The Modesto Bee from Modesto, California • 23

I The Modesto Bee Online: wwwmodbeecomsports How to reach us: Sports News Scores 578-2300 WEDNESDAY AUGUST 22 2007 INSIDE Outdoors C-3 Baseball Former Los Banos star hopes to stick with 49ers NFL notes Page C-5 SCOREBOARD By KIM YANCEY LOS BANOS ENTERPRISE 6 Blue Jays 4 Oakland's Dan Haren A5J matched his career high in wins Page C-6 Cubs 5 Giants 1 Los Banos native Nick Steitz left is battling for a roster spot at left guard with the 49ers The Oregon graduate helped San Francisco engineer a game-winning drive Saturday against Oakland GENE LEIBLOS BANON ENTERPRISE Cliff Floyd hit a go-ahead two-run single in the ninth inning Page C-6 ing with a 1-yard blast into the end zone by rookie running back Thomas Clayton with 47 seconds left "We ran a 70 Power play with the right guard Steitz said are a lot of bodies close together at the end zone and it was hard to find an entry point You just try to put your hat on A two-point conversion attempt failed but the 49ers held on for a 26-21 win Steitz excelled in high school twice earning All-Valley Oak League honors before graduat-SEE PAGE C-5 STEITZ 6llUfT Although it the first NFL scoring drive Los Banos native Nick Steitz had been a part of Saturday night's fourth-quarter game-winner against Oakland was his first with the San Francisco 49ers Steitz who signed with the 49ers in Week 15 of last season played right Nick Steitz guard the entire fourth quarter Saturday as well as the final quarter of the previous week's game against Denver The fourth -quarter scoring drive against the Raiders covered 70 yards in 10 plays culminat Nuts 7 Ports 1 Modesto scored six runs in the eighth inning to break a 1-1 tie Rajai Davis has been a hit in San Francisco since the Giants acquired the outfielder from Pittsburgh at the trade deadline ALAN DIAZTHE AP Anderson racks up 10 RBIs Garret Anderson drove in a club-record 10 runs all in the first six inning in the 18-9 thumping of the Yankees on Tuesday night Anderson hit a grand slam a three-run homer a two-run double and an RBI double to become the first major-leaguer with 10 RBIs in a game since Alex Rodriguez did it for the Yankees against the Angels on April 26 2005 Anderson became the 12th player in major league history to accomplish the feat The record of 12 RBIs is shared by the St Louis Jim Bottomley (1924) and Mark Whiten (1993) Baseball Page C-4 for Nuts to steal the show Prosecutor to review NBA gambling policy By BRIAN VanderBEEK bvanderbeekmodbeecom STOCKTON It seems so long ago that Brandon Hynick was going through April without allowing an earned run when the question being asked low can he but wonder when be promoted to Double Thanks to the Colorado Rockies' decision to keep the Modesto roster intact Hynick is still here And now after a six-run eighth inning propelled the Nuts to 7-1 victory over Stockton that first question once again is relevant Hynick (15-4) became the California first 15-game winner since Modesto's Brad Weis in 2003 The league seen a 16-game winner since San Darrin Blood won 17 in 1996 The ERA is another matter Hynick's seven innings of five-hit one-run baseball lowered his ERA to 225 which would be the third-lowest for a starter in the history of Modesto minor-league baseball There are other numbers at play here Nuts coaches are in the process of tapering their starting pitchers Nuts notes Page C-6 Box score Page C-5 Davis has exceeded expectations since being dealt for starter Morris By NICK PETERS THE SACRAMENTO BEE SAN FRANCISCO If fans are dazzled by the energy outfielder Rajai Davis has brought with his hitting running and Web-gem catches in a sensational first three weeks with the Giants wait until they see what else he has up his sleeve The 5-foot-ll 195-pound speedster already has nine steals in 10 tries over his first 21 games with the Giants who acquired him from Pittsburgh for Matt Morris in a July 31 trade that so far looks like a fleecing About the only thing Davis done is steal home and he smiled sheepishly Tuesday while conceding that on his mind The NBA on Tuesday chose former federal prosecutor Lawrence Pedowitz to oversee a review of its policies regarding gambling and its referees in the wake of the Tim Donaghy (shown) scandal Pedowitz and his partners at the New York law firm Wachtell Lipton Rosen Katz will study the antigambling efforts as i well as the processes the i league uses to hire train and monitor its officials is nothing as important as the integrity of our game and the covenant we have with our commissioner David Stern said in a statement The entire referees program came under scrutiny after Donaghy pleaded guilty to betting on games including some he worked and providing inside information to others to help them win bets SEE PAGE C-6 NUTS SEE PAGE C-6 DAVIS Ron Agostini GOLF ON THE DOCK OF THE BAY Burda falls short of cut at Amateur Lucky fan to cash in on blast Tiki lights torch under Manning Two days after being criticized on national television by Tiki Barber (above) for a lack of strong leadership Eli Manning (below) ripped his former teammate and current NBC football analyst for distracting the team last season with his early retirement announcement and his criticism of coach Tom Coughlin just one of those deals not going to lose any sleep about what Tiki has to Manning said guess I could have questioned his leadership skills last year with calling out the coach and having articles about him retiring in the middle of the season and he's lost the heart (to play)" Speaking during a Sunday game between the Giants and Baltimore Barber had said that attempt to lead an offensive meeting was at times SAN FRANCISCO Jeff Burda has annexed too many trophies and collected too many medals to fall back on excuses So he didn't "I blame anything but between my ears ali mental out the Modesto bank president said Tuesday moments after his US Amateur Championship came to an end know from the first hole on you must hit it on the fairway penal when you miss the short Burda 54 the second-oldest player in the field of 312 is all too cognizant of the fact that golf doesn't handicap according to age He stumbled to rounds of 79 and 73 for 12-over-par 152 and fell far short of his goal qualifying for the 64-man match-play bracket What he also knows is that whether he was one of the tournament's senior citizens or a collegiate flatbelly he still had enough game to be fighting it out today Simply Del Rio Country By PAUL SULLIVAN CHICAGO TRIBUNE SAN FRANCISCO When Barry 756th home run ball goes up for auction next week Matt Murphy and Amir Kamal will be anxiously waiting for the bids to pour in Murphy is the New York Mets fan who caught the lucky Bonds ball Aug 7 at Park and Kamal is the best friend who made a pact with Murphy before the game to split the money should either one grab it Now the question is whether the steroid allegations that have dogged Barry Bonds will devalue the ball or make it even more coveted "Everybody has their said David Kohler of SCP Auctions the reaction had on this whole deal there may be people who are thinking this thing is not going to sell for that much and that may have a negative overkill "It may actually go the other way similar to what you see in the stock market or things like that and all of a sudden something ends up selling for a lot more than people feel worth) going BRANT WARDSAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE New York Mets fan Matt Murphy shown being escorted out of Park after scooping up Barry Bonds' record-setting home run will auction off the ball 15 at wwwscpauctionscom Kohler believes the ball will sell for at least $500 000 based on the winning bids SCP received for home run SEE PAGE C-6 BONDS to find out" At a Tuesday news conference Murphy announced his decision to enlist the services of and SCP Auctions for an online auction from Aug 28-Sept SEE PAGE C-3 AGOSTINI.