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Rage 1-B THE BAYTOWN SUN ❖ Friday, July 2,1999
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LITTLE LEAGUE
Little League’s majors
continue tournament
tonight; breakforJuly 4
Baytown Little Leaguers began the
District 14 major league tournament
Thursday night.
Baytown Central won its game 11-0
against League City and won’t play
again until 8 p.m. Monday at Baytown
North# park.
Baytown East lost 3-2 to NASA
East. The B-EAST will play again at 8
p.m. today at League City.
Baytown North lost 6-3 to Bayside.
North will play again at 6 p.m. today at
NASA.
Baytown West received a first-
round bye and will play at 8 p.m.
today at NASA.
PRO BASEBALL
National League
East Division
W L
Pet.
GB
Atlanta 48 31
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—
New York 45 34
.570
3
Philadelphia 40 37
.519
7
Montreal 30 45
.400
16
Florida 27 52
.342
21 •
Central Division
W L
Pet.
GB
Cincinnati 44 31
.587
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Houston 44 33
.571
1
Pittsburgh 40 37
.519
5
Chicago 37 38
.493
7
St. Louis 38 40
.487
71/2
Milwaukee 36 41
.467
9
West Division
W L
Pet.
GB
.San Francisco44 35
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Colorado 34 41
.453
Los Angeles 34 42
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. Thursday’s Games
Atlanta 4, Montreal 1
St. Louis 10, Houston 4
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Milwaukee 19, Chicago 12
San Francisco 7, Colorado 1
San Diego 6, Los Angeles 3
New York 12, Florida 8
Pittsburgh 12, Philadelphia 7
Cincinnati 2, Arizona 1,10 innings
Friday’s Games
Chicago (Mulholland 4-3) at Philadel-
phia (Wolf 3-0), 7:05 p.m.
Montreal (Thurman 3-5) at Florida
(Springy 3-9), 7 05 p.m. ,
Milwaukee (Karl 6-7) at Pittsburgh
(Cordova 3-3)17:05 p.m. . -
Houston (Lima 11-4) at Cincinnati
(Parris 5-T), 7:05 p.m.
Atlanta (Maddux 7-5) at New York
(Yoshii 6-6), 7:40,p.m.
Arizona (Anderson 1-1) at St. Louis
(Oliver 4-5), 8:10 p.m.
San Diego (Hitchcock 6-6) at Col-
orado (Astacio 7-6),
San Francisco (Brock 5-6) at Los
Angeles (Perez 2-8), 10:10 p.m.
American League
East Division
1
L
Pet.
QB
New York 47
29
.618
— •
Boston 45
33
.577
3
Toronto 40
41
.494
91/2
Tampa Bay 34
44
.436
14
Baltimore 32,
45
.415
151/2
Central Division
w
L
Pet.
GB
Cleveland 51
26
.662
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Chicago 38
38
.500
121/2
Detroit 33
46
.418
19
Kansas City 32
45
.416
19
Minnesota 29
48
.377
22
West Division
L
Pet
GB
Texas 45
33
.577
Seattle 39
39
.500
6
Oakland 38
40
.487
7
Anaheim 35
42
.455
91/2
Thursday’s Games
Toronto 8, Baltimore 6
Oakland 5, Seattle 4
Cleveland 7, Minnesota 5
Tampa Bay 12, Boston 3
New York 6, Detroit 0
Chicago 6, Kansas City 2
Only games scheduled
Tampa^Bay^Rupe 4-3) at Toronto
(Escobar 7-5), 7:05 p.m.
Kansas City (Rosado 5-6) at Cleve-
land (Gooden 2-3), 7:05 p.m.
Baltimore (JJohnson 1-2) at New York
(Cone 8-3), 7:35 p.m.
Boston (Martinez 14-2) at Chicago
(Parque 8-5), 8:05 p.m.
Detroit (Weaver 6-4) at Minnesota
(Hawkins 4-8), 8:05 p.m.
Carmona, Cen tral blank
League City in opener
BY DENNIS ROBBINS
The Baytown Sun
Baytown Central dominated League
City in every aspect of the game. The
Central 12-year-old all-stars defeated
League City American 11-0 behind an
offensive onslaught and strong pitching.
Central starting pitcher Jose H. Car-
mona kept League City hitless until the
fourth inning and gave up just one hit
overall. Carmona also showed great con-
trol by fanning five hitters while walking
none.
