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DASEDALL Spirit can't find way to beat San Jose early innings, retiring the first 10 hitters he faced before Hansen singled in the fourth. "He was using a lot of off-speed stuff," center fielder Steve Phillips said. "He had a good curveball and changeup that kept us off balance." The Spirit broke through for two runs in the bottom of the fifth when Colin Dixon was hit by a pitch and scored on a single by Jeff Matuzas. Ray Cervantes then drove in Motuzas with a triple to right field to get the Spirit within 3-2. In the bottom of the sixth, Locklear gave way to Mike McLain, who got in trouble by walking Derek Reid and Phillips.

McLain appeared to have worked out of the jam, but with two outs San Jose second baseman Kenny Woods took a routine grounder out and Elston Hansen hit into a force play to end the game. The Spirit wasted another quality start from Sandi Santiago, who is becoming the team's most dependable starter. Santiago pitched seven innings and allowed six hits and three runs. "We needed at least seven innings from him tonight," Mahlberg said. "Our pitching was running a little short, but now we've got a few more arms for tomorrow night." Jim Pena (3-3) gave up a run in the eighth and three more in the ninth to take the loss.

The Giants took the early lead, scratching for two runs in the third and another run in the fifth. San Jose starter Jeff Locklear kept the Spirit bats quiet through the By Steve Miranda Sun Sports Writer SAN BERNARDINO The Spirit offense that has caused headaches for opposing bullpens recently was at it again Monday night. But this time San Bernardino's late-inning comeback effort fell short against the San Jose Giants, who prevailed 7-4 in front of 1,305 fans at Fis-calini Field. "It was the same thing again, we didn't lay down," Spirit manager Greg Mahlberg said. "We were a swing away from tying up the ballgame." Trailing 7-3 in the bottom of the ninth, Adin Lohry drove in Jeff Grote-wold with a sacrifice fly.

Jason Wuerch singled to bring the tying run to the plate, but Jose Peguerro struck and threw the ball into the Spirit 'dugout, allowing Reid to score. McLain (1-1) gave up one run 'in three innings to get the win. Bill Mueller went 2-for-4 including a two-run homer and an RBI single fpr San Jose. J''1' Spirit nota Right-hander Bart Inman, who missed his scheduled start on Sunday with pain In his right bleep, is slated to return to the rotation Friday. Right-hander Joa Strong Is progressing quickly In the rehabilitation of his right shoulder, pitching coach Warren Bruaatar said.

Strong is scheduled to pitch simulated games Wednesday and Saturday. Brusstar said Strong would work out of the bullpen a few times before rejoining the starting rotation. Stave Munda (0-2, 11.40 ERA) will pitch lor the Spirit against Krla Franco (3-4, 4.96) tonight at 7 p.m. at Fiscalini Field. i tC2 The Sun TUESDAY, May 31, 1994 Kaleidoscope Bad timing may have cost this guy his job An NBA timekeeper's job is pretty simple.

He has to remember one thing: Start the clock when the ball is put in play. Utah Jazz timekeeper Wayne Hicken didn't do that, and he picked the worst time to forget right at the end of a tight playoff game. Hicken waited at least eight seconds to start the game clock when play resumed with 13.5 seconds left in Sunday's Game 4 of the Western Conference playoffs at Salt Lake City. i "I just got caught up in the game," Hicken said. Hicken's oversight didn't end up making much of a difference in the game, since the Jazz was unable to score even with the extra time and lost 80-78.

But it nonetheless may have cost him his job, if there is a Game 6 of the series, which Houston leads 3-1 with a chance to clinch at home tonight. "We'll review what happened," NBA vice president Brian Mclntyre said. "But it would be unlikely that he would work a Game 6." THANKS FOR THE, UH, COMPLIMENT: Soccer great Diego Maradona, after meeting Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in Jerusalem on Monday: "I don't get excited easily, but when I shook his hands I was excited like when I was meeting Fidel Castro." HOPE YOU ENJOYED fT: Dodgers rookie Garey Ingram, unimpressed after homering in his first major-league at-bat: "That probably will be the last home run you'll see from me." SORRY, YOU'RE TOO LATE: Montreal's Butch Henry on the Phillies' Dave Hollins, who's 12-for-15 with five homers against him: "I could make him millions." WINGING IT: Astros general manager Bob Watson, on much-maligned reliever Mitch Williams' suggestion that he be made a starter: "There is a better chance of me sprouting wings and flying out of here than there is of that happening." Sports in brief jpjpjw PllWJjHflJW.il. 11'. ,1111 1 .11..

