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Southern Illinoisan, Tuesday, October 3, 1995 SHOTS Page 4B TELEVISION I TPts GF GA 6 0 0 12 26 8 5 3 0 10 24 23 4 4 1 9 31 31 2 1 2 6 20 16 2 3 1 5 21 20 2 5 1 5 24 29 2 5 0 4 19 21 New Jersey Philadelphia NY Islanders Tampa Bay Florida NY Rangers Washington Rockies have to grow up fast with Braves in town Northeast Division ATP Stats ATP Money 1, Andre Agossi, $2,279,741. 2, Pete Sampras, $2,170,666. 3, Thomas Muster, $2,087,129. 4, Yevgeny Kafelnikov, $1,193 061. 5, Boris Becker.

$1,092,158. 6. Michael Chang, $971,140. 7, Goran Ivanisevic, $943,382. 8, Richard Kraiicek, $777,702.

9, Jim Courier, $775,262. l6, Michael Stich, $770,407. IBM-ATP Tour Points-Rankings 1, Andre Agassi, 5,400. 2, Pete Sampras, 4,959. 3, Thomas Muster, 4,072.

4, Boris Becker, 3,506. 5. Michael Chang, 3,015. 6, Yevgeny Kafelnikov 2,670. 7, Goran Ivanisevic, 2,608.

8, Jim Courier, 2,202. 9, Thomas Enqvist, 2,073. 10, Sergi Bruguera, 1,953. Today Baseball 7 pm. Cincinnati Reds at Los Angeles Dodgers, WPSO KSDK.

Boxing pm. Melvin Foster vs. Jimmy Thunder, USA. HOME RUNS Belle, Cleveland, 50; Thomas, Chicago, 40; Buhner, Seattle, 40; MVaughn, Boston, 39; RPalmeiro, Baltimore, 39; McGwire, Oakland, 39; Goetti. Kansas City, 35.

STOLEN BASES Lofton Cleveland. 54; TGoodwin, Kansas City, 50; Nixon, Texas, 50; Knoblauch, Minnesota, 46: Coleman, Seattle, 42; IJohnson, Chicago, 40; Javier, Oakland, 36. PITCHING (14 Decisions) RJohnson, Seattle, 18-2. .900. 2.48; Hanson, Boston.

15-5. .750, 4.24 Nogy. Cleveland, 16-6, .727, 4.55; Hershiser. Cleveland, 16-6, .727, 3.87; Rogers. Texas, 17-7, .708, 3.37; DeMartinez, Cleveland.

1 2-5, .706. 3.08; Cone, New York. 1 8-8 692 3 5 STRIKEOUTS RJohnson. Seattle. 294; Storrie-myre, Oakland, 205; Finley, California, 195; Cone, New York, 191; Appier, Kansas City, 1 85; AFernandez, Chicogo, I 59; Mussina, Baltimore, 158.

SAVES Mesa, Cleveland, 46; leSmith California, 37; Hernandez. Chicago, 32; Aguile-ra, Boston, 32; Wetteland, New York, 31; Montgomery, Kansas City, 3 1 Eckersley, Oakland, 79. CALENDAR FOOTBALL Today Prep Volleyball Cartyle at Colombia Crab Orchard at Corterville Elverado at Eldorodo Gallatin County at Carrier Mills-Stonefort Herrin at West Frankfort Morphysboro at Benton Nashville at Chester Pinckneyville at Anno-Jonesboro Sesser-Valter at Christopher Sparta at Du Quoin Valmeyer at Steeleville Prep Boys Golf Class A Regional at Crab Orchard Golf Club Prep Softball SEC Tournament at op pa Prep Soccer Carbondole at Cape Notre Dame Prep Tennis Centralia at Olney Charleston, Mo. at Carbondole Rockies were only 2-4 against the Braves in Denver this year and are only 3-16 in three years. If there is some comfort in those cold statistics, it is that Colorado won two of three games in the Braves' most recent visit, delaying the Braves' celebration of their eventual NL East title.

"We gained some confidence playing them the last series here," Rockies left fielder Dante Bichette said Monday. Added catcher Joe Girardi, "Now we know we can beat them more than once a year." Right-hander Kevin Ritz (11-11) will get the start for the Rockies against Greg Maddux (19-2). DENVER (AP) Now comes the hard part for the Colorado Rockies, a club that did not even exist three years ago: how to cope with playoff pressure and prepare for the Atlanta Braves, the team with the best record in the National League. Besides having no playoff history, the Rockies have a dreadful record against the Braves, going 6-30 since the Rockies' inaugural season of 1993. The best-of-5 series begins tonight at Coors Field, where the Rockies compiled a 44-28 record this season tying Atlanta and Cincinnati for the best home marks in the NL.

That record wasn't built, however, on home wins against Atlanta. The Hartford 5 2 I 11 25 24 Boston 5 4 0 10 32 27 Buffalo 4 3 0 8 24 20 Ottawa 4 3 1 9 19 19 Montreal 3 4 2 8 33 42 Pittsburgh 3 5 0 6 25 32 WESTERN-CONFERENCE Central Division I TPts GF GA Detroit 5 2 2 12 43 34 Toronto 5 4 0 10 33 28 Dallas 4 4 1 9 23 26 Winnipeg 3 4 1 7 24 29 St. Louis 2 5 0 4 19 24 Chicago 17 1 3 25 32 Pacific Division Edmonton 7 1 I 15 43 28 Vancouver 4 2 0 8 20 19 los Angeles 4 4 0 8 24 24 Anaheim 3 4 2 8 34 32 Calgory 3 4 1 7 22 28 San Jose 2 4 1 5 24 31 Colorodo 2 5 1 5 18 27 NOTEi Games against non-NHL teams do not count in standings Sunday's Games Montreal 4, Detroit 4, tie Vancouver 4, Anaheim 2 Edmonton 6, Calgary 2 St. Louis 4, Chicogo 3 Monday's Games late Gomes Not Included Toronto 3, Buffalo 2 N.Y. Islanders 6, N.Y.

Rangers 3 New Jersey 3, Pittsburgh 1 Hartford 2, Ottawa 1 OT Philadelphia 3, Boston 2 los Angeles 2, Dallas 1 San Jose vs. Colorado, at Vail, (n) Calgary at Vancouver, (n) Today's Games Pittsburgh at N.Y. Rangers, 6:30 p.m. Washington vs. Florida, at Greensboro, N.C., 6:30 p.m.

Buffalo at St. louis, 7:30 p.m. los Angeles vs. San Jose, at Sacramento, 9:30 p.m. Wednesday's Games Florida at Tampa Bay, 6:30 p.m.

