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Baseball Monday, July 16, 1990 Reno Gazette-Journal 3D I Standings The other Jose leads A's past Brewers AMERICAN LEAGUE 71 3 East Boston Toronto Cleveland U0 28 Strel(Hom lost 1 29-16 Away 18 23 47 39 547 iUl 539 1-6-4 Lost 3 26-23 22-18 Jj43- 500 4 5-5 Lost 1 23-20 20-23 42 47 472 6'i 5-5 Won 1 20-25 2222 I Pel CB 'fry iff 40 47 460 7' i 6 4 Lost 1 17-22 23-25 38 47 447 8 -S-S Inst 9 9n.9i ir.dr Detroit New York West Oakland Chica9Q Seattle Calilorma Texas Minnesota Baltimore Milwaukee 3 54 357 16 2-8 Lost 5 16-25 14 29 PctGB 632 Streak Won 2 Home Away 24-15 31-17 55 32 6-4 52 31 627 1 5-5 Won 4 27-21 25-10 45 44 506 11 1-5-5 Won 1 22-24 44 45 494 12 5 5 Won 3 22-21 23-20 2224 43 45 489 12' 2 Lost 1 22-22 21-23 42 46 477 13" z-5 5 Won 1 21-21 21-25 Kansas City 39 47 453 15' t-6-4 Won 1 22-21 17-26 l-denotes first game was a win troit (Petry 6-6). 4 35 p.m. Cleveland (Nipper 2-2) at Oakland (Sanderson 10-5). 7 05 p.m. Toronto (Key 5-4) at Seattle (Hanson 10-6).

7 05pm Milwaukee (R Robinson 2-1 at Calilorma (Langston 4-10). 7 35 m. Tuesday's Games Cleveland at Oakland. 12 15 p.m. Kansas City at New York, 4 30 m.

Texas at Baltimore. 4 35pm Minnesota at Boston. 4 35 p.m. Chicago at Detroit. 4 35pm Toronto at Seattle.

7:05 pm Milwaukee at California. 7 35 m. Sunday 's Results Kansas City 13. Boston 4 Chicago 8. New York 5 Minnesota 10.

Baltimore 3 Detroit 3. Texas 2 Oakland 4. Milwaukee 1 Seattle 7. Cleveland 0 Calitornia 3. Toronto 2 Today's Games (All Times POT) Kansas City (Filson 0-0) at New York (J Robinson 1-5), 4 30 Texas (Hough 7-6) at Baltimore (Ballard 1-9).

4 35 m. Minnesota (Guthrie 2-2) at Boston (Gardner 2-5), 4 35 p.m. Chicago (McOowell 5-4) at De ft By Carl KotalaGannett News Service OAKLAND Felix Jose doesn't often get a chance to shine in the Oakland A's star-studded outfield, but nobody played a bigger role in the A's 4-1 win over Milwaukee on Sunday afteroon. "It was his day to star," Oakland manager Tony La Russa said. Although the A's managed just two hits both in the first inning it proved to be enough as the A's won three of four from visiting Milwaukee.

One of the A's hits belonged to Jose a grand slam, the first of his career that supplied the winning runs. But the lasting image in Jose's big first inning has to be the home run-saving catch on a ball hit by Milwaukee's Robin Yount. With Mike Felder on second base and no outs, Yount hit a ball that looked like it was going to carry over the right field fence. But Jose jumped up, caught the ball just as it was going over the fence and then as the ball popped loose when he hit the ground, grabbed it again with his free hand. "I was surprised because I didn't have the ball in the middle of my glove," Jose said.

"It was coming right into the glove and I didn't think I had it so good, so I looked when I started coming down, and the ball was coming out, so I caught it with my hand." Although Milwaukee manager Tom Trebelhorn came out to dispute the call, TV replays showed that the ball never touched the ground. "When he (Yount) hit it, at first, I didn't think he hit it far enough to go out," A's pitcher Curt Young said. "But you get in the corners of this ballpark and it's got a good chance. Felix has made some great catches for me in the past, but that has to be the best one. "I really didn't see it.

