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Baseball Wednesday, May 16, 1990 Reno Gazette-Journal 3D Outfield's bobbles extend Athletics' skid to 4 AL roundup From wire service reports Rickey Henderson had any number of excuses available and chose to use none of them. Henderson dropped Candy Maldona-do's fly ball to short left field, letting two runs score to cap a four-run seventh inning as the Oakland Athletics lost to the Cleveland Indians 5-4 Tuesday AMERICAN LEAGUE Pet GB L10 Streak Home Away gSBjZinr.588 z-7-3 Lost 1 13-7 7-7 z-4-6 Lost 3 7-6 10-6 17 14 .548 1V, 5-5 Lost 2 10-5 7-9 lnd 17 15 .531 2 z-6-4 Won 2 10-4 7-11 25IS 14 18 .438 5 z-5-5 Lost 1 6-B 8-10 13 17 .433 5 z-6-4 Won 1 7-8 6-9 12 22 .353 8 3-7 Won 1 6-11 6-11 Pet GB L10 Streak Home Away 22 10 .688 5-5 Lost 4 10-6 12-4 Chicago 18 1Q .643 2 z-7-3 Won 4 13-3 5-7 Minnesota 17 15 .531 5 z-7-3 Lost 1 8-5 9-10 Seattle 16 18 .471 7 z-6-4 Won 2 7-10 9-8 15 17 .469 7 z-4-6 Lost 2 9-8 6-9 California 13 20 .394 9'2 3-7 Won 2 7-11 6-9 KansasCitv 11 20 .355 10y2 5.5 Won 7.10 4.10 MARINERS 4, BLUE JAYS 3 at Toronto Harold Reynolds singled home the go-ahead run with one out in the 10th inning, ending the Blue Jays' three-game winning streak. Brumley tripled with one out off Jim Acker (0-1) and Reynolds singled up the middle past drawn-in second baseman Nelson Liriano. Keith Comstock (1-1) pitched one inning for the victory. He picked off pinch-runner Tom Lawless at first base with one out in the of the ninth.

Mike Schooler pitched the 10th for his 10th save. WHITE SOX 3, ORIOLES 2 at Chicago Carlton Fisk's first homer of the season, a two-run shot with two outs in the eighth inning, rallied Chicago for its fourth straight victory. With two outs in the eighth, Dan Pasqua batted for Ron Kittle and tripled. Fisk followed against Pete Harnisch (3-1) with his 337th career home run, including 316 as a catcher. Barry Jones (5-0) got the victory.

Bobby Thigpen pitched one inning for his ninth save of the season and the 100th of his career. ANGELS 8, BREWERS 3 at Milwaukee Jack Howell drove a two-run homer through a thickening fog to lead California. Howell's third home run of the season broke a 1 -1 tie in the fifth inning and followed a single by Lance Parrish off Chris Bosio (3-2). Mark Langston (3-3) stopped his two-game losing streak, giving up three runs in seven innings. Game time temperature was 46 degrees and by the seventh, the fog was so dense that the flag in left-center was not visible from the press box.

Howell got a triple in the seventh on a ball that right fielder Rob Deer lost in the fog, and Luis Polonia hit a sacrifice fly. TIGERS 3, RANGERS 2 at Arlington, Texas Cecil Fielder hit his major league-leading 14th home run to lead Detroit. With the score 1-1, Lloyd Moseby opened the seventh with a single and advanced on a balk by Kevin Brown (5-2). Fielder followed with a 414-foot drive into the center-field stands. YANKEES 7, TWINS 3 at New York Don Mattingly hit his 100th Yankee Stadium homer and drove in four runs and Chuck Cary, making his first appearance of the season, pitched four-hit ball for seven innings.

Cary (1-0) had been on the disabled list since April 15 with an inflamed left elbow. He gave up one run, struck out eight and walked only one before Jeff Robinson relieved. Mattingly's three-run homer in the first inning was his third of the season and came off Roy Smith (1-3). RED SOX AT ROYALS Rain washed out the scheduled game between Boston and Kansas City. minutes.

