Wednesday, April 12. 2000 The University Daily Kansan Section B · Page 3 Major League Baseball W L Baltimore 5 2 New York 3 3 Toronto 3 4 Boston 3 4 Tampa Bay 2 6 AMERICAN LEAGUE Kansas City 6 3 Cleveland 4 2 Chicago 5 3 Minnesota 3 6 Detroit 2 5 | Pct | GB | L10 | Str | Home | Away | Intr | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | .714 | — | 5-2 | L-1 | 5-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | | .500 | 2 | z-3-3 | L-1 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 0-0 | | .429 | 2 | z-3-4 | L-1 | 2-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | | .429 | 3 | z-3-4 | W-2 | 1-0 | 2-4 | 0-0 | | .250 | 4 | z-2-6 | L-4 | 0-4 | 2-2 | 0-0 | East Division Seattle 4 3 Texas 4 3 Anaheim 3 3 Oakland 3 3 .667 — 6-3 W-2 4-1 2-2 0-0 .667 — z-4-2 W-3 0-0 4-2 0-0 .625 1 5-3 W-1 0-0 5-3 0-0 .333 3 3-6 L-2 2-2 1-4 0-0 .286 3.5 z-2-5 W-1 1-0 1-5 0-0 West Division .571 — 4-3 L-1 4-2 0-1 0-0 .571 — z-4-3 W-1 4-3 0-0 0-0 .500 .5 3-3 L-1 3-3 0-0 0-0 .500 .5 3-3 W-1 3-3 0-0 0-0 Scoreboard American League Late Games Not Included Texas at N.Y. Yankees, ppd., weather Detroit 5, Seattle 2 Boston 13, Minnesota 4 Chicago White Sox 13, Tampa Bay 6 Kansas City 7, Baltimore 5, 12 innings Cleveland at Oakland (n) Toronto at Anaheim (n) National League Los Angeles 6, San Francisco 5 St. Louis 10, Houston 6 Montreal 7, Pittsburgh 3 Cincinnati 10, Colorado 3 Arizona at San Diego (n) National League East Division W L Montreal 5 3 Atlanta 4 3 Florida 4 4 Philadelphia 3 4 New York 3 5 z-first game was a win | Pct | GB | L10 | Str | Home | Away | Intr | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | .625 | — | z-5-3 | W-3 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | | .571 | .5 | 4-3 | L-1 | 4-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | | .500 | 1.5 | z-4-4 | L-1 | 4-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | | .429 | 2 | 3-4 | W-2 | 1-0 | 2-4 | 0-0 | | .375 | 2 | 3-5 | L-2 | 2-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | St. Louis 7 1 Milwaukee 4 3 Cincinnati 4 4 Houston 3 5 Chicago 3 6 Pittsburgh 2 5 Arizona 6 1 Los Angeles 4 3 San Diego 3 4 Colorado 3 5 San Francisco 3 5 Central Division .875 — z-7-1 W-4 5-1 2-0 0-0 .571 2.5 z-4-3 W-1 1-0 3-3 0-0 .500 3 4-4 W-1 3-3 1-1 0-0 .375 4 z-3-5 L-3 1-4 2-1 0-0 .333 4 z-3-6 W-1 1-1 2-5 0-0 .286 4.5 2-5 L-4 1-3 1-2 0-0 West Division West Division .857 — z-6-1 W-3 5-1 1-0 0-0 .571 1.5 z-4-3 W-2 0-0 4-3 0-0 .429 3 3-4 L-3 0-1 3-3 0-0 .375 3.5 3-5 L-1 1-1 2-4 0-0 .375 3.5 3-5 L-3 0-1 3-4 0-0 Royals win 7-5 in 12th NSAS CITY. MO. The Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Brian Johnson's two-run homer with one out in the 12th inning gave the Kansas City Royals a 7-5 victory against the Baltimore Orioles last night. The Royals, who had the potential winning run in scoring position in the ninth, 10th and 11th innings, got an infield single from Joe Randa to lead off the 12th against Tim Worrell (1-1). One out later, Johnson hit a shot to left-center for his second home run of the season. Jose Santiago (1-0) pitched the 12th for the win. Randa's three-run homer off reliever Al Reyes in the eighth tied the game at five. The Royals looked like they would win it in the ninth, when they loaded the bases with one out against B.J. Ryan. Jermaine Dye grounded into a force-out and Mike Sweeney flued out to end the threat. Cal Ripken homered in his first at-bat, leaving him five hits away from 3,000. Ripken, who started the season with 2,991 hits, earned home run No. 40 on a 2-0 pitch from rookie right-hander Chad Durbin. He was 1-for-5. The Orioles led 5-2 when Reyes saved Sidney Ponson and gave up a lead-off double to Carlos Foles to start the eighth. One out later, Jermaine Dye walked to set up Randa's two-out homer. Mike Sweeney, who started the game tied with Toronto's Tony Batista and Baltimore's Charles Johnson for the AL home run lead, hit his fifth with one out in the fourth. After Ripken homered in the second, Will Clark walked, Mike Bordick doubled and Brady Anderson made it 3-0 with a two-run single. Carlos Beltran doubled to lead off the sixth and eventually scored from