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World Sfjries next for 4-0 winners 'iO (TV eff Yankees sweep Sports The Indianapolis Star FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1981 Comics Arts Leisure PAGE 35 111 Oakland (AP) Willie Randolph snapped a scoreless tie with a two out homer in the sixth inning and the New York Yankees captured their 33rd American League pennant by beating the Oakland A's 4 0 Thursday night to complete a three game sweep of the league championship series. Graig Nettles, who already had driven in six runs in the first two games of the series, ripped a two-out, three run double over the head of centerfielder Rick Bdsetti in the ninth inning to put an end to the 1981 story of the upstart A's. Dave Righetti. the Yankees' 22 year-old rookie left hander, held Oakland scoreless through six innings, but after throwing 112 pitches, he was replaced by Ron Davis and then Goose Gossage who finished up for the World Series bound Yankees. In all, they held the A's to five hits.

FORMER YANKEE manager and player Billy Martin's A's could score only four runs in three games against New York while the Yankees scored 20. New York stranded nine runners through the first five innings, which took two hours to play. Finally, Randolph ended the tension by picking on a 10 delivery by Matt Keough that he lofted high over the left field wall for his first home run since April and his first in postseason play since 1977. New York won the first two games of the A.L. Championship Series at Yankee Stadium by scores of 31 and Righetti- also struggled in the early going as the A's had runners in scoring position in each of the first three innings.

But he settled down, retiring the final seven batters he faced before he was lifted in favor of Davis. Davis, who struck out three in l1 innings of relief in Game 1 of this series, retired six straight before Gossage came on in the ninth. In his stint. Righetti struck out four and walked two. yielding four singles.

His worst inning was the second, when he allowed consecutive one-out singles to Kelvin Moore and Dave McKay. But he struck out Jeff Newman, and Rob Picciolo grounded into an inning-ending forceout as Oakland's best threat went by the boards. IT WAS NEVER, by any means, a pitchers duel, and the drama of this final game of the series was diminished even further by the absence of the man who calls himself "the straw that stirs the drink." the Yankees' Reggie Jackson. Jackson was scratched from the The Yankees wrapprd it up in the ninth with three unearned runs. Jerry Mumphrey led off with a walk, and Larry Milbourne laid down a sacrfice bunt to Keough.

Everyone was safe, however, when second baseman McKay dropped the throw from his pitcher. KEOUGH STRUCK out the next batter. Dave Winfield. and Martin went to his bullpen. Tom Underwood came in to pitch to Bobby Murcer.

who had replaced Jackson as the designated hitter, and Lou Piniella was sent in to hit for Murcer. Piniella singled to left but Henderson's replacement. Mike Hrath. cut down Mumphrey trying to score as Milbourne went to second. A sharp single to right by Oscar Gamble loaded the bases for Nettles.

Nettles, who had gone hitless in his previous four trips, hit a long fly ball that seemed to confuse Bosetti. It eluded his desperation stab and went to the base of the wall in centerfield. clearing the bases. In the end. it was the Yankees, the big kid on the block, who prevailed.

It was a triumph of Bully Ball over Billy Ball. Now. the Yankees await the winner of the Montreal Los Angeles series, which resumes tonight at Mon treal tied at one victory apiece. Yanks sell tickets New York (AP) The New York Yankees announced Thursday that tickets for the 1981 World Series games at Yankee Stadium will go on sale at the Stadium advance sale ticket windows this morning. The Yankees announced that the Stadium ticket windows will be open from 9 a.m.

until 5 p.m. today, and during the same hours for each day thereafter until all tickets have been sold. World Series tickets will only be available at the Stadium windows, with no mail orders. Box seats will be priced at $20. reserved seats at $15 and bleacher scats at $5.

The Yankees announced that there will be a limit of four tickets per game per customer. (AP photo) Homer ('high five'' for Undordibs to L.A. no Expos picked in 3rd N.L. duel starting lineup because of an injury he sustained merely by running onto the field in Wednesday afternoon's game at Yankee Stadium. Jackson strained the muscle in his left calf, apparently just by stepping on it wrong and he felt soreness in it again Thursday.

The A's also lost two very crucial players' in the course of the game. In the first inning, centerfielder Dwayne Murphy sustained muscle spasms in his back while hitting and had to be removed from the game. Rickey Henderson, who already had stolen two bases, injured his left wrist when he fouled a pitch from Righ etti in the fifth inning. He also had to be replaced, and much of the punch in Oakland's Billy Ball offense was gone. Montreal (AP) A remarkable pitching perfo rmance by Ray Burris may have removed the underdog label jfrom the Montreal Expos as they return home fo.

the third game of Jhe National Iagjje Championship Series against the Angeles Dodgers. In fact, th Expos have been made. 13 10 favorite -over the veteran-laden Dodgers for I tonight's contest in Olympic Stadium. Nashville checks Chex in overtime Pacers bolster guards get Butch Carter from LA 13 3, setting playoff records with their run total and 19 hits in the second game. It looked like they were on their way to another rout as Keough struggled, then wriggled from one jam after another before finally yielding to one of the Yankees' least potent bats.

