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4CW: THE PALM BEACH POST THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1987 Major League Baseball azzilli's pinch hit beats Braves "iff t' i 'W -A .) I Standings American League East i List Tim Won Lost Pet. GB Wednesday Streak 10 New York 58 38 .604 Losl to Minnesota 3-1 Lost 2 5-5 Toronto 54 39 .581 2' Played at Texas Lost 1 6-4 Detroit 53 39 .576 3 Lost to Oakland 10-1 Lost 1 7-3 Milwaukee 46 46 .500 10 Lost to Seattle 2-1 Lost 1 5-5 Boston 43 52 .453 14' 2 Losl to California 6-5 Lost 1 4-6 Baltimore 42 53 .442 151; Beat Chicago 10-5 Won 8 9-1 Cleveland 33 61 .351 24 Lost to Kansas City 5-1 Lost 2 2-8 WEST Minnesota 53 43 .552 Beat New York 3-1 Won 2 5-5 Oakland 50 44 .532 2 Beat Detroit 10-1 Won 1 6-4 California 50 46 .521 3 Beat Boston 6-5 Won 1 5-5 Kansas City 48 46 .511 4 Beat Cleveland 5-1 Won 2 3-7 Seattle 47 48 .495 Beat Milwaukee 2-1 Won 1 3-7 Texas 44 48 .478 7 Played Toronto Won 1 6-4 Chicago 37 55 .402 14 Lost to Baltimore 10-5 Lost 3 4-6 National League East Last Team Won Lost Pet. GB Wednesday Streak 10 St: Louis 59 32 .648 Played at Los Angeles Won 2 7-3 Montreal 52 41 .559 8 Lost to Houston 7-0 Lost 2 8-2 New York 51 43 .543 9'z Beat Atlanta 4-3 Won 1 7-3 Chicago 49 45 .521 11'; Played at San Diego Lost 4 4-6 Philadelphia 46 47 .495 14 Beat Cincinanti 5-3 Won 1 5-5 Piltsburgh 43 51 .457 17'? Beat San Francisco 4-0 Won 1 6-4 West Cincinnati 51 44 .537 Lost to Philadelphia 5-3 Lost 1 4-6 Houston 47 47 .500 3V2 Beat Montreal 7-0 Won 2 3-7 San Francisco 47 48 .495 4 Lost to Pittsburgh 4-0 Lost 1 4-6 Ajianla 42 52 .447 8' Lost to New York 4-3 Lost 1 3-7 Los Angeles 41 52 .441 9 Played St. Louis Lost 3 4-6 San Diego 34 60 .362 16'? Played Chicago Won 2 5-5 Results American League Wednesday Winning Pitcher Losing Pitcher Palm Beach Post Wire Services NEW YORK Lee Mazzilli's pinch-hit single drove home Barry Lyons with the go-ahead run to cap a four-run sixth inning as the New York Mets beat the Atlanta Braves 4-3 Wednesday night. "Lee's done it for me all season long," said Mets manager Davey Johnson.

"If anyody has a beef about the lack of playing time, its Maz. He's been good about it." National League The Mets had been limited to one hit by Zane Smith entering the sixth when they sent nine men to the plate and collected six hits off Smith and reliever Jeff Dedmon. Run-scoring singles by Darryl Strawberry, Lyons and Rafael San-tana preceded the game winner by Mazzilli, a pinch-hitter for Ron Darling. Darling (5-7) won his third game in four decisions, allowing two earned runs and eight hits, walking one and striking out one. "Knowing my role is the big key," said Mazzilli.

"I walk around in the dugout and sometimes go down into the Anything to stay loose. Let's just say I know what I have to do to be ready." Roger McDowell allowed two hits in the final three innings for his 12th save as Atlanta lost for the sixth time in seven games. Smith (8-6) failed to last past the sixth for the fourth consecutive game. He yielded four runs on seven hits, struck out five and walked two. Astros 7, Expos MONTREAL Mike Scott pitched a four-hitter, struck out 10 and drove in a run as Houston defeated Montreal.

