The Prince George Citizen - Tuesday, August 18,1998 -11 S p o r t s SPORTS TIP? E xpos continue losing skid 562-2441, Local 400 PHOENIX, Ariz. (AP) — David Dellucci hit a backs’ record is just 1 1/2 games worse than starter for the first time, leading the Toronto —- PRINCE GEORGE three-run triple and Andy Benes won hisMontreal’s. Blue Jays over the Oakland Athletics 4-2 Mon­ C i t i z e n fourth consecutive start as the Arizona Dia­ Batista’s 11th homer put Arizona ahead in day nigjht mondbacks beat the slumping Montreal Ex­the first against Jeremy Powell (1-3), butWith the score tied 2-2, Canseco homered pos 6-1 Monday night. Chris Widger’s RBI single tied it in theon a 1-2 pitch from Tom Candiotti (8-14). Benes (11-11) limited the Expos to one runfourth. Shawn Green added his 23rd homer, a ninth- IF YOU'VE COT THE END and three hits in eight innings, dropping Mon­ Powell walked Travis Lee and Matt Williams inning shot off Buddy Groom. treal to 0-7 on its road trip. He retired his finalin the fourth and, one out later, Jay Bell beatEscobar (2-1), making his third career 13 batters, reaching .500 for the first time out a slow grounder toward third. start, walked the bases loaded in the first but OF SUMMER BLUES since he was 3-3 in mid-May. Dellucci, who lost his starting job when Ari­ settled down. He allowed both runs and four Alan Embree completed the three-hitter zona traded for Bernard Gilkey, played centre hits in 6 1-3 innings, walked six and struck with a perfect ninth. Arizona has allowed just field because of Devon White’s sore ham­out three. feUnjjnfMiy out our board five hits in its last two games, including a 6-1string. He hit Powell’s first pitch over theDan Plesac got the final out for his second win over the New York Mets on Sunday. head of centre-fielder F.P. Santangelo just be­save, putting at runners at the comers with a es and brain teasers Tony Batista continued his hot streak with alow the 407-foot sign. Dellucci scored for a 5-walk to Jason Giambi before striking out Matt home run and a double. In his last 12 games, 1 lead when Kelly Stinnett beat out a nub hitStairs. Batista has six homers and is batting .386 (17-toward first. Candiotti gave up there runs and seven hits fcfr-44). Four of Batista’s homers have come in Blue Jays 4, Athletics 2 in six innings. Oakland lost for the seventh flie last three games Benes has started. Jose Canseco broke a fifth-inning tie with histime in nine games and dropped a season-high • With the victory, the expansion Diamond­33rd homer and Kelvim Escobar won as a16 games under .500 at 54-70. jeyaseelan keeps Canada in Canadian Open Offer ends August 23rd MONTREAL (CP) — Anna Kourniko- had the rain delay, I talked to my coach Call Nancy to book your va and Sonya Jeyaseelan gave Canadi­and he told me to just calm down and an tennis fans something to cheer relax,” said the 22-year-old, who is Parent Advisory Council about Monday. ranked 125th in the worid. Fundraising Night Kournikova, the 15th seed at the duThe rains fell with the match squared 6144406 Maurier Canadian Open tennis tourna­at 4-4 in the first set. When play re­ ment, showed flashes of brilliance insumed more than an hour later, NEW LONGER HOURS: beating Alexandra Fusai of France 6-2, Jeyaseelan dictated play and covered 9d0am-6pm Mon-Wed 930am-9pm Thure-Fri 6-4 in a first-round match Monday the court well, reaching and often pun­ ItllfltllMiaTl 9:30am-6pm Saturday night. It was the Russian sensation’s ishing Pratt’s short balls in a gruelling 12pm-5pm Sunday first appearance since injuring her baseline duel. right hand at a Wimbledon tuneup The news wasn’t as good for Toronto 614-4406 tournament in June. natives Jana Nejedly and Vanessa Webb. Parkwood Place Jeyaseelan, meanwhile, was the onlyThe 24-year old Canadian to make it past the first Nejedly was on the round, benefiting from a lengthy rain defensive from the delay to knock off Nicole Pratt of Aus­start of her match tralia 7-5,6-3. against 12th seed­ But back to Kournikova, who was ed Dominique Van FANTASY TAKES FLIGHT. one of only four seeds to see actionRoost and could The myth of this free spirit Monday. never recover, los­ of the heavens comes to life “The hand is fine,” Kournikova said ing 6-4,6-2. with “Fabulous Creatures”- after her relatively easy win. “It might“She dictated The Pegasus. Boldly captured have been good to take some time off.”from early on,” said