II I "'I" 1,. Storm pounds Quakes i By PETE MARSHALL Special to The Sun 0 V' LAKE ELSINORE It took them 2 'A innings to figure it out in their first trip to The Diamond but the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes now know that this isn't the same Lake Elsinore Storm that they swept at the Epicenter more than a month ago. The Quakes blew an early 5-0 lead Monday night and lost to Lake Elsinore 12-6 before 8 crowd of 3,484. The loss dropped the Quakes VA games behind first-place Riverside in the Cal League's Southern Division. The Quakes appeared to bo on the road to recovery when, Jar son Thompson hit an RBI single, in the seventh to close their defi citto7-6.

But the Storm sealed the win! with five seventh-inning runs against relievers Ken Grzelaczyk Dario Veras and Adrian Hollingj APWIREPHOTO er. Quakes manager Tim Flann ery used four relievers, mpre! than he wanted to use, especially Astros reportedly to waive Mitch Williams today Mitch Williams, who predicted he would soon be released, will be put on waivers today by the Houston Astros, The Associated Press reported. He met with Astros management Monday and was told of the team's decision, sources said. "We met and I have a decision, but I'm not going to divulge it," Astros general manager Bob Watson said Monday. "We'll announce it (today)." Williams was traded by Philadelphia to Houston Dec.

2 for pitchers Doug Jones and Jeff Juden, slightly more than a month after he gave up a game-ending home run to Joe Carter that won the World Series for Toronto. With the Astros. Williams lived up to his reputation as "Wild Thing" and was unable to match the success he had last season with Philadelphia, when he set a team record with 43 saves. He is 1-4 with six saves (and two blown chances) and a 7.65 ERA. He has given up 21 hits and walked 24 in 20 innings.

KRZYZEWSKI REPORTEDLY TO STAY: Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski scheduled a news conference for today that should settle rumors about whether he plans to leave the Blue Devils for the NBA. The school provided no details of any planned announcement, but the Durham Herald-Sun reported two sources at the school said Krzyzewski will stay at Duke. UNSER HAS RECORD PAYDAY: in a loss. Seattle pitcher Randy Johnson held Minnesota to two hits in throwing his second consecutive shutout Johnson blanks Twins for 2nd straight shutout "If I wasn't trying to stay in and win a ballgame, I wouldn't Ingram makes most of time with Dodgers By Douo Paoilla Sun Sports Writer LOS ANGELES Garey Ingram is getting a chance to met his heroes, to say nothing about trying to become one himself, as he remains wide-eyed in his first tour with the Dodgers. Ingram is getting a chance to start at second base with injuries to Delino DeShields (sprained and lacerated finger) and Jeff Treadway (sprained wrist).

Monday was Ingram's fourth consecutive start at second base, and he doubled his career hit total with a 3-for-4 night. He just missed giving the Dodgers the lead in the eighth inning when his drive to left field off Cardinals reliever Rene Arocha hit the box-seat railing to the left of the Dodgers bullpen. "When I hit it, the first thing on my mind was a double," he said. "My teammates told me when I got back that it hit the top of the fence. If it would have gone out that would have been big." What did go over big was his first meeting with Cardinals shortstop Ozzie Smith before the game.

"I kind of feel shaky when I meet guys like that," Ingram said. "That's Ozzie Smith. "It's awesome to me. It's awesome to be here. It's much better than the minor leagues.

It's three times better." Ingram's introduction to Smith came from De-lino DeShields, who has taken the 23-year-old, 44th-round draft pick under his wing. "He has been helping me since spring training," said Ingram, who was converted to second base from the outfield last season. "I appreciate that. I could use the things he tells me." DOUBLE TROUBLE: What became a moot point later in the sixth inning had manager Tommy Lasorda hot not only during the game, but after it as well. The Cardinals' Gregg JefTeries was allowed to score from first base on a ground-rule double by Ray Lankford that was caused when a fan opened the gate on the box-seat railing, interfering with Dodgers left fielder Henry Rodriguez.

Home plate umpire Dana DeMuth ruled that JefTeries would have scored anyway. Lasorda had a different point of view. "The coach at third base was holding him up," Lasorda said. "There is no way that guy could have scored if the gate didn't open, as far as I'm concerned." Rodriguez was reaching for Lankford's ball when the gate flew open and obstructed his path. He instantly threw up his arms, the sign to umpires that he no longer had access to the ball.

"The gate opened first and then the fan (who was hanging on the swinging gate) hit me in the face with his shoulder," Rodriguez said. "I knew it was an accident but he was crazy. He just wanted the ball." Mark Whitten then followed with a ground-rule double of his own, this one in conventional fashion when it bounced over the Cardinals bullpen gate in right field. PLAYING. THROUGH PAIN: Though he homered in his return from a three-game absence, Mike Piazza said his ribs are still sore from his collision with the Cubs' Glenallen Hill on Wednesday.

