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Sports The Salina Journal Sunday, October 25,1987 Page 33 Hrbek's slam helps Twins force seventh game MINNEAPOLIS (AP) it was a blast of a homecoming for the Minnesota Twins and a blast from the for the St. Louis Cardinals. Kent Hrbek's grand slam highlighted a 15-hit barrage as the Twins came in from the cold and pounded St. Louis 11-5 Saturday, forcing the World Series to a seventh game. Twins 11, Cardinals Hrbek The Twins, dead on five runs and 18 hits while losing three straight at chilly St.

Louis, came alive inside the Metrodome, where they scored 18 runs on 21 hits in winning the first two games. r'l have no idea what it is. If I knew wjiat it was, I'd take it on the road," TjVins manager Tom Kelly said. Minnesota, with the best home re- cw-d in baseball at 61-25 including mark in postseason will start ace Frank Viola in Game 7 tonight (125 CDT; ABC-TV). The Cardinals, tfie top road team in the majors, will start rookie Joe Magrane.

'This is the fifth time in Series history the home team has won each the first six games. Never has the home team then won Game 7. ballpark didn't beat us today. had a 5-2 lead," Cardinals manager Whitey Herzog said. "We cfuldn't keep the ball in the ballpark.

Tnat was the $John Tudor and the Cardinals took allhree-run lead into the bottom of the fifth before Don Baylor's two-run homer made it 5-5. "It happened so quick. Bang-bang, Nebraska thrashes ByKENMacLEOD Harris News Service Neb. The Nebraska Gornhuskers should have stayed home and lifted weights Saturday. It wjmld have done them more good and Wen just as exciting.

no, the Huskers had to show up Memorial Stadium, where 76,106 red-clad fans watched them destroy tte hopelessly overmatched Kansas Sfete Wildcats 56-3, raising their record to 7-0 and 3-0 in the Big Eight. only interesting question after Mfe massacre was which team the were more impressed with, the 2-ranked Huskers or the top- Mjnked Oklahoma Sooners, who demolished the Wildcats 58-10 last 3jThe answer, more from a stand- Ijtiint of taste than talent, was Neb- rjska. The Wildcats have a keen dislike for the Sooners and their ojcky attitudes, but immense respect for Nebraska. "They had a big lead in the second Ealf and they weren't trying to rub it tti," said KSU linebacker Matt Wall- ttstedt. "They would tell you, 'Good and pat you on the back.

"I was really impressed with them. They mix the pass and run well, and they are real powerful out of the I formation. Their linemen are real pjiysical, stronger than Oklahoma's." Husker coach Tom Osborne and his players were equally complimetary toward the Wildcats. wasn't much of a contest, but I Bought Kansas State played pretty jvell," Osborne said. "They did some Interesting things up front that pippped us at times.

They gave a good account of themselves." hit hard and kept their mouths shut when they got behind," jsaiil offensive tackle Kevin Lightner. "They kept their cool, unlike some (other teams when they get down. I impressed." The Cornhuskers blew away the defenders to the tune of 459 rushing and 203 passing for 662 of total offense to 239 for K- Isjate. Nebraska averaged 7.9 yards offensive play. "We didn't have the gusto we had 3ast week against Oklahoma," KSU Jcpach Stan Fairish said after watch- Ing his team fall to 0-7 overall and 0-3 the conference.

"They over- 'Whelmed us. (Oklahoma and Neb- are No. 1 and No. 1A. I don't who would win it and I've seen 3jiem both like no one else, back to Ipck.

"Nebraska is stronger. OU is 'ijuicker. But the collisions on the field 3fcat day (Nov. 21 in Lincoln) will go the Richter 5,1 The collisions Saturday weren't jijearly as shattering, as the Huskers on their first two possessions, up a 35-3 halftime lead and (See Wildcats, Page 34) ST. LOUIS Coleman If Smith ss Herr2b Driessen Ib Pagnozzl ph Morris rf McGee cf Pendleton dh Ford rf Lindeman rf Oquendo3b Penac Totals St.

Louil Minnesota ob 5 5 444 5 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 3223 1000 4 1 4 1 MINNESOTA ob bl 5000 Gladden If 4110 Gagness 5131 Puckettcf 2110 GaeltiSb 1000 Baylor dh 2000 Bush ph 4121 Brunansky rf 3121 Hrbek Ib 1000 Laudnerc 3000 Iombrdzl2b 3012 3010 5 11 5 Totals 40 11 15 11 110 210 5 300 044 Game-Winning RBI Lombardozzi (1). Lindeman. 1. Louis 8, Minnesota 9. Driessen, Lombardozzi, Gaetti.

