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Staunton, Sunday News Leader, October 18, 1987 Section iJi. -kay lil.h i.iui..n Gamecocks blast Cavs Minnesota overpowers Cardinals in Game 1 out the Twins' batters. Magrane extended the Cardinals' post-season scoreless-inning streak to 25 before Minnesota broke loose during a six-pitch outburst in the fourth. Gary Gaetti and Don Baylor led off with singles on first pitches and Tom Brunansky's single on an 1-0 count loaded the bases. That sent pitching coach Mike Roarke to the mound, got Bob Forsch warming in the bullpen and had the screaming fans swirling their good-luck handkerchiefs.

Kent Hrbek, just 3-for-20 in the Twins' playoff victory over Detroit, rewarded them with a two-run single up the middle on an 0-1 pitch. Lombardozzi walked to reload the bases and Tim Laudner, 1-for-14 in the playoffs, met reliever Bob Forsch with an RBI single. Gladden, the leadoff batter, then sent the Metrodome into madness by lofting a 1-2 pitch into the left-field stands. Gladden, whose five RBI were one short of the record set by the New York Yankees' Bobby Richardson in 1960, hit the 13th grand slam in Series history, the first since Baltimore pitcher Dave McNally did it in 1970. The Twins' seven-run inning was the largest in the Series since Detroit scored 10 against St.

Louis in 1968. After Gladden homered, the Metrodome continued to play tricks on St. Louis when Gaetti's high pop fell among left fielder Vince Coleman, center fielder Willie McGee and shortstop Ozzie Smith for a double. The ball was lost in the orange-tinted roof and bluish light, not uncommon for first-time visitors at the Metro-dome, and made Gaetti the 17th player to get two hits in an inning during the World Series. Strange sights and sounds were predicted for the Metrodome, and the Cardinals had more trouble late when another ball disappeared in center.

By then, St. Louis had seen enough of the ballpark and the Twins. The Twins had the best home record in baseball, 56-25, and swept two games from Detroit at the Metrodome in the playoffs. The Cardinals tried to take away some of the home-field advantage early when Jim Lindeman doubled to center, took third on McGee's fly ball and scored on Tony Pena's grounder. MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Dan Gladden's grand slam and RBI double sent the homer hankies waving inside the Metrodome, and the Minnesota Twins overpowered the St.

Louis Cardinals 10-1 Saturday night in the opening game of the first indoor World Series. Frank Viola shut down the crippled Cardinals on five hits over eight innings, striking out five, walking none and going to a three-ball count just once. -Gladden's slam, the first in the World Series since 1970, capped a seven-run explosion in the fourth inning, the biggest Series outburst in 19 years. The Twins, whose starting lineup outhomered St. Louis' 173-32 this season, made it 9-1 in the fifth on Steve Lombardozzi's two-run homer.

Viola was supposed to be best man at his brother's wedding this day in East Meadow, N.Y., and instead was the game's best pitcher. He threw 100 pitches, 71 for strikes, and the only run scored on him came on on a bloop double, flyball and RBI groundout. Joe Magrane, the first rookie left-hander ever to start the first game of a World Series, wore earplugs to block out the noise of 55,171 fans, but he couldn't block World Series glance Saturday'! Game Minnesota 10, St. Unus 1, Minnesota leads series 1-0 Sunday's Game St. Louis (Cox 11-0) at Minnesota (Blyleven 15-12), 8:25 p.m.

Tuesday's Game Minnesota (Straker t-10) at St. Louis (Tudor 10-2), 1:30 p.m. Wednesday's Game Minnesota at St. Louis, 0: 25 p.m. Thursday's Game Minnesota at St.

Louis, 8:25 p.m., if necessary Saturday, Oct 24 St. Louis at Minnesota, 4 p.m., if necessary Sunday, Oct 2S St. Louis at Minnesota, (:25 p.m. EST, if V. i VIOLA FIRES Twins' starting pitcher Frank Viola fires the first volley in early action Saturday in the opening game of the 1987 World Series in the Metrodome in Minneapolis.

(AP Laserphoto) Notes on the World Series What can you do in 30 days?" But Lombardozzi said Baylor, who has appeared in five playoffs and one World Series up until this year, still has helped the Twins. "He's someone you feel comfortable with, confident about" said Lombardozzi, adding that the 38-year-old Baylor often gives advice on the bench. "He's been there before. He's filling a big role for us." MINNEAPOLIS (AP) The Minnesota Twins were 46-30 in regular-season games started by catcher Tim Laudner in 1987. Laudner, who batted .191 during the regular season, started in the first game of the World Series Saturday.

The Twins were 4-0 in playoff games started by Laudner, although he was only l-for-14 against Detroit. MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Minne MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Don Baylor, acquired by Minnesota from Boston on Aug. 31, has been credited in some quarters with bringing an infusion of leadership and post-season experience to the Twins. But Minnesota infielder Steve Lombardozzi says Baylor's contribution has been a bit overstated. "You guys are playing it up a little bit," Lombardozzi said.

