12 C-4 SUNDAY REPUBLICAN, JULY 23, 1989. AL roundup Orioles 409 fall to -00 fitS Athletics Su: By The Associated Press With the likes of Jose CanseCO and Dennis Eckersley finally back in the lineup, players in the the Oakland clubhouse are saying it's like old times. But over in the Baltimore clubhouse, old times are the last thing the Orioles hope to see. "It's nice to have our guys back, but it will truly be like old times when we start stringing wins together like we are now," said Oakland manager Tony La Russa after the A's won their fourth straight with a 4-1 decision over the Orioles yesterday in The Orioles, losers of four straight, are 'on a 40-inning homerless streak and have scored runs in only three of their last 39 innings. "We just have to ride this thing out and come out of it," said Baltimore manager Frank thing The Robinson.
together Orioles "We can can't offensively." match put, their anye their entire pitchers next win are total victory, making of but it 1988 hard Oakland with to come by. Bob Welch, 11-5, allowed only five hits in seven innings to pick up the victory. Rick Honeycutt pitched the eighth and Dennis Eckersley the ninth for his 16th save. The A's bullpen has retired 19 batters in a row and pitched seven hitless innings over the last four games. Overall, the staff has allowed only nine earned runs, in the last 58 innings for 1.40 ERA.
But the big boost since the All-Star break comes from Canseco, who worked out of a 1-for-15 slump to go 5-for-11 with two homers in the Orioles series and four homers in eight games since returning from wrist surgery. "I'm feeling fatigued," Canseco said, "but I'm still strong enough to do some damage. I'm 60 to 70 per cent right now. Maybe I'd have a few more homers and RBI if I'm at per cent." Welch, in his fifth start since returning from the DL after a groin injury, said he had no idea what "percentage" he was at. "What difference does it Stanley should listen to Seaver Tom Seaver, a Hall of Famerin-waiting, now works for the Yankees as a broadcaster.
Too bad Bob Stanley never gets a chance to hear his former Red Sox teammate. The other night, Seaver referred to baseball as "an immedi'ate game." By that he meant, its demands never cease. "What you've done lately doesn't really matter. It's what you can do right now that counts," said Seaver. should know.
Even a 300-game winner has to quit when he can no longer meet those demands. If Sir Stanley would take that view, he might understand why Manager Joe Morgan hasn't been using him much. Yes, Stanley helped the Red Sox early in theseason when Morgan called upon him. However, that doesn't give him the right to expect to keep getting the call if he can't produce. Morgan gave in to Stanley on Monday after listening to him whine through a "play me or trade me" speech.
Morgan played him, and he' gave up four hits and three runs in two-thirds of an inning. After that performance, Stanley had the nerve to say, "I gave it my best. I can always look in the mirror and say I give it my best." Hey, a lot of us would give it our best, but that doesn't mean we deserve to pitch in the big leagues. Stanley has been with the Red Sox since 1977 longer than any pitcher they've ever had, including Cy Young. Now that's something to be proud of, but it doesn't guarantee him a job for today or tomorrow.
Only performance guarantees that. The Red Sox will be cutting down from 11 pitchers to 10 any day now. Stanley could be in trouble at decision time, although the feeling here is that Dennis Lamp will be the one to go. Whatever, Stanley should know better than to demand pitching time. If he shows Morgan he can do the job, the manager will be glad to pitch him any time, any place.
So THE AMERICAN League's top home run hitters faced each other on a recent night. Bo Jackson hit No. 22 for Kansas City, and Rob Deer responded with No. 23 for Milwaukee. While they stage their home run derby, these two muscle men also are involved in a strikeout derby.
Deer has a commanding "lead" right now, with 108 strikeouts at last look, but Jackson is pushing toward the century mark. These two seem to epitomize the modern power hitter's philosophy a willingness to accept strikeouts as the price for the chance to hit an occasional blast. Looking back at some of the great hitters, one has to wonder the made MAJOR LEAGUE NOTEBOOK when gets the why times have changed so drastically. Check Joe DiMaggio, for instance. Seven times in his career he had more home runs than strikeouts.
Think about that, Mr. Deer. In the season of his 56-game hitting streak, Joe had 30 homers and 13 strikeouts in 541 atbats. DiMaggio struck out a career high 39 times in his rookie season. The next year, he cut his strikeouts to 37 while hitting 46 home runs.
Those were the days, my friend. DIAMOND DUST Major leaguers always say they forget about yesterday's game, and go from there. That's not always so, ROB DEER in strikeout as the Donnie Moore tragedy clearly shows. The depression which led him to shoot his wife and kill himself reportedly was caused. by the 1986 playoff game in which he allowed the famous Dave Henderson home run which saved the Red Sox and took the pennant away from the Angels.
