Padres Get Mariners’ Hitchcock

The San Diego Padres acquired left-handed pitcher Sterling Hitchcock from the Seattle Mariners on Friday for right-hander Scott Sanders. Hitchcock, 25, was the ace of the Mariners’ staff after Randy Johnson had back surgery, finishing with a 13-9 record. But he also had a 5.35 earned-run average.

Sanders was 9-5 with a 3.38 ERA in 46 games for the Padres, including 16 starts.

Earlier, a proposed trade between the Padres and Boston fell through. That deal would have sent Sanders, shortstop Chris Gomez and left fielder Rickey Henderson to the Red Sox for shortstop John Valentin.

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Infielder Craig Grebeck, who in 50 games with the Florida Marlins last season hit .211 with one home run and nine runs batted in, agreed to a $450,000, one-year contract with the Angels. Grebeck, 31, was on the disabled list from July 4 to Aug. 13 because of a sprained right elbow. To make room for Grebeck on their 40-man roster, the Angels designated catcher Scott Vollmer for assignment.

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Tom Pagnozzi and the St. Louis Cardinals agreed on a $4.6-million, two-year contract after the 34-year-old catcher rejected a deal with the White Sox that he said could have been worth $9.1 million over three years. . . . Catcher Rick Wilkins and the San Francisco Giants agreed on a $2-million, one-year contract, a raise of $450,000. . . . Infielder Rafael Belliard and the Atlanta Braves agreed to a $250,000, one-year contract, down from $575,000 last season. . . . Right-hander Frank Castillo, who struggled to a 7-16 record last season, agreed to a one-year contract worth $1.4 million with the Chicago Cubs. He made $1.6 million last season.

Tennis

Defending champion Goran Ivanisevic of Croatia used 16 aces to beat Australian doubles specialist Marc Woodforde, 6-4, 6-4, at the $6-million Grand Slam Cup in Munich, Germany, in tennis’ richest tournament.

Ivanisevic advanced to the semifinals, where he will face Yevgeny Kafelnikov of Russia, a 2-6, 6-4, 8-6 winner over Jim Courier.

Boris Becker and Tim Henman advanced to the semifinals Thursday.

Wimbledon champion Richard Krajicek of the Netherlands will have surgery on his injured right knee and will not play in next month’s Australian Open.

Jurisprudence

Cincinnati basketball player Ruben Patterson surrendered to police after being accused of kicking in the door of a woman’s apartment, assaulting her and stealing her purse. Patterson’s attorney, John Burlew, said the case was blown out of proportion.

Grambling State has expelled five students, including four football players, accused of raping a 15-year-old girl Nov. 9 in a campus dormitory.

Golf

Tiger Woods and Kelli Kuehne, the reigning men’s and women’s U.S. Amateur champions, were only one shot back after the second round of the $1.5-million JCPenney Classic at Tarpon Springs, Fla., an event that teams men and women in an alternate-shot format. Woods and Kuehne shot a seven-under-par 64 to get to 130. Mike Hulbert-Donna Andrews and Scott McCarron-Pat Hurst share the lead.

Olympics

An International Olympic Committee delegation arrived in Cape Town, South Africa, for the final leg of a tour to assess the bids of the 11 candidate cities for the 2004 Games. Once the sentimental favorite, Cape Town has slipped in the rankings behind Rome and Stockholm because of a lack of facilities.

The U.S. women’s rowing team will relocate to San Diego’s U.S. Olympic ARCO Training Center beginning in 1997, after spending the past three years training in Chattanooga, Tenn.

Track and Field

Michael Johnson, the first man to win both the 200 and 400 meters at an Olympics, and Gail Devers, who won her second consecutive Olympic title in the women’s 100 meters, won the Jesse Owens Awards that annually are given to the top American athletes in track and field.