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3 Al! i SPORTS SdVI WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1993 ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH BASEBALL CARDINALS REPORT Padres Charting The Padres PERSONNEL MOVES Personnel traded or released after the start of the 1993 season by the San Diego Padres (includes 1993 salary): Move Savings Dave Eiland, pitcher, May 27, refused assignment to Las Vegas of the Pacific Coast League and became a free agent $135,000 Jeremy Hernandez, pitcher, June 1 traded to the Cleveland Indians $122,500 Joe Mcllvaine, general manager, fired June 9 $266,666 Tim Scott, pitcher, June 23, traded to the Expos $125,000 Gary Sheffield, third baseman, June 24, traded to the Florida Marlins $3,110,000 Roger Mason, pitcher, July 3, traded to the Phillies $300,000 Fred McGriff, first baseman, July 18, traded to the Atlanta Braves $4 million Greg Harris ($2.25 million) and Bruce Hurst ($3 million), pitchers, July 26, traded to the Colorado Rockies $5.25 million Kurt Stillwell, Infielder, July 27, given his release $1 .75 million Total Cuts $15 million SITTING IN SIXTH PLACE The Padres' record on dates of key transactions: June 9, Mcllvaine firing: 23-35, 6th place, 1 4 games behind June 24, Sheffield trade: 28-43, 6th place, 1 9'2 GB July 18, McGriff trade: 36-57, 6th place, 25 GB July 26, HurstHarris trade: 38-63, 6th place, 29 GB Current: 46-73, 6th place, 33'2 GB Season highlight: Swept three-game series at home against Cardinals on April 16-18. cause there were too many unhappy people, too many things being said in the paper and elsewhere." Riggleman is confident that the Padres will win, sooner or later, with many of the nine players they start now. San Diego began a three-game series with the Cardinals on Tuesday with a 46-73 record, sixth in the NL Western Division. It has lost 25 games by one run and 16 more by two runs.

Since the All-Star break, the Padres are four games under .500 (10-16). The Cardinals, in second place in the NL Eastern Division, have not been much better, going 15-16 in that stretch. Promising performances from Derek Bell, Archi Cianfrocco, Ricky Gutierrez, Phil Plantier, Trevor Hoffman and Brad Ausmus have helped shed some light on the San Diego picture. Few of those names can be found in the preseason press guide. "People have asked how the players are handling it," Riggleman said.

"Well, if we hadn't done this, half of these guys wouldn't be here. There's been no whining or complaining." One of the first actions taken by new general manager Randy Smith, when he succeeded Joe Mcllvaine in July, was to pick up the option on Riggleman's contract for next season. "I'm enjoying it," Riggleman said. "These guys are playing hard. We've lost a lot of close ballgames.

It's almost been a thing where one play a From page one anyway. "My way of thinking always has been, you have to go out there and play. After the last trade, with the players in here it was like, 'Whew! Now it's over. There's no one else left to deal. Now we can go out and concentrate on Gwynn has been able to apply his thinking to work in remarkable style.

He is leading the National League in batting. Riggleman, who spent nine years in the Cardinals' organization, is in his first full season as Padres manager. If nothing else, it has been eventful. He likens the club's predicament to the Cardinals in 1990, when he was their first-base coach. "Early in the year here, it was very much like 1990," Riggleman said.

"We had Terry Pendleton, Willie Mc-Gee, Vince Coleman and a lot of other guys who weren't signed for the next year. The predominant conversation going around was about who was going to be where. That '90 club didn't play well in the first half, with all that hanging over it. "The same kind of rumors and conversations were going on around here. As time went on, we didn't play well.

It became apparent we weren't going to play well with that nine be Atlanta 4 2 2 4 6 6 Cincinnati 2 1 2 1 4 2 Colorado 3 3 4 2 7. 5 Houston 4 2 2 4 6 6 Los Angeles 1 2 3 0 4 2 San Diego 2 1 0 3 2 4 San Francisco 2 1 1 1 3 2 Totals vs. West 18 12 14 15 32 27 Overall Totals 38 22 28 30 66 52 BY THE NUMBERS Won Lost Day 24 15 Night 42 37 Shutouts 3 4 1-Run Decisions 21 16 Extra Innings 6 2 Vs. RH Starters 44 39 Vs. LH Starters 22 13 Grass fields 18 12 Artificial fields 48 40 Cards Opp.

