Tampa Bay Times from St. Petersburg, Florida • 10

4c ST. PETERSBURG TIMES SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1986 1 Harrelson decides White Sox are better off without him AitoclatadPratt and a $100,000 pay cut because "it was something I always wanted to do." In a statement Friday, Harrelson said the position had not lived up to its billing. "I think the Chicago White Sox are now on the right track for the future," he said. "However, the overall responsibilities, particularly the large number of admin 'J my resignation was in order." Harrelson was embroiled in much controversy fiM his short reign as a club executive. He shunted aside General Manager Roland He-mond and fired Manager Tony LaRussa, pitching coach Dave Duncan, and his assistant, Dave Dom- browski.

Hemond later resigned to take a job in commissioner's office. But his decisive actions did little to revive the White Sox, who are in sixth place in the American League West with a 66-86 record and have lost five-26 straight games. Harrelson conceded there were "some mistakes' 1,1 that I made that hurt the organization with perception6 and credibility to the White Sox fan. After all is said and done, they, the fans, are the most important0" promoted to the majors. There were reports Harrelson was told to fire minor league director Alvin Dark or move on.

But a joint statement issued Friday by White Sox board chairman Jerry Reinsdorf and team president Eddie Einhorn gave no hint of discord. "Ken Harrelson worked very hard for the Chicago White Sox. We appreciate the contribution he has made to the organization and wish him well in his pursuit of other opportunities in the game," they said. "We found Hawk to be a man of the highest personal integrity and will miss his hard-working positive attitude." "I also want to assura you that the White Sox offered me every opportunity to remain in my current position," he said. "However, in the best interest of the organization and my family, my wife and I decided CHICAGO Flamboyant Ken "Hawk" Harrelson, disappointed in his job and the performance of the Chicago White Sox, resigned as chief of operations Friday after less than a year in the position.

Harrelson is stepping aside immediately, but will remain with the club as a special consultant, the White Sox said in a statement. No successor was named. The job will be filled temporarily by General Manager Tom Haller, with assistance from scouting director Terry Logan, Manager Jim Fregosi, and Jack Gould, vice president of baseball administration, the team said. Harrelson took the position of executive vice president-baseball operations last October. He said he left the White Sox' broadcasting booth to take the job HARRELSON istrative details, did not fit my expectations for the job." Recent reports had Harrelson at odds with team management over his handling of the club's minor league system, with some saying that young players were not being taught fundamentals before being factor." rlT 'urn tcivs clown American League East A tfos iVl Complied from AP, UPI wire "till 11O1 national league Ull inei DUIA UAHTDKil abrhbl abrhbTT 0 0 9 3 0 0 3 0 10 3 0 0 0 MThmpcf Samuel 2b Hayes lb SchmdtSb Wilson rf Redutl JoRsiKc III Fraamnp Stonaph Tekulvap 7.K i v.

i 'tMtr X. i I I ii I lWii I Hi iKillirii I'M II 11 II I Ill II I AP ATLANTA Bob Horner stroked a two-run homer and Doyle Alexander scattered 10 hits over 8V3 innings Thursday night to give the Atlanta Braves a 5-4 victory over the Houston Astros. The game marked Houston's first appearance since it clinched the National League West title on Thursday. Alexander (6-6) struck out seven and walked one but left after allowing a two-run single to Tony Walker in the ninth. Zane Smith relieved and registered his first major-league save depsite yielding a two-run single to Dave Lopes.