Scott (11-6) increased his major league-leading strikeout total to Gerald Young's groundout. With one out in the fourth, Alan 1 Ashby walked and moved to second one out later on a wild pitch. Rook-ie Ken Caminiti's single scored Ashby, making the score 2-0. Bill Doran hit a two-run homer in the ninth for the Astros' final runs. Pirates 4, Giants SAN FRANCISCO Rick Reus- chel pitched a five-hitter for his third shutout in his last five starts as Pittsburgh beat San Francisco: Reuschel (8-4) retired 15 consec- -utive batters after giving up inning-opening singles to Will Clark and Chili Davis in the second.

The Giants had runners at first and third when West Palm Beach's -Robby Thompson hit into an inning- ending double play. Phillies 5, Reds 3 PHILADELPHIA Juan Samu-m- el hit his 19th home run, drove in two runs and scored twice as Phila delphia beat Cincinnati. Shane Rawley (12-5) pitched 6 innings and allowed three runs en -route to his fourth consecutive tory. Kent Tekulve and Steve Be-drosian relieved, with Bedrosian earning his National League-lead-' ing 27th save. Dodgers' coach dies after pitching batting practice LOS ANGELES Don McMa-hon, a major-league relief pitcher, for 18 years, died Wednesday night hours after suffering an apparent heart attack while pitching batting practice for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

He was 57. McMahon had been working for' the Dodgers as an instructional coach and scout and threw batting practice prior to almost every Dodger home game. The Dodgers said McMahon had heart bypass surgery 3V2 years ago. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Keith Hernandez slides into second as Braves' Andres Thomas avoids a collision after force out Wednesday. 165.

He walked three en route to his abled list, led off the game against third shutout and fifth complete Bob Sebra (6-10) with a single and Same- then stole second. Hatcher took Billy Hatcher, just of the dis- third on a wild pitch and scored on Langston (11-9) Witt (12-6) Lamp (1-0) Viola (10-6) Habyan (2-3) Gubicza (8-9) Wegman (8-9) Boyd (1-3) Tanana (9-7) Rhoden (12-6) DeLeon (5-9) Akerfelds (0-1) Seattle 2, Milwaukee 1 California 6, Boston 5 Oakland 10, Detroit 1 Minnesota 3, New York 1 Baltimore 10, Chicago 5 Kansas City 5, Cleveland 1 Toronto at Texas, late McGwire's four hits lead Athletics 10-1 Tuesday Winning Boston 3, California 0 Minnesota 2, New York 1 Kansas City 3, Cleveland 2 Baltimore 11, Chicago 6 Dgtroit 6, Oakland 5 (10) Milwaukee 6, Seattle 4 Texas 6, Toronto 1 Clemens Blyleven Leibrandt Williamson King Higuera Mohorcic Pitcher Losing Pitcher McCaskill (2-2) Stoddard (2-2) Bailes (3-3) Long (5-5) Howell (3-4) Moore (3-12) Musselman (7-3) (9-7) (9-7) (9-8) (4-6) (5-7) (9-7) (6-2) Winning Pitcher Losing Pitcher National League Wednesday New York 4, Atlanta 3 Pittsburgh 4, San Francisco 0 Houston 7, Montreal 0 Philadelphia 5, Cincinnati 3 Chicago at Sa'n Diego, late St. Louis at Los Angeles, late Darling (5-7) Reuschel (8-4) Scott (11-6) Rawley (12-5) the third time in 14 games. Eisen-reich, who left baseball in 1984 because of Tourette's Syndrome, a neurological condition that causes uncontrolled twitching, also walked and doubled. The Royals scored in the third when Wiliie Wilson walked, stole second, took third on Kevin Seitzer's fly ball and scored on a sacrifice fly by George Brett.

Frank White hit his eighth home run leading off the Kansas City fourth to give the Royals a 2-1 lead, then Seitzer singled and Brett walked to get the Royals rolling in the fifth. The Royals got an insurance run in the eighth on Bo Jackson's homer, his 19th. NATIONAL LEAGUE Based on 276 at bats. Tuesday Winning JJdosbn 4, Montreal 3 ftanta 8, New York 3 tSjinnati 4, Philadelphia 3 piego 4, Chicago 3 felouis 6, Los Angeles 1 SSarttrancisco 7, Pittsburgh Darwin Alexander Gullickson Davis Forsch Dravecky (7-6) (5-6) (10-6) (5-5) (9-3) (5-8) Palm Beach Post Wire Services DETROIT Mark McGwire had four hits, including his major league-leading 36th homer, and Dennis Lamp raised his career record against Detroit to 9-0 as the Oakland Athletics beat the Tigers 10-1 Wednesday night. McGwire had an RBI double in the Athletics' four-run second inning, added an RBI single in the fourth, and hit a 440-foot, two-run homer in the eighth.

