Press Journal from Vero Beach, Florida • 28

BASEBALL The Press Journal Thursday June 6 2002 Florida State League Vero Beach earns four All-Star picks Dodgers suffer third straight loss miwi Saw I'M So! Oman (Ma Jftti I torn MM CM 0 3 Smell kef 3 DmdntOLUaM SLlmtCMMtS fMNpsfcWaONCkO DlmaOmmr Ul Hind Oman sum a Cham danSnaawftdMm Fort Myen 6 Vera Beach 5 Repko is hitting 266 with 22 RBIs and 12 stolen bases He has 53 hits 13 doubles and 11 walks Six SL Lucie Mets will make the trip to play in the classic where for the past two seasons a player from SL Lucie has been named the game's Most Valuable Player SL Lucie will be represented by two pitchers and four position players who were voted onto the team by East Division managers official scorekeepers and beat writers Right-handers Josh Reynolds and Joe Cole first baseman Craig BrazeU shortstop Jose Reyes third baseman Enrique Cruz and right fielder Ronald Acuna was named from SL Lucie Jupiter (Marlins) placed five players on the team including pitchers Randall Messenger and Robert Henkel along with catcher Ryan Jorgensen outfielder William Smith and designated hitter Jodi Willingham Lakeland (Tigers) is represented by pitchers Calvin Chipperfield and Tommy Marx along with catcher Max SL Pierre Daytona (Cubs) landed pitcher Todd WeUemeyer infielder Brendan Harris and outfielder Ray Sadler on the team Brevard's (Expos) lone selection was catcher Scott Ackerman Outfielder Jason Repko and pitchers Andrew Brown Joel Hanrahan and lino Urdaneta will represent the Dodgers on June 18 in Dunedin ByBobPadtfl staff witer Though Vero Beach have lost three straight four Dodgers found something to celebrate on Wednesday Pitchers Andrew Brown Joel Hanrahan and Lino Urdaneta and center fielder Jason Repko were named to the Florida State League Eastern Division All-Star team The game is June 18 in Dunedin Brown is 5-5 with a 2A1 ERA as a starter The right hander has 65 strikeouts and has held opponents to a 179 batting average Hanrahan a right hander who threw a no-hitter on April 21 is 4-2 with a 303 ERA He has 67 strikeouts and has held opponents to a 224 average Urdaneta is 1-1 with a 318 ERA and leads the East with 11 saves In 22 innings the right-hander has 15 strikeouts and has held opponents to a 250 average Heath Totten allowed five runs on nine hits in 5Vi innings Totten walked two and struck out five Refaabbing former major league Tim Crabtree did not allow a hit or run in two relief innings Crabtree walked two and struck out one Vero Beach overcame a 3-0 deficit to tie the score 3-3 in the third Vero Beach took a 40 lead in the fourth and a 50 lead in the sixth but Fort Myers (3100) tied the score 5-5 in the bottom of the sixth Rodney Van Buizen went 2-for-5 and hit his fourth home run of the season for Vero Beach Derek Michaelis went 3-for4 with one RBI Reggie Abercrombie went 2-for-5 with one RBL David Detienne went 2-forO to extend his hitting streak to 11 games The Dodgers left 10 runners on base Brady Williams went 3-forO for Fort Myers Kevin Hodge (1-0) earned the win with two scoreless relief Fort Myers scores the winning run in the bottom of the ninth to win 6-5 over Vero Beach which remains tied for first in the Florida State Eastern Division ataffiapait FORT MYERS The Vero Beach Dodgers are picking the wrong time to go into a dump Vero Beach allowed the winning run to score in the bottom of the ninth as the Fort Myers Miracle defeated the Dodgers 6-5 Wednesday night The loss was Vero third straight Despite those troubles Vero Beach remains in a first-place tie with Jupiter in the Florida State League Eastern Division The Hammerheads lost 9-3 to Sarasota on Wednesday Lakeland lost 104 to Dunedin to remain in third place one-half game behind both teams St Lucie which defeated Charlotte is in fourth place two games out The first half ends June 16 Before the losing streak Vero Beach (33-28) had won 10 of 11 Jon Berry (24) who was recently demoted from the starting rotation suffered the loss There was one out in the ninth when the winning run scored The run was unearned mum-! hi HIM HI-4 HI iihimw ill aam I Hd HM Hod 1-0 Com Nfr-Wok 3 5-4100 GOLFiCLUBlP 772-3364653 GOLF Nicklaus hurting as he begins Senior PGA lim bj KUSiy MMV The Associated Rros don't win shooting 71 1 have played fair here I'd be at the lead If I played well