Double Plays 108 104 Stolen Bases 110 87 Home Runs (Home) 45 46 Home Runs (Away) 41 65 Left On Bases 817 776 ATTENDANCE Home Road Totals 2,180.325 2.006.932 UPCOMING GAMES Today: San Diego 7:35 m. Thursday: San Diego 12:35 m. Friday: Los Angeles 7:35 p.m. Saturday: Los Angeles 7:05 p.m. Sunday: Los Angeles 1:15 p.m.

Monday: at San Diego 9:05 p.m. Tuesday: at San Diego 9:05 p.m. Aug. 25 at San Diego 3:05 p.m. Aug.

26 Open Date Aug. 27 at Los Angeles 9:35 m. Aug 28 at Los Angeles 9:05 p.m. Aug. 29 at Los Angeles 3:05 p.m.

Aug. 30 Cincinnati 7:35 p.m. Aug. 31 Cincinnati 7:35 p.m. Sept.

1 Cincinnati 7:05 p.m. Sept. 2 Open Date Sept. 3 San Francisco 7:05 p.m. Sept.

4 San Francisco 7:05 p.m. Sept. 5 San Francisco 1:15 p.m. Sept. 6 Open Date Sept.

7 at Cincinnati (2) 4:35 p.m. Sept. 8 at Cincinnati 6:35 p.m. Sept. 9 at San Francisco 9:35 p.m.

Sept. 1 0 at San Francisco 9:35 p.m. Sept. 1 1 at San Francisco 3 05 p.m. Sept.

12 at San Francisco 3:05 p.m. Sept. 13 Open Date Sept. 14 Montreal 7:05 p.m. Sept.

15 Montreal 7:05 p.m. Sept. 16 Montreal 7:05 p.m. Sept. 17 Pittsburgh 7:05 p.m.

Sept. 18 Pittsburgh 7:05 p.m. Sept. 19 Pittsburgh 1:15 p.m. Sept.

20 at Chicago 7:05 p.m. Sept. 21 at Chicago 7:05 p.m. Sept. 22 at Chicago 2:20 p.m.

CARDINALS' AVERAGES BATTING Avg. AB H2B3BHR RBI Guetterman .500 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 Murphy .500 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 Jelferies .342 398 69136 15 3 13 57 Kilgus .333 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 Jordan .323192 30 62 10 6 9 40 Gilkey 319385 76123 29 3 13 50 Alicea 298 252 36 75 13 2 2 38 .295149 14 44 7 0 1 21 Olivares .294 17 1 5 1 0 0 1 Zeile 284 423 59120 29 1 10 74 O.Smith.. .281434 59122 17 4 1 40 Perry 265 68 10 18 2 0 3 9 Brewer .259108 11 28 5 0 1 16 .256312 51 80 12 3 4 36 Pena 254193 27 49 14 1 2 19 Whiten .252 397 58100 8 4 18 68 Pagnozzi .249 237 23 59 9 1 7 29 Tewksbury .222 54 2 12 1 0 0 5 Woodson .215 65 4 14 2 0 0 2 Osborne .213 47 3 10 1 0 0 3 Cormier .206 34 2 7 1 0 0 1 Oquendo .205 73 7 15 0 0 0 4 Watson .200 15 0.3 0 0 0 0 Arocha .116 43 1 5 1 0 0 3 Perez 000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Burns 000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 L.Smith .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 'Lancaster .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jones 000 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 SB: Jelferies 36. O. Smith 15, Gilkey 12, Lankford 12.

Pena 11, Whiten 9, Zeile 4, Jordan 4, Alicea 3, Brewer, Pagnozzi, Pappas, Perry. PITCHING ERA IP BB SO 'Kilgus 1 0 0.00 9.2 8 1 7 Perez 4 2 2 28 47.1 42 16 41 3 0 2 98 48.1 46 18 28 Watson 6 0 3.02 44.2 41 16 22 Arocha 10 4 3 63 134.0140 17 68 Osborne 9 6 3.70 148.1 148 44 78 Tewksbury 12 7 3.71 162 1 193 13 76 Guetterman 2 2 4.38 24.2 24 9 9 Olivares 3 2 4.41 85 2103 36 45 Murphy 1 5 4.56 49.1 51 17 28 Cormier 5 6 4.58114.0133 21 53 L.Smith 2 3 4.66 46.1 45 7 46 Burns 0 4 6.28 14.1 14 6 6 Brewer 0 0 45.00 1.0 3 2 1 Saves: L. Smith 40, Perez 3, Guetterman, Olivares. 'On disabled list. CARDINALS' STATISTICS VS.

