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The Miami News 38 Saturday, March 29, 1986 Marathon games weren't meant for spring training Spring training Phil Niekro won't wear pinstripes i I linaacoraa. 2B 14 innings, neither team could find a way to score. Mike Flanagan, who yesterday was told he would be the Orioles' opening-day starter, pitched eight shutout innings. The Yankees' Ron Guidry kept up by pitching six scoreless innings. Relief pitchers, including Baltimore's Tippy Martinez who left the game when he suffered a strained muscle above the left knee, kept the game scoreless unitl Juan Bonilla drove in Al Pardo with a single in the top of the 15th inning.

But even if the Orioles hadn't scored in that inning, it would have been the last. Both teams had agreed that enough was enough. Alain Poupart FORT LAUDERDALE No sooner had the Baltimore Orioles closed out their 1-0 victory over the New York Yankees last night that they made a run for the team bus. They had come to Fort Lauderdale Stadium for what they thought was just another spring training game. What it had become was a four-hour, 15-inning marathon.

"Well, I got to see a lot of players," said Orioles manager Earl Weaver. "You always look for extra innings during spring training. But you don't like to stay at a ballpark that long." Good pitching or bad hitting whatever the case may be made them stay that long. For the first GUIDRY, fror, IB 0 A day of the season for his 300th career victory. He also became the oldest pitcher ever to throw a shutout in the major leagues at that time.

Niekro has pitched 22 seasons in the majors, the first 20 with the Atlanta Braves' organization. He has a career record of 300-250. a 3.23 ERA and 3,197 strikeouts, ranking him seventh on the all-time list. Niekro was waived hours after the Yankees traded veteran designated hitter Don Baylor to Boston for DH Mike Easier. The Yankees had tried to trade Baylor to the Chicago White Sox during the off-season, but Baylor had invoked his no-trade clause.

Easier was traded shortly after he hit a two-run homer off Dwight Gooden as the Red Sox beat the New York Mets 10-9 in 10 innings. Blue Jays 10, Tigers 9: Buck Martinez singled home Willie Up-shaw with two outs in the ninth inning as Toronto held off Detroit. Astros 6, Reds 3: Jose Cruz and Denny Walling knocked in two runs each as Houston won its fifth straight game. Braves 6, Expos 1: Pascual Perez gave up two hits over five innings and drove in the tie-breaking run in second inning with a sacrifice fly. After Montreal's Tim Raines led off with a triple and scored on a wild pitch, Perez set down the next 12 batters.

Dodgers 9, Rangers 6: Mariano Duncan's two-run triple capped a six-run rally in the ninth inning and sparked Los Angeles over Texas. Phillies 8, Cardinals 3: Gary Re-dus homered twice and drove in Phil Niekro, ho turns 47 years old on April Fool's Day, had worried that his age would scare away some people. It finally did. The New York Yankees, with whom Niekro won his 300th major-league game last season, requested waivers on the knuckle-ball pitcher yesterday for the purpose of giving him his unconditional release. Niekro did not have a guaranteed contract for 1986 and came to training camp trying to earn a job.

But Niekro, who had won 16 games in each of the past two seasons, felt confident he could win a spot In four spring outings, Niekro was 1-1 with a 5.40 earned run average. If he had still been on the team's roster today, the Yankees would have had to pay him a $350,000 salary for this season. The Yankees said they needed more time to evaluate Niekro, and asked him for permission to delay their decision for 10 days. Niekro declined, and the team waived him. "I think they knew pretty much when I came down here I was not going to make the ballclub," said Niekro, who was 16-12 with a 4.09 ERA last season.

"That's why there was no guarantee in there (his contract)." Niekro signed with the Yankees as a free agent before the 1984 season and went 16-8 in his first year with the team. In 1985, Niekro pitched a shutout on the final Tht Auoclatad Prm Cardinals coach Red Schoendienst cools off pitched. Then, unexpectedly, he struggled in 1984 when he was 10-11 with a 4.51 ERA while allowing 223 hits in 195 Innings. "A lot of things happen when you have a bad year," said Guidry, who was 16-7 in his first full season in 1977. "Part of it is that the pitching is a little bit off and you just can't seem to get the right pitch when you need it.

