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The University Daily Kansan
Thursday, October 5, 2000
New York ties series 1-1
The Associated Press
OAKLAND, Calif.
Kevin Appier blower over and grasped his knees in anguish after giving up a two-run double to Luis Sojo in the sixth inning.
Appier, in the postseason for the first time in his 12-year career, had blown it, giving up three runs in the New York Yankees' 4-0 victory against the Oakland Athletics last night.
He grimaced.
The loss evens the A's best-of-five playoff series against the Yankees at 1- all. The teams now head to New York for Game 3 tomorrow at Yankee Stadium.
Applier had done everything right. He had thrown five scoreless innings in a game with few offensive fireworks. He had gotten out of a jam in the first inning, when Paul O'Neill popped out with two outs and the bases loaded.
But in the sixth, A's manager Art Howe decided to intentionally walk the struggling O'Neill with two outs and Bernie Williams
on second.
O'Neill had not had an extra-base hit since Sept. 6, and he had been dropped to the sixth spot in the lineup yesterday by manager Joe Torre. He was 2-for-21 against the A's going into the game.
But his bat was still apparently considered enough of a threat for Howe to come to the mound to confer with Applier before the intentional walk.
That brought up Glenallen Hill, a hard-hitting right-hander who singled up the middle to score Williams.
Sojo doubled, scoring O'Neill and Hill. Appier, who had run to back up catcher Ramon Hernandez, slowly began his march back to the mound, pausing and grasping his knees in defeat.
Appier was finished after 6 1-3 innings, allowing three runs and six hits with five walks and seven strike-outs. Appier was 15-11 in the regular season with a 4.52 ERA, one of three A's starters with at least 15 wins this season.
GOLF
Jayhawks place 12th at Big 12 Preview
The Kansas women's golf team finished in 12th place after the 18-hole final round of the Big 12 Preview at the 5,991-yard, par-72 Ridgewood Country Club in Waco, Texas.
The Jayhawks shot a 316 in the final round combined with a 653 in the first round for a total score of 969, finishing 74 strokes behind first place Oklahoma State.
Senior Ashley Bishop led all Jayhawk golfers by finishing tied for 28th with a final round score of 76 for a total of 233. Heather Rose finished the final round with a score of 79 for a total of 243 and a 51st place finish.
"I'm happy with the way our team played today," said Kansas coach Nicole Hollingsworth. "We played better and had three players in the 70s. We were very close to the point where we were clicking. Now, we just need to rebound and be ready for the Shootout in Indiana."
Individual Leaders
1. Melanie Hunt Texas Tech 216
2. Amelia Moses Missouri 216
3. Maria Boden Oklahoma State 219
4. Jamie Tucker Missouri 222
5. Michaeleyn Morgan Baylor 222
6. Lisa Meshko Iowa State 222
Kansas Scores
T28. Ashely Bishop 233
51. Heather Rose 243
T54. Jennifer Bawanan 246
T58. Kristy Straub 247
64. Tiffany Kruggel 258
Team Scores
1. Oklahoma State 895
2. Missouri 899
3. Texas 904
4. Oklahoma 904
5. Baylor 909
6. Texas Tech 910
7. Texas A&M 917
8. Iowa State 923
9. Kansas State 930
10. Nebraska 940
11. Colorado 953
12. Kansas 969
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Walk-on tryouts begin a week from Sunday
The Kansas men's basketball team will hold walk-on tryouts starting at 10 p.m. Sunday, July 15. In Allen Fieldhouse.
Any KU student interested in participating should stop by the men's basketball office at 250 Wagnon Student Athlete Center between Monday Oct. 9 and Thursday, Oct. 12 to fill out paperwork.
Students also must bring proof of health insurance and proof of a physical exam taken within the past year.
Students can receive physical exams at Watkins Memorial Health Center.
— Kansan staff reports
For more information, call the basketball office at 864-3056.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
BOULDER, Colo. — Butkus Award candidate Jashon Skys is out of the
Colorado linebacker removed from lineup
starting lineup Saturday for Colorado, which is off to an 0-4 start.
Inside linebacker coach Brian Cabral said the move was meant to challenge a team leader on defense.
"I have not gotten him to play at the level he's capable of," he said. "I'm going to help him. He needs to understand it's a privilege to be on the field."
Sykes has an average of 8.8 tackles, second on the team to safety Michael Lewis, who has 11. He was the second-leading tackler in the Big 12 Conference last season.