in brilliant full cut Swarovski The 17-year-old used blistering Nejedly. “I never crystal, this 1998 Annual ground strokes, a deft touch at the netreally got into that Edition is available only to and a fluid serve to win the first set comfort in range.” members of the Swarovski only 25 minutes. Webb, a 22-year- Collectors Society. Come The only seed to be beaten on Dayold 1 who became visit us and learn about the was No. 10 Patty Schnyder. The Swiss the first non-Amer­ many wonderful benefits of player was ousted by Argentine qualifi­ican player to win SCS membership. er Florencia Labat, 6-4,6-3. the NCAA singles Jeyaseelan, who lives in Oakville, crown in May, play­ Ont., made the most of her wild card ing for Duke, was CP photo entry into the lone Canadian stop onoutclassed by last B e n M o s s Anna Kournikova serves to France's Alexandra Fusaithe top women’s tennis circuit. year’s finalist, Anke daring Kournikova’s first-round win at the Canadian “I started off pretty nervous and Huber I of Germany, Open Monday in Montreal. Pine Centre tried to overhit the ball, but when we6-4,6-1. 563-6440 M ickelson wins ‘longest’ golf tournam ent crown PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) — The Pacific Ocean lapped at the fringes of the 18th fairway. Sea lions napped on the rocks. There were no T h e C o a s t amateurs and few fans around. Best of all, there wasn’t a drop of rain. Summer golf at Pebble Beach. .' Against that idyllic backdrop, Phil Mickelson won a tournament that began six months ago and earned more than one-half million dollars in I s C l e a r . one round of golf. Mickelson, rebounding from a lost weekend at the PGA Championship, had sue birdies in the fi­ nal round Monday for a one-shot victory over Tom Pernice in the Pebble Beach National Pro- Am, a tournament that began in January. The victory, his first since the opening week of the season, earned Mickelson $450,000 as well as THE DIGITAL FREEDOM PLAN a $100,000 bonus for having the highest overall earnings in eight West Coast events this year. $ 0 g 9 5 / M O . “It was almost a golfer’s dream to play Pebble Beach like that,” he said. “To see those sea lions lying out on the rocks is very relaxing. Phil Mickelson shows off the crystal trophy “It was worth the wait.” he won for taking the Pebble Beach National • Unlimited free calling on weekends. ;,When the tournament began in late January, Pro-Am. The event started in January, but waves crashed onto the 18th fairway. Sheets the of final round was postponed because of • 100 free minutes a month, any time. rain turned sandtraps into water hazards and bad weather. gusty winds snapped treetops. • First 30 days free calling. , On Monday, months after the demise of El Ni­into the third round of the PGA Championship, • Per second billing. no, the tourney resumed on an overcast, dry but posted a 9-over 79 on Saturday to fall out of • Choice of state-of-the-art dual-mode morning. The ocean was placid and there was athe title chase. He came back with a 67 on Sun­ cool breeze. day at Sahalee Country Club and continued that phones starting at just $199— including • “The course played totally different than it doesstrong play with a 5-under 67 on Monday at Peb­ the new Motorola MicroTAC SC-725™. in February because the fairways were able lot Beach — including a birdie on the final hole. firmer,” Mickelson said. “It was such an enjoyable “After Saturday’s round at the PGA, I was disap­ • Free Caller ID. day to play Pebble Beach.” pointed with the way I was playing, having put New Motorola MicroTAC SC-725™ Of the 168 pros who started the tournament, myself out of contention,” Mickelson said. “I had 125 returned for the final round. to start seeing better shots, and I did that on Sun­ Mickelson’s three-round total of 14-under 202day. I carried that with me today.” tied for the lowest 54-hole score in the tourna- Mickelson celebrated his Pebble Beach victory fiient’s history. by hugging his grandmother, who is in her mid- ‘Mickelson was only four strokes back heading80s and walked all 18 holes with him Monday. TW O LOCATIONS Tyson’s N evada hea ring se t LAS VEGAS (AP) — Mike Tyson, who sought to Tyson adviser Shelley Finkel could not be bypass Nevada in a bid to return to boxing, will Parkwood Place reached immediately for comment on the fight­ NOW OPEN Head Office have a hearing before the state’s athletic commis­er’s plans.