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8 • The Daily Iowan - Iowa City, Iowa - Monday, July 11 , 1994
Sports
Montreal jumps into first place
Associated Press
SAN DIEGO - Wi! Cordero, named
to the All-Star earlier Sunday, hit his
first career grand slam and Moises
Alou hit two homers as the Montreal
Expos moved into first place in the NL
East with an 8-2 victory over the San
Diego Padres.
Cordero, named to replace Cincinnati's
Barry Larkin on the NL squad,
hit his 13th homer off rookie Joey
Hamilton (5-4) in the second to snap a
2-2 tie.
Jeff Fassero (7-5) shut down the
Padres after giving up two runs in the
first inning. He gave up six hits and
struck out eight in six innings.
The four-game sweep moved the
Expos past Atlanta - a 6-1 loser to
St. Louis - into first in the East.
Montreal (54-33) has the best record
in the majors and leads the Braves
(52-33) by one game.
The Expos have won nine straight
over the Padres and 19 of 21 over the
past two years.
Indians 9, TwinB 1
MINNEAPOLIS - Mark Clark
pitched eight strong innings despite a
stiff neck, and Kenny Lofton had four
hits and four RBI as the Cleveland
Indians rolled into the All-Star break
with a victory over Minnesota.
Lofton homered off Scott Erickson
(8-7) in the first inning. It gave him 10
homers after he had only six in his
first two big-league seasons. Lofton
singled in a second-inning run and
doubled home two in the eighth,
matching his career high for a game.
Clark (10-3) allowed six hits, walked
none and struck out four.
Carlos Baerga, Jim Thome and Sandy
Alomar Jr., also homered for the Indians,
in first place at the break for the
first time since 1959.
Athletics 4, Orioles 3
BALTIMORE - Mark McGwire hit
a two-run homer off Lee Smith in the
ninth inning as Oakland beat Baltimore.
. The Orioles were three outs away
from taking over first place in the AL
East when McGwire hit an 0-2 pitch
over the center-field wall. The homer,
his seventh, followed a leadoff single
by Ruben Sierra.
Ron DarlinK (8-9) allowed four runs
and six hits in eight innings, walking
five and striking out seven.
Dennis Eckersley pitched the ninth
for his 15th save.
Red Sol[ 9, Mariners 2
BOSTON - Rich Rowland had a
homer among three hits and two RBI
as Boston - worst in the AL in batting
- came alive with 13 hits.
Joe Hesketh (5-5) allowed five hits
in seven innings. Both runs came on a
homer by Marc Newfield. Hesketh,
who walked two and struck out five,
came within six outs of his first complete
game win since 1985.
Jim Converse (0-2) lasted just 1%
innings for Seattle, allowing five runs
on six hits.
Tigers 6, Rangers 5
DETROIT - Tony Phillips hit a
three-run homer with two outs in the
ninth inning off 'Ibm Henke (2-4) to
rally Detroit over Texas.
Henke got ahead in the count 0-2 on
Phillips, who was fooled by an offspeed
pitch for the second strike.
Phillips hit the next for his 14th
homer.
Joe Boever (7-2) pitchd a hitless 2 ~
innings in relief of starter David
Wells. Cecil Fielder hit a three-run
homer and a tripled for the Tigers.
Ivan Rodriguez hit a two-run homer
and Chris James drove in two runs for
the Rangers.
Angels 9, Yankees 6
NEW YORK - J.T. Snow homered
and drove in four runs, and Spike
Owen and Tim Salmon also homered
for California.
Snow, a former Yankee, hit a tworun
homer during the Angels' four-run
fourth off Terry Mulholland (6-7) and
singled in two runs in the ninth.
Owen, also an ex-Yankee, hit a tworun
homer in the first and Salmon led
off the fIfth with his 19th homer, both
off Mulholland.
Winner Chuck Finley (7-8) went 5~.
innings, allowing nine hits and four
runs, walking two and striking out
seven.
Blue Jays 7, Royals S
TORONTO - Juan Guzman
matched a career high with nine
Associated Press
~ Home plate umpire Field Culbreth, left, and Texas Rangers pitcher Kevin
Brown, right, are kept separated by Rangers catcher Ivan Rodriguez, center,
· following Brown's ejection in the third inning Sunday, in Detroit.
: CYCLING
.w Continued from back page Classifieds
& leg from Poitiers to Trelissac, conserving
, energy for today's individual time trial of 40
• miles from Perigueux to Bergerac.