Matt Keough (4-4) took the loss. I 2 0 NewmnJb 1 1 0 Webster cf 3 3 1 sines If 4 0 10 Daw ton rf 3 0 12 Galarrglb 5 0 2 0 Foley 3b S001 Rivera it 3 0 0 0 Hun'c 3 0 0 0 Wnghmph 10 10 Bilrdeloc 0 0 0 0 VaMei CuBrwftp Wright ph Robergep 3t 5 11 3 Totals 3 0 O.O.c 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 OVrV 1 0 0 3if 0 0 fl 1 0 0 0 i a im 10 0 0 ooo to 111 Last Pet GB Home Away 10 Streak xBoston 91 60 .603 47-24 44-36 5-5 L-1 xToronto 84 69 .549 8 42-36 42-33 7-3 W-3 New York 83 70 .542 9 38-37 45-33 6-4 L-1 Detroit 81 73 .526 11V? 49-32 32-41 5-5 W-1 xCleveland 77 76 .503 15 42-35 35-41 5-5 L-1 xMilwaukee 71 81 .467 20V? 38-36 33-45 3-7 W-3 xBaltimore 71 82 .464 21 37-39 34-43 3-7 L-5 American League West Last Pet GB Home Away 10 Streak xCalifornia 89 63 .586 49-30 40-33 7-3 W-1 xTexas 80 72 .526 9 46-28 34-44 7-3 L-1 xOakland 72 81 .471 17Va 46-34 26-47 5-5 W-4 xKansasCity 71 82 .464 18V 42-33 29-49 3-7 W-2 xSeattle 67 86 .438 22V? 41-38 26-48 4-6 W-1 Chicago 66 86 .434 23 36-39 30-47 3-7 L-5 Minnesota 65 87 .428 24 38-36 27-51 4-6 L-2 Late game not included National League East Last Pet GB Home Away 10 Streak xyNew York 100 53 .654 52-26 48-27 7-3 W-1 xPhiladelphia 80 73 .523 20 46-29 34-44 6-4 L-3 xSt. Louis 77 76 .503 23 40-35 37-41 5-5 W-2 xMontreal 76 76 .500 23V2 35-39 41-37 5-5 W-1 xChicago 65 88 .425 35 40-38 25-50 4-6 L-1 xPittsburgh 62 91 .405 38 31-47 31-44 4-6 L-1 National League West Last Pet GB Home Away 10 Streak yHouston 89 65 .578 49-29 40-36 7-3 L-1 xCincinnati 79 74 .516 9V2 41-37 38-37 5-5 W-3 xSan Francisco 77 76 .503 11Va 42-33 35-43 5-5 L-3 xLos Angeles 71 82 .464 17V? 45-32 26-50 3-7 L-1 xSan Diego 71 82 .464 17V? 41-34 30-48 5-5 W-1 Atlanta 71 82 .464 17V 40-36 31-46 5-5 W-1 Totals --j et on 0OO5 000 0000 Philadelphia Montreal Ml 000 Game Winning RBI None. Rivera, Valdai, Hunt. OP Philadelphia 1.

LOB Philadelphia II, Montreal 3. SB Hayes 4' IT) II ER BB SO Tf IP Philadelphia Freeman W.2-0 0 1 3 0 Montreal Valdei L.O-4 4 I CuBrown 4 3 nic t.bn 3 .112 i hi Roberge 1 0 Valdei pollened to 3 batters In the 5th. WP freeman. PB Hunt. Umpires Home, OeMuth; First, BWiliams, SaC-i? ond, Pu; Third, West.

2:49. A 6,133. -IHbS HOUSTON ATLANTA ab bl ab bl Walker cf 5 12 2 AHalrf 4 0 0 0 CRenklsss 4 0 1 0 Oberkftab 4 00 0 Lopes ph I 0 I 2 Murphy cf 4 2 2 0 Gaineyrf 4 0 0 0 Horner lb 3 112 Garner ph 1 0 0 0 GrIHeyH 4 121 GDavli lb 4 0 10 AThomsss 4 110 PuhlH 4 10 0 Benedict 3 0 0 0 Pnkovtt2b 4 0 1 0 HubbrdJb 2 0 0 0 Mlierockc 4 0 10 Alexndrp 3 0 11 BPena3b 4 1 I 0 ZSmithp 0 0 0 0 Keoughp 2 0 2 0 Ashby ph 10 10 Calhoun 0 0 0 0 Drletsenph 0 10 0 Totals 31 4 11 4 Totals 315 7 4 Houston 000 000 0044 Atlanta 020 002 Olx 3 Boston's Roger Clemens goes after his 25th victory Friday. Game Winning RBI None. AThomas.

DP Atlanta 1. LOB Houston Atlanta 4. 2B Walter, Pankovits, Griffey, BPena. Did Scott also clinch Cy Young selection? IE II SO Mets beat Pirates 3-1, club record 1 01 st 'j1 PITTSBURGH Keith Herl nandez hit a two-run single and the New York Mets won their teamr.JE, record 101st game of the season, beating the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-1 Friday night. With a 101-53 record, thf? Mets have one more victory than2 the 1969 World Series champion ship team.

3B Murphy. HR Horner (25). IP Houston Late game not included Clinched division Keough L-4-4 4. 4 4 1 I Calhoun 2 2 1111 Atlanta Alexander 12-3 10 4 0 1 7 ZSmlthS.I 1-3 1 0 0 0 0 WP Keough 2, ZSmlth. Umpires Home, Weyer; First, Montague; Second, Brocklander; Third, Rennert, I.

