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Home , Bill Gullickson, David Cone, Doug Drabek, Mike Capel, Mike Hargrove

Drabek does it all for Pirates in win over Montrea By The Associated Press myself for not finishing," Cone said. which lost for only the second time in ..... "But I had my chances. Nobody wants seven games. ^~.~'~m ~a Doug Drabek is to be taken , but it was the obvious Gullickson (11-4) gaveup sixruns to being and back the hewas in 1990. move." 10 hitsin 61-3innings and John Cerutti That's helpedthe PittsburghPirates get Cone (8-5) struck outeight torun his finished for his first . Tom Bolton back to wherethey were a yearago at season total to 113, tops in the National (7-6) allowed five runs and eight hits, the All-Star break in first place. League. but four runs wereunearned. Drabek allowed five hits over seven innings andkeyed athree- fifth with Baltimore5, New York 3 anRBI single, helping 7, Cincinnati 3 the Pirates stop HOUSTON NEW YORK JeffBallard pitched a three-game losing Mark Portugal won his streak with a 6-i eighth gameand Jeff seven strong innings and Mike Deve- victory yesterday over the Montreal Bagwell had three hits and scored three runs to lead the reaux a two-run homeras Baltimore pos. sent New York to onlyits second loss in (8-8) to a 7-3 victory over the 41.1rabek struck outa season-high Cincinnati nine games. while lowering his Reds. t ERA to 2.94 asthe (8-4) Ballard (5-9) allowed four hits and division-leading Portugal pitched 61-3 innings, Pirates avoided their on, two runs in seven innings. Mike Flana- t allowing three runs six hits. He , four-game losing streakof the sea- gan pitched the eighth and Last year's struck out three and walked three as Award win- Houston won for the finished the seven-hitter for his 17th has reversed a 1-6 start by fifth time in six Er. winning games. Mike Capel finished the seventh save in 21 chances. .aic ofhis last seven decisions toevenhis cord for thefirst inning and Al Osuna pitched the final time this season. innings. Kansas City 7, Oakland 5 :A4O 'Considering where de11.,.-4. two .,.-4. I was, I'm (10-5) loser, KANSAS CITY, Mo. Danny Tarta- iely glad to at was the be the .500mark," said allowing eight just bull hit hisfourth homerun in two days .iyabek, who has only one four runs on hits in 11 fewer win 2 1-3 innings. andKansas City ended an eight-game faion he did at the break last year. He home losing streak. ils 13-2during the second halfto finish Tartabull, who hit three homers Sat- t(-6. San Francisco 3, San Diego 0 urday, hit his 20th of the season in the SAN John •'.,,."When I was I-4, I was trying to go out FRANCISCO Burkett seventh, chasing (6-5), Ind win two or three games in one pitched a five-hitter for his first major seven league who allowed runs and six hits in 401 The last few weeks, I've been able and Will Clark homered 6 1-3 innings. for the second straight day as the San ti get back into a groove, get some (4-5) allowed tworuns riorthrn," hesaid. Francisco Giants defeated the San Die- andsixhits five go in innings and improved !?;Elsewhere in the : Padres 3-0. to 11-5lifetime agrinst Oakland. Burkett (5-5) struck out nine and New York 8, Philadelphia 2 walked four in his second complete Milwaukee game 10, Cleveland 6 PHILADELPHIA of the season. ThePadres totalled CLEVELAND Dante Bichette just seven in couldn't geta , and that hits losses Saturday and drove in five runs with a single and a upset him. But he has no complaints yesterday. ninth-inning homer. In AmericanLeague action: with his team's play. The victory was the second in nine • Cone allowed tworum andfive hits in games for the Brewers. Cleveland, 8 2-3innings as the won Detroit 7, Boston 6 which had 18hits, fell to 1-1 under new their seventh straight game all on the BOSTON won for Mike Hargrove, who replaced road beating the Philadelphia Phil- the sixth time in seven starts and Skeet- fired John McNamara onSaturday. The lies 8-2. The Mets have won 11of 13 to er Barnes hit a three-run homeras the Indians have lost 9 of 11 and 25 of 30. AP LaserPhoto pull within 21/2 games of Pittsburgh in beat the Chuck Crim (5-4) pitched two the . 7-6 for a split ofthe four-game series. scoreless innings and got NewYork's Randy Velarde flies high "Absolutely, over Baltimore's Cal Ripken after making the throw to complete a first-inning double play I'm disappointed in had four hits forBoston, four outsfor his seventh save. The Orioles defeated the Yankees 5-3 yesterday. AL umpire shot while Glavine on fire, but teammate Smoltz stumbling LOS ANGELES Neither Tom Gla- The left-hander leads the National hasn'twon since May 30 and he leads have to be a pretty goood pitcher to do vine nor can believe their League with a 12-4 record and a 1.98 the team in hits allowed (112), walks that." luck season with ERA. (44) trying to stop robbery this the Atlanta He has 108strikeouts, second to and wild pitches (10). Glavine, meanwhile, ended last sea- Braves. New York's David Cone, who has 113. "There'snothing else to dobut gofor- son with four straight victories and By ARNIE STAPLETON Mann was not taking phone calls to While Glavine is headed for his first Sports "If you'd have told mewhen weleft ward," Smoltz said. "I believe inmyself hasn't stopped this season. He's getting AP Writer his hospital room and hadrequested All-Star game, Smollz is having a night- that no information be released. that I'dbe 12-4and lead- and, hopefully, other peoplestill do. ahead of the hitters, relying heavilyon