Museeuw, despite falling at one point,
gained a few seconds in an intermediate
sprint and held a five-second lead over Gian­
. luca Bortolami of Italy in the overall stand­
, ings.
The U.S.-based Motorola team had three
of the top eight overall - Britain's Sean
• Yates in third, 10 seconds behind; American
Frankie Andreu in fourth, 13 back, and
, world champion Lance Armstrong eighth, 42
behind.
• Favorites Miguel Indurain of Spain and
• '!bny Rominger of Switzerland stayed with
I • the pack. Indurain, in seventh place, was
I only 30 seconds behind Museeuw.
\ -Rominger was another 28 seconds behind.
Both Indurain and Rominger won a long .
time trial in last year's Tour, when
Indurain won his third consecutive title.
Chris Boardman of Britain, winner of
; the short prologue July 2, also is one of the
: - favorites for the time trial.
I
; "The time trials are my specialty," said
: - Boardman, winner of the 1992 Olympic
, pursuit title. "But it is a lot different now
: because I am tired. As is everyone."
I I -
Today's course has two moderate climbs.
"It is a whole new experience, but I think
it is. a good route for me,· Boardman said.
In Sunday's stage, Leblanc, Aldag,
Camargo and Hamburger were more than
six minutes ahead of the pack with 18
miles to go. However, Museeuw'a GB-MG
I team picked up the pace and reduced the
• margin to 2:16 at the finish, keeping the
Belgian in the lead.
strikeouts, and Joe Carter had a
homer among three hits and drove in
three runs for'Ibronto.
Guzman (8-9) won his second
straight start after breaking a streak
of four straight losses. He allowed
three runs in seven innings. Danny
Cox went the final two innings for the
save in his first appearance of the season.
Carter hit a two-run homer in the
eighth, his 19th, to account for the
final '!bronto runs.
Cardinals 6, Braves 1
ATLANTA - Mark Whiten hit a
three-run homer in support of Allen '
WrBtson, and the St. Louis Cardinals
reached .500 at the All-Star break.
The Cardinals entered the three-day
All-Star break at 42-42, taking two of
three games from the Braves following
a five-game losing streak.
Watson (6-4) allowed one run and
five hits in seven innings.
John Smoltz (6-9), victimized by a
four-run fourth inning, allowed five
hits and four runs in seven innings.
Pirates 7, Reds 6,11 innings
CINCINNATI - Tom Foley's oneout
double in the 11th scored pinchrunner
AI Martin, and the Pirates
overcame a six-run deficit.
Don Slaught, pinch-hitting for Steve
Cooke (4-6) walked leading off and
was replaced by Martin. Lance Parrish
sacrificed before Foley doubled
down the right-field line off Hector
Carrasco (4-6).
Bias Minor got the final three outs
for his first save.
Mets 5, Dodgers 1
LOS ANGELES - Bobby Bonilla,
Rico Brogna and Joe Orsulak homered
to back eight solid innings by Bret
Saberhagen.
Saberhagen (10-4) ran his career
record against the Dodgers to 5-0 with
his third straight win overall. Saberhagen,
the Mets' lone All-Star representative,
struck out six and walked
one.
Pedro Astacio (6-6) gave up just two
hits in seven innings, striking out 10.
He walked three in absorbing his first
loss since June 1 in Atlanta.
Giants 2, Phillies I, 10 innings
SAN FRANCISCO - Pinch-hitter
Jeff Reed's single in the 10th scored
Dave Martinez, giving the Giants a
four-game sweep.
Dave Burba (1-5) pitched 1 ~3 innings
for the victory.
Marlins 6, Rockies 4
MIAMI - Pinch hitter Mario Diaz
hit a bases-loaded triple and the Marlins
rallied from a four-run deficit to
win their third straight.
Bret Barberie doubled, homered and
scored twice for the Marlins. They
improved to 7-2 against Colorado,
clinching the season series in the
matchup of second-year teams.
Luis Aquino (2-1) pitched one scoreless
inning, and Robb Nen got the last
two outs for his 10th in 10 tries.
Astros 5, Cubs 3
CHICAGO - Rookie Orlando
Miller, playing in his third majorleague
game, hit two home runs competely
out of Wrigley Field to lead the
Houston Astros past the Chicago
Cubs.
Jeff Bagwell drove in his National
League-leading 82nd run and Pete
Harnisch (5-4) got his third straight
victory for the Astros, who enter the
All-Star break 2Y, games behind
Cincinnati in the NL Central.
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