Is it more than a game? Is it really life and death? Maybe more players should mark down the Bill Lee philosophy which he expounded upon when he drew the starting assignment for Game 7 of the 1975 World Series. "I'll try to win, and hate it if I lose, but the sun will come up the next day," he said Vignette from December, at the Boston Baseball Writers Jeff Reardon spots Mike Greenwell, and shouts to him across the room, "Hey, Mike, tell me what pitch you can't hit." Greenwell grins and replies, "Fastball, right down the middle." Well, Reardon gave Greenwell that very pitch last Sunday, and got hit for a pinch homer. 1 Law socks pair and gets creamed By The Associated Press Vance Law was wiping away the shaving cream that hit him in the face yesterday after he homered twice to lead the host Chicago Cubs past the San Francisco Giants 5-2. "Hawk did it," Law said, accusing Andre Dawson. "I get on national television once in my life and you guys pull a stunt like Dawson and Law together did it to the Giants.
Dawson hit a tworun homer in the first inning and Law hit solo homers in the sixth and eighth as Chicago sent the Giants to their second loss in eight games. Law's homers gave him five for the season and the third multihomer game of his career, his first since last July 29 at Philadelphia. Scott Sanderson, 9-6, won his third consecutive decision, striking out three and walking none. Les Lancaster finished with twohit relief for his second save. Atlee Hammaker, 6-5, allowed nine hits and four runs in six innings but only two runs were earned.
The Cubs are 23-8 against left-handed starters. JOSE CANSECO homers off O's agai said Welch. "If I only threw when I was at 100 per cent, I'd probably go out there only two or three times a year. "Just because they (key players) are back doesn't guarantee us anything," Welch added. "We still have to go out and play good The Orioles' four -game losing streak is one loss away from their longest of the season.
Canseco's homer in the sixth, a leadoff shot off Baltimore starter Pete Harnisch, gave the A's a 3-1 lead. Rick Honeycutt and Dennis Eckersley pitched the final two innings, with Eckersley gaining his 16th save. In retiring the Orioles 1-2-3 in the ninth, Eckersley continued a strong. performance by the A's bullpen that has seen their relief pitchers retire 19 straight batters over seven hitless innings in the last four games. Trailing 1-0 in the second, the A's rallied to tie the game as Dave Henderson led off with a single, stole second two outs later and scored on Tony Phillips' RBI single off Harnisch, 1-3.
Phillips, who entered the game in a 3-for-34 sluump, doubled in the fourth after a leadoff walk to Ron Hassey, putting runners at second and third. Mike Gallego struck out, but Rickey Henderson a sacrifice fly, scoring Hassey and giving the A's a 2-1 lead. Buckner nears milestone Five more hits will pull him even with Doc Cramer. But it's a more magical name on baseball's all-time list that Bill Buckner is really shooting for. In a 19-year career that's included five stops in two Buckner had accumulated 2,699 hits.
Then, pinch-hitting Friday night in the eighth inning against Cleveland's Jesse Oros-: co, an RBI single produced No. 2,700, putting him 173 behind Ruth. NL roundup As "They have left and right-handed hitters and can platoon like we do," Giants manager Roger Craig said. "Evidently, their right-handed hitters are better than their left-handers." Chicago took a 2-0 lead in the first when Mark Grace reached on second baseman Robby Thompson's two-out fielding error and Dawson followed with his ninth homer, a drive onto Waveland Avenue. Jerome Walton doubled in a run in the second for a 3-0 lead before Will Clark pulled the Giants to within 3-1 with an RBI double in the third.
Law hit another drive onto Waveland Avenue in the sixth and Candy Maldonado led off the enth with his seventh home run. "Candy has shown in the last six or seven games that he's like the old Candy," Craig said. "It's encouraging to see him getting extra-base hits." Craig praised Cub manager Don Zimmer for turning around the Cubs, who are 52-44. The Empire Fly Jet Flights From Come Conquer, Jet DC-9 Westerer CAESARS "On The Boardwalk" in Atlantic City Bi- Weekly Non-Stop DC-9 JET SERVICE From Westover All Day Trips All 2 Night Net $5400 Bonus Caesar's Net $9400 Caesar's After After Bonus Remit $129 Remit $179. Dbl CONE DAY TRIP.
AUGUST 2ND TWO DAY TRIP AUGUST 15-16 TWO DAY TRIP AUGUST 29-30 QUALIFIED PLAYERS NO CHARGE ELITE ENTERPRISES, INC. Operator 1285 Pleasant St. Worcester: MA: 01602. Tour 41-800-858-3700 or 508-791-6479 Participant Contract Sterling Public Charter (Major Credit Cards Accepted) Required That, by the way, turned out to be one of those games that can demoralize a ball club. The Sox lost it in extra innings.
