Philadelphia Daily News from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania • Page 84

PHILADELPHIA DAILY KZWS THURSDAY, JULY 21, 1988 Phillies vs. Astros PMJJES No. Ptaycr Po. BT Hgt. Wgl.

6 John Russell RR 6- 0 195 8 Juan Samuel 2B RR 5-11 170 10 Darren Dautton LR 2 190 11 Keith Mrttar OF SR 5-11 170 14 Tom Barrett 28 SR S-10 170 15 Jackie Gutierrez SS RR 6- 1 180 17 Ricky Jordan 1B RR 6-3 185 18 Chris James OF RR 6-1 190 19 Mike Young OF SR 6- 2 198 20 Mike Schmidt 3B RR 6- 2 200 21 Greg Gross 1B-OF LL 5-11 180 24 MW Thompson OF LR 5-11 170 27 Kent Tekuhe RR 6- 4 190 28 Shane Rawtey RL 6- 0 180 29 PhH Bradley OF RR 6-0 185 30 Steve Jettz SS SR 5-11 180 33 Greg Harris SR 6-0 165 34 BIN Scherrer LL 6- 4 180 40 Steve Bedrosian RR 6-3 205 42 Don Carman LL 6- 3 195 44 Mike Maddux RR 6- 2 180 45 David Palmer RR 6- 1 205 46 Kevin Gross RR 6- 5 215 47 Bruce Rumn RL 6-2 205 ASTROS No. Player Poa. BT Hgt WgL 1 John Rshet OF RR 5-11 190 2 Gerald Young OF SR 6-2 185 4 Craig Biggio RR 5-11 180 9 Alex Trevino SS R'R 6-0 170 12 Craig Reynolds IF LR 6- 1 175 16 Rataal Ramirez SS RR 0 185 17 Kevin Bass OF SR 6- 0 180 19 BHI Doran 28 SR 6-0 175 20 Jim PankovHs IF RR 5-10 175 21 Terry PuM OF LR 6- 2 200 25 Buddy Bed 38 RR 6- 3 200 26 Louie Meadows OF LL 5-11 190 27 Glenn Davis IB RR 6-3 210 28 BUly Hatcher OF RR 5-9 175 33 Mtka Scott RR 6- 215 34 Nolan Ryan RR 6-2 210 39BobKnepper LL 6-2 210 42 Larry Andersen RR 6-3 205 43 Jim Deshaies LL 6- 4 220 44 Oanny Darwin RR 6- 3 190 45 Dave Smith RR 6-1 195 47 Joaquin Andujar SR 6- 0 180 49 Juan Agosto LL 6- 2 190 53 Dave Meads LL 6- 0 175 3 Gutierrez Is Glad To Get a Chance xC-Vi: iff fM 1 1 III BEST EFT Phillies at Astros p.BL, Cfeajme! 23 and WCAU-AM Phils' Jackie Gutierrez, sub for traded Luis Aguayo. plays against Astros last Sunday By LES BO WEN Daily News Sports Writer A couple of months ago. the only current major leaguer born in Colombia was plenty worried.

Jackie Gutierrez wants to be a role model for Colombian youth, but from his release by Baltimore at the end of spring training until the Phillies called on May 29, he was just another unemployed guy hanging out with relatives in Miami He didnt much like it. Aside from being a very bad way to go about the business of being a role model, unemployment was uncomfortable. was a tough time," Gutierrez said this week. "In 11 years (of professional baseball), it was the first time I was off during the So when the Phillies offered a job at Triple A Maine; they didnt have to ask twice. Gutierrez.

28, hadnt given much thought to adjusting to life after baseball: he wanted back into the game, and would do anything to make it "I'm not going to give up." Gutierrez said. Last Friday, the Phillies rewarded his persistence. When they traded veteran utility infielder Luis Aguayo to the Yankees, they called Gutierrez up to take his place. So far 100 meters in the '64 Olympics. "You gotta do it.

Nobody's gonna do it for you." he said. "I want to give an example to my country." That won't be an easy task, but he is closer to doing it in Philadelphia than he was in Miami. Tonight, the Phils head for Houston and a date with Nolan Ryan (6-7, 4.44 ERA). Mike Maddux (2-0, 3.09) is the Phils' scheduled starter. Best of the Rest Well, it isn't basketball season, a fact that has been proved over and over again this summer by the piddling crowds at Aces games.

But you want to take a look at the rookies and free agents aiming for a spot on the 88 Sixers, they're going at it twice a day at St. Joseph's Fieldhouse. Only the afternoon session (2 to 4 p.m.) is open to the public, today and tomorrow. Admission is $2 for adults. SI for children.

The Sixers' top rookie, Hersey Hawkins, is busy elsewhere, trying out for the VS. Olympic team. he has gone l-for-6 in his first look at National League pitching. Gutierrez said he has gone to former Baltimore teammate Mike Young, fellow NL newcomer Phil Bradley and Juan Samuel, a winter league acquaintance, for advice. He doesnt doubt that he can fashion a role for himself here once he gets comfortable.

"I'm in shape. I feel good," he said. Gutierrez was the Boston Red Sox's Rookie of the Year in 1984. when he hit .263 in 151 games as the team's starting shortstop. He made both the Sporting News and Topps all-rookie teams.

But Gutierrez missed almost two months of the 198S season with a knee injury, then made 11 errors in a 26-game span in August and pretty much wrote himself out of the Red Sox's plans. He was traded to Baltimore after that season, and spent '86 bouncing between the Orioles and Triple A Rochester. Last year, he played only three games in Baltimore, all as a pinch-runner. So his release this spring wasn't unexpected. But he didn't expect to spend a couple of months in makeshift workouts with school-age nephews in Miami before anybody called.

Gutierrez feels a little pressure as only the third Colombian to make the big leagues. There was Luis Castro, a Philadelphia A's pitcher in 1902, and then there was Gutierrez's brother-in-law, Orlando Ramirez, (Angels shortstop, 1974-79) and then there was Gutierrez. Also, he comes from an athletic family his father. Campo Gutierrez, threw the javelin for Colombia in the 1936 Olympics, and his brother. Freddie, ran the mm wood arefl i Samuel's 2-Run Homer in 7th Lifts Team to 4-3 Victory at Vet: Page 32.