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i 90 W0 mm 4C THE PALM BEACH POST THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1988 sl Major League Baseball Standings Braves slip past Expos 3-2 1 Three-run sixth gives Atlanta first series win of season American League East Team Won Lost List Streak 10 Pel. GB Wadnesdiy New York 22 11 .667 Beat Detroit 20 12 .625 V2 Beat Cleveland 18 13 .581 3 Played at California Milwaukee 18 13 .581 3 Lost Boston 17 13 .567 3V4 Did Toronto 14 18 .438 Vi Beat Baltimore 4 28 .125 17 Lost West Oakland 24 9 .727 Lost Chicago 15 16 .484 8 Lost Texas 15 16 .484 8 Beat Kansas City 15 17 .469 Did Seattle 15 19 .441 Lost Minnesota 13 18 .419 10 Beat California 13 20 .394 11 Played Chicago 12-2 Won 2 6-4 Oakland 8-4 Won 2 6-4 Won 1 2-8 to Minnesota 2-1 Lost 2 8-2 not play Lost 1 3-7 Seattle 9-3 Won 1 5-5 to Texas 8-0 Lost 3 3-7 to Detroit 8-1 Lost 2 8-2 to New York 12-2 Lost 2 4-6 Baltimore 8-0 Won 5 7-3 not play Won 1 3-7 to Toronto 9-3 Lost 1 5-5 Milwaukee 2-1 Won 2 5-5 Lost 1 3-7 Last Streak 10 seven hits and driving in Los Angeles' only run with a fifth-inning single. The Pirates tied the score in the eighth. Valenzuela issued his fifth walk of the game to Darnell Coles lead-; ing off the eighth, and Cangelosi came in as a pinch runner. Jesso Orosco relieved Valenzuela and; walked Milligan.

Orosco struck out Mike Diaz, but Junior Ortiz drove -in the tying run with a single. R.J. Reynolds, pinch hitting for starting pitcher Bob Walk, grounded into a double play, ending the inning. Phillies 4, Reds 3 PHILADELPHIA Mike Young's bases-loaded single to center field with one out in the 11th inning scored Von Hayes and Philadelphia the victory over Cincinnati. Hayes opened the inning with a single and moved to second as Chris James beat out a slow bouncer to third.

Bill Almon then sacrificed, and Steve Jeltz was walked intentionally. Philadelphia's Kent Tekulve (1-3) pitched two scoreless innings. John Franco (0-3), the fourth Cincinnati pitcher, took the loss. Cleveland San Diego threatened only twice. John Kruk doubled to open the second but was thrown out at third attempting to advance on Keith Moreland's grounder to short.

In the fourth, Garry Templeton led off with a single but was thrown out attempting to steal second. Ready then doubled to right, but Kruk and Moreland both grounded out. Pirates 2, Dodgers 1 PITTSBURGH Randy Milli-gan's two-out double in the 11th inning drove in Andy Van Slyke with the winning run as Pittsburgh beat Los Angeles. Van Slyke walked with one out, then took second on losing pitcher Alejandro Pena's wild pitch. After Bobby Bonilla was intentionally walked, John Cangelosi struck out, but Milligan hit a drive that bounced to the center field wall on one hop, scoring Van Slyke without a throw.

The run was the first scored off of Pena (1-1) in 15V3 relief innings this year. Scott Medvin (1-0) the Pirates third pitcher, worked the 11th for his first major league victory. Fernando Valenzuela worked seven scoreless innings, allowing National League Paul Assenmacher came on and held the Expos scoreless for lVb innings, and Bruce Sutter pitched the ninth for his third save. Cubs 1, Padres 0 CHICAGO Vance Law's two-strike squeeze bunt in the 10th inning scored Mark Grace and gave Greg Maddux and Chicago the victory over San Diego. Ryne Sandberg led off the 10th with a triple off loser Lance McCullers (0-3).

