O ctober 11, 2000
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Seattle M's Shut Out Yankees in Game One
Freddy Garcia and Seattle’s bullpen
put the New York Yankees right back
in their postseason funk. Garcia domi­
nated for 6 and 2-3 innings in a six-
hitter, and Alex Rodriguez and Rickey
Henderson supplied the offense, lead­
ing the Mariners over New York 2-0
T uesday night in the opener o f the AL
championship series.
”He certainly pitched well when
he had to,” Yankees manager Joe
Torre said. “He pitched pretty well
when he didn’t have to.”
Seattle tries to go home with a
2-0 lead tonight when John Halama
pitches against Orlando Hernandez.
”We have to attack them, attack
them early and be ready to go to war,”
said Rodriguez, who hit a massive
solo homer. “They’re going to come
out real hungry and be ready to go to
war tomorrow.”
Garcia, one o f the young pitch­
ers obtained two years ago from
Houston in the Randy Johnson trade,
allowed just three hits, struck out
eight and handled the two-time World
Series champions like an old pro.
”If they pitch like they pitched
tonight, then w e’re not going to win
the series,” Yankees reliever Jeff
Nelson said.
Cardinals Counting on Darryl Kile
The St. Louis Cardinals’ World
Series aspirations largely fall on the
shoulders o f Darryl Kile, who could
get three starts in the NLCS.
Kile, who rebounded from eight
victories in Colorado last year to his
first 20-win season this year, will go
in Game 1 ofthebest-of-seven series
against the New York Mets. Manager
Tony La Russa said he could also go
in Games 4 and 7, each time on three
days’ rest.
Kile, who won Game 2 o f the Car­
dinals ’ surprising opening sweep o f
the Atlanta Braves in the division
series, said Monday he’s not inter­
ested in looking ahead.
’’All I know is I’ve been given a job
to do on W ednesday and I’m going
ries,” joked Benes, who pitched in the
season finale Oct. 1. “I’m well-rested,
very well-rested.”
The C ardinals’ No. 2 winner,
Garrett Stephenson, doesn’t figure in
the equation. Stephenson (16-9) left
the clincher against the Braves after
3 2-3 innings and is out for the rest o f
the season with an elbow injury.
Team physician Dr. George Paletta
said the injury was brought on by
Stephenson’s career-high 200 1-3
innings and will not require surgery.
’’Garrett is depressed,” La Russa
said. “I don’t think there’s any ques­
tion that you’ll see him the next time
in spring training.”
La Russa was undecided whether
to replace Stephenson with a posi­
Darryl Kile
Trail Blazers Set Broadcast Schedule
The Portland Trail Blazers have
announced their 2000-2001 local tele­
vision broadcast schedule in Part­
nership with KGW-TV, Channel 8.
Blazer fans throughout Oregon and
Southwest W ashington will be re­
turning to catch 25 regular season
games on NBC-affiliate KG W. In ad­
dition, NBC will airsix regular season
games, TBS air one game and TNT
will air nine games.
Blazers fans have a chance to catch
new players Dale Davis, Will Perdue
and Shawn Kemp before the season
opener against the Los Angeles Lak­
ers when KG W airs the Blazers’ pre­
season game against the Sacramento
Kings on October 27. KG W will tele­
vise the Blazers regular season opener
on October 31,2000.
“We are delighted that KGW can
present this schedule o f games to our
fans,” said Harry Hutt, senior vice
president ofmarketingoperations for
the Blazers. “The Blazers are dedi­
cated to bringing both home and road
games, as well as some o f our best
opponents to fans.”
In addition to the preseason game
against Sacramento (Oct.27) and the
home o p e n e r ag ain st Los A nge­
les (O c t.31). K G W -TV w ill carry
M iam i (Nov. 18), Indiana(Jan.25)
and San A nto n io (D ec.27) as well
as S e a ttle , T o ro n to , O rla n d o ,
W ash in g to n , M ilw aukee, H o u s­
ton, Phoenix, D enver, U tah, B os­
ton, P h ila d e lp h ia , D e tro it, The
Blazers Hold Open Scrimmage
For Fans in the Rose Garden
Blazers basketball action is heat­
ing up in Portland! The Blazers are
inviting fans to get a sneak peek at the
team at a Free scrimmage at the Rose
Garden today at 7 p.m.
