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dailydaily newsnews 6 The Goodland Daily News / Monday, June 17, 2002 sports Cardinals dominate Royals Taking a break Swimmers By R.B. Fallstrom games above .500. hit a sacrifice fly in the sixth to make it The Associated Press The Cardinals are in first place for 5-1. take home ST. LOUIS — The latest renewal of the first time since April 15. Williams also helped himself with the I-70 Series turned out to be a ma- “It’s been a long time coming,” man- his glove, snaring a liner right at him jor mismatch. ager Tony La Russa said. “I wish this by pinch-hitter Michael Tucker in the Woody Williams pitched a five-hit- was September and we’d be celebrat- eighth. top honors ter and had a double and an RBI as the ing, but there’s a lot of games to go.” “For me, anyway, it’s either one or The Goodland Swim Team came St. Louis Cardinals beat the Kansas Williams (4-2) struck out six and the other,” Williams said. “Either it’s back from a tournament in Holyoke, City Royals 5-1 on Sunday to complete walked one in his 10th career complete the hitting and defense are good and my Colo., with two gold medals and four a three-game sweep. game, his first of the season and fourth pitching stinks or vice versa. So it was silver Saturday, June 8. The Cardinals outscored the Royals, in 19 starts since joining the Cardinals a very fun game for me.” Daniel Blake won the 100-yard who beat them in the 1985 World Se- in a trade from the Padres last Aug. 2. Jim Edmonds returned from a stint freestyle and Daron Roeder the 100- ries, 13-4 over the weekend and took Williams, who came to St. Louis with on the disabled list after a wrist injury yard butterfly. Roeder also earned sec- five of six overall this year by a total a 58-62 career record, is 11-3 with a and was 1-for-3 with a double and two ond in the 100-yard backstroke and the of 38-16. 2.25 ERA since. strikeouts for St. Louis. 200-yard individual medley. “We knew what we were going to A sellout crowd of 47,522 on Albert Edmonds lost control of his bat on Hannah Blake and Erik Roeder fin- face coming into this series,” Royals Pujols bobblehead day chanted, his strikeout in the sixth, flinging it near ished second in the 100-yard freestyle manager Tony Pena said. “That’s why “Woody! Woody!” several times the the Cardinals’ dugout, and Eduardo in their divisions. that ballclub on the other side is one of last few innings. Perez pinch-hit for Edmonmds in the Goodland sent 11 of its 25 members the best in the National League. I’m “The louder they get, the better I seventh. to the tournament and ended up sev- glad we don’t have to play them any- get,” Williams said. “The fans here are The Royals (25-41) have lost four in enth out of 10 teams with 56 points. more.” incredible.” a row and 12 of 17 and are a season- The team competed in Burlington on The Cardinals have won four of five Williams, one of the better hitting worst 16 games below .500. They have Saturday and will be in Oberlin on Sat- overall, pulling into a first-place tie pitchers in the majors, doubled off a day off before starting a three-game urday, June 22. There are six meets in with Cincinnati in the NL Central. J.D. Darrell May (2-4) and scored on series at Montreal on Tuesday. the season, ending with the league tour- Drew hit a two-run homer and Eli Drew’s 10th homer to put the Cardinals “I don’t want to see anybody come Goodland’s Kerek Mason, an eighth grader next year, took a rest nament starting Saturday, July 12 in Marrero, Fernando Vina and Williams ahead 3-1 in the third. He sacrificed in near the ballpark,” Pena said. “Let while Atwood switched pitchers in a K-18 game Thursday. Goodland Colby. each drove in a run for the Cardinals the fifth to put Mike Matheny in scor- them enjoy their off-day and forget routed Atwood 23-3. Photo by Doug Stephens/The Goodland Daily News The team practices at 8 a.m. Monday (38-29), who are a season-best nine ing position for Vina’s RBI double, and about this series.” through Friday at the pool in Goodland. Results from Holyoke: 9-10 girls: Hannah Blake: 100- Tennis Rockies win only second interleague game yard freestyle, second, 1 minute 27.09 seconds; 25-yard freestyle, third, 