Grace and Andre Dawson were walked intentionally to load the bases, and Mark Davis relieved McCullers. Rafael Palmeiro forced Sandberg at the plate before Law bunted safely to first on a 2-2 pitch, scoring Grace. Maddux (6-2) allowed only three hits, walked none and struck out eight. He retired the last 20 batters after giving up a one-out double to Randy Ready in the fourth inning. Maddux and Mark Grant pitched on equal terms for seven innings.

McCullers took over with one out in the eighth. National League East Team Won Lost Pet. GB Wednesday at Houston New York 22 8 .733 Pittsburgh 21 11 .656 2 Beat Chicago 16 15 .516 6 Beat Montreal 15 16 .484 VA Lost St. Louis 14 17 .452 Played Played San Francisco Philadelphia 11 19 .367 11 Beat West Los Angeles 19 10 .655 Lost Houston 17 13 .567 2V4 Played New York Cincinnati 16 17 .485 5 Lost San Francisco 15 17 .469 5V4 Played at St. Louis IT i mym VJ 'crS 'P; (vx 1 1 San Diego 10 21 .323 10 Lost Atlanta 9 21 .300 101 Beat Results American League Wednesday Winning Detroit 8, Oakland 4 Toronto 9, Seattle 3 New York 12, Chicago 2 Texas 8, Baltimore 0 Minnesota 2, Milwaukee 1 Cleveland at California, late Only games scheduled Hernandez Stieb Dotson Kilgus Atherton Palm Beach Post Wire Services ATLANTA Gerald Perry had a run-scoring single and Gary Roenicke a two-run double in a three-run sixth inning, giving the Atlanta Braves a 3-2 victory over the Montreal Expos Wednesday night.

The Braves took two out of three from the Expos, winning their first series of the season. Expos left-hander Neal Heaton (0-2) had a one-hit shutout with two out in the sixth when the Braves rallied from a 2-0 deficit. Andres Thomas, who had the only previous hit off Heaton, singled, and Dale Murphy walked. Roenicke then doubled, scoring Thomas and Murphy, and Perry followed with his single, scoring Roenicke. Montreal's Hubie Brooks had a two-run double in the first inning off Braves starter Kevin Coffman (2-2).

Tim Raines reached on Thomas' error leading off the game. Johnny Paredes then walked before Brooks' hit. Coffman, whose other victory came against Montreal last week, allowed three hits, walked five and struck out one. The right-hander pitched 6 innings. American League Rangers shut out Orioles Palm Beach Post Wire Services ARLINGTON, Texas Paul Kilgus pitched a four-hitter for Texas' first complete-game shutout since 1986 as the Rangers beat the Baltimore Orioles 8-0 Wednesday night for their fifth consecutive victory.

Kilgus (5-2) became the first Texas pitcher to throw a shutout since Charlie Hough on Sept. 27, 1986. Kilgus held Baltimore hitless for 5 innings and struck out six in his first major league complete game. Kilgus retired 17 of the first 18 Orioles. Mark Williamson (1-1) was the loser.

Tigers 8, Athletics 4 OAKLAND, Calif. Mike Heath's two-run ninth-inning single off previously untouchable Dennis Eckersley led Detroit over Oakland, the Athletics' second loss after 14 consecutive wins. With the score 4-4, Gary Pettis led off the ninth with an infield single off Eckersley (0-1), who had 12 saves in 13 games and hadn't allowed a run in 15 innings. After a balk, a walk to Lou Whitaker and a sacrifice by Luis Salazar, Heath singled to put Detroit ahead. Chet Lemon later added a two-run double off Eric Plunk.

