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C2 The Sun WEDNESDAY, May 6, 1992 i Kaleidoscope San Jose, rain leave Spirit doused, 6-3 Dan Flanagan finished up in the ninth for his third save. Spirit notes The Spirit made a roster move Tuesday. Right-hander Tony Phillips, the Mariners' 19th-round draft pick last year, who played for Team USA in 1991, Joined the club from extended spring training. He takes the place of Marc Rosenbalm (0-1, 3.68 ERA), who was released Catcher Doyle Balthazar, an eight-year pro who was hitting .333 entering Tuesday's game, has done a solid job since joining the club. "He's really helping out with the young pitchers," DeJesus said of Balthazar.

San Jose's Rikkert Faneyte probably has the most unusual hometown In the California League: Amsterdam, Holland. Jim Mecir (2-3, 5.19 ERA) will start for the Spirit at 7:05 tonight against San Jose's Chris Hancock (5-1, 5.24), the Fontana High School alumnus. Dan Calcagno singled and advanced to second when third baseman Craig Clayton threw away the ball. Andres Duncan followed with a walk, and Mc-Farlin hit an infield single off Adam's glove. Adam didn't help himself by throwing away the ball for an error, allowing San Jose to take a 3-2 lead.

San Bernardino tied it up in its half. Julio Fernandez led off with a single, and scored on a two-out double by Clayton. Clayton got injured moments later, when he was picked off second. He was carried off the field, and taken to Loma Linda Medical Center, with possible torn ligaments in his ankle. San Jose starter Greg Brummett (3-1) was the winner, giving up seven hits and three runs in eight innings, striking out eight, and walking none.

ager Ivan DeJesus said. "He was throwing the ball well." After giving up a lead-off double to Matt Brewer in the fourth, Adam (1-2) retired 12 in a row before Jason Mc-Farlin led off with a single to start the eighth. Rikkert Faneyte drew a one-out walk before Miller hit his homer just inside the right-field foul pole. The Spirit broke on top in the second. Tommy Adams was hit by a pitch and came around to score on a double by Tony Kounas and a fielding error by left fielder Brewer.

Kounas advanced on a ground out and scored on a RBI single by Doyle Balthazar. San Jose got three in the third. By PETE MARSHALL Special to The Sun SAN BERNARDINO It doesn't seem likely any San Bernardino Spirit players will be "Singing in the Rain" any time soon. The Spirit suffered a 6-3 setback at the hands of the San Jose Giants before 1,175 rain-soaked fans Tuesday night at Fiscalini Field. Although there were no rain delays during the game, a tropical storm leaked precipitation off-and-on the entire night.

The game was very much in doubt until Barry Miller broke open a 3-3 game in the eighth with a three-run home run, his third of the season, off Spirit starter David Adam. "(Adam) just got the ball up," man New-fashioned park equals old-time winning Could it be that Orioles Park at Camden Yards used to be another great ball park in its previous life? How else can one explain the feeling that is running through some of the Orioles as they settle into new facility that has the feel of their favorite old pair of shoes? i "I don't know, but it just seems like some- body has played here before," said Mike Flanagan, the veteran Orioles pitcher. "It seems like it's been here a long time, been proven, like all the kinks are out." Call it the return, if not the revenge, of the late, great Polo Grounds or Ebbets Field or Connie Mack or Crosley Field. The new-fash-' ioned park with the old-fashioned look does seem to have brought out a relic from the past most notably some good, old-fashioned win-' ning Orioles baseball. "You couldn't have put a dome here.

It wouldn't have worked," Flanagan said. "This is a traditional baseball town with traditional baseball fans." PLEASE ROTATE THE FEET, TOO: St. Louis trainer Gene Geiselmann, after throscopic surgery was performed on Bryn Smith's elbow: "It was kind of like his checkup." BE HAPPY THERE'S NOT ANOTHER SIX: Nl roundup Hancock still has id Texas Rangers catcher Doug Davis, a minor-league veteran of 8V4 years, was issued uniform No. 66: "You'd think they'd have given me a little lower number. But at least 1 have a number." OR THE BODY IS MISALIGNED: Pittsburgh pitcher Bob Walk, placed on the disabled list for the fifth time the last in three years clue to a pulled groin muscle: "Maybe the planets are aligned in a certain way or something." IT WAS MORE LIKE HALLOWEEN: Reds pitcher Tim Belcher after he gave up 1 1 hits in an 8-2 loss to the Giants on Easter Sunday: "The fans got two holidays for the price of one: Easter and Fourth of July.

I just plain got waxed." Sports in brief Van Slyke lifts Pirates past Reds Andy Van Slyke had three hits, including a homer and a double, and the Pittsburgh Pirates rallied in the sixth inning for the second straight night to beat the Cincinnati Reds 5-2 Tuesday at Three Rivers Stadium. Tim Belcher (1-4), who was 7-1 against Pittsburgh entering the season, lost to the Pirates for the second time in a week after carrying a 2-1 lead into the sixth. Belcher was the loser in the Pirates' 4-0 victory in Cincinnati last week. This two-run rally wasn't nearly as big as the Pirates' 11-run sixth in Monday's 12-5 victory, but it produced the same result. CARDINALS 7, GIANTS 5: Todd Zeile snapped a sixth-inning tie with a sacrifice fly, his first RBI in 12 games, as St.