Edmonton at Chicago, 7:30 p.m. End Preseason BASEBALL AUTO RACING NASCAR Leaders DAYTONA BEACH, Flo. The top 20 drivers and money winners on the NASCAR Winston Cup circuit through the Oct. 1 Tyson Holly Farms 400: Winston Cup Points Jeff Gordon, 4.201. 2, Dale Earnhardt, 3.899.

3, Sterling Marlin, 3,749. 4, Mark Mar-fin 3,716. 5, Rusty Wallace, 3.597. 6, Terry labonte, 3,568. 7, Ted Musgrave, 3,514.

8, Bobby Labonte, 3,329. 9. Michael Waltrip, 3,252. 10. Bill Elliott.

3.218. II, Bobby Hamilton, 3,206. 12, Morgan Shepherd, 3,140. 13. Dale Jorrett, 3,135.

1 4. Ricky Rudd, 3,121. 15, Ken Schroder, 2,928. 16, Derrike Cope, 2,915. 17, Geoff Bodine, 2,879.

18, Darrell Waltrip, 2,716. 19, John Andretti. 2,692. 20, Rick Mast, 2,620. Money I.

Jeff Gordon. $2,325,440. 2. Dale Earnhardt, $2,066,495. 3, Sterling Marlin, $1,551,185.

4. Mork Martin, $1,332,266. 5, Rusty Wallace, $1,215,210. 6. Bobby labonte, $1,188,560.

7, Terry labonte, $1,168,300. 8, Dale Jarrett, $1,135,714. 9, Ricky Rudd, $933,689. 10, ted Musgrave, $873,000. I I Geoff Bodine, $830,785.

1 2, Morgan Shepherd, $781,891. 13, Ken Schroder, $747,445. 14, Michael Waltrip, $739,295. 15, Brett Bodine, $732,611. 16, Bill Elliott, $720,670.

17, Darrell Waltrip, $705,100. 18, Rick Mast, $647,185. 19, Robert Pressley, $636,275. 20. Kyle Petty, $629,360.

S.I. Raceway B-Class 1 25cc 1. Jason Lynch, Terre Haute, 2. Keith Owens, Marion; 3. Jeff Owens, Creal Springs.

AA-Class 250cc 1. Morris Mott, Vienna; 2. Richard VanNatta, Herrin; 3. Dug Newlin, Pittsburgh, II. Multi-Class 600cc 1.

Mike Phillips, Cambria; 2. Toni Lawrence, Cambria; 3. Broderick Burke. Lasorda: Regular season means little in postseason GOLF PGA Tour Money Leaders BOWLING Others receiving votes: Iowa 53, Baylor 51, Maryland 45, Illinois 35, UCLA 30, Washington St. 1 6, Syracuse 1 3, Virginia Tech 6, Arizona 5, Miami 5, Toledo 4, East Carolina 2, Texas Tech 2, Brighom Young Michigan St.

I Mississippi 1 Division l-AA Poll HUNTINGDON VAllEY, Pa. The top 25 teams in the Sports Network Division l-AA football poll, with records through Oct. 1 first-place votes in parentheses, overall points and previous ranking: Record Pts Prv 1 McNeese (74) 5-0-0 2136 1 2. App. St.

(3) 4-0-0 2047 2 3. Marshall (2) 3-1-0 1937 3 4. SF Austin (I) 4-0-0 1864 4 5. Montana (3) 4-1-0 1814 5 6. Troy State 5-0-0 1677 6 7.

James Madison 4-1-0 1500 7 8. Eastern Kentucky 4-1-0 1466 8 9. Delaware 4-0-0 1416 10 10. Southern U. (3) 5-0-0 1411 9 II.

MURRAY STATE 5-0-0 1152 15 12. Richmond 4-0-0 1081 16 1 3. Pennsylvania 3-0-0 935 1 4 1 4. Georgia Southern 3-1-0 915 17 15. Hofstra 5-0-0 873 19 1 6.

Idaho State 4-0-0 697 24 1 7. William Mary 3-2-0 677 18 1 8. Northern Arizona 4-1-0 671 20 19. Boise State 2-2-0 524 II 20. Central Florida 2-2-0 501 12 21.

NORTHERN IOWA 2-2-0 486 22 22. EASTERN ILLINOIS 5-0-0 406 23. Florida 4-1-0 377 23 24. Idaho 1-2-0 294 13 25. Jacksonville State 5-0-0 211 College Schedule Thursday, Oct.

5 South Mississippi St. (2-3) at Auburn (3-1 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 6 East Gannon (3-2) at Robert Morris (3-1 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct.

7 East Pittsburgh (2-3) at Boston College (1-3), 11 a.m. Marist (3-1) at lona (1-2), 1 1 a.m. Ohio St. (4-0) at Penn St. (3-1 1 1 a.m.

Temple (0-4) at Syracuse (3-1 1 1 a.m. Princeton (3-0) at Brown (2-1 Noon lehigh (2-2) at Bucknell (2-2), Noon Towson St. (2-2) at Cent. Connecticut St. (0-4), Noon Fordhom (2-3) at Colgate (0-4), Noon Penn (3-0) at Columbia 1 -1 -1 Noon Harvard 1 -2) at Cornell (2-1 Noon Youngstown St.

(I -3) at Delaware (4-0), Noon Yale (1-2) at Holy Cross (0-4), Noon New Hampshire (1-3) at Massachusetts (2-2), Noon Mercyhurst (3-1) at Monmouth, N.J. (3-2), Noon Connecticut (4-0) at Villanova 1 -3), Noon St. Francis, Pa. (0-5) at Wagner (3-0), Noon Conisius (2-2) at Buffalo St. (3-1 1 2:30 p.m.

lafayette (1-2-1) at Dartmouth (1-2), 12:30 p.m. St. Peter's (1-2) at Duquesne (3-1 1 2:30 p.m. St. John's, NY (0-3) at Georgetown, D.C (1-2), 12:30 p.m.

Virginia Tech (2-2) at Navy (2-2), 1 2:30 p.m. Siena (0-3) at RPI (2-1 1 2:30 p.m. Maine (1-3) at Buffalo (2-3), 6 p.m. South Virginia (5-1 at North Carolina (2-2), 1 1 a.m. Samford (4-0) at Cent.

