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Section B
Two untested players at top of women’s tf.S. Open
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The Associated Press
NORTH PLAINS, Ore. - Hilaiy
Lunke responded to the increasing
nerves of the U.S. Women’s Open with
a dutch par and a lucky bounce for
birdie, putting her one round away
from the biggest prize in women’s golf.
Lunke steadied herself down the
stretch Saturday and shot a 3-under 68
for a one-shot lead over Angela
Stanford.
Along with the Sunday pressure,
both will have to deal with a familiar
name in contention.
Annika Sorenstam, starting the
third round eight shots out of the
lead, had only the second bogey-free
round at Pumpkin Ridge, a 4-under
67 that shot her up the leaderbpard
and into the second-to-last group
Sunday, only three shots behind.
"I know how to react under these
conditions,” Sorenstam said. "I’m
happy where I’m at. 1 would like to be
in my shoes tomorrow, and play my
golf.”
Lunke, an LPGA Tour rookie who
has never finished In the top 20,
birdled three straight holes on the
front nine to take the lead and fin-
ished at 5-under 208.
Stanford, coming off her
first LPGA victory last week
in the ShopRite Classic, was
one of four players who had at
least a share of the lead at one
point. 'C
“I started to realize what was going
on,” Stanford said.
She recovered with a beautiful pitch
Into 3 feet for birdie on the last hole
and a 69, putting her in the final group
with Lunke. Stanford said It will help
calm her nerves to play with a former
°MT£ US. Open."
Stanford said.
It sure played like one on the Witch
Hollow course, which has become
increasingly penal with each round and
was tough eVen under the overcast
skies.
What price for a diamond?
Trip to national softball
tourney worth quite a bit
for Baytown Blue Thunder
By R068IE MAGNESS
The Baytown Sun
BAYTOWN — The Baytown Blue Thunder have
played themselves into a bind.
The 12-and-under fastpitch softball team finished
third at the ASA “B” State Tournament In Killeen, earn-
ing an invitation to the national tournament in Roseville,
Calif.
The Blue Thunder’s third-place finish is believed to be
the highest in Baytown Girls Fastpitch Association his-
tory. It’s also going to cost the most, as the team scram-
bles to raise the funds necessary for the trip to
California.
Getting the team to the tournament, putting them in
hotel rooms and feeding them will cost an estimated
$16,000.
-The Blue Thunder advanced through the 48-team
tournament with first-dry victories over the Longview
Xtreme, 6-2, and Crawford Thunder, 8-5, followed by a
6-2 loss to the Waco Fireballs.
Early Sunday morning, the real fight began, and the
Blue Thunder was up to the challenge. They defeated the
Texas Spice 11-1, the Andrew Bratz 10-5, the Victoria
Rage 11-2 and the Dallas Savage 7-3.
In their fifth game Sunday — about 71/2 hours worth
of softball — the squad bowed to the East Texas Splash
In the second-place game.
The finish was no surprise to manager Dennis
Rlvardo, although the way the team did it was.
“I did expect (hem to get this far,” Rlvardo said. "I still
believe we have the talent to win state, even though we
chine out third.”
He said the long journey through the losers’ bracket
/puts a team to the test.
“But you know, I think we learned more about our-
selves coming back through the losers’ bracket,” he said.
“They showed me a lot more heart than 1 thought they
had. Going in, I thought we could win it by staying in the
Winners’ bracket, but I did not expect we would get that
for If we fell into the losers’ bracket.”
i Now, Rlvardo can turn his attention to getting to the <
national tournament, then performing well.
« “I’m hoping at a minimum to place In the top 10, and
I think we can even fall into the top five,” Rlvardo said.
“I would be somewhat satisfied with the top 10, but then
there’s no sense even going unless you’re playing to win
it all. You might as well go for broke.”
1 Coaches are hoping to have all the girls participate in
the Ross S. Sterling Softball camp July 21-24 to better
prepare for nationals.
The team, which is made up entirely of Baytown play-
ers, has begun organizing fund-raising activities to raise
the needed money, and Rlvardo said he is confident
Baytown will rally to the cause. Other softballers in town
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BAYTOWN BLUE THUNDER’S Whitney Cramer, right, tries to avoid the tag of Texas Thunder shortstop
Callye Jones on an attempted steal in the Blue Thunder's 8-5 win at the Girls’ 12-an<kinder ASA “B”
State Tournament last Saturday in Killeen.