Piazza had a contusion on the fifth rib on his left side. It was the first time he had to miss three consecutive games. "You just have to play with the pain," Piazza said. "The asked me if I was ready to come back and I said I was. I'm still going to be day-to-day." When Piazza extends on his swing, like he did on his seventh-inning home run, his 10th of the season, he says he still feels the pain.

He also felt the pain when he dove for a foul popup early in the game. "I felt that a bit," he said. "I just looked down and took a deep breath." have used them, he said. Not only did Lake Elsinbn (17-33) pound out 13 hits, but 11 of them and all four of the! Storm's home runs came from the1 AL ROUNDUP bottom five batters in the order The win also enabled the Storm' to crawl out of last place, where itl has been since the first week of) the season. "They hit the ball tonight and! they hit it hard," Flannery said.

The crowning blow was three-run homer in the seventh by shortstop Freddie Diaz, i first of the season. Trailing 5-0 in the secdnd, Lake Elsinore knocked out Qu'aki es starter Jared Baker by scorjngj three runs. I Randy Johnson insisted he had a hard day, even though it may not have looked that tough. Johnson pitched a two-hitter for his second straight shutout, leading the Seattle Mariners over the Minnesota Twins 12-0 Monday at Minneapolis. Johnson (6-3) struck out 10 and walked two in winning his fourth straight start.

He extended his scoreless streak to 21 innings, including a four-hit, 1-0 win Wednesday in Oakland. "That was a lot of work today," he said. "The Twins are a good-hitting team. They've got little guys who get on base, then the heart of their order is as tough as anybody's. "This one was work.

I started losing my wind in the eighth inning." By then, the Mariners had made it easy for him as they ended a three-game losing streak. Keith Mitchell hit his first two home runs of the season, doubled and drove in five runs. Rich Am-aral hit an RBI triple, two doubles and a single, Mike Blowers also had four hits for Seattle and Edgar Martinez homered. Seattle finished with 17 hits, 10 for extra bases. Johnson's two shutouts this season give him 10 in his career.

Scott Leuis singled for both of Minnesota's hits. RED SOX 6, ROYALS 5: Damon Berryhill doubled off Fenway Park's left-field wall with one out in the 10th inning, scoring Scott Cooper with the winning run as Boston, which tied the game in the eighth with solo homers by Mike Greenwell and Andy Tom-berlin, defeated Kansas City. With one out in the 10th, Scott Cooper and Tomberlin singled to left before Berryhill's decisive hit off Hipolito Pichardo (0-2). TIGERS 5, ORIOLES 3: Travis Fryman doubled in Chris Gomez with the go-ahead run in the 11th inning as Detroit, held scoreless for eight innings, rallied to win at Baltimore. WHITE SOX 7, YANKEES 2: Scott Sanderson (4-0) pitched four-hit ball over seven innings, and Dar-rin Jackson hit a three-run homer to carry the Chicago to victory at New York.

ATHLETICS 6, BLUE JAYS 2: Brent Gates hit an RBI double to ignite a five-run ninth inning as Oakland snapped a four-game losing streak with a victory at Toronto. RANGERS 5, BREWERS 4: Jeff Frye and Manuel Lee hit RBI singles in the ninth inning and Texas rallied to win at Milwaukee. Frye had three hits and drove in three runs as the Rangers and Kevin Brown (4-7) stopped the Brewers' three-game winning streak. From Sun News Services "He didn't have the same vej locity he had before," Flannery said of Baker, who left his last start with arm problems but said he was physically sound Monday. I "My arm felt fine," he "There's no excuse.

If you don't throw strikes, you're not going to be in the game." George Arias' homer in the; third made it 5-4 and a solo sfiot; by Corey Kapano and a two-run homer by Earl Cunningham! in! the fifth put the Storm ahead, to; stay. Mavs fall to Pilots I The Sun RIVERSIDE The High insert Mavericks were held to fdur hits Monday in an 8-0 loss to the first-place Riverside Pilots iii; California League game at t1heJ Sports Center. Center fielder Tim Graham, first baseman Chad Townserid, third baseman Jason Bugg and shortstop Hanley Frias were the) only Mavs to get hits. -ji" Right-hander Oscar Resendez, took the loss for the Mavericks (16-33), allowing five runs eight hits in six innings of work; Left fielder Jim Koehler and. catcher James Bonnici each knocked in two runs for the Pilots (31-18).

In today's 7:15 p.m. game' (if the Sports Center, Riverside' right-hander Sam August will face Mavericks left-hander Dar' ren Paxton, l' Al Unser Jr. accepted the biggest payoff in auto racing history, $1,373,813, for his second Indianapolis 500 victory Sunday. Unser's share of a record $7.86 million purse broke the record of $1.24 million he set two years ago and boosted his Indy 500 career winnings to $4,264,716. BENGALS UNLIKELY TO SIQN DEION: The Cincinnati Bengals said that barring a sudden change of heart, they won't try to sign two-sport star Deion Sanders, who was traded from the Atlanta Braves to the Cincinnati Reds on Sunday.

