Hondo ended up treading water last night when the D’backs walk-off walk negated his loss with the Orioles and left him holding at 890 agees below sea level.

Today, he’ll triple-dip with Wells, West and Roy Har vey Oswalt — 10 units apiece on the Reds, Marlins and ‘Stros.

Dan Rather made a surprise appearance at yester day’s star-studded memorial service for Walter Cron kite, his predecessor at the CBS Evening News. The noted fiction writer usually doesn’t like to attend me morials or funerals, because they remind him of his ca reer … The Lockerbie bomber reportedly looked weak in a recent public appearance, although not nearly as weak as the Scots who let him go. hondo@nypost.com