Three players converged on Maldonado's fly before Henderson took charge and camped under it. None of the distractions was significant enough to account for the error, Henderson said. "It had some spin on it. It hit the heel of my glove and came out," he said. Henderson didn't try one of his snatch-catches on the play.

He just opened his mitt and the ball bounced out. Maldonado thought the inning had ended when he popped up the pitch from Gene Nelson. "Rickey's a good outfielder, and you rarely see one of those," Maldonado said. "You hope he can drop it, but at the time, you're just disappointed in yourself. When he dropped it, I just thought about getting to second base." Jose Canseco, who had homered in his last two appearances Monday night at Minnesota, gave the A's a 1-0 lead in the first Tuesday with his 12th home run of the season.

night. The A's outfielders committed three errors, contributing to both of Cleveland's scoring rallies. The loss was Oakland's fourth straight. "The ball hit me in the glove and I just missed it," Henderson said. "It was a pop fly.

It Henderson Baltimore (Milacki 1-1) at Chicago (Kutzler 1-0), 5:05 p.m. Boston (Boddicker 4-3) at Kansas City (Gordon 1-0), 5:35 p.m. California (Abbott 1-2) at Milwaukee (Higuera 3-1), 5:35 p.m. Detroit (Robinson 2-3) at Texas (Bohanon 0-1), 5:35 p.m. Thursday's Games Seattle at Toronto, 9:35 a.m.

California at Milwaukee, 11:35 a.m. Minnesota at New York, 4:30 p.m. Baltimore at Chicago, 4:05 p.m. Detroit at Texas, 4:35 p.m. Boston at Kansas City, rain New York 7, Minnesota 3 Cleveland 5, Oakland 4 Seattle 4, Toronto 3, 10 innings Chicago 3, Baltimore 2 California 8, Milwaukee 3 Detroit 3, Texas 2 Today's Games (All times PDT) Minnesota (West 2-3) at New York (Hawkins 1-3), 4:30 p.m.

Oakland (Welch 4-2) at Cleveland (Shaw 1-0), 4:35 p.m. Seattle (Holman 5-2) at Toronto (StnftlBmvre 4-3), 4:35 wasn't a difficult play." A steady rain was falling during the inning, and the field was wet from a pre-game rain that delayed the start by 34 NL roundup NATIONAL LEAGUE Pet GB L10 Streak Home Away Pittsburgh 22 11 667 z-7-3 Lost 2 10-5 12-6 Philadelphia 18 14 .563 3'2 z-6-4 Won 1 8-6 10-8 Montreal 18 16 529 4V; z-6-4 Lost 2 11-6 7-10 New York 16 16 .500 5Vz 6-4 Lost 2 13-8 3-8 Chicago 15 17 469 6V; 4-6 Won 1 5-8 10-9 St Louis 14 18 .438 7Va 3-7 Won 1 7-11 7-7 West Pet GB L10 Streak Home Away Cincinnati 23 7 .767 z-8-2 Won 3 10-4 13-3 Los Angeles 16 17 .485 8'2 3-7 Won 2 10-7 6-10 San Diego 16 17 .485 8V2 z-5-5 Lost 1 10-10 6-7 San Francisco 13 20 .394 11'2 z-5-5 Won 2 4-11 9-9 Houston 12 20 .375 12 z-2-8 Lost 5 6-9 6-11 Atlanta 10 20 .333 13 3-7 Lost 1 5-9 5-11 z-denotes first game was a win Tuesday's Results Chicago 12, Atlanta 2 St. Louis 4, Houston 0 Cincinnati 5, Pittsburgh 4, 11 innings Philadelphia 2, San Diego 1 Los Angeles 3, Montreal 2 San Francisco 6, New York 5 Today's Games (All times PDT) Houston (Deshaies 1-1) at St. Louis (B.Smith 4-3), 10:35 a.m. New York (Gooden 2-3) at San Francisco (Garrelts 1-3), 12:35 m.

