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B-6 Town Talk, Alexandria-Pineville, Saturday, October 9, 1982 Baseball Playoffs Limbo Angers Boggs ST.LOCIS ab 2b 3b 06 3 I hr rM ivg Brewers 5, Angels 3 CAUfOMUl MilNAUltE 96 00 ttrkbi 4 112 i 1 1 1 0 I I 0 I I 0 1 0 0 0 33J 000 .250 .500 II err Oberkfell LoSmilh ('reen Hernandez Hendnck Porter McCee OSmith I I I I I 110 1 I I 1 1 1 3 1 2 3 I 0 I 04 04 04 3 1 0 I 500 333 I I 2 Omwif Cam Ik bcksoiit IimcI OeCnalO Gnct26 Olillong gll fame lot 4 0 0 0 4 12 0 4 0 10 3 12 1 3 0 11 4 0 10 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 10 0 0 4 111 34 3 1 3 MoJ.W!b Yotintss Codoci lb Simmcmc Thomas Mowydh Edwrdspf Moore ft Ganlw2b ToWs 0 I 1 03 2 110 4 111 4 110 3 0 0 1 30 10 10 0 1 0 10 0 2 0 10 3 0 0 0 2tStS Forsch Totals IS 7 13 I 1 7 .371 thought I pitched well enough down the stretch to get to pitch now. I don't know when I'm going to pitch again." Braves pitching coach Bob Gibson said he had few words of solace for Boggs. "I don't tell him anything Joe (Torre) does," Gibson said. "Right now we don't feed anybody's ego. We're trying to win a pennant.

"Anytime you have a short series, you don't want any maybes. And the last time out Boggs had a little soreness. You don't want to take chances now." The only soreness Boggs admitted to Friday was that he wouldn't be pitching soon. "I've moved up a day at times and I've moved back a day before, but I've never lost a start," he said. "I got myself ready to pitch tonight (Friday) after all the confusion last night.

But I'm not the manager, so' there's no discussion." California MUwaakee By The Associated Press ST. LOUIS The Atlanta Braves were feeling light and jovial Friday night except Tommy Boggs. "I'm mad," Boggs said. "It's human nature. I'm not a calm guy sometimes and I want to pitch." Boggs had been placed "in Umbo" as a result of the second rainout of the National League Championship Series.

He had been Friday's scheduled starter but with Manager Joe Torre's decision to start Phil Niekro and Rick Camp the next two days, Boggs doesn't know when he will pitch. "I had planned to pitch," he said. "Now I'm not going to pitch, so I'm disappointed and frustrated." It has been that type of year for Boggs. He pitched just 10 games, posting a 2-2 record. He was limited by a slight tear of his right rotator cuff.

"It's been a frustrating year," he said. "But I Sutton Place -3 080 300 20x- i DP California 1. Milwaukee 1 LOB California 6. Milwaukee 4. 2B Cooper.

HR Moutor (2). Boone (1). SB Carew S-Moore. SF- PITCHING SUMMARY TEAM ATLANTA Ip rerbbsoera Perez (0-1) I iW I 4 4 1 2 7 JO) Bedrosian I 02-3 3 2 2 1 1 2699 Moore 1 113 1 0 0 0 1 000 Walk I 1M! 1 I I I Totals I M13 7 7 3 5 7.88 ST. LOUS Ip er bbsoera Forsch (1-0) I 3 0 0 0 6 000 Totals 19 0-0 30000 1.00 SCORE BY INNINGS Atlanta 000 0M 000 -0 SL Louts Ml 003 010 7 E-OberkfeU.

LOB-Allanta 3, SL Louis 11 SF OSmith. Forsch. Lo-Smith HBP Losmith by Moore. WP Bedrosian. It ER BB SO Thomas, Money IP CallfomLi Zahn L.0-1 Witt Hassler Milwaukee Sutton W.1-0 3:3 4 3 2 113 0 8 111 0 Ladd S.l HBP-OfiUvie bv Zahn.

