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CHICAGO 63 62 .504 4
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CINCINNATI 62 62 .500 4 1/2
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PITTSBURGH 53 73 .421 14 1/2
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WESTERN DIVISION
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SAN DIEGO 70 59 .543 -
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LOS ANGELES 66 60 .524 2 1/2
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COLORADO 65 62 .512 4
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SAN FRANCISCO 54 70 .435 13 1/2
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 22 SCHEDULE
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ST LOUIS AT COLORADO
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CINCINNATI AT ATLANTA
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PITTSBURGH AT HOUSTON
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PHILADELPHIA AT LOS ANGELES
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MONTREAL AT SAN FRANCISCO
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BASEBALL - MAJOR LEAGUE RESULTS WEDNESDAY.
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NEW YORK 1996-08-22
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Results of Major League
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Baseball games played on Wednesday (home team in CAPS):
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American League
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California 7 NEW YORK 1
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DETROIT 7 Chicago 4
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Milwaukee 10 MINNESOTA 7
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BOSTON 6 Oakland 4
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BALTIMORE 10 Seattle 5
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Texas 10 CLEVELAND 8 (in 10)
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Toronto 6 KANSAS CITY 2
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National League
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CHICAGO 8 Florida 3
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SAN FRANCISCO 12 New York 11
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ATLANTA 4 Cincinnati 3
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Pittsburgh 5 HOUSTON 2
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COLORADO 10 St Louis 2
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Philadelphia 6 LOS ANGELES 0
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SAN DIEGO 7 Montreal 2
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BASEBALL - GREER HOMER IN 10TH LIFTS TEXAS PAST INDIANS.
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CLEVELAND 1996-08-22
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Rusty Greer's two-run homer in the top of the 10th inning rallied the Texas Rangers to a 10-8 victory over the Cleveland Indians Wednesday in the rubber game of a three-game series between division leaders.
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With one out, Greer hit a 1-1 pitch from Julian Tavarez (4-7) over the right-field fence for his 15th home run.
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" It was an off-speed pitch and I just tried to get a good swing on it and put it in play, " Greer said . "
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This was a big game.
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The crowd was behind him and it was intense . "
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The shot brought home Ivan Rodriguez, who had his second double of the game, giving him 42 this season, 41 as a catcher.
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He joined Mickey Cochrane, Johnny Bench and Terry Kennedy as the only catchers with 40 doubles in a season.
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The Rangers have won 10 of their last 12 games and six of nine meetings against the Indians this season.
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The American League Western leaders have won eight of 15 games at Jacobs Field, joining the Yankees as the only teams with a winning record at the A.L. Central leaders' home.
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Cleveland lost for just the second time in six games.
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The Indians sent the game into extra innings in the ninth on Kenny Lofton's two-run single.
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Ed Vosberg (1-0) blew his first save opportunity but got the win, allowing three hits with two walks and three strikeouts in 1 2/3 scoreless innings.
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Dean Palmer hit his 30th homer for the Rangers.
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In Baltimore, Cal Ripken had four hits and snapped a fifth-inning tie with a solo homer and Bobby Bonilla added a three-run shot in the seventh to power the surging Orioles to a 10-5 victory over the Seattle Mariners.
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The Mariners scored four runs in the top of the fifth to tie the game 5-5 but Ripken led off the bottom of the inning with his 21st homer off starter Sterling Hitchcock (12-6).
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Bonilla's blast was the first time Randy Johnson, last season's Cy Young winner, allowed a run in five relief appearances since coming off the disabled list on August 6.
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Bonilla has 21 RBI and 15 runs in his last 20 games.
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Baltimore has won seven of nine and 16 of its last 22 and cut the Yankees' lead in the A.L. East to five games.
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Scott Erickson (8-10) laboured to his third straight win.
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Alex Rodriguez had two homers and four RBI for the Mariners, who have dropped three in a row and 11 of 15.
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He became the fifth shortstop in major-league history to hit 30 homers in a season and the first since Ripken hit 34 in 1991.
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Chris Hoiles hit his 22nd homer for Baltimore.
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In New York, Jason Dickson scattered 10 hits over 6 1/3 innings in his major-league debut and Chili Davis belted a homer from each side of the plate as the California Angels defeated the Yankees 7-1.
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Dickson allowed a homer to Derek Jeter on his first major-league pitch but settled down.
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He was the 27th pitcher used by the Angels this season, tying a major-league record.
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Jimmy Key (9-10) took the loss as the Yankees lost their ninth in 14 games.
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They stranded 11 baserunners.
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California played without interim manager John McNamara, who was admitted to a New York hospital with a blood clot in his right calf.
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In Boston, Mike Stanley's bases-loaded two-run single snapped an eighth-inning tie and gave the Red Sox their third straight win, 6-4 over the Oakland Athletics.
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Stanley owns a .367 career batting average with the bases loaded (33-for-90).
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Boston's Mo Vaughn went 3-for-3 with a walk, stole home for one of his three runs scored and collected his 116th RBI.
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Scott Brosius homered and drove in two runs for the Athletics, who have lost seven of their last nine games.
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In Detroit, Brad Ausmus's three-run homer capped a four-run eighth and lifted the Tigers to a 7-4 victory over the reeling Chicago White Sox.
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The Tigers have won consecutive games after dropping eight in a row, but have won nine of their last 12 at home.
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The White Sox have lost six of their last eight games.
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In Kansas City, Juan Guzman tossed a complete-game six-hitter to win for the first time in over a month and lower his league-best ERA as the Toronto Blue Jays won their fourth straight, 6-2 over the Royals.
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Guzman (10-8) won for the first time since July 16, a span of six starts.
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He allowed two runs--one earned--and lowered his ERA to 2.99.
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At Minnesota, John Jaha's three-run homer, his 26th, capped a five-run eighth inning that rallied the Milwaukee Brewers to a 10-7 victory over the Twins.
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Jaha added an RBI single in the ninth and had four RBI.
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Jose Valentin hit his 21st homer for Milwaukee.
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SOCCER - COCU DOUBLE EARNS PSV 4-1 WIN.
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AMSTERDAM 1996-08-22
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Philip Cocu scored twice in the second half to spur PSV Eindhoven to a 4-1 away win over NEC Nijmegen in the Dutch first division on Thursday.
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He scored from close range in the 54th minute and from a bicycle kick 13 minutes later.
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Arthur Numan and Luc Nilis, Dutch top scorer last season, were PSV's other marksmen.
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Ajax Amsterdam opened their title defence with a 1-0 win over NAC Breda on Wednesday.
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SOCCER - DUTCH FIRST DIVISION SUMMARY.
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AMSTERDAM 1996-08-22
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Summary of Thursday's only
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Dutch first division match:
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NEC Nijmegen 1 (Van Eykeren 15th) PSV Eindhoven 4 (Numan 11th,
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Nilis 42nd, Cocu 54th, 67th).
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Halftime 1-2.
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Attendance 8,000
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SOCCER - DUTCH FIRST DIVISION RESULT.
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AMSTERDAM 1996-08-22
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Result of a Dutch first
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division match on Thursday:
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NEC Nijmegen 1 PSV Eindhoven 4
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SOCCER - SHARPSHOOTER KNUP BACK IN SWISS SQUAD.
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GENEVA 1996-08-22
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Galatasaray striker Adrian Knup, scorer of 26 goals in 45 internationals, has been recalled by Switzerland for the World Cup qualifier against Azerbaijan in Baku on August 31.
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Knup was overlooked by Artur Jorge for the European championship finals earlier this year.
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