Philadelphia (Howell 3-3) at San Diego (Whitson 3-1), 1:05 m. Pittsburgh (Drabek 6-1) at Cincinnati (Scudder 1-0), 4:35 p.m. Chicago (Maddux 4-1 at Atlanta (Smoltz 1-4). 4:40 p.m. Montreal (Gardner 1-2) at Los Angeles (Morgan 4-2), 7:35 p.m.

Thursday's Games St. Louis at Cincinnati, 4:35 p.m. Pittsburgh at Atlanta, 4:40 p.m. Chicago at Houston, 5:35 p.m. i 1 P' II.

I I g. i -w Sox stun Bakersfield with 16-2 cakewalk Dawson's 2 HRs topple Braves From wire service reports Andre Dawson hit a pair of two-run homers and Jeff Pico, just up from the minors, allowed one hit in six shutout innings as the Chicago Cubs routed the Atlanta Braves 12-2 Tuesday night at Atlanta. Pico (1-0) allowed no hits through five innings before Oddibe McDowell opened the sixth with a ground single to right field just out of second baseman Ryne Sandberg's reach. Dawson, who leads the National League with 11 homers, had the 31st multi-homer game of his career. He also hit two homers against the Braves last Tuesday at Chicago.

Pico, recalled from Chicago's Class AAA Iowa farm club on Monday night, continued his mastery of Atlanta. The victory improved his lifetime mark against the Braves to 3-0, including a 5-0 shutout on Aug. 27, 1988 his last complete game in the majors. CARDINALS 4, ASTROS 0 at St. Louis Joe Magrane pitched a four-hitter to break a personal eight-game losing streak as St.

Louis beat Houston, sending the Astros to their fifth consecutive defeat. Magrane (1-6) outpitched Mike Scott (1-4) for his first win in 14 starts since last Aug. 29. The St. Louis left-hander began the game with a 6.45 earned-run average, having allowed 27 runs in 37 2-3 innings.

Willie McGee had three singles, scored twice and drove in a run for the Cardinals, who won for the only the fourth time in 1 1 games. The Astros have lost eight of nine. PHILLIES 2, PADRES 1 at San Diego Ricky Jordan and Carmelo Martinez hit consecutive home runs in the fifth inning to carry Philadelphia. Terry Mulholland (2-1) pitched six shutout innings allowing five hits before being relieved by Jeff Parrett to start the seventh. Parrett pitched one inning and Roger McDowell finished for his eighth save.

Jordan snapped a scoreless tie when he hit a 2-2 pitch from Dennis Rasmussen (3-2) into the left-field seats for his second homer. Martinez, a former Padre who signed as a free agent last winter, followed with his fourth homer and first in San Diego since leaving the Padres. Pinch-hitter Phil Stephenson walked to open the Padres seventh, went to second on a grounder, to third on a fly ball and scored on Roberto Alomar's single. REDS 5, PIRATES 4 at Cincinnati Cincinnati claimed its best start of the century as Todd Benzinger singled with the bases loaded in the bottom of the 11th inning. Cincinnati's 23-7 record in the best in the National League and the best 30-game start in modern Reds' history.

The 1970 club opened 22-8. Chris Sabo started the game-winning rally with a one-out single off Bob Patterson (2-1) and continued to second when right fielder R.J. Reynolds bobbled the ball for an error. Billy Hatcher was walked intentionally and after Patterson balked to advance the runners, Barry Larkm was intentionally walked to load the bases for Benzinger. Benzinger, who tied the score with a sacrifice fly in the ninth, grounded the first pitch up the middle to make a winner of Tim Layana (3-0), who pitched the 11th.

The Pirates rallied from a 3-2 deficit in the eighth against reliever Norm Charlton. Barry Bonds' RBI grounder tied it in the eighth and Don Slaught hit a pinch homer in the ninth off Charlton for a 4-3 lead. Slaught's homer was his third of the season and the first pinch homer by the Pirates this season. Bill Landrum came on for the Pirates and gave up a triple to Hatcher to open the bottom of the ninth. After Larkin popped out, Benzinger hit a sacrifice fly to right to tie the score again.