T-2 41. 50,135. Football I 77 4 iwjk, ipez 'iy1 Playoff Schedule IHAMPIONMIIPM-KIKS AMERICAN LEAGUE liame 1 Milwaukee (21 000 000-3 7 2 California 104 210 Mi -8 10 0 Caldwell Slalon (4). Ladd (7). Bernard (8) and Simmons.

John and Boone W- John. 1-0. Caldwell, 01. HRs Milwaukee. Thomas (1).

California, Lynn 1 Game 2 Milwaukee 000 021 000-2 I California 021 100 OOx 4 Vuckovich and Simmons; Kison and Boone Kison, 10 Vuckovich. 0-1. HRs Milwaukee. Moutor I California, Jackson 1 Game 3 California 000 000 03O-3 8 0 Milwaukee 000 300 20x-5 9 Zahn. Wilt (4).

Hassler (7) and Boone; Sutton. Ladd (8) and Simmons. Sutton. 10. Zahn.

0-1. HR Milwaukee. Moutor (2). California, Boone (I). Saturday's Game California (John 1412) at Milwaukee (Haas 11 8).

12 pm. Sunday's Game California at Milwaukee, 3:20 p.m., if necessarv NATIONAL LEAGUE Game I Atlanta 000 000 000-030 St Louis Ml 005 011-7 131 Perez, Bedrosian (6). Moore (6). Walk (8) and Benedict Forsch and Porter. 1 L-Perez, 0-1.

Friday's Game Atlanta at St Ixjuis, ppd. rain Saturday's Game Atlanta (Niekro 17-4) at StLouis (Stuper Sunday's Game StLouis at Atlanta, 7 :15 p.m. Monday's Game St. Louis at Atlanta, 2:15 p.m., if necessary Tuesday's Game StLouis at Atlanta, 2:15 pm il necessary WORLD SERIES Tuesday, October 12 ALat NL, 7 30 p.m. (x) Wednesday, October 11 ALat NL7 20pm Friday, October IS NLat Saturday, October 1 NLat AL.

(xx) 12 20pm Sunday, October 17 NL at AL. if necessary Tuesday, October 1) AL at NL, 7 20 if necessary Wednesday, October 20 AL at 7 20 if necessary (x) If NL Championship Series goes to a fifth game, the World Series will begin Wednesday, Oct. 13, with Game 2 Thursday. Oct 1 the scheduled travel day. (xx) 3:20 p.m.

if played in Pacific time zone. A.L. Composite BATTING SUMMARY CALIFORNIA Milwaukee pitchers Don Sutton and Pete Ladd embrace after combining for a 5-3 victory over the Angels that got the Brewers back in contention in the A.L. playoffs. (L'PI Telephoto) Today's Games East Penn at Brown Holy Cross at Colgate Princeton at Columbia Lehigh at Connecticut Cornell at Harvard Delaware Slate at Howard U.

Lafayette at Maine Delaware at Massachusetts Bucknell at New Hampshire Rhode Island at Northeastern Army vs. Rutgers Boston College at West Virginia Boston University at Yale South Penn State vs. Ala -Birmingham Texas Southern at Alcorn State Kentucky at Auburn Morehead St. at Austin Peay, night Albanv St at Bethune-Cookman VMI at The Citadel, night Guilford at Davidson Virginia Tech at Duke Richmond at East Carolina, night Middle Tenn. St.

at E. Kentucky Illinois at Florida Stale, night Western Carolina at Furman Mississippi at Georgia Tenn. St. at Grambung. night Fla.

at Jackson St, night Tennessee at LSU, night Temple at Louisville, night Applchn SL at Marshall night Indiana State at Maryland NW La. at McNeese, night S. Miss. vs. Miss.

St. Ala. St. at Miss. Valley St.

Term-Martin al Murrav night Hampton Inst, at N. Car. La Tech at NE night Johnson C. Smith at S. Carolina SL Troy State atSE.

La. Nicholls St at Southern, night Ark. St. at SW night Tenn. St.

at Tenn Chatt, night Georgia Tech at Tulane, night Florida at Vanderbilt, night Clemson at Virginia, night North Carolina at Wake Forest Youngstown St. at W. Kentucky Dartmouth at William Mary Midwest Ohio V. at Ball State W. Mich, at Cent.

