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SPORTS SATURDAY, JULY 15, 1989 BATTLE CREEK ENQUIRER 3C Ripken Heaves Angels yirsSimg as worn Baltimore victorious in battle of division leaders Orole The Associated Press cmcriccn Bob Buchanan got the last three allowing a home run to Don Slaught (At) Blue Jays 4, Athletics 1 Dave Stieb allowed three hits over 6Vi innings and Kelly Gruber went 3-for-3 with a homer and two RBI, lifting Toronto to victory over Oakland. Red Sox 5, (at) Twins 0 Mike Boddicker pitched a three-hitter and Nick Esasky hit a two-run homer as Boston beat Minnesota and handed the skidding Twins their eighth straight loss. Boddicker (7-7) struck out four and walked four in recording his- third straight victory and first shutout of the season. His last shutout was Sept 29, 1988, in a 12-0 victory at Cleveland. The Red Sox have won three straight games and nine of their last 12.

(At) Indians 11, Rangers Brad Komminsk knocked in five runs, including the tie-breaker with a sacrifice fly, as Cleveland beat Texas. Komminsk hit a two-run homer in the fourth, a sacrifice fly in the seventh to break a 5-5 tie, and a two-run single in a five-run eighth. (At) White Sox 6, Brewers 4 Harold Baines, a .397 lifetime hitter against Milwaukee, hit a two-run homer and an RBI single to lead Chicago past the Brewers. The win improved Chicago's record to 8-2 in the season series with Milwaukee, including 4-0 at Comiskey Park. Baines had an RBI single in the first and then a two-run homer in the second that gave the White Sox a 5-0 lead.

Winner Bill Long (4-5) replaced starter Greg Hibbard in the third inning when the Brewers scored three times. BALTIMORE Cal Ripken hit a solo home run and Phil Bradley extended his hitting streak to 1 6 games with two hits as the Baltimore Orioles defeated the California Angels 6-4 Friday night in a battle of American League division leaders. Baltimore won for the second time in six games by scoring five runs in 2 innings against California starter Kirk McCaskill, who entered the game having given up but three runs in 16 inning in his two previous starts. McCaskill (9-6) balked for the first time this year and threw two wild pitches, giving him four this season. Ripken gave the Orioles a 6-4 lead with two outs in the seventh, driving an 0-2 pitch from California reliever Willie Fraser into the left field bleachers for his 12th homer of the season.

Bradley singled in the first and added a run-scoring single in the second, extending his hitting streak to within one of the longest streak in the majors this season! He went 2-for-4, making him 13 for 17 in four games since being moved to the leadoff position. Baltimore's Brian Holton (4-5) improved his record to 3-2 as a starter and recorded a season-high five strikeouts. The Orioles have rst 1 'tin X- 4- 4, Ray, left, applies the tag to the AP Photo Orioles' Steve Finley Friday. Sharpley sparks VBSBud triumph Defending champs hang tough -r frr i i AP Photo Montreal's Tim Wallach beats the throw to third base to the Reds' Lenny Harris Friday night. Expos squeak past Reds I Mariners rip Tigers.

1C won eight of the 10 games Holton has started. Four of the victories came after losses. (At) Yankee 5-9, Royals 14-7 Jesse Barfield's three-run, ninth-inning homer off Steve Fair gave New York a victory over Kansas City in the second game. Kansas City led 7-5 going into the eighth inning of the nightcap, but Roberto Kelly's RBI grounder pulled New York to within a run. With one out in the ninth, Don Mat-tingly reached on an infield single off Farr (0-4) and Mel Hall singled.

Barfield then hit his 15 th homer, making a winner of Lee Guetterman (2-1). Pecota added his third homer of the day with a solo shot off Clay Parker in the fourth inning. Pecota hit two of Kansas City's five home runs and Bret Saberhagen won his sixth straight decision as the Royals pounded New York in the first game of a doubleheader. In addition to Pecota, Willie Wilson, George Brett and Mike Macfariane also homered to match a club record for one game, accomplished on five other occasions. Saberhagen (9-4) has not lost in nine starts, since May 19.

In eight innings, he gave up seven hits and two earned runs. national iesguo Wallach opened the second inning with a walk, took second on Damaso Garcia's single, and moved to third on Mike Fitzgerald's fly ball. Wallach scored as the Reds failed to turn a double play on Spike Owen's grounder. (At) Padres 7, Cubs 4 Ed Whitson won his 12th game and drove in a run and Garry Templeton hit a home run, leading San Diego past the Chicago Cubs. The victory snapped the Padres' seven-game losing streak to Chicago.

