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D-4 Thursday, June 6, 1985THE COURIER-NEWS Ml GwDep tains odd a A.L baseball By The Associated Press With Dennis Martinez pitching and rain delays a distinct possibility, the likelihood of a fast game was virtually nil. But Martinez, who usually dawdles interminably on the mound, turned in one of the strongest and most surprising victories of his nine-year career with Baltimore. Allowing only one hit, a leadoff single by Jerry Narron in the third inning, Martinez pitched the Orioles to a 4-0 decision over the visiting California Angels last night. Facing just one batter over the minimum 27, the 30-year-old righthander threw only 89 pitches. below his 130-pitch average.

completed his assignment in a swift two hours and 24 minutes. It was the first career one-hitter for Martinez, who hurled his first shutout since June 21, 1982, while becoming the seventh Baltimore pitcher to notch 100 victories. "Every coach and every player not only congratulated Dennis for winning," said pitching coach Ray Miller, "but also for working fast." Miller has been after Martinez for a couple of years to speed up between pitches, to keep the infielders alert and off their heels. "Sometimes it's hard for me out there to think of the pace," said Martinez, 5-3. "Maybe now I will keep that in mind, and see what happens the next time." Narron was erased on a double play after his sharp single to center, just as Ruppert Jones was following his leadoff walk in the second.

ond on a triple by Riles and Cooper's RBI single, then tore the game open with six in the third. Two were out in the Brewer third when Jim Gantner and Brian Giles singled to bring in reliever Mike Jones, who issued an intentional walk to Molitor. The runners were moving when Riles hit a 3-2 pitch to left for the first three-run single since last season when George Brett did it in Boston last year. Riles went to second on the throw home and scored on a triple by Cooper, who came home on a single by Robin Yount. Bobby Clark capped the six-run inning with an RBI double.

Paul Householder singled and went to second on a walk in the Brewer sixth and scored on a single by Gantner. Blue Jays 5, Twins 0 Jesse Barfield hit two home runs and right-hander Doyle Alexander handcuffed Minnesota on six hits through 8 2-3 innings to spark the Toronto Blue Jays to victory over the Twins. Alexander, 7-2, who struck out five and walked two, scattered five singles and a ground-rule double. Gary Lavelle got the final out in relief. Loser Mike Smithson, 4-5, fell behind 1-0 in the fourth inning when Ranee Mulliniks doubled and scored on Lloyd Moseby's single up the middle.

The Jays padded their lead in the fifth when catcher Ernie Whitt doubled and Barfield followed with a towering shot to left-center field for his club-leading 11th homer of the California's only stranded runner was Juan Beniquez, who was struck by a two-out pitch in the fourth and stole second. Jones then fanned, the first of 16 consecutive batters set down by Martinez the rest of the way. "With a 3-and-2 count, I have to go with my fastball and make him hit the ball," Martinez said of the pitch to Narron. "That's what happens when the hitter is looking for one pitch." The Orioles jumped on rookie Kirk McCaskill, 0-4, for two runs in the first inning and one more in the second. The final run scored in the seventh when reliever Tommy John walked rookie Larry Sheets on a 3-2 pitch with the bases loaded.

Lee Lacy singled to open the Baltimore first, and moved around to score on a stolen base, a sacrifice, and a single by Cal Ripken his 10th hit in 15 at-bats. After the first of three walks to Eddie Murray, who was 15-for-25, Fred Lynn rapped an RBI single. A two-out walk to Rick Dempsey, one of six issued by McCaskill in six innings, and singles by Lacy and Jim Dwyer made it 3-0 in the second. The safety by Dwyer extended his hitting streak to 11 games. Reggie Jackson, who hit into a double play while going 0-for-3, downplayed the performance of Martinez.

"We were bad, Martinez was decent," Jackson said. "I don't want to taint a guy's one-hitter, but we were as bad as he was good. I've seen him better. That's the flatest I've seen us all year." season. Barfield also hit a solo homer in the seventh.