Florida (2-2). Noon Bethune-Cookman (2-2) at Norfolk St. (2-3), Noon Northeastern 1 -3) at Richmond (4-0), Noon Kent 1 -3-1 at South Carolina (1-3-1 Noon Rhode Island (4-1) at William Mary (3-2), Noon Georgia Tech (2-2) at Duke (2-3), 1 2:30 p.m. Appalachian St. (4-0) at Furman (3-2), 1 2:30 p.m.

Delaware St. (1-3) at Hampton U. (3-2), 12:30 p.m. Boston U. (2-2) at James Madison (4-1 1 2:30 p.m.

5. Carolina St. (2-2) at Morgan St. (1-3), 1 2:30 p.m. Florida (4-1) at N.

Carolina (2-2). 12:30 p.m. W. Carolina (2-2) at Georgia Southern (3-1), Alcorn" St. (2-2-1) vs.

Howard U. (2-3) at Indianapolis, 1 p.m. Davidson 1 -3) at Washington Lee (0-2-1 1 p.m. Wofford (2-3) at (0-5). 1 :30 p.m.

(3-1) at Murray St. (5-0). 1:30 p.m. Middle Tenn. (3-2) at Austin Peay (1-4), 2 p.m.

Tulane (2-2) at Mississippi (2-2). 2 p.m. N. Carolina St. (1-4) at Alabama (3-1), 2:30 fi m.

ouisville (3-2) at Southern Miss. (3-2), 5 p.m. Maryland (4-1) at Woke Forest (1-4), 5:30 p.m. Georgia (2-3) at Clemson (3-2), 5:39 p.m. Citadel (2-2) at E.

Tennessee St. (0-5), 6 p.m. VMI (2-3) at Marshall (3-1 6 p.m. Charleston Southern (1-4) at Newberry (0-5), 6 p.m. Morehead St.

(1-3) at Tennessee St. (1-3), 6 p.m. Miami (1-2) at Florida St. (4-0), 6:30 p.m. Miss.

Valley St. (0-4) at Grambling St. (2-2), 7 Florida (4-0) at ISU (3-1-1). 7 p.m. Troy St.

(5-0) at NE Louisiana (2-3), 7 p.m. Nicholls St. (0-5) at NW Louisiana (3-2), 7 p.m. Jacksonville St. (5-0) at W.

Kentucky (1-4), 7 p.m. Midwest Northwestern (3-1) at Michigan (5-0), 11:30 a.m. Miami, Ohio (3-2) at Bowling Green (3-2), Noon Iowa (3-0) at Michigan St. (2-1-1 Noon Akron 1 -3) at W. Michigan (2-3), Noon Valparaiso (2-2) at Butler 1 -4), 2 1 :30 p.m.

Lasorda said while his team worked out at Dodger Stadium. The Reds are playing in the postseason for the first time since their World Series-winning team of 1990; the Dodgers for the first time since 1988 when they won the Series. The Reds finished 85-59 and nine games ahead of Houston in their division, but in cruise control during September, they won only 13 of their final 31 games, and lost their final 10 on grass fields. The first two games will be played on the grass of Dodger Stadium. The third game and the fourth and fifth games, if necessary, will be played on Riverfront Stadium's artificial LOS ANGELES (AP) The Cincinnati Reds had a better record than Los Angeles and led their division for a lot longer than the Dodgers.

No matter, Tom Lasorda says. "Once these playoffs begin, you can throw everything out the window, the statistics, hot and cold, everything," the Dodgers manager said Monday. The teams begin their best-of-5 series tonight night at Dodger Stadium, and come in from different direction. The Reds were able to coast after clinching the NL Central on Sept. 21, while Dodgers waited until Saturday to win the NL West.

"It's who gets hot, who plays good baseball, whose bullpen is ready," PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Flo. PGA Tour money leaders through the Buick Challenge, which ended Oct. 1 Trn Money 1 Greg Norman 15 1 ,567,359 2. LeeJanzen 26 $1,311,561 3. Corey Pavin 20 1 .07 1 .793 4.

Peter Jocobsen 23 1 ,0 1 4. 1 57 5. Davis love III 22 $1,004,349 6. Jim Gallagher, Jr. 25 1 ,003,455 7.

Steve Elkington 20 $988,852 8. Vijay Singh 21 $910,713 9. Billy Mayfair 26 $841,192 1 0. David Duval 24 $791 1 58 1 1 Mark Cakavecchia 27 $788,202 12. Ernie Els 17 $781,690 1 3.

Payne Stewart 24 $781,339 14. Mark Meara 24 $780,729 15. Tom Lehman 17 $753,431 16. JayHoas 25 $732,359 1 7. Scott Hoch 25 $73 1 ,838 18.

NickFoldo 18 $719,561 19. Kenny Perry 22 $701,088 20. Ben Crenshaw 22 $686,475 21. Scott Simpson 23 $663,798 22. Fred Funk 29 $663,468 23.

Bob Tway 24 $660,048 24. Woody Austin 31 $60 1 ,557 25. Phil Mickelson 22 $594,444 26. Nick Price 1 7 $563,700 27. Jeff Sluman 27 $560,261 28.

Kirk Triplett 24 $550, 1 29 29. Loren Roberts 2 1 $540, 1 35 30. Jeff Moggert 21 $523,332 3 1 Justin Leonard 28 $5 1 5,993 32. D.A. Weibring 22 $5 1 4,93 1 33.

Brod Faxon 23 $468,797 34. Steve Lowery 27 $448,967 35. Hal Sutton 28 $446,746 36. Steve Strieker 22 $438,931 37. Bob Estes 23 $423,780 38.

Craig Stodler 19 $399,526 39. Bernhard longer 7 $394,877 40. Bill Glosson 21 $376,094 4 1 Mark McCumber 1 8 $375,923 42. Jim McGovem 29 $368,887 43. Curtis Strange 23 $358, 1 75 44.

David Frost 20 $357,658 45. John Morse 22 $357, 1 1 9 46. Mark Brooks 26 $353,763 47. Brad Bryant 27 $346,834 48. Ted Tryba 32 $343,443 49.

Colin Montgomerie 8 $335,617 50. lertnie Clements 22 $329,493 Yankees confident with Mariners coming to town S.I. Bowl Sunday Night Mixed Maytag 15-5. Wee Badd 14.5-5.5. KFC 13.5-6.5, Thornton Market Restaurant 1 1.5-8.5, S.I.