A woeful batting slump down the stretch had dropped Randolph from his normal leadoff spot to ninth in the New York order. He came into the game hitting just .214. on 6 for 28. through seven playoff games. In the sixth, though, he finally broke out.

sending the Yankees in quest of their 23rd World Series championship. BOB WATSON led off the inning, and his fly ball to the wall in right field may have been an omen. Keough had thrown 70 pitches through four innings, and nothing looked easy for the A's right-hander. The next batter, Rick Cerone, grounded to third, and that gave Randolph his opportunity. He had not hit a home run since April 28, but this one more than made up for it.

Rookie left fielder Tim Raines, who hit safely three times in Wednesday night's game, commented: "I've seen Reuss just once and I think I had three hits off him. "I don't think cold weather will have any effect on us. We've been playing there all year. I think we've got an advantage because we've been playing in Montreal." Raines, who hit .304 and stole 71 bases during the strike restricted regular season, was activated for the Championship Series after recovering from a broken hand. Manager Tommy Lasorda of the Dodgers didn't think any weather conditions would affect his club.

"We weren't able to generate any offense in that second game and I've never seen Burris pitch that well." NOBODY COULQ REMEMBER when the Veteran righthander had last thrown a nine-inning shutout. Searching the record books, it was determined he last did it with the Chicago Cubs against Houston May 3, 1977. Losing pitcher Fernando Valen-zuela. in his rookie season, had led the National League with eight shutouts, but he commented, "Nobody can win them all." Montreal had lost 19 of its last 20 games in Dodger Stadium, but Larry Parrish singled to start a two-run second inning off the 20-year-old southpaw and singles by Andre Dawson and Gary Carter, combined with a throwing error by Dodger left fielder Dusty Baker accounted for one in the sixth. "Our approach was to wait for the good pitch and drive it and lay off the good screwball." Parrish said.

"When, a guy like that makes a mistake, you've got to hit it. I think I hit a bad screwball and I think Warren Cromar-tie hit another." Carter added, "The third game between the teams will be the key. Their guy, Reuss, has been going good and he'll be against our ace." The right hander Rogers was 12 8 during the regular season and Reuss 104. CROMARTIE SAID, "WE always seem to be the underdog, but we always seem to play best against the better pitchers. We'll find out if we have the momentum in this series Friday night." i The Dodgers' Steve Garvey, who hit into an inningending double play in the sixth with two teammates on base, observed, "The key for us is just to play good, sound baseball.

I played in the snow once when going to Michi- gan State. LET IT SALES, SERVICE Derby Make your 4 Wheel Call now for an The thfi rd time was the charm for the Indiana Pacers. Thursday they picked up former Indiana Chliversity star Butch Carter from the; Los Angeles Lakers for a third rourj.d draft Earliq the Pacers were thwarted in their fforts to add more backcourt firepower when Washington exercised its right; of first refusal on Kevin Grevey a-ind when Mike Glenn elected to sign vuith Atlanta rather than with Indiana Cartl was due to arrive in town Thursda night, practice with the club today aj id go with the club to Milwaukee foi its third exhibition game Bucks Saturday night. Carlter, who co-captained I.U.'s 1980 Big Tei champions, is ticketed to back up Billj Knight at the off guard and is Poulin knotted the game for the Stars on a blistering screened shot from the blue line. For Poulin.

who had 16 goals as a defenseman at Oklahoma City last season, it was his third goal in three games. Nashville upped its first-year mark in the league to 21. The winless Checkers were able to score in the opening 20 minutes although getting but four shots on Moore. They failed to get a shot on goal in the overtime session while the South Stars tallied on their fourth shot in the extra period. For the game, Nashville outshot the Checkers.

Indianapolis returns home to the Fairground Coliseum tonight (8 p.m., WIBCl to take on Oklahoma City. 6 3 losers Thursday night to Worth Division leading Cincinnati. It will be the second of four games in four nights for the Checkers, who also will host Oklahoma City Saturday before traveling to Cincinnati Sunday. NO MATTER HOW YOU backs would be fully against the wall." NOW, HE HAS ace Steve Rogers to send against Jerry Reuss of the Dodgers in the third game, scheduled to start at 7:20 p.m. EST.

Rogers beat the Philadelphia Phillies twice in the East Division championships, while the left-handed Reuss won the final game of the West playoffs against Houston to put the Dodgers into this league title set. eye blindness." He will have to pass a Pacer physical before he is officially part of the team. Depth in the backcourt which also includes veterans Johnson. Jordan, Norm Nixon and Michael Cooper was the reason Laker Coach Paul Westhead said he was willing to part with the 6 5. 200-pound Carter.

