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BEST BETS MLB Playoffs Cleveland at Baltimore, FOX (5), 5p.m. Emerald Marlins deal Maddux Game 1 loss Aloises Alou drove in four runs to help the Marlins move their postseason record to 4-0 By Ben Walker The Associated Press ATLANTA — Right off the bat, the Flori da Marlins showed they weren’t scared of Greg Maddux. In fact, they made the At lanta Braves look like the October rookies. Kevin Brown defeated Maddux in a pitching duel that never developed, and the Marlins remained perfect in their young postseason history, beating the Braves 5-3 Tues day night in Game 1 of the NL cham pionship series. Moises Alou drove in four runs, three with a first inning double set ALCS: Cleveland, coming off victory against Yanks, looks to continue its recent success in Baltimore today Page 8 up by Atlanta’s shaky fielding, and that was enough. The wild-card Marlins improved to 4-0 in their first year in the playoffs and proved their 8-4 record against the Braves in the regular season was no fluke. Chipper Jones and Ryan Klesko homered for Atlanta, which is appearing in the post season for the sixth straight time — a streak that started two years before the Marlins even began their expansion season. But Jones, bothered by a bruised right heel, and Klesko each had a misplay, as did Fred McGriff and Kenny Lofton, that made all five runs off Maddux unearned. The Braves, who had won the opener in the past seven postseason series, will try to get even Wednesday when Tom Glavine starts against Alex Fernandez. A crowd of 49,244, clearly the loudest of the season at Turner Field, certainly came expecting to see what everyone predicted — the start of a best-of-7 series that would be dominated by two of the best pitching staffs in the majors. Instead, it took Maddux only 2 2-3 in nings to match season highs for runs (5) and walks (3). And rather than seeing the Atlanta ace paint the corners of the plate, the home fans watched Marlins batters paint the comers of the ballpark with hits. By the end of the third inning, Florida led 5-2 and Maddux’s hair, usually neatly in place, was mussed as he sat on the bench between innings. Maddux, who started Atlanta’s sweep of Houston in the division series, lasted just six innings. Brown, who began the Marlins’ Turn to BRAVES, Page 8 UCLA (( It put everything in perspective, knowing that in one . second everything that you’ve worked hard for could be taken away from you. ” Skip Hicks UCLA tailback UCLA tail bach. Skip Hicks ran for 175 yards and two touchdowns against the Ducks last season and is leading the nation in scoring this season. EMERALD Hicks is back on track UCLA’s Skip Hicks battles back from a career-threatening injury’ to become one of the nation’s top running backs By Rob Moseley Sports Reporter Standing at the end of the long jump runway, football was the farthest thing from Skip Hicks’ mind. Although he was a four-year letterman in high school, track was just a diversion to UCLA’s freshman running back sensa tion. As he began his approach, everything felt normal, but when he hit his mark, his career took a dramatic turn. “I slipped on the board and tweaked my knee when I landed," Hicks says. “1 come to find out that I’d torn my ACL. “It put everything in perspective, know ing that in one second everything that you've worked hard for could be taken away from you.” UCLA had sufficient reason to worry about losing the talented tailback from Texas who had shown flashes of bril liance in his freshman season. The 6-foot, 222-pound senior burst on to the national scene in 1993 by notching 148 rushing yards and a touchdown vs. Nebraska in his first career start for the Bruins. He finished the season with 563 yards and six scores for the year. “After that season I knew I was going to be tile starting back as a sophomore,” he says. “1 felt confident in myself, but [the injury] kind of opened my eyes, not to take anything forgranted." With that insight, the newly grounded Hicks set his sights on a comeback during the following season, an act that was un heard of in 1994, when an ACI. injury in variably meant a full season of rehab. After undergoing reconstructive surgery on his left knee early in 1994, Hicks returned to finish the season as the Turn to HICKS, Page 9 Brigham Young dominates OSU-Nike Invitational—again Ben Crane finishes two over par to lead Oregon to a 10th-place finish in Corvallis By Rob Moseley Sports Reporter Brigham Young successfully defended its title at the OSU-Nike Invitational on Tues day by shooting a combined six-under-par to finish three-under overall at Corvallis’ TrystingTree Country Club. The Oregon men repeated last season’s lOth-place finish by shooting 888, 24-over par. Sophomore Ryan Lavoie shot a final round 69 to finish one-over. Joining Lavoie in thegroup that tied for 10th was Stanford’s Joel Kribel, who finished second at this year’s U.S. Amateur Championship. Oregon’s Ben Crane shot even par Tues day to finish two-over, eight strokes behind the individual champion, BYU’s Andy Miller. Miller recovered from an opening round 75 by shooting 68-67 the final two rounds to finish six-under. Oregon junior Derek Croskrey finished nine-over, senior Chris Cone was 12-over and freshman Nick Davey shot a final round 77 to finish 20-over. “Lavoie and Crane both had very re spectable scores,” Oregon head coach Steve Nosier said. “But overall we didn’t play as well as I’d hoped.” Nosier cited both weather and the length of the course as factors in the high scores. “Trysting Tree has almost no trees, so it’s a pretty defenseless golf course," he said. “Consequently, the layout is extremely long.” The length of the course and high winds contributed to players hitting drivers and three-woods on par-three holes. Crane wasn’t about to make excuses for the team's performance, though, “Everyone’s playing in the same condi tions,” he said. One factor that might have hindered Ore gon’s performance was Nosler’s decision to have his top four players skip qualifying to work on their individual games. Next up on the Ducks’ schedule is the Nevada Wolfpack Classic, Oct. 13-14, at Edgewood Country Club in Stateline, Nev. Stats m OREGON: Lavoie +1 Crane +2 Croskrey +9 Cone +12 Davey +20 ■ TEAM: BYU -3 Colorado St. +8 Stanford +11 Washington +13 UTEP +13