Mich. Long Beach State at Cincinnati Akron at Eastern Illinois Purdue at Illinois Wichita State at Illinois State Iowa at Indiana Kent State at Iowa State Missouri at Kansas State Bowling Green at Miami. O. Michigan State at Michigan Idaho at Northern Iowa Minnesota at Northwestern Miami, Fla. at Notre Dame Wisconsin at Ohio State Cent.

Mo. SL at SW Mo. St. Eastern Michigan at Toledo, night Drake at Western Illinois Southwest Texas Tech at Arkansas SMU at Baylor, night Prairie View at Bishop, night Texas at Houston, night Kansas at Oklahoma Slate Oklahoma vs. Texas at Dallas N.

Tex. St. at night Rice at Texas Chnstiaa night Far West Navy at Air Force Stanford at Arizona State, night Montana at Boise Slate, night Nebraska at Colorado Pacific at Fresno Slate, night San Jose State at Fullerton State Utah at Hawaii, night Paso at night Northern Arizona at Nevada-Reno BYU at New Mexico, night Tulsa at New Mexico State, night Anzona at UCLA Idaho State at Utah State California at Washington Oregon Slate at Washington State Mont. St. at Weber night San Diego State at Wyoming Brewers' Paul Molitor cracks his second home run of the series Friday, a two-run shot in the seventh inning that turned out to be the winning hit in 5-3 victory over Angels.

(UPI) Sutton Leaves Mark on Grich MILWAUKEE (AP) CaUfornia Angels Manager Gene Mauch said Friday his team respects the Milwaukee Brewers but should be able to hold them off to win the American League Championship Series. "It's not easy to beat the Milwaukee Brewers three games in a row," Mauch said after the Angels lost to the Brewers 5-3 at County Stadium, "But, by the same token, it's not easy to beat the California Angels three games in a row, either." Mauch said Tommy John will start game four today. Moose Haas will pitch for the Brewers. John said he works better with only three days rest. Haas' last start was Sept.

13. "The only time Haas pitched against us this season, he pitched a very strong game," Mauch said. The Angels won that May 21 game 4-1, as Hass allowed just six hits and struck out seven. Angels second baseman Bobby Grich, who struck out three straight times against Brewer starter and winner Don Sutton, said the right-hander was throwing one of the best breaking balls he's seen all season. "He was just outstanding today with his slider and cut fastball," Grich said.

"I can't remember at any time this season having a better slider," said Sutton, who was picked up from the Houston Astros on Aug. 30, the day before the deadline for being eligible for the playoffs. "In most key situations, I threw my slider." Sutton, however, said he was tired late in the game. "It could be four or five days before I can pitch effectively again," he said. Players on both teams said they had trouble seeing pitches because of the shadows that crossed the field.

"Sutton pitched an outstanding game; it's what he's done forever," Angels catcher Bob Boone said. "It helped him when he got a little twilight in the last four or five innings, which made the ball really tough to see." Brewer Paul Molitor said the shadows made it difficult to see, but he said, "I think it's more mental than physical." "We played in the shade," Grich lamented. "Why down the left field line, scoring Lynn and chasing Sutton in his first lifetime appearance against the Angels. Ladd, a 26-year-old rookie recalled from the minors in early July, struck out pinch-hitter Rob Wilfong and Foli to end the game. The Brewers jumped ahead 3-0 in.the fourth and chased Zahn, who had his best season in the majors with an 18-8 record, but had failed to beat the Brewers in two decisions this season.

Yount led off with a walk off Zahn and Cooper doubled him home as Yount was running on the pitch. A single by Simmons moved Cooper to third and Thomas drove Cooper in with a sacrifice fly. Oglivie, with his first playoff hit, moved Simmons to third and Money drove him in a with a sacrifice fly to left that chased Zahn. In the seventh, Money walked to lead off, was sacrificed to second by Charlie Moore and reached third on a fly ball to center by Jim Gantner. Molitor then picked on a 2-2 delivery from Witt to make the score 5-0.

