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5.JW 28 1988 SHUHTS STL, ruai-DISPATCH SATURDAY, MAY 28, 1988 CARDINALS NOTEBOOK BASEBALL REPORT Nixon: Braves Need Attitude Change liMVfltiU'fliftlH'g "2 NATIONAL LEAGUE Eatrn Divjgjen Pet. GB La I10 Streak Home Away New York 31 14 .689 7-3 L2 12-6 19-8 Pittsburgh 27 19 .587 4'; 4-6 L1 18-7 9-12 CARDINALS 24 22 .522 7V 7-3 W3 13-12 11-10 Chicago 22 23 .489 9 4-6 W1 8-11 14-12 Montreal 21 23 .477 9'i 6-4 L1 12-8 9-15 Philadelphia 16 27 .372 14 4-6 W1 8-10 8-17 Western Division Pet. GB Last 10 Streak Home Away Los Angeles 26 17 .605 5-5 W4 12-12 14-5 Houston 25 19 .568 VA 6-4 L3 16-7 9-12 San Francisco 24 23 .511 4 5-5 L1 14-13 10-10 Cincinnati 23 23 .500 4VS 5-5 W1 12-11 11-12 San Diego 16 30 .348 11V 3-7 W1 13-15 3-15 Atlanta 14 29 .326 12 4-6 L1 4-15 10-14 By Rick Hummel Of the Post-Dispatch Stall ATLANTA New Atlanta Braves manager Russ Nixon said Friday that, above all else, he wanted to work on his team's attitude. Nixon, who had been managing the Braves' Class AA team in Greenville, S.C., said, "I really didn't keep that close tabs on them, but I did. Everybody didn't look like they were interesting in playing.

I wanted to make sure I got their attention. "It's not that far away in Greenville. It is in salary, but not that far away in miles." Nixon is a man who says what he thinks. When he took over for Chuck Tanner earlier this week in Chicago, he said, "My personality is going to be a lot different. I'm an honest man, not a BS artist.

They are times you have to be diplomatic, but you don't have to be a liar about it." Nixon, whom Tanner did not want as a third-bhse coach, said his eyes were opened by going back to Class AA. "It was refreshing," he said. "The kids are receptive as hell and they go out there with lot of enthusiam. It's something you would like to see more of here." Nixon last managed in the majors with the Cincinnati Reds in 1983. He was let go even though the Reds Improved by 13 victories to 74.

"Politics," said Nixon, who then hoped for another chance. "I was starting to feel a little concerned," Nixon said. "There had been a lot of changes. It's a little different with the other thing (emphasis on minority hirings), but I felt I was qualified." place Henderson at Little Rock. Discussing the effect a managerial change has on a team, Herzog said, "If it's a bad team, it plays better for 10 days or two weeks and then it goes back to the way it was playing." Herzog has been a midseason replacement twice, once with the Cardinals and with the Kansas City Royals in 1975.

"I was lucky in Kansas City," he said. "We were 51-46 when I got there and we won eight straight. We were a good team. All I did was put Prank White at second base and Al Cowens in right field. It was like picking up two regulars without giving up anything." Veterans Cookie Rojas and Vada Pinsorr were the displaced regulars.

All the Cardinals' pitchers will be pitching with an extra day of rest in their first starts on this 10-game trip because of Thursday's off day. Herzog said he didn't mind that for two reasons. "Any time I can give (John) Tudor an extra of rest, I'll give it to him," said Herzog, who also said he thought it was best not to pitch rookie Cris Carpenter here in front of his family and friends. "I think it's best for everybody," Herzog said. "Not that he wouldn't do all right." Carpenter's next start will be Monday in Houston.

Tudor, only 1-0 despite an 0.91 earned-run average for six starts, will oppose Rick Mahler, who has won five successive decisions, in tonight's 6:10 (St. Louis time) game. Twenty-five days after undergoing arthroscopic elbow surgery, Cardinals righthander Danny Cox threw from a mound Friday night. Cox said he would throw every other day on the side and play catch every day as he continues his rehabiitation. "I'm about halfway there, he said to trainer Gene Gieselmann.

Gieselmann said, "Well, let's not put a timetable on it. But I'm very happy with your progress." Cox said his rehabilitation was going well. "The strength in my arm is good," he said. "I just have a little pain as far as my flexion, but that's to be expected. I'm sure it's not fully healed.