It seems everything works bad." When it came time to prepare for last year, Guidry figured it would serve him well to start using offspeed pitches. "I use them a lot now," said the 35-year-old left-hander. "I realized I couldn't throw the ball by everybody anymore. Sometimes I throw a good fastball, sometimes I don't. It's not like before when I knew what speed I had." The new Guidry quickly erased any notion that his career was on the downswing when he followed his only subpar season with his best year since 1978.

"It was much more gratifying because of the year I had had before." he said. "I wanted to prove I could still win and win consistently. I proved that." Guidry may be using more off-speed pitches than he used to but don't get the idea he can't overpower hitters every once in a while. It's just that now. he doesn't rely on the fastball as much.

"He doesn't throw real hard as consistently as he used to," said Baltimore outfielder Fred Lynn, who has faced Guidry ever since his days with the Boston Red Sox. "But if he needs it, he can still reach back and throw hard. He goes more for control now." five runs. Redus, who had four hits, led off the game with a home run and added a two-run shot in the third. Pirates 9, Royals 6: Johnny Ray drove in six runs with three hits, including a three-run home run that capped a five-run rally in the seventh to put Pittsburgh ahead 9-5.

Brewers 12, Indians 10: Rob Deer homered and Billy Joe Robi-doux hit a bases-loaded, two-run single in the eighth inning, highlighting Milwaukee's 20-hit Giants 4, Cubs 2: Pitcher Vida Blue and Dan Gladden hit consecutive home runs in the third inning off Scott who gave up all the Giants' runs. A's 5, Angels 4: Dave Kingman's RBI single in the 10th inning gave Oakland its fifth straight victory. Mariners 9, Padres 2: Dave Henderson hit a two-run triple during a four-run fourth inning that broke a scoreless tie. White Sox 6, Twins 1: Chicago's Tom Seaver pitched seven innings and gave up three hits, including a home run by Chris Pittaro. Page turns to Texas Dismissed U-M receiver may transfer to play for the Longhorns TA POTE.

lAllmXii4ULaJUdArWilia. RICHARD ROSENBLATT Mm XY IOUHGC kOTHta TTCr FEATUMMQ USVVOTy JITAttlOf jtXSSfa UMJVfVLGmit HO COVER, kZjTO HO MINIMUM vyy7y noaomson Vr OPEN 1 1 AM-5 AM 13Q45 SW 87TH AVE. Johnson had no further comment on the dismissals of Page and Thomas other than to say both would be kept on scholarship until the end of the 1985-86 school year. Both Thomas and Page were members of the track team, although Page hadn't competed because of his injury. Johnson suspended Page from spring drills for "missing too many treatments and too many academic meetings," while Thomas, a 5-9, 180-pounder from Washington, D.C., failed to show up at practice this week.

Thomas, U-M's best track performer, participated in a meet in Tallahassee last week and left yesterday for Gainesville to take part in another meet. He was unavailable for comment. In Page's case, it appears he may wind up at Texas because Longhorns defensive coordinator Paul Jette was the man who recruited him to Miami. In fact, Jette and page first crossed paths in 1984 when Jette was an assistant at Oklahoma State and Page was becoming a standout at Eisenhower High in Lawton, Okla. "I guess it (Texas) seems like an obvious choice for me," said Page.

"I came here, a million miles away from home and then Jette, the guy who recruited me, leaves. It's just a big mess." Both Page and Thomas would have played only sparingly this season because if the Hurricanes' depth at both positions. Page was considered a fourth team wideout, while Thomas, although the fastest player on the team, was a fourth or fifth team halfback. Now, neither will play a down for the Miami Tony Page could care less about yesterday's official announcement of his dismissal from the University of Miami football team. Page, a highly-regarded freshman wide receiver from Oklahoma, had already made up his mind Miami wasn't for him.

"I don't see much future in staying here," said Page yesterday, hours before Miami coach Jimmy Johnson announced that Page and freshman running back Robert Thomas had been kicked off the team. "As long as I get out of here peacefully. That's all I really want. After all the stuff that's happened, if I stay here I'd be taking a chance." Page, who had been suspended from the team on March 12 the first day of spring practice said yesterday he had decided several days ago to finish out this semester at U-M and transfer to either Texas, Oklahoma or Oklahoma State, three schools which had heavily recruited him last year. A 6-foot-3, 178-pounder from Lawton, Page underwent arthroscopic knee surgery during his first season with the Hurricanes, and had been suffering from a groin pull for several weeks.