The homer pulled McGwire within one of the American League rookie record of "37 held by Al Rosen. The major league record of 38 is held jointly by Wally Berger and Frank Robinson. Tony Bernazard had three hits for the Athletics, including a solo homer, his 12th, in the third inning. Lamp (1-0), in his second start of the season, struck out two and walked one before being relieved in the sixth. Bill Caudill, the third Oakland pitcher, gave up the Tigers' only run, a homer by Matt Nokes in the eighth, his 21st.

Detroit starter Frank Tanana (9-7) lasted three innings and allowed eight hits and five earned runs. Mariners 2, Brewers 1 MILWAUKEE Mark Langston pitched a four-hitter and Rey Quinones singled in the go-ahead run in the seventh inning to lead Seattle over Milwaukee. Langston (11-9) struck out seven to increase his American League-leading total to 159. He walked four. "My concentration was better today than it's been all season," said Langston.

"I was better prepared mentally. In my last start against Detroit I was too relaxed. I've got to have some idea of what I'm doing on every pitch and today I did that." Ken Phelps began the seventh with a walk off Bill Wegman (8-9). Jim Presley's single moved Phelps to second and pinch-runner John Moses scored when Quinones dropped a single in front of right AB Pet. GwynnSD 91 337 69 122 .362 MaldonaOoSF 71 277 50 92 .332 Guerrero LA 88 325 56 107 .329 Galarraga Mon 85 313 46 102 .326 Davis Cm 80 295 79 95 .322 Hatcher Htn 80 320 54 101 .316 Pendleton StL 90 349 57 110 .315 Law Mon 83 281 35 87 .310 Oberkfell Atl 74 283 38 86 .304 McGee StL 86 347 45 105 .303 Schedule American League Kansas City at Baltimore, 7:35 p.m.

J3Si3 at Cleveland, 7:35 p.m. Minnesota at Toronto, 7:35 p.m. bakland at Milwaukee, 8:35 p.m. pnly games scheduled FRIDAY Seattle at Boston, 7:35 p.m. fexas at Cleveland, 7:35 p.m.

aJifornia at Detroit, 7:35 p.m. Mjpnesota at Toronto, 7:35 p.m. heti York at Chicago, 8 p.m. insas City at Baltimore, 8:05 p.m. frgkland at Milwaukee, 8:35 p.m.

rJr Today Pitchers American League 2.85 through 155 innings. On July 6, he beat New York 2-0 at Yankee Stadium, but had lost his last three decisions to New York at the Me-trodome. Although Boynton Beach's Rick Rhoden (12-6) struck out the side in the first inning, Viola got all the offensive support he needed on Hrbek's two-run homer. Royals 5, Indians 1 KANSAS CITY, Mo. Jim Ei-senreich, continuing his comeback against a rare nervous disorder, drove in two runs to pace Kansas City over Cleveland.

The former Minnesota outfielder singled home two runs in the fifth inning as the Royals won for only League Leaders AMERICAN LEAGUE Based on 276 at bats. AB 357 331 305 363 336 312 341 317 355 371 352 74 132 59 I 13 58 103 56 1 18 59 106 57 98 45 106 70 98 50 109 55 114 54 108 Pet. .370 .341 .338 .325 .315 .314 .311 .309 .307 .307 .307 Boggs Bsn Trammell Det Mattmglv NY Puckett Mm Franco Cle Evans Bsn Tabler Cle Randolph NY Fletcher Tex Seitzer Kan Yount Mil HOME RUNS McGwire. Oakland. 35; Bell.

Toronto, 30: Carter. Cleveland. 23; Hrbek. Minnesota. 23; Deer.