But everything else Is a bright spot. "I'm looking forward to being able to pitch with pitching on my mind instead of something else." Cardinals manager Whitey Herzog, comparing Cox to lefthander Greg Mathews, who still is undergoing tests on his sore shoulder, said, "Cox might be back before Mathews. Now wouldn't that something?" Brad Henderson, who had been the trainer at Little Rock, has been added to the Cardinals' staff. "I need (an assistant)," Gieselmann said. Referring to the rash of injuries, Gieselmann said, "The last two years have been unusual.

I thought it might slow down, but it hasn't. Dr. (Stan) London felt, Dal (Maxvill) felt and I felt it would be in the club's best interests to have two more hands." St. Louisan Robert Harrison was named to re FRIDAY'S RESULTS Cardinals 5, Atlanta 2 Chicago 3, Houston 2 Los Angeles 5, Montreal 2 San Diego 2. New York 0 Philadelphia 5, San Francisco 2 Cincinnati 5, Pittsburgh 3 THURSDAY'S RESULTS Montreal 6, San Diego 2 San Francisco 5, New York 2 Los Angeles 10, Philadelphia 8 AMERICAN LEAGUE NATIONAL LEAGUE Carter Leads Indians In Win Over Brewers AMERICAN LEAGUE Eastern Division Pet.

GB Last 10 Streak Home Away New York 30 14 .662 8-2 W5 16-8 14-6 Cleveland 30 16 .652 1 8-2 W3 14-6 16-10 Detroit 28 17 .622 2'2 7-3 L1 12-9 16-8 Boston 23 19 .548 6 4-6 1 14-12 9-7 Milwaukee 23 23 .500 8 3-7 L3 15-11 8-12 Toronto 20 27 .426 IIV2 4-6 1 8-12 12-15 Baltimore 9 36 .200 21 Vt 4-6 L2 7-16 2-20 Western Division Pet. GB Last 10 Streak Home Away Oakland 31 14 .689 6-4 W2 12-7 19-7 Texas 24 21 .533 7 6-4 W3 15-12 9-9 Minnesota 22 22 .500 8'? 7-3 W6 12-10 10-12 Kansas City 20 26 .435 11V 3-7 L6 8-15 12-11 Seattle 20 26 .435 11V 5-5 L1 9-10 11-16 Chicago 19 26 .422 12 1-9 L3 11-15 8-11 California 17 29 .370 14' 3-7 L5 6-14 11-15 FRIDAY'S RESULTS Cleveland 6, Milwaukee 3 Toronto 4, Chicago 3 Minnesota 7, Detroit 1 Texas 3, Kansas City 2 New York at Seattle, night Baltimore at California, night Boston at Oakland, night THURSDAY'S RESULTS Detroit 4, Milwaukee 3 Texas 8, Toronto 7 TODAY'S GAMES (St. Louis Timet) Cardinals at Atlanta, 6:10 p.m. Los Angeles at Montreal, 12:35 p.m. San Francisco at Philadelphia, 1:20 p.m.

Houston at Chicago, 1 :20 p.m. San Diego at New York, 6:05 p.m. Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, 6.05 p.m. SUNDAY'S GAMES Cardinals at Atlanta, Los Angeles at Montreal. 12:35 p.m.

San Diego at New York, 12:35 p.m. San Francisco at Philadelphia, 12:35 p.m. Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, 1:15 p.m. Houston at Chicago, 1 :20 p.m. TODAY'S GAMES (St.

Louis Times) Milwaukee at Cleveland, 12:35 p.m. Chicago at Toronto, 12:35 p.m. Detroit at Minnesota, 1:15 p.m. Texas at Kansas City, 1:35 p.m. Baltimore at California, 3:05 p.m.

Boston at Oakland, 3:05 p.m. New York at Seattle, 7:35 p.m. SUNDAY'S GAMES Milwaukee at Cleveland, 12:35 p.m. Chicago at Toronto, 12:35 p.m. Detroit at Minnesota, 1:15 p.m.

Texas at Kansas City, 1 :35 p.m. Baltimore at California, 3:05 p.m. Boston at Oakland, 3:05 p.m. New York at Seattle, 7:35 p.m. Innings pitched.

