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[AP photo/Elaine Thompson]
Seattle Mariners' Mark McLemore, right, looks for a time-out call as Tampa Bay Devil Rays' Miguel Cairo holds the tag in the first inning Friday in Seattle.
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May 20, 2000
Devil Rays
Same losing ending for Rays
Vaughn homers twice but bullpen blows lead in 7-6 defeat at Seattle.
- Rays bolster bullpen
Billy Taylor, 38, will provide experience in a set-up role.
- Goal is to maintain Trachsel's groove
SEATTLE -- Steve Trachsel has been Tampa Bay's most consistent starter, so manager Larry Rothschild is doing everything he can to keep the right-hander in a groove. Even if it means readjusting the rest of the rotation.
Horse racing
These opposites are attracting victories
Frisky Fusaichi Pegasus and his reserved trainer are a good team.
- Lukas: Derby finish okay
BALTIMORE -- Jockey Pat Day was largely responsible for High Yield's 15th-place finish in the Kentucky Derby on May 6, trainer D. Wayne Lukas said.
X Games
Sport's no longer skating on thin ice
Skateboarders now have big-money endorsements and a worldwide following.
- Park and ride filled with fun
ST. PETERSBURG -- Charlie and Dustin Hubbard do their homework, listen to their mother and go to bed on time.
- Japanese brothers take 1st, 3rd in vert
ST. PETERSBURG -- Eito Yasutoko defended his title in the aggressive in-line vert competition, winning the final by four points over Shane Yost at the X Games Trials on Friday.
State baseball
Sarasota shuts down Nova's bats
SARASOTA 1, NOVA 0: Jason Miller survives a seventh-inning rally to put the Sailors in the Class 5A title game.
Mustangs rally to win marathon
MERRITT ISLAND 6, TATE 4 (10): The Mustangs overcome a 4-0 deficit in the 5A semifinal.
Five errors beget Wellington ouster
SOUTH MIAMI 6, WELLINGTON 4: Yet another nationally ranked team -- this time it's No. 3 -- goes down.
Grenadiers to get shot at first title
COLONIAL 6, OVIEDO 4: Mistakes help the Grenadiers take a lead. Then they hold off a late Lions rally.
Outdoors
Captain's corner
Even though I am on the water all day, I return to the beach at sunset to find a few moments of solitude. It amazes me that so few people take advantage of our beaches at this almost magical time of the day.
WNBA
Late loss motivating Orlando
A more experienced Miracle is hungry for the WNBA playoffs.
College tennis
Morrison, Gators seek shocking conclusion
UF's top-ranked tennis player won a surprising singles title last year. He's back to get one for his team.
College baseball
Bulls blasted in just one inning
A 10-run first sends Houston ahead 19-6 and finishes USF's season.
Tampa swept out of South Region
DAVENPORT -- Going into Friday's NCAA Division II South Region game at Baseball City Stadium, Tampa had not lost two in a row all season. The Spartans (45-12) picked a bad time to start.
Motorsports
Opening salvo
Controversy over Andy Granatelli's turbine engine in the 1960s precipitates a lasting fissure in U.S. open-wheel racing.
Mutiny
'El Pibe' returning to his youth
With plenty of scorers to pass to, Mutiny's Carlos Valderrama is playing like a kid again.
Preps
Sickles falls just short
TAMPA -- The cross-town rivalry between Sickles and Gaither might have been riddled with mistakes at Friday's jamboree, but the intensity was definitely there.
Stars seek spotlight
You're a senior and you want to play college baseball, but the high school season is over and you've yet to generate interest from a college coach.