Sanders, who made $2 million last year playing for the NFL's Atlanta Falcons, is a football free agent. FIFA TO APPEAL TO CLINTON: Soccer officials said they will appeal personally to President Clinton in an attempt not to have fences around two fields at World Cup games this summer. Officials in Dallas and Washington say there will be fences around the fields at the Cotton Bowl and RFK Stadium to prevent fans from invading the fields. ARIZONA WINS SOFTBALL TITLE: Susie Parra (33-1) threw a one-hitter for her 20th consecutive victory as Arizona beat Cal State Northridge 4-0 at Oklahoma City to win the NCAA Softball championship for the second straight year. BRIEFLY NOTED: Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Michael Irvln underwent surgery to properly put his left shoulder back into the socket.

He is expected to be ready for the team's NFL opener Sept. 4 against Pittsburgh. The Cincinnati Reds will meet with former Atlanta Brave Ren ttant on Friday to get a medical update and find out if the free agent outfielder is interested in the club Florida State coach Bobby Bowden turned down a second interview request by Sports Illustrated, which apparently has another story scheduled on the problems surrounding the Seminoles football program Romanian Davis Cup captain III Naataa was suspended from Romania's second-round match against Britain in July for cursing and intimidating officials during the first round against South Africa in March Former San Diego Padres third base coach Jack Krol, who had a 1-1 record as interim manager of the St. Louis Cardinals in 1978 and was a 40-year veteran of professional baseball, died of cancer at age 57. From Sun News Services Roar of the crowd Tha Sun publish! Ittr to the Sport adltor on Saturday.

Send lettere to Tha Sun, Roar ol tha Crowd, 399 N. 8treat, San Bernardino, 92401, or fax to (90P) 34-0327. Include nam, addraa and a daytime phonn number. Banks takes no-hitter into 8th, beats Phillies NL ROUNDUP game in the ninth as a pinch-runner, drove a one-out, 1-2 pitch from Rod Beck (1-3) into the left-field bleachers. Roberto Kelly, In his first game for Atlanta since being traded Sunday for Deion Sanders, went l-for-4 with a walk.

He scored two runs and stole a base. ASTROS 4, MARLINS 3: Craig Biggio drove in two runs, including the game-winner with a two-out single in the ninth inning, as Houston won for the ninth time in 12 games and handed Florida its eighth loss in 10 games. ROCKIES 12, METS 2: Andres Galarraga hit his second grand slam of the season as visiting Colorado ended New York's three-game winning streak. Galarraga has 18 home runs and 49 RBI this season. PADRES 10, PIRATES 2: Tony Gwynn had a career-high five RBI on a homer and three-run double, and Andy Ashby (1-5) pitched a four-hitter for his first win of the season as San Diego beat visiting Pittsburgh for its fourth straight victory.

From Sun News Services Willie Banks has discovered a winning combination that's making his life on the mound easier and much more enjoyable. After pitching the first complete game and first shutout of his major league career in his last outing, Banks came close to a no-hitter Monday at Wrigley Field in leading the Chicago Cubs over the Philadelphia Phillies 3-0. Banks held Philadelphia hitless for 7'a innings and won his career-best fourth straight start. Banks, trying to pitch the Cubs' first no-hitter since Milt Pappas in 1972, blanked the Phillies until Kim Batiste grounded a single to left field with one out in the eighth. "I'm starting to hit my spots, get my breaking ball over and mixing it up to keep the guys off balance," Banks "I'm being successful doing that." Banks (6-4) allowed only one hit, struck out six and walked three in eight innings.

He was hit in the back of the hip by a pitch from reliever Bob Wells in the sixth, and left the game after the eighth with tightness in his back. Randy Myers completed the com-p bined one-hitter, pitching the ninth for his 12th save. In his last start, Banks pitched his first career shutout, a four-hitter over the Dodgers. His near no-hitter came a day after Philadelphia's David West and Heathcliff Slocumb held Houston hitless until Steve Finley's leadoff single in the ninth inning. REDS 7, EXPOS 3: Jose Rijo struggled again, but finally got his 100th career victory with a lot of help from his teammates, Kevin Mitchell homered twice, drove in three runs and scored three to rally Cincinnati over visiting Montreal.

Rijo (3-3), bothered by lingering groin and hamstring injuries, escaped threat after threat to get No. 100 on his fourth attempt. He gave up six hits, walked four and hit a batter in six innings, but forced the Expos to strand nine runners six in scoring position. BRAVES 4, GIANTS 3: Jarvis Brown hit his first major league home run in the 11th inning, lifting Atlanta to victory at San Francisco. Brown, who got Into the $9A9S National Pntflntf ntpak, town Moot Payxi.