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dailydaily newsnews 6 The Goodland Daily News / Monday, August 28, 2000 sports Rockies finish three-game sweep against Pirates 9-2 PITTSBURGH (AP) — Todd Helton Bohanon is doing even better than that over can’t give up the season, they lost their fourth 49 Sunday in the city where he was born. His homered and doubled to up his average to .394, his last three starts, going 6-for-12 with two in a row and 13th in 17 games. father, Gus, was playing for the Pirates in 1951 and Brian Bohanon backed his own effective doubles, a homer and six RBIs. He had the They will lose 90 games for the second time when Buddy was born. The Rockies, usually a pitching with a two-run double as Colorado Rockies’ key hit Sunday, a two-run double in a in three years even if they win 20 of their final poor road team, have won eight of their last 11 finished a three-game sweep of Pittsburgh, 9- go-ahead three-run second against Pirates 34 games. road games. 2 Sunday. starter Dan Serafini (1-3). Huskey, who also singled in the three-run Colorado had 35 hits Saturday and Sunday. Bohanon (8-9) allowed four singles in his Bohanon also singled following Butch second, and Ben Petrick added sacrifice flies The start of the game was delayed 42 min- first complete game since Sept. 3 against the Huskey’s homer in the fourth, one of three solo in the seventh against reliever Marc Wilkins. utes by rain. New York Mets, and had two hits as the Rockies shots by a team whose 128 homers are the sec- Petrick and Jeff Cirillo each had three of the Lamont was booed when he went to the outscored the Pirates 26-9 in the series. only two points. ond-fewest in the NL. Rockies’ 16 hits. mound to take out Serafini in the fourth. Helton was 2-for-4 and had four hits in the Helton, trying to become the first since Ted Helton hit his 32nd in the fifth off rookie rel- Serafini allowed four runs and eight hits in The Pirates lost their 10th consecutive home final two games. Williams in 1941 to bat .400, must bat about iever Bronson Arroyo, and Jeffrey Hammonds 3 1-3 innings as a Pirates starter failed to pitch day game. They are 3-14 in home day games, This was the Rockies’ first three-game road .430 over the Rockies’ final 31 games to reach followed with his 20th. past the sixth inning for the 18th time in 24 last winning May 14. sweep since they started the 1998 season by .400. He is hitting .432 (54-for-125) over his One day after manager Gene Lamont held a games. Until going hitless in his final three at-bats, sweeping Arizona, yet still raised his average last 34 games. closed-door meeting to emphasize the Pirates Notes: Rockies manager Buddy Bell turned Bohanon had six hits in his previous nine at-bats. Royals take 5-3 loss Chiefs’ final cuts in, coach keeps youthful team KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Cris Collins. O’Neal, an undrafted rookie free agent, Browning; Larry Atkins or rookie Greg KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — the first inning. Dishman, a 12-year veteran and two- Dishman started all 16 games last and second-year center Brian Waters, Wesley at safety; defensive end Duane Brian Daubach homered in a four- Meadows gave up five runs in 7 time Pro Bowl cornerback, was cut year in his only season with the Chiefs, another free agent. Clemons; and linebacker Lew Bush. run first inning Saturday night, and 2-3 innings, walking one and strik- Sunday by a Kansas City Chiefs team making five interceptions and totaling Five of the seven new players on Additionally, the Chiefs will have the Boston Red Sox hung on for a 5- ing out one. He was helped out by that will be one of the youngest in the 84 tackles. With the Houston Oilers, defense could start in the season opener newcomers in long snapper Kendall 3 win over the Kansas City Royals. three double plays in the first four NFL. Washington Redskins and Chiefs, he Sunday against Indianapolis. Gammon and also kicker Todd Saue- Nomar Garciaparra, after sitting innings. But Dishman agreed to a contract had 42 interceptions and made 742 including Warfield; tackle John rbrun. out three games with a pulled left Red Sox starter Rolando Arrojo later Sunday with the Minnesota