Innings pitched. Indians 6, Brewers 3 CLEVELAND Joe Carter hit a bases-empty home run and a sacrifice fly Friday night, sparking the Cleveland Indians to victory over the Milwaukee Brewers. The victory was the third in row for the Indians, who are in second place in the Eastern Division, and put them 14 games over .500 for the first time since July 1966. The Brewers lost for the third time in a row. Winner Scott Bailes (4-4) gave up six hits in eight-plus innings.

He issued his lone walk to start the ninth and Doug Jones relieved and earned his 10th save. Julio Franco started the Indians' two-run first inning with a leadoff single that extended his hitting streak to 15 games, currently the longest in the major leagues. Willie Upshaw then tripled home Franco and scored on Carter's sacrifice fly off Mike Birk-beck (2-4). The Brewers' Glenn Braggs hit his eighth homer of the year in the fourth, but the Indians went ahead 3-1 in the fifth on singles by Brook Ja-coby and Pat Tabler, a sacrifice and Jay Bell's sacrifice fly. Carter hit his 10th homer in the sixth.

Braggs singled and Dale Sveum homered to make it 4-3 in the seventh. Franco hit an RBI single in the seventh and Andy Allanson singled home a run in the eighth. Blue Jays 4, White Sox 3 TORONTO Pinch-hitter Juan Beniquez and Nelson Liriano hit run-scoring singles in the ninth, rallying the Toronto Blue Jays over the Chicago White Sox. Fred McGriff greeted reliever Rick Horton with a single to open the ninth and advanced on a sacrifice. Bobby Thigpen replaced Horton and Beniquez singled, making it 3-3.

After Lloyd Moseby walked, Liriano singled to right-center field. Duane Ward (1-0) went 2 innings for the victory and Thigpen (1-5) took the loss, the 10th for the White Sox in their last 11 games. Twins 7, Tigers 1 MINNEAPOLIS Frank Viola posted his eighth consecutive victory and Kent Hrbek hit his major-league-leading 12th homer as the Minnesota Twins beat the Detroit Tigers for their sixth consecutive victory. Viola (8-1) won his 14th successive 1988 1987 vs. opp.

Last 3 starts W-L ERA W-L IP ERA W-L IP ERA HW Cards Tudor (L) 1-0 0.91 0-0 19.2 1.37 10.1 ot Atl Mahler (R) 5-4 3.92 0-1 10.2 9.28 3-0 21.2 498 12.0 LA Valenzuela (L) 3-5 3.90 2-2 31.1 4.31 0-2 15.2 6.69 20.7 ot Mon Heoton (L) 1-3 All 0-1 14.1 5.02 1-2 19.0 6.16 12.3 SF Draveckv(L) 2-2 3.38 1-1 15.0 2.40 1-1 12 0 5.25 13.5 at Phil Carman (L) 3-3 4.91 0-2 13.0 4.85 1-1 12.2 8.53 17 8 Hou Scott (R) 6-0 2.34 1-0 15.0 3.00 2-0 21.0 3.00 8.6 Schiraldi (R) 2-2 4.55 2-0 16.1 1.47 12.3 SD Show(R) 3-4 3.15 0-2 19.2 3.66 1-0 22.0 1.23 9.6 at NY Cone(R) 6-0 1.75 1-0 7.1 1.23 3-0 20.0 0.90 9.0 Pitt Walk (R) 4-3 2.70 1-0 8 0 2 25 0-2 17.0 5.82 13.8 at Cin Browning (L) 2-1 3.88 0-3 15.0 9.00 2-1 20.2 3.46 10.0 Grant, Davis Hurl Padres PastMets Padres 2, Mets 0 NEW YORK Mark Grant, without a victory in his four previous decisions, and Mark Davis combined on a four-hitter for the San Diego Padres ia their victory over the New York Mets on Friday night. The Mets became the last team in the league to be shut out this season. Grant hadn't won since pitching his only career shutout against Atlanta last September. He allowed three hits, struck out four and walked three in 6 innings as the Padres snapped a road losing streak at eight games. The Padres also had dropped eight in a row to the Mets, including four in San Diego earlier this month.