Central’s bats were slow to start, but
came alive in the bottom of the third
frame.
Jonathon Perez began the offensive
attack with an infield hit. The next two
batters went down, and it looked as if
Central was not going to capitalize on its
opportunity. But, after a James Toler
walk, Carmona singled in the first run.
On the ensuing at-bat, Cody Love sin-
gled, plating Toler and Carmona. Carlos
Cienfiiegos followed up with the third
consecutive single and Love crossed the
plate to put Central out in front 4-0.
“The guys were nervous at first, but
after they adjusted to the slower pitching,
the bats came alive,” said Central manag-,
er Victor Guzman.
Central’s offensive outbreak seemed to
take out the little air left in League City’s
sail.
League City did manage to break up
the no-hitter in the fourth inning, but that
was all it was able to do as Central pitch- .
er Carmona retired the rest of the side in
order.
In the bottom of the fourth frame, Cen-
tral added three, nms to its lead with
Toler, Carmona and Love duplicating
their third-inning barrage.
The fifth inning was highlighted by
Toler’s grand slam to end the game. With
Central leading 7-0 and the bases loaded,
Central
major
league all-
star catcher
Daniel Gar-
cia reaches
out and
snags a
JoseH.
Carmona
pitch. Gar-
cia didn’t
have to do
that often.
Carmona
struck out
five, allowed
only one
and walked
none in
Central’s
11-0 win
over
League City
to open up
the District
14 tourna-
ment Thurs-
day night.
Toler stepped up to the plate and
smashed a shot over the right-center field
fence, ending the game via the 10-run
rule.
“It was very critical for us to come out
aggressive and establish ourselves early.
The turning point in the game was the
third inning when our bats woke up,” said
Victor Guzman.
Toler provided much of the offense
Thursday night, but will be relied upon
even more in Central’s next game. He
will be called upon to duplicate Car-
mona’s pitching performance. Central
plays at 8 p.m. Monday at Baytown
North.
East 11s crank out 17 hits in win
F
By JAMES BELTRAN
’The Baytown Sun
Briylown 'East’s bats were as active as the
mosquitoes in their 13-8 win over Baytown
Central on Thursday night at West League
Park.
Coming off a 7-4 win oq Wednesday
against NASA West, East used 17 hits to
eliminate its cross-town rival from the Dis-
trict 14 11-year-old baseball tournament.
“I know that if our team hit like they’re
able to, they’ll hit like they did tonight,” East
coach Bob Brokaw said. “They’re just able
score runs anytime. They did it tonight.
They all put the wood on the ball and hit
well.”
A wild pitch in the first and an RBI single
by Chase Dempsay gave East a 2-0 advan-
tage before Central took its only lead of the
game in the bottom of the first with three
runs on RBI singles from Alex Cienfiiegos,
Octavio Carmona and Brandon McDaniel.
After Central’s four-hit barrage, though,
East pitcher Trey Whitley settled down and
allowed only a single the rest of the way.
He collected nine strikeouts and issued
seven walks before being relieved in the
sixth by Cade Augustine, who recorded the
final three outs to send East into an 8 p.m.
Friday matchup with Texas City East at
West League Park.
“At the end, (Whitley) was tired,” Brokaw
said. “He threw a lot of pitches and it was
time to get him out. I wanted to give him the
opportunity to finish the game, but he didn’t
quite have enough left in him there.”
After Central claimed a 3-2 lead, East had
back-to-back doubles from Justin James and
Sam Alford in the second that started a two-
Photo by David Minot
East League all-star third baseman Slate Angel and Central all-star Ruben Calderon
fight for control of third base during East’s District 14 win Thursday night,
run rally. base three times and had an RBI single in
East continued its scoring in the third with the first. Emanuel Lerma walked three
a six-hit attack that increased its cushion to times and scored two runs.
9-4. Nine players batted in the frame* East was led by Dempsay, who was 4-for-4
including James, Chris Daniels, Whitley with an RBI. James was 3-for-4 with a dou-
and Randall Mengo, who had RBI singles. ble, two singles, a walk and two RBIs.