(1), Baylor (1), Hrbek (1). (1), Pendleton 2 (2). 1 1 1 4 5000 4031 IP ER BB SO St. loult Tudor 1-1 4 11 6 6 1 1 Horlon 1 21100 Forsch 'A 0 2 2 2 0 Dayley 1 1 1 0 0 Tunnell 2 11010 Minnesota Straker 3 54412 SchatiederW.1-0 2 11121 Berenguer 3 30001 Reardon 1 20000 Straker pitched to 3 batters in the 4th, Tudor pitched to 4 batters in the 5th, Horton pitched tol batter In the 6th. Terry Tata (NL); First, Dove Phillips (AL); Second, Lee Weyer (NL); Third, Greg Kosc (AL); Left, John McSherry (NL); Right, Ken Kaiser (AL).

it was tied," Herzog said. The Twins went ahead later in the fifth and Hrbek hit his slam in the sixth. "I wish I could've run around the bases twice instead of once," said Hrbek, who had gone 3-for-20 in the American League playoffs and was just 4-for-20 in the Series before connecting. Tom Brunansky's RBI grounder in Cardinal catcher Tony Pena (right) reacts to the call as Minnesota's Tom Brunansky slids in safely with the go-ahead run in the fifth inning, while the Twins' Dan Gladden (32) watches the play. the eighth completed the comeback, and brought back the demons that haunted the Cardinals two years ago.

In 1985, St. Louis lost Game 6 of the World Series on umpire Don Denkinger's bad call in the ninth inning at Kansas City and then Tudor was shelled in losing Game 7. Now, the Cardinals need to win where they have been crushed three times. Not an easy task. "We haven't played here that much," Herzog said.

"But I'm sure there are other clubs who feel that way." The Cardinals made the mistake of getting into a slugfest with Minnesota. The Twins' lineup, bolstered with Baylor as the designated hitter, was overpowering. "We got runs today, but we couldn't get them out," Herzog said. Iowa State's Joe Henderson breaks away from Kansas'Teddy Newman on a first-quarter run. Error-prone KU loses again By HAROLD BECHARD Sports Editor LAWRENCE Bob Valesente wanted to talk about the positive things that happened to his Kansas Jayhawk football team Saturday afternoon against Iowa State.

The second-year KU coach wanted to talk about his team's 26 first downs, 546 yards of total offense and four touchdowns. He wanted to talk in length about Arnold Snell's 154 yards rushing. But Valesente didn't spend much time with those offensive numbers the Jayhawks put on the board. He wanted to, but couldn't, not after his team had come up on the short end of a 42-28 decision in front of 28,300 fans at Memorial Stadium. "There were some real positive signs out there today, but I measure the whole situation with the final score," Valesente said, "and for that, I can't be too happy about anything." Yes, the Jayhawks moved the ball at will against Iowa State, but the Cyclones were no patsies themselves.

Iowa State rolled up 481 yards of offense as running back Joe Henderson had the game of his life. Henderson, a junior, rushed for 226 yards on 33 carries to become the third ISU back in history to go over the 200-yard mark. Henderson's previous high was 135 yards against Wyoming this season. "I still can't believe it," Henderson said. "Maybe it's a Valesente would have loved a miscount in the turnover department, Iowa State 42, Kansas 28 GAME IN STATS ISU 25 53-334 147 11-23-1 76-481 4-2 4-36 30:25 KU 26 53-265 281 18-27-2 80-546 4-3 5-45 29:35 First downs Rushes-yards Passing yards Com-Att-Int Total offense Fumbles-lost Punts-average Penalties-yards Time of possession Individual Statistics RUSHING lowo Slate: Henderson 33-226, Thibodeaux 5-81, Nickerson 4-19, Sadek 7-11, Jones 1-1, DeGennaro 3-(-4).

Kansas: Snell 26154, Hatchetl 14-47, Donohoe 7-35, Rogers 212, Hooks 3-10, Vaughn 1-7. PASSING Iowa State: Sadek 12-21-1-130, DeGennaro 1-2-0-17. Kansas: Donohoe 18-27-2281. RECEIVING Iowa Stole: Ross 8-91. Schult- ing 3-34.

Thibodeaux 1-15, Busch 1-7. Kansas: Smith 6-120. Rogers 4-79, Baker 3-47, Vaughn 2-30, Parks 1 -7, Harris 1 -3, Snell 1 -(-5). PUNTING Iowa State: Johnston Kansas: Brehm3 35.3. LEADING TACKLERS (Top 5) Iowa Stole: Dole 10, Shane 9, Hoskins 7, Richards 7, Baker 5.