It takes a lot of forgetting to get one of those out of your system. DUGOUT DIGS The rest of American League East will be watching how the Orioles handle a 13-game road trip that began in Oakland on Thursday and will conclude in Boston on Aug. 2. If those Baby Birds hold up during this test, they could be very tough, folks The A's had their old formula going as they beat the O's in Game 1 of the trip. Dave Stewart pitched seven good innings, then came Rick Honeycutt and Dennis Eckersley to close it.
That gave Astros 1, Phillies 0 (1st) At Houston, Jim Deshaies won for the ninth time in 11 decisions, combining with three relievers on a five-hitter to lead the Astros over Philadelphia in the first game of a doubleheader. Deshaies, 10-4, has pitched 19 consecutive scoreless innings. He allowed all five hits in seven innings, struck out six and walked three. Juan Agosto followed and got two outs and Larry Anderson pitched one-third of an inning. Dave Smith pitched the ninth for his 21st save in 22 opportunities.
Houston, 24-15 in one-run games, pitched its ninth shutout of the season. It was the ninth shutout against the Phillies, who are 11-24 against left-handed starters. Ken Howell, 8-6, gave up four hits in six innings, struck out five and walked two. Houston scored in the second when Craig Reynolds reached on a -fielder's choice, stole second and scored on Gerald Young's single. With a SAFELITE sunroof! It's like having your own mini-covertible.
Our work Soak up the sun! and our sunroofs are guaranteed, nationwide, at more than 550 locations for as long as you own your car. So come on in and find out how easy it is to soak up the sun -right in your with our completely removable SAFELITE sunroof. AN. SAFELITE SKYLITE SUNROOF SALE Reg. INSTALLED SAFELITE AutoGlass AutoGlass Sunroofs Windshild Repair WEST SPRINGFIELD 400B MEMORIAL AVE.
781-0036 Toll Free 1-800-556-1155 Eck his first save since his return from the DL. He now has 15. and he's not that far behind the leaders despite all his time off Has Charlie Leibrandt had it? This onetime winning lefty for the Royals has been struggling since his first start. The Royals have been offering him in trade talks, but nobody's showing interest After losing to the Giants at Candlestick, Pittsburgh ace John Smiley crabbed about the wind and cold, saying, "Who can pitch in this hell-hole?" Evidently, the Giants can. Their 34-15 is the best home record in Well, look at that the Padres got 17 runs for Bruce Hurst.
For once, he had an easy start. FOURTH STRIKES The day BOB STANLEY. he should know better after Dallas Green thundered, "I'm sick of putting pitchers out there who can't get people out," Eric Plunk continued the Yankee trend. He handed out three walks, two hits and two runs in one-third of an inning Rich Gedman and Rick Cerone will be interested observers tomorrow when the Red Sox play the Hall of Fame exhibition game in Cooperstown. They'll be watching Eric Wedge, the former Wichita State star who was drafted No.
3 by the Red Sox on June 5. The Sox are bringing him over from Elmira of the New York-Penn League to catch a few innings. "I'd like to have a look at him," Morgan says. So would Gedman and Cerone The last time the Sox played at Cooperstown, in 1985, they lost 5-3 to Houston. A right fielder from Elmira, Brady Anderson by name, threw a runner out at the plate.
Elmira manager Mike Verdi was hoping he wouldn't have to send any players to the Cooperstown game. "We're playing every night next week, so it'll be tough to lose players, but we'll adjust," he said. By the way, Verdi loves Jeff McNealy, a junior college outfielder drafted No. 4 this spring. "He's got a great body he's already as big as Ellis Burks, and he's still maturing," Verdi said Just when the Reds tnought things couldn't get worse, they got swept by the Phillies in a four-game series.
The Reds are really reeling now, apparently being swept away by all the hounding resulting from the gambling charges against their manager. EXTRA BASES The Braves a trade for the long haul they sent Doyle Alexander to Tigers in August of '87. Alexan- der gave immediate help to the gers as they won AL East, but now, the old-timer is fading and Smoltz is emerging as a coming star in the NL. He and Joe Boever are becoming quite the pitching duo. Joe who? Yes, Mr.
Boever does have 17 saves for a last-place ball club Let's give Pete Rose high marks for his decision to skip the Cooperstown exhibition. As he said, he has as no intention of bringing "the circus" to Hall of Fame country. In this case, the circus is the media horde that constantly tracks Rose The Expos have risen to first place since the Mark Langston trade. Ah, but what of the Mariners, who gave up Langston? They were 23-24 when Langston left, and have played just about .500 ball since then. Proving what? Probably that they're a .500 team no matter who pitches for them Kevin Mitchell is noted for his homers, but he also is the master of the bare-handed catch.