“Pm not disappointed,” said Central coach Daniels collected a walk, two RBIs and two
Hermen Carmona. hits, including an opposite-field solo home
“This game right here, we were coming run to right field in the fifth inning. Slate
back. That’s a sign of a good team. We came Angel and Augustine collected two hits each,
back yesterday and won the game. It was “We’re in good shape for tomorrow
close. But, I’m proud of everybody. They night,” Brokaw said of Baytown East’s game
did a good job.” against Texas City East. “We got two of our
Steven Chong had two walks and two best pitchers available now (Augustine and
RBIs for Central. Alex Cienfiiegos reached Dempsay).”
Communities in Schools putting on basketball tourney
Communities in Schools is sponsoring a day, July 10 at the School Community The cost is $100 per team or $10 per per-
5-on-5 basketball tournament for men 18 Guidance Center, 700 Massey Street in son for teams with less than 12 players. For
and 0ider. Baytown (the old Horace Mann Junior more information or to register before July
The tournament begins at 9 a.m. Satur- High). 9, call Mike Wilson at 281-420-4425.
Heat Wave
being run
for 21st year
By RICHARD NELSON
The Baytown Sun
Texas’ oldest five-mile road race, the
Baytown Bud Heatwave, for the 21st year,
will kick off Baytown’s Independence Day
celebrations.
The race begins at 7:30 a.m. Saturday
on Gulf Street in front Lee College.
The Baytown Easy Striders running
club has been organizing the race, and last
year decided to step aside. Having built
the race into one of the premier running
events in the state, the striders, whose
member ranks have dwindled over the
years, hoped another group would pick up
the baton.
Baytown Parks and Recreation stepped
in to help with the organization of the race
that is also sponsored by Wismer Distrib-
uting Co. and Brazosport Rim for the Arts.
“David Ondrias and the city wanted us
to take it on one more time with the
promise to work into a transition (of tak-
ing the race over entirely). Against my
better judgment, I agreed,” says Pete Cote,
member of the longtime member of Bay-
town Easy Striders, with a laugh.
According to Cote, the Easy Striders are
handling the technical stuff, such as race
certification, registration and the awards.
The city is doing the “grunt work,” which
includes setting up the race and cleaning
up afterward and enlisting enough work-
ers for the aid stations, finish line, etc.
Assisting the city will be Communitles-
in-Schools and the Baytown YMCA.
With the Easy Striders overseeing the
nuts and bolts of race organization, the
quality of competition hasn’t diminished.
Sean Wade, who set the course record at
24 minutes, 15 seconds in 1997, will be
back. So will Ismael Leon, last year’s win-
ner who was also runner-up to Wade two
years ago.
Dave Wittman and Jon Warren will be
braving the Heatwave’s heafand humidity
for the first time. The duo recently com-
peted in the national championships in the
3,000-meter steeple chase in Eugene Ore.
Wittman made the finals and is ranked in
the top 10 in the nation in the event.
Other, top runners competing for the
cash prizes are Richard Aris from
Ecuador, .steeple chase champion at the
South American games last year; Randy
Reina, formerSouthwest Conference -
champion in the 10,000 meters and sec-
ond in last year’s Heatwave; Johani Lon-
dono and Angel Roman, Venezuelan run-
ners with numerous 5,000- and 10,000-
meter victories between them.
The women’s division will also be
loaded with runners trying to reset 1997
champion Albina Galliamova’s course
record of28:00.
Debbie Arzlola finished 17th overall in
the women’s national 5,000-meter cham-
pionships in New York with a 16:30.
Andrea Jarzombeck is a favorite, but is
more of a miler, having turned in a 4:40
clocking recently in San Antonio.
Patty Valadka and Claudia Kasen will
by vying for the women’s masters money.
Valadka was the masters champ last year
in the Heatwave and was the top-ranked
masters runner in the nation. Kasen is afl
Olympic trials qualifier in the marathon
with a time of 2 hours, 50 minutes.
Leading the top men’s masters commit-
ted to run is Keith Dowland, who recently
won the Brazosport Run for the Arts with
a 32:25 over 10,000 meters.
Cash prizes are awarded to the top five
men and women in both the open and
masters divisions. Prizes are also awarded
for the top five finishers in five-year age
brackets.
Spectators can see the race from any-
where along the course, which begins on
Gulf Street, goes down Market Street
through the City Hall complex and up
West Main Street back to Market. From
there, runners go back through the City
Hall complex and up Market, around Lee
High School to Lee Drive. The home
stretch is east on Gulf to Wismer Distrib-
uting Co., about one-half mile from the
starting line. ^
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