Dabney 5. Kansas: Moore 13, Newman 9. Garner 8, Gordon 7, Dinnel 6. Scoring Summary lowoState 10 0 18 14- 42 Kansas 77 0 14 First Quarter IS Shudak 35 yd. field goal, 6:47.

KU Donohoe 1 yd. run (Klemp kick), 3:52. IS Henderson 2 yd. run (Shudok kick). 0:01.

Second Quarter KU Snell 3 yd. run (Klemp kick). 11:39. Third Quarter IS Hoskins 25 yd interception, 13:50. IS Shudak 50yd.

field goal. 4:23. IS Henderson 21 yd. run (Ross pass from DeGennaro). 3:38.

Fourth Quarter IS Thibodeaux 73 yd. run. 14:14. KU- Snell 10yd. run (Klempkick), 12:40.

KU Rogers 3 yd. run (Klemp kick), 1:20. A 28.300. because that's where the Jayhawks blew this one. They had two passes intercepted and lost three fumbles.

"We killed ourselves. We stopped ourselves," Valesente said. Those comments were echoed by several KU players. "We just kill ourselves with stupid mistakes," quarterback Kelly Donohoe said. "Turnovers keep killing us," running back Mike Rogers said.

"We just kill ourselves. I really wish I knew how to stop these mistakes," running back Arnold Snell added. Those comments, in a nutshell, told the story of KU's sixth loss in seven games, and 10th straight Big Eight Conference defeat. For Iowa State, however, it turned out to be a beautiful afternoon on the road. The Cyclones, who brought just 43 scholarship players (on their 60- man roster) to Lawrence, improved their record to 1-2 in the conference and 2-5 overall.

"We had two bad teams playing each other, and it turned out to be extremely good football," Iowa State head coach Jim Walden said. "I wish the public could understand this. We're two teams going nowhere but I promise you that both teams were playing their hearts out. "Our kids played great. Kansas had a lot of good moments, and bad moments, but more of the bad The afternoon of frustration began almost immediately for the Jay- hawks as they took the opening kickoff, drove 50 yards in four plays before Mike Rogers fumbled the ball away at the ISU 35.

The Cyclones then turned around (See KU, Page 34) Nor could the Cardinals get out of the Metrodome. "The only difference is we were at home," said Kirby Puckett, who took extra batting practice and went 4-f or- 4 with a walk and stolen base, and tied a Series record by scoring four runs. "We weren't going to come in here and roll over." "There's been a lot of talk about me and Kirby," Hrbek said of the pair's previous lack of production. "Don's homer lifted us." After Tom Herr homered in the Cardinals' first, the Twins scored twice in their half on RBI singles by Puckett and Baylor. "I thought the guys would be as tight as a drum today," Baylor said.

"We were facing elimination, but the guys were more relaxed than they were in St. Louis." Hrbek, picked off second base by Tudor in the second inning, atoned in the sixth when he hit Ken Dayley's first pitch for a grand slam. "Everytime I've faced him, he's started me off with fastballs," Hrbek said. "I haven't been swinging very well and he threw it where I was swinging." Hrbek's slam allowed the Twins to join the 1956 New York Yankees as the only teams to hit two grand slams in a series. Dan Gladden slammed for the Twins in Game 1.

Hrbek's homer sent the record crowd of 55,293 into pandemonium and started a wave of Homer Hankies. "It's so much louder here than in Busch Stadium, it's not funny," said Gary Gaetti, whose RBI double spurred the rally. Neither Tudor nor Les Straker, who dueled through five scoreless innings in Game 3, had it in the first World Series day game since 1984. Puckett's third single and Gaetti's RBI double cut the St. Louis lead to 53.

Cardinals pitching coach Mike Roarke came out as Tudor kicked at the mound, seeming to sense trouble. It came suddenly when Baylor (See Hrbek, Page 40) Wesleyan escapes with 10-0 victory By BRAD CATT Assistant Sports Editor DODGE CITY It's become a common occurrence at football stadiums throughout the country. The horn sounds, signaling the end of the third quarter, and players on both sidelines raise four fingers and yell, "Four, four, four." Such was the scene Saturday at Memorial Stadium where Kansas Wesleyan was attempting to maintain its share of the Kansas Conference lead. Entering the final IS minutes, the Coyotes were engaged in a tense, scoreless deadlock with stubborn St. Mary of the Plains.

As the teams switched sides for the start of the final period, the Cavaliers were raising four fingers and yelling every bit as hard as the Coyotes. "This was probably one of the best football games I've ever been involved in as a player or a coach," said St. Mary coach Charlie Giangrosso. "If you like defensive football, this was the place to be." For three quarters, Giangrosso's Cavaliers held the upper hand, out- gaining the favored Coyotes 206MS7 in total yards. But Brad Jenkins has become a believer in his Coyotes, and the first-year KW coach was convinced his club would win the fourth quarter and maintain its spotless KCAC record.