Milwaukee. 22. RBI Joyner. California. 79; Bell.

Toronto, 78; McGwire. Oakland. 74: Carter, Cleveland. 73: Evans. Boston.

73. RUNS Boggs. Boston. 74; Oowning, California. 70; Randolph.

New York. 70; White, California. 69; Ripken. Baltimore. 64; Bell, Toronto, 64.

HITS Boggs, Boston, 132; Puckett, Minnesota, 1 18; Seitzer, Kansas City. 1 14; Trammell. Detroit. 1 13: Fernandez, Toronto, 111. DOUBLES Boggs, Boston, 26; Tabler, Cleveland, 24; White, California.

23; Davis. Oakland, 23: 4 are tied with 22. TRIPLES Bradley, Seattle. 10; Wilson, Kansas City, 10; Yount, Milwaukee, 8 are tied with 5. STOLEN BASES Reynolds, Seattle, 35; Wilson, Kansas City, 28; Redus, Chicago, 27; Henderson, New York, 26; Fernandez, Toronto, 25; Bradley.

Seattle, 25. PITCHING (7 decisions) Guetterman. Seattle, 8- 1, .889, 3.92; Schmidt, Baltimore, 10-2. .833, 2.95; Saberhagen, Kansas City, 15-4, .789, Cerutti. Toronto, 6-2, .750, 4.62; John, New York, 9- 3.

.750, 3.86; Mohorcic, Texas, 6-2, .750, 2.62; Morris. Detroit, 12-4, .750. 3.73. STRIKEOUTS Langston. Seattle, 152; Higuera, Milwaukee, 141; Clemens, Boston, 126; Stewart.

Oakland, 121; Hurst. Boston, 118; Witt, California, 1 18. SAVES Henke. Toronto, 19; Plesac, Milwaukee, 19; Reardon, Minnesota, 19; Righetti. New York.

1 Howell, Oakland, 1 5. didn't get the big hit and the big defensive play we needed," said Alou. "This team (St. Petersburg) had never beaten us bad. We just can't capitalize on scoring chances." Six of eight Expos games against the Cardinals have been decided by two runs or less.

"I'm glad we don't face them again in the regular season," Alou said. The Expos continue their homes-tand with single games against the Fort Myers Royals tonight and Friday. Both games start at 7:30 p.m. Tonight against the Royals it's "If We Win You Win" Night. If the Expos win, those attending will receive complimentary tickets to Sunday's game against Charlotte.

Notes Hall of Famer Bob Feller will pitch a Home Run Derby Friday American League fielder Glenn Braggs. Presley was thrown out trying to go to third on the play and Quinones also was thrown out trying to advance to second. Wegman went all the way, allowing eight hits. He struck out one and walked one. Donell Nixon's double, a hit batter and grounders by Scott Bradley and Alvin Davis gave the Mariners a 1-0 lead in the first.

Langston, aided by two double plays, held the Brewers to one hit through five innings. But Milwaukee tied the game at 1-1 in the sixth when Ernest Riles walked, moved to second on Mike Felder's sacrifice bunt and scored on Paul Molitor's single. Angels 6, Red Sox 5 BOSTON Brian Downing and George Hendrick each drove in two runs as the California Angels built a five-run lead and withstood a Boston comeback. Winner Mike Witt (12-6) gave up Jim Rice's 10th homer leading off the sixth, then gave up three runs in the seventh. DeWayne Buice replaced Witt and gave up an RBI single to Rice and a run-scoring double to Dwight Evans before ending the rally.

Greg Minton, the Angels' fourth pitcher, recorded his eighth save after giving up Rice's RBI single in the ninth. Twins 3, Yankees 1 MINNEAPOLIS Kent Hrbek and Kirby Puckett each homered and Frank Viola pitched four-hit ball through eight innings as Minnesota defeated New York in a matchup of division leaders. Viola (10-6) struck out six and walked two. He is 8-1 in his last 12 starts with a 1.85 ERA. Viola lowered his season ERA to West Palm Beach (55-45) is second in the Southern Division behind Fort Lauderdale and has 10 games remaining with the Yankees.