Len Matuszek added the final Toronto run with a sacrifice fly in the eighth. The Twins have lost 12 of their last 13 games. Tigers 5, Mariners 2 Alejandro Sanchez and Tom Brookens homered to back the six-hit pitching of Jack Morris as the Detroit Tigers overcame a shaky start to beat the Seattle Mariners and avert a sweep of their three-game series. Morris, 7-5, struck out eight and walked two while turning in his sixth complete game. Mark Langston, 5-6, gave up seven hits and four runs in the 4 1-3 innings for Seattle.

Langston left the game with a strained tendon in his left elbow. Sanchez snapped a 2-2 tie with his fourth home run, a solo shot to left in the fourth inning. Brookens hit a solo shot off Frank Wills in the sixth, his first. The Mariners got an unearned run in the first when Jack Perconte beat out a bunt single, went to third when third baseman Brookens threw the ball into right field for an error, then raced home when right fielder Sanchez threw the ball wild back to third for another error. Sanchez later dropped a fly ball, giving the Tigers three errors in the a -ftiDffitei? California Manager Gene Mauch said he was not disappointed at his team's 16-18 record against Eastern Division teams, but contended it could have been better.

"If there is any credence to all this talk that the East is tougher than the West," Mauch said, "in my opinion, it's the pitching. We've seen an awful lot of good pitching." Brewers 10, Royals 2 Rookie Earnie Riles hit major league baseball's first first three-run single of the season and Ted Higuera scattered four hits over seven innings as the Milwaukee Brewers clobbered Kansas City. Everyone in the Brewer lineup hit safely after Paul Molitor started the game by sending the first pitch from Bud Black over the leftfield wall for his fourth home run. Black, 5-5, lasted 2 2-3 innings and was charged with five runs. Higuera, a rookie left-hander, limited the Royals to Onix Concepcion's two-out single in the third until Steve Balboni and Darryl Motley lined two-out singles in the seventh and rode home on Hal McRae's double.

Higuera, 4-3, struck out five and did not walk a batter in winning his third straight decision. The Brewers added a run in the first on singles by Cecil Cooper and Robin Yount and George Brett's fielding error, went up 3-0 in the sec N.L baseball he?" Gladden said. The one-hitter was Mahler's first big league shutout. His last complete game was a 4-1 victory at Candlestick on May 28, 1979. He was backed by 12 Montreal hits in his triumphant return performance.

Gladden was safe by a hair at first base, beating the throw shortstop U.L. Washington made after fielding a grounder between short and third. Mahler walked only two batters, struck out six, and did not allow a runner past first base. It was the first big league shutout for Mahler, 32, who spent the last two seasons in the minor leagues and played with three other major league teams before that. The Expos signed him as a free agent last winter and brought up the left-hander from Indianapolis of the American Association last weekend.

He pitched three innings in relief at Los Angeles on Sunday. Montreal's first five runs were charged to Mike Krukow, 4-4, who brought a 1.78 earned run average into the game. The right-hander lasted only 3 2-3 innings and his ERA was jacked up to 2.26. Tim Raines began two rallies with singles and scored three runs in the game. Terry Francona had three singles and three runs batted in.

Raines opened the first with a bloop single to center, went to third on U.L. Washington's single, and scored on a sacrifice fly by Dan Driessen. With two out in the third, the Expos added two runs on Raines' single and steal of second, an RBI double by Washington, and Fran-cona's RBI single. Francona delivered a two-run single in the fourth off reliever Vida Blue after Sal Butera's squeeze bunt brought a run home. Padres 3, Phillies 1 Terry Kennedy had three hits, including a two-run double, and LaMarr Hoyt pitched a four-hitter as the San Diego Padres defeated the Philadelphia Phillies.

Hoyt, 6-4, gave up an unearned run in the first inning on first baseman Steve Garvey's throwing error but blanked the Phillies the rest of the way. He retired 16 consecutive batters at one point, struck out nine, equaling his career-high, and walked none. By The Associated Press Mickey Mahler returned to Candlestick Park, scene of his last complete game as a major leaguer, and found it "still as great as ever." The veteran left-hander pitched a one-hitter, allowing only Dan Gladden's third-inning infield single, in his first big league start since 1979 as the Montreal Expos downed the San Francisco Giants 6-0 yesterday. "So much of the game is luck," Mahler said. "I didn't feel I pitched that well not that I pitched that badly but the wind here can help a pitcher.