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BlueThunder seeking to make some green
The Baytown Sun
The Baytown Blue Thunder 12-and-under Is
raising money in order to compete in the ASA
national softball tournament in Roseville, Calif.
The team will hold a car wash at Marble Slab
Creamery on Garth Road on Saturday, July 12,
from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. There will be no set
price, just donations.
On the same day, the Blue Thunder will have
a bake sale at Wal-mart from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The girls and families will split shifts and work
both locations.
The team is raffling off a Lance Berkman-
autographed bat, Lance Berkman-autographed
ball and an Andy Pettit-autographed poster.
Tickets will be available at the fund-raisers or
from any Blue Thunder team member. Tickets
are $1 each or 6 for $5.
The drawings will be held July 23. Ticket
holders need not be present to win.
Pirates top
Astros 4-3
By ALAN ROBINSON
The Associs^d Press
PITTSBURGH^’ 4- Jeff Suppan
overcame a shakjfctart to pitch seven
innings in his Second consecutive
strong outing and/also hit a run-scQr-
ing double, leading the Pittsburgh
Pirates past the Houston Astros 4-3
Saturday night./ \
The Pirates overtime the Astros’
two-run first inning by scoring three
runs on four straight hits to start their
half of the first against spot starter
Kirk Saarloos (2-1), and Suppan took
over from there. .
After losing jttven of eight
against Houston jearlier this sea-
son, the Pirates" liave won two
straight In the three-game week-
end series. They also have won
three in a row since the Reds beat
them Tuesday and Wednesday with
'consecutive Iate-inning come-
backs. j
Houston has lost eight of 11 to fall
one game back ofldivislon leader St.
Louis in the NL Central.
Suppan (7-7), who gave up two runs
and eight hits, was helped by some
excellent plays by an often inconsis-
tent defense. Shortstop Jack Wilson
made a diving stop of Lance
Berkman’s grounder and, while on his
stomach, flipped the ball from his
glove to second* baseman Jeff
Reboulet for a forfe out to end the
Astros’third.
Wilson also made an excellent stop
deep in the hole at short to throw out
Richard Hidalgo tostrandrunners cm
second and'third/in the seventh.
Center fielder Keftny Lofton also
ranged far*to his right to run down
Morgan Ensberg’s one-out fly ball in
the fifth. ^ j,
Suppan, coming o|a four-hit shutout
Sunday of Cdoradojsaw his streak of
13 consecutive scoreless innings end
quickly on JJerkmaii’s two-run double
in the first Suppan | didn’t allow any
more scoring despite repeatedly being
in trouble » foe Astros stranded 10 run-
ners in his seven innings — 11 overall.
Mike Lincoln followed Suppan
with a scoreless, eighth despite
allowing Orlandcfi Merced’s lead-
off double. Mjjke Williams,
appearing for a fourth consecutive
day, gave up Geoff Blum's solo
homer in the ninth before finish-
ing for his 24th save in 28 oppor-
tunities. ;./
Serena too much for
injury-plagued Venus
fly HOWARD FENDHCH
The Associated Press
WIMBLEDON, England —
Serena Williams sat in her court-
side chair, jacket over her legs
and towel over her shoulders,
dying to stay warm during a 10-
minute medical timeout early in
the final set of the Wimbledon
final.
Her adversary and sister,
Mams, was in the locker room
getting treatment for the abdom-
inal strain that made her double
over or grimace after shots.
Of all the things that could
have run through Serenas head
— What is taking so long? Will
she quit? How’s my big sis
doing? — here’s what she
thought: "I want to make sure I
hold serve here.”
Tough as it might be to stay
relentless against a hurt sibling,
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SERENA WILLIAMS, left, Is embraced by her sister Venus,
after defeating her In the Women's Singles final on the
Centre Court at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships
at Wimbledon, Saturday July 5,2003,
Bumpy start for Armstrong
as Tour de France begins
ByJOHNLBGESIER
The Associated Press
’ PARIS
of Paris! wen
• The cobblestones
of Paris! were a burden for
Lance Armstrong. The moun-
tains that await may prove more
to his liking.
Against the majestic back-
drop of the Eiffel Tower,
Armstrong began Ms bid for a
record-tying fifth straight Tour
de France victory by fihlsMng
seventh in Saturday's prologue
time trial.
The Texan was seven seconds
behind winner Bradley McGee
in the 4.03-mile individual race:
against the clock through tree-
lined boulevards and past thou-
sands of cheering fans.
“I didn’t feel great,”
Armstrong said. “I started slow.
It wasn't very comfortable, and
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