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Fassero’s wild pitch give Rangers 7-4 win in 10 innings
CHICAGO (AP) Cubs Fassero tailed to properly wipe pressure off me to get the lead Sammy Sosa hit his major- that rode the breeze into the when Fred McGriff hit a one-oul
reliever Jett Fassero blamed his his left hand of sweat before the run scored,” Ludwick said. “I league leading 26th homer for bleachers. single off Jay Powell, and Ale>
I sweaty hand toi making him next pitch, and he threw it to the took it from there. I was sitting the Cubs, who got five innings Prior was pulled after 107 Gonzalez — who won Tuesda>
lose his grip on the ball and the backstop on the fly. on the split and he threw the split out of starter Mark Prior in pitches. He allowed three runs night’s game with a ninth-inning
CHICAGO (AP) — Cubs
[reliever Jeff Fassero blamed his
sweaty hand for making him
lose his grip on the ball and the
(game.
Fassero threw a wild pitch
[with the bases loaded to let the
go-ahead run score and the
[Texas Rangers win for the first
time in extra-innings this sea
son. beating Chicago 7-4 in 10
innings Wednesday.
With one out in the 10th,
Fassero (1-5) was ahead of Ryan
Ludwick (0-2). But on a warm
and sticky day at Wrigley Field,
Fassero failed to properly wipe
his left hand of sweat before the
next pitch, and he threw it to the
backstop on the fly.
”1 didn't have my hands dried
up,” said Fassero, who tried to
throw a splitter. “I squeezed it,
let it go and it slipped out. It’s
happened before. It depends on
the humidity.”
Ludwick, who was making
his first career pinch-hitting
appearance, got another splitter
and drove it to center for a two-
run single.
The wild pitch “took a lot of
pressure off me to get the lead
run scored,” Ludwick said. “I
took it from there. I was sitting
on the split and he threw the split
and I poked it up the middle.”
The Rangers were 0-7 in
extra-inning games before
Wednesday.
Rafael Palmeiro and Michael
Young hit solo home runs for
the Rangers, who had lost 17 of
21 on the road.
Hideki Irabu (3-6) pitched one
inning for the win, and Francisco
Cordero pitched the 10th for his
first major league save.
Sammy Sosa hit his major-
league leading 26th homer for
the Cubs, who got five innings
out of starter Mark Prior in
damp, 82-degree heat.
Sosa’s two-out homer to
right off Dave Burba tied it in
the bottom of the first, and Joe
Girardi and Delino DeShields
hit RBI doubles in the third to
give the Cubs a 3-1 lead.
Michael Lamb hit a two-out
RBI single in the fourth, and
Palmeiro tied it in the fifth
with his second homer in as
many games, a pop-up to left
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Korea’s win overcame history
DAEJEON, South Korea
(AP) — South Korea’s shocking
upset of Italy at the World Cup
was far more than a victory for a
soccer team.
The entire nation needed this
one, a historic morale-boosting
triumph that thrilled millions
and sent a message to the rest of
the world — and that other co
host, Japan.
The South Koreans advanced
to the quarterfinals for the first
time with the 2-1 overtime win
Tuesday, while the Japanese
were eliminated, losing 1-0 to
Turkey.
Those combined results were
especially sweet for a country
that was a Japanese colony from
1910-45 and still harbors some
anti-Japanese resentment.
“Because we’re competitors
with Japan, when they win or
lose, that affects us,” said South
Korean midfielder Lee Young-
pyo, who set up the game-win
ning goal.
1 The South Koreans already
had a jump on the Japanese
after brokering a deal to have
“Korea” placed ahead of
“Japan” in the naming rights
for the first World Cup in Asia.
That means that “Korea” is
listed first in any official mate
rial relating to the Cup, a small
yet important point for South
Koreans.
South Korea got the tourna
ment’s opening game in Seoul,
but Japan gets the final, June 30
in Yokohama.
South Korea, winless in five
previous trips to soccer’s pre
mier event, could be in the final
if it continues to play the way it
has in its first four games, three
victories and a tie.
Italy’s Christian Vieri scored
on a header in the 18th minute
and the three-time champions
were on the verge of victory
when the unthinkable happened.
Seol Ki-hyeon pounced on a
deflection by a defender in the
penalty box with just two min
utes left in regulation and put
the ball in the corner of the net.
In sudden-death overtime,
Ahn Jung-hwan, who had
missed a penalty shot in the first
half, scored the game-winner
with a header off a long pass
from Lee.
