108 - The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - September 21, 1998
Sosa honored, but
fails to hit a homer
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CHICAGO (AP) - Sammy Sosa
hugged his mother, kissed his wife and
then took off on a victory lap around
Wrigley Field, waving his cap as the
theme from "Superman" blared over the
loudspeakers.
What a way to end the best party
Wrigley Field has seen in decades.
It's been something special," Sosa
said yesterday. "Thank you very much
and God bless all of you."
A week after Sosa hit home runs No.
61 and 62 to tie and pass Roger Mais'
single-season mark, the Chicago Cubs
and major league baseball threw a bash
to celebrate his amazing season. He has
63 home runs, two behind St. Louis'
Mark McGwire.
Sosa's mother, Lucrecya, and his sib-
lings were flown in from the Dominican
Republic, and Marils' six children were
on hand, too. Commissioner Bud Selig
came, and so did Juan Marichal, the Hall
of Fame pitcher who is Secretary of
Sports in the Dominican Republic.
Even Michael Jordan showed up.
"It's been one of the greatest individ-
ual seasons in the history of major
league baseball," Cubs general manager
Ed Lynch said. "I don't think there's any
way we could properly show our appre-
ciation, but we're going to try."
Many said they should have tried ear-
lier. Unlike the spontaneous party after
McGwire's 62nd homer, Sosa didn't
even receive a small get-together last
weekend.
Selig wasn't at the game, though he
did call to congratulate Sosa afterward.
"I never want him to think that he has
been treated in any way but with the
greatest respect," Selig said. "Here's a
young man who battled from nothing,
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stayed with it. It's a wonderful story"'
When Sosa came out of the dugout to
take batting practice, fans roared and
waved little Dominican flags that were
being handed out outside.
There were gifts galore. McGwire
sent a letter of congratulations. Selig
gave him the Commissioner's Historic
Achievement Award.
Just when it seemed like everyone was
done, the metal doors in right field
opened, and in rolled a brand-new,
maroon Plymouth Prowler convertible.
Not bad for a boy who grew up selling
oranges and shining shoes to help sup-
port his family.
"Baseball been very, very good to
me," he said as the 40,000 fans at
Wrigley roared.
After all the gifts and honors had been
handed out, Sosa thanked everyone and
walked over to hug his mother and kiss
his wife. Then, with a sheepish grin, he
walked back to the microphone.
"Excuse me, I forgot my family" he
said as his family laughed. "My wife,
my mother, my brothers and friends,
they've been supportive 100 percent to
me.
Then he was off on his victory lap -
even running through the Cincinnati
bullpen while Pete Harnisch was warm-
ing up.
As he reached the Cubs' dugout, his
applauding teammates swallowed him
up in a huge hug.
"I told him, If you never get another
base hit, you've been the MVP,' " said
Riggleman, who had a private chat with
Sosa a few hours before the game. "'You
got us to this point. Enjoy this last week
and again, we're indebted to you and
enjoy this special day."'
JIM
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All picks made against the spread (winner in bold)
MICHIGAN (-35) vs. Eastern Michigan
Florida (-3) vs. TENNESSEE
WASHINGTON (-9) vs. Brigham Young
OHIO STATE (-26) at Missouri
KENTUCKY (-21) vs. Indiana
UCLA (-27.5) vs. HOUSTON
KANSAS STATE (-24 1/2) at Texas
PURDUE (-4 1/2) vs. Central Florida
SYRACUSE (-43) vs. Rutgers
Penn State (-26) vs. Pittsburgh
ARIZONA (-11) vs. loya
Louisiana State (-7) vs. AUBURN
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Tennessee finally beats Florida, 20-17
Volunteers use turnovers, overtime field goal to snap five-game skid against Gators
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -
Tennessee coach Philip Fulmer
admitted it wasn't a real pretty game
all the time. To the fans who swarmed
around him and his team after the
game, the Volunteers' long-awaited
victory over Florida was a thing of
beauty.
Jeff hall's 41-yard field goal in
overtime lifted Tennessee (1-0
Southeastern Conference, 2-0 over-
all) to a 20-17 victory, its first over
Florida in six years.
"We didn't hurt ourselves tonight,
and obviously the turnovers were the
difference in a game like this,"
Fulmer said.
"Any time you beat a team like
Florida it's a ereat win. It's a great
time for this team.'"