The Expos scored in the first inning when Edgar Caceres singled with one out and scored on a double by John Vander Wal, who's batting .375 since joining the Expos two weeks ago. St. Petersburg took the lead with three runs off Expos starter Al Collins (5-3) in the fourth inning. Jesus Mendez singled to lead off the inning and Collins hit Mauricio Nunez, putting runners on first and second. After catcher Mike Fox struck out, Mike Senne doubled home Mendez and Nunez went to third.

Joe Cunningham walked to load the bases and Crucito Lara, who grounded into an inning-ending double play with two runners on in the second, doubled to score Nunez and Senne. "We had opportunities to win but Smith (8-6) Downs (8-6) Sebra (6-10) Browning (5-8) Pitcher Losing Pitcher Youmans (7-4) Gooden (7-3) Gross (6-9) Moyer (9-7) Valenzuela (8-8) Kipper (5-8) National League St. Louis at Los Angeles, 4:05 p.m. Pittsburgh at San Diego, 4:05 p.m. Cincinnati at Montreal, 7:35 p.m.

Atlanta at Philadelphia, 7:35 p.m. Only games scheduled Houston at New York, 2, 5:05 p.m. Cincinnati at Montreal, 7:35 p.m. Atlanta at Philadelphia, 7:35 p.m. Pittsburgh at San Diego, 10:05 p.m.

Chicago at Los Angeles, 10:35 p.m. St. Louis at San Francisco, 10:35 p.m. school, like fishing and traveling." Going into Wednesday's game with the Portland Beavers, he was hitting .242 with two home runs, eight RBI and seven strikeouts in 10 games. The 6-foot-6, 210-pound Kingman says he still would like to achieve a couple of goals playing on a pennant winner and hitting 500 home runs.

"He's been real good with the young players," said Phoenix manager Wendell Kim. "He's only had two weeks of 'spring He might be all right, though, if he were to go to an AL club where he could DH." 4a Probable I I 1987 I Vs. Opp. at Site I Last 3 Outings Name Pitcher Line W-L ERA W-L IP ERA W-L IP ERA MBA GUZMAN (R) 6-8 5.34 -Ti 23 4 70 10 17 Otev CANDIQTTI (R) 2-10 5.57 0-1 20 6.30 13.95 MINN NIEKR0 (R) 5-7 4.47 0-2 18Vi 5 89 12 27 ftfN' STIEB (R) 7-8 8-5 394 2-0 23 1.52 7.23 K.C JACKSON (L) 4-11 4.56 oj 12 7.50 16 50 ytT BELL (L) E-6 7-7 5.38 1-2 23 3.13 9.39 iK ANDUJAR (R) 3-2 4.47 0-1 20 4 79 iili MIL B0SI0 (R) I PICK I 2-1 4.84 2-0 20 3.15 9.00 National League TT IDRABEK (R) I I 2-8 4.83 1 -I 1-2 19'r 5.59 10 71 SHOW (R) 5'4-6Vi 4-11 3.88 0-1 1 27.00 0-2 13'3 6.08 17.55 TL PULEO(R) 2-2 3 75 2(W 4.35 10 45 5 CARMAN (L) BVWW 5-7 5.21 1-1 12 9.00 18.75 OWN POWER (R) 7-5 4.51 y2 17 8.15 14 26 MONT, HEATON(L) 7-8 10-4 4.30 0-0 GV, 7.11 0-1 17 4.58 10.19 STL MAGRANE(L) 5-2 3 20 19 379 37 L.A. HERSHISER (R) E-6 10-8 2.46 1-1 20 3.15 U.25 League-leading Cardinals beat WPB Expos 4-1 HOME RUNS Clark.

St. Louis, 28: Davis. Cincinnati. 27; Murphy, Atlanta, 26; Dawson. Chicago.

24; Jonnson, New York, 22; Strawberry. New York. 22. RBI Clark. St.

Louis. 89: Dawson, Chicago. 77: Wallach. Montreal, 75; Davis, Cincinnati, 74; McGee. St.

Louis. 74. RUNS Davis, Cincinnati, 79; Clark. St. Louis.

72; Coleman, St. Louis. 69; Gwynn, San Diego, 69; Murphy, Atlanta. 67; Samuel, Philadelphia, 67. HITS Gwynn, San Diego.