LMffpwiiwiTOji ii. i i I -v Associated Press NEW TURK PITTSBURGH I. Ut abrhbl1 ab bl American League FRIDAY Detroit 3, New York 2 Toronto at Boston, night Minnesota at Chicago, ppd. rain Oakland at Kansas City, Baltimore at Milwaukee, night Cleveland at Seattle, night Texas at California, night THURSDAY Kansas City 8, Minnesota 1 Toronto 4, Detroit 2 Milwaukee 9, Baltimore 3 California 6, Cleveland 3 Oykstracf Bckmn2b KHrndi lb Carter Strwbryrf Heap If Wilson If HJohsn3b Elster ss Frndeip McDwHp National League FRIDAY Atlanta 5, Houston 4 Philadelphia at Montreal, night New York at Pittsburgh, night Chicago at St. Louis, night Cincinnati at San Diego, night Los Angeles at San Francisco, night THURSDAY Cincinnati 6, Atlanta 4 New York 6, Chicago 5 Houston 2, San Francisco 0 Montreal 8, Pittsburgh 4 St.

Louis 5, Philadelphia 4 Los Angeles 4, San Diego 3, (10) San Diego 7, Los Angeles 6, 2nd 4 110 Bonds cf 3 0 0 0 Boniaarf 2 0 12 Ray 2b 4 0 10 Morrisn3b 4 0 0 0 MOiaitf 3 0 0 0 Almonpr 1 0 0 0 TPenac 3 111 Bream lb 4 10 0 Bernard ss 2 0 0 0 Distefnph 0 0 0 0 Fanslerp Renter! ph Smiley Ortliph HPenap 30 3 4 3 Totals 4 ldVO 4 0 2 0 4 0 1ftV 3 0 0 1 3 0 0 fV? 1 0 04.S 1 0 0 0 I 0l 10 0 0' 0 0 O'OitH 32 1 1 Totals 001-3 000 100 New York Pittsburgh Freeman, Tekulve 1-hit Phils as Expos win 5-0 MONTREAL Marvin Freeman and Kent Tekulve combined on a one-hitter and Von Hayes scored Friday night as the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Montreal Expos 5-0. Freeman (2-0) pitched six innings and gave up one hit, a line-drive single to center by Tim Raines in the fourth. Tekulve finished with three perfect innings for his fourth save. Last Sunday, Freeman, making his second major-league start, and Tekulve combined on a two-hitter against New York. In that game, Freeman allowed one hit in seven innings.

Game Winning RBI KHernandei (13). Belliard. DP New York 3, Pittsburgh LOB New York 5, Pittsburgh 7. 2B Bream. HR.

John son (10). SB John ton (I). S-Fernandei. Mike Scott Throws clutch no-hitter. ER BB SO, 3 5 Morrison.

IP New York I McDwH 1 Pittsburgh FanslerLJM 5 Smiley 2 HPene 2 2 hi 6 Fernendet pitched to 1 batter In the Oth. WP Fernandas. Umpires Home, Wendelstedt; First, C.WISiamt; Second, Tata; Third, Crawford. 2:33. A 14,080.

f. TesreH Ticpssrs stop Yanks 3-2 AMERICAN LEAGUE 1M 1985 vs.opp. last 3 outings Teams Tim Pltchars w-1 w-1 '85 LH lp w-1 BLUE JAYS 1:05 Clancy (R) 14-12 9-6 0-0 5-12 21 11 0-3 at RED SOX p.m. Hurst (L) 12-7 11-13 0-0 1-4 27 3 3 0 TIGERS 1:30 Morris (R) 19-8 16-11 0-0 8-6 27 7 3-0 at YANKEES p.m. Drabek (R) 6-7 0-0 0-1 0-1 14 4 2-1 RANGERS 3:20 Hough (R) 15-10 14-16 0-1 3-7 20 5 3-0 at ANGELS p.m.

Sutton (R) 15-9 15-10 2-0 6-1 19 5 1-0 TWINS 4:05 Anderson (L) 3-5 0-0 1-1 1-1 11 13 0-3 at WHITE SOX p.m. DeLeon (R) 3-5 2-19 0-0 0-0 16 6 0-1 TWINS TBA Heaton (L) 7-13 9-17 0-0 2-5 17 3 1-0 at WHITE SOX p.m. Dotson(R) 10-163-4 0-1 5-9 21 11 0-3 A'S 8:05 Anduiar(R) 11-6 21-12 0-0 0-0 23 6 2-0 at ROYALS p.m. Jackson (L) 10-11 14-12 2-0 2-1 25 3 0-1 ORIOLES 8:35 McGregor (L) 10-14 14-14 1-1 10-7 20 14 0-3 at BREWERS p.m. Nieves(L) 10-110-0 1-0 1-0 21 5 0-2 INDIANS 10:05 Candlottl (R 14-120-0 1-0 1-0 23 7 1-2 at MARINERS p.m.

