Petaluma Argus-Courier from Petaluma, California • Page 6

-AGUS-COURIER, P.folumo, Saturday, July 6, 1985 Matt Hamilton, Editor Pioneers split doubleheader with Visalia ROHNERT PARK The Redwood Pioneers split a twlnbill, 7-6, 54, with the Visalia Oaks Friday night at the same time radio station KTOB pulled the plug on future Pioneer broadcasts. In the first game yesterday, Visalia's Gene Larkin delivered an eighth lnnning single to drive home Chris Forgione to beat the Pioneers 7-6 in extra innings (California League doubleheaders are scheduled for just seven innings). Visalia had taken a 3-0 lead on Brad Bierley's first inning home run and added another run in the sixth before the Pioneers responded with six runs, including Doug Reibel's two-run blast over the right field fence, in the bottom of the sixth for a 6-4 lead. Redwood shortstop Kent Anderson, who led off the sixth for the Pioneers, collected two singles, scored once and knocked in two runs in the inning. Scott Marrett started on the mound for Redwood and was replaced by Marty Reed in the sixth with two outs.

Reed was yanked in favor of Eddie Delzer in the seventh. The first batter Delzer faced was Gene Larkin who jerked a fastball over the left field fence for a two-run home run and a tie game. The winning pitcher was Ray Velasquez (5-4) hi relief of starter Scott Klingbeil. Wes Pierorazio picked up the save. The losing pitcher was Vinicio Cedeno (3-6), the fourth pitcher used by Red- "7 7l were treated to a four-run third inning for Redwood to finish out the game's scoring.

Brian Hartsock came up with four hits in the two games. Redwood is 10-7 while Visalia is 11-7. Petaluma radio station KTOB has been airing all the Pioneers games this season, except for the second game of doubleheaders. But last night when Pioneer play-by-play announcer Barry Phillips signed off after the first game, it was for the last time. There are 54 games remaining for the Pioneers in the California League.

Apparently, problems with the station and the Pioneers started earlier in the season. "Al Sturgis' (KTOB general manager) secretary called me a week ago Wednesday and asked for an appointment on Friday," explained Pioneers' co-owner and general manager Sally Holshous-er. "I asked her if she could find out for me the nature of the meeting. She called back and told me the meeting would be about the broadcast schedule. "I told her I couldn't meet with Al Friday, and although I didn't give detailed reasons, I had to go to Anaheim to meet with the Angels' Bill Bavasi.

She informed me that Al said it was Friday or not at all and I told her that suited me just fine. "I told her most every encounter I had in the past with Al had been particularly unpleasant and that being the case, if he had anything to say, he should contact my attorney and I gave them his name and phone number." When Holshouser was in San Diego four days ago, the Pioneers received a telegram from KTOB saying the station was only going to broadcast weekend games the rest of the season. "I contacted my attorney and we discussed the situation," Hoi-houser said. "The one thing we both felt quite comfortable about was the only time radio broadcasts of games hurts you is on the weekend gate when the team is at home. So we felt they could either take all of the games or none of the games." As of last night, Holhouser said she had not received any formal notification from KTOB or any written document regarding the situation.

"A secretary called Barry Phillips today (Friday) and said this would be the last broadcast based upon on a letter from the attorney." Sturgis offered no comment on the situation when contacted Saturday morning. "To be quite candid, the loss is minimal only because of the irritation that has surrounded this professional relationship since the moment I came on board in February," Holshouser said. I I wood. Cedeno gave up the winning run in the eighth. In the second game, Redwood used bullpen pitcher Ben Gallo as the starter and he was breezing along with a no-hitter and a 5-0 lead for 4 Innings before Dave Vetsch hit a routine ground ball that bounced erratically off the edge of the infield grass over Kris Kline's head at second for a base hit.

Nonetheless, that was the only hit Gallo (4-1) gave up in 5h innings before he tired and Mark Cipress came in to mop up the rest of the way. "In the third and fourth inning I was thinking about a no-hitter," Gallo said. "I sensed it. The one hit they did get took a funny hop. Otherwise, Kris would have gotten it easily." Pioneers' pitching coach Dave Heaverlo, who talked to Gallo about starting last night's game when the team was San Jose earlier this week and who praised his effort against Visalia, said Gallo would be back in the bullpen when Redwood resumes action Sunday in Modesto.

The losing pitcher for Visalia was Bob Lee (2-3). Anderson, who was five-for-eight with three RBI in the two games, brought home a single run for Redwood in the first inning scoring Stacey Pettis from second on a single to right. The 448 in attendance last night "Burroughs' double was drifting out of play," he said. "Then it came back and landed behind me." Whatever luck could not offer Toronto, Jim Clancy did. The 29-year-old right-hander tossed a seven-hitter, walking one and striking out one.

