d The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - September 13, 1999 -18 Milton no-hitter gives wins reason to smile Former Yankee strikes out 13 Angels Depleted Blue looks to freshman Gay MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Eric *ton pitched a no-hitter for the Minnesota Twins on Saturday, over- powering an Anaheim lineup full of late-season callups in a 7-0 victory against the Angels. Milton struck out a career-high 13, fanning rookie Jeff DaVanon with a 3-2 fastball for the final out. Milton, acquired in February 1998 from the New York Yankees in a trade for Chuck Knoblauch, walked two. 1 retired the final 18 batters. he 24-year-old left-hander was in complete command in pitching the majors' third no-hitter of the season. Milton (7-1 l)joined St. Louis rook- ie Jose Jimenez and the Yankees' David Cone, who threw a perfect game. Anaheim began the game last in the AL with a team batting average of .257, and Saturday's lineup was sing most of its stars. Mo *ghn, Tim Salmon, Jim Edmonds, Darin Erstad, Garret Anderson and Gary DiSarcina all did not play for the Angels, last in the AL West. The depleted lineup was mostly the result of an early-morning start at the Metrodome. The first pitch came at 11:06 a.m. CDT because stadium workers need- ed time to get the field ready for a night college football game between l nesota and Louisiana-Monroe at the park. The Angels started four players called up in September and one pro- moted in August. DaVanon, the last ut, made his first major league start. Troy Glaus was the only Anaheim starter who was in the line- up Friday night when the Angels beat Minnesota 4-2 for their fourth straight victory. The Twins had lost four in a row. Milton allowed only one hard-hit ball. In the first inning, Todd Greene hit a line drive to left field that Torii Hunter temporarily lost in the lights, but he recovered in time to make the catch. The Angels managed only three balls out of the infield in the first five innings. Milton got a standing ovation from the crowd of about 10,000 when he took the mound to start the ninth, and he quickly closed out his gem. Rookie Trent Durrington popped up to first baseman Doug Mientkiewicz on a 3-1 pitch and Andy Sheets hit a routine grounder to second baseman Cleatus Davidson. That brought up DaVanon, and Milton ran the count full before get- ting the rookie to swing through a fastball. Of the 13 strikeouts, 10 were swinging. Milton's teammates rushed out of the dugout for a celebration on the mound. It was the first no-hitter by a Twins pitcher since Scott Erickson shut out Milwaukee 6-0 on April 27, 1994. It was the first time the Angels had been no-hit since Kenny Rogers, then with Texas, beat them with a perfect game 4-0 on July 28, 1994. Other Twins pitcher to throw no- hitters were Jack Kralick in 1962 and Dean Chance in 1967. Milton walked Orlando Palmeiro in the first inning and DaVanon in the third. DaVanon was caught steal- By Raphael Goodstein Daily Sports Writer How do you replace a national cham- pion? That seems to be the question every- one is asking the Michigan women's cross-country team as it enters the first year in the post-Katie McGregor era. Though there is no obvious answer to that question, the runners and coaching staff feels confident that this year's deeper team could match or exceed the success the Wolverines had during McGregor's era. One harrier they will look to: freshman Lyndsi Gay. "We've got a good group" of fresh- men," Michigan coach Mike McGuire said. "(Jane) Martineau and Gay are ahead of the others now. What I saw from nine days of camp was that they and all of the others like to work. As they stay in the system for a while I think that they'll be significant contrib- utors-for years to come." In the first dual meet of her career at Michigan, Gay finished in seventh place, 51 seconds ahead of Michigan State's top runner, Jen Dreth. But her finish wasn't what impressed McGuire as much as her ability to run in a pack with Michigan's other top runners. Gay finished 12 seconds behind second- place finisher Katy Radkewich, and just seven behind third-place finisher Erin White. "Our two freshmen finished really strong today,' McGuire said. "They gave us a good effort. You can't get much tougher conditions and we haven't yet run a hard effort in this kind of heat." Though "this kind of heat" shouldn't bother Gay and the rest of the I11th- ranked Wolverines for much longer, the team's ability to adapt to tough climates bodes well for a team that will face adverse running conditions all year "It's a lot easier to deal with thce kinds of conditions when you hlxe teammates around you," McGuire >ai. "We stayed together pretty well for quite a while so it makes