The Angels scheduled Ken Forsch, 13-11 during the season, to pitch in today's fourth game against Milwaukee's Moose Haas, 11-8. like a hit up the middle. But Sutton stuck out his bare hand and slowed the ball down, allowing shortstop Robin Yount time to field it and throw out Baylor. After fanning Jackson to open the fourth, Sutton gave up a single to Lynn. Baylor hit a sinking liner to third that Molitor fielded at his shoetops.

Lynn was frozen. He apparently had been unable to tell whether the ball had been caught in the air and Molitor doubled him off first In the fifth, Doug DeCinces led off with a single, but Sutton struck out Bobby Grich and Tim Foli before Boone grounded into a force-out. In the seventh, Sutton walked Baylor to lead off, then fanned DeCinces and Grich before inducing Foli to ground out weakly to first. But one out after Boone's homer in the eighth, Carew reached on a bunt single, and Sutton struck out Jackson for the third time in the game. Lynn followed with a fly ball down the left field line and again Oglivie had problems.

This time, Oglivie had the ball in sight but ran out of room, crashing into the fence as the ball hit his glove. The ball hit the fence, no more than a foot fair as Carew scored all the way from first. Baylor then ripped a double1, (Continued from Page B-l) of and below the railing of the left field fence, upset him enough to break his concentration. "The thing that caused the next few pitches not to be where I wanted them was that I'm 37," Sutton replied. "I've pitched 4,000 innings in my career and I just ran out of gas." Ladd was pressed into service in these playoffs because of an arm injury to ace reliever Rollie Fingers, who has not pitched since Sept.

2. Ladd was asked how he was affected by having to assume the role of a man who has played such an important part for the East Division champions. "It feels great, as long as we keep winning," Ladd said, adding that a chance to pitch in the playoffs has helped him maintain "a state of more concentration, more intensity. "I got a chance to work early in the series and now I can come in without being quite so nervous. I think that has given him (Brewers Manager Harvery Kuenn) a little more confidence in me." PAUL MOLITOR provided what turned out to be Milwaukee's winning runs when he hit a two-run homer, his second of the series, with two out in the seventh inning.

And the Brewers' third baseman noted that his team was capable of much more run production. "We scored five runs, but that's still below our season average," Molitor said. "We were loose today and we felt very confident. In those first two games in Anaheim, I think a few guys tried to do too much, to be too aggressive. We helped John and (Bruce) Kison by swinging at a few bad balls." Boone's leadoff homer in the eighth appeared catchable by Ben Oglivie, who was camped at the wall in left field, waiting for the ball The television replay showed clearly that a fan had reached over the fence to catch the ball thus preventing Oglivie his opportunity.

But left field umpire Larry Barnett ruled that it was a homer. "The way I saw it, the fan was behind the fence and touched the ball," Barnett said. "That's when I signaled home run. Spectator interference is one of the toughest things an umpire has to call. I have not seen the replay, but I suppose I probably wilL" OGLIVIE SAID he knew the ball was catchable, "and I thought it was an automatic out.

The fan had his hand extended over the fence, and the ball already was arcing into my glove. It was playable and I had a good chance to catch it." Sutton scattered eight hits, struck out nine and walked two in 7 2-3 innings. Sutton, an llth-hour acquisition from the Houston Astros, finally ran out of steam after Boone's homer, allowing run-scoring doubles by Fred Lynn and Don Baylor in the inning and leaving to a standing ovation. Ladd finished up, retiring all four Angels he faced. Sutton helped himself in the first inning and got some help from California's Fred Lynn in the fourth.