It held up a lot of balls that -v 2 DENNIS MARTINEZ and effective first inning. Alan Trammell singled in the bottom of the first, Kirk Gibson doubled and both scored on Barbaro Garbey's two-out single to give Detroit a 2-1 lead. Phil Bradley tied it 2-2 in the Seattle third with his 10th home run, a solo shot on a one-strike pitch from Morris. the final 3 1-3 innings on one hit to record his fifth save. Braves 4, Cubs 2 Rafael Ramirez hit a two-run homer off reliever Lee Smith in the top of the 11th inning to power the Atlanta Braves to victory over the Chicago Cubs.

Smith, 3-1, opened the 11th in relief of Scott Sanderson. He immediately gave up a single to Paul Zuvella and then got Claudell Washington to fly out before Ramirez crushed an 0-2 pitch over the left field wall for his second home run of the year and fourth RBI of the game. The defeat was the first for Smith in 21 appearances, all in relief. Jeff Dedmon, 3-0, pitched the final two innings for Atlanta to gain the victory. Rookie Steve Shields, making his second major league start, allowed two runs in six innings for Atlanta before Bruce Sutter relieved him in the top of the seventh.

Sutter allowed one hit in three innings before leaving for a pinch hitter. Sanderson struck out 10 in as many innings, allowing three hits and two runs. The Braves got to Sanderson in the third, when Ken Oberkfell doubled and Bruce Benedict walked. Two outs later, Ramirez doubled to score both runners. The Cubs tied it in the fifth on Ron Cey's two-run homer, his 11th.

Benedict started behind the plate in place of Rick Cerone, who injured his shoulder in batting practice before the game. In the sixth, Chicago's Dave Lopes walked and then stole second off Benedict. It was the 500th steal both the Yanks and Mets of June 3 to June 9. J' I I I fifth to cut it to 8-7. Pete Rose went l-for-4, leaving him 51 hits away from breaking Ty Cobb's all-time mark of 4,191.

He scored three runs, also reaching on a walk and a fielder's choice. Astros 8, Cardinals 3 Mark Bailey hit a two-run homer, his second of the year, and Enos Cabell hit a two-run pinch double, powering the Houston Astros to victory over the St. Louis Cardinals. Houston left-hander Bob Knepper, 6-1, blanked St. Louis through five innings on two hits.

Knepper, while winning a fifth time in a row away from home, left in the sixth as the Cards were rallying for three runs. Denny Waiting's leadoff double followed by Jim Pankovits' two-out single sent the Astros to a 1-0 lead in the second inning against St. Louis right-hander Danny Cox, 6-2. In the fifth, Pankovits led off with another single, and Bailey hit a 1-0 pitch from Cox over the right-field wall. Houston made it 4-0 in the sixth on Harry Spilman's RBI single before the Cards bounced back.

Ivan DeJesus' one-out pinch single and Vince Coleman's double triggered the St. Louis uprising. After Willie McGee hit a sacrifice fly, Tommy Herr singled home Coleman and Tito Landrum followed up an Astros error on Jack Clark's grounder by singling home Herr. In the eighth, the Astros pulled away with three runs on Cabell's two-run double and an RBI hit by reliever Frank DiPino. Kevin Bass drove in a ninth-inning run for Houston with a single.

DiPino spelled Knepper after Landrum's hit and blanked the Cards SO Here are the total bases for for games played the week iigj; I iigd Charles Hudson, 1-6, lost for the fourth consecutive time despite allowing only five hits and striking out seven in seven innings. Steve Garvey homered in the eighth inning for San Diego's third run. The homer was Garvey's ninth, one more than he hit all last season. Kennedy, who had two doubles and a triple, doubled into the right-field corner in the sixth to drive in Graig Nettles and Kevin McReynolds. Nettles had walked and McReynolds followed with a single.

Jeff Stone led off the game with a single off Hoyt. On a hit-and-run play, Juan Samuel grounded out to third and when Garvey threw to third to try to nail Stone, the ball went past third baseman Nettles and Stone scored. Reds 11, Pirates 9 Alan Knicely's three-run homer highlighted a four-run sixth inning that rallied the Cincinnati Reds to a victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Knicely's fourth homer of the season helped the Reds to their fourth victory in a row. Cincinnati went six games over .500 for the first time since 1981.

