Section B·Page 5
The University Daily Kansan
Thursday, September 30, 1999
Baseball
Astros. Reds tied for first
The Associated Press
HOUSTON — The Houston Astros won't let go of their National League Central title so easily.
Mike Hampton became the National League's first 21-game winner, and Daryle Ward hit a two-run homer last night as the Astros beat Cincinnati 4-1 and once again tied the Reds for first place.
With three games remaining, the Astros and Reds are both 95-64. In the wild-card race, each is 11/2 games ahead of the New York Mets, who stopped a seven-game losing
streak by beating Atlanta 9-2.
Houston closes with three games at home against Los Angeles and Cincinnati, which had its six-game winning streak stopped.
Hampton (21-4) stranded at least one runner in scoring position in the first three innings without allowing a run. Cincinnati's Steve Parris (11-3) retired nine of the first 11 batters he faced.
Houston, which had lost eight of 11 and scored six runs in its previous three games, broke through in the fourth inning after a throwing error by shortstop Barry Larkin allowed Jeff Bagwell to reach.
Caminiti drove in the game's first run with an RBI ground. Ward followed with a liner off the left-field facade for a 3-1 lead.
Carl Everett doubled, and Ken
Pokey Reese hit an RBI single in the sixth, but Houston got the run back in the bottom half on Caminiti's sacrifice fly.
Hampton, who tied the Astros' record for wins set by Joe Niekro in 1979, allowed one run and seven hits in eight innings with eight strikeouts. Billy Wagner finished for his 38th save in 41 chances, the 100th of his career.
Parris gave up all four runs — but just one earned — and six hits in five-plus innings.
Red Sox snag playoff spot
The Associated Press
CHICAGO — It's back-to-back for the Boston Red Sox, returning to the postseason in consecutive seasons for the first time since 1915-16.
"We're happy, but not content," shortstop Nomar Garciapara said last night after a 6-2 victory against the Chicago White Sox in a doubleheader opener clinched a postseason berth.
Pedro Martinez, the 23-game winner, didn't pitch, but he came out of the dugout and did a niffy cart wheel near the mound after Chicago's Mike Caruso lined into a game-ending double play.
The Red Sox high-fived their way off the field, but the champagne had to chill for another couple of hours
— there was another game to play.
—there was another game to play:
"We have attained something, and it's very special. We haven't lost sight of where we are. The team ahead of us is outstanding," Boston manager Jimy Williams said. "We know what lies ahead. But we want to relish the moment. We are a playoff team, one of four (in the American League). It's a good feeling."
Despite losing their top power hitter, Mo Vaughn, to the Anaheim Angels through free agency, the Red Sox (91-66) managed not only to reach the playoffs but also possibly to win the AL East. They still have an outside shot to overtake the New York Yankees (95-62), who were rained out at Baltimore.
"This shows the Red Sox can put a contender out there in year and year
out, even though we lost one of our most recognizable players," general manager Dan Duquelet said. "Last year, we won one playoff game. This year we'd like to win a lot of playoff games."
With consecutive 90-win seasons for the first time since they won three straight from 1977-79, the Red Sox (91-68) will face either Cleveland or Texas in the best-of-5 first-round series. The Indians eliminated Boston from the postseason in 1998 and 1995.
"We've got to believe we can go all the way," said Garciaparra. "We're not going to sit on our hands. The division isn't over yet. We're not going to let up. We good. People who said we wouldn't be don't know a thing. We had a lot of faith."
McGwire grabs home run lead
The Associated Press
ST. LOUISE — Mark McGwire regained the major league home run lead last night, hitting Nos. 62 and 63 in a doubleheader against the San Diego Padres.
McGwire hit a homer in each game and moved one ahead of Chicago's Sammy Sosa for the first time since Aug. 18, when he led 48-47. He has 520 career homers, leaving him one
behind Ted Williams and Willie McCovey for 10th place on the career list. McGwire also leads the National League with 145 RBI.
McGwire tied Sosa for the major league lead in the fourth inning of the opener with a two-run homer to center that traveled an estimated 462 feet. He sent a 1-0 pitch from Matt Clement well over the wall as the ball cleared an area of shrubbery just beneath the backdrop.
Center fielder Ruben Rivera threw it back over the wall, leading to a scramble for the ball.
McGwire hit a three-run homer off Andy Ashby, who surrendered Nos. 500 and 501 on Aug. 5 in St. Louis, in the sixth inning of the second game. The 467-foot shot cleared the center-field wall and landed beyond the shrubbery. It bounced back onto the field, and center fielder Mike Darr tossed it back in the stands
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