But it was Sutton's ability to make the pitches when it counted that really was the difference as he ran his Championship Series record to 4-1. Meanwhile, a rather unlikely pitching duel that had developed between Sutton and Angels' lefthander Geoff Zahn over the first 3 innings fizzled very quickly in the bottom of the fourth when Milwaukee scored three runs on an RBI double by Cecil Cooper and sacrifice flies by Gorman Thomas and Don Money. Sutton worked out of mild trouble several times during the game, but the Angels never really put together a major threat until the eighth. With one out in the first inning, Rod Carew got his first hit of the playoffs, a single up the middle, but Sutton struck out Reggie Jackson for the second out. After walking Lynn on four pitches, Baylor, the hero of California's 8-3 victory in the opener, when he knocked in five runs, bounced what looked ab 2b 3b hr rM avg Downing II 2 1 0 0 0 0 .091 Bemquez 00000000 000 DeCtnces 11 4 3 1 0 0 0 .273 Gnch 09 1 3 1 0 0 1 .333 Bavlor 00 1 3 I 1 0 I 333 Jackson 11 I 2 0 0 1 2 .18 Clark 00000000 000 Lynn II 3 7 1 0 1 2 .630 Carew 12 1 2 0 0 0 0 .167 Foli 09 0 1 0 0 0 1 .111 Boone 09 2 2 0 0 1 3 222 Totals S3 15 24 4 1 3 IS .261 MILWAUKEE ab 2b 3b hrrblavg Moutor 12 3 4 0 0 2 4 .333 Yount 10 1 3 0 0 0 0 300 Cooper 12 1 2 2 0 0 2 167 Simmons 12 2 3 0 0 0 0 250 Thomas 10 1 10 0 13 .100 Oglivie 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 .091 Money 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Moore 8 1 4 0 0 0 0 .500 Gantner 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Howell 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Edwards 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 000 Totals 10 18 2 0 3 10 Golf PITCHING SUMMARY TEAM CALIFORNIA Cards' Stuper Must Curb His Excitement Ip er bb so era 1 9W 7 3 3 I 5 John (1-0) LaJet Classic 300 200 731 600 000 0.00 Kison (10) Zahn (0-1) Witt Hassler Totals 1 1 00-0 5 2 2 0 8 I 373 4 13 12 I 1M 2 2 2 2 3 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 IN 1 I I MILWAUKEE ABILENE, Texas (AP) Second-round scores Friday in the 1350,000 LaJet Classic on the par-72 Fairway Oaks Golf and Racquet Club course (a-denoles amateur) Wayne Levi Ol.

Luuia iiiaiiagci vvmicj nci- zog elected to stick with Stuper for the rain-delayed game Saturday night, holding Joaquin Andujar until Sunday. Stuper will oppose Atlanta ace Phil Niekro. "I'm really looking forward to the challenge," he said. "I've faced some really good pitchers this year. I'm very thankful I'm in this situation and I'm very excited." Stuper had problems with the weatherman before in his short major-league career.

He missed a scheduled start in New York because of rain and got his first ca- raar uintftni oftor miflniaht hn. lp er bb so era CMwU(O-l) I 304 7(512 1500 Slalon 1 30-0 1 2 2 1 2 600 Ladd 1 21 1 0 0 0 0 9 000 Bernard I 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 Vckvch(O-l) 1 804 I 4 4 4 4 450 Sutton (1-0) 1.721 8 3 3 2 0 352 Totals 1 230-024 IS 14 8 23 5.04 SCORE BY INNINGS MDwaukee 021 320 200 -10 CaDJorala 125 110 030 IS E-OberkfeU. LOB Atlanta 3, SL Louis 11. SF OSmith, Forsch, Lo-Smith. HBP- LoSmith by Moore.

WP Bedrosian. Caldwell Moutor DP Milwaukee 4, California 1. LOB Milwaukee 13, California IS. Boone. Foil Moore.

SF Baylor, Boone, Thomas, Money. HBP Moore by John, Grich by Vuckovich, Oglivie by Zahn. not put the lights on? We play the whole season at nighL.let's get some light on the field." Angels right fielder Reggie Jackson, who did not enjoy one of his more Mr. Octoberish performances, said, "I struck out three times today without taking the bat off my shoulder. The ball was very tough to see." Jackson was not yet ready to predict that the Angels would win the AL pennant.