Guillermo Hernandez (3-1), who relieved Jeff Robinson in the eighth, got the win. Blue Jays 9, Mariners 3 TORONTO Ranee Mulliniks (3-1) (4-3) (5-0) (5-2) (1-1) Tuesday Winning New York 17, Chicago 3 Seattle 4, Toronto 2 Minnesota 9, Milwaukee 3 Kansas City 7, Boston 2 Texas 13, Baltimore 5 Cleveland 7, California 1 Detroit 8, Oakland 2 Candelaria Langston Viola Bannister Hough Bailes Terrell (4-2) (3-3) (5-1) (5-2) (4-4) (2-3) (1-0) NATIONAL LEAGUE Wednesday Winning THE ASSOCIATED PRESS is greeted by Dave Parker after McGwire's three-run homer in the" 4 to the Detroit Tigers, their second loss after 14 wins. Chicago 1, San Diego 0 (10) Maddux (6-2) McCullers (0-3) Atlanta 3, Montreal 2 Coffman (2-2) Heaton (0-2) Pittsburgh 2, Los Angeles 1 (11) Medvin (1-0) Pena (1-1) Philadelphia 4, Cincinnati 3 Tekulve (1-3) Franco (0-3) New York at Houston, late San Francisco at St. Louis, late Winning Pitcher Tuesday Holton (1-0) Smith (2-2) Palacios (1-2) Browning (1-0) Forsch (2-2) Cone (4-0) Los Angeles 6, Chicago 5 (14) Montreal 6, Atlanta 1 Pittsburgh 6, San Francisco 2 Cincinnati 10, Philadelphia 1 St. Louis 5, San Diego 1 New York 5, Houston 2 Schedule Won 1 8-2 Los Angeles 2-1 Won 2 5-5 San Diego 1-0 Won 1 7-3 to Atlanta 3-2 Lost 1 5-5 Won 2 7-3 Cincinnati 4-3 Won 1 4-6 to Pittsburgh 2-1 Lost 1 6-4 Lost 1 4-6 to Philadelphia 4-3 Lost 1 5-5 Lost 1 4-6 to Chicago 1-0 Lost 4 1-9 Montreal 3-2 Won 1 5-5 Pitcher Losing Pitcher Eckersley (0-1) Moore (2-4) McDowell (2-3) Williamson (1-1) Bosio (5-3) Pitcher Losing Pitcher Horton (3-5) Clancy (1-4) Wegman (3-4) Hurst (5-1) Thurmond (0-6) Finley (2-5) C.

Young (2-1) Pitcher Losing Pitcher Losing Pitcher Lancaster (1-3) Glavine (1-5) Downs (0-3) Carman (3-3) Hawkins (3-3) Camacho (0-3) National League San Francisco at St. Louis, 1:35 p.m. San Diego at Chicago, 4:05 p.m. Los Angeles at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m. Only games scheduled Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m.

Atlanta at St. Louis, 8:35 p.m. Chicago at Houston, 8:35 p.m. Philadelphia at Los Angeles, 10:05 p.m. Montreal at San Diego, 10:05 p.m.

New York at San Francisco, 10:35 p.m. Vt. Opp. ft Sit W-L IP ERA Last 3 Outlngt W-L IP ERA MBA 1-0 1-2 18Vi 3.44 17 7.13 14.73 15.79 1-0 7 0.00 1-1 19V4 4.66 14.43 3-0 17Vi 3.63 13.50 1-0 7 9.00 1-1 22 4.37 9.93 1-1 1-1 21 4.29 15VS 1.76 2-1 22V4 2.01 1-0 20 0.45 10.48 4.50 0-1 7V4 9.82 2-1 24 1.88 9.75 2-0 18Vi 2.95 12.27 1-1 11 2.31 3-0 2-0 20Vi 21 2.66 1.66 11.51 7.48 underdog. On 8-5, you would wager $8 to win $5 on the Average number of men allowed to reach base via hits NATIONAL LEAGUE Based on 84 at-bat AB Pet.

