minneapolis Kept off-balance by Tewksbury's surprising pitch selection 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