He's pulled a couple of those on foul balls into the left field corner. He says he has a better shot at the ball than if he tries to backhand it with the glove. If you say so, Kevin Chris Bosio fell into a blue funk when he lost a couple of tough games while getting little support from the Brewers, but Manager Tom Trebelhorn counseled him to just keep taking the ball. Bosio has responded with a 10-6 record, and he consistently carries his club at least into the seventh inning. A quality starter, he.
LINE DRIVES Sid Fernandez lost a 16-strikeout start last week, then followed that with a sixstrikeout shutout. Moral of the story: Letting 'em hit it is easier, and sometimes more effective Nice duel in the SkyDome the other night as Bert Blyleven and the Angels beat Jimmy Key 1-0. With that, old reliable Bert put his record at 10-2, thereby equaling his victory total of 1988, when he was 10-17 with the Twins. Hard to believe that this 19-year veteran has had only one 20-victory season (20-17 in 1973). Maybe this could be another one? News item: Cardinals hit two home runs in one game! Yes, it happened the other night, when Tom Brunansky hit a three-run homer and Pedro Guerrero a solo.
The Cards, with all their holes, seem to be slipping, but they should continue to be a factor in NL East Les Lancaster, a one-time Pittsfield Cub, drove in the winning run Thursday night for Don Zimmer, who had to let his pitcher bat in the 12th inning because he had only reserve catcher Joe Girardi left on the bench. The Red Sox have interest in Lancaster, but haven't been able to put together the right deal. HITTING AWAY With Kal Daniels gone to LA, where he hopes to get "more publicity," that makes 3 room for Rolando Roomes in the Cincinnati scheme. He's another ex-PittCub Wow, was that mild-mannered Jim Leyland talking? The Pittsburgh manager told his players that they're "worse than a watered-down. expansion team." He sounds like George Steinbrenner's kind of guy.
By the way, Boss, Ed Whitson is 13-6 Dave Parker is racking up the big numbers again. Oakland counted on him while Jose Canseco was out, and he delivered Bo Jackson has been sidelined with what the KC trainer calls "a slight muscle pull." Manager John Wathan's response: "Bo doesn't have any slight muscles" Les Expos will miss Spike Owen, whose hustle cost him a severe ankle injury. He slid hard into third base while advancing from first on a hit to right field, and will be out for at least two weeks. Can Jeff Huson do the job as his replacement? A key question, especially with Montreal trying to hold that No. 1 spot in NL East The Orioles have a minor leaguer named Carey Metts.
Come on, Mr. Hemond trade him to the Mets, will Boggs-bashers, please note: He is the only player among the leaders in both doubles and triples. So there Have a nice weekend, Carl Yaz Sr. Expos 6, Reds 5 At Montreal, John Franco allowed ninth-inning home runs to Rex Hudler and Damaso Garcia as the Montreal Expos rallied from a four-run deficit to hand Cincinnati its seventh straight loss. With the Expos leading 5-1.
in the ninth, Franco gave up singles to leadoff hitter Tim Wallach and Nelson Santovenia. Hudler, a pinch hitter, followed with his fifth home run of the season. Franco, 2-3, walked Mike Fitzgerald and Otis Nixon sacrificed. Garcia then hit his second home run of the season, the third home run off Franco this year. It was the third blown save for: Franco in 26 opportunities and his sixth in 68 opportunities over the past two years.
Andy McGaffigan, 2-4, pitched one hitless inning in relief of Pascual Perez and Joe Hesketh. Perez gave up three runs and four hits in seven innings, struck out six and walked two. Cincinnati starter Ron Robinson allowed five hits in sixplus innings. I 1 DA DA DA DA DA LA Original Tune Up $49.90 4 Cyl. Includes: Plugs, points, condenser Replace it defective 3 wires, rotor, PCV valve, PCV filter Adjust: $54.90 6 Cyl.
dwell, timing, idle speed, fuel-air mixture Plus: emissions analysis, engine analysis Six $59.90 8 Cyl. 6,000 mile warranty. most cars Fuel Includes: Plugs, Injection clean injectors, Tune-Up check fuel $89.90 4 Cyl. pressure Replace if defective 3 wires, rotor, PCV valve, $99.90 6 Cyl. PCV filter.
Adjust: idle speed, fuel-air mixture Plus: emissions analysis, engine analysis Six $109.90 8 mile most cars Air Conditioning Oil Change, Includes: Service. Discharge, evacuate and 3990 Filter, Includes: Lube. 1790 recharge the system Up to 5 qts. of oil. with freon.
Lubricate chasis. Perform operational tests. Replace oil filter. Reg. 19.90| TUNE- -UP EXPERT DIAGNOSTIC.
COMPUTER AIR CONDITIONING. COOLING, STARTING. CHARGING, OIL LUBE SERVICES. STATE SPRINGFIELD (Next Fried To Chicken) Kentucky CO Hours: 737-4924 8-6, Sat. 8-4 Exp.
DA DA 4.