Guerrero LA 27 101 13 36 .356 Etonilla Pit 31 120 25 42 .350 Palmeiro Chi 30 113 19 39 .345 Galarraga Mon 30 122 23 42 .344 Dawson Chi 30 122 19 40 .328 StrawbryNY 30 104 22 33 .317 Smith Stl 30 115 16 36 .313 McGeeStL 31 125 15 38 .304 LarklnCIn 32 138 23 41 .297 law Chi 28 111 15 33 .297 Home rant: Bonllla, Pittsburgh, Dawson, Chicago, 9: Strawberry, New York, Carter, New York, Davis. Houston, 7. RBI: Bonllla, Pittsburgh, 26; Davis, Houston, 26; Pamsh, Philadelphia, 24; Hernandez, New York, 23; 4 are tied with 22. Rum: Bonllla, Pittsburgh, 25: Gibson, Los Angeles, 25; Galarraga, Montreal, 23; Larkin, Cincinnati, 23; Bonds, Pittsburgh, 22; Raines, Montreal, 22; Strawberry, New York, 22. Hits: Bonllla, Pittsburgh, 42; Galarraga, Montreal, 42; Larkin, Cincinnati, 41; Dawson, Chicago, 40; Palmeiro.

Chicago, 39. Stolen bwesi Young, Houston, 20; Davis, Cincinnati, 15; Raines, Montreal, 15; Coleman, St. Louis, 13; Sabo. Cincinnati, 13i Doudhm: Bonllla, Pittsburgh, 1 Palmeiro, Chicago, 1 Bream. Pittsburgh, 10; Galarraga, Montreal, 10: 4 are tied with 9.

AMERICAN LEAGUE Today Seattle at Toronto, 7:35 p.m. Cleveland at Milwaukee, 8:35 p.m. Baltimore at Texas, 8:35 p.m. Only games scheduled Friday California at New York, 7:30 p.m. Seattle at Boston, 7:35 p.m.

Minnesota at Detroit, 7:35 p.m. Oakland at Baltimore, 8:05 p.m. Toronto at Chicago, 8:30 p.m. Cleveland at Milwaukee, 8:35 p.m. Kansas City at Texas, 8:35 p.m.

Today's Pitchers American League Away Horn Probable Pitcher 1988 W-L ERA Una SEAT TORN SWIFT (R) FLANAGAN (L) 1-0 3-2 3.86 4.75 7-8 CLEV MIL CANDIOTTI NIEVES (L) 4-1 2.39 4-2 6.16 6V4-7Vi BALT TEX BAUTISTA (R) GUZMAN (R) 8-9 3-2 2.96 NATIONAL LEAGUE S.F. STL REUSCHEL (R) TUDOR (L) 5-1 1-0 1.90 0.45 8Vi-7V4 S.D. CUBS SHOW (R) SCHIRALDI (R) 2-4 426 2-2 5.61 6-7 LA PITT HERSHISER (R) SMILEY (L) 6-0 2-2 1.74 3.58 PICK hits were a bloop double in the second and a line single in the fifth by Dan Pasqua. With two out in the bottom of the first, Don Mattingly singled off Jack McDowell (2-3) and Clark hit his sixth home run of the season. Twins 2, Brewers 1 MINNEAPOLIS Gene Larkin doubled home the tiebreaking run in the eighth inning, leading Minnesota over Milwaukee.

Keith Atherton (1-1) worked 1 innings for the victory. Jeff Rear-don pitched the ninth for his sixth save. IRCC's Meacham signs with Tigers FORT PIERCE Indian River Community College right-hander Rusty Meacham signed a five-figure contract with the Detroit Tigers and has been assigned to Fay-etteville (N.C.) in the Class A South in the fifth inning, when Jacas reached first on an error by Yankee shortstop Carlos Rodriguez, moved to second on a single by Villanueva, took third on a fielder's choice, and scored on Toale's sacrifice fly. Polka finished the Mets' scoring by hitting a solo home run over the left-field wall in the bottom of the sixth inning, his third homer of the year. Fort Lauderdale scored its only run in the eighth.

Mitchell, the only Yankee to get two hits, led off with a single, took second on a wild pitch, went to third on David Tur-geon's groundout and scored on Bob Erickson's sacrifice fly. "I wasn't getting really tired (in the late innings), but I was getting mentally tired," said Rauth. St. Lucie 4, Fort. Laud.