"Our kids really believe the fourth quarter belongs to us," Jenkins said. And just in the nick of time, the KW offense did come to life, the Coyote defense remained stingy and Wesleyan escaped with a hard-earned 100 victory. The triumph was KW's sixth straight in conference play and left the Coyotes in a two-way tie with Southwestern atop the KCAC standings. Bethany's 21-20 loss to Ottawa Saturday left the Swedes a game back at 5-1. It was freshman place-kicker Eric Cooper and Mr.

Dependable junior tailback Darren Garrett who provided KW with its only points. First, Cooper stepped into the spotlight when he broke a scoreless tie by splitting the uprights with a 23- yard field goal with 8:01 remaining. "It was just a matter of doing what 1 had to do," Cooper said. "This whole team put so much effort into this I just had to make it." The kick capped a 14-play, 74-yard drive by the Coyotes and was only the second successful field goal of the season for the freshman from Argyle, Texas. And yes, it was special.

"When it went through, I was so it was such a good feeling, I wanted to cry," Cooper said. The Coyotes, who had a dickens of a time gaining any yardage at all against the Cavs in the first three periods, got 73 yards on one play on their next possession. Garrett, who has turned into the No. 1 game-breaking back in the KCAC, swept right end, broke into the clear at the KW 40, then outfaced Wesleyan 10, St. Mary SM 14 44-122 126 11-21-4 65-248 2-2 13-122 0 GAM! IN STATS KW First downs 13 Rushes-yards 44-192 Passing yards 30 Comp-Att-Int 5-14-2 Total plays-yards 58-222 Punts-Avg Fumbles-lost 5-1 Penalties-yards 6-50 Individual Statistics RUSHING Wesleyan: Garrelt 15-120, Gooden 2-7, Boyd 8-(-6), Martin 3-0, Hayes 1-2, Gunnerson 1-8, Ashford 5-10, Coumpy 4-51, Sanft 2-0, Jackson 3-0.

St. Mary: Thomas 11-11, Shingleton 20-58, Schmidt 4-11, Hope 7-39 Edklns 1-7, Hicks l-(-4). PASSING Boyd 1-3-0-5, Garrett 0-1-1-0, Ashford 3-6-1-21, Jackson 1-4-0-4. St Mary: Thomas 11 -21 -4-126. RECEIVING Baucham 1-5, Jones 3-21, Hodson 1 -4.

St. Mary: Cavey 3-40, Hope 1 (-9), Konrade2-18, Bohm2-47, Stewart 3-30. PUNTING Wesleyan: Taylor SI. Mary: Schwlerlng Scoring Summary Kansas Wesleyan 0 0 St. Mary-Plains 0 0 Fourth Quarter KW Cooper 23 yd.

field goal, 8:01. KW Garrett 73 yd. run (Cooper kick), 3:55. St. Mary defender Loren Robinson to the right flag.

It marked the third time this season the junior from Center, Texas, has scored on a touchdown run covering more than 70 yards. Garrett's TD and Cooper's subsequent PAT kick made it a 10-0 game with 3:55 remaining. It was more than enough cushion for the KW defense, which posted its first shutout of the season. "I'm really proud of our defense," Jenkins said. "It was an outstanding effort on their part." St.

Mary finished with 248 yards offense but the Cavs had only two serious scoring threats. The Coyotes stopped the first one with 1:13 remaining in the first half when KW stacked up SMOP halfback Mike Shingleton inches short of a first down on a fourth-and-1 at the KW 19. St. Mary drove inside the KW 20 late in the third period but that drive was snuffed out by free safety Troy Lewis, who picked off a Danny Thomas pass near the goal line. "It's just like it's been all year," Lewis said.

"When it got tough, we pulled together." The theft was one of three on the day for the junior from Newton, Texas. "This is the first game I've felt I used good technique playing center field," Lewis said. Despite sputtering most of the day, Wesleyan's offense had three golden opportunities to score in the first three periods. Linebackers David Robinson and Michael McKinney put KW in marvelous field position in the first half with fumble recoveries at the SMOP 34 and 27-yard lines. But the Coyotes failed to cash in on either opportunity.

It appeared, however, Wesleyan would finally score on its first possession of the second half as the Coyotes marched to a first-and-goal on the SMOP 4-yard line. But after Garrett was stopped inches shy of the end zone on a second-down run, St. Mary's defense threw KW back Vili Sanft for losses on the next two plays..