Monday, September 28, 1998
The University Daily Kansan
Section B · Page 5
Major League Baseball
McGwire ends season with No.70
The Associated Press
ST. LOUIS — Mark McGwire ended his record-smashing season as mightily as he started it.
McGwire hit his 69th and 70th home runs on the season's last day, a fitting finale for a year he began with a grand slam on opening day.
"This is a season I will never, ever forget, and I hope nobody in baseball ever forgets it," McGwire said.
Big Mac, who hit five homers on the final weekend, connected against Montreal rookie Mike
churman in the third inning yesterday, then hit a home run against Carl Pavano for No. 70 in the seventh. McGwire moved four ahead of Sammy Sosa and ended nine home runs in front of Roger Maris' old record.
Big Mac hit a fastball 377 feet into the left field seat for No. 69. After stomping on home plate, he took a few slow steps, then made several salutes to the crowd.
The sellout crowd had stood well before his at-bat got not one, but two, curtain calls.
McGwire:Now holds the home run record at 70.
Kerry Woodson, a 22-year-old body-shop worker from Maryland Heights, Mo., wound up with the ball and said he didn't know what he would do with it.
"I reached up, closed my eyes, and it landed in my glove," Woodson said. "It's a dream come true. I hope he doesn't hit any more today."
he didn't get his wish.
With two on and two outs in the seventh and the score tied at 3, he connected off Pavano, hitting a first-pitch fastball 370 feet toward the left-field wall, sending the Cardinals on to a 6-3 win against the Expos.
This time, even a curtain call from McGwire didn't quiet the 46,110 fans, who remained on their feet, cheering even as Brian Jordan took a called third strike for the third out of the inning.
McGwire, who had 10 multiple home-run games this year and 53 in his career, hit a go-ahead homer for the 24th time this season.
He opened the year with a slam on March 31 against the Dodgers' Ramon Martinez, then led the home-run race all season except when Sosa twice passed him briefly — and then for only 103 minutes total.
Sosa led for 58 minutes on Aug. 19 before McGwire went back ahead with his 48th and 49th homers in the same game at Chicago. Sosa led for 45 minutes on Friday when he hit his 66th before McGwire answered.
Yesterday was the Cardinals' final game of the season. Sosa's Cubs, who played at Houston, did not know whether their regular season would end or if there would be a playoff game for the NL wild-card spot.
Before connecting Friday, McGwire had not hit a home run in 14 at hats.
McGwire drew his NL record 162nd walk, tying Ted Williams for the second-highest total in major-league history, on a pitch that nearly beamed him in the fifth. Thurman threw the last three balls way inside and was booed after ball four.
McGwire has 180 homers during the last three seasons. In 206 career games with the Cardinals, he has 94 homers, 189 RBIs and 205 walks. At Busch Stadium, he has 51 homers and 102 RBIs in 106 games.
The Playoffs
Sosa stalls at 66 homers as Astros snatch 4-3 win
One league ready to get started; other has one spot left to settle
The Associated Press
HOUSTON — Moments after another heartbreaking loss for the Chicago Cubs, they won a reprieve.
Two hesitant Chicago defensive plays, including one by Sammy Sosa, allowed the Houston Astros to rally for a 4-3 victory in 11 innings yesterday.
But the Cubs remained alive in the National League wild-card race because of San Francisco's 9-8 loss to Colorado. The Cubs and Giants will meet in a one
spot against the Atlanta Braves.
The New York Mets were eliminated when they lost at Atlanta.
Houston's Carl Everett tripled leading off the 11th when a retreating Sosa shied
away from the ball as he reached the warning track. Richard Hidalgo's sacrifice fly gave the Astros a win that temporarily stunned the Cubs
Sosa: No home runs in Cubs loss.
But the final score in the Colorado-Giants game was announced a minute later.
The Giants and Cubs will meet in the NL's first one-game playoff since 1980, when Houston beat Los Angeles to win the West. In 1995, Seattle defeated the Angels in a one-game playoff for the AL Wtitle.
Houston made it 3-3 in the eighth with two runs. The Astros scored the tying run when Jeff Blauer made a wild throw home from shallow left field, allowing Jeff Bagwell to score from first on Sean Berry's single.
Chicago also fumbled a game Wednesday in Milwaukee. Brant Brown dropped a routine fly ball with two out in the ninth, allowing the Brewers to score three runs for the victory.
While the drama built in the playoff race, there was
GAME TIME
San Francisco and Chicago will meet at 7:07 p.m. tonight at Wrigley Field in a one-game playoff for the NL wild-card spot.
no split-screen finish in the home-run chase. Sosa remained at 66, while Mark McGwire hit two in his final game yesterday at St. Louis to finish with 70.
Sosa singled for his 158th RBI, the fourth-best in NL history. He also struck out, filed out twice and singled in the eighth, finishing 2-for-5.
The Giants lost yesterday to Colorado 8-7, and the Cubs lost to Houston 4-3 in 11 innings.
Scott Elarton (2-1) pitched two perfect innings. Rod Beck (3-4) went the final 2/2 3 innings — his longest outing of the season.
The game was merely a tuneup for the Astros, who won for the 27th time in their final at-bat. Randy Johnson will take the mound for the NL Central champions when they face San Diego Tuesday in the first round of the playoffs.
Chicago lost despite scoring three unearned runs. Bagwell tied the game in the eighth when he came around on Berry's single, which dropped among three Cubs. Blauer caught the ball on one hop but made a wild throw home.
The inning started with a double by Hidalgo, who came home on Bagwell's single.
An error by second baseman Craig Biggio helped Chicago in the fourth. After Mickey Morandini walked, Scott Servais hit a grounder, but Biggio dropped the throw for the forceout, prolonging the imning.