Florida (0-I Southeastern
Conference, 2-1) failed to extend the
overtime when Collins Cooper was
wide left on a 32-yard field goal
attempt, sending a Neyland Stadium-
record crowd of 107,653 streaming
onto the field to tear down the goal-
posts and celebrate.
"Our defensive kids deserved to
win. They played super," Florida
coach Steve Spurrier said. "They
stopped Tennessee except for two
plays.
"Offensively we've got to learn
how to take care of the ball. That cost
us.
The Gators turned the ball over
four times and were held to minus-13
yards rushing by a defense which
sacked Florida quarterbacks five
times for 54 yards.
Florida won the coin toss and elect-
ed to go on defense first in overtime.
The Vols couldn't move on their
possession and had to rely on Hall's
leg for the second game in a row. His
last-second field goal beat Syracuse
two weeks ago.
On Florida's overtime possession,
the Gators got a first down at the
Tennessee 15, but three incomplete
passes forced a field goal attempt to
push the game into a second over-
time.
Spurrier rotated quarterbacks Jesse
Palmer and Doug Johnson on every
play throughout the game, a tactic he
also used some last year.
Jamal Lewis gained 82 yards for
Tennessee. Tee Martin completed just
seven of 20 passes for 64 yards.
The Gators tied it 17-17 with 5:18
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left in the third quarter on Palmer's
70-yard touchdown pass to Travis
McGriff, who beat cornerback
Dwayne Goodrich down the left side-
line on third-and-l1. McGriff had a
big night with nine catches for 176
yards.
Tennessee had taken a 17-10 lead
two minutes earlier on Martin's 29-
yard pass to Peerless Price, who won
a jump ball in the end zone with
Florida cornerback Dock Pollard.
The touchdown was set up when
David Leaverton's punt was downed
at the Florida 4.
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from their end zone and committed a Tennessee took its first lead in the
>ersonal foul on the return. Tennessee series since 1995 when fullback
started the possession from the Shawn Bryson broke through a mass
Florida 28. at the line of scrimmage and sped
Florida dominated the first half untouched 57 yards for a 7-3 lead in
with 213 yards to the Vols' 99, but' the first quarter.
fumbled the ball away three times. Tennessee made it 10-3 on Hall's
With no timeouts and 3 1/2 minutes 39-yard field goal in the second quar-
eft in the half, the Gators diove 67 ter after the Gators' third lost fumble
yards in 10 plays, tying it 10-10 on of the half at the Florida 35.
Palmer's 8-yard scoring pass to Travis Tennessee linebacker Al Wilson
Taylor with 20 seconds left. was credited with causing the three
The big plays were a 23-yard pass first-half fumbles, including one by
from Johnson to Darrell Jackson on Florida's Terry Jackson just as he was
:hird-and-22 and an 18-yard comple- about to score on the Gators' firs
:ion from Palmer to McGriff. offensive possession.
Spi"e
Spiers go 2-1 on trip.
D M IN 'they succumbed to Michigan in three
easy matches, 15-7, 15-10 and 15-8.
Continued from Page 4B "We served them off the court,"
fifth anal final match proved to be more Giovanazzi said. "Our servers did a
than the Wolverines could handle as great job, we got nine aces out of 45
they lost 15-12. points."
"We started out slow in the first two . The previous two games of the day
games, but we rallied in the next two," had drained Michigan's starters, so
Giovanazzi said. "However, we started Giovanazzi had to dig into his bench for
down 0-5 in the last game, and while help.
we fought back,it's tough to come back Freshman Nicole Kacor rose to
like that in a final game." occasion, seeing her first extended
Melka led the way for Michigan by playing time of the season. She led the
posting a career best in assists (41) to team with four serving aces and 15
lead both teams. Chase once again led digs, both career highs. Kacor also
Michigan in kills with 20. Ebert came in second with nine kills, a career
chipped in a solid attack percentage of high.
.389, and also led' the team with five Sophomore Alija Pittenger led the
blocks in the loss. team with 22 assists, and Ebert again
The Wolverines scored a season-high led the team with five blocks. Fielder
86 digs, surpassing the previous best of also provided a solid .412 attack &
74 that Michigan scored against 19th centage, her second best outing for the
ranked Texas A&M. '98 season.
The loss was the Wolverines second "Kacor played the entire match, and
of the '98 season. Melka set really well this weekend,'
To close out the non-conference Giovanazzi said. "I think the young
schedule for the '98 season, Michigan ones are playing better every time they
faced Kent University of the Mid- go out."
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