third when Ripken was charged with a throwing error from third base on Sweeney's grounder. Anderson hit a solo home run in the fifth and Harold Baines made it 5-2 with an RBI single in the seventh. Durbin, who gave up just one hit in six innings in his first major league start last week at Toronto, allowed four runs and five hits in 2-3 innings. He walked four and struck out two. Ponson allowed two runs and five hits in seven innings. Ripken may get 3,000 in KC The Associated Press BALTIMORE — Cal Ripken envisioned a different scenario when he entered the season on the brink of 3,000 hits. Instead, Ripken's march toward 3,000 has been excruciatingly slow. If everything went according to plan, the huge black numbers on the Camden Yards warehouse already would read 3-0-0. Ripken would have another milestone, sparking yet another celebration in the city that has embraced him throughout his 20-year career. After going three for 18 during the Orioles' opening six-game homestand, Ripken remained six hits short of his goal yesterday as Baltimore began a six-game road trip through Kansas City and Minnesota. Coming off a season in which he had six hits in one game en route to a career-high .340 average, Ripken was optimistic he could get the nine hits in the Orioles' first six games. Things didn't go quite as planned. He had three hits in his first four games before resting Saturday and going zero for four Sunday while his teammates combined for 16 hits in an 11-6 victory against Detroit. "You don't want to focus on a hit or a home run," he said. "Anytime in my career when I thought I had to get a hit or a home run. I don't remember getting one." The only bright spot in the slump is that Ripken still has a chance to reach 3,000 at Camden Yards. Following their road trip, the Orioles return home for a three-game series against Tampa Bay. Many of Ripken's finest moments have come in Baltimore, where he broke Gehrig's record, ended his own Iron Man streak at 2,632 in 1998 and hit career homer No. 400 last September. "I'd love to be able to do it in Baltimore. This is my home," Ripken said. "I've enjoyed support from this city my whole career. If you're going to celebrate any moment that is significant in your career, you'd love to do it at home." MAJOR LEAGUE CAPSULES The Associated Press Tigers 5. Mariners 2 DETROIT — Gregg Jefferies and Bobby Gigginson each drove in two runs as the Tigers beat the Seattle Mariners 5-2 yesterday at Comerica Park in Detroit's first home game in 104 years that wasn't at the corner of Michigan and Trumbull. Opening a ballpark with a win has become a Detroit tradition. The Tigers, then in the Western League, routed Columbus 17-2 in the Bennett Park opener on April 28, 1896. When Navin Field, later called Tiger Stadium, opened on the same site on April 20, 1912. Detroit beat Cleveland 6-5. Brian Moehler (1-1), who started and won the final game at Tiger Stadium, gave up 10 hits and one walk, but allowed just two runs — one earned — in six innings. Red Sox 13. Twins 4 BOSTON — Boston didn't need another outstanding performance from a Martinez, not with Carl Everett's two homers and Nomar Garciaparra's four hits. Ramon Martinez (1-1) became the first Boston pitcher to win other than his brother, Pedro, and Garciaparra went 4-for-5 as the Red Sox beat Minnesota in their home opener. Jon Kearse (0-1) took the loss. White Sox 13. Devil Rays 6. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Chicago White Sox hit four home runs, including consecutive shots by Chris Singleton and Carlos Lee in the fifth innning, beating the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 13-6 last night. Singleton hit a two-run homer that put Chicago up 6-5, and Lee followed with a solo shot that extended his hitting streak to eight games. Ray Durham hit a leadoff homer and Paul Konerko, who went 4-for-5 with four RBIs, had a two-run inside-the-park homer in the first inning for the White Sox. Dodgers 6. Giants 5 SAN FRANCISCO — Kevin Elster homered three times to overcome one each by Barry Bonds, J.T. Snow and Doug Mirabelly and led the Los Angeles Dodgers to the win against