I won I ner Hale Irwin (1996-96) headline the 144-player field 1 5 Before 2 poi 12 After 2 pm I 18 Before 2 pm 15 After 2 pm in the second major of senior golf Jim Thorpe won the first major The Countrywide Tradition The 62-year-old Nicklaus who won the PGA Seniors in 1991 overcome with nostalgia that this might be his final go-round at Firestone Still he has warm feelings for the layouL never was a golf course with what I would call tremendous excitement" he said Just had a lot of good strong holes hole after hole after think the case Nicklaus has won seven tournaments at Firestone Country Club including the 1975 PGA Championship and five World Series of Golf titles His first tournament on the regular tour as a chubby 18-year-old was at Firestone in the 1958 Rubber City Open He played the course since 1966 Defending champion Tom Watson and threetime win no Nicklaus needed help to climb out of a bunker at one point during his final tuneup for today's opening round After finishing the front nine he walked gingerly to the physical therapy trailer where he worked the kinks out of his back for 90 minutes don't know what HI shoot around here I don't have a said Nicklaus who was wearing a T-shirt representing a hospital chain used to be if I just AKRON Ohio Battling a creaky back that had him wincing in pain during a nine-hole practice round Jack Nicklaus said Wednesday that he wasn't a good bet to win this PGA Seniors Championship on one of his favorite courses applauding me for shooting he said of the response after he made the cut two weeks ago at his own Memorial Tournament on the regular tour I JR SUMMER CAMP Sign up nouri 1 GoodJtiroughVI imsH Webb set to defend bittersweet title The Toughest Hole In Golf The 17th hole at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach is tough enough without the slick sloping green that sends even PGA professionals' balls into the drink Webb was in no mood to celebrate last year DuPont is where she became the youngest woman to win all four majors yet it is also the place where die learned her grandfhther had suffered a stroke He died before she could make it home to Australia Webb returns to the LPGA Championship as a defending champion with mixed emotions had to deal with the not all that has changed Webb Annika Sorenstam and the strangest field of all the LPGA majors are feeing a course that never has been more difficulL Hie greens were so hard during the pro-am that Barb Mucha threw a ball on the 17th green like she was spiking a football just to see how high it could bounce It re By Doug Fegeon The Associated Press WILMINGTON Del The large photograph that Karrie Webb signed Wednesday for DuPont Country Club officials showed her standing behind a row of beer spigots at the bar as she filled a tall frosty glass with Fosters Clearly the picture was not taken immediately after the Aussie won the LPGA Championship to claim the career Grand Slam two weeks earlier this she said at least I bounded up to her ankles SUN-UP OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY INC Lighting the way to a residential community for the physically and mentally challenged adults of Indian River County INAUGURAL SPORTING CLAYS TOURNAMENT Saturday June 22 2002 Indian River Trap Skeet Club 5925 82nd Avenue Vero Beach Florida 10:00 am When: Where: Time: 100 Bird Main Event Side Games- Buffet Lunch 1st 2nd 3rd Places Which One Would You Choose? GOLD RIBBON SPONSOR 1000 TEAM Ten Corporate Sponsors will field a team of 4 shooters The Gold Ribbon sponsors will be identified in our programs and throughout die tournament Entries will be limited to 10 Gold Ribbon Sponsors he Treasure Coast has its own share of monsters golf holes that see more -than their fair share of sevens eights or pick ups So please help us pick the toughest holes and tell us why Feel free to share anecdotes about your best and worst experiences playing on them Well print as many responses as we can in our next issue and at our web site floridafairwayscom Send tax INDIVIDUAL SHOOTER S500 TEAM Twenty teams of 4 will participate in the 100 bird event Sign up at a T-Team or Individually Florida Fairways wants to know what the toughest holes are in between Palm Beach Gardens and Palm Bay Which are the holes that eat the most balls? 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