Bowl 10-10, No Problem 10-10, Harmon Glass 10-10, Wexford Health Source 10-10, Coo-Coo's 9.5-10.5. Walgreens 9-11, Bones-N-Harmony 8-12, Pin-Quins 7-13, The Cellar 6-1 4, Century 2 1 6-1 4. Women's Series Vickie Hunsaker 638, Carol Armacost 581; Women's High Game Vickie Hunsaker 235, Chris Rogers 208; Men's Series Chuck Wright 6187 Joe Davidson 599; Men's High Game Eric Fisher 238, Joe Davidson 217. Thurday AM ladies First National Bank 10-2. Pizza Hut 9-3, Century 21 8-4, Riggin-Pillatsch 6-6, Du Quoin Ford 5-7, From me Past Antique 3-5, KFC 2-10, Team Eight 1-7.

Women's Series Twilla Middleton 525, Claire Campbell 5 1 Women's High Game Helen Hope 230, Jane Champman I 93. Wednesday Night Ladies Coo-Coo's 18-2, Herrin Alternator 14-6, Stix Bar Billiards 13-7. Memory lane 13-7. S.I. Bowl 12-8, The Prudential 10-10, logon Athletics 10-10, Hess Cleaning 10-10, Rent One 10-10, Siver Bullets 10-10, ladies of the Knight 9-11, Everett Allen, Inc.

8-12, Coins 8-12, Rouboch Video 7-13, Drew's Crew 5-15, Groud's Girls 3-17. Women's Series Vickie Hunsaker 707, Vicky Drew 566; Women's High Game Vickie Hunsaker 268. Larue Shelton 216. Tuesday Night Dealers Jim Pearl 15-5, Davis Auto 14.5-5.5, Choate 13- 7, Runge Trucking 12-8, Diederkh Insurance 1 1-9, PFC Possumtrotters 1 1-9, Amette's Barber Shop 10-10, May Tagers 10-10, Construction 10-10, Young Guns 9-11, Hertz Rental 9-11, Classic's 8-1 2. Four Fun 8-12, Fo-ley-Sweitzer 6.5-13.5, Budweiser 6-10, Blind 0- 16.

Women's Series Cassie Hen show 567, Nancy MuzzareH 544; Women's High Game Nancy MuzzareH 214, Cassie Hen show 210; Men's Series Larry Richison 693, Royce Toepfer 1 688; Men's High Game Royce Toefper I 268, Leonard Walker 255. Thursday Men's Classic 1 995-96 Ike Buick 15-5, Craftsman 15-5, Blankenship 14- 6, Second Chance 13-7, Arnette's Barber Shop 13-7, Farmers Insurance 13-7, Coo-Coo's 1 3-7, Scorpions 1 2.5-7.5, S.I. Bowl 12-8, Over the Hill 12-8, Town-N-Country 11.5-8.5. Images Marine 11-9. Atlas 11-9, The Snifters 10-10, Retail Solutions 10-10.

Vig-iano's Fitness Center 10-10, Orpack Stone 10-10, Malone's Child Care 9-11, Reaco Battery 8.5-1 1.5, Sound Company 8-12, Maytag 7-13, WSIU 7-13, S.I. Volleys 5.5-10.5, Bank of Marion 5-15, Capitol American 5-11, East Side 4-8, Larry G. Hughes ltd 3-17, Blind 1- 19. Women's Series Cindy SneH 471; Women's Game Cindy Snell 164; Men's Series Dan Gilmour 709, Joe Shelton 696; Men's Game Ray Hall 278, Jim E. Williams 258.

Postseason Schedule DIVISION SERIES American league Today Boston (Clemens 1 0-5) at Cleveland De. Martinez 1 2-5), 7.07p.m. Seattle (Bosio 10-8) at New York (Cone 8-8), 7:07 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 4 Boston at Cleveland, 7:07 p.m.

Seattle at New York, 7:07 p.m. Friday, Oct. 6 Cleveland at Boston, 7:07 p.m. New York at Seorrie, 7:07 b.m. Saturday, Oct.

7 Cleveland at Boston, 6:07 p.m., if necessary New York at Seattle, 6:07 p.m., if necessary Sunday, Oct. 8 Cleveland at Boston, 6:07 p.m.. if necessary New York at Seattle, 6:07 p.m., if necessary National leogue Today Cincinnati (Schourek 18-7) at los Angeles (R.Martinez 1 7-7). 7:07 p.m. Atlanta (Maddux 19-2) at Colorado (Ritz 11-11).

7:07 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 4 Cincinnati at los Angeles, 7:07 p.m. Atlanta at Colorodo, 7:07 p.m. Friday, Oct.

6 Colorado at Atlanta, 7:07 p.m. los Angeles at Cincinnati, 7:07 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 7 Colorado at Atlanta, 6:07 p.m., if necessory los Angeles at Cincinnati, 6:07 p.m., if necessary Sunday, Oct. 8 Colorodo at Atlanta, 6:07 p.m., if necessary Los Angeles at Cincinnati, 6:07 p.m., if necessary Mariners 9, Angels 1 California 000 000 001 I 3 1 Seattle 000 010 44x 9 12 0 langston, B.

Patterson (7), James (8), Holzemer (8), Habyan (8) and Allanson, Fabregas Johnson ond D.Wilson. R.Johnson, 18- 2. I langston, 15-7. HR California, Phillips (27). AL West Division Champions American league West Division champions since the divisional system began in 1 969: 1 969 Minnesota Twins 1 970 Minnesota Twins 1 97 1 Oakland Athletics 1972 Oakland Athletics 1 973 Oakland Athletics 1974Oakland Athletics 1975 Oakland Athletics 1 976 Kansas City Royals 1 977 Kansas City Royals 1 978 Kansas City Royals 1 979 California Angels 1980 Kansas City Royals 1 98 1 Oakland Athletics 1982 California Angels 1983 Chicago White Sox 1984 Kansas City Royals 1 985 Konsas City Royals 1 986 California Angels 1987 Minnesota Twins 1988 Oakland Athletics 1989 Oakland Athletics 1990 Oakland Athletics 1 991 Minnesota Twins 1992 Oakland Athletics 1 993 Chicago White Sox 1994 Strike 1 995 Seattle Mariners Final National League Leaders NATIONAL LEAGUE BATTING TGwynn, San Diego, Piazza, los Angeles, Bichette, Colorado, DBell, Houston, Grace, Chicogo, larkin, Cincinnati, Castillo, Colorado, Sequi, Montreal, .309.

