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By Kent Larsen
Two LDS Basketball Players Left in NBA Playoffs
NEW YORK, NEW YORK -- The NBA playoffs have led to the elimination of
two more LDS basketball players, leaving just rookie Mark Madsen and
the Milwaukee Bucks' Mark Pope in the playoffs. Shawn Bradley and the
Dallas Mavericks were eliminated last week when they lost their
playoff series to San Antonio, while Scot Pollard and the Sacramento
Kings lost their series to the Madsen's Lakers.
Meanwhile, baseball players Wally Joyner and Jeff Kent both had
better-than-average weeks, bringing up their batting averages to more
respectable levels. Joyner added another seven RBIs, bringing his
total to 30. For the four active pitchers who are Mormon, only Shawn
Estes had a strong week, giving up just one run over eight innings
last week, bringing down his ERA to 3.56. Omar Olivares suffered
through a bad outing, giving up four runs in four innings, while
relief pitchers, Kyle Farnsworth and Mike Fetters, gave up two runs
each in two innings or less of work.
Senior PGA Tour pro Bruce Summerhays also had a strong week, tieing
for ninth place in the Enterprise Rent-a-car Match Play Championship,
as did PGA Tour member Mike Weir, who tied for 11th in the Verizon
Byron Nelson Classic. Meanwhile, the Carolina Courage's Maren
Hendershot was benched, and used for just six minutes as a substitute
in the Courage's game against the Bay Area CyberRays.
Baseball
Major League Baseball
Position Players:
| Brian Bean | Catcher | Chicago Cubs |
| [Playing in Minors for Iowa Cubs] |
| McKay Christensen | Center Field | Chicago White Sox |
| [Playing in Minors for Charlotte] |
| Wally Joyner | First Base | Anaheim Angels |
| | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | Avg |
| This Week | 6 | 22 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .318 |
| Year to date | 31 | 88 | 11 | 24 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 12 | .273 |
| Jeff Kent | Second Base | San Francisco Giants |
| | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | Avg |
| This Week | 7 | 25 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 4 | .280 |
| Year to date | 37 | 138 | 16 | 37 | 6 | 30 | 10 | 25 | .268 |
Pitchers:
| Shawn Estes | Starting Pitcher | San Francisco Giants |
| | G | W-L | S | ERA | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
| This Week | 1 | 1-0 | 0 | 1.13 | 8.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Year to date | 7 | 3-2 | 0 | 3.56 | 43.0 | 40 | 18 | 17 | 19 | 35 |
| Kyle Farnsworth | Relief Pitcher | Chicago Cubs |
| | G | W-L | S | ERA | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
| This Week | 2 | 0-0 | 0 | 13.53 | 1.3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Year to date | 18 | 0-0 | 0 | 2.46 | 18.3 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 27 |
| Mike Fetters | Relief Pitcher | Los Angeles Dodgers |
| | G | W-L | S | ERA | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
| This Week | 2 | 0-0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Year to date | 12 | 0-0 | 0 | 2.25 | 12.0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| Omar Olivares | Starting Pitcher | Pittsburg Pirates |
| | G | W-L | S | ERA | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
| This Week | 1 | 0-0 | 0 | 9.00 | 4.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| Year to date | 7 | 2-3 | 0 | 5.84 | 37.0 | 36 | 25 | 24 | 15 | 25 |
| Garret Stephenson | Starting Pitcher | St Louis Cardinals |
| [On the Disabled List - out for the season] |
Basketball
NBA
| Shawn Bradley | Center | Dallas Mavericks |
| | G | Min | FG/FGA | Reb | Pts | Ppg | Pp60min |
| This Week | 4 | 90 | 15/ 29 | 24 | 31 | 7.8 | 20.7 |
| Year to date | 92 | 2257 | 246/498 | 679 | 643 | 7.0 | 17.1 |
| Travis Knight | Center | New York Knicks |
| | G | Min | FG/FGA | Reb | Pts | Ppg | Pp60min |
| This Week | 0 | 0 | 0/ 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Year to date | 46 | 257 | 10/ 53 | 53 | 29 | 0.6 | 6.8 |
| Mark Madsen | Forward | Los Angeles Lakers |
| | G | Min | FG/FGA | Reb | Pts | Ppg | Pp60min |
| This Week | 3 | 6 | 0/ 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Year to date | 77 | 658 | 55/117 | 155 | 137 | 1.8 | 12.5 |
| Scot Pollard | Forward | Sacramento Kings |
| | G | Min | FG/FGA | Reb | Pts | Ppg | Pp60min |
| This Week | 3 | 47 | 2/ 4 | 12 | 5 | 1.7 | 6.4 |
| Year to date | 84 | 1766 | 203/433 | 517 | 537 | 6.4 | 18.2 |
| Mark Pope | Center | Milwaukee Bucs |
| | G | Min | FG/FGA | Reb | Pts | Ppg | Pp60min |
| This Week | 0 | 0 | 0/ 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Year to date | 66 | 984 | 66/145 | 159 | 159 | 2.4 | 9.7 |
WNBA
The WNBA's season begins May 28. We are working on identifying Mormon players.
Football
NFL
The NFL season has ended.
CFL
Wide receiver Ben Cahoon of the Montreal Alouettes is LDS, but I don't
yet have a source for statistics on him.
Hockey
NHL
The NHL's regular season has ended, and the only Mormon player we
know is not on a team playing in the playoffs.
Golf
PGA Tour
| Jay Don Blake | Event | Results | | |
| This Week: | Verizon Byron Nelson Classic | Withdrew | | |
| Year to date: | | Entered 14 events, made cut 9 times, earned $222,418.66 |
| Keith Clearwater | Event | Results | | |
| This Week: | Idle | | | |
| Year to date: | | Entered 8 events, made cut 1 times, earned $18,933.33 |
| Dan Forsman | Event | Results | | |
| This Week: | Verizon Byron Nelson Classic | T51 | 69-70-67-69 | earned $10,317.27 |
| Year to date: | | Entered 9 events, made cut 6 times, earned $78,809.43 |
| Mike Reid | Event | Results | | |
| This Week: | Idle | | | |
| Year to date: | | Entered 3 events, made cut 1 times, earned $15,566.66 |
| Mike Weir | Event | Results | | |
| This Week: | Verizon Byron Nelson Classic | T11 | 66-68-65-70 | earned $78,954.54 |
| Year to date: | | Entered 11 events, made cut 10 times, earned $1,343,054.54 |
| Richard Zokol | Event | Results | | |
| This Week: | Idle | | | |
| Year to date: | | Entered 7 events, made cut 6 times, earned $30,349.28 |
Senior PGA Tour
| Billy Casper | Event | Results | | |
| This Week: | Idle | | | |
| Year to date: | | Entered 2 events, earned $6,568.50 |
| Johnny Miller | Event | Results | | |
| This Week: | Idle | | | |
| Year to date: | | |
| Bruce Summerhays | Event | Results | | |
| This Week: | Enterprise Rent-a-Car | T9 | 71-69 | earned $43,500 |
| Year to date: | | Entered 13 events, earned $265,960.34 |
Soccer
WUSA
| Maren Hendershot | Carolina Courage |
| | GP | GS | Min | G | A | Pts | Sht | SOG | FC |
| This Week: | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Year to date: | 3 | 2 | 153 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
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