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American League
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Cleveland 2 DETROIT 1
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BALTIMORE 12 Oakland 11 (10 innings)
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TORONTO 5 Minnesota 3
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Milwaukee 3 CHICAGO 2
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Boston 4 CALIFORNIA 1
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SEATTLE 2 New York 1
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National League
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SAN FRANCISCO 1 Philadelphia 0
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St Louis 3 HOUSTON 2
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COLORADO 9 Cincinnati 5
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TENNIS - CHANG, WASHINGTON ADVANCE, TWO WOMEN'S SEEDS FALL.
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Larry Fine
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NEW YORK 1996-08-26
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Michael Chang is playing in his 10th U.S. Open and enjoying his highest seeding ever, but the 24-year-old American had to overcome a case of the jitters Monday before winning his first-round match on opening day.
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Chang, seeded second behind defending champion Pete Sampras, took two hours 40 minutes to defeat 186th-ranked Jaime Oncins of Brazil 3-6 6-1 6-0 7-6, 8-6 in the tiebreaker.
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" I was pretty tight the whole match, " conceded Chang, one of the hottest players on tour this summer with a 16-2 record on hardcourts that included two titles and a runner-up finish.
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" Everyone has moments when they get tight.
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Hopefully, this will have been my nerves for the whole tournament . "
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Joining Chang into the second round was Wimbledon runner-up MaliVai Washington, the 11th seed, who also needed four sets to get past talented Moroccan Karim Alami 6-4 2-6 7-6 (7-5) 6-1.
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Washington's win was not comfortable, either.
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The 27-year-old American hurried off the Stadium Court for treatment of an upset stomach after his two and a half hour struggle against Alami.
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" Towards the end of my match my stomach felt like week-old sushi, " said Washington . "
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Maybe it was a combination of the heat and something I ate . "
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Chang and Washington were the only men's seeds in action on a day that saw two seeded women's players fall.
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Australian Open runner-up Anke Huber of Germany, the sixth seed, was undone by an unlucky draw that put her against 17th ranked South African Amanda Coetzer in her opening match.
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Coetzer claimed revenge for the semifinal defeat she suffered to Huber in Melbourne by taking a 6-1 2-6 6-2 victory.
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Last year's Wimbledon junior champion, Aleksandra Olsza of Poland, removed another seed from the draw by eliminating number 12 Magdalena Maleeva of Bulgaria 6-4 6-2.
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Other men's winners included a pair of former Grand Slam tournament champions whose victories set up a showdown in the second round.
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Germany's Michael Stich, the 1991 Wimbledon champion, and two-time French Open winner Sergi Bruguera of Spain will face each other next after beating German Tommy Haas 6-3 1-6 6-1 7-5, and Belgian Kris Goossens 6-2 6-0 7-6 (7-1), respectively.
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Alex O'Brien, who scored his first professional title eight days ago in New Haven, advanced to the second round with a 6-4 1-6 6-4 6-3 win over Ecuador's Nicolas Lapentti.
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Wimbledon bad boy Jeff Tarango caught a break Monday when he advanced after the retirement of German Alex Radulescu due to heat exhaustion.
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Tarango was leading 6-7 (5-7) 6-4 6-1 3-1.
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Chang blamed breezy conditions for some of the erratic play in his match with Oncins, who had beaten him in the round of 32 at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.
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Chang committed an untidy 53 unforced errors, though he made seven fewer than the Brazilian, who also walloped a woeful 24 double faults.
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The most deflating double fault came when Oncins was serving to force a fifth set, leading 6-4 in the tiebreaker.
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The set point came after confusion at the net on the point previous, which was awarded to Oncins after the two exchanged shots at close quarters at the net.
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First Chang approached the umpire, then Oncins, then Chang again before play finally resumed.
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" Those little seconds were like an hour to me, " said Oncins, who promptly fired two serves barely contained by the baseline as he frittered away his best chance.
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Chang ran off the next three points to close out the match but for Oncins, the contest was a personal victory.
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The 26-year-old Brazilian had risen into the top 30 in 1992.
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The next year a close friend was struck by a stray bullet while riding home in a car from a soccer game in Sao Paulo.
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He died slumped against Oncins, who subsequently lost interest in tennis.
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" Two months ago I started talking about quitting, " said Oncins, who decided to give it one last try and made it through the Open qualifying tournament last weekend.
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" I believe in my game again, " he said.
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At the end of the day, a spate of withdrawals from the tournament were announced.
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Eighth seed Jim Courier withdrew because of a bruised right knee, and 1988 Open champion Mats Wilander bowed out due to a groin pull, organisers said.
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Women's ninth seed Mary Joe Fernandez pulled out because of tendinitis in her right wrist.
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SOCCER - FRENCH FIRST DIVISION SUMMARY.
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PARIS 1996-08-27
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Summary of a French first division soccer match on Tuesday:
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Auxerre 0 Marseille 0.
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Attendance: 20,000
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SOCCER - MARSEILLE HOLD AUXERRE TO GOALLESS DRAW.
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PARIS 1996-08-27
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Former European champions Marseille held French champions Auxerre to a goalless draw in a lacklustre league match on Tuesday.
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The bill looked promising but both sides, struggling to find their form early in the season, were disappointing.
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Auxerre, who start their European Cup campaign next week against Ajax Amsterdam, dominated the match but were unable to score.
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Unbeaten in four matches, they still trail leaders Lens by one point.
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Lens, who have won all their three league matches so far, host Montpellier on Wednesday night.
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Despite another dismal performance, especially in defence, Marseille restored some pride by keeping the reigning champions at bay after losing 2-1 at home to Metz last Saturday.
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After two seasons in the second division and after taking on half a dozen new recruits this season, some of whom do not speak a word of French, Marseille are not playing with any fluidity.
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But German international goalkeeper Andreas Koepke again proved a sound investment when under pressure from the Auxerre strikers, saving his team with a number of fine parries.
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Marseille now lie seventh in the league on five points.
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SOCCER - FRENCH FIRST DIVISION RESULT.
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PARIS 1996-08-27
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Result of a French first division
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soccer match played on Tuesday:
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Auxerre 0 Marseille 0
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SOCCER - GERMAN FIRST DIVISION SUMMARIES.
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BONN 1996-08-27
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Summaries of Bundesliga matches
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played on Tuesday:
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Borussia Dortmund 3 (Riedle 8th minute, Heinrich 29th,
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Tretschok 77th) Freiburg 1 (Decheiver 51st penalty).
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Halftime
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2-0.
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Attendance 48,800.
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Hamburg 0 VfB Stuttgart 4 (Balakov 29th, Bobic 47th and 60th,
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Hagner 85th).
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0-1.
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31,139.
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Werder Bremen 1 (Schulz 31st) Borussia Moenchengladbach 0.
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1-0.
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24,800.
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Schalke 1 (Thon 2nd) Bochum 1 (Donkow 86th).
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1-0.
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33,230.
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SOCCER - GERMAN FIRST DIVISION RESULTS.
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BONN 1996-08-27
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Results of Bundesliga matches
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played on Tuesday:
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Borussia Dortmund 3 Freiburg 1
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Hamburg 0 VfB Stuttgart 4
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Werder Bremen 1 Borussia Moenchengladbach 0
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Schalke 1 Bochum 1
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Bundesliga standings after Tuesday's games (tabulate under
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played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points):
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VfB Stuttgart 3 3 0 0 10 1 9
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