Davis earned his fifth save with 2 y3 innings of one-hit relief. Sid Fernandez (2-4), who pitched seven innings, was the loser. He allowed only two hits but both came in the third inning and each drove in a run. Shane Mack drew a leadoff walk, took second on Grant's sacrifice and scored on Dickie Thon's single. Roberto Alomar tripled, scoring Thon.

Reds 5, Pirates 3 CINCINNATI Jeff Treadway hit two run-scoring doubles in the Cincinnati Reds' victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Pat Pacillo, who pitched a scoreless fifth inning after starter Danny Jackson pulled his left hamstring running to first base on a bunt, got the victory and Rob Murphy and John Franco each went two innings. Murphy allowed the three Pittsburgh runs and Franco pitched two hitless innings for his sixth save. Doubles by Paul O'Neill and Tread-way gave the Reds a 1-0 lead in the second inning off Brian Fisher (4-1), who allowed four runs and eight hits in 5 innings. The Reds made it 4-0 in the sixth.

Buddy Bell drew a leadoff walked and Bo Diaz singled him to second. After Dave Concepcion forced Bell at third, Treadway doubled, scoring Diaz. Luis Quinones, just up from the minors, batted for Pacillo and singled, making it 3-0. Bob Kipper relieved Fisher and Kal Daniels' single drove in the final run of the inning. Phillies 5, Giants 2 PHILADELPHIA Kevin Gross blanked San Francisco until the eighth inning and Lance Parrish homered as the Philadelphia Phillies snapped a losing streak at four games with a victory over the San Francisco Giants.

Loser Kelly Downs (2-5) retired the first 11 Philadelphia batters, striking out five, before Parrish hit a 1-2 pitch for his eighth home run of the season. Philadelphia made it 4-0 In the fifth on one-out singles by Phil Bradley, Milt Thompson and by Steve Jeltz, along with Juan Samuel's two-out, two-run triple. Gross (5-2) allowed three hits through seven innings. In the eighth inning, the Giants loaded the bases with no one out on singles by pinch-hitter Mike Aldrete and Brett Butler and a bit batsman, 'HW Average hits, walks allowed per 9 1988 1987 vs. opp.

Last 3 starts W-L ERA W-L IP ERA W-L IP ERA HW Chi Perez (R) 4-1 3.33 2-1 23.0 1.96 9.4 at Tor Nunez (R) 0-1 4.05 0-0 4.2 3.86 Bos Boyd(R) 5-3 5.56 0-1 13.0 5.54 2-1 15.0 7.80 16.8 otOak Stewart (R) 6-3 3.13 2-1 17.2 5.09 0-3 23.0 5.09 14.5 Mil Jones (R) 2-0 3.26 otClev Yett(R) 3-2 6 31 0-0 0.1 0 00 1-0 22.1 4 43 10.9 Tex Hough (R) 4-6 4.11 3-1 33.0 2.73 hi 16.2 8.64 167 atKC Power (R) 1-1 6.14 f0 11.1 5.56 15.1 Det Terrell (R) 2-1 3.57 2-1 30.0 4.20 2-1 24.0 2.25 10.1 otMinn Straker (R) 2-2 3.86 0-1 9.1 5.79 2-1 15.2 4.60 13 8 NY Rhoden(R) 2-3 5.34 1-1 21.0 4.71 1-1 14.0 3.21 10.3 otSea Swift (R) 4-1 3 88 2-1 23.0 3.91 10.2 Bait Bautista (R) 2-2 4.10 2-1 18.1 3.44 8.8 otCal Witt(R) 1-6 5.46 0-1 14.1 6.91 0-2 22.2 5.56 13.9 Cubs Win, End Homer Drought CHICAGO (AP) Greg Maddux and Rich Gossage combined on a five-hitter Friday, and Jody Davis and Rafael Palmeiro hit the first Chicago home runs in 97 innings at Wrigley Field as the Cubs beat the Houston Astros 3-2. Davis hit two homers. Maddux (8-3) allowed four hits, struck out five and walked two as he tied Dwight Gooden for the most victories in the league. Gossage, who relieved in the ninth with none out and runners on first and second, allowed a two-out RBI single to Kevin Bass but then retired Jim Pankovits on a groundout, earning his sixth save. Houston took a 1-0 lead in the fifth when Pankovits got the Astros' first hit of the game, a double, and Rafael Ramirez singled him home.