But Colorado's defensive unit has plunged to last in the conference and 99th nationally in total defense.
it is 104th nationally and last in the conference in pass defense, and 75th nationally and second-worst in the Big 12 in scoring defense.
NFL
Carolina coordinator resigns after four games
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Bill Musgrave resigned as Carolina's offensive coordinator, ending a four-game stint in which the Panthers' offense slipped into an unexpected impotency under him.
Assistant coach Richard Williamson will take over Musgrave's duties.
PASADENA, Calif. — Danny Califf scored in the third minute of sudden-death overtime and led the Los Angeles Galaxy past the Kansas City
Wizards lose to Galaxy; game three tomorrow
SOCCER
Wizards 2-1 Tuesday night in the semifinals of the Major League Soccer playoffs.
More than 20,000 people at the Rose Bowt watch Los Angeles take a 4-1 lead as the team headed to the decisive third game of the best-of-five points series, which will be tomorrow night in Kansas City's Arrowhead Stadium.
Califf, who arrived in Los Angeles on Saturday after playing in the Olympics, scored off a corner kick from Cobi Jones, Califf beat Kansas City's Matt McKeon by converting a 7-yard header that bounced inside the left post.
Jones gave Los Angeles a 1-0 lead in the 15th minute. The Galaxy's Ezra Hendrickson eluded Kansas City defender Brandon Prideaux near the right end line and passed to an unmarked Jones, who converted from seven yards inside the left post.
Mckenon tied the score in the 29th minute with a 30-yard free kick into the upper-left corner of the net.
NBA
Knicks sign one veteran, two rookies to contracts
NEW YORK — The New York Knicks signed free-agent center Felton Spencer and rookies Lavor Postell and Pete Mickeal.
Spencer played in San Antonio last season, backing up Tim Duncan and David Robinson. He averaged 1.9 points, 1.5 rebounds and 5.7 minutes in 26 games.
Mariners beat White Sox 5-2; Seattle gains 2-0 series lead
The 7-foot Spencer also played with Golden State, Orlando, Utah and Minnesota, averaging 5.6 points and 5.7 rebounds in his 10-year career.
The Associated Press
CHICAGO — Paul Abbott pitched like a playoff veteran, and Seattle's bullpen was unhittable. That's why the road-tough Mariners are headed home with a 2-10 lead against the Chicago White Sox in their division series.
Shutting down Frank Thomas and Chicago's high-scoring offense for a second straight game, the Mariners beat the White Sox 5-2 yesterday, putting the team with
the AL's best regular-season record on the verge of a quick exit. Game No. 3 in the best-of-five series is tomorrow at Safeco Field in Seattle.
"Right now, obviously, we're in some trouble." Chicago manager Jerry Manuel said. "I think if any team can do it, we can. We won 95 games and feel we can find a way to win three more."
The Mariners won eight of their final nine road games in the regular season, including a wild card-
clinching win at Anaheim last Sunday. And now they've carried it over into the postseason.
Seattle's bullpen dominated Tuesday as Arthur Rhodes, Jose Mesa and Kazuhiro Sasaki didn't allow a hit the rest of the way.
"It's everything." Abbott said of the Mariners bullpen. "They've been lights out. You go out there and know once you've done your job, you have three or four guys who are going to come in and shut them down.
Giants win first playoff in eight seasons
The Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO — Livan Hernandez was his usual postseason self. Barry Bonds was a different man.
Hernandez limited the Mets to five hits during seven 2-3 innings, and Bonds fought back his playoff demons with an RBI triple and a key single as the San Francisco Giants beat New York 5-1 yesterday in the opener of their NL division series.
Ellis Burks hit a three-run homer as the Giants gave both manager Dusty Baker and Pacific Bell Park their first postseason wins. The new park even played a role in the victory: Bonds' triple took a fortuitous bounce off a low wall in right, while Burks' homer hit the foul pole in left.
Hernandez wasn't dominant, but he picked up
where he left off in the postseason three years ago. Hernandez, the NLCS and World Series MVP in 1997 while leading the Florida Marlins to the title, retired the Mets' first seven hitters and pitched out of two jams, allowing his only run on a sacrifice fly in the third.
Hernandez improved to 5-0 lifetime in the postseason, the same mark as his older half-brother, Orlando, of the New York Yankees.
For Bonds, the three-time MVP whose career has been defined by regular-season prowess and postseason problems, his 2-for-3 performance was an early answer to his critics. He hit .200 in four previous trips to the playoffs, but he had the fourth multi-hit playoff game of his career.
It was the Giants' first playoff victory in eight seasons under Baker, who was the NL Manager of the Year twice.