Just ask the survivors of Eric Show, Alan Wiggins and Rod Scurry.

Cocaine possession and use charges will be filed later this week against Rod Scurry, the major league pitcher, a Nevada prosecutor said during the weekend.

Testimony also revealed that Rod Scurry once went looking for cocaine during the late innings of a Pirates game.

Rod Scurry died from a cocaine-related heart attack in 1992 at the age of 36.

Mike Jackson (2-1) pitched two and two-thirds innings of relief for the win and Rod Scurry got the final out to earn his second save.

He has virtually secured the final opening in the bullpen, beating out two veterans, Al Holland and Rod Scurry.

Rod Scurry pitched in relief for the Yankees at the end of the 1985 season and in 1986.

They began by asking waivers on Rod Scurry for the purpose of giving the left-handed relief pitcher his unconditional release.

Rod Scurry, the Yankee relief pitcher who has undergone drug rehabilitation, was arrested Wednesday for drunken driving and reckless operation of a vehicle, according to police in Reno.

LEAD: Rod Scurry faces a preliminary hearing April 4 on charges of possession and use of cocaine.