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THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1983 PAGE 16 record! Jlribe a glossy .600 after BH move Max Stultz T) URING THE LAST WEEK of June. the Indianapolis Indians finally talked Cincinnati into rescuing catcher Steve Christmas from Tucson's Pacific Coast League club where he had been dispatched on loan in order to play regularly. The burly receiver had been a vital cog in the Tribe's 1982 championship drive, hitting a solid .306 and winning two important late-August games with home runs." Slated last spring to work behind Dave Van Gorder again, Christmas asked to be sent to another team which would offer steadier employment and was obliged. But Christmas wound up as a part-timer at Tucson and was a welcome returnee to the Indians since No. 2 catcher Ray Corbett seemed overwhelmed by American Association hurlers.

SUITING UP for the first time June 24 at Evansville, Christmas walked in a pinch-hitting role. The next night he again walked with the bases loaded in the first inning, and was sidelined for a month moments later. Ready to take southpaw Johnny Franco's first pitch, Christmas suffered a fractured thumb instead when leadoff man Bob Grandas fouled off the serve. "Sometimes you just have to conclude it isn't meant to be your season," Presi-dent5eneral Manager Max Schumacher philosophized Tuesday while conducting an informal post-mortem of the Indians' season. Calling pitching "our Achilles Heel." Schumacher declared, "We had excellent position players as good as anyone else in the league.

And this team proved itself capable of repeating as champion based on records achieved after we were permitted use of the designated hitter." From that point in the season (July IS), the Indians compiled a glossy .600 percentage with 30 victories against 20 losses to finish third in the Eastern Division. Louisville, which won the division, was .542 in that span; runner-up Iowa was .563 and Evansville .410. Oklahoma City, second to Denver in the West, played .510 ball as the only other team with more wins than defeats in the last six weeks of the campaign. COINCIDENTAL WITH employment of a designated hitter, Tribe pitchers staged an about-face that stood enemy hitters on getaway during which he went 17 and was dropped from Cincinnati's 40man roster-Harris also led Association pitchers in strikeouts with 146. Regarded as expendable by the Reds, Harris has been offered to various other major league teams with no takers.

"I'm really surprised they haven't been able to make a deal for Greg is a fine pitcher. Schumacher declared. While lauding the play of all position players who will be wherever Cincinnati sets up its Triple-A shop next season. Schumacher was especially impressed with rookie center fielder Eric Davis who was advanced from Waterbury for the Tribe's last 19 games. IN THAT span, Davis drilled 23 hits including seven homers, stole four bases and caught everything that stayed in the ball park.

"He's the best looking center fielder to come through here since Ken Berry (20, years ago)," Schumacher asserted. "He makes difficult catches look easy because he anticipates and picks up the ball very quickly. He will be a fine major leaguer and probably playing in Riverfront Stadium by mid 1984." countering some rough spots, basically were adequate," Schumacher said. But the relief corps was battered and bruised and arm problems complicated matters for Manager Roy Hartsfield. Rich Carlucci, though finishing strong with 11 saves, missed more than two weeks with tendinitis an affliction that also shelved Bill Landrum and Brad Lesley for long periods.

LESLEY TIED for the league save lead last year with 14 before getting in 28 games with the Reds. This year, he was able to make just 13 Tribe appearances because of arm trouble. Again called to Cincy for a month's stay in May, the big fireballer managed a 31 record with three saves but worked only 17W innings. The Indians also got practically nothing from left hander Bob Tufts, received from Omaha in a trade for Charlie Leibrandt June 7. A year ago.

Tufts was 10 6 with 12 saves and a 1.60 ERA for the Royals. With the Indians, Tufts finished 2 3 with two saves and a 5.97 ERA. "He certainly was our 'mystery' man," Schumacher mused. Right hander Greg Harris emerged as the top winner at 912 after a miserable their ears with amazing regularity. Opening the month of August with 11 triumphs in 12 games, they posted a combined 1.58 earned run average by permitting just 16 tallies in 91 innings.

"While use of the DH gave us a bona fide ninth hitter in the lineup, it also communicated to the club that we were going all out to win," Schumacher asserted. "It was a psychological lift and the entire team was affected by it. In addition, some of our pitchers may have been fresher in the late innings since they weren't involved in any baserunning." Recalling last year when Cincinnati allowed a Tribe DH for the last six regular games and playoffs, Schumacher said the Indians "just rolled" to the pennant. That was not the case in '83 because the hole had been dug too deep. "Our starting pitchers, although en Orioles club Eed Sox, '8-1 worked the final IVi innings to re-cord his first major league save.