Whitson (12-6) struggled in the ninth inning and Mark Davis relieved and got his 23rd save in 26 opportunities. (At) Braves 3, Mets 2 Lonnie Smith led off the bottom of the ninth inning with a home run to spoil Sid Fernandez's career-high 16 strikeout per Dr. David Collon, the team's orthopedic surgeon, examined Rogers in late June. Collon's report said some of Rogers' fractured vertebrae had healed but also noted continuing abnormalities. "Also, the healing that has taken place has left the vertebrae in a slightly displaced position," Collon said.

"My recommendation is that, due to these deformities, it is not in Reggie's best interest to continue to play football now or in the future." Oakland County prosecutors have alleged Rogers, 25, was drunk when his Jeep sped through a red light in downtown and slammed into the teen-agers' car. Rogers suffered two broken vertebrae and a But on Thursday, Royal Oak District Judge Daniel Sawicki ruled Klima violated his probation for a drunken-driving conviction stemming from his arrest on Memorial Day on a driving-under-the-influence charge, his third. Sawicki sentenced Klima to 40 days in jail but said he might su One day after being knocked out of a first-place tie in the City Major League standings, Verona Barber ShopBudweiser had to vent its frustration somewhere. Unfortunately for Neighborhood Video Friday, the emotion was too much as it dropped an 1 1-5 decision to VBSBud in the second game of a doubleheader at Nichols Field. In the opening game, Fer-rariM-66 Bowl scored one run in five different innings as it held on to first place with a 5-3 victory over Keep Martinson.

VBSBud carried its emotion from Thursday night's 6-5 loss to FerrariM-66 Bowl as it scored three runs in the first inning, and held a 3-2 lead after one complete inning. Tempers flared for VBSBud in the third and fourth innings as both Bill McNew and Dave Kan-non were ejected for disputing calls. The two ejections served to spark the bats of VBSBud even more as it scored seven runs in the final two innings. Tom Sharpley was the top hitter for VBSBud, collecting two triples among his five hits. Sharpley also knocked in three runs and scored twice.

Scott Warner added three singles. Sean Welsh, who walked three and struck out 11, earned the victory. Pat Higgins, who allowed five earned runs, took the loss despite 10 strikeouts. FerrariM-66 Bowl appeared emotionally drained following Thursday night's victory, but still managed key hits to pull out the win over Keep Martinson, which forfeited Monday's meeting between the two teams. FerrariM-66 Bowl took a 2-0 The Associated Press CINCINNATI Bryn Smith allowed six hits in 8 lh innings as the Montreal Expos beat Cincinnati 1-0 Friday night, sending the Reds to their fifth straight loss.

The victory pushed the National League East-leading Expos to 51-38 the first time they've been 1 3 games over .500 this season. The Reds fell a game below .500 for the first time this year and have lost 21 of their last 30. Smith (9-3) outpitched Tom Browning to give the Expos their 13th victory in their last 17 games. He gave up three hits in the first two innings, then retired the next 15 batters in order. He also matched his season high with nine strikeouts.

Joe Hesketh got the last two outs for his third save. Angels' second baseman Johnny Whitaker agrees to extension The Associated Press DETROIT The Detroit Tigers signed second baseman Lou Whitaker to a three-year contract extension through the 1992 season, the team said Friday. Terms were not released. "Lou has been an integral part of the Tiger or-' ganiza- Lou Whitaker tion since he signed his first professional contract," Vice President and General Manager Bill Lajoie said in a news release. "He and Alan Trammell have grown here and produced here.

We're excited to have both of them here for at least the next three years." Trammell, 31, signed a three-year extension last spring. Whitaker, 32, was Detroit's fifth-round draft selection in June 1975. He and shortstop Trammell have played with the Tigers since the end of the 1977 season. Whitaker was the American League Rookie of the Year in 1978. Whitaker entered Friday's game against the Seattle Mariners with batting average, 18 home runs and 48 RBI.

He entered the season with a lifetime batting average of .279. Rogers was a younger brother of Cleveland Browns free safety Don Rogers, who died June 27, 1986 of a cocaine overdose. In other Lions' news Friday, seventh-round pick Chris Parker out of West Virginia University signed a contract. Terms were not disclosed. Parker reported to the Lion's rookie camp Friday at Oakland University.