Palmeiro's homer tied the score in the fifth. Palmeiro's homer, which came on a 1-1 pitch from Danny Darwin (2-4), was the Cubs' first at Wrigley Field since May 8 when Vance Law homered. Davis hit his fourth homer of the season in the sixth inning and homered off reliever Larry Andersen in the eighth. Darwin pitched seven innings, allowing nine hits, striking out three and walking two. Robby Thompson.

Will Clark and Kevin Mitchell popped out but Jeffrey Leonard singled, driving in two runs. The Phillies added a run in the bottom of the eighth off Scott Garrelts on singles by Parrish, Chris James and Bradley. Gross allowed six hits in 8 innings before Steve Bedrosian came on for his second save. Downs went seven innings, allowing six hits and striking out eight. Dodgers 5, Expos 2 MONTREAL Kirk Gibson's single broke a 1-1 tie in the eighth inning and he doubled a run home in a three-run ninth for the Los Angeles Dodgers, who stretched their winning streak to four games by defeating the Montreal Expos.

Tim Belcher of the Dodgers and Floyd Youmans of the Expos were locked in a scoreless duel until the seventh inning when the Dodgers took a 1-0 lead on singles by John Shelby and Mike Scioscia and Dave Anderson's sacrifice fly. In the Los Angeles eighth, Steve Sax led off with a bloop single off Bob McClure (1-2), was sacrificed to second by Mike Davis and scored the go-ahead run on Gibson's single. With one out in the Dodgers' ninth, Anderson singled off Tim Burke and scored on Rick Dempsey's double. Mike Sharperson singled Dempsey to third and Joe Hesketh relieved Burke. Pinch-hitter Mickey Hatcher hit a sacrifice fly, scoring Dempsey, and Gibson doubled to score Sharperson and give the Dodgers a 5-1 lead.

The Associated Press Chase, 20, had 55 points and 342 penalty minutes for Saskatoon in the Western Hockey League. He was recommended by scout Pat Ginnell, who has a proven eye for spotting enforcers. "He is not a giant, but he will challenge physically," Caron said. "Any recommendation from Pat Ginnell for a tough guy, aggressiveness and so forth, I listen." Two Blues draft choices, defense-men Rod Thacker and center Ray Sa-vard, were told they wouldn't be signed. They will be eligible for the coming NHL draft.

Thacker was a lOth-round pick in 1986, and Savard was a 12th-round pick in 1987. Caron also said Rivermen forwards Ron Handy, who had one assist in four Blues games this season, and Marc Dumont were released. Handy, who had 116 points in 79 games for the Rivermen, hopes to play, in Eu decision at the Metrodome in It) starts since last May 22. He gave up one run on eight hits in seven innings and struck out eight. Jack Morris (4-6) lasted only 5 innings.

He had won his previous eight regular-season decisions in Minnesota. Hrbek hit a two-run homer in the eighth inning. Randy Bush had a three-run homer during a four-run sixth as the Twins sent the Tigers to their second loss in eight games. Dan Gladden led off the Twins' first with a double, stole third and scored on Kirby Puckett's grounder. The Tigers tied it in the sixth on Chet Lemon's double and Jim Morrison's single.

Gladden singled in the sixh for his third hit, took second on a wild pitch and third on Morris' ninth balk With one out, Hrbek was walked intentionally and Bush hit his fifth homer with two outs. Mattingly Injured SEATTLE Don Mattingly bf the New York Yankees suffered strained muscles in his right side during batting practice prior to Friday night's game with the Seattle Mariners." Mattingly, who suffered the injury swinging a bat, was examined by Dr. Larry Pedegan, the Mariners' team physician, who said the first baseman probably will be sidelined for seven to 10 days. Yankees spokesman Harvey Greene said the club won't know until today whether Mattingly will be placed on the disabled list. Mattingly is hitting .320 witti.

four homers and 29 RBs. Balboni Is Waived KANSAS CITY The Kansas City Royals placed Steve Balboni and outfielder Thad Bosley on waivers and purchased the contract of Jerry Don Gleaton from their Omaha farm club. The Royals asked for waivers on Balboni and Bosley for the purpose of giving them their unconditional releases. Balboni's batting average had fallen to .143 this season, compared to .207 for the 1987 season. In 1985, he batted .243 and hit 36 home runs, which set a team home-run record.