I was running to back up (the throw), so I really don't know what the controversy was." When told that Jose caught the ball after it popped from his glove, Young said, "Did he really? I'm going to have to pat him on the back again." Although Felder tagged and went to third on the play, he wound up stranded. In the bottom of the first, Oakland's Doug Jennings doubled, Jose Canseco was safe on a two-base error by Felder in right field and Dave Henderson walked to load the bases. That brought up Jose, who jumped on v. Quirk, right, tags out Milwaukee's Dave both directions, it's good day," Trebelhorn said. TIGERS 3, RANGERS 2 at Detroit It took Sparky Anderson a long time to get his 1 victory.

His 1 seemed to come a lot faster. "We only won 59 games last year," Anderson said with a laugh Sunday. "That means that in the past year and a half, I've only won 101 ballgames. If it takes me as long to get to 1.900 as it did to 1.800, I might be 75 years old." ROYALS 13, RED SOX 4 at Boston Gerald Perry led an 18-hit attack with a single, double and three stolen bases as Kansas City scored three runs to break a sixth-inning tie. With the score 3-3, Jim Eisenreich walked and took third on Perry's hit-and-run single.

Dennis Lamp replaced Dana Keicker (2-4) and allowed Pat Tabler sacrifice fly. Singles by Kevin Seitzer and Kurt Stillwell made it 6-3. TWINS 10, ORIOLES 3 at Baltimore Kirby Puckett homered twice and drove in five runs, and Allan Anderson broke his eight-game losing streak. Puckett. who hadn homered since June IT I II 9 NATIONAL LEAGUE East Pet GB L10 Streak Home Away Pittsburgh 52 33 612 1-7-3 Lost 1 26-11 26-22 New York 49 34 590 2 z-6-4 Lost 1 29-14 20-20 Montreal 50 38 568 7-3 Won 2 26-17 24-21 Philadelphia 41 43 488 10'; z-4-6 Lost 1 23-20 18-23 Chicago 37 52 416 17 3-7 Won 1 16-26 21-26 St Louis 36 51 414 17 4-6 Lost 1 17-28 19 23 West Pet GB L10 Streak Home Away Cincinnati 53 31 631 6-4 Won 1 25-12 28-19 San Francisco 47 40 540 7' z-8-2 Won 1 23 21 24-19 LosAngeles 42 44 488 12 z-5-5 Lost 1 25-21 17-23 San Diego 38 46 452 15 3-7 Won 1 21-26 17-20 Atlanta 34 50 405 19 3-7 Lost 2 18-26 16-24 Houston 35 52 402 19'; 3-7 Won 1 24-19 11-33 go (Harkey 6-4).

5 05pm New York (Oieda 4-3) at Houston (Portugal 3-8) 5 35 p.m. Los Angeles (Wells 0-1) at St. Louis (Tewksbury 4-1), 5 35 m. Tuesday's Games San Diego at Chicago. 11 20 a Montreal at Cincinnati, 4 35 m.

San Francisco at Pittsburgh. 4 35p Philadelphia at Atlanta. 4 40 m. New York at Houston, 5 35 p.m. Los Angeles at St.

Louis. 5 35 z-denotes first game was a win Sunday's Results San Diego 4. Pittsburgh 1 Montreal 16. Atlanta 14 Cincinnati. New York 1 Chicago 5.

Los Angeles 1 Houston 6. Philadelphia 1 San Francisco 5. St Louis 3 Today's Games (All Times PDT) Montreal (Z. Smith 5-6) at Cincinnati (Hammond 0-0). 4 35 p.m.

San Francisco (Garrelts 6-7) at Pittsburgh (R Reed 2-0). 4 35 Philadelphia (Mulholland 3-3) at Atlanta (Clary 1 -5). 4 40 San Diego (Show 1 -6) at Chica 4.. Padres' Whitson always finds Pirates' treasure QUICK QUIRK: Athletics' catcher Jamie AL roundup a first-pitch forkball from Milwaukee's Chris Bosio to send it over the right-center field fence and give the A's a 4-0 lead. Jose wasn't through.

With Oakland leading 4-1 in the fourth inning, the A's right fielder fired a strike to home plate that nailed Milwaukee's Dave Parker, who was trying to score from second on Jim Gantner's single. "I was surprised he was going because I was charging the ball hard," Jose said. "It was 50-50," Trebelhorn said of the decision to send the slow-moving Parker. "It forces him to make a perfect play. If he scores, we've got runners at second and third and it's 4-2.