The Whitehall, native was second-team All-America in 1988, when the Mountaineers went 1 1-1 and lost to national champion Notre Dame in the Fiesta BowL He had 50 tackles, 36 of them solo, last year. program Hills District Judge Thomas Boo-kover sentenced Klima to 35 days in jail and 45 days of alcohol-abuse treatment Sawicki also ordered Klima to get treatment and revoked his driver's license for an additional six months. Klima remains to be tried in the latest drunken-driving case. city major loaguo lead off losing pitcher Dan Michaels after two innings, but tied the game in the third on third baseman Randy Morrison's throwing error which allowed Randy Sowles and Mike Devitt to score. Rick Beck broke the tie when he scored on an error by third baseman John Hemingway after reaching on shortstop Ron Thrams' error.

forged another tie in the top of the fourth when an error by Kurt Hylek allowed Shane Clipfell, who had singled, to score from second. FerrariM-66 Bowl took the lead for good in the bottom of the fourth when Brian Saltzgaber walked, stole second and scored on two successive passed balls. Saltzgaber added an insurance run in the sixth when he came around to score on Tim Costo's ground out. Joe Humphries was the winning pitcher, getting relief help from Paul Schneider. Clarification: When Verona Barber ShopBudweiser Coach J.D.

Roebuck spoke of Thursday's City Major League showdown with FerrariM-66 Bowl, his said he felt his comments appeared out of context in Friday's edition and may have been offensive. Roebuck, a former Ferrari coach, was discussing the challenge that lay ahead for VBSBud when he stated "I guess it's better to be lucky than good." Roebuck's comment was intended to state that his club is going to need help elsewhere if it is to win a third consecutive CML championship. The teams split the only two games scheduled between the two arch-rivals this season. AGE. PH PH Detroit Lions set to waive Reggie Rogers formance as Atlanta beat New York It was the 14th homer of the season for Smith, who had fanned in three previous at-bats.

Smith had never hit more than eight homers in 11 previous major-league seasons. Fernandez's 16 strikeouts set a club record for a Mets' left-hander. Jerry Koosman had 15 against San Diego on May 28, 1969. (At) PhUUes 4, Astros 2 Dwayne Murphy's run-scoring single broke a sevenm-inning tie as Philadelphia beat Houston. An error by third baseman Ken Ca-miniti set up a two-run seventh after Houston rallied in the top of the inning to tie the score 2-2 against starter Terry Mulholland.

Reliever Larry Andersen (2-2) retired the first batter in the seventh and then walked Von Hayes. Ricky Jordan grounded to Caminiti, who booted the ball for an error. Murphy then singled, scoring Hayes, and Darren Daulton followed with an RBI single. severely lacerated thumb. Killed in the crash were Kelly Ess, 18, and Dale R.

Ess, 17, of Versailles, and their cousin, Kenneth J. Willett, 19, of Drayton Plains. The Esses were in Michigan visiting their grandmother. Rogers's lawyer, Elbert Hatchett of Pontiac, has requested a change of venue because of pretrial publicity. He said Friday that no dates for a hearing on that motion or the trial itself have been set Rogers, 6-foot-6 and 285 pounds, was drafted out of the University of Washington.

He missed much of his rookie season with Detroit and had been sidelined with an ankle injury two weeks before the fatal accident spend it if Klima did well in treatment Klima's current Oakland County Jail stay also stems from his lat-est arrest, which triggered probation violation charges for earlier convictions in Royal Oak and Bloomfield Hills. In the latter case, Bloomfield The Associated Press PONTIAC The Detroit Lions said Friday that they will waive defensive end Reggie Rogers, who faces trial on three counts of manslaughter in a traffic accident that left him with a fractured neck. Rogers, Detroit's No.l draft choice in 1987, will be waived Wednesday, when the Lions open training camp at Oakland University on Rochester, club spokesman Bill Keenist said. The decision was based not on the felony charges against Rogers, who allegedly was drunk at the time of the Oct 20, 1988 accident, but on injuries he suffered in the crash, Keenist said. CITY OF BATTLE CREEK RECREATION DEPARTMENT SUMMER SOCCER CAMP BY EDUCATIONAL SPORTS PROGRAM, INC.

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