Louis survived blowing a five-run lead at Busch Stadium. Zeile leads the Cardinals with 12 RBIs, but St. Louis' cleanup hitter had been blanked since April 22. Ozzie Smith doubled to lead off the sixth and advanced on a groundout before Zeile lined out to right off Dave Burba (1-3). EXPOS 5, PADRES 2: The Expos won their first night game of the season after 12 straight losses as Larry Walker hit a ground rule inside-the-park homer to help Montreal beat visiting San Diego.

CUBS 4, BRAVES 3: Rey Sanchez hit a sacrifice fly with the bases loaded in the 10th inning as host Chicago beat Atlanta and ended a five-game losing streak against the Braves. ASTROS 5, METS 4: Pinch-hitter Eric Anthony sparked a four-run seventh inning with a two-run single as host Houston took advantage of sloppy fielding by New York to beat the Mets. From Sun News Services mm AP WIREPHOTO Judge orders accounting of Tyson's income A federal judge Tuesday ordered an accounting of Mike Tyson's boxing income since 1989 and how much was paid to his former manager. Bill Cayton. The former heavyweight champion and Cayton.

whose contract expired in February, are suing each other, both claiming they have boon shortchanged by the other. Lawyers for both sides had requested the accounting. The order signed by U.S. District Judge John Keenan calls for an accountant to Cincinnati's Chris Sabo breaks up a possible double play, sliding into Pittsburgh's Jose Lind. Sabo drove in the Reds' first run, and allowed the second to score by stopping the double play.

passes By Pete Marshall Special to The Sun ADELANTO San Jose Giants pitcher Chris Hancock never comes home. He's always home. Hancock, a 1988 graduate from Fontana High School, has family all over the Cal League. "I also grew up in Northern California, so wherever we go Modesto, Stockton, people come to see me," he said. Does he leave tickets? "Always.

A lot." It's not always easy for Hancock, however. The left-hander is in his second season with San Jose and is 2-1 with a 5.24 ERA this year. "I got real nervous out there." he said of pitching in front of friends last season. "My mind was up in the stands. Now I can concentrate on the game." This is Hancock's fourth season in the minors, although he plaved only parts of 1990 and 1991.

In '90, he was sidelined with a sore left shoulder; in '91, he broke his right elbow during spring training. Not necessarily helping his cause was the fact that he had some pretty tough competition on his own team last year. The 1991 (iiants were No.l in the league in pitching. "When I came in (in 1991) I was throwing the ball well, but I was behind them," Hancock said. Hancock also played quarterback at Fontana, and led the team to a national championship in 1987.

Hancock goes back to Fontana every year to watch his alma mater. "I keep going back and seeing them do so well," he said. "Coach (Dick) Bruich can turn anybody into winners." Many observers probably figured Hancock's future was in football. Not so. "I was going to go to JC, but people kept telling me.

'if you gel an opportunity, you should go play It's like a foot in the door," he said. Hancock likes the Giants' organization, but he says the quality of players makes promotions few and far between. "We're stacked. It's getting tough to move up," he said. Hancock isn't too worried about taking too long to gel to the bigs.

"I've still got time. There are lots of guys who are 26 and are just getting to the big leagues," lie said. Hancock is scheduled to start tonight when the Giants play the Spirit at Fiscalini Field. 1 low will he "I'm going to go all out." Shot in the dark felled Candiotti noski had Candiotti leave the game. He took his first loss in the 6-2 defeat to the Phillies.

Candiotti was examined by a doctor in the clubhouse. The diagnosis: A nasty bruise but no serious injury. No X-rays were taken. "It hit right on the muscle," said team trainer Bill Buhler. "The doctor thought he would be sore, but should be all right." Candiotti (3-1) is next scheduled to pitch Sunday in New York.

If there is no unexpected setback today, he is still scheduled to take his next turn. "I was a little dizzy when I came out," Candiotti said. "I felt real lightheaded. I'm sure I'll have a nice bruise, but hopefully I'll take my regular turn." Candiotti. who was hit on the palm of his right hand trying to barehand a one-hopper in his last start 10 days ago, struggled even before leaving the game.

The cold night made it difficult for him to dig his fingernails into the ball a requirement for throwing the knuckl-er effectively. He allowed four runs in two-plus innings. "It was really hard for me at first," he said. "The wind was blowing right in my face and the ball was moving like crazy. Then the cold takes a little feeling out of your fingertips." And then came Kruk's line drive.

Pitcher hit in the chest by line drive off bat of Phillies' Kruk. By Steve Dilbeck Sun Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA It wasn't so much that he didn't know what hit him. The options were rather limited, though Tom Candiotti admitted later he felt as if he had been shot. The weapon was simply a baseball, although when traveling in excess of 100 mph that "simply" part sort of loses significance. When Philadelphia's John Kruk lined a Candiotti pitch in the third inning Tuesday night, the right-hander never actually saw the ball coming at him.