the San Francisco Giants 6-5 yesterday in the opener of Pacific Bell Park. Before a sellout crowd of 40,930, Elster hit a third-inning drive off Kirk Rueter (0-1) that tied it at 1, added a two-run shot in a three-rifth, then hit a solo home in the eighth off Felix Rodriguez. Chan Ho Park (2-0) allowed three runs and six hits in six innings, and Jeff Shaw got three outs for his second save. Cardinals 10. Astros 6 HOUSTON — Pinch-hitter Thomas Howard had a go-ahead grand slam in the seventh and Edgar Renteria added a three-run homer later in the inning as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Houston Astros 10-6 last night. St. Louis wasted a 3-0 lead and fell behind 6-3 before Howard homered in the seventh off Chris Holt (0-2), who loaded the bases with walks to Mark McGwire and Eric Davis around a single by Jim Edmonds, who is 7-for-7 in his last two games. Garrett Stephenson (2-0) allowed six runs and seven hits in six innings, while Holt gave up nine hits, seven hits and five walks in 61-3 innings, his ERA rising to 8.74. Expos 7. Pirates 3 PITTSBURGH — Jose Vidro hit a pair of two-run homers and Lee Stevens added a two-run shot off Kris Benson as the Montreal Expos won their fifth in six games, beating the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-3 last night. Vidro, who had 14 homers in 290 games before this season, hit a two-run shot in the third following Peter Bergeron's single and another in the seventh after Bergeron tripled in a run. Benson (0-2) struck out a career-high nine in seven innings, but was roughed up for his second consecutive start by allowing seven runs and nine hits. Javier Vazquez (1-0) picked up the win for the Expos. Reds 10. Rockies 3 DENVER — Ken Griffey Jr. wasted no time getting started on his next milestone, hitting his 13th career grand slam Tuesday night to lead the Cincinnati Reds over the Colorado Rockies 10-3. Griffey, who on Monday became the youngest player to hit 400 home runs, was 2-for 4 with five RBI. He has homered in three straight games. Griffey is 10th on the career slam list, tied with Harold Baines, Robin Ventura and Mark McGwire for the lead among active players. His previous slam was last April 30. Dmitri Young added four hits, including a three-run homer for the Reds, who have at least one home run in each of their first nine games. That was plenty for Ron Villone (2-0) as the left-hander held the Rockies to two runs and four hits in seven innings. Box Scores Minnesota 100 001 200—4 9 2 Boston 280 003 00x-13 16 0 Mays, Redman (2), BWells (6), Guardado (7), TEMiller (8) and Jensen; RJMartinez, Wasdin (5), Stanifer (8) and Varietk, Hattieberg (9), W–RJMartinez 1.1, L–Mays 0.1, HRs – Minnesota, Coomer (3), Boston, Cevert 2 (4) 000 110 000--2 12 2 000 001 000-5 8 3 Seattle 000 110 000—2 12 Detroit 220 001 00x—5 8 3 FGarcia, Paniagua (7) and DWilson; Moherl, DPatterson (7), Brocail (7); TBJones (9) and Ausmus. W-Mocherl 1.1. -F-Garcia 1.1-Sv.-TBJones (2). Chicago 300 131 140—13 18 1 Tampa Bay 400 101 00—6 10 10 Parque, Slowe (6), Foulke (8), Howry (9) and Paul; Jauk, JSarkes (6), Alopez (7), RWAlhey (8) and Flaherty. W—Parque 1.0. L—Yan O-1. HRS—Hichicago, Durham (4), Konkero (1), Singleton (2), CNlee (3). Tampa Bay, Canseco (1), Gvaughn (4). Baltimore 030 010 100 000 - 5 12 Kansas City 000 101 030 72 - 1 10 Ponson, Aireys (8), BRyan (9), Meclej河 (11), Worrell (11) and Cibbon; Durbin, Fussell (6), Bottaito (10), JSantiago (12) Lewis, Martin (12), Hirsch (12), Worrell 1.1, HRs - Baltimore, BKanderson (1), Ripken (2), Kansas City, MJSweeney (5), Randa (3), BJohnson (1) NATIONAL LEAGUE Los Angeles 001 030 110-6 12 1 San Francisco 101 001 101-5 8 0 Park, Adams (7), Shaw (9) and Hundley; Rueter, Embree (7), FA Rodriguez (8) and Mirabella, W.-Park 2.0 L.-Luerte 0.1 S-1. Shaw (2), HRs - Los Angeles, Elster 3 (3) San Francisco, Bonds (3), Snow (1), Mirabell (1). St. Louis 012 000 700-10 9 0 Houston 006 000 600-6 8 0 Stephenson, Wainhouse (7), Mohler (8), Veres (9) and Matheny, Marrer (7); Holt, DHenry (7), MMaddux (9) and Meluskey, W - Stephenson 2.0-L. 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