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Ron Davis (4 7) pitched 2H innings to get the victory and Mike Walters hurled the 10th inning to gain his second save. Frank Tanana (7 7) took the loss. iVVWIi'! fL 4 ate 'if P215f75Rt5 47.5 P22575R1S S4.S PLUS F.E.T. f1.SVS2.90 1st Una (S.000 mM rating FROM Wlt SERVICES Eddie Murray and Rick Dempsey clubbed two-run homers to highlight a 12 hit attack Tuesday night that led the host Baltimore Orioles to an 81 victory over the Boston Red Sox. Jim Palmer (4-4) benefitted from the assault against four Boston pitchers.

The veteran righthander hurled 7V4 innings before being relieved by Tim Stoddard. Dennis Eckersley (7-12) took the loss. Baltimore opened the scoring in the first after two were out when Cal Ripken singled and Murray belted his 27th home run. The Orioles added another run in the second. With two out, Glenn Gulliver doubled and, after a 15-minute rain delay.

Rich Dauer singled him home. CHICAGO 7, OAKLAND 6 Ron Kittle belted his 32nd homer of the season and his fifth in the last five games Tuesday night to help LaMarr Hoyt become the majors' first 19-game winner and lead the Chicago White Sox hosts to a 7 victory over the Oakland A's. Rudy Law also added a homer and had four hits and three runs scored to lead the White Sox to their eighth straight victory at home and reduce their magic number for clinching the American League West Cooper singled and Simmons followed with his triple to left center field off loser Dave Righetti (14 6). Simmons scored on relief pitcher George Frazier's wild pitch. The Brewers took a 1-0 lead in the second.

Cooper led off with a double, went to third on a wild pitch and scored on Rick Manning's sacrifice fly to center. SEATTLE 3, KANSAS CITY 1 Hot hitting Steve Henderson drove in one run with a fifth inning double, then scored on a wild pitch to carry the Seattle Mariners to a 31 victory over the slumping Kansas City Royals Tuesday night at Kansas City. Right hander Bob Stoddard, scattering five hits over 7VS innings, picked up his eighth victory against 14 defeats. Bill Caudill, the fourth Mariner pitcher, hurled the final 14 innings for his 23rd save. TORONTO 6, CALIFORNIA 4 George Bell and Cliff Johndon drove in two runs each and Doyle Alexander scattered six hits over 8V4 innings Tuesday night to lead the host Toronto Blue Jays to a 6 4 victory over the California Angels.

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Darling (01). making his major league debut, allowed only five hits in 6Vi innings, walked one and struck out six before leaving the game with a strained left hamstring muscle. SAN DIEGO 8, LOS ANGELES 3 Terry Kennedy drove in four runs with a home run and two singles to support the seven-hit pitching of Ed Whitson as the San Diego Padres AUTO TECH 259-0935 N.L. Baseball less innings to 28, leading the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates to a 5-0 triumph over the St. Louis Cardinals Tuesday night.

Tunnell (8 5) pitched his second shutout of the season and his third complete game. The righthander struck out five and walked three as Ken Oberkfell singled three times for St Louis' only hits. Sale prices in effect now thru Sept. 10 SaSKHTOMH FROM WIRE SERVICES Manny Trillo went 4 for-4, including a solo homer, and drove in four runs and Andre Dawson hit his 29th home run Tuesday night to lead the host Montreal Expos to an 8 2 triumph over the Chicago Cubs for their third straight victory. The Expos jumped on Dick Ruth-ven (1111) for three runs in the first inning.

Tim Raines opened with a walk, stole second and scored when Trillo followed with a double off the glove of first baseman Leon Durham. Durham left the game with a sore right thumb and was taken to a hospital for X-rays. A double by Al Oliver made the score 2-0 and Warren Cromartie added a run-scoring single to give the Expos a 3-0 advantage. Trillo hit his second homer of the season, a shot over the left field wall, to make it 4-0 in the third and Dawson followed with another solo blast, his 100th RBI of the season, to put Montreal in front 5-0. Trillo added a two-run double in the fourth and the Expos added another run in the fifth on a run-scoring single by Chris Speier.

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