it a lot easier when you see the people that you've practiced with around you, but I realy don't think that we'll have to run in con- ditions this extreme all year--- until e have it this extreme the opposite wa when it's cold." Gay's performance in the tough con- ditions also impressed Michigan State coach Jim Stintzi. "She's a good runner, she was impressive," Stintzi said. Staying with the top of the pack will get harder as the year goes on for the freshman. The change from high school to col- lege competition usually takes its toll on freshmen runners. They often hit a wall as the year progresses. But sum- mer training has prepared the freshmen for the task. For now, the team's and Gay's focus will continue to be running as a pack. "We just got back from camp," Gay said. "We all know each others' abili- ties and it was neat at the beginning of the race to run as a pack. I've never been like that before because my high school team was never good so there was never anyone for me to run with but it was nice to be able to look around and see all Michigan uniforms around you." Though the Wolverines have a high national ranking and impressive season opener, the team could be even better down the road. "If everyone keeps training hard we're going to be very tough. Look out when we're all seniors, we're going to be a good team." .t . .. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ AP PHOTO Eric Milton no-hit the Anaheim Angels Saturday. The Twins' lefthander, embraced by catcher Terry Steinbach, fanned 13 in the majors' third no-hitter this season. ing. Milton's previous low-hit game was a three-hitter, which he has done twice, including in an 8-0 win over the Angels on July 31. His previous career .high for strikeouts was 12 against Toronto on Aug. 11. Denny Hocking drove in three runs with a single and his seventh home run of the year for the Twins. Angels starter Ramon Ortiz (1-2) was ejected in the bottom of the fifth for hitting Matt Lawton with a pitch after Hocking's two-run homer gave Minnesota a 6-0 lead. Notes: The Angels have not won five straight since Aug. 22-26, 1998. ... The Twins have grounded into nine double plays in the last five games. ... Because of the early start, the Twins offered fans who wore pajamas to the game a discount on their tickets, but very few seemed to take advantage of the offer. Griese debuts tonight against dad's team INSURANCE FOR EDUCATIONAL EMPLOYEES 'rom staff and wire reports So, Bob, who are you tow? rooting for Last season, the unbeaten Denver roncos needed three more wins to ethrone the 1972 Miami Dolphins as he last undefeated team in the NFL - nd Bob Griese, the commander of that *eam, was not afraid to express his ias against the'Broncos. The Broncos lost to the New York ets and fell three games short of a per- ect season, preserving Griese's legacy. But as of tonight, the tables may ave turned. When Brian Griese makes is first NFL start tonight, Bob will ave reason enough to cheer for the roncos. More significantly, he'll have reason cot against the Dolphins Griese, the recently appointed suc- essor to the retired John Elway, will ebut against his father's club and start pposite his father's prolifid successor, an Marino. The Miami quarterback recalled his irst start, in 1983, against Buffalo in he sixth game of the season. "Joe Ferguson was the quarterback f the Bills and we lost in overtime," no recalled. "I had a pretty good Iactually." Marino competed 19 of 29 passes or 322 yards and three touchdowns ith two interceptions. He kept right n going and, unlike most young quar- erbacks, never seemed to experience rowing pains. Marino, the NFL leader in passing ardage (58,913) and touchdown pass- s (408), begins his 17th season when l olphins play the two-time defend- n hampion Denver Broncos at Mile igh Stadium. The only gap in his resume is the bsence of a Super Bowl title, some- hing his counterpart, Elway, didn't chieve until his final two seasons. "I feel I have accomplished pretty uch everything any quarterback ould accomplish individually," he aid. "I've been very consistent for a ong period of time and have had a ' i career. '"Obviously, I want to know what it eels like to win a Super Bowl. I don't now if there will be a huge hole in my areer because you have to be with the pght team and have cances to win it. Hopefully, 1 will have that opportuni- Marino, who turns 38 on Wednesday, said he has given no sen- ous thought to retiring, as Elway did lpring. "At this stage of my career, you have to take it one year at a time and see how your body feels, see what kind of team you have, whether you have a chance to win or not, what your family situation is," he said. 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