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NEW YORK (AP) -- The Anaheim Angels couldn't touch David Cone.
But Mo Vaughn was confident his team could come back against the
New York Yankees' bullpen.
Kevin Stocker blooped a tiebreaking single and the Angels, shut
out on two hits for six innings by Cone, rallied against the
Yankees' relievers for a 5-4 victory Sunday and split of the four-game series.
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Rib-cage injury could sideline
Williams till middle of week
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NEW YORK -- Center fielder Bernie Williams was out of the Yankees' starting lineup again Sunday because of a
slightly strained right side of his rib cage and could be sidelined
until midweek.
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"I think it will be a few days," Yankees manager Joe Torre
said.
Williams described his discomfort as a "dull ache," not the
cutting pain that put him on the disabled list for nearly a month
in 1993 with a similar injury.
The All-Star outfielder was scratched from Saturday's game
against the Angels after hurting himself during batting
practice. He had started each of New York's 118 games before being
injured.
Williams has been on the disabled list five times in his career.
He was hoping this problem does not send him there again.
"It is a dangerous injury," Williams said Saturday. "It can
put you out for a while, but I really didn't feel it pop."
-- Associated Press
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Vaughn drew a leadoff walk to start a four-run seventh inning
and then doubled home an insurance run in the eighth.
On Friday night, Vaughn hit a tying, three-run homer with two
outs in the ninth in a game the Angels won in the 11th.
"This is not how you like to do it, but you have to keep
plugging away," Vaughn said. "We've got a lot of young starting
pitchers, and sometimes you're going to get behind. You have to
keep playing."
The Angels erased a late 3-0 deficit, prompting booing from the
crowd of 50,048 on Whitey Ford Day. No doubt, many fans wanted to
see Cone continue.
"I made the decision and I was happy with the six innings and
turned it over to the bullpen," Yankees manager Joe Torre said.
"We didn't do it today or the other night. It was a tough
weekend."
Said Cone: "If you're asking if I wanted to stay in the game,
the answer is yes. I tried to lobby to stay in the game."
Tim Salmon hit a two-run homer and Adam Kennedy and Stocker had
RBI singles as the Angels scored four times in the seventh against
Mike Stanton, Jeff Nelson and Randy Choate for a 4-3 lead.
Vaughn hit an RBI double in the eighth off Dwight Gooden.
"This team doesn't quit," Angels manager Mike Scioscia said.
"They've got a tremendous bullpen over there. Teams don't get to
them very often, let alone twice in a series."
|  | | Shigetoshi Hasegawa, left, and the rest of the Angels were happy to leave New York with a split of the four-game series. |
Matt Wise (2-1), who beat David Wells in Toronto last Tuesday
for his first major league victory, gave up three runs in six
innings.
Shigetoshi Hasegawa pitched the ninth for his sixth save. He has
not allowed a run in 23 straight innings, spanning 14 appearances.
He got Paul O'Neill to fly out with two runners on to preserve the
win.
Both teams played without star outfielders. Anaheim's Darin
Erstad, tops in the majors with 189 hits, and New York's Bernie
Williams, leading the team with 107 RBI, are expected to miss a
few days with rib cage injuries.
Cone turned in his third straight strong performance, giving up
just two singles to Orlando Palmeiro -- Erstad's replacement -- and a
walk. He struck out the side to start the game and fanned six
overall, retired the first nine batters and did not permit a runner
past second base.
Cone had gone 15 consecutive starts without a victory before
winning his previous two outings. Perhaps he got a little
inspiration this time from Ford, the Hall of Fame pitcher honored
during a pregame ceremony for his half-century in pinstripes
On Yogi Berra Day on July 18, 1999, Cone pitched a perfect game
against Montreal at Yankee Stadium. On this occasion, Ford threw
out the first ball and wished Cone well.
"I told him to go out there and do something close to that
today," Ford said.
Cone did fine, but his bullpen blew it after Torre pulled him.
"He's made a lot of great decisions. I'm sure he had his
reasons for this," Cone said. "It's tough to argue when you're
3-10."
Stanton walked Vaughn to start the seventh and Salmon hit his
28th homer. Nelson (7-3) took over with one out and walked Troy
Glaus.
Glaus stole second and Kennedy hit a tying single with two outs.
Choate relieved and after Kennedy stole second, Stocker flared a
single to right field for a 4-3 lead.
Torre said he thought Nelson was not challenging batters.
Nelson, who did not see eye-to-eye with Torre's decision to leave
him off the AL All-Star team, offered another opinion.
"It's tough if you're not in a groove to get in a groove when
you only get one batter," Nelson said. "I don't know if it's not
being aggressive, I'm just not facing many guys."
Glenallen Hill, who had three hits, lined a solo homer in the
Yankees eighth. He has 10 home runs in 51 at-bats for New York.
Luis Sojo drove in two runs for the Yankees and Clay Bellinger,
subbing for Williams, scored twice.
Game notes
Hasegawa's scoreless streak is the longest by an AL
reliever this season. Cincinnati's Gabe White pitched 29 shutout
innings. ... The Angels won for only the third time in 11 road
games. ... Anaheim has gone 17-14 against the Yankees in the last
three seasons. ... Ford holds Yankees records for wins (236),
strikeouts, ERA and innings pitched.
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