"I'm going to go out and play like helL but I don't know if we're going to win it," Jackson said. "Do you?" Wayne Levi Leads Devlin by 2 Shots ABILENE, Texas (UPI) Fighting both the gust-ing winds and a "wicked headache," Wayne Levi recovered from a shaky start Friday to post a 1-under 71 that left him two shots ahead of veteran Bruce Devlin at the 36-hole mark of the $350,000 LaJet Classic. Winds gusting to more than 30 mph howled across the par-72 Fairway Oaks Country Club course Friday and the birdies which were so readily available on opening day suddenly disappeared. "When I started I thought a round of 69 or 70 would be very good," said Tom Watson, who shot a 69 to get back in the tournament at 2-under 142. "I just hope the wind keeps blowing." "You had to invent some incredible shots out there," said Levi, who stood at 9-under 135 for his two rounds.

"I knew when I started I wasn't going to shoot a very low number. "We were just lucky that the greens were soft. If they weren't the scores would have skyrocketed. You could not have played otherwise." Devlin, two days short of his 45th birthday, shot a 70 for a 36-hole total of 7-under 137. Gary Koch and Bobby Cole, husband of LPGA member Laura Baugh, finished at 6-under 138, both having fired 71.

ST. LOUIS (UPI) John Stuper will have to try to curb his excite-menL Stuper was scheduled to start for the St. Louis Cardinals in the second game of the National League Championship Series Friday night against the Atlanta Braves. But for the second time in three days, rain intervened and forced postponement of the game until Saturday night. "If the Lord brings the rain down, there's nothing I can do about it," Stuper said.

"It's one of those things. It won't affect me at alL" STUPER WAS thrust into the Cardinals' starting rotation in May after he was called up from Louisville of the American Association and finished the season with a 9-7 record. He was to have made his first post-season appearance and his mother and sister traveled from their homes in Butler, for the game. "They haven't decided whether they will stay," Stuper said. "I guess they'll read the weather reports in the morning.

My sister would rather not miss another day at work." Bruce Devlin Bobby Cole Gary Koch Jim Thorpe Steve Lieble J.C. Snead Howard Twitly Craig Stadler Mark Pheil DA. Weibnng Andy Bean Doug Tewell Mark McCumber Ed Fion Pat McGowan Lance Ten Broeck Danny aters Mike Smith Ron Streck Jay Haas Tom Purlzer Tom Watson Jeff Sanders Eric Batten Johnny Miller John Fought Jack Renner Fuzzy Zoeller a John Slaughter LeeTrevino Hal Sutton AUen Miller Butch Baird Brad Bryant Roger Maltbie Gary Tnvisonno Bob Eastwood Phil Hancock Vance Heafner Robert Hoyt Richard Zokol Rex Caldwell Jeff Mitchell 64-71-135 6770- 137 67-71-138 6771- 138 67- 72-139 68- 71-139 69- 71-140 71- 6O-140 66- 74-140 69- 71-140 (59-72141 67 74-141 7071- 141 68-73-141 68- 73-141 72- 69-14! 7170- 141 71- 71-142 72- 70142 70- 72142 67- 75-142 69- 73-141 7369-142 71- 71-142 71- 71-142 68- 74-142 676-142 7072- 142 67- 75-142 7349-142 7171- 142 7172- 143 71 143 70- 73-143 70- 73-143 73- 70-143 7073- 143 73-70-143 72- 71-143 66-77-141 6975-144 7371-144 68- 76-144 71 73- 144 7371-144 S975-144 71- 73-144 N.L. Composite BATTING SUMMARY ATLANTA ab 2b 3b hrrblavg 0 0 0 0 500 cause of a rain delay. "I can bring the rain," Stuper said, "but there's nothing I can do about it." N.L.

Washed (Continued from Page B-l) fore the game's scheduled start and began to come down heavily about 8: 10 p.m. After a 50-minute wait, National League president Charles Feeney decided to postpone the contest since the weather report for the rest of the night called for more showers. 0 0 0 0 Oft) 0 0 0 0 ono 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Oft) 1 0 0 0 Oft) 0 0 0 0 000 0 0 0 .313 oooo ono 0 0 0 0 .000 ooo Washington Ramirez Murphy Chambuss Horner Royster Hubbard Benedict Perez Bedrosian Moore Whisenton 0 0 0 0 .006 Thomas Gray 0 0 0 i .000 Keith Fergus 0 .100 GU Morgan 00 0 Walk Totals 1 0 30.