Sports digest 6/6/02

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Riverdogs slip past St. Louis Sox 6-5

CLAYTON, Mo. -- The Cape Riverdogs (3-4) squeaked out a 6-5 win Tuesday over the St. Louis Sox, behind strong pitching from Chris Reeves. Reeves pitched a complete game and gave up five runs on 10 hits and struck out eight.

Mark Silverthorn was 3-for-4 with a triple and a double, two RBI's and two runs scored. Shane Gibson was 3-for-4 with a double.

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Baseball

Bruce Bochy and Ron Gardenhire might be managing their sons someday.

The San Diego Padres drafted pitcher Greg Bochy, son of manager Bruce Bochy, in the 36th round of baseball's draft Wednesday. The Minnesota Twins took shortstop Toby Gardenhire, son of manager Ron Gardenhire, in the 38th round.

The younger Bochy, 22, was picked out of Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo. The Padres also drafted him out of high school in 1997, but he chose college.

The younger Gardenhire, 19, plays for Westark Community College in Arkansas.

Basketball

Ralph Nader wants the NBA to review Game 6 of the Western Conference finals, saying the nation's confidence has been shaken enough lately by business headlines.

The Los Angeles Lakers beat the Sacramento Kings 106-102 in the game. But Nader, a consumer advocate and former Green Party presidential candidate, and the League of Fans, a sports-industry watchdog group, sent a letter to NBA Commissioner David Stern on Tuesday asking for a review, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Wednesday.

The Lakers shot 27 free throws in the fourth quarter and scored 16 of their final 18 points at the foul line. The letter also addresses an incident where Lakers guard Kobe Bryant elbowed opponent Mike Bibby in the nose. A foul was not called with less than 20 seconds remaining in the game.

Golf

Tom Gillis and Adam Speirs became the final two members of the field for this year's U.S. Open on Wednesday when they qualified from the twice-delayed sectional at North Barrington, Ill.

Gillis, of Lake Orion, Mich., shot a 7-under 137 at the Biltmore Country Club, while Speirs, a native of Canada, had a 141.

Among those not to qualify from the sectional were Chip Beck, one of three players to shoot a 59 on the PGA Tour, who finished at 149, and Jerry Kelly, the winner of the Sony Open in January, who withdrew.

A field of 156 will be held June 13-16 at Bethpage State Park in Farmingdale, N.Y.

Hockey

The New York Rangers are expected to announce the hiring of Hall of Famer Bryan Trottier to be the team's new coach.

A news conference was scheduled for this afternoon amid numerous reports Wednesday that Trottier was the choice of general manager Glen Sather to replace Ron Low, who was fired April 15.

The Rangers, who have missed the playoffs the last five seasons, turned their sights to Trottier after their efforts to hire U.S. Olympic team coach Herb Brooks were spurned.

Trottier, 45, a former star with the New York Islanders -- the Rangers' archrivals -- was an assistant coach with the Colorado Avalanche the past four seasons.

Tennis

Andre Agassi and Juan Carlos Ferrero waited through two rain delays totaling 6 hours, 28 minutes before their French Open quarterfinal was finally postponed Wednesday.

After just 36 minutes of court time, Ferrero led 6-3, 1-0.

Two other men's quarterfinals were also pushed to today, creating a logjam on center court where both women's semifinal matches are also scheduled.

-- From staff, wire reports