mare of a season. ing the league in ERA at the All-Star off-speed pitches and working more DALLAS Major-league umpire Palermo was at Campisi'sEgyp- "I definitelyfeel like I'velet downthe "It's been so many things that I can't Steve Palermo break, I don't think I would have aggressively. and another man tian Restaurant, a popular hangout team, myself people," pinpoint one reason for it," he said. early and a lot of said believed it," Glavine said. "But here I "The one thing Tom struggled were shot yesterday while try- for sports figures, for dinner after Smoltz, an All-Star in 1989but 2-11 this "Right now, everything I do becomes with ing to help two being am, and it'sbeen a lot of fun." last year was his changeup, you waitresses working third base in Saturday season after Saturday's 7-6 loss to the magnified, because of the situation I'm and robbed in a restaurant parking lot, night's gamebetween the California Two years ago, Smoltz finished was inand what I've done in the past." wouldn'tknow ifhe'd have it fromone Dodgers. "I've got to prove to every- 11-4in thefirst half. He finished a disap- gameto next," police said. Angels and the . dominating Braves Bobby the catcherGreg Olson Palermo, bodythat I can bethe pitch- pointing 12-11, butwith a 2.94 ERA. Last manager Cox still has said. "This year, he'shad an Shortly before 1a.m., a bartender er everybody to in his changeup umpire wants me be and season he was 14-11. faith Smoltz. in every game he's pitched since 1977, was in serious noticed four men robbing the women says I can be." and hasn't condition with a stomach wound at gunpoint inthe restaurant's park- This season, theright-hander's ERA "I'm sure he's frustrated, because he been afraidto throw itwhen he's behind aftersurgery, league spokeswoman ing lot. Palermo, Mann and an Sofar, it'sGlavin who's hadthe right hassoared to 5.16 and the Braves have was an All-Star twoyears ago and won in the count.Right now, I think he's the Phyllis Merhige and hospital offi- employeerushed to help. stufffor the Braves. won only three of his 18 starts. Smoltz 14ballgames lastyear," Cox said. "You best pitcher in baseball." cials said. The robbers made offwith the pur- His wounds were not considered se of a woman who had been life-threatening, Merhige said. knocked down and punched in the A second victim, Terence Mann, face, said Dallas police spokeswo- Barger may become Florida Marlins' CEO suffered a gunshot wound tothe neck man Vicki Hawkins. By ALAN ROBINSON tosay right of first job. and was listed in good condition at of he had the refusal on the Miami Huizenga, whom Barger calls 'my closest friend in Three the suspects droveoff in AP Sports Writer top officials, Presbyterian Hospital inDallas, said a car, and good Several Pirates who didn't wantto be the world," has promised only to name his top exec- the samaritans chas- quoted, said Barger officially hospital spokeswoman Karen Har- ed the fourth hasn't told them hewill utive by July 18, saying, "I don't like to speculate across a highway over- PITTSBURGH president Carl take the Miami job. But at the ris. pass, Hawkins said. least one member of about Carl." Barger, in line to become the chief executive of the Pirates' 14-memberboard of directorsexpects Barger Harris would not confirm if the While they tried to make a citi- Making the announcement at the All-Star game expansion Florida Marlins, said yesterday he'll decide toleave for Miami. TheFlorida Marlins and the Deny- would victim was the same Terence Mann zen's arrest without any weapon be less ofa distractionforthefirst-place Pirates who was a defensive his baseball future in afew days. er-based Colorado Rockies will become the National and, in turn, would showcase the brand-new Marlins lineman forthe of their own the suspects returned Barger, NFL's Miami Dolphins 1967-88 in a friend of Marlins ownerH. Wayne Hui- League's 13th and 14th members in 1993. franchise during baseball's biggest in-season event. in and the car and one fired two shots, zenga for 35 years, been via published Barger whoplayed at striking has linked and has more than casual ties to Miami and Hui- The Marlins won't play their first game for 20 South- Palermo in the abdomen broadcast to the Marlins' zenga. ern Methodistfrom 1983-86. and reports presidency for months, but will field farm teams nextsummer and Mann inthe neck, Hawkins said. early 100,000 But employees at the restaurant weeks. An announcement could come as as Barger holds more than shares of stock in must begin assembling a frontoffice, farm system and The identity of the third manwho today at game Toronto. Huizenga-owned Corp. where the incident occurred, and tried tohelp the All-Star in Blockbuster Entertainment business operation and start negotiation broadcast wasn't released. He was moment," othersources who not "I'm going to do it at the very earliest and serves on its board of directors. Barger mayalso contracts and promotional tie-ins. spoke oncondition hurt nor were the robbery vic- Barger going to happen I receive of anonymity, said that he was. tims. said. "It'-s very soon. can a financial stake in the Marlins to leave the Barger, the Pirates president since December 1987, hardly wait to end all ofthe speculation." first-place Pirates for a team almost certain to lose has been one of baseball's most visible and prominent Last week, Barger saidit was "a fair conclusion" 100games in its first season. executives inrecent years.

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