RUNS Btggio, Houston, 123; Bonds, San Francisco, TOV; Finley, San Diego, 104; Bichette, Colorado, 102; lorkin, Cincinnati, 98; Grace, Chicago, 97; LWalker Colorado, 96. RBI Bichette, Colorodo, 128; Sosa, Chicogo, 1 1 Galarraga, Colorado, 1 06; Karros, Cos Angeles, 105; Conine, Florida, 105; Bonds, San Francisco. 104; LWalker. Colorado, 101. KITS Bichette, Colorado, 197; TGwynn, San Diego, 197; Grace, Chicogo, 180; McRoe, Chicago, 1 67; Finley, San Diego, 1 67; Biggio, Houston, 1 67; Karros, los Angeles, 1 64.

DOUBLES Grace. Chicago, 5 1 McRoe, Chicago, 38; Bichette, Colorado, 38; RSanders, Cincinnati, 36; Cordero, Montreal, 35; Lank-ford, St. Louis, 35; Boone, Cincinnati. 34; Castillo, Colorodo, 34; Morandini, Philadelphia, 34. TRIPLES EYoung, Colorodo, Butler, los Angeles, Gonzalez, Chicago, Sanders, San Francisco, Finley, San Diego, 6 ore tied with 7.

HOME RUNS Bichette. Colorado. 40; Sosa. Chicogo, 36; LWalker, Colorado, 36; Bonds, San Francisco, 33; Piazza, Los Angeles, 32; Karros, Los Angeles, 32; Castillo, Colorado, 32. STOLEN BASES Veras, Florida, 56; larkin, Cincinnati, 51; DeShields, Los Angeles, 39; RSanders, Cincinnati, 36; Finley, San Diego, 36; EYoung, Colorodo, 35; Sosa, Chicago, 34.

PITCHING (14 Decisions) GMaddux. Atlanta, 19- 2, .905, 1.63; Schourek, Cincinnati, 18-7, .720, 3.22; Burba, Gncinnati, 10-4, .714, 3.97; RMartinez, Los Angeles, 17-7, .708, 3.66; Smiley, Cincinnati, 1 2-5, .706, 3.46; Navarro, Chicago. 1 4-6, .700, 3.28; Glavine, Atlanta, 16-7, .696, 3.08. STRIKEOUTS Nomo, los Angeles, 236; Smoltz, Atlanta, 193; GMaddux, Atlanta, 181; Reynolds, Houston, 175; PJMartinez, Montreal, 174; Fassero, Montreal, 164; Schourek, Cincinnati, 160. SAVES Myers, Chicago, 38; Henke, St.

louis, 36; Beck, Son Francisco, 33 Slocumb, Philadelphia, TdWorrell, Los Angeles. 32; Hoffman, San Diego, 3 1 Rojas, Montreal, 30. Final American League Leaders BATTING EMartinez. Seattle, Knoblauch, Minnesota, Salmon, California, Boggs, New York, Murray, Cleveland SunSoft. Milwaukee, CDavis.

California, .318. RUNS Belle, Cleveland, 121; EMartinez, Seattle, 121; Edmonds, California, 120; Phillips, California. 1 1 Salmon, California, 111; Jn Valentin, Boston, 108; By Anderson, Baltimore, 108. RBI MVaughn, Boston, 1 26; Belle, Cleveland, 126: Buhner. Seattle.

121; EMartinez. Seattle. NFL Standings AMERICAN CONFERENCE East I Pet. PF PA Miami 4 0 0 1.000 121 50 Buffalo 3 1 0 .750 80 64 Indy 2 2 0 .500 83 86 N.E. 1 3 0 .250 40 92 N.Y.

Jets 1 4 0 .200 78 149 Central Cleve. 3 2 0 .600 104 69 Pitts. 3 2 0 .600 122 120 Cincy 2 3 0 .400 120 126 Houston 2 3 0 .400 88 96 Jax 1 4 0 .200 61 101 West K.City 4 1 0 .800 118 82 Oakland 4 I 0 .800 149 65 S.D. 3 2 0 .600 81 85 Sea. 2 2 0 .500 71 79 Denver 2 3 0 .400 97 113 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East I Pet.

PF PA Dallas 4 1 0 .800 146 85 Phil. 2 3 0 .400 90 125 Wash. 2 3 0 .400 99 102 Arizona 1 4 0 .200 69 133 N.Y. G. 1 4 0 .200 74 118 Central G.Bay 3 I 0 .750 79 61 T.Bay 3 2 0 .600 67 72 Chicago 2 2 0 .500 108 8) Minn.

2 2 0 .500 95 88 Detroit 1 3 0 .250 74 87 West Atlanta 4 1 0 .800 103 105 St.l. 4 1 0 .800 117 86 S.F. 4 1 0 .800 137 68 Cor. 0 4 0 .000 52 105 New O. 0 5 0 .000 98 128 Sunday's Games Atlanta 30, New England 1 7 Miami 26, Cincinnati 23 Tampa Bay 20, Carolina 1 3 Philadelphia 1 5, New Orleans 1 0 Washington 27, Dallas 23 Indianapolis 21, St.

Louis 1 8 Konsas City 24, Arizona 3 Jacksonville 1 7, Houston 1 6 Seattle 27, Denver 1 0 Pittsburgh 3 1 Son Diego 1 6 San Francisco 20, New York Giants 6 Oakland 47. New York Jets 1 0 Open date: Chicago, Detroit, Green Bay, Minnesota Monday's Game Buffalo 22. Cleveland 19 Sunday's Late Result Raiders 47, Jets 10 Oakland 14 17 9 7 47 N.Y.Jets 0 3 7 010 First Quarter Ook Glover 2 pass from Hostetler (Ford kick). 7:28. Oak Williams 8 run (Ford kick) 12:49.

Second Quarter Oak FG Ford 29, 1 :52. NY FG lowery 33. 7:47. Oak Brown 18 pass from Hostetler (Ford kick) 12:38. Oak Hobbs 6 pass from Hostetler (Ford kick) 14:52.

Third Quarter NY Brady 3 pass from Esiason (lowery kick), 4.37. Ook Brown 66 pass from Host tier (kick blocked), 6:12. Oak FG Ford 26. 14:27. Fourth Quarter Oak Jones 47 fumble return (Ford kick), 3:51.

A 68,94 1 Oak NY First downs 25 1 5 Rushes-yards 42-220 20-94 Passing 237 147 Punt Returns 3-35 3-12 Kickoff Returns 1-39 8-202 Interceptions Ret. 0-00 0-00 Comp-Art-Int 14-23-0 16-34-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 4-24 4-24 Punts 5-42 7-48 Fumbles-lost 0-0 4-3 Penalries-Yards 5-19 6-35 Time of Possession 35:21 24:39 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING Oakland. Williams 20-97, Kaufman 13-95, Fenner 3-10. E.Ball 2-10. Hostetler 2-10, Evans 2-minus 2).