"With a lead like that, you just let the batters hit the ball," said Clancy, who improved to 5-4. Toronto took a 2-0 lead in the first inning off Bill Krueger, 5-8. Tony Fernandez singled and Lloyd Moseby walked. Jesse Bar-field erased Moseby on a fielder's choice before Jeff Burroughs slammed a double to drive in both runners. Oakland cut the lead to 2-1 in the second.

Dusty Baker doubled and scored on Mike Heath's single. The Blue Jays scored three runs in the fourth to make it 5-1. Buck Martinez walked and Ron Shepherd singled him to third. Garth Iorg doubled in Martinez to make Ira MoinhoUr Visalia turns two Redwood's Kris Kline (8) was unsuccessful in breaking up this double play as Oaks' shortstop Jay Bell pivots and throws to first for the second out in the fourth inning last night at Rohnert Park Stadium. Giants smash the Cubs 4 4 0-' 1.

t- Trailing 2-0 in the fourth, Chili Davis led off with a triple and Jeff Leonard reached on Ron Cey's error at third. Bob Brenly drove in Davis with a sacrifice fly. Brown followed with a single and one out later, Jose Uribe's single scored Leonard. In the seventh, the Giants sent 12 men to the plate, ripping seven hits. Joel Youngblood led off with a double and scored on Davis' double.

With the bases loaded, Brenly hit a two-run single and Brown added an RBI single, knocking out Brusstar. Scot Thompson greeted reliever Lary Sorensen with a single, loading the bases again. One out later, Chris Speier booted Greg Minton's grounder for an error allowing Brenly to score. Trillo capped the frame with a two-out, two-run single. Chicago closed to within 10-6 in the bottom of the seventh, scoring four runs.

Keith Moreland had an RBI single and Jody Davis hit a two-run single. doubled home the tying run and John Russell hit a two-run homer to highlight a four-run seventh inning and down Cincinnati.Re-liever Larry Andersen, 3-2, pitched 1-3 of an inning for the victory. Tom Browning slipped to 7-6. Mets 6, Braves 1 At Atlanta, Rick Aguilera tossed a five-hitter to earn his first major-league complete game and Wally Backman drilled a two-run homer to pace the Mets. Aguilera evened his mark at 2-2.

Pascual Perez remained winless at 0-6. Dodgers 4, Cards 1 At St. Louis, Pedro Guerrero and R.J. Reynolds tripled to ignite a two-run seventh inning and spark Los Angeles. Tom Nieden-fuer, 3-2, earned the win in relief.

Danny Cox, 9-4, lost his second straight game. Astros 4, Expos 2 At Houston, Mike Scott and Ron Mathis combined on a seven-hitter and Kevin Bass hit a pair of solo home runs to defeat Montreal. Scott, 7-4, struck out five and walked only one while Mathis posted his first save of the season. Mickey Mahler slid to 1-3. CT "We thought coming out of spring training we could hit like this," said Brown.

"We all got off to slow starts but we're all starting to hit all at once now." The Giants, who have 44 hits in their last three games, have raised their team batting average six points in the two victories over the Cubs. Vida Blue, 5-2, weathered some early trouble and hurled the first five innings to gain the win. After reliever Greg Minton permitted four runs by the Cubs in the seventh, Mike Davis relieved with two out and blanked the Cubs the rest of the way. "We were lucky to get out with just being down 2-0," said San Francisco manager Jim Davenport. "It feels good to win but I'm not about to do any cartwheels." Scott Sanderson, 4-4, suffered the loss but Warren Brusstar, who yielded six runs and five hits without getting an out in the seventh, took the brunt of the Giants' attack.

li and Marvell Wynne and a walk to Tony Pena. The victory went to Rick Reuschel, 7-1. DeLeon gave up the double to Madlock to tie the score 4-4. One out later, DeLeon walked Doug Frobel intentionally to load the bases and Ray, batting for Jim Morrison, lifted a sacrifice fly to short left, allowing Pena to score. "I went with Johnny because he's a good contact hitter," Pirates manager Chuck Tanner said.

"He's a .300 hitter who can put the ball in play. He's hitting as good this year as last year, though his average doesn't show it because they're catching everything he hits." Elsewhere, San Francisco clobbered Chicago 12-6, Philadelphia downed Cincinnati 5-2, New York pounded Atlanta 6-1, Los Angeles beat St. Louis 4-1, and Houston topped Montreal 4-2. In the AL, it was: Chicago 8, Cleveland New York 6, Minnesota Baltimore 6, Kansas City Texas 3, Detroit California 13, Boston Toronto 8, Oakland and Seattle 7, Milwaukee 6 in 11 innings. Phillies 5, Reds 2 At Philadelphia, Glenn Wilson Mi XWf Last broadcast Redwood Pioneers' play-by-play announcer Barry Phillips signed off for the last time this season after KTOB decided not to air the remaining 54 games of the California League team.