Free tickets are available at all
C lip p ers, D allas, M innesota and
Golden State. NBC Sports will tele­
vise six Blazers games including the
Lakers (Christmas Day and April 15),
New Y ork (Jan. 13), Sacramento (Jan.
20 and April 8) and Minnesota (Jan.
27).
In addition to the regular season
games, Blazer flagship station KGW
will also carry Rip City TV once a
month throughout the season. The
programs include features on Blaz­
ers players and basketball person­
nel, interviews, videos and news
about the team on and o ff the court.
In addition to television, all Blaz­
ers preseason, regular season and
post-season games will air on 750
KXT.
The 24-year-old right-hander
stranded runners at third base in the
third and fifth innings and escaped a
two-on, no-outs jam in the sixth.
With the crowd on its feet. Mari­
ners manager Lou Piniella went to the
mound.
”1 was feeling pretty good. I
had a lot o f confidence," Garcia re­
m em bered telling his m anager.
Piniella stuck with Garcia, who
struck out Paul O ’Neill and Bernie
W illiam s, then retired D avid Ju s­
tic e on a fly o u t w hen M ik e
C am eron caught one step in front
o f the c e n te r-field fence.
F e a tu rin g F am ous Cajun Flavor!
tion player, probably outfielder-pinch
hitter Thomas Howard, or reliever
Alan Benes. La Russa said he likely
would go with the extra bat.
The Cardinals will be facing left­
handers the first two games and La
Russa said outfielder Eric Davis, who
batted .390 against lefties, would be
in the lineup. He doesn’t anticipate a
change at third base, either, where
Plácido Polanco replaced slumping
Fernando Tatis (3-for-36) the entire
Braves series.
”Is there anything wrong with the
way the other guy played?” La Russa
said. “That’s the thing.”
Polanco has a slight hamstring
injury but said it should not pose a
problem.
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Minnesota Rolls Over Bucs, Stay Unbeaten
Monday night is Randy Moss time.
The M innesota Vikings wide receiver,
who had his first big game as a pro on
a M onday night tw o years ago,
caught a 41-yard TD pass midway
through the fourth quarter to give the
Vikings a 30-23 victory over Tampa
Bay.
The V ikings jo in e d St. L ouis as
the N F L ’s o n ly u n b e a te n team s
at 5-0.
It was the third straight loss for
Tampa Bay (3-3) which entered the
season as the clear favorite to win the
Portland State
Climbs To
Fourth In The
Nation
The Portland State Vikings foot­
ball climbed one more spot to fourth
in the nation in The Sports Network’s
NCAA 1-AA Top 25 poll released
today. The Vikings are coming o f a
42-10 road win over Northern Ari­
zona.
Portland State began the season
ranked 12"’ and has steadily moved
up following its 4-0 start. It is the
Vikings best start since a 5-0 begin­
ning in 1969. PSU received ^ f ir s t-
place votes, up from four last week
and the second most in the poll.
This week the Vikings return home
to play 10* ranked Hofstra as their
difficult schedule continues. It is the
beginning o f five out seven games at
home for PSU. Kickoff is 2:05 p.m. at
Hillsboro Stadium. Tickets can be
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NFC Central. While they won the
division last season after starting 3-
4, they’re now 21/2 games behind
Minnesota.
The Vikings led for nearly the en­
tire g am e fo llo w in g D aunte
Culpepper’s 27-yard scramble for a
touchdown 24 seconds into the game
after Keyshawn Johnson fumbled
after catching a pass on the Bucs’
first play from scrimmage.
But the Tampa Bay defense gradu­
ally took control, despite another
fumble that led to a Minnesota touch­
down. Then, early in the fourth quar­
ter, with the Bucs trailing 20-16, Andre
Hastings fumbled a punt and set the
Vikings up at the Bucs 39.
On fourth down, the Vikings set up
for a 53-yard field-goal attempt. But
Warren Sapp, who blocked a field-
goal attempt in Washington last week,
blocked it and Donnie Abraham
picked up the ball and raced un­
touched for the score to put Tampa
Bay up 23-20.
Then the Minnesota offense came
to life.
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