New York. Murrell 1 6-95, Baxter 2-0, Esiason 2-minus 1 PASSING Oakland, Hostetler 14-23-0-261, New York. Esiason 15-30-0-171. Brister 1-4-0-0. RECEIVING Oakland.

Brown 8-156. Ismail 3-81, Fenner 1-16, Hobbs 1-6, Glover 1-2. New York, Chrebet 4-46, Wilson 3-48, Brady 3-45, Murrell 3-9, B.Baxter 2-19, Yorborough 1-4. MISSED FIELD GOALS None. USA Today-CNN Top 25 Poll The USA TODAY-CNN football coaches' poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Oct.

1, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point tor a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking: Record Pts Pv 1 Florida State (34) 4-0-0 1,513 1 2. Nebraska (24) 5-0-0 1,500 2 3. Florida 4-0-0 1.394 3 4. Southern Col (2) 4-0-0 1,323 4 5. Ohio State (2) 4-0-0 1.303 6 6.

Colorado 5-0-0 1,291 5 7. Michigan 5-0-0 1,179 8 8. Texas 2-1-0 1,054 10 9. Virginia 5-1-0 1,014 11 10. Auburn 3-1-0 937 12 11.

Tennessee 4-1-0 909 13 12. Penn State 3-1-0 830 7 1 3. Kansas State 4-0-0 744 15 U.Oklahoma 3-1-0 625 9 15. Washington 3-1-0 555 18 16. Texas 3-1-0 525 19 17.

Alabama 3-1-0 508 21 18. Oregon 3-1-0 423 20 19. Konsas 4-0-0 421 22 20. Stanford 3-0-1 352 23 21. Arkansas 4-1-0 335 24 22.

Louisiana State 3-1-1 328 16 23. Notre Dome 3-2-0 160 14 24. Baylor 3-1-0 133 25. UOA 3-2-0 132 25 Other receiving votes: Iowa 106, Northwestern 105, Wisconsin 93. Maryland 79, Syracuse 55, Virginia Tech 47, Arizona 33, Illinois 31, Clemson 29, Washington State 21, Texas Tech 1 2, East Carolina 9, Georgia 9, Miami 8, Brighom Young 7, Michigan State 5, Fresno Stare 4, Toledo 3, Utah 3.

AP Top 25 The Top Twenty Five teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Sept. 30, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25fh-ploce vote, and previous ranking: Record Pts Pv 1. Florida St. (37) 4-0-0 1.522 1 2. Nebraska (17) 5-0-0 1,489 2 3.

Florida (2) 4-0-0 1,384 3 4. Colorado (6) 5-0-0 1,381 4 5. Ohio St. 4-0-0 1,292 7 tie. Southern Col 4-0-0 1,292 5 7.

Michigan 5-0-0 1,181 8 8. Texas 2-1-0 1,068 9 9. Virginia 5-1-0 1,027 11 10. Tennessee 4-1-0 971 12 11. Auburn 3-1-0 961 13 12.

Penn St. 3-1-0 801 6 13. Kansas St. 4-0-0 737 16 M.Oklahoma 3-1-0 654 10 15. Washington 3-1-0 579 18 16.

Alabama 3-1-0 545 20 17. Oregon 3-1-0 470 19 18. Arkansas 4-1-0 438 23 19. Stanford 3-0-1 415 22 20. Texas 3-1-0 378 21 21.

LSU 3-1-1 359 14 22. Wisconsin 2-1-1 308 23. Notre Dame 3-2-0 258 1 5 24. Kansas 4-0-0 223 25 25. Northwestern 3-1-0 147 playoff berth in the franchise's 19-year history, the Mariners had to get on a plane, fly almost six hours, get on a bus and check into a hotel in Manhattan, all while losing three hours to the time zone change.

"That will weigh on them a ton," third baseman Wade Boggs said. "It's a long grind on a coast-to-coast flight, especially when you have to play the next day." "For them (the Mariners and Angels) having to face each other today and us having a day off, you couldn't have written a better script in Hollywood," Boggs said. New York won 10 of its final 1 1 games against Toronto, Detroit and Milwaukee to win the wild card by a one-game margin and qualify for the postseason for the first time since 1981. NEW YORK (AP) Almost 3,000 miles away from the action Monday, the New York Yankees watched television and took inventory of how they stood to gain by having an off-day while Seattle was beating California. Factor No.

1: There won't face Randy Johnson until Friday at the earliest and they won't face him more than once. The ace of Seattle's staff pitched a three-hitter in the Mariners' 9-1 victory Monday, and he won't have three days' rest until Friday when Game 3 will be played at the Kingdome. Seattle starters Andy Benes and Tim Belcher pitched Saturday and Sunday, so Chris Bosio (10-8, 4.92 ERA) figured to get the start in Game 1 tonight. Factor No. 2: Jet lag.

After beating the Angels and celebrating the first TRANSACTIONS Illinois (2-2) at Indiana (2-2). I D.m. Oklahoma (3-1 at Iowa St. (2-2), I p.m. Missouri (2-2) at Kansas St.

(4-0), 1 10 p.m Evansville (3-1 at Drake (3-1-1 1 :30 p.m. LPGA Money Leaders Money leoders on the LPGA tour through the Fieldcrest Cannon Classic, which ended Oct. 1 Trn Money 1 Annika Sorenstam 1 7 $542,724 2. Kelly Robbins 24 $527,655 3. Dottie Mochrie 23 $481,000 4.

Betsy King 25 $464, 1 49 5. Laura Dav.es 1 5 $462,905 6. Beth Daniel 23 $452,122 7. Michelle McGann 22 $436,484 8. Vol Skinner 24 $401,963 9.

Meg Malton 23 $398,984 10. Rosie Jones 24 $396,356 11. Kris Tschefter 25 $348,716 12. Pat Bradley 24 $338,904 1 3. Patty Sheehan 1 7 $333, 1 47 14.

Tammie Green 22 $318,017 15. JoneGeddes 27 $308,618 16. liselotte Neumann 22 $281,734 1 7. Dawn Coe-Jones 1 6 $268,665 18. Colleen Walker 25 $263,391 19.

DaleEggeling 26 $256,839 20. Julie Lorsen 27 $256,248 21. Helen Alfredsson 21 $252,495 22. Jenny Lidback 23 $244,386 23. Alison Nicholas 16 $225,351 24.