EAST Home Road Totals Chicago 2 4 3 1 5 5 Florida 5 2 2 1 7 3 Montreal 3 1 2 4 5 5 New York 4 2 3 0 7 2 Philadelphia 3 1 1 6 4 7 Pittsburgh 3 0 3 3 6 3 Totals vs. East 20 10 14 15 34 25 VS. WEST Home Road Totals been able to see how they've played. When you look around, you say, 'These guys are as good as any group of young players in the night, no matter how small it might be, hurts us. "I think putting the same guys out there every day has helped.

We've La Valliere Says White Sox Feel That They Can Win has two lefthanders he can use in relief, Cary and Radinsky. Righthanders Donn Pall and Jeff Schwarz are strong setup men and provide the necessary bridge for Lamont to get to closer Roberto Hernandez. I don't see anybody beating them. The only way they can lose is if they rattle, if they put too much pressure on themselves. Lamont is a steady hand, certainly a manager who knows you don't have to win every game.

jlhe Hottest Prices of oone Trail I CORVETTE CM SW AUGUST 15 Display from mm Behind TIRE AMERICA St Pete location touts. a LTowiood Cite mam Perhaps the best thing going for them, LaValliere explained, is that the players have been "keeping everything on an even keel. They don't get too high after a win or too low after a loss." I mentioned the 1969 Cubs. In retrospect, manager Leo Durocher made a fatal error. As Randy Hundley once said, "We thought we had to win every game.

Leo never said, 'It's all right if we lose. We'll get 'em Emotion is a crucial factor in big-league baseball. "Whether you win or lose has no bearing on the next game," LaValliere observed. "If you have a big win, you want it to have a carryover effect. But it doesn't work that W3y." After Sunday's game, Royals coach Steve Boros said he is impressed by the White Sox.

Boros is a baseball lifer. He was the Cubs' third baseman before Ron Santo and later became a big-league manager. "This is nothing," Boros said. "You don't know what you can do. until you're pushed, and that comes in September.

That's when the adrenaline kicks in. You don't sleep as well, you don't eat as well, you're more irritable. August is August, but September is September." September is also when the pitchers take over. Almost without fail, the team that gets the best pitching during the last month finishes on top. The White Sox have a good hitting club.

Also a very good defense. But remember: There are always more low-scoring games in September. It's the pitchers who will put them over. And no club in the league has a better four-man rotation than Jack McDowell, Fernandez, Tim Belcher and Jason Bere. Combined, McDowell and Fernandez are 32-13.

Belcher, a recent import, is a heady veteran who already has won with a two-hit shutout. As for Bere, he continues to have control problems, but this is typical for a rookie. More important, he has a live arm and considerably better than average stuff. The White Sox bullpen is among the most effective in the league. It has outstanding depth and has better balance since the return of Chuck Cary.

Manager Gene Lamont now By Jerome Holtzman Chicago Tribune CHICAGO Like stealing the first kiss, the degree of difficulty diminishes thereafter. "It's tougher to win the first one," Chicago White Sox catcher Mike La-Valliere insisted. "No doubt about it." La Valliere is an expert on the subject. Before joining the White Sox, he was a front-liner with the Pittsburgh Pirates, who won the National League East the last three seasons. LaValliere recalled that in 1990, when the Pirates launched their run, most of his teammates weren't sure they were made of the right stuff.

"We knew we had a good team," he said, "but there was some doubt." It's the same thing, essentially, the White Sox are experiencing. They have been in first place or tied for the lead for the last 57 days, since June 22, but haven't begun to pull away. "The guys are starting to get that feeling we can win," LaValliere said. "It's not just that we know we can win, but it's ours to win. We don't have to wait for some other club to help us." Why is he so confident? "No.

1, we have the horses to win the race. You have to have the quality players, and we have that. "No. 2, they have to relax and be themselves. Be exactly what they are, quality players." It could be a treacherous stretch run, but I agree.

Not only are the White Sox likely to win, but they could win breezing. I base my prediction on the weekend series with the second-place Kansas City Royals. The White Sox didn't play well; they should have lost three of four. But they hung on for a split and maintained their SVi-game lead. They stole the second game on Frank Thomas' eighth-inning home run off Jeff Montgomery, the Royals' bullpen ace.

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