1 FORT LAUDERDALE Rauth's 5-hitter leads St. Lucie to 4-1 win over Fort Lauderdale Oakland's Mark McGwire (right) sixth inning. The Athletics lost 8 and Kelly Gruber homered and Dave Stieb won his third consecutive start as Toronto beat Seattle. Mulliniks hit a two-run homer and RBI single and scored three times. Gruber had a solo homer and a run-scoring single among Toronto's 12 hits.

Stieb (4-3) gave up six hits and struck out six in eight innings. He gave up a three-run homer to Ken Phelps in the eighth inning. Mike Moore (2-4) was the loser. Yankees 12, White Sox 2 NEW YORK Unbeaten Richard Dotson pitched a four-hitter in his first game against his former team, and Jack Clark and Willie Randolph homered as New York beat Chicago. Dotson (5-0), who won 94 games in eight seasons with the White Sox, lost his shutout bid with two out in the eighth when Fred Manrique doubled and Daryl Boston hit his second home run of the season.

For 7 innings, Chicago's only get the shutout, but I didn't get that, either. The objective, however, was to get the win." St. Lucie scored its first run in the bottom of the first inning, loading the bases off Yankee starter Rodney Imes (5-2). Andre Jacas beat out a bunt, Juan Villanueva singled, and one out later John Toale walked to load the bases. Jacas was thrown out trying to steal home, but Hector Perez singled in Villanueva to give the Mets a 1-0 lead.

St. Lucie added a run in the second when Brandon Bailey drew a one-out moved to third on Manny Mantrana's single, and scored on Jacas' single to left field. But Matrana was thrown out at third on Jacas' single to end the inning. "We made a couple of baserun-ning errors tonight," said Hurdle, "but it's nothing to get excited about. The key tonight was that Rauth kept away from that big inning.

He was constantly ahead of the batters and he pitched aggressively." "He was around the plate all night," said St. Lucie catcher Fritz Polka. "He had good control and good velocity. It was one of the most well-pitched games I've caught." The Mets added an insurance run Atlantic League, IRCC coach Mike Easom announced. Meacham, a 6-foot-l, 152-pound-er who also pitched for the 1986 Jensen Beach team that won the American League World Series, was 11-5 with a 1.47 ERA for the Pioneers this season, including an 8-0 victory over state champion Hillsborough in the opening game of the state tournament Saturday at Winter Haven.

He gave up only 93 hits in 134 innings and led the state in ERA and strikeouts (118). Notes Despite a police report that la-. beled Billy Martin's version of a weekend fight in Texas as unfound-ed, George Steinbrenner said he ac-' cepted his manager's version and planned no action against hLml "The matter is closed as far as I'm concerned," the New York Yankees owner said in a telephone inter-' view. "I'm concentrating on the pennant race. The case is closed for -me.

I believe my manager." Florida State League Tampa defeats WPB Expos 4-3 Special to The Palm Beach Post i WEST PALM BEACH The Tampa Tarpons scored three runs in the third inning and went on to a 4-3 victory over the West Palm Beach Expos in front of 555 specta-aA tors Wednesday night at Municipal Stadium. Expos' starter Nels Jacobson (5-, 1) walked the first four batters of the third inning and allowed a two-' run single by Kurt Brown that gave the Tarpons a 3-1 lead. Tampa WPB 3 TAMPA WEST PALM BEACH ib I hN all 4 12 0" 4 12 0 5 0 0 3 0 10 4 0 10. 4 0 10. 3 0 10 3 0 10 3 110 10 0 0 10 0 0 Eveline cf Sullivan rf Ronrmeier If Garcia dh Woods 3b Greene lb Baham ss Brown Martin 2b 4 0 2 0 Munoz ss 4 0 0 0 Vender Wal If 4 0 0 0 Kingwood cf 2 2 10 Oiler dh 2 10 1 Natal 2 I 0 ODull lb 3 0 0 1 Santiago 3b 3 0 12 Alou rf 3 0 0 0 Clemo 3b Adams dh Gaykx 2b 27 4 4 4 Totals Totals 31 31 4 Tampa WPB 030 001 000 4 100 010 100 3- GW-RBI Brown.