Brandie Burton 24 $214,455 25. Sherri Steinhauer 25 $213,657 26. Nancy Lopez 18 $210,882 27. Nanci Bowen 22 $210,412 28. Joan Pitcock 24 $203,421 29.

Barb Thomas 24 $20 1 ,087 30. Chris Johnson 23 $200,4 1 8 3 1 Juli Inkster 20 1 95,739 32. Caroline Pierce 26 $195,085 33. Michele Redman 25 $190,338 34. Katie Peterson-Parker 26 $188,570 35.

Marianne Morris 25 $182,949 36. Elaine Crosby 27 $182,383 37. Danielle Ammaccapane 26 1 8 1 ,560 38. Tracy Kerdyk 26 $181,403 39. Hiromi Kobayashi 27 $176,766 40.

Emilee Klein 26 $173,494 4 1 Mary Beth Zimmerman 26 1 56,74 1 42. BarbMucha 25 $156,527 43. Gail Graham 23 1 42,346 44. Pam Wright 23 $139,939 45. Michelle Estill 25 1 35.455 46.

Susie Redman 12 1 32,25 1 47. Cindy Rarick 26 1 28,437 48. Carin Hjalmarsson 21 $126,959 49. Pat Hurst 23 1 24,989 50. Kathrvn Marshall 18 $124,888 Indians no long joke of major league baseball t.

Illinois at N. Iowa U-l), I p.m. Illinois St. (2-3) at S. Illinois (2-3), 1 :30 p.m.

Indiana St. (4-1 at SW Missouri St. (1-4), 1 :30 p.m. Tennessee Tech (1-4) at SE Missouri (1-4), 2 UNLV (1-4) at N. Illinois (2-3), 3:05 p.m.

Cent. Michigan (2-2) at E. Michigan (3-1), 5 p.m. tost Carolina (3-2) at Gncinnati 1 -4). 6 p.m.

Purdue (2-1 -1 at Minnesota (2-1 7 p.m. Ball St. (3-2) at Toledo (4-0), 6 p.m. Southwest Houston (0-4) at Texas Christian (2-1 Noon Rice (1-2-1) at Texas (3-1). 1 p.m.

Texas (2-1) at Texas Tech (1-2), 1 p.m. Wyoming (2-1 at Tulsa (2-3), 1 :30 p.m. Tennessee (4-1) at Arkansas (4-1), 2 p.m. CS Northridge (1-2) at SW Texas St. (1-3), 2 p.m.

SW Louisiana (1-3) at Arkansas St. (2-3), 6 p.m. Stephen (4-0) at Sam Houston St. (3-5), 7 p.m. Bluff (2-2) at Texas Southern (2-2), 7 p.m.

Far West Idaho (1-2) at Montana St. (3-2), 1 p.m. Texas-El Paso (1-4) at Air Force (3-2), 1:05 p.m. North Texas (1-3) at Nevada (2-2), 1 :05 p.m. Kansas (4-0) at Colorodo (5-0), 1:10 p.m.

Notre Dame (3-2) at Washington (3-1), 2:30 p.m. Weber St. (3-2) at Montana (4-1 2:35 p.m. Pacific I -3) at Oregon (3-1 3 p.m. Oregon St.

(1-4) at Washington St. (2-2), 4 p.m. Southern Cal (4-0) at California (1-3), 5:30 fi.m. ouisiana Tech (4-1) at New Mexico St. (1-4), 7:30 p.m.

Stanford (3-0-1 at Arizona St. (2-3). 8 p.m. Cal Poly-SlO 1 -3) at S. Utah 1 -4).

8 p.m. Hofstra (5-0) at Socramento St. (0-3-1 8 p.m. N. Arizona (4-1 at Boise St.

(2-2), 8:05 p.m. Son Diego St. (2-2) at Utah (3-2), 8:05 p.m. Colorado St. (2-2) at Utah St.

(0-4), 8:05 p.m. Idaho St. (4-0) at E. Washington (2-2), 8:35 p.m. New Mexico (2-2) at Fresno St.

(3-2), 9 p.m. Azusa Pacific (2-1-1) at San Diego (2-2), 9 p.m. Baseball American league DETROIT TIGERS Announced the resignation of Sparky Anderson, manager. TEXAS RANGERS Sent Scott Podsednik, outfielder, to the Florida Marlins to complete the trade for Bobby Witt, pitcher. TORONTO BLUE JAYS Announced Galen Cisco, pitching coach; Larry Hisle, hitting coach; Bob Bailor, first base coach; and Dennis Holm-berg, bullpen coach, will not be retained.

Moved bench coach Gene Tenoce, to bullpen coach. Named Mel Queen, Willie Up show and Alfredo Griffin coaches. National league MONTREAL EXPOS Announced the resignation of Kevin Malone, vice president and general manager. NEW YORX METS Assigned the contract of Don Florence, pitcher, outright to Norfolk of the International League. Basketball National Basketball Association IOS ANGELES CUPPERS Signed Brent Barry, guard, to a three-year contract.

MILWAUKEE BUCKS Signed Voshon Lenard, guard, to a one-year contract. MINNESOTA T1MBERWOLVES Agreed to terms with Kevin Garnett, forward, on a three-year contract. NEW JERSEY NETS Named Hal Wissel director of player personnel. PHOENIX SUNS Signed Chris Carr, guard. SAN ANTONIO SPURS Traded Dennis Rodman, forward, to the Chicago Bulls for Will Perdue, center.

Football National Football League ARIZONA CARDINALS Waived Darryl Hardy, linebacker. Signed Chris Maumalanga, defensive lineman, to the active roster and Lance Scott, offensive lineman, to the practice squad. INDIANAPOLIS COLTS Released Mike Cofer, kicker. HOCKEY National Hockey League NEW YORK ISLANDERS Recalled Bob Beers, defenseman, from Salt Lake of the IHL, ana Dan Plante and Andreas Johansson, forwards, from Worcester of the AHL. PITTSBURGH PENGUINS Sent Jeff Christian, forward, and Bill Armstrong, defenseman, to Cleveland of the IHL.

ST. LOUIS BLUES Traded Guy Carbonneau, center, to the Dallas Stars for Paul Broten, right wing. Acquired Fred Knipscheer, center, from the Boston Bruins for Rick Zombo, defenseman. TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS Traded Warren Ry-chel, right wing, to the Colorado Avalanche for future considerations. Assigned Brandon Convery, center, and Kent Manderville, left wing, and Jamie Howard, defenseman, to St.

