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Lincoln Journal Star from Lincoln, Nebraska • 32

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iay" 'W 'irym- agmtli 'p Jp 119 .1 1 6DC 1SP0HTS. SUNDAY JfMIRNAt-j From Rathman- yals wins iwm Sutcliffe shutout lifts Cubs At Toronto, John Grubb belted a pair of solo home runs and Alan Trammell went 3-for-5 with three RBI as the Tigers re duced their magic number to 11 while increasing their lead in f' lar with that feeling." His other Nebraska touchdown came on a nine-yard pass from Turner Gill in i last year's victory over UCLA, v' Rathman's previous best rushing total was 48 yards on five carries against Oklahoma. His career yardage was 143, on 26 attempts. Was back-up last year Being Mark Schellen's back-up, the most Rathman had ever carried in one game was six times, it! He ran the ball nine times, for 80 yards, in the first half on Saturday. Smith's only other 100-yard afternoon came during his sophomore season in 1982, when he rushed for 126 yards on seven carries against New Mexico State.

His best a year ago was 99 yards against Miami in the Orange BowL "I knew we were going to run the ball a lot," Smith said. "Our offensive line did a real good job. If it hadn't been for those turnovers in' the first half, we would have had an awesome game." Rathman fumbled "We were just beating ourselves in the first half," said Rathman, who lost a fumble inside the Wyoming 10-yard line, late in the first quarter. That proved the Cowboy defense was no china shop. "I had both hands on the ball, the way the coaches tell you, but I got hit pretty good," Rathman said.

The 6-1, 235-pound junior from Grand Island ran more like an I-back than a fullback on Saturday. He averaged 8.3 yards per carry, with five of his carries going for 10 or more yards. "Rathman's a different breed of full-back. He's got a lot of acceleration," said offensive guard Harry Grimming-er, another Grand Island athlete. "Tom can give you that 20-or 30-yard'gain." Rathman is deceptively fast The last time he was timed, electroni-' cally, in the 40-yard dash, "I only ran Rathman said.

"You're a lot faster when guys are chasing you, though" said Nebraska wingback Shane Swanson. "Definitely," Rathman sail i 1 Nebraska-Wyoming statistics Yds. 47 9 :48, Ave. 49.0. Yds.

From New Wire Batterymates Tim Laudner and John Butcher sparked the Minnesota Twins to a 5-4 come from behind victory Saturday over the Texas Rangers to hang onto a share of first in the American League West with Kansas City, which relied on Steve Balboni's three-run, sixth-inning homer to top Seattle w- Meanwhile, the Chicago Cubs dealt the New York Mets', hopes of catching them a severe blow with a 64) beating. The triumph increased the. Cubs' lead over the Mets to seven games in the National LeagueEasL. Laudner, who was l-for-33 before Saturday's game, went 4- for-4 with a solo homer and game-winning RBI double in the eighth, breaking a 44 The catcher's two-bagger drove in pinch hitter Randy Bush, who had singled. The Twins trailed 4-1 going into the but tied it when Mickey Hatcher blasted a three-run homer, his fourth of the year, against Texas starter Frank Tanaria.

"That's fun, that's exactly what this game is about i- to be put in that situation," Hatcher said. "That's when you prove if you are a ballplayer or not, how you handle those situations." Butcher, 12-8, went the distance against his former Ranger teammates, giving up nine hits and striking out five, In other AL games, California edged Chicago 6-5, Detroit routed Toronto 10-4, New York outslugged Boston 12-6, Oak-' land defeated Cleveland 9-5 and Baltimore topped Milwaukee 5- 3. In other NL games, San Francisco blanked Atlanta 4-0, SL Louis blasted Pittsburgh 9-2, Montreal shut out Phihtelphia 4M) and Los Angeles overcame Cincinnati 6-1 At Minneapolis, Texas scored three first-inning runs on a two-run double by Buddy Bell and Pete O'Brien's sacrifice fly. Laudner hit his eighth home run with two out in the second inning to bring the Twins within 3-1. Curtis Wilkerson blasted his first major-league homer off Butcher with none on in the seventh to make it 4-1 Texas.

Balboni unloads At Kansas City, Mo Jorge Orta and Frank White singled to open the sixth. They advanced on Don Slaught's sacrifice before Balboni unloaded his 23rd home run, a shot into the left-field bleachers, to move the Royals ahead 5-3. At Chicago, Bobby Grich collected a two-run homer and an RBI single to pace the Angels in a game delayed 1 hour 30 minutes by rain after the sixth inning. With the Angels down 5-4 when play resumed, Fred Lynn tied the score in the seventh wiith his 20th home run. It marked the 11th straight game in which Lynn has driven in a run, a team record.1 the East over the second-place Blue Jays to 10 games.

At Boston, Toby Harrah had four hits, scored twice and drove in three runs to power the Yankees. With the score tied at i Harrah led off the'sixth with a double off the left-field wall and scored when Don MatUngly followed with an RBI double. Joe Crowley, 7-1, won his sixth consecutive game. Dave Righetti pitched the final 1 innings to earn his 26th save. At Cleveland, Mike Heath slammed a two-run triple in the first inning and Bill Almon contributed a two-run 'homer to lead the A's.

At Baltimore, Wayne Gross smashed a pair of home runs and Eddie Murray walloped a game-winning homer in the eighth inning to power the Orioles. I At New York, Rick Sutcliffe, the leading candidate for the National1 League Cy Young Award, pitched a four-hitter, stroked two hits and drove in two runs to lead the Cubs. Sutcliffe's 14th Sutcliffe, 14-1, won his 12th consecutive game for the Cubs and in 17 starts in Chicago has five complete games and three shutouts. He struck out 12, the fifth time he has struck bulJO or more. Chicago went ahead in the second inning at New York against Walt Terrell, 10-11, when Keith Moreland bounced a double off first base into the right field corner and scored on Ron Cey's single to center.

In the sixth, Gary Matthews hit Terrell's first pitch to left field for his 11th homer and Chicago added two runs in the seventh and two more in the ninth. f. At San Francisco, pinch hitter Dusty Baker ripped a three-run homer and Chili Davis added a pinch hit RBI single to lead the Giants. At Pittsburgh, Joaquin Andujar became the first 19-game winner in the majors and Lonnie Smith paced a 15-hit attack -with three hits and three RBI to lead the Cardinals. Andujar went the distance for the 12th time this season and scattered II hits to raise his record to 19-11.

At Montreal, Andre Dawson drove in three runs with a bases-loaded double in the seventh inning and Steve Rogers pitched a six-hitter over eight innings as the Expos handed the Phillies their fourthstraightdefeat. ''I'-ffi At Los Angeles, Reds' first baseman Alan Knicely's sixth-jnning error with the bases loaded paved the way for a four-rmmllyhat carried 1 the Dodgers. 1 Pass receiving No. ....3 Lowe Novacek 1 Punting No. Yds.

Donnelly 8 392 Punt returns NO. Davis 1 KIckoH returns No. Davis 1 Lowe. 6 Interception returns No. 1 Defense Linemen TT 2 1 3 I 5 1 5 -1 4 6 2 2 3 3 1 2 1 1 1 8 1 Defense Linemen UT AT Spachman 2 0 Graeber 1 0 0 B.Smith 1 1 1 3 2 0 Reeves 1...2 3 Gangwish 1 0 Linebackers Daum 2 2 6 0 1 1 Noonan 3 0 Reinhardt 3 0 Reynolds 1 0 Backs Burke 2 0 Harris 1 0 McCashland.

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