Morgan (R) 11-16 1-1 1-0 2-2 19 9 1-1 NATIONAL LEAGUE 1986 198S vs.opp. last 3 outings Teams Time Pitchers w-1 w-1 '85 Life lp er w-1 CUBS 2:15 Eckersley (R) 6-11 11-7 0-1 2-4 14 11 0-2 at CARDS p.m. Forsch(R) 14-9 9-6 1-0 18-8 21 12 1-1 DODGERS 4:05 Valeniuela(L) 20-1017-10 2-0 9-11 24 9 2-1 at GIANTS p.m. Blue (L) 9-10 8-8 0-1 4-12 13 9 0-1 ASTROS 4:10 Darwin (R) 3-2 8-18 0-0 0-0 20 4 1-1 at BRAVES p.m. Palmer (R) 11-9 7-10 1-1 6-2 9 11 0-1 METS 7:05 Gooden (R) 16-6 24-4 1-0 5-0 23 7 2-1 at PIRATES p.m.

Kipper (L) 5-8 1-2 0-3 1-4 15 9 1-1 PHILLIES 7:35 Carman (L) 9-5 9-4 0-0 1-0 21 5 2-0 at EXPOS p.m. Youmans (R) 13-10 4-3 2-0 3-0 19 8 REDS 10:05 Browning (L) 14-13 20-9 0-2 2-3 23 4 2-1 at PADRES p.m. Wojna (R) 2-1 2-4 0-0 0-0 19 6 1-1 All times Eastern. Pitchers subject te change. 1Q? iT to) Associated Prait nmnrienn league 1 HOUSTON When Roger Craig was pitching coach of the Detroit Tigers a couple of years ago, a struggling righthanded pitcher came to him to learn a new pitch Craig called the split-finger fastball.

"I thought there was no harm," Craig said Thursday. "He was in the other league." The pitcher was Mike Scott, who bad just completed an unimpressive 5-11 1984 campaign with the Houston Astros. "He threw every other day I guess about seven times in all. But the last couple of times he threw I knew he was going to have a good one," Craig said. Scott couldn't get much better on Thursday, tossing a 2-0 no-hitter against a San Francisco Giants team now managed by Craig.

The performance gave the Astros the National League West Division title, sending them into the playoffs against the New York Mets. "I thought I had pretty good stuff warming up," Scott said while being doused with champagne by his jubilant teammates. "But I didn't know I was going to throw a no-hitter. "I was pumped up and trying to keep my emotions down. You've got to control yourself out there." Scott started the game by hitting leadoff man Dan Gladden with the first pitch.

He walked Chili Davis to start the second' inning and then retired 19 straight Giants. "Early in the game was the only chance they had to get to him," catcher Alan Ashby said. "Then he started racking up those strikeouts." Scott, now 18-10, finished with 13 strikeouts, giving him a major league-leading 298. His fifth shutout lowered his earned run average to 2.25, tops in the National League. Phil Ouellette was the only other Giant to reach base off Scott when he walked with one out in the eighth inning.

"In the middle innings, the way our people were swinging at pitches and the way we weren't making contact, I said to myself, 'He must really have said Mike Aldrete, who flied out as a pinch hitter in the eighth. The night before, Aldrete broke up Nolan Ryan's bid for a no-hitter with a single in the seventh the only hit Ryan gave up in eight innings of work. "I started thinking about the Don Mattinclv New York fourth, extending hW streak to 24 games. Mattii tingly and Los Angeles' Steve Sax each entered the day with 23ri game streaks, the longest in theT major leagues this season. Tigers shortstop Alan Trammel, was scratched from the start mg lineup with some soreness in his right elbow.

Baker took his spot I at shortstop. no-hitter in about the seventh inning," Scott said. "I just wanted to keep throwing strikes." That he did, striking out two of the last three hitters in the ninth. Will Clark, the final Giant batter, said he was trying to break up the no-hit bid. "I was trying to see the ball.

It was moving all over the place," he said. "That's what made him so tough. "The ball would start out above my waist and end up below my knees." Clark grounded out to first baseman Glenn Davis to end the game. "I've batted against him four other times and he didn't have half the movement he had today," Clark said. "Don't give me credit," said teacher Craig.