Bosley, an outfielder and pinch-hitter, was hitting .190 with no home runs and two RBIs. Gleaton, a lefthander, was 4-2, with a 1.45 earned-run average in 15 games for Class AAA Omaha. The Associated Press a three-run homer to center to' give Cal State Fullerton a 5-1 lead. Missouri got as close as 6-3 in the seventh, when the Tigers scored two runs on an RBI double by Tim Clark and a run-scoring single by. Jon Pittenger.

With the hit, Pittenger set a Missouri school record for hits in a season (89). The Titans had scored a run in the second when Kaub led off with his 1 7th homer of the season. The Tigers tied the score at 1-1 in the third, when Bard Womack walked, stole second and scored on a one-out double by Tim Hawkins. season and both are likely to play at Peoria next season. Caron still is negotiating with collegiate prospects Jim Vesey of Merrimack College, Steve Tuttle of Wisconsin, Scott Paluch of Bowling Green, Tom Tilly of Michigan State, David O'Brien of Northeastern and Toby Ducolon of Vermont.

Right wing Keith Osborne, 'the Blues' No. 1 choice in the 1987 draft, may get a contract offer. Osborne missed much of last season with North Bay in the Ontario Hockey League after breaking his wrist in the offseason. Center Kevin Miehm, a third-round pick in 1987, and defenseman Robert Dumas, a ninth-round choice in 1987, will have to wait another year to get NHL contract offers. Miehm played at Oshawa in the OHL and Dumas played at Seattle in the WHL last season.

Cal Fullerton Beats MU 'HW Average hits, walks allowed per 9 (Through Friday) CARDINALS BATTING AVGAB 2B 3BHR Magrane .500 4 1 2 1 0 1 RBI SB 3 0 Brunonsky .319119 20 38 5 0 Coleman .312205 23 64 7 7 McGee .301 193 28 58 10 2 Smith .288184 27 53 6 0 30 2 18 23 17 13 9 16 Wilker 2 7 0 2 0 Pendleton .283 T38 21 39 11 Oauendo .268 71 3 19 1 Pena .255 157 22 40 6 Horner 252159 13 40 6 3 18 4 17 24 1 2 15 6 1 1 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 McWilliams .250 16 5 4 Pagnozzi .240 25 1 6 Allcea .233116 12 27 1 1 Llndemon .206 34 7 1 0 2 Lake .190 21 .182 22 4 0 DeLeon Ford Carpenter Tudor Mathews Cox Lawless Dayley Peters Terrv Worrell Forsch .160 25 .125 8 .100 10 .091 11 .083 12 .071 14 .000 0 1 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 ONeal .000 15 CARDINALS PITCHING (Through Friday) BRAVES BATTING AVGAB 2B 3BHRRBI SB Perry .295156 15 46 7 0 3 23 13 James .274117 16 32 6 2 0 8 3 Griffey .271 85 6 23 4 0 1 12 0 Hall .265102 16 27 2 1 0 6 13 Benedict .260 50 3 13 3 0 0 4 0 Roenicke .250 48 6 12 4 0 1 5 0 Oberkfell .242132 13 32 4 2 2 12 2 Thomas .240171 12 41 7 0 3 18 0 Murphy .210162 24 34 7 2 5 13 0 Virgil .202109 8 22 1 0 4 11 1 Gant .191110 11 21 6 1 2 13 3 Runge .165 27 4 5 3 0 0 1 0 Simmons .174 23 1 4 1 0 1 4 0 Royster .000 300000 0 0 BRAVES PITCHING ERA SV IP BB SO Alvarez 1 1 2.25 0 12.0 7 6 12 Sutter 1 1 2.53 6 21.1 19 6 20 Assenmacher 1 3 3.46 2 26.0 21 13 21 Mahler 5 4 3.92 0 59.2 72 10 24 Z.Smith 2 3 4.11 0 61.1 75 13 29 Puleo 0 1 4 23 0 27 2 25 17 23 P.Smith 1 4 4.25 0 55.0 56 28 34 Elchelberger 0 0 4.77 0 17.0 20 4 5 Coffman 2 4 4 86 0 37.0 29 29 18 Glavine 1 6 7.04 0 47.1 53 29 24 Acker 0 2 7.20 0 15.0 17 5 10 Cary 0 0 10.38 0 4.1 7 2 6 Special to the Post-Dispatch STARKVILLE, Miss. Greg Man-nion cracked a three-run homer to highlight a four-run fourth inning as the llth-ranked Titans of Cal State Fullerton defeated Missouri 6-3 Friday night in the double-elimination NCAA South Regional. Missouri, which suffered its first loss in the tournament, fell to 41-21. Cal State Fullerton is 38-16. With the score tied 1-1 in the fourth, Kevin Kaub hit the second of his two homers off Missouri starter Mike Potthoff (8-4).