By Larry BadenGazette-joumai Bakersfield's Kiki Jones entered Tuesday's California League game at Moana Stadium as the big-name pitcher. It was Reno's Chris Cole, though, who pitched the big game. RENO Sthinr Cole pitched his second complete game of the season and spaced out six hits as the Silver Sox scored a season-high 16 runs in a 16-2 victory. On the other hand, Jones who had won 1 1 of his first 12 professional decisions failed to get a single batter out in the second inning. Associated Press BASEBALL CLUB A DOWN FEELING: Padres pitcher Dennis Rasmussen reacts to giving up a homer to Ricky Jordan.

Giants It was the second time Landrum has failed to hold a save in eight chances. Charlton failed on his save opportunity after Jose Rijo handed him a 3-2 lead in the eighth. Rijo struck out a Cincinnati season-high nine, allowing just three hits. The left-hander couldn't hold it, though. He gave up a leadoff single to Jay Bell in the eighth and let him take second with a wild pitch.

Bell took third on Bobby Bonilla's infield single, then came home for a 3-3 tie when Bonds forced Bonilla at second. DODGERS 3, EXPOS 2 at Los Angeles Ramon Martinez allowed one run in seven innings and struck out 10 for Los Angeles. Martinez (3-2) pitched one-hit ball through the first five innings before allowing a leadoff double by Delino DeShields in the sixth and Dave Martinez's run-scoring single. The Dodgers took a 2-0 lead on Kal Daniels' fifth homer with two down in the first inning and Mike Scioscia's sacrifice fly in the second. Dennis Martinez (3-3) allowed seven hits in six innings with four strikeouts and two walks.

The Expos right-hander beat Ramon Martinez last week in Montreal. The game saw the move of Juan Samuel from center field to second base for the Dodgers. He made two errors, but made a clean relay on Wallach's rally-killing 5-4-3 double play in the eighth. From page 1D innings of relief for his first decision with the Giants. Steve Bedrosian saved his second straight game, pitching the ninth for his sixth save.

Kennedy's first grand slam since 1979 erased a 4-1 deficit in the fourth inning. Kennedy's first major-league homer was a grand slam on July 1, 1979, at St. Louis, when he played for the Cardinals against Philadelphia's Tug McGraw. He waited another 107 career homers before hitting another one. Trailing 4-1 in the fourth, the Giants loaded the bases against starter Ron Darling when Bass singled in between walks to Mitchell and Williams.

Kennedy hit a 1-0 pitch from Darling just over the right-field fence. Darling allowed five runs in four innings and has allowed 19 runs including nine homers in 26 innings this season. The Giants held the lead until the seventh, when Howard Johnson's sacrifice fly tied the score 5-5. NL notebook AL notebook ATLANTA: LH reliever Joe Hesketh tlew home to Tampa Sunday to gather some belongings, then drove 10 hours to Atlanta in time to appear in Monday's game. "I pulled off the road in Lake City, about 5:30 (a.m.) and woke up about 10," he said.

"I sprinkled some water on my face and hopped back in the car and got to the ballpark about 3 (p.m.).'' He came on with no outs and the bases loaded in the ninth inning, forced a ground ball, then struck out Chicago CF Jerome Walton. Jones, a first-round draft choice of the Los Angeles Dodgers last June, struggled mostly within himself. He walked two, balked, hit a batter and had a wild pitch. In all, he allowed six runs, five earned, in one inning. "It was just one of those nights when our hitters pulled it together," Reno left fielder Tom Eiterman said.

"Everything we hit fell in or found a hole." The Dodgers had no such luck against Cole, who was as consistent as Jones was erratic. Cole kept the ball down in the strike zone all night, forcing Bakersfield into 15 ground-ball outs. He didn't walk a batter until the ninth inning. "The important thing for Chris was he had good location in the strike zone and had a good change-up," Reno pitching coach Ben Gallo said. "That was his second good outing in a row." Cole improved to 3-4 with his second straight victory.

He allowed one run in eight innings in his last start at Modesto. Cole received more than enough offensive support. Joel Chimelis and Eiterman did much of the offensive damage for the Silver Sox. Both had three hits and scored four runs. Eiterman drove in three runs, including a pair on his second homer of the season.