It was a great defensive play." Even Trebelhorn admitted Jose had quite an afternoon. "When vou account for seven runs in NL roundup After Mike Sharperson singled to lead off the game, Wilson retired the next nine batters before the Dodgers scored in the fourth on consecutive doubles by Kirk Gibson and Kal Daniels. The Cubs scored a run in the first on a two-out double by Mark Grace and the first of three singles by Dawson. With two outs in the second, Domingo Ramos walked and went to third on a single by Wilson. Clark singled to score Ramos and Ryne Sandberg doubled Wilson home.

ASTROS 6, PHILLIES 1 at Houston Danny Darwin continued his mastery of Philadelphia and Javier Ortiz drove in two runs for the Astros. Darwin (3-1) went seven innings, allowing one run on eight hits and striking out four. He improved his record against the Phillies at the Astrodome to 4-0 and lowered his career ERA against Philadelphia to 1.61. The Astros broke open a 1 -1 game with four runs in the seventh off Jeff Parrett (3-7). Eric Anthony walked and scored on a double by Ortiz.

After an intentional walk to Rich Gedman, Dennis Cook came in to face pinch-hitter Casey Candaele, who blooped an RBI single to left. EXPOS 16, BRAVES 14 at Atlanta Andres Galarraga hit a three-run homer in the sixth inning and drove in the tie-breaking run with a ninth-inning single as Montreal won a slugfest with Atlanta. Tim Wallach had a grand slam for the Expos, who won despite being outhit 20-14. The Braves hit five homers three in the seventh 1 Vfa' fit ii 1. n'H Associated Press Parker in the fourth inning.

25, hit a three-run drive in the first inning and a two-run homer in the second off Bob Milacki (4-6). Fred Mannque and Kent Hrbek also homered for the Twins. WHITE SOX 8, YANKEES 5 at New York Sammy Sosa two-run bloop single with the bases loaded highlighted Chicago five-run sixth inning as the White Sox won their 11th consecutive road game. New York has lost five straight. MARINERS 7, INDIANS 0 at Seattle Bill Swift (3-2) made his first start of the season and allowed three hits in eight innings, and Ken Griffey Jr.

and Tracy Jones homered off Charles Nagy (0-3). ANGELS 3, BLUE JAYS 2 at Anaheim, Calif. Johnny Ray hit a run-scoring single with two outs in the ninth inning off Tom Henke (0-2). The Angels won their second straight game over Toronto in their last at-bat. Brian Down-Ing's ninth-inning homer gave them an 8-7 victory Saturday night.

Chuck Finley (12-4) pitched his second complete game of the season, allowing 10 hits, striking out seven and walking one. Fitzgerald and breaking a 13-13 tie. Pinch-hitter Dave Martinez then singled, and Galarraga, who had gone to second on the throw home, scored on a throwing error by losing pitcher Kent Mercker (2-1). Martinez went to third on the play and scored on a sacrifice fly by Spike Owen. be a player game times than funny-looking uniforms and 5 cent popcorn.

NOT A GAMBLING GROUP The White Sox look like they have a genuine shot at a division title, but management won't take many risks to win. "We will not make any moves this year that will not benefit us next year and the year after," said White Sox manager Jeff Torborg. considering pennant drive trading. "Just because we're in the race, we will not give up any prospects period. We're not going to deviate from the game plan.

We're going to stay with our kids. They got us here." THE OPTIMIST: It's rookie catcher Greg Olson, 29, the career minor leaguer who made the Braves and the All-Star Game this season. "You hang around long enough, you are going to catch a break," Olson said. "All of a sudden, in a span of about two months, I caught five or six breaks." Even his mother didn't think it was possible. "And she thinks everything is possible," he said.

TROUBLE BREWING: "We don't have open dissension on our club," said Brewers manager Tom Trebelhorn. "We do have some interesting personalities that don't exactly click off the field." IN A PINCH: The Cardinals' Denny Associated Press THE WAY TO A MAN'S San Diego's Jack Clark is tagged out at the plate by Pittsburgh catcher Dan Bilardello. Sox split four-game set with Stockton By Martin RosalesGazette-Journal The world of James Hurst is spinning all around him. Except on the mound. There, Hurst is in control.