122: Pendleton, St. Louis, 1 10; Guerrero, Los Angeles, 107; Leonard, San Francisco. 107; McGee. St. Louis, 105.

DOUBLES Galarraga, Montreal, 29; Wallach. Montreal, 29; Leonard, San Francisco, 27; Hayes, Philadelphia. 23; Law, Montreal, 23; McReynoids, New York, 23. TRIPLES Gwynn, San Diego, Thompson, Philadelphia, Samuel, Philadelphia, 6 are tied with 6. STOLEN BASES Coleman, St.

Louis. 57; Davis, Cincinnati. 34; Hatcher, Houston, 33; Gwynn, San Diego, 29; Thompson, Philadelphia, 27; Raines, Montreal, 27. PITCHING (7 decisions) Leach, New York, 8-0, 1.000, 2.44; Sutcliffe, Chicago. 13-4, .765, 3.35; Forsch, St.

Louis. 9-3, .750. 4.67; Cox. St. Louis, 8-3, .727, 3.65; Heaton.

Montreal, 10-4, .714, 4.37: Magrane, St, Louis, 5-2, .714, 3.20. STRIKEOUTS Scott, Houston. 155: Ryan, Houston, 146; Hershiser. Los Angeles. 117; Welch, Los Angeles, 1 1 Valenzuela, Los Angeles, 111.

SAVES Bedrosian. Philadelphia, 26; Smith, Chicago. 23; Worrell, St. Louis. 20; Franco, Cincinnati, 18; Smith, Houston, 16.

night before the Expos game with Fort Myers. St. Petersburg 4, WPB 1 ST. PETERSBURG as WEST PALM BEACH ab II 1 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0, 0 0 1 Oj 0 0 IV 0 0. 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 Robertson If Harrison 2b Mendez lb Nunez cf Fox Senne rf 0 1 1 Dean cf 0 0 0 Caceres 2b I 2 0 Vander Wal If 1 0 1 1 0 OSipe lb 0 Blowers 3b 1 Huson ss 0 Davis 2 Burke rf-cf Cunningham 3b 3 Lara ss 4 Mauch 3 Becker 0 0 I 0 Collins 0 0 0 Knstan baylor pn 1 Williams 0 Baker ph-lf 0 B.

Cunngham 0 0 410 4 Totals 33 1 Totals St. Pete 000 030 010 4 100 OOP OOP 1, WPB Expos Game Winning RBI Lara. None. DP St. Pete 1 WPB 1 LOB St.

Pete 1 2, WPB 6. 2B Senne. Vander Wal SB Hamson, Nunez, Robertson. Becker. IP ER BB SO St.

Petersburg Mauch W.7-0 6 5 Becker S.2 3 2 West Palm Beach Collins L.5-3 4 Kristan I 0 Williams 2 2 B. Cunnngham 2 3 HBP Nunez(Colllns) WP Kristan 1,848 3 0 0 1 2:28 Kingman not worried about fate By TODD LaVOGUE Palm Beach Post Staff Writer WEST PALM BEACH The St. Petersburg Cardinals have the best record in the Florida State League and, at 68-37, the second-best record in minor league baseball. The defending league champions, reminding West Palm Beach what it is up against if it intends to win the league crown this season, defeated the Expos 4-1 Wednesday night at Municipal Stadium. "They have a very solid ball-club," said Expos manager Felipe Alou.

"They play tough defense all good gloves in the infield and they have enough offense to win." St. Petersburg, winner of seven-of-eight games with the Expos this season, defeated West Palm Beach three games to one in last season's championship series. The minor-league club with the best record is Springfield, the Cardinals' other Class A club. Ore. Dave for a return to the major leagues with a stint in the Pacific; Coast League, says he doesn't care if he fails to land another shot big time.

3ingman, who has 442 major league home runs, winds up his mi-ntjr league appearance this weekend with the San Francisco Giants' Class AAA affiliate, the Phoenix Firebirds. not life or death if no one signs me," the 38-year-old Kingman said Tuesday night after going hijless in four at-bats against Portland. "There are a number of things ye been able to do in the summertime for the first time since high fcj0ijVf)TlA.