The Silver Sox scored twice in their half of the first with a good deal of help from Jones. He hit Chimelis with a pitch, then walked Eiterman. A wild pitch moved the runners to second and third. Jones then balked home Chimelis. Ken Whitfield followed with a run-scoring double off the wall in right field.

It was much more of the same in the second, when Reno scored six runs to take an 8-0 lead and chased Jones. Jones walked Brad Dejardin, and Mike Sar-baugh reached on an error. Tim Donahue and Mike Easley hit consecutive singles to score a run. Exit Jones. Enter reliever Baltazar Mesa.

Mesa gave up three more singles for five more Silver Sox runs before the inning ended. Eiterman made the score 10-0 in the third with a two-run homer over the right-field wall off Mesa. Cole, meanwhile, was having little trouble for the Silver Sox. After Bakersfield's Brett Magnusson doubled with two out in the first, Cole set down nine straight Dodgers, only two of whom managed to get the ball out of the infield. Bakersfield finally scored off Cole in the fifth inning.

Chris Morrow doubled off the wall in right. He scored on Tim Barker's single to left field. Reno, though, wasn't content with an 11-1 lead. The Silver Sox sent nine more batters to the plate and scored five more times in their half of the fifth inning. The final three runs of the fifth were unearned, resulting from a dropped fly ball by Dodger center fielder Mark Griffin.

SILVER SOX NOTES: Major league pitcher Pat Perry is scheduled to start tonight's game for Bakersfield. The former St Louis and Cincinnati pitcher is on a rehabilitation assiqnment after suffering a rotator cuff injury. Reno's Sarbaugh extended his hitting streak to 13 games with a triple in the fourth. Milt Harper, Reno's 1989 most valuable player, made his first plate appearance at Moana on Tuesday, pinch-hitting in the sixth inning. Harper had missed the first Sox's first 34 games with a knee injury.

Dodqer manager Tommy Byers was elected in the sixth inning after disputing a call at first base with his team trailing 16-1. career .392 hitter against the San Francisco Giants. LH reliever Jeff Musselman has not allowed any of his nine inherited runners to score this season. The bullpen has not blown a save in nine opportunities. PHILADELPHIA: LHP Pat Combs went four innings Monday, allowing three runs, two earned, on six hits.

"He's still missing up in the strike zone," manager Nick Leyva said. "When he gets the ball up. he's not going to get away with it because he's not overpowering." PITTSBURGH: Despite poor early-season weather, the Pirates could threaten their all-time attendance record of 1 .86 million if they remain in the pennant race. They are currently 25.000 behind their record attendance pace of 1988. ST.

LOUIS: LH John Tudor, who had been scheduled to pitch Tuesday, will not start until Saturday. It gives Tudor nine days between starts and manager Whitey Herzog said Tudor will use the time to build strength in his arm. "I think (the rest) will do him good. With our shortened spring training, he never got a chance to do that," said Herzog. "This gives him that chance." SAN DIEGO: 3B Mike Pagliarulo has hit in nine consecutive games, tying his career best mark, set in 1988 while with the New York Yankees.

Through the streak, Pagliarulo is hitting .355. Since 1988. the Padres have won their last nine games against the Phillies at Jack Murphy Stadium. They have won 1 5 of their last 17 games against Philadelphia in San Diego. SAN FRANCISCO: RHP Don Robinson (offseason right knee surgery) made a rehabilitation start at Class A San Jose Monday, but left BALTIMORE: Struggling OF Mike Dever-eaux, who was 12-for-59 before getting three hits Sunday, will be rotated with Joe Orsulak, Steve Finley and Phil Bradley, according to manager Frank Robinson.

BOSTON: LH reliever Rob Murphy, who gave up seven HRs in 105 innings last year, has allowed five in 21 innings. RH reliever Jeff Reardon had no excuses for Monday's loss to Kansas City. "I can't do any worse than that, that's all I know," Reardon said after allowing five runs his first five in a Boston uniform. CALIFORNIA: RHP Kirk McCaskill (tightness in right elbow), who missed his start Tuesday, did not accompany the Angels to Milwaukee as wife, Dana, is expecting the couple's first child this week. McCaskill plans to rejoin the Angels on Thursday.

