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- rsday, October 12,2000 SPORTS THE BATTALION Pafie 9 Yankees even up ALCS at 1-1 ear in ad). This rate applies r you get an additional 5 :heduled to end to qualify foi || NEW YORK (AP) — Just when it ieemed the Yankees’ latest dynasty nyas crumbling, New York's dormant ^flense awoke in time to tie the AL shkmpionship series (ALCS) at a sjanie apiece. ■ Bernie Williams ended a record- tying, 21 -inning scoreless streak with an RBI single that sparked a seven- tun eighth inning, and New York ral lied past the Seattle Mariners 7-1. I Orlando Hernandez, pitching on and reserve. Nicoia aw*® birthday, allowed six hits and Struck out seven in eight innings. Puppies- AKC registered, rrJ I It seemed like the Yankees’ hopes $; °o can 936-825-73H t for a third straight World Series title —— , , , Jvere fading away. >er male. 4mos . S200 Pleat eff Then suddenly. New York went 8- 173 for-S to start the eighth inning. The - '" ol 1 a, 3 e sicht hits were an ALCS record and very fnendly. $50 680-Mil WP PETS the most in an inning for the Yankees since June 29 at Detroit. Seattle’s bullpen got blown apart, wasting six shutout innings by starter John Halama. David Justice, visibly angered when umpires ruled he did not check his swing on a 1-1 pitch, started the big inning with a double to left-cen ter that hit less than a foot from the top of the wall. Williams slapped a single to cen ter off Arthur Rhodes and Tino Mar tinez followed with a sinking liner to left that bounced off the glove of a diving A1 Martin for a single that al lowed Williams to take second. Jorge Posada then hit a smash that rolled off the glove of a diving Mark McLemore in the hole be tween first and second, bounding into left field as Williams scored. It was the first time in 15 games since Sept. 23 at Detroit that four straight Yankees got hits. Slumping Paul O'Neill, dropped to seventh in the batting order, followed with a sacrifice fly to left that made it 3-1, and that was it for Rhodes, who was replaced by Jose Mesa. Luis Sojo singled to put runners on first and third, and Posada was thrown out at third, apparently as Jose Vizcaino missed a bunt single. Vizcaino then doubled in Sojo, Chuck Knoblauch singled home Vizcaino, and Derek Jeter followed with a two-run homer into the right- field seats. Halama had allowed just five hits. sscue &adoptlon shelter felines of all ages for adoffi /ormed, di 3EAL ESTATE mannered. fsEf 471. n shelter brJn "| 1 l • Sparks dehnes Cowboys rivalry fl IRVING (AP) — Phillippi Sparks was two games into his NFL career when he learned how badly the New York Jiants want to beat the Dallas Cowboys, fl The rookie cornerback was walking off the field at Gi- afits Stadium following a 34-28 loss to Dallas when team- ’late Leonard Marshall put an arm around Sparks and Imed the other at the scoreboard. 1 "You see that?” Marshall said sternly. "Don't you ever let it happen again. Take it personally.” I Sparks told that story Wednesday while sitting in front pf his locker at Cowboys headquarters. He could not help lut smile as he thought about the rivalry he will experi- Ince from this side for the first time on Sunday. I “Ever since then,” he said, “Eve iiown it was a love-hate relationship etween Dallas and New York.” ourse $245. 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Call 1-800-776-MU |iho fondly recalls his eight seasons dth the Giants even though he was |ot re-signed after last season. “They made a business decision,” I Sparks said. “No one left on bad terms.” I The Cowboys were interested in him [early in the summer, but instead signed [Ryan McNeil and drafted three corner- "acks. Sparks was still unsigned when [wo of the rookies got hurt and the third vas struggling. eeking furnished house, condo, t ^ie O S25-^ ln0,on9 1 So s P arks was s 'g ned j ust before the opener. He iwite looking ,o rent turm^T/^^^ U P tourth-round pick Kareem Larrimore for the ii no pets, non-smokers, beg™? first four games, then became the starter in the last game against Carolina. EIGHT LOSS Dallas won 16-13 and teammates credited Sparks with leThmPius!' BE §1 Stability. 7csi cash, Checks, Credit fc | - Any time you have four veterans in the secondary, 35 ' 6983 ' _ things are going to be better,” said safety Darren Wood- up to 30-ibs. in 30-days. Doctor son, who played col lege ball with Sparks at Arizona State. 681 - Lose - ? ‘‘He adds a lot.” Sparks has been with the Cowboys (2-3) for less than two months, but did not need long to sense how different they are from the Giants (4-2). “The Giants organization is*more blue-collar — get to work and make sure you get everything done,” he said. "Here I think players are more free about joking, running around — still getting their work done, but having fun while they’re doing it. Not to say I didn’t have fun in New York, but it was still a business atmosphere.” Sparks keeps up with many of his Giants pals, in cluding defensive backs coach Johnnie Lynn and safety Shaun Williams. He recently called running back Tiki Barber to remind him of their upcoming meeting. “He knows I’m going to bother him,” Sparks said. Sparks also was close to receivers Amani Toomer and Ike Hilliard. He taught them some tricks of the trade and pointed out weaknesses defensive backs were exploiting. Sparks laughed and added that he did not teach them everything, so he is hoping to use his knowledge against them. He added that much of insider’s knowledge of the Giants is useless be cause their offense has changed. New York, though, knows plenty about him. “I’m sure they’re going to be licking their chops when they see No. 20 out there,” said Sparks, who wore No. 22 with the Giants. “I’m looking forward to it. I respect every single person on that team, but I don’t fear any of them. And they know it.” Woodson is expecting Sparks to be fired up. “He hasn’t said anything yet,” Woodson said. “But during the game, we’ll probably have to calm him down.” Sparks knows it, too. “I’m going to let it all out,” he said. “I’m leaving’it all out there so when I leave I can hopefully say ‘Job well done.’ ” Any time you have four veterans in the secondary, things are going to get better." — Darren Woodsen Dallas Cowboys Safety Volleyball )N AUCTION 00 d of saddles & tack )e sold. 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The Aggies came back and scored five straight points and ended the match bn a Raider hitting error. “This kind of a win will continue to build confidence in the team,” Corbelli aid. ‘The team worked really hard tonight together, and I’m really proud of that.” Marshal] and Achilefu set career highs in blocks with nine and six, re- pectively. Gibson led the offense attack with 16 kills while Cole added 12. — Sports in Brief — Nebraska’s Crouch sits out practice LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebras- ka quarterback Eric Crouch sat out practice Wednesday to rest for Sat urday’s game against Texas Tech. Crouch was hit hard last week at Iowa State, where he had 19 carries for 138 yards and a touch down in the No. 1 Cornhuskers’ 49-27 victory. Crouch said he was sore after the game, but not seriously injured. With redshirt freshman Jammal Lord, who has played little this sea son, as Nebraska’s top backup, coach Frank Solich is not taking chances with his starter’s health. 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