Having reclaimed its status
as Asia’s No. I team, a position
that had belonged to Japan, an
estimated 4 million people
poured into the streets under
skies illuminated by fireworks
to celebrate a victory they
believed brought international
recognition to South Korea.
Thousands of fans partied all
night in honor of the “Red
Devils,” the team’s nickname.
Most wore “Be the Reds”
shirts, and many had their faces
painted red and wore the
national flag tied around their
necks like a superhero’s cape.
Others hung out of curb-crawl
ing cars, screaming “Dae Han
Min Kuk!” — “Republic of
Korea!” — until they were
hoarse, some of them ecstatic
South Korea won on the same
day Japan was eliminated.
“I’m glad the Japanese lost. I
want Japan to be a step behind
South Korea always, in every
thing,” said Park Chang-ho, a
53-year-old taxi driver.
President Kim Dae-jung said
the victory was a good omen for
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his country, which overcame the
1997-98 Asian economic crisis
and is trying to reconcile with
communist North Korea.
“Tonight, I feel that a new
path of prosperity is opening for
our country,” Kim said. “We
South Koreans are fortune’s
favorites.”
They might also have won
over some fans in Japan, despite
the countries’ run-ins through
the centuries. With Japan out of
the tournament, many fans have
turned their hopes to their
neighbor.
“Come on Korea!” chanted
one group of Japan supporters,
rallying in Tokyo’s Shibuya
shopping district during the
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that rode the breeze into the
bleachers.
Prior was pulled after 107
pitches. He allowed three runs
and six hits, walked four and
struck out seven.
“They were making him
throw a lot of pitches, making
him throw strikes,” Cubs man
ager Don Baylor said. “They
were trying to wear him down.”
Young struck out twice
against Prior, but hit Joe
Borowski’s first pitch over the
wall in left to lead off the sixth.
The Cubs tied it in the eighth
when Fred McGriff hit a one-out
single off Jay Powell, and Alex
Gonzalez — who won Tuesday
night’s game with a ninth-inning
homer — hit an RBI double.
Fassero walked Herbert
Perry to lead off the 10th. After
two failed bunts, Kevin Mench
hit a check-swing single to right.
Perry pulled up at second, and
was replaced by pinch-runner
Jason Romano.
Gabe Kapler bunted the run
ners to second and third, and
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Rockets assured one
full season from Ming
MING
HOUSTON (AP)
Chinese center Yao Ming would
be able to play the entire season
and playoffs in the NBA if the
Houston Rockets pick him in
the upcoming draft, team attor
ney Michael Goldberg said
Wednesday.
“We also
assured them
that he’d be
able to play
in the
Olympics,”
Goldberg
said as he
arrived home
from negotiations with Chinese
basketball officials in Beijing.
The Rockets want to take the
7-foot-5 center in the June 26
NBA draft but they had been
seeking assurances that Yao
would not be recalled during
the season to play on China’s
national team.
The Chinese wanted to be
sure their best-known player
would be able to play for them
in international competition.
With that part of the negotia
tions completed, Goldberg said
the Rockets were now waiting a
release by FIBA, the internation
al basketball governing body.
The China Basketball
Association and the Shanghai
Sharks, Yao’s current team in
China, are working to complete
their approval process, hopefully
leading to a release by FIBA,
allowing Yao to play in the NBA.
“The CBA and the Sharks
understand that we have to have
the FIBA release in time to make
our decisions before the draft,”
Goldberg said. “The Sharks
would be losing their No. I play
er so they wanted to make sure
things can be worked out.”
Team physician Dr. Walter
Lowe accompanied Goldberg to
Beijing and performed a com
plete physical examination of
Yao. He found no health prob
lems that would affect his play
ing.
“This is something that we
do with all players,” Lowe said.
“We couldn’t get a complete
examination of him at the work
outs in Chicago. We wanted this
to be a basketball decision and
not about health.”
Lowe said he was satisfied
with results of the examination.
“He’s a very tall guy. He’s
very engaging and he’s
healthy,” Lowe said.
“There were things that wor
ried me on paper that didn’t
worry me after we saw him in
person,” Lowe said. “The
Chinese medical system is
super. They allowed me to
make a complete examination.”
Lowe said Yao had normal
injuries and fractures that were
related to playing basketball.
While the Rockets moved
closer to a deal with China, Yao
and his agent John Hizuinga
were in separate talks with the
Sharks over compensation Yao
must agree to pay the Sharks
for his departure.
“We are actively exploring
every possible creative solution
that we can to try to get this
deal completed,” Hizuinga said.
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