CHICAGO: 1B coach Ron Clark, who subbed for manager Jeff Torborg Tuesday, says it's no accident the White Sox have turned it around. Defensively he points out, "I shudder when I think about the 99 errors that were made by third basemen the last two years," said Clark. "Now, we've got a great one in Robin Ventura." CLEVELAND: Slumping RF Cory Snyder was held out of his second consecutive game Tuesday. He is hitting .188 vs. right-handed pitching.

IF Steve Springer, called up from Class AAA Colorado Springs, dressed for his first major league game Tuesday after nine years in the minors. DETROIT: CF Lloyd Moseby said he is getting tired of the furor being created about 1 Cecil Fielder's hot start. "Every road trip people want to talk about Cecil," said Moseby. "We're trying to win baseball games, not do individual things and they really don't matter anyway." KANSAS CITY: 3B Kevin Seitzer's 16-game hitting streak ties him for the ninth longest streak in team history. George Brett, John Mayberry and Al Cowens also had 16-game hitting streaks.

Brett's 30-game hitting streak in 1980 is the club's best. MILWAUKEE: After opening the season with five HRs in their first 15 games, the Brewers have hit 17 HRs in their last 13 games. They are 11-3 in games in which they've hit an HR and 7-1 in multiple HR games. MINNESOTA: 1B Kent Hrbek has yet to commit an error in 29 games. IF Al Newman hasn't had a HR in his last 1,156 at-bats.

the longest power outage in the majors. NEW YORK: If arbitrator George Nicolau rules Wednesday that the trade of OF Dave Winfield to California is valid, manager Buckv Dent said he still would maintain a platoon in LF among left-handed hittng Claudell Washington and Mel Hall and right-handed hitting Randy Velarde. OAKLAND: "I wasn't going to go 37-0," said RHP Dave Stewart (6-1 who gave up six runs on 10 hits in four innings Monday to lose for the first time this season. "I'm not going to go home and pout about it," he said. TEXAS: RF Ruben Sierra sprained his left ankle on an escalator at an Arlington (Texas) shopping mall Monday and will be out several games.

Manager Bobby Valentine said the team will wait until the last minute before deciding whether to put Sierra on the DL. Sierra had played in 325 consecutive games, the second longest streak in the maprs. TORONTO: Cito Gaston became manager one year ago Tuesday. They are 92-67 under him. With the makeup game Monday against Detroit, the Blue Jays are scheduled to play 27 consecutive games.

"From the neck up I felt real tired." Hesketh said. "My eyes felt as big as golf balls." CHICAGO: RF Andre Dawson is leading the National League with nine HRs. has 27 RBI and is batting .324 through 31 games. At the same point in 1987, when he was named NL MVP, he had 1 1 HRs. 33 RBI and was batting .309.

CINCINNATI: LH reliever Randy Myers has retired 24 of the last 27 batters he's faced in his last six outings. Myers next appearance will be the 200th of his career. 1B Todd Benzinger has played in 169 consecutive games. HOUSTON: RHP Bill Gullickson has allowed five earned runs in his last four starts (25 in nings) for a 1 80 ERA. Manager Art Howe inserted OF Casey Candaele in the lineup Tuesday for the second consecutive game.

Candaele is hitting .314 since his recall from Class AAA Tucson (Ariz.) on April 17. LOS ANGELES: The Dodgers, who have made at least one error in each of the last six games, are 5-13 in games in which they have committed one. MONTREAL: RHP Kevin Gross has one more HR against Los Angeles LHP Fernando Valenzuela than teammate Tim Raines, who is batting .313 against Valenzuela in 80 career at-bats with no HRs. NEW YORK METS: 2B Gregg Jefferies is a after pitching one inning when he felt pain in his left buttocks muscle after trying to field a bunt in foul territory. I t.

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