Hurst's pregnant wife went into the hospital Saturday. Hurst, however, managed to block out the worry and won his third straight outing Sunday as the Reno Silver Sox defeated the Stockton Ports, 8-2, in the first game of a California League double-header at Moana Municipal Stadium. Stockton won the second game, 14-4, to earn a split of the four-game series. The Ports lead the season series, 12-5. "I don't take my worries out on the field," said Hurst, who went to Florida for a week in early June when his wife went into false labor.

"When I'm out there I just try to concentrate on the game." At first, though, it looked as if Hurst's problems and the Ports would beat him. Stockton loaded the bases in the first inning after only three batters, prompting Reno pitching coach Ben Gallo to make an early visit to the mound. "He just told me to have trust in my ability," said Hurst, who improved to 4-6. "He told me to go right at them and to relax. I don't think I was ready." Gallo's pep talk paid dividends.

Hurst induced Stockton clean-up hitter James Tatum to hit into a 5-2-3 double play and then got Chris Cassels to hit an inning-ending groundout. "(Gallo) gave me advice on how to get a ground ball and how to get a double play," Hurst said. "Those (three) double plays helped out." Hurst lasted five innings, allowing six hits and one earned run. At the same time, Reno batters made quick work of Stockton starter Chris Johnson, who came into the game with a 13-3 record and a 2.62 earned run average. The Silver Sox scored once in the first and chased Johnson with four runs on five hits in the second.

Kaha Wong led off with a single and Dan Firova doubled. Gary Nails followed with a two-run single, scoring Nails and Firova. Santiago Garcia then singled for Reno's fourth straight hit, sending Nails to third. Nails scored on a sacrifice fly by Mike Easley and Garcia came home on a double by Mike Sarbaugh to make it 5-0. Reno led 7-1 after three when brief but heavy rains hit the field.

The game was delayed 40 minutes in the top of the fourth. There was a shorter delay in the top of the seventh caused by a collision in the outfield between Wong and Nails. Stockton pinch-hitter Tim Raley led off the seventh by lofting a bloop hit into short center. Wong and Nails, the left and center fielders, respectively, both charged hard. Wong caught the ball but lost it when the two players collided as Wong was knocked unconscious for a minute.

"I was playing toward center and (Nails) was playing in right-center. We came together and after that it was lights out," said Wong, holding a bag of ice on his head. Until the collision, Nails and Wong were having good games. Nails finished 2-for-3 with three runs batted in and Wong went 2-for-3 with a double and two runs scored. In Game Two, the Ports spoiled the return of Silver Sox starter Greg Paxton, who was making his first start since May 1.

Paxton missed over two months after undergoing surgery to repair torn ligaments in his right (throwing) elbow. "I threw well in simulated games last week," Paxton said before the game. "Hopefully, it will carry over into the real game." It didn't. Paxton was hit early and often, allowing 10 runs (nine earned) on eight hits in just over an inning of work. The Ports scored four runs in the first and seven in the second.

The lone highlight for Reno came in the fifth when Milt Harper hit is 11th homer, a solo shot to lead off the inning. i phenom might actually From wire service reports PITTSBURGH Ed Whitson extended his seven-year winning streak against Pittsburgh and San Diego hit three solo homers as the Padres beat the Pirates, 4-1, Sunday. Eddie Williams, Tony Gwynn and Jack Clark homered for the Padres, who ended a four-game losing streak and the Pirates' four-game winning streak. Whitson, a former Pirate whose last loss to Pittsburgh was on July 26. 1983, allowed just four hits and struck out four in seven innings.

He also benefitted from two double plays in improving his career record against Pittsburgh to 10-3. Whitson (7-6) is 8-0 with two no-decisions in his last 10 starts against Pittsburgh. He is 5-0 against the Pirates with an 1.12 ERA the last two seasons. Craig Lefferts pitched two innings for his 12th save and the first in his last four opportunities. CUBS 5, DODGERS 1 at Chicago Steve Wilson pitched the first complete game of his career and Dave Clark and Andre Dawson each drove in two runs as the Cubs snapped a six-game losing streak.