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2:22. A 555. LEGEND: A 7-8 line next to one team In the pitching form means that team is the favorite (8) and the other team is the underdo! (7). To read the line. Insert a 5 before the 7 and after the 8, which would give you 5-7 and 8-5.

On 5-7, you would have to put up $5 to $7 on the favorite, on a game with an you wouia nave 10 pin up o.ou io win o. prccning oaia renecis ine pnener past performance as a starter. 1 987: Pitcher's overall record to date as a starter. Vs. Opp.

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IP: Innings pitched. BY DUANE MARSTELLER Palm Beach Post Staff Writer PORT ST. LUCIE A winning combination for a baseball team is good pitching, strong defense, and timely hitting. Wednesday night, the St. Lucie Mets did all three to perfection.

Chris Rauth pitched a five-hitter, the Mets defense committed no errors, and St. Lucie used timely hitting to defeat the Fort Lauderdale Yankees 4-1 and snap a four-game home losing streak in front of 492 at the St. Lucie County Sports Complex. "It was an outstanding game by Chris Rauth," said St. Lucie manager Clint Hurdle, whose team improved to 16-17.

"We made a couple of above-average catches in the outfield, and it set the tone for the evening." Rauth, a 24-year-old righthander, had a perfect game until Mark Mitchell led off the sixth with a single. Rauth (3-3) went on to complete his first game of the season. He struck out four and walked one. "As the game went on, it (the perfect game) didn't cross my mind," said Rauth, who used a variety of fastballs sliders and curves against the Yankees (19-15). "After they got that hit, I wanted to ERA: Earned run average.

MBA: Men on base average. and walks per nine innings pitcned. League Leaders AMERICAN LEAGUE Bawd on 84 at-bata AB Pet. .416 .390 .368 .365 .363 .362 .361 .361 Winfleld NV Cotto Sea Hendson NY O'Brien Tex Slaught NY Ray Cal Carter Cle Lansford Oak Davis Sea Brett KC 31 27 31 30 27 30 30 31 29 32 113 100 125 104 91 116 119 133 100 119 118 28 17 34 18 14 16 25 28 18 24 .350 .336 .336 Jacoby Cle 30 14 RBI: Canseco. Oakland, 32: Winfleld, New York, 32; Pagliarulo, New York, 30; Braggs, Milwaukee, 27: Davis, Seattle, 25; Brett, Kansas City.

25. Home runs: Canseco, Oakland, Hrbek, Minnesota, 9: Calderon, Chicago, Fisk, Chicago, 8 are tied with 7. Rum: Henderson. New York, 34; Canseco. Oakland, 32: Mattingly, New York, 30; Lansford, Oakland.

28; Winfleld, New York, 28. Hits: Lansford, Oakland, 48; Winfleld, New York, 47; RHenderson, New York, 46; Carter, Cleveland, 43: Ray, California, 42. Stolen bate: Henderson, New York, 32: Pettis, Detroit, 18: Canseco, Oakland, 12; Carter, Cleveland, Moseby, Toronto, 9. Double: Ray. California, 13; Gladden, Minnesota, 12: 8 are tied with IO.

Triples: Reynolds, Seattle, 4: Wilson, Kansas City, 1 1 are tied with 2. ab at Arendas rf 4 0 10 Jacas cf 4 12 1 Rodriguez ss 4 0 0 0 Villanueva as 4 13 0 Kraus lb 4 0 1 OMonell rf 4 0 0 0 Berube dh 4 0 10 Toale dh 2 0 0 1 Phillips cf 3 0 0 0 Perez If 4 0 11 Hauradou 2b 3 0 0 0 Polka 3 111 Turgeon 3b 3 0 0 0 Oonnels 3b 3 0 0 0 Enckson 2 0 0 1 Mantrana 2b 3 0 10 Total! 30 1 lTotili 2M14 Ft. Laud. 000 000 010 1 St. Lucia 110 Otl OQ 4 GWRBI Perez (IV Turgeon.

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