It hit him on the chest, where it meets the right shoulder. "Right in the arm pit," Candiotti said. "I was really foggy after that. It was kind of scary. I guess it could have been a lot worse.

"I didn't even know what hit me. (Pitching coach Ron Perranoski) asked me if I felt OK. I said. I felt like I got shot. "I've been hit plenty of times by a baseball.

Hard, too. But that ball there, I don't remember ever seeing it." Light-headed and unsteady, Perra Dodgers notes Dave Anderson, a nine-year veteran who agreed to a minor-league contract in the offseason, was in the lineup at third in his first game since being recalled from Triple-A Albuquerque. Anderson, 31, said returning to the minors was a different experience. "It's tough," he said. "It takes an adjustment.

(Ex-Dodger) Maury Wills told me not to notice the things that are different, but those that are similar to the majors. You get a chance to work on some things and there's no pressure. It's like high school again." Larry Kahn of radio station KMPC, which recently switched to an all-sports format, has begun traveling with the Dodgers. Six newspapers regularly travel with the team, but KMPC becomes the first radio station not broadcasting their games to cover them fulltime. Juan Samuel said the swelling of his two fractured fingers has finally begun to go down.

"It's gone down Samuel said. "I think it's going good." He is running, but not yet taking batting practice. Stan Javier rejoined the team in Philadelphia after leaving to attend his brother-in-law's funeral in the Dominican Republic. The Dodgers are 1-8 in one-run games. Jay Howell is scheduled to make his eighth rehab appearance tonight for Single-A Bakersfield (against the High Desert Mavericks).

Right-hander Tommy Greene has been scratched as tonight's starter for the Phillies because of shoulder tendinitis. Right-hander Danny Cox is being moved up and is scheduled to start instead. compile a record of money earned by Tyson in 1989. 1990 and 1991, and the amounts due t'avton. NCAA WON'T EXPAND FIELDS: The NCAA Executive Committee has rejected requests to expand the tournament fields of 11 sports, including baseball and women's basketball.

Meeting this week in Tucson, the policy-making group said it would survey the wishes of member schools and possibly review the matter at its meeting in August. Because budgets will be locked in by then, the decision this week means there can be no expansion until the 1993-94 academic vear. SELES WINS OPENER IN ITALY: Top-seeded Monica Seles ended a string of upsets by Italian women, hammering 6-0, 6-4 victory over Natalia Baudone in the second round ol'the Italian Open. Making her first appearance alter a first round bye, Seles ran off nine straight games in what seemed no more than a workout. Tenth-seeded Leila Meskhi of Georgia and 12th-seeded Radka Zrubakova of Czechoslovakia advanced easilv.

STRIKE THE GOLD SOLD: Strike the Gold became the second Kentucky Derby winner to be sold at auction when the 4-year-old was bought for $2.9 million at the Fasig-Tipton Thoroughbred Sales at Belmont Park. The 1991 Derby winner was purchased by William Condren and Joseph Cornacchia, two ol'the three previous owners. PPV COMES TO COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Pay-per-view sports events will lake a step toward becoming a regular visitor to cable TV customers in September when ABC Sports gives viewers who pay a fee the chance to watch their favorite college football team, even if that game is aired by the network in other areas. The NFL could be the next sport to experiment with pay-per-view television, following the lead of college football. It won't try it in the near future, however.

BRIEFLY NOTED: LPGA Tour golfer Cathy Gerring, who suffered first- and second-degree burns at the Sara Lee Classic, was released from the burn unit at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tcnn. Gerring was injured while standing in a buffet line in a hospitality tent when alcohol used to fuel a wok flared up Former Spirit player Jerry Goff of Triple-A Indianapolis has been recalled by the Montreal Expos, replacing Ivan Calderon who was placed on the 15-day disabled list rectroactive to April 29 A pitcher in the Atlanta Braves farm system was being sought after he allegedly shot and killed a prostitute who refused to give back $20 in Florida. Riviera Beach police said they are seeking Ray Mack, 22, a relief pitcher who missed Saturday's drills at the West Palm Reach training camp where he has been recovering from knee surgery. Wagner of Palmetto, reclaimed the lead after the fourth round of the Ebonite Classic in Ashland, Ky. Wagner averaged 218.62 for her first 26 games and had a 146-pin lead over Michelle Mullen ofMatleson, 111.

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Ryan allowed the first five Orioles to reach base. He gave up three runs, three hits, two walks and hit a batter before being lilted following a 62-minute rain delay after the second. WHITE SOX 12, BREWERS 2: Jack McDowell became baseball's first six-game winner and George Bell hit his eighth career grand slam, leading the Chicago White Sox past Milwaukee. RED SOX 4, TWINS 1: Frank Viola, MVP of the 1987 World Series for Minnesota, won in his first game against his former team and the Boston Red Sox beat the Twins. INDIANS 8, ROYALS 6: Shortstop Mark Lewis drove in two runs and scored twice, atoning for his 10th error in the last seven games as the Cleveland Indians beat Kansas City.

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