John's of the AHL. VANCOUVER CANUCKS Assigned John Mcln-tyre, center, to the Syracuse Crunch of the AHL. WASHINGTON CAPITALS loaned Norm Ba-therson, center, to Cornwall of the AHL. leading 3.83 ERA). They had seven regulars who hit .300 or better, and they led all of baseball in runs (840) and batting average They won the AL Central by 30 games, the largest margin in history.

"I think people look at our club and see an impressive offensive club," manager Mike Hargrove said. "Given the age of Dennis Martinez and the medical history of Orel Hershiser and Charles Nagy, I think our pitching staff put up numbers that surprised a lot of people." The 40-year-old Martinez (12-5, 3.08 ERA) will start Tuesday's AL division series opener against Roger Clemens (10-5, 4. 18 ERA). Hershiser (16-6, 3.87), who has been pitching better lately than at any time since he had shoulder surgery in 1990, will start Wednesday against Erik Hanson (15-5, 4.24), who was 3-0 in four starts against Cleveland this year. CLEVELAND (AP) Perhaps no team in any sport has suffered longer and been the butt of more jokes than the Cleveland Indians.

So they intend to savor what's happening now. "I think baseball needed a story like the Indians," said general manager John Hart, who built the team that will entertain the Boston Red Sox tonight the Indians' first postseason game in 41 years. "Baseball went through a terrible winter, and as evidenced by what happened in other cities, this story in Cleveland is special." While most of the country lost interest in the game this year because of the strike that ruined last season, the Indians won back fans who hadn't seen a pennant race since the 1950s. They did it with power (a team-record 207 home runs, including Albert Belle's 50), speed (Kenny Lofton won his fourth straight AL stolen base crown) and pitching (a league- TENNIS 1 1 TMortinez, Seattle. Ill; Thomas, Chico- o.

111; Edmonds, California, I MKamirez, leveland. 107. CI WTA Stats WTA Money 1, Steffi Graf, $1,888,050. 2. Arantxa Sanchez Vicario, $1,326,256.

3, Conchita Martinez, $1,171,318. 4, Natasha Zvereva, $651,262. 5, Jana Novotna, $634,991. 6. Mary Pierce, $584,718.

7, Gabriela Sabatini, $574,108. 8, Kimiko Date, $542,113. 9, Gigi Fernandez, $495,773. 10, Monica Seles, $397,010. WTA Rankings Co-1, Steffi Graf.

357.1963, and Monica Seles, 0.0000. 2, Arantxa Sanchez Vicario, 240.3890. 3, Conchita Martinez, 226.2363. 4, Mary Pierce, 180.3438. 5, Kimiko Date, 169.4077.

6, Jana Novotna, 166.3764. 7, Mogdalena Maleeva, 163.4167. 8, Gabriela Sabatini, 156.4000. 9, Lindsay Davenport, 134.9000. 10, Anke Huber, 129.6351.

HOCKEY HITS IJohnson, Chicago, 1 86; EMartinez, Seattle, 182; Knoblauch, Minnesota, 179; Salmon, California, 177; Baerga, Cleveland, 175; Nixon, Texas. 1 74; BWilliams, New York, 1 73; Belle, Cleveland, 1 73. DOUBLES Belle, Cleveland. 52; EMartinez. Seattle, 52; Puckett, Minnesota, 39; JnValentin, Boston.

37; TMortinez, Seattle, 35; Salmon, California, 34; Knoblauch, Minnesota, 34. TRIPLES Lofton, Cleveland, 13; (Johnson, Chicogo, 12; By Anderson, Baltimore, 10; BWillioms, New York, Knoblauch, Minnesota, Vina, Milwaukee, RAIomar, Toronto, NHL Preseason Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division l) Mariners making first-ever playoff trip Continued from IB A fteart is not judged by how muchyou love, but by how muchyou antovedbyotkrs The Wizard of Oz (1939) walked just one, and lost his shutout when Tony Phillips homered to open the ninth. "You get up against a guy like that in a one-game season and when he's on his game like he was today, you're in trouble," said Jim Edmonds of the Angels. The fans were chanting "Randy, Randy, Randy," when he struck out the side in the third and fifth. When Johnson fanned Tim Salmon for the fourth time to end the game, the celebration started.

Johnson shot his arms in the air and hugged catcher Dan Wilson. Fireworks exploded in the dome as Johnson ran off the field. him," Griffey said of the 6-foot-10 Johnson. "It was like, 'Give me one run and I'll take care of the Johnson, who won on three days' rest, will not be ready to pitch until at least Game 3 Friday night at the Kingdome. The Mariners hoped to save their ace for Game 1, but needed him to win the most important game in franchise history.

"The Yankees have a huge advantage because they were at home resting today, but we've had some success against them and that helps," Piniella said. Johnson, the leading candidate for the AL Cy Young Award, led the majors with 294 strikeouts. He gest star, Ken Griffey for 73 games with a fractured left wrist. "We were never a team that had a 13-game lead like the Angels," Johnson said. "We were a team that was striving to be the wild-card team." The Mariners will play wild-card winner New York in the best-of-5 first round.

The series begins Tuesday night at Yankee Stadium with Chris Bosio likely to start for Seattle against David Cone. Seattle was 9-4 against the Yankees, including a 3-3 mark in New York. "When he stepped on the field today there was something about l) Rodman Continued from IB and Scottie Pippen, conversations with Rodman's former coach Chuck Daly and long face-to-face meetings with the troubled player himself, the Bulls made the move they think will produce another championship. They sent veteran center Will Perdue to the San Antonio Spurs for the 34-year-old forward, who has led the NBA in rebounding the last four years. "It's put us in a place where we can win a championship," Jackson said.

Bulls general manager Jerry Krause and Jackson met with Rodman for 36 hours last weekend. Jackson was given the ultimate choice to have Rodman or not. "It's a decision that's important to the franchise. We felt we had to weigh it out, think about it. Seriously, this is not a snap judgment," Jackson said.

"I got to know a little about Dennis, that he's overcome a lot of odds. He's an awful strong individual and I'm confident he will take himself out of situations that have been tough for him his whole life." Rodman has had many disciplinary problems during his nine-year career in Detroit and San Antonio, iV vv U1 Ut iV iV -V VI U1 U1 U1 U1 U1 Openings in New Trio League Thursday Nights At the Marion Bowl Phone 993-6716 For Information or Come in and See Our All Hew Computerized Automatic Scoring Remodeled Look Make Reservations How For 9 Pin. No Tap Starting Sat, Oct. 14th Youth League Sign Up Day Oct. 7 1-3 p.m., Marion Bowl Ford Mercury Lincoln YOUR 10-STAR REGIONAL DEALER.