Darryl Kile

Darryl Kile finished off his impressive May with another win, and the Houston Astros sent the San Diego Padres to their fifth consecutive loss, 10-6 Thursday night. Kile (6-2) went 5-0 with a 1.20 earned-run average in May. He struck out nine in seven innings, giving up five runs and eight hits. Kile helped himself with a two-run double during a six-run fourth inning. Jeff Bagwell drove in two runs and Luis Gonzalez had three hits as Houston ended a three-game losing streak.

BASEBALL RESULT Huntington Beach Marina 1, Norco 0, 9 innings. Top contributors: Paul Strong of Marina struck out 10 in eight innings. Wes Hatton of Norco struck out 11 while pitching into the ninth inning. The scoop: It was a memorable pitchers' duel under the lights at Norco. Marina finally pushed across a run in the ninth inning on a bases-loaded walk. Kevin Stoops came in and got the final three outs in relief in a semifinal game of the Darryl Kile Memorial tournament.

St. Louis Cardinal pitcher Darryl Kile died from a blockage of the arteries supplying the heart, and there was no evidence that drugs contributed to his death, Cook County's coroner said Tuesday. "This is a natural cause of death," Edmund Donoghue, the county's chief medical examiner, said in a statement. Toxicology tests did show evidence of marijuana use, although it was probably weeks before and was not a factor in Kile's death, Donoghue said.

SAN FRANCISCO -- He is given a uniform, but doesn't play. Instead, he sits in the St. Louis dugout and offers encouragement and high-fives. And the Cardinals respond. Not bad for a someone who has yet to celebrate his sixth birthday. Kannon Kile, one of the three children of Cardinal right-hander Darryl Kile, who died of a heart attack in June, was dressed in a uniform bearing his father's number 57 this weekend.

Darryl Kile knew exactly what he needed to do against the Arizona Diamondbacks. He had done it the week before. One start after a heartbreaking outing against Arizona, Kile got the run support he needed Wednesday night to earn his first victory this month as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Diamondbacks, 8-4. "If you throw a game where you throw the ball well, you can pick up on some things they are trying to do against you," Kile said.

Darryl Kile was determined to complete the job at home. Kile, hit hard in his previous two starts, pitched nine innings Sunday and Dante Bichette went four for five to lead the Colorado Rockies to an 11-4 victory over the New York Mets at Coors Field. "I wanted to finish the game," said Kile, who threw 140 pitches in his third complete game this season. "Even though I threw quite a few pitches, I felt fine at the end."

SAN FRANCISCO -- He is given a uniform, but doesn't play. Instead, he sits in the St. Louis dugout and offers encouragement and high-fives. And the Cardinals respond. Not bad for a someone who has yet to celebrate his sixth birthday. Kannon Kile, one of the three children of Cardinal right-hander Darryl Kile, who died of a heart attack in June, was dressed in a uniform bearing his father's number 57 this weekend.

The Cook County, Ill., medical examiner who reported Sunday that St. Louis Cardinal pitcher Darryl Kile probably died from blockage in his coronary arteries said Kile complained of shoulder pain and weakness the night before he was found dead, possible warning signs of heart problems. Dr.

Darryl Kile, one of the St. Louis Cardinals' top pitchers and one of the best in baseball, was found dead in his Chicago hotel room Saturday. Police said there were no signs of criminal involvement and that Kile, 33, appeared to have died of natural causes. "It appears he died in his bed, in his sleep," said Michael Chasen, commanding officer of Chicago's Area Three Homicide unit, adding that medical examiners will conduct an autopsy today.

Darryl Kile, the Colorado Rockies' off-season free-agent acquisition after winning 19 games at Houston last season, extended his streak of frustration Wednesday in a 6-3 loss to the San Francisco Giants. It was the seventh defeat in a row for Kile (5-10), whose leads the NL in losses. The Colorado starter gave up six runs and 10 hits in six innings, walking four and striking out three.

As the St. Louis Cardinals ran onto the field to celebrate their three-game sweep of the Arizona Diamondbacks in the National League division series, Matt Morris remembered to carry the No. 57 jersey of Darryl Kile. "We did it for D.K.," Miguel Cairo said. "I know in our hearts he was here." After getting past Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling, St. Louis quickly and emotionally finished off the defending World Series champions.

St. Louis Cardinal pitcher Darryl Kile died from a blockage of the arteries supplying the heart, and there was no evidence that drugs contributed to his death, Cook County's coroner said Tuesday. "This is a natural cause of death," Edmund Donoghue, the county's chief medical examiner, said in a statement. Toxicology tests did show evidence of marijuana use, although it was probably weeks before and was not a factor in Kile's death, Donoghue said.

Sadly, two words might have saved Darryl Kile's life had his doctors been paying attention: Sergei Grinkov. Grinkov died in 1995, a young man, a strong athlete with no symptoms, who passed his physicals, and yet there was the warning of a father who'd died of a heart attack. The lesson is obvious: Any athlete whose father died of a heart attack needs heart testing beyond the standard physical. The consequences of non-testing have become painfully clear--not once now, but twice. Julie Bixby Huntington Beach The way The Times is handling the death of Darryl Kile is giving me " 'roid rage."

The St. Louis Cardinals have shown there are many ways to honor Darryl Kile. One of them is to win more games. "As DK put it, we've got work to do," reliever Mike Timlin said. "It may sound cold, but this is what we do." The Cardinals, struggling to stay focused, managed only four hits and lost to the Milwaukee Brewers, 2-0, Tuesday night for their fourth consecutive defeat.

Theirs is a profession in which 40 is considered old, where time passes so quickly that temporary is an upgrade from fleeting. Baseball players should be prepared for things to end quickly. But life? One of their own found dead in what should still be the prime of his career? If the weekend death of St.

Darryl Kile and Barry Axelrod were united by more than their business relationship as baseball player and agent. Their fathers died of heart disease before Kile and Axelrod reached the pinnacle of success. Axelrod remembers sharing his excitement with Kile last year after undergoing a daylong "executive's physical" at Scripps Clinic in La Jolla that revealed his arteries were clear.

Darryl Kile won at Coors Field for the first time this season, helping the Colorado Rockies end a five-game losing streak with an 11-2 rout of the San Francisco Giants on Friday night. Kile (6-11) pitched six strong innings, giving up two runs and five hits. Both of the runs scored on double-play groundouts. Ellis Burks had a two-run homer and Mike Lansing added a two-run double to highlight Colorado's six-run outburst in the fourth inning.

In hitter-friendly Coors Field, a pitchers' duel is nearly as rare as snow in July. Colorado's Darryl Kile pitched a two-hitter and Florida's Rafael Medina pitched seven solid innings in the Rockies' 3-1 victory Thursday. "Sometimes you have to win games where you're not scoring a lot of runs and the other guy is pitching a pretty good game," Kile said. "To win the game here 3-1 after the last couple of games is good."

The Cook County, Ill., medical examiner who reported Sunday that St. Louis Cardinal pitcher Darryl Kile probably died from blockage in his coronary arteries said Kile complained of shoulder pain and weakness the night before he was found dead, possible warning signs of heart problems. Dr.

Wes Brickey's most treasured baseball memento is a game ball from a Houston Astros' 6-4 regular-season victory over the Philadelphia Phillies. It was the ball Darryl Kile pitched while claiming his first major league victory on June 23, 1991. Kile gave the ball to former Chaffey College baseball coach Howard Lowder, the man credited with teaching Kile the curveball that he developed into the signature pitch of his repertoire.