GOODWILL GAMES : ROUNDUP : U.S. Beats Mexico, 15-2, to Advance in Baseball

Scott Hatteberg, a sophomore at Washington State, hit a two-run home run in the third inning and two-run single in the sixth to lead the United States to a 15-2 victory over Mexico Sunday as the Americans clinched a berth in the medal round in Goodwill Games baseball.

Jorge Fabregas also had four RBIs, getting a leadoff homer and a single, both in the second, when the United States scored seven runs before 5,544 fans at Cheney Stadium in Tacoma, Wash.

In water polo, the United States scored five goals in a six-minute span of the first half on the way to an 11-5 victory over Cuba to finish seventh.

Cuba took a 1-0 lead, but the United States responded with the five unanswered goals and built a 7-3 advantage by halftime.

Chris Humbert, Craig Klass, Dan O’Connell and Doug Kimbell each scored two goals.

Yugoslavia won the gold medal, beating the Soviet Union, 10-8.

In cycling, Steve Hegg of Dana Point won the gold medal in the men’s four-kilometer individual pursuit with a time of 4 minutes, 40.22 seconds. In the women’s three-kilometer individual pursuit, Janie Eickhoff of Los Alamitos won the gold medal in 3:54.69.

In boxing, U.S. champion Eric Griffin of Broussard, La., decisioned Alcis Bel-Flores of Venezuela, 5-0, in a 106-pound quarterfinal bout.

In a light-welterweight match, Terronn Millett of St. Louis knocked out Jorg Heidenreich of East Germany in the third round.

In basketball, the Soviet Union scored the final six points for a 109-103 victory over Brazil in the bronze medal game.

The Soviets led, 84-74, with 8:46 to play, but Brazil, which was led by Oscar Schmidt’s 44 points, went on a 19-8 run for a 93-92 lead with 4:30 to play.

Schmidt finished as the tournament’s high scorer with 183 points, an average of 36.6 per game.

Andrew Gaze scored 44 points, including 29 in the first half, as Australia finished fifth by beating Puerto Rico, 116-92.

Gaze, the second-leading scorer at the Seoul Olympics and a starter on Seton Hall’s Final Four team in 1989, finished with 178 points in his five games, an average of 35.6.