"He did it all on his own today." Scott said the impact of his feat probably would hit him "about 5 p.m. Friday in Atlanta," where the Astros open a weekend series tonight. Yogi Berra, who caught Don Larsen's perfect game in the 1956 World Series and now serves as a Houston coach, said the Astros are like the 1969 World Champion New York Mets. "No superstars, just a great team," he said. Stardom, however, will come, he predicted.

"I think Scott should get the Cy Young Award," Berra said. "If this game doesn't sew it up for him then something is wrong," Ryan added. Craig said his troops were primed for the challenge to deny the Astros the clincher. "It took a no-hitter to beat us," Craig said. "You've got to give him credit.

That was what you call supreme confidence, what he did." Compiled by Benjamin L. Eckstein Trlbunt Media Services, Inc. SUNDAY Toronto at Boston, 1:05 p.m. Detroit at New York, 1 :30 p.m. Minnesota at Chicago, 2:30 p.m.

Baltimore at Milwaukee, 2:35 p.m. Oakland at Kansas City, 2:35 p.m. Texas at California, 3:07 p.m. Cleveland at Seattle, 4:35 p.m. NEW YORK Walt Terrell pitched four-hit ball for eight-plus innings and the Detroit Tigers defeated the New York Yankees 3-2 Friday night to end a three-game losing streak.

The Yankees had won three in a row. Terrell (14-12) lost his shutout in the eighth when pinch-hitter Claudell Wasington hit his sixth home run of the season. Chet Lemon hit a solo homer, his 12th, in the ninth to put Detroit ahead 3-1, but Terrell left the game in the ninth after a single and a hit batsman leading off the inning. Willie Hernandez retired the next two batters before reliever Eric King gave up an RBI single to Dave Winfield. Mark Thurmond got the final out for his third save.

Ron Guidry (9-11) took the loss, ending his three-game winning streak. Guidry gave up nine hits in his fourth complete game. The Tigers scored their first run with two out in the first when Larry Herndon singled and Darnell Coles followed with an RBI double. Dave Collins' infield hit scored Tim Tolman from third base with two out in the second. Tolman singled, went to second on an infield hit by Mike Heath and advanced to third on a sacrifice bunt by Doug Baker.

SUNDAY New York at Pittsburgh, 1:35 p.m. Philadelphia at Montreal, 1:35 p.m. Houston at Atlanta, 2:10 p.m. Chicago at St. Louis, 2:15 p.m.

Los Angeles at San 4:05 p.m. Cincinnati at San Diego, 4:05 p.m., DETROIT Conns dh Brokns 2b Herndon If Coles 3b DaEvns lb Lemon cf Tolman rf Sherldnrf Heath DoBakrss NEW YORK abrhbl 4 0 11 RHndsncf 4 0 10 Rndlph2b 4 12 0 MtnoJy lb 4 0 11 Easier dh 3 0 0 0 Wlntletdrf 4 111 Pasquatf 4 12 0 Lmbrdph 0 0 0 0 Pglruloab 4 0 10 Skinner 2 0 0 0 CWshtnph. Espinoc ToHeson ss 33 3 3 Totals ab bl 4 110 3 0 0 0 4 0 10 4 0 0 0 4 0 11 2 0 0 0 10 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 10 1 1 1-1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 30 2 I 1 Totals 110 000 000 OOO 0013 0112 Detroit New York Game Winning RBI Coles (7). DP Detroit 2, New York 1. LOB-Oetrolt .5, New York 4.

2B Coles. HR CWashlngton (4), Lemon 12). OoBeker. ft ER BB 10 Company that owns LVEets is sold Doubleday the publishing giant and New York Mets owner, said Friday it had been purchased for $475-million by Bertelsmann AG in a deasUfcat does not include the baseball team. Nelson Doubleday head of the publishing company and chairman of the Mets, planned to join team president Fred Wilpon and some outside limited partners in buying the team, according to published reports.

In addition, J. Morton Davia, chairman and owner of the investment firm D.H. Blair said Friday that he had offered Doubleday $80-million for the Mets. IP Detroit Terrell W.14-12 I Hernendi 2-3 King 0 Thurmond 1-3 New York Guidry 2 2 iS 0 0 1 0 0-0 0 0 0 3 3 1 3 Terrell pitched to 3 batters in the 9th, King pitched to 1 batter In the th. HBP Randolph by TerreH.

Umpires Home, Cooney; First, Palermo; Second, Brlnkman; Third, Young. 2:32. A 21,902..