With Ralph Ramirez and Jason Ro-lish aboard after singles, Mannion hit 2 Blues Signees Are Pegged For Peoria ERA SV IP BB SO disabled list. Tudor 1 0 0.91 0 39.2 25 7 17 Dayley 1 1 1.17 1 7.2 6 4 2 McWilliams 3 0 1.30 1 55.1 41 23 31 Worrell 2 2 2 62 13 34.1 25 9 26 Mathews 2 2 3.03 0 32.2 29 17 16 Carpenter 1 0 3.27 0 22.0 19 4 12 Magrane 3.60 150 15 6 8 Cardinals Games Comine Up Terry 2 2 3.86 1 28.0 27 12 17 vp Forsch 4 3 4.32 0 33.1 36 10 5 Today at Atlanta 6:10 p.m. O'Neal 2 2 4 50 0 42.0 49 8 15 Sunday at Atlanta 1:10 p.m. Oauendo 0 1 4.50 0 4.0 4 6 1 Monday at Houston 7:35 p.m. Cox 2 3 4.67 0 34.2 39 9 14 Tuesday ot Houston 7:35 p.m.

DeL eon 3 4 5 21 0 57.0 64 29 59 Wednesday ot Houston 7:35 p.m. Peters 1 2 5.75 0 15.2 16 9 10 Thursday at Philadelphia 6:35 p.m. On disabled list. Friday at Philadelphia 6:35 p.m. rope.

Dumont reportedly is headed to college. On other fronts: Caron said ex-Philadelphia Flyers coach Mike Keenan is the only coaching candidate the Blues are ready to sit down with. Team President Jack Quinn has been trying to schedule Keenan for an interview. "I'm waiting to hear from Jack on that," Caron said. Left wing Perry Turnbull, who ended the season in coach Jacques Martin's doghouse, will be given a shot to make the team in training camp.

Turnbull is one of 33 Blues entering the option year of his contract. Defenseman Glen Featherstone, a fourth-round choice in 1986, and center Mike Wolak, a fifth-round 1986 selection, are close to signing contracts. Both played for the Memorial Cup runner-up Windsor Spitf'res last By Jeff Gordon Of the Post-Dispatch Staff Before retreating to poolside for the Memorial Day weekend, Blues general manager Ron Caron did some minor roster addition and subtraction. He announced the signing of center Terry MacLean, an llth-round choice in the 1986 National Hockey League draft, and rugged forward Kelly Chase, a free agent. Both figure to play for the Blues' Peoria Rivermen farm team in the International Hockey League next season.

MacLean, 20, had 143 points in 69 games for Three Rivers in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League last season. He joined the Rivermen at the end of the season on an amateur tryout basis. "This guy has some skill," Caron said. "He can play at Peoria, and you never know. He has improved a lot." (Through Friday) Vs.

East Chicago Montreal New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh Home Road Totals 2 1 3 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 12 2 4 Totals vs. East 4 5 4 5 8 10 Vs. West Atlanta Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco Home Road Totals 110 3 10 2 2 2 0 0 1 2 2 13 0 2 14 12 13 Tofnls vs. West 7 7 5 16 12 Overall Totals 13 12 II 10 24 22 Won 11 13 4 7 3 17 7 10 14 Cards 41 65 11 13 376 Lost 7 15 5 6 4 13 9 6 16 Day Night Shutouts 1-Run Decisions Extra Innings Vs. Righthanders Vs.

Lefthanders Gross fields Artificial fields Opp. 51 23 17 7 329 DoublePlavs Stolen Bases Home Runs (Home) Home Runs (Away) Left On Bases ATTENDANCE Home Totals 1,003,565 Road 553,193 -Y-.