Saturday's Internet Edition, 3:49 AM, July 19, 2008.
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| WITH THE FIELD WIDE OPEN, Fredericksburg High School senior Lilia Rivera opened up with a school record throw of 43'6 1/2" in the shot put that earned her third place at the state meet Friday. Photo for the Standard-Radio Post by Taylor Ward |
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STARS
Wednesday
— Dante Bichette, Red Sox, hit a two-run homer and a two-run double in Boston’s 13-4 rout of Cleveland.
— Brian Giles, Pirates, hit two homers, drove in three runs and scored four times as Pittsburgh pounded Cincinnati 14-3.
— Vladimir Guerrero, Expos, went 4-for-5 with a home run and three RBIs in a 9-6 victory over Florida.
— Randy Johnson, Diamondbacks, struck out 13 in six innings and Arizona defeated Houston 3-2.
— Fernando Vina, Cardinals, doubled, homered and drove in four runs to lead St. Louis over Milwaukee, 7-2.
STRONG START
Oakland’s Cory Lidle allowed five hits in 7 2-3 scoreless innings as the A’s handed Anaheim its season-high seventh straight loss 2-0 Wednesday. Lidle had five strikeouts in the longest of his 29 major league starts.
SPARKLING PIRATE
Brian Giles, Pittsburgh lone representative on the All-Star team, hit two homers and drove in three runs in a 14-3 rout over Cincinnati on Wednesday. Giles had three hits in each of the first three games of the series, going 9-for-11 with three homers and five RBIs.
STRONG RETURN
San Diego starter Sterling Hitchcock pitched seven strong innings in his first start in more than a year, and Bubba Trammell hit his first career grand slam as the Padres beat Colorado 8-3 Wednesday night. Hitchcock, who had surgery on June 6, 2000, allowed three runs, one earned, and five hits. He struck out five and walked none.
SUCH A RUSCH
New York Mets starter Glendon Rusch allowed a run and five hits over seven innings and drove in the deciding run as the Mets beat Chicago 2-1 Wednesday. With the game tied at 1 in the second, Rucsh executed a suicide squeeze to give New York a 2-1 lead. It was Rusch’s first win since beating Montreal on May 21.
SO MANY LOSSES
Tampa Bay set an AL record with its 59th loss before the All-Star break, falling 8-1 to Toronto on Wednesday.
SHANE’S SACRIFICE
Detroit’s Shane Halter hit a tiebreaking sacrifice fly, and Jeff Weaver won for the first time in four starts as the Tigers beat Kansas City 6-4 Wednesday.
SIZZLING ROCKET
The Yankees’ Roger Clemens (12-1) won his eighth straight start Wednesday, allowing two runs and five hits in 6 2-3 innings as New York beat Baltimore 4-3. Earlier in the day
Clemens was selected by Yankees manager Joe Torre to his eighth AL All-Star appearance.
SANDY STRIKES LATE
Chicago’s Sandy Alomar doubled home the winning run in the ninth inning Wednesday night as the White Sox rallied past Minnesota 4-3, ending the Twins’ five-game winning streak.
SNAPPED
Fernando Vina hit a three-run homer and drove in four runs for St. Louis, which ended a season-high six-game losing streak by beating Milwaukee 7-2 Wednesday night. ... Texas beat Seattle 6-3 Wednesday night to snap the Mariners’ five-game winning streak.
SETTING A MARK
Montreal’s Vladimir Guerrero reached 20 homers for the fourth straight season Wednesday night, going 4-for-5 with three RBIs to lead the Expos to a 9-6 win over the Florida Marlins. Guerrero tied Gary Carter’s team record for consecutive 20-homer seasons. The 25-year-old right fielder hit 38 homers in 1998, 42 in 1999 and 44 last year, setting a team record each time.
SWING
Toronto’s Carlos Delgado, who was in a 2-for-27 slump, went 2-for-3 and drove in two runs Wednesday as the Blue Jay’s beat Tampa Bay 8-1.
STREAKING SQUAD
Gary Sheffield hit a tiebreaking homer in the eighth inning, and Paul Lo Duca hit his third homer in two games as Los Angeles won its ninth straight game with a 4-3 victory over San Francisco on Wednesday night.
SPEAKING
“We’ve never been concerned with our losses when we come back to the ball park the following day...The guys have played hard. We’ve taken our lumps, but each day we feel we have a chance to win. On most days it shows that we feel we have a chance. It didn’t today, but we’ve lost games late. After 18 outs, 21 outs, we’ve kind of faded. But for the first 18 to 21 outs, we’ve been very competitive.” — Tampa Bay manager Hal McRae after the Devil Rays set an AL record with their 59th loss — 8-1 to Toronto on Wednesday — before the All-Star break.
SEASONS
July 5
1904 — The Philadelphia Phillies snapped the New York Giants’ 18-game winning streak with a 6-5 10-inning victory.
1935 — Tony Cuccinello of the Dodgers and his brother Al — for the Giants — each hit home runs in the same game to mark the first time in major league history that brothers on opposing teams connected for homers. Brooklyn beat New York 14-4.
1937 — Hal Trosky hit three home runs to pace the Cleveland Indians to a 14-4 victory over the St. Louis Browns in the opener of a doubleheader.
1937 — Frank DeMaree of Chicago went 6-for-7 in the first game of a doubleheader which the Cubs beat the St. Louis Cardinals 13-12 in 14 innings. DeMaree had three doubles and three singles. The Cubs won the second game 9-7 and DeMaree had two more singles.
1947 — Larry Doby became the AL’s first black player, striking out as a pinch hitter as Cleveland lost 6-5 to the White Sox.
1961 — Bill White hit three home runs and a double to power the St. Louis Cardinals to a 9-1 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers.
1987 — Mark McGwire became the first rookie to hit 30 homers before the All-Star break and Jose Canseco homered twice, leading the Oakland Athletics to a 6-3 victory over the Boston Red Sox.
1991 — The Colorado Rockies and the Florida Marlins were given final approval by the baseball owners with a unanimous vote to join the NL in 1993.
1993 — Rickey Henderson of the Oakland Athletics opened both games of a doubleheader with a homer to become the first player to accomplish the feat in 60 years.
1998 — Roger Clemens became the 11th pitcher in baseball history to notch 3,000th strikeouts.
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Garden Valley Golf Course July 3
Boys and Girls 9 and Under (9 holes)
First place, John Flatt, Tyler, 64; second place, Taylor Kirby, Tyler, 72; and third place, Jack Skeen III, Tyler, 73.
Boys 10 to 12 (9 holes)
First place, Trey Brooks, Tyler, 41; second place, Jeffrey Jullerat, Tyler, 42; and Blane Weiterman, Overton, 42.
Boys 13 to 14
First place, Jake McGuffey, Frankston, 81; second place, Scott Baker, Whitehouse, 89; and third place, Scott Hays, Tyler, 89.
Boys 15 to 18
First Place, Carter Cline, Tyler, 73; second place, Chris Nesmith, Crockett, 79; and third place tie between J.R. Moss, 85 and Spenser Ellis, 85.
Girls 10 to 13
First place, Kelsey Kipp, Tyler, 108; and second place, Alexa Feltner, Whitehouse, 110.
Girls 14 to 18
First place, Carley Hrusorsky, Tyler, 87; second place, Natalie Bruner, Jacksonville, 109; and third place, Jodye Templeton, Flynt, 110.