Wilson (3-5), making his first start since June 22, gave up six hits, tied a career-high with 10 strikeouts and didn't walk a batter, Clark, getting a rare start, had an RBI single in the second inning and hit his second homer in the fourth off Tim Belcher (7-7). His other home run also came off Belcher, on May 23. Cardinals' With no one paying attention, St. Louis Cardinals' rookie Todd Zeile has settled into being a major league catcher. The numbers still aren't as flashy as expected, as Zeile was the latest rookie to be accorded instant stardom.

But after the close national scrutiny went elsewhere, he started to get comfortable. "I've felt things coming around for a while," he said. "I have all the confidence in the world, It's not overconfidence, but I feel I'm through the worst of it. I'm playing at the level I'm capable of playing." That wasn immediately apparent against the Giants, who limited him to one hit in his first eight at bats. Centerfielder Brett Butler robbed him on flyballs that probably would 've been home runs elsewhere.

But Cardinals' interim manager Red Schoendienst isn't overlooking Zeile's performance. "He's having two to three quality at bats a game," Schoendienst said. "He'd have quite a few more home runs if he was in San Francisco. He'd have more more in any ballaprk." Zeile is batting .223 with 9 home runs and 31 RBI. The homer total is STEVE SNEDDON inning but they also committed five errors, including two in the ninth.

Mike Fitzgerald, who homered two innings earlier, led off the Montreal ninth and went all the way to second when Braves second baseman Jeff Treadway dropped a pop fly. Galarraga followed with a single to center, scoring man rotation. Mike Harkey. Shawn Boskie, Greg Maddux and Steve Wilson will be the starters, but nothing is permanent. Mike Bielecki.

18-7 with a 3.14 ERA last year and 3-8 with a 5.75 ERA this season, has found that out in the bullpen. Zimmer isn't worried about his starters going on short rest. "I have no concerns," Zimmer said. "If somebody can't do it, I'll pick somebody With the four-man rotation. Boskie.

3-5. the former Reno High School star, should face the Giants at Wngley Field Sunday. He's 1-1 against San Francisco. CUTTING THE POWER: The Twins used to thrive on home runs in a cozy Metrodome. Without the long ball, the Twins are now a mediocre 21-21 at home.

Their 28 home runs at the Metrodome before the All-Star Break is a steady power decline for the Twins, who had 72 at home in the first half of 1986, 59 in 1987, 44 in 1988 and 35 in 1989. The Homerdome? With an aging bunch of power hitters, it's unlikely you'll hear that very soon. CHANGING TIMES: Baseball's changes in the last 73 years have been more dramatic than the alterations in uniforms. The White Sox's "Turn Back the Clock Day" promotion last Wednesday was a reminder. The Sox dressed up in 1917-type uniforms and the club charged 1917 prices, but there was no changing time.

Game time, that is. The White Sox and Brewers took 4 hours and 44 minutes to play their 13-inning game. In 1917, with fewer pitching changes and no TV timeouts, the White Sox and Yankees played two nine-inning games in 3:44. It would be better tr bring back 1917-type modest, but he's tied with club leader Pedro Guerrero. "He's going to be a real good ballplayer," Schoendienst said.

"I think he has the skills that he can improve each year. "I thought he could handle the attention he's received. He's that kind of kid. When I had Keith Hernandez here as a rookie, I had too many people say, 'He's a Hall of That put too much pressure on. We had to send him down (to Class AAA Tulsa) for several weeks because people were on him." When Zeile struggled, Class AAA Louisville was an option.

No one is talking about punching his ticket to Kentucky now. He also has shown dramatic defensive improvement. Friday, Butler got a good jump on a steal attempt, picking on a curveball. Zeile still threw him out by five feet. Zeile said he was surprised by the buildup he received.

"There was so much preseason publicity," Zeile said. "Everybody wanted to see something right away. I don't think that's what affected me as much as my own attitude. I got down. I had my own self-doubts.

I don't now. "I'd like to get my average up," Zeile. "I'd like to finish with 15 to 20 home runs and 70 RBI. That's reasonable." i SWITCH-A-PITCHER: In his frustration to find effective starting pitchers, Cubs manager Don Zimmer has one to a four- Walling, 36, a 13-year major league veteran, is the only active player with 100 pinch What does that mean to Walling, who is 100 for 362 in the pinch? "The most significant thing is it meants you spend a hell of a lot of time watching on the bench." i.