Sosa put Chicago on the board with an unearned run in the first. Jose Hernandez reached on an error by shortstop Ricky Gutierrez, took third on Mark Grace's double and scored on Sosa's single.
Pitcher Terry Mulhollan,
a 267 hitter, then lined a two-
run double just beyond the
reach of Hidalgo in center.
American League playoffs to kick off in Cleveland
Houston made it 1-1 in the third on singles by Gutierrez, Brad Ausmus and Hidalgo.
AL Plavoffs
Schedule: Game 1, Tuesday, at Cleveland (12:07 p.m., ESPN); Game 2, Wednesday, at Cleveland (12:07 p.m., ESPN); Game 3, Friday, at Boston (3:07 p.m., ESPN); x-Game4, Saturday, at Boston (TBA); x-Game5, Sunday, at Cleveland (TBA).x-if necessary.
A look at the best-of-five American League series between Boston Cleveland:
Season Series: Boston won. 8-3.
Projected Lineups: Red Sox: Darren Lewis cf (26, 8 HRs, 63 RBI), John Valentin b(247, 23, 73), Mo Vaughn 1b (237, 40, 115), Nomar Garciapara ss (323, 35, 122), Troy O'Leary lf (270, 23, 83), Mike Stanley dh (256, 29, 79), Darren Bragg rf (279, 8, 57), Scott Hattieberg c (276, 12, 43), Mike Benjamin 2b (272, 4, 39). Indians: Kenny Lofton cf (282, 12 HRs, 64 RBI), Joey Cora 2b (276, 6, 32), Jim Thome 1b (293, 30, 85), Manny Ramirez rf (294, 45, 14), David Justice dh (280, 21, 88), Travis Fryman 3b (287, 28, 96), Richie Sexson f (310, 11, 35), Sandy Alomar c (235, 6, 44), Omar Vizquel sff (288, 2, 50)
Projected Rotations: Red Sox: RH Pedro Martinez (19-7, 2.89 ERA), RT Tim Wakefield (17-8, 4.58), RH Bret Saberhagen (15-8, 3.96), LH Pete Schourek (1-3, 4.3)
Indians: RH Jaret Wright (12-10, 4.72 ERA), RD Dwight Gooden (8-6, 3.76), RH Charles Nagy (15-10, 5.22), RH Bartolo Colon (14-9, 3.71)
A look at the best-of-five American League series between Texas and New York:
Schedule: Game 1, Tuesday,
at New York (7:07 p.m.
,Fox); Game 2, Wednesday,
at New York (7:07 p.m.,
NBC); Game 3, Friday, at Texas
(7:07 p.m. NBC); x-Game 4,
Saturday, at Texas (TBA);
x-Game 5, Sunday, at New
York (TBA) x-if necessary.
Season Series: New York won. 8-3.
Relievers: Red Sox: RH Tom Gordon (7-4, 2.72 ERA, 46 saves), RH Dennis Eckersley (4-1, 4.76), RH Derek Lowe (3-9, 4.02), RH Jim Corsi (3-2, 2.59), LH Greg Swindell (5-6, 3.59), LH Steve Avery (10-7, 5.02)
Indians: RH Mike Jackson (1-1, 1.55 ERA, 40 saves), RH Paul Shuey (5-4, 3.00), RH Steve Reed (2-2, 6.66 after being acquired from San Francisco), RH Dave Burba (15-10, 4.11), RH Doug Jones (1-2, 3.45), LH Paul Assenmacher (2-5, 3.26), LH Jim Poole (0-0, 5.14).
Projected Lineups
Rangers: Tom Goodwin cf (.288, 2 HRs, 33 RBI), Mark McLemore 2b (.247, 5, 53), Rusty Greer lf (.354, 10, 16), Juan Gonzalez rf (.318, 45, 157), Will Clark dh (.305, 23, 102), Ivan Rodriguez c (.321, 21, 91), Lee Stevens lb (.162, 19, 58), Todd Zeile 3b (.261, 6, 28 after being acquired from Florida), Royce Clayton ss (.284, 5, 24 after acquired from St. Louis). Yankees: Chuck Knoblauch b (26, 17, 65) HRs, 64 RB), Derek Jeter ss (.324, 19, 84), Paul O'Neill rf (.317, 24, 116), Bernie Williams cf (.339, 26, 97), Tino Martinez 1b (.281, 28, 123), Chili Davis dh (.291, 3, 9), Darryl Strawberry f (.247, 24, 57) or Shane Spencer if (.373, 10, 27), Jorge Posada c (.268, 17, 63), Scott Brosius b (.360, 19, 98).
Projected Rotations:
Rangers: RH Todd Stottlemyre (5-4, 4.33 ERA after being acquired from St. Louis), RH Rick Helling (20-7, 4.41), RH Aaron Sele (19-11, 4.23), RH John Burkett (19-3, 5.68) Yankees: LH David Wells (18-4, 3.49 ERA), LH Andy Petitte (16-11, 4.24) RH David Cone (20-7, 3.55) RH Orlando Hernandez (12-4, 3.13).
Rellevers: Rangers; RH John Wetteland (3-1, 1.92 ERA, 42 saves), RH Tim Crabtreet (6-1, 3.52), RH Xavier Hernandez (6-6, 3.57) RH Danny Patterson (2-5, 4.45), RH Esteban Loaiza (3-6, 5.90 after being acquired from Pittsburgh), LH Eric Gunderson (0-3, 5.19), LH Tony Fossas (0-3, 5.71) Yankees: RH Mariano Rivera (3-0, 1.91 ERA, 36 saves), RH Ramiro Mendoza (10-2, 3.25)
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