"He's only been here 30 days. COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) South Carolina set aside its run-and-shoot offense in favor of the I-for-mation Saturday, balancing its attack and giving Harold Green and Greg Welch a runner's field day en route to a 58-10 mauling of Virginia. Wide receiver Sterling Sharpe, who set a school record with 2,169 yards in career receptions, added to the balance with two touchdowns one on a 59-yard pass and the other a punt return that went the same distance. The 58 points were the most scored by South Carolina since it clobbered Wichita State 73-0 in 1980.

Twenty-eight of the points came in the fourth quarter. While the Gamecocks didn't totally abandon their pass-oriented run-and-shoot, the I-formation carried the day with Green setting a personal record of 132 yards on 23 carries. The 6-2, 205-pound sophomore who had been knocked out of the starting lineup when he had to have surgery two weeks ago to repair an injured knee was not even listed on the three-deep game lineup at running back. Welch, a powerful 207-pound sophomore, had 45 yards on eight carries and two touchdowns his first giving South Carolina all the points it needed to win. South Carolina, which introduced the I on its second drive, returned Green to the lineup in the tailback position from which he scored the Gamecocks's first touchdown on a five-yard option play around left end.

The Gamecocks, who had been averaging 300 yards per game passing and 401 overall, had 286 yards rushing its highest rushing total of the season and 286 yards passing. South Carolina, which held a 24- (See VIRGINIA, page B2) three points at 10-7 when Hunter ran a yard for a score. Chapman bolstered the Hokie lead with a 1-yard touchdown carry with 8:23 in the first half But East Carolina made the half-time score 17-13 with senior Chuck Berleth's 40-yard field goal at 2:05 in the second period and his 34-yarder as time ran out. 9 sota center fielder Kirby Puckett and St. Louis first baseman Jim Lindeman had a reunion of sorts before the start of the first game of the World Series.

While the Twins were taking batting practice Saturday, Lindeman grabbed Puckett from behind and gave him a bear hug. Startled, Puckett looked back and saw his former teammate from Bradley University. first half, but East Carolina stayed close behind, narrowing the gap three times. After getting on the board with a 49-yard field goal from junior Chris Kinzer, the Hokies pushed the score to 10-0 as senior quarterback Erik Chapman hit sophomore flanker Myron Richardson with a 20-yard touchdown pass. The Pirates then pulled to within East Carolina rally spoils Hokie homecoming, 32-23 "A w4 Richmond hands Maine a 17-7 loss ORONO, Maine (AP) Eric Hopkins carried 32 times for 106 yards and a touchdown Saturday as Richmond ground out a 17-7 victory over Maine in a Yankee Conference football game.

Richmond, in first place in the conference with a 4-1 record, took a 14-0 lead with two second-quarter touchdowns. The first was scored on the first play of the period when Erwin Matthews plunged one yard up the middle, ending an 86-yard drive that took 11 plays. Hopkins dove over from the one for the second Spider touchdown, capping a 14-play, 78-yard drive which used up 7:48 on the clock. The Black Bears got back in the game early in the third quarter after linebacker John LaPiana blocked a Spider punt on the Richmond 17-yard line, setting up Quarterback Mike Buck's four-yard touchdown pass to tight end Tony Lanza for Maine's only score. Richmond closed out the scoring in the fourth quarter with a 44-yard field goal by Rob Couture.

The Spiders dominated the game statistically, outgaining the Black Bears 437-155 in total offense and controlling the ball for 45:05. The Spiders intercepted Buck five times. INCOMPLETE Virginia Tech defensive back Roger Brown (6) knocks away a pass intended for East Carolina wide receiver Tony Smith (13) during second-quarter action. (AP Laserphoto) pays off for local JMU player BLACKSBURG (AP) Sophomore quarterback Travis Hunter rushed for three touchdowns and passed for another as East Carolina's Pirates defeated Virginia "Tech's Hokies 32-23 in non-conference college football Saturday. Hunter set a school record for total offense by carrying 12 times for 85 yards and completing 10 of 18 passes for 228 yards and one interception.

His 35-yard scoring run in the third quarter gave East Carolina its first lead of the game, and his 6-yarder with 9:21 left to play put the Pirates ahead for good at 25-23 as they came back from a 4-point deficit. East Carolina sealed the victory when Hunter hit junior Tim James with a 74-yard scoring pass with 4:10 left to play. Coach Art Baker had hoped his Pirates, 4-3, would get their first win outside the state of North Carolina since 1983 by spoiling the homecoming of Frank Beamer's Hokies, 1-5, before an announced crowd of 38,300 in Lane Stadium. Virginia Tech led throughout the level there is always someone looking over your shoulder to take your job away. You have to be prepared at all times," Baylor said.