All of Cincinnati's sixth-inning runs were unearned because of a fielding error by shortstop Johnnie LeMaster. The first run of the inning tied the score 8-8, and Knicely, a catcher, hit his homer on the first pitch from reliever Don Robinson, 2-1. Frank Pastore, the third of four Cincinnati pitchers, worked two innings for the victory, his first decision. John Franco pitched the final three innings for his first save. The Pirates scored twice in the first on center fielder Eddie Milner's fielding error and Tony Pena's double, the first of his four hits.

Dave Parker's two-run homer, his ninth of the season, tied it in the first, and the Reds scored three in the second to chase starter Rick Rhoden. Wayne Krenchicki had an RBI single and Gary Redus drove in two with a double. The Pirates then batted around in the third for six runs, chasing starter John Stuper. George Hendrick singled home the first two runs. With the bases loaded, Trench Davis grounded into a force at home, but Knicely's relay to double him up skipped into right field to let two runs score.

LeMaster belted his first homer, a two-run shot off Robinson, for an 8-5 lead. Cincinnati got a pair of runs in the per mo. Includes Full Nautilus Racquetball privileges AND HEALTH CLUB rf(C Vat might have been hit out or gone through the gaps in the outfield." Mahler, whose big league career began in 1977 with the Atlanta Braves, has been released by several clubs since then and spent most of the last five years in the minors. "I owe a lot of appreciation to the people in the Montreal organziation who gave me the opportunity to pitch in the majors again," he said. "I felt like I had a lot to prove to people with other clubs that didn't keep me.

"No matter what I do from now on, they can't take away that game I just pitched." "He sure made us look bad, didn't Associated Press Photo me. "He (Bates) hit the ball to center and I went to where I thought the ball would be, but I never saw it." Texas ace left-hander Greg Swindell took care of the rest. He struck out 14 and picked up his second CWS victory and complete game. Swindell now is 19-1 on the season. "He's done that for us all year," said Texas Coach Cliff Gustafson.

Swindell threw 164 pitches in the game, 117 of them for strikes. "I think that's the key to his pitching is being around the plate," Gustafson said. "You take the lead late in the game and you have to takeit to them," said Swindell. "I started getting tired around the fifth and had to suck it up, then started to get stronger again in the seventh." Texas advances to tomorrow's winners bracket finale at 7:10 p.m. against fifth-ranked Mississippi State, 50-13.

Miami, sixth-ranked and 60-15, drops into the losers bracket to meet second-ranked Oklahoma State, 58-15, at 7:10 tonight, following a 4:10 p.m. contest between top-ranked Stanford, 47-14, and fourth-ranked Arkansas, 50-14. i Mickey Mahler of the Montreal Expos delivers a pitch during his one-hit, 6-0 victory over the San Francisco Giants. Texas wins over Miami in College World Series Cash Jackpot PIus Weekly x. Cash Summer Special 3 Month Health Club Membership M000on.y$4000 OMAHA, Neb.

(AP) Texas junior Billy Bates said he lucked out when he looked up to see Miami's center fielder playing shallow in the fourth inning of the NCAA College World Series winners' bracket semifinal. "He was playing over and way in," Bates said last night. "I've hit quite a few ball up the gap like that and I got a good pitch to hit." Bates' long fly was behind Hurricane center fielder Rick Richardi, who turned the wrong way to race the ball down. Bates turned the hit into a three-run, inside-the-park home run to lead Texas to an 8-4 victory. It was Bates' second homer of the game, tieing a CWS record held by several players.

The 5-foot-7, 155-pound All-American second baseman hit a home run from the right side of the plate in the third inning off Miami ace Dan Davies, now 15-2, and hit his second round-tripper from the left side of the plate. "It was just one of those nights," Bates said. "I was seeing the ball well and just tried to make contact. Things kind of came out pretty good for us." Richardi said he was playing left-center "where the coach wanted I Th Sa I Su METS 14 14 00 00 00 00 00 YANKS 17T1dT 00 00 00 00 Only1 per mo. Includes Full Nautilus Racquetball privileges RACQUETBALL Sing You can be a winner in The Courier-News Bases Loaded contest.

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