The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, October 25, 2000 - 11. Late rally leads Mets past Hernandez, bac Golfers place fourth as fall season comes to end Tfhe Michigan women's <-lf team capped off a successful fall season ;es- terday, finishing fourth in the Central District Classic in Bradenton. 1H1a. Heading into vesterdav's 1 S-hole final round in second place, the Wolverines fired a solid team score of 312 for a 54-hole total of 928, finishing 12 shots behind tournament winner Northwestern. Kent and Ohio State both came from behind to overtake Michican in the final standinis. Junior Misia Lemanski led the Michigan charge, shootinuc hoth her individual sin e--round and tourna- rment low scores fOr the season. She finished tied for eighth place with a score of 232, seven shots off the pace set by individual tournament winner Ashley Lowerv of Ohio State. Just behind Lemanski was KiM Benedict, who wound up iII l2th-place with a score of 233. Courtney Reno, LeAnna Wicks and Bess Bowers shot scores of 234, 236 and 240, respective- lv. Sarah Kreur did not compete in the tournament because of a strained neck. The Wolverines will not play another tournament until the Midwest Classie i Dallas, which begins on Feb. 23, 2001 Christ Burlkc SUBWAY SERIES - GAPME 3 \ VvYORK (AP) Back in their raucous den, with its ear-splitting music and jets roaring overhead, the New York Mets were right at home - and right back in this Subway Series. N YANEIS 2 Benny Agbavani ot Shea Stadium NY Mrv 4 shaking with a go- ahead double in the eighth inning as the Mets hand- ed Orlando Hernandez his first postseason defeat, beatiung the New York Yankees 4-2 last night to cut their World Series deficit to 2- 1 A sellout crowd of55299 went crazy as Armando Benitez held on in the ninth inning this time, helping the Mets end the Yankees' record 14-game winning streak in the World Series. "Our fans have been waiting 14 years for this," winning pitcher John Franco said. "They're very loud and we just love being in this ballpark and the 'noise. Hernandez began the night with an 8-0 record and a 1.90 ERA in postseason play, and set a Yankees' World Series record by striking out 12, breaking the mark of II set by Bob Turley in 1956. "All we ever heard was how he won all those games and had never lost," Aobavani said. "There's the first time for evei'vone. Still. in a ballpark where the Mets thrive on late- inning magic, it was not enough. "We had opportunities:' Yankees manager Joe Torre said. Now, after two one-run defeats at Yankee Stadium, the Mets get a chance to draw even. Bobby J. Jones will pitch Game 4 tonight against Denny Neagle and Bill Clinton is expected to become the first president in office to attend a Series game since Ronald Reagan in 1983. Hernandez, who struck out the first three hitters in the opening inning and took advantage of a few extra inches on the outside corner of Jeff Kellogg's strike zone, fanned Robin Ventura to start the eighth. But after Todd Zeile singled, Agbavani doubled into the left-center field gap. Agbayani has hit in all 12 of the Mets' postseason games this year, includ- ing a 13th-inning home run that beat San Francisco in the division series. The sixth inning saw the Mets tie it at 2, and showcased all this Subway Series has to offer - big stars delivering in big spots, dueling fans and drama kinto senes with every pitch. With reliever Dennis Cook warming up in a hurry. Mets manager Bobby Valentine gambled. He put up Darryl Hamilton for starter Rick Reed, yet the pinch hitter was no match for Hernandez and grounded out. The Yankees tied it at I in the third on David Justice's RBI double. It came with two outs, as have several of the Yankees' big hits in this Series. Reed was not sharp in the next half-inning line Martinez led off with a single and one out later, Paul O'Neill hit his first triple since July 23, 1999. Scott Brosius was hit by a pitch, but Reed limited the dam- age and the fourth inning ended with the Yankees leading 2-1 O'Neill doubled and tripled, giving him five straight hits - two short of the Series record set by Cincinnati's Billy Hatcher in 1990 - before ground- ing out his next time up. ;r ยง r ., ., y . f NCAA places on four years'l Minnesota probation MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -What was described as one of the worst cases of academic fraud in 20 years cost the Minnesota mens,basketbal procr1am four years' probat ion and five scholarships. But the ( oden1 :.opheirs escaped the worst penalt. Because Minnesota had acted firmly to investigate itself' and pun- ish those i nvol vedl in a wxidespiead term-paper scam, the NCAA decid- edTt~esdav it would not bar the un- versity from postseason play Such punishment would have cost the school hundreds of' thousands of dollars in TV money and immeasur- able recruiting chances. Members of the NCAA's infrac- tions committee said the scandal was among the most serious cases of aca- demic fraud in 20 years. The committee added slighty to several of' Minnesota's self-imposed punishiments, adding to recruiting limits and ordering that all records of postseason tournaments during the misconduct from 1993-98 be erased. Ti ers to keep coaching st intact for next year DETROIT (AP) I hi rDetroit Tigers will keep their 2000 coaching staff intact next season. Coaches Bill Madlock, Doug Mansolino, Bob Melxin. Lance Parrish, luan Samuel and Dan Warthen all will return in the 2001 season after agreeing to terms, the team said. They will assist manager Phil Garner, who is entering the second year of a four-year contract. In another move, the club signed left-handed reliever Seai Runyan to a minor league contract with an invi- tation to spring training. The 26- year-old was a September call-up for the Tigers after spending most of the season at Triple-A Toledo. Runyan had thiee outings for1 the Ti get's anid was 0-0 ihiIt a600 F A. HIis season ended Sept.1( because of inflammation in his Icft elbow. ie underwent surgery Sept. 22. Clemens fined $50,000 for throwing bat at Piazza NEW YORK (AP) New York Yankees pitcher Roger Clemens was fined 550,000 yesterday for throw ing the jagged barrel of a shattered bat toward New York Mets catcher Mike Piazza in Game 2 of the World Series. Clemens wasn't suspended for throwing the broken bat in-the first inning of Sunday night's game, and baseball didn't disclose the amount of the fine. 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