Lack of depth in the backcourt, where there is no established scoring punch behind starters Davis and Knight, was the reason the Pacers wanted him. While at I.U., Carter really didn't find himself until the second half of his junior year when he wound up co; most valuable player of the National Invitation Tournament after his shot with six seconds to go nipped Purdue, 5352. He also hit the winning shot in overtime against Ohio State to give the Hoosiers the 1980 Big Ten title. Butch Carter a Dynamite Demolition 1 Willie Randolph (left) more The best-of five series stands tied at one game apiece with all the future action in Montreal where the cool weather might work to the advantage of the Expos. They own the league's best home record of 38-18 this season.

Manager Jim Fanning, more than pleased with the 3 0 victory that the 31-year old Burris posted in Game 2 Wednesday night, said: "If we had left Los Angeles any worse than 11, our considered capable of backing up Johnny Davis and Don Buse at the point. CARTER, WHO was drafted in the second round in 1980. averaged 5.6 points a game while shooting 46 percent from the field in 54 games. He was a starter for 14 games in December after Magic Johnson was sidelined with a knee injury and before the Lakers picked up veteran Eddie Jordan from the New Jersey Nets. While a starter, Carter raised his scoring average to 9.6 and shot at a 49 percent clip.

Last summer he averaged 12.7 points arid shot 54 percent Jor the Lakers' entry in the Las Angeles Summer League. He missed eight games last 'November with a condition doctors termed a "transitory episode of one Sports over lightly -Bob Collins, Sports Editor-! But nothing in his record drops a clue that he suddenly would tear 'em up this season. His best previous year was 1979, when he won $166,878 less than half what he will share with Internal Revenue this time and placed 11th on the money list. KITE ALSO is the only 1981 performer with a stroke average under 70. He's getting it around at 69.84.

And it's interesting to note that Watson, who usually is at or near the top in that category, is tied for seventh at 70.77. Most of us would take those numbers, go home, go to bed and never play again. But that difference less than one stroke a round just about tells the story of the 1981 season. Pensacola also will be the scene of the final scramble for the top 60 positions, which carry exemptions for 1982. If you can make the top 60 you not only are in a profit situation, you do hot have to participate in Monday qualifying the following season.

Morris Hatalsky is hanging onto 60th position, but 10 players are within $10,000 of his earnings. The rabbits will be running this weekend. Kite flying high on earnings list STAR SPECIAL REPORT Nashville. Tenrl. Veteran center Mike Antonovi'eh deflected -a shot by Tom Younghans past Indianapolis goaltender Kelly Hrudey 3:47 into overtime to give the Nashville South Stars a 21 Central Hockey League victory over the Checkers here Thurs day night.

Antonovich's tally kept Indianapolis winless in the new CHL season as the visitors dropped their third straight contest and second straight overtime game to remain mired in the North Division cellar. Rookie center Scott Howson had put the Checkers ahead, 1-0. in the first period when he rammed a rebound of a Mike Hordy shot past Robbie Moore in the South Stars goal and Hrudey made that margin stand up for two periods while turning aside 26 Nashville shots. But Monty Trottier was whistled (or tripping at 4:17 of the third period and 32 seconds later defenseman Dan "bowlersI don't miss the WORLD'S GREATEST BOWLERS at WOODLAND BOWL NOW thru Tuesday Tickets on sale at Woodland Bowl 96th Keystone I 844-4099 SNOW INSTALLATION of froducts Mike RF gain Channel Clarifier Noise PRESIDENT HAS MOBILE BUILT FOR YOU r)DP THOUGHTS while wondering whatever happened to Geore Foreman: Nribody is planning a benefit, but Tom Watson is carrying his money in smaller trunks this season. Matter of fact.

golf's leading money-winner in 1977 7, 79 80 probably will not pace the pack; to the wire this trip. Watson trailed Tom Kite by $18,439 goin into the Pensacola Open which beggj? Thursday. Pensacola is the final tour event of the season and pays a tpp prize of $36,000. "(About the only way golf's Huckleb-berfy Finn can pull it off is to win and hopi; Kite and Ray Floyd spend most of i their time dodging alligators and searching fof fairways. Kite has won $36 1,1099.

Floyd $354,926, and Watson Bruce Lietzke ($336,146) also has a shot at the money title if the othiir three do an el foldo. lFor a while it appeared Watson w.aii going -to give it away by default. BM-ihe filed a late entry Sunday so the gaime is on. WATSON, THE boyishly handsome swinger from Kansas City, nearly lapped the field the last four years. In 19110 he entered 22 tournaments, etished a check every time and was re warded with $530,808.

That broke the old record of set by a gent name of Tom Watson in 1979. No other player has efirned $400,000 in a season. Kite, however, could squeeze over that number with a victory at Pensacola. Kite has been on the tour since played consistently and made a living. He has a reputation for the ball in play, making cuts jind staying among the leaders.

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