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CUBS 4, REDS 3
With first-place Houston collecting its 12th consecutive victory, the Reds (86-59) fell four games behind in the division race — their largest deficit since June 23.
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Sports Headlines for Wednesday, Sept. 15, 1999
T I M S U L L I V A N C O L U M N
Reds not giving up on division
Sean Casey was asking about Houston's schedule. He wanted to know who the Astros had left to play, and whether there might be any help on the horizon.
R E D S B A S E B A L L
Playoff tickets go on sale
The Reds will place individual game tickets on sale beginning at 10:30a.m. Saturday for potential Division Series and National League Championship Series games that could be played at Cinergy Field.
Astros hear Reds' footsteps
Take heart, Reds. Jeff Bagwell feels your heat, all the way in Houston.
Astros 12, Phillies 2
HOUSTON — With their 12th consecutive win, the Houston Astros set a team record and widened their NL Central lead.
Rockies 7, Mets 2
DENVER — Vinny Castilla hit his 200th career home run and Neifi Perez tripled twice and drove in a run.
Nieves sinks Reds on Sullivan slider
The Reds talk a lot about every pitch being critical at this stage of the season. On Tuesday, one was more critical than all the others in the Reds' 4-3 loss to the Chicago Cubs.
REDS NOTEBOOK
With National League managers and coaches having received their Gold Glove Award ballots, Reds manager Jack McKeon renewed his call for second baseman Pokey Reese to be recognized for his fielding excellence.
Sosa close (ho-hum) to 60 HRs (yawn)
Sammy Sosa steps into the batting cage, and not a single photographer lifts his lens. He goes about his baseball business unmolested and almost unobserved.
Ruth surpasses Aaron in All-Century voting
NEW YORK — Babe Ruth moved ahead of Hank Aaron for the first time in the latest results of baseball's All-Century team voting released Tuesday.
B E N G A L S
Where's the pass rush?
The Bengals' pass rush has been on hiatus for most of the 1990s. And the final year of the Lost Decade didn't exactly open with a rush.
Jets sign Sawyer to one-year deal
Cornerback Corey Sawyer had a question Tuesday after the Jets signed him to a one-year deal for the minimum $400,000, eight days after the Bengals cut him.
X A V I E R B A S K E T B A L L
Central African guard considered big catch for XU
Romain Guessagba-Sato is a native of the Central African Republic. He has not played a high school basketball game in the United States. Yet he is considered one of the top two seniors in Ohio and a prime recruiting catch for Xavier.
H I G H S C H O O L S
St. X second in Ohio football poll
St. Xavier, last year's Division I state runner-up, is No.2 in the first weekly Associated Press high school football poll released Tuesday.
This week's football schedule
Mt. Notre Dame wins battle of volleyball champs
Folding under the intense pressure would have been easy. Instead, defending Division I volleyball state champion Mount Notre Dame rallied for a 12-15, 18-16, 15-2 victory over St. Ursula Tuesday at Moeller.
OHIO HIGH SCHOOL HIGHLIGHTS
The St.Xavier boys golf team took a big step toward winning the Greater Catholic League South title with a tiebreaker win over rival Moeller, after both teams' top four finished with combined scores of 158.
OHIO HIGH SCHOOL RESULTS
N.KY. HIGH SCHOOL HIGHLIGHTS
Justin Jolly shot a 2-over-par 38 Tuesday on the front nine at A.J. Jolly Golf Course, and Campbell County defeated Highlands 156-164.
N.KY. HIGH SCHOOL RESULTS
O H I O S T A T E F O O T B A L L
OSU line turned up intensity
COLUMBUS — Steve Bellisari's ascension to the Ohio State quarterback job may have been the story of Saturday's 42-20 win over UCLA, but he needed (and got) big help from one of the Buckeye units that had been weakest in Game 1: the offensive line.
H O C K E Y
Carolina assigns 9 players to Cyclones
RALEIGH, N.C. — The Carolina Hurricanes reassigned nine players to the team's IHL affiliate, the Cincinnati Cyclones, who open training camp Thursday morning at SportsPlus in Evendale.
Ex-Cyclone star Biggs retires
Former Cyclones captain Don Biggs has retired rather than move his family from Cincinnati.
S P O R T S S P E C I A L S
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PREVIEW
Get schedules and rosters on 98 Greater Cincinnati and N.Ky. teams, go up-close with Michael Munoz and other top players, and check out our All-Century team.
PETE'S PAIN: LIFE IN EXILE
The Hit King, banned from baseball 10 years ago, still longs to return.
Flying Pig Marathon
Kenyans dominate marathon running, so it figured that a Kenyan would win Cincinnati's first Flying Pig Marathon. But it was a hometown runner who brought home the bacon in the women's division. Check out our special coverage, including complete results and a photo gallery.
First bid to lure Olympics one year away
The people hoping to bring the 2012 Summer Olympics to Cincinnati have a year to submit their first bid. The Enquirer looks at early plans for staging the Olympics here and some of the problems that must be overcome in the next year.
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