Vi- tackles. hamstring, had three hits for Boston (3-1) left with one out in the sixth kings. He was beaten out in training camp and raised his AL-leading average to with a bruised right ankle. He gave The Chiefs kept their first seven by Eric Warfield, a third-year corner- Track star makes trial cuts .373. Garciaparra also scored two up two runs and five hits, with no picks from this year’s draft and will back from Nebraska. runs as the Red Sox handed Kansas walks and three strikeouts. Derek have 18 newcomers, including nine Also among the 17 players waived COURAN COVE, Australia (AP) himself that the 50K event was right for City its sixth loss in seven games. Lowe pitched the ninth for his 31st with one year’s experience or less. or terminated on Sunday were veterans — Philip Dunn called the 50-kilome- him. Injuries slowed his progress in ter walk “the stupidest event in track 1997 and part of ‘98. Daubach’s homer to right field off save in 36 chances. Warren Moon, the 18-year veteran Rashaan Shehee, Jeff Smith, Mitch Brian Meadows (2-2) made it 2-0, Both runs came on Johnny Dam- quarterback who waged a fierce train- Jacoby, Mark Word, Kirby Dar Dar and and field.” Before the Pan Am Cup in October and Scott Hatteberg added a two-run on’s fifth-inning homer, a line drive ing camp battle with Todd Collins to be Tim Terry. “Only brave people would risk train- 1998 at Miami, the U.S. team needed ing for a 31-mile walk,” he said. a third member to fill out its 50K team. single with one out. The Red Sox got into the right-field bleachers that Elvis Grbac’s backup, survived the Shehee was a third-round pick of the six of their 12 hits off Meadows in cut Boston’s lead to 4-2. mandatory cut to 53 players. Moon was Chiefs in 1998. Then, why is he a 50K walker and a Dunn won a last-chance qualifying listed third on the depth chart behind The Chiefs kept linebacker Andre member of the U.S. Olympic team? race, then wound up the top U.S. fin- Those disparaging remarks were isher at the Pan Am Cup, fourth over- Dunn’s thoughts in January 1997 when all. he switched from the 20K walk to the “Suddenly, I thought this 50K stuff baseball scoreboard 50K. is not so bad,” he said. “It was a sick By The Associated Press nings Los Angeles (Park 13-8) at Milwaukee Baltimore 3, Tampa Bay 2 “A variety of circumstances pushed and demented thought. During the National League Florida 7, Cincinnati 6 (Haynes 11-11), 6:05 p.m. Kansas City 11, Boston 7 me into the 50K,” he said. race, I threw up twice, and afterward, East Division Monday’s Games American League Minnesota 7, Detroit 6, 10 innings The major reason was getting a new I was taken to a hospital and given four W L Pct. GB Arizona (Schilling 10-8) at Montreal East Division N.Y. Yankees 7, Oakland 5 Atlanta 78 52 .600 — (Thurman 3-4), 5:05 p.m. W L Pct. GB Chicago White Sox 2, Seattle 1 coach, Bohdan Bulakowski, a 50K IV bags of fluids.” New York 77 53 .592 1 St. Louis (Ankiel 8-7) at Florida (Burnett New York 72 55 .567 — Toronto 6, Texas 4 walker from Poland. Why keep doing the 50K if it was so Florida 63 66 .488 14 1/2 2-3), 5:05 p.m. Boston 68 59 .535 4 Anaheim 10, Cleveland 9 “He encouraged me to try to the tortuous? Philadelphia 55 74 .426 22 1/2 San Francisco (Estes 12-4) at Pittsburgh Toronto 68 62 .523 5 1/2 Monday’s Games 50K,” Dunn said. “I always like challenges,” the 1993 Montreal 54 73 .425 22 1/2 (Ritchie 6-7), 5:05 p.m. Baltimore 59 71 .454 14 1/2 Boston (Ohka 3-2) at Tampa Bay (Rekar Central Division Houston (B.Powell 1-1) at N.Y. Mets Tampa Bay 56 73 .434 17 4-9), 5:15 p.m. Bulakowski also convinced some Carleton graduate said. “I like to think W L Pct. GB (Rusch 8-10), 5:10 p.m. Central Division Cleveland (Colon 11-8) at Texas (Rogers other walkers at the U.S. Olympic I’m capable of doing what people think St. Louis 73 57 .562 — Colorado (Yoshii 5-13) at Philadelphia W L Pct. GB 11-11), 6:05 p.m. Training center at Chula Vista, Calif., I can’t do.” Cincinnati 64 65 .496 8 1/2 (Person 6-4), 5:35 p.m. Chicago 77 53 .592 — N.Y. Yankees (Clemens 10-6) at Seattle to try the longer distance. His advice He also was the bronze medalist at Chicago 56 73 .434 16 1/2 Cincinnati (Williamson 5-7) at Atlanta Cleveland 67 59 .532 8 (Abbott 8-4), 8:05 p.m.