Lucky Jays beat CHICAGO (UPI) The problems began early for the Chicago Cubs and kept mounting. The Cubs, playing what Manager Jim Frey conceded was one of their worst games of 1985, were bombed Friday 12-6 by the San Francisco The Giants, winning for the third time in a row for the first time this season, banged out 17 hits after collecting 14 in Thursday's victory. Meanwhile, the Cubs couldn't even keep their batting order straight. In the first inning, Davey Lopes went up to bat second. The trouble was that coach Ruben Amaro had written Ryne Sandberg, the traditional No.

2 man, into the second spot. "Habit, I guess," said Frey, of the mistake which didn't hurt his team but typfied a frustrating afternoon. Chris Brown led the way with four hits, including an RBI single in a seven-run seventh and a two-run homer in the eighth. Tough one for Padres to lose the A's it 3-1. Garcia singled in two runs to make it 5-1.

Dave Kingman hit his 20th homer of the year and 397th of his career to bring Oakland to within 5-2 in the bottom of the fourth. "It was a fastball and I knew it was gone, so I just turned around and watched it," said Clancy of Kingman's blast. "I wanted to see how far it went." Toronto added three runs in the fifth. Barfield singled and two outs later, Martinez drove in Bar-field with a double. Shepherd and Iorg walked to load the bases and knock out Krueger.

Garcia greeted reliever Keith Atherton with a two-run single. The Blue Jays banged out 12 hits and improved their grasp on the AL East lead to 3 xk games. "A few of us have not swung the bat very well," Blue Jays outfielder Jesse Barfield said. "We should be much farther ahead. Last year at this time, Detroit was playing like Houdini." ing for that team again after his second drug-related setback.

"My ability has never been questioned. The only thing I have to prove is off the field and only to myself." Wiggins looped an RBI single to left field in the third inning to send home Baltimore's first run and then scored during a three-run fifth after being hit by a Gubicza pitch. "When last I looked, the Padres weren't the only team in the league," Wiggins said. OAKLAND (UPI) The talented Toronto Blue Jays have added something to their lineup which could be the difference in the American League East race luck. Damaso Garcia connected for a pair of two-run singles Friday night, helping the Blue Jays to an 8-2 victory over the Oakland A's.

"I got lucky tonight," Garcia said. "Both my hits were just out reach of the fielders." Jeff Burroughs added to the Blue Jays' divine fortune column, connecting for a two-run double that everyone in the ball park including Burroughs thought was heading foul. "I stopped running midway because I thought it was 20 feet foul," Burroughs said. "In 16 years in baseball, I never saw anything like that when the ball curved in fair." A's right fielder Mike Davis became just another spectator to Burroughs' hit. Back in Wiggins By United Press International While Alan Wiggins celebrated his latest recovery from the error of his ways off the field, the Kansas City Royals could not recuperate from four errors.

The bevy of Kansas City mis-cues led to three unearned Baltimore runs and a 6-3 Orioles triumph, keyed by Wiggins. "It was a shame for (Mark) Gubicza," Kansas City manager Dick Howser said of losing righthander, who saw a five-game winning streak fall victim to his the big leagues, tears up Royals By United Press International The Padres and Pirates Friday night made Pittsburgh's Three Rivers Stadium look like it should have three rings. After the Mets and Braves played 19 innings Thursday night In Atlanta, the Padres and Pirates countered with a 12-inning marathon Friday which was interrupted by rain three times. "This game had all the makings of a P.T. Bamum Classic," said San Diego first baseman Steve Garvey after the Padres dropped a 5-4 decision to the Pirates.

Garvey wasn't amused by this game, especially after the Padres squandered a two-run lead in the 12th inning. Tony Gwynn had singled home two runs in the top of the inning for a 4-2 San Diego lead, but the Pirates came right back in their half on a two-run double by Bill Madlock and pinch-hitter Johnny Ray's game-winning sacrfirce fly. "A game like this really hurts," said Gwynn. "You tell yourself that today's another game and try to forget it, but it's hard to put behindyou. Good teams win these kinds of games." The loss went to Craig Lefferts, 4-3, who was lifted for Luis De-Leon after loaing the bases with none on singles by Lee Mazzil- teammates' errors.

"He had great stuff tonight." Wiggins, who joined the Orioles earleir Friday after completing his second drug rehabilitation program in three years and then a brief eight-game stint in Triple-A, reached base three times, knocked in a run, scored another and stole a base in his American League debut. "I didn't feel I have to prove anything on the field," said Wiggins, the former San Diego Padre who was barred from ever play.