However. Page added that a number of underlying factors led to his decision to finish the semester and sit out a season at another school (per NCAA rules) before regaining his eligibility. Page declined to discuss specifics of his problems, but said "they were just a bunch of little things that kept building and building." Here is a special opportunity for professionals to list their services for South Florida residents. The "Professional Services Directory" appears each Monday in The Miami News' Money section. This widely-read business publication reaches an outstanding readership of more than 140,000 readers.

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Peguese, a 6-foot-4, 215-pound linebacker from Southridge, thus becomes the first true freshman to avoid a redshirt season under Johnson. Expect Peguese to get some work in at linebacker, too Johnson also said punter Jeff Feagles has been outstanding recently as he battles transfer Kirk Sandlfer to retain his starting spot Former U-M quarterback Jim Kelly, wearing a Los Angeles Raiders cap, and his agent Greg Lusilg, were at practice yesterday. Lustig had his eyes on U-M quarterback Vlnny Testaverde as he and Kelly await final word on whether Kelly will play for the New Jersey Generals of the USFL or become free to play in the NFL. work, said he was just glad some of the pressure had subsided. There was so much pressure to do the right thing when practice started," said Henry, who caught four passes for 48 yards last season.

'The pressure has slacked off and I'm finding I can do more when I'm relaxed." Henry is the first to admit he's far from the accomplished receiver his predecessor was. "When I first started, I was good at catching long passes and not so good on short ones," said Henry. "Now I'm getting better at the short ones and I feel I'm getting it all together. Coach (Don) Soldinger has been working with me on catching over my shoulder and that will come to me in time. I feel I'm doing well in practice and I know I have a lot of work to do before the season starts.

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arr'-mttiamark. f-l A Greg Vaughn hit a two-run double to highlight a five-run rally in the eighth inning and give the University of Miami a 7-3 victory over visiting Bowling Green last night In the bottom of the eighth inning. Rusty DeBold hit a ground ball with the bases loaded and Chris Magno scored on the throw-ing error to give the Miami a 4-3 lead. Vaughn then added two Insurance runs with his double. Kevin Ryan (1-0) was the winning pitcher for U-M, which Improved Its record to 23-5.

Starter Dan Davies tied Rob Souza's Hurricane record for career starts with 56. In other collegiate baseball action yesterday, Eddie Gonzalez sparked a four-run second Inning with a two-run double to lead Florida International University over New York Tech, 6-2. Roger Moore and Andre Lam-broi both had RBI singles in the second inning for the Sunblazers (21-12). Relief pitcher Brett Moushon entered the game in the third inning with the bases loaded and no outs and pitched seven shutout innings for the victory. Jim Van Hart with the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth inning to score Mike Large as Miami-Dade South defeated Montclair State, 7-6.

Lacge's winning run came with two outs In the bottom of the ninth Inning. Van Hart also had two hits to help the Jaguars improve their record to 18-12. Herb CarbaUosa had two hits and an RBI for Dade South. Victor Grande Don't miss this multi-million dollar South Florida design market. This is where your advertising message should be seen.

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Miami-Dade New World Center had 23 hits and 27 runs in sweeping a baseball doubleheader against Florida Memorial 11-2. 16-4. The Barracudas (22-3) had 23 hits in the two games as Manny Vera was 6-for-8 with a home run and three RBI and Alberto Frhe-mendia was 4-for-6 with five RBI. tennis victory over visiting Florida. U-Ma men's team, led by No.

I singles player Andrew Burrow, defeated South Carolina 6-3. Burrow beat the Gamecocks' Jan Sandberg, 7-6, 6-2. Giselle Marrou was the only FIU women's piiyer to win yesterday as the Sunblazers dropped two matches, a 8-1 loss to Abilene Christian and a 9-0 defeat by Northern Colorado. Mijtchj beat Abilene Christian's Vicky Crookes 6-1. 6-3 in a No.

2 match. FIlTs record is now 1111. CtatiJ: 376-2696 Broward: 527-6450 SftaJ: 376-2700 National: (305) 376-2820 The University of Miami's Ronni Reis defeated Jill Hethertngton 6-2. 6-1 In No. 1 singles as the Hurricanes scored a 7-1 women's.