16.59 By John Marshall the first, and Todd Zeile made it 2-0 seconds; 100-yard individual medley, The Associated Press with a sacrifice fly two batters later. fifth, 1:43.48. anyone? DENVER — Larry Walker hit a Second baseman injured C.C. Sabathia allowed one hit over 10-11 boys: Erik Roeder 100-yard two-run homer to cap a four-run sev- the next 4 2-3 innings before Walker freestyle, second, 1:40.68; 25-yard Tennis lessons will be given DENVER (AP) — The Rockies bats and try to get his game tight- enth inning and drove in three runs to singled in the sixth and Zeile knocked backstroke, third, 23.00; 25-yard this summer by the city/county placed second baseman Jose Ortiz ened.” lead the Colorado Rockies over the him in with a double to tie it at 3. breaststroke, fourth, 23.68 recreation department starting on the 15-day disabled list Sunday Ortiz was 0-for-4 against Cleve- Cleveland Indians 7-4 Saturday night. Zeile was 3-for-3, and Walker 3-for- 11-12 boys: R.J. Phillips 50-yard Monday, July 1. with a strained left hamstring. land on Saturday and is hitting just Colorado won for just third time in 4. freestyle, sixth, 47.97; 50-yard breast- The classes are for kids in kin- Ortiz was injured in the first in- .244 for the season. 12 games overall and the second time Sabathia allowed three runs on five stroke, fifth, 1:34.6 dergarten through seventh ning of Colorado’s 7-5 loss to Bos- “His game hasn’t been what it in eight interleague games this season. hits in six innings and singled in the 15-18 boys: Daniel Blake 100-yard grade. Aside frrom instruction, ton on Wednesday. was. It is night and day and he The Rockies had lost 15 of 17 against seventh for his first hit in the majors. breaststroke, first, 1:23.25;100-yard this year kids will be able to play “Ortiz will receive treatment and knows that,” Hurdle said. “This will AL teams since last season. Chacon allowed three or fewer freestyle, third, 1:01.97; 50-yard actual matches, said Jason Hick- do whatever necessary to get him give him the opportunity to get well Cleveland has lost six of 10 and earned runs for the sixth consecutive freestyle, fifth, 28.00; Daron Roeder son, department director. back to 100 percent,” Colorado man- and get his game back where it dropped to 10-16 in interleague games start, but got his second straight no- 100-yard butterfly, first, 1:17.5; 100- One child can register for $6, ager Clint Hurdle said. needs to be and to be a productive the past two years. decision after coming off the disabled yard backstroke, second, 1:15.10; 200- or a family for $10. The dead- “Then we will get him rehab at- part of the ballclub.” Mark Little put the Rockies up 4-3 list with a strained pectoral muscle. line to sign up is Wednesday, yard individual medley, second, in the seventh inning with a triple off Chacon, who allowed one hit in six June 26. Call 899-4525 for more 3:00.12 Chad Paronto (0-2) that landed just Cleveland had the bases loaded with Travis Fryman had the first hit off innings against Toronto on Sunday, information. 11-12 mixed: Chelsey Horney, inside the right-field foul line. one out in the seventh, but Todd Jones Colorado starter Shawn Chacon, a mixed pitches well but struggled with Julica Bonsall, R.J. Phifer and Halli Juan Uribe singled on the next pitch (1-1) struck out Jim Thome and got single to center with two outs in the his control at times. Stone, 200-yard freestyle relay, sec- to put Colorado up by two, and Walker Milton Bradley to pop out to end the fourth inning, and put the Indians up 3- He walked five, including Sabathia ond, 2:50.97. baseball scoreboard followed with a two-run shot to center inning. 2 in the sixth with a three-run homer. in the fifth while he was trying to bunt, Randy Cochran, Ian Bonsall and By the Associated Press field. Jose Jimenez pitched a perfect ninth Fryman’s sixth homer of the season and left a fastball up in the strike zone Whitney Dautel also participated. Saturday’s Games It was Walker’s 13th homer and the for his 18th save in 19 chances. gave him 1,001 career RBIs. He fin- that Fryman hit out in the sixth. Chicago Cubs 7, Chicago White Sox 3 489th extra-base hit of his career, ty- Bill Selby’s RBI single off Jones cut ished 3-for-3.