The guards play a big part in JMU's offensive scheme and Baylor admits he still has a lot of learn. "The guards have to do a lot of pulling for the backs. You have to get out to your blocking area in a hurry because we have such speedy backs they are running up behind you before you even know it." JMU head coach Joe Purzycki has liked what he has seen in Baylor's performances thus far. "When Hilliard decided to go home after the first week we were really worried because we just had youngsters Mikolajczyk and Baylor in reserve. We don't really like to use red-shirt freshmen that much, but when Mikolajczyk went down, we had to do something.

"Eric responded quite well to being youngest member of the offensive line," Purzycki said. "We are the No. 2 rushing team in Division I-AA and the performance of our line, especially the guards which have to do a lot of pulling and trapping, is cruical to our success. We didn't miss a beat with Eric in the lineup." Purzycki said JMU was interested in Baylor as early as his junior year in high school. "We saw Eric play as far back as his junior season at Turner Ashby.

He runs very well for a big man (6-3, 250). We were very lucky to have gotten Eric as VMI and Richmond were all interested in getting his serv-(See BAYLOR, page B6) Hard work By HUBERT F. GRIM III Sports Writer HARRISONBURG When James Madison University right offensive guard Eric Baylor studied his chances over the summer of getting playing time, the former Turner Ashby High School standout certainly didn't like what he saw. Baylor came to fall practice way down on the Dukes' depth charts, and by his own admission, he didn't see much playing time, if any, on the horizon. But hard work, determination and the strange hands of fate have conspired in Baylor's favor to land the red-shirt freshman in the starting lineup, at least for two games, for the sixth-ranked Dukes in Division I-AA.

Baylor was perfectly candid in saying he had no idea he would be in this position when fall practice started. "When I came into practice this fall, I was way down on the depth charts and the chances of playing looked slim at best for this season," Baylor said. "I missed some practice time during spring football because my father passed away and that dropped me down on the charts." But then, according to Baylor, that's where fate started taking over this fall and the climb up the charts commenced. Starting right guard Ron Hil-liard suffered an injury in the Dukes' first game of the season against Rhode Island and decided to leave the team. Hilliard's departure left sophomore Todd Mikolajczyk and Baylor as the only two players at the position.

1 "It was really tough watching from the sidelines and not being able to get out on the field and contribute to the team. I was use to playing almost the whole game in high school. It was a big change in just standing around and watching," Baylor said. "But being red-shirted was the best thing that could happen to me. That extra year gave me a chance to work into the college system slowly and also allowed me to space out my class schedule more." Baylor admitted the position change from tackle in high school to a college guard was a big adjustment.

"We ran the pro set in high school and here at JMU we run the Wing T. Those are two totally different systems," Baylor said. Not only did Baylor have to learn a new position as well as a new system, but he also had to ad-just to the better caliber of players. "The quickness of the college players just overwhelmed me at first," Baylor said. "The players are bigger, faster and stronger.

You have to prepare a lot better than in high school. On the high school level, you might have one or two good players on the line which have good size and quickness. But on the college level, every player possesses size and quickness," Baylor said. Baylor indicated he worked hard in the weight room during the off season and got his speed down. "When I missed some of spring practice because of my father's death, I made a promise to myself I was going to come back in the best shape ever.

On the college Mikolajczyk got the starting nod over Baylor only because he had a little more experience. However, the injury bug struck again as Mikolajczyk suffered a shoulder injury in the Appalachian State loss and was forced to miss two games. With Mikolajczyk sidelined, Baylor got his chance in the starting lineup as he started against Morehead State and Massachusetts. Baylor's climb up the depth charts had been completed. However, Mikolajczyk returned to the starting lineup in the 41-3 shellacking of the University of Richmond last Saturday, but Baylor didn't seem to mind watching from the sidelines.

Baylor never expected to find himself in a position to be have a chance at seeing any action six weeks ago. "Todd and I get along fine and aren't critical of each other. We both are about equal in ability and it really doesn't matter to either of us who starts. Both of us are going to see plenty of playing time the rest of the season. Also, both of us are young and have a good future ahead of Us," Baylor said.

Baylor carried with him some lofty honors out of Turner Ashby in 1985. He was a three-year starter for the Knights and made all-district his junior and senior seasons. In his senior season when the Knights finished as co-champions with Harrisonburg with a school-record 9-1 mark and made their first-ever trip to the regionals, Baylor was an all-state second-team selection at offensive tackle. Baylor started both ways for the Knights his last two seasons which made being red-shirted at JMU tough. I KP) RALLYING THE CROWD James Madison University's Eric Baylor gets the crowd into a recent home game against the University of Richmond.

Baylor, a Turner Ashby High School graduate, has worked his way in the sixth-ranked Dukes lineup as a part-time starter despite being a red-shirt freshman. (Photo by Hubert F. Grim HI).