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THE TAMPA TRIBUNE, Thursday, April 4, 1985 5-C 2Zir gscsa? SHOW HOURS: KC's Brett survives bad-hop groundballs ft 1 Friday 5, 3.33 P.M.-10.C0 P.M Sstyrtfay April 6. 10:30 A.M.-1 0:03 P.M. College Baseball USF, Rose overpower St. Leo 9-1 SasSsj April 7, P.M. P.M.

Kosd2 April 8. 3:30 0:03 PJ, ACTION: ADULTS CHILDREN UJ.2ER 12 FREE FREE PARKINS By JIM SELMAN Assistant Sports Editor The last thing third baseman George Brett wanted to see Wednesday were some hard-hit balls coming his way at Al Lopez Field. Third base there is truly the hot corner because the ground is so hard that balls bounce like they have been hit off concrete. No one knows this any more so than Brett A play there at third against the Cincinnati Reds a year ago caused Brett to miss 33 games at the beginning of the American League season with a slight tear of the medial colat-eral ligament in his left knee. Brett said Nick Esasky hit a ground ball which took a bad hop and bounced off his shoulder.

"Somehow I twisted and my left leg game and when I batted I took a big swing at a pitch and felt it pop some more. So, then I did what any normal player would do. I took two strikes and told the trainer and he iced my knee." Brett didn't know how serious he was hurt until X-rayed the next day in Memphis. He had arthroscopic surgery. Brett has had a history of injuries and physical problems remember the George Brett disease (hemorrhoids incident prior to the 1980 World Series?) throughout his 11-year career.

In hopes of warding off more troubles of this kind he lost 24 pounds this winter. "Maybe," he said, "if I had lost the weight I would have got out of the way of that ball here last year and I would have got out of the way of the ball that knocked out four of my teeth two years ago at Fort Myers." Brett was kidding because he really saw no connection with the Lopez Field Injury and his weight However, at the age of 31 and with artificial turf putting a constant strain on his body, he feels the weight loss should help him greatly. THERE WILL BE GREYHOUND RACING AT DERBY LAtlE George Brett If not he wasted the winter, he said. Brett's best playing weight is between 202 and 205, but got up to 217 after being out for 23 games with a pulled hamstring in August and September. He reported for spring training Feb.

21 at 192ft, but someone thought he was too light so he has gained 8 pounds. "It wasn't me," said Manager Dick Howser. "Maybe he weighed less than he desired. I knew he was lighter, but I didn't know whether it was 7, 12 or 17 pounds because he has that kind of a body. "But I know this.

People ask you what kind of spring you have had and you never know because George got hurt here in our final game last year." GIT AY f. APRIL never came out of the ground. I felt a big pop," Brett said. "I didn't think it was anything serious. Paul Spllt-torff was pitching and they had just begun to hit the ball and it was a long inning.

I was out there for a long time. When I ran to the dugout, I had no control of my leg, but like I didn't know better stayed in the Gulden, Knicely cut as Reds trim roster i 1 1 A 21 VPS. SAME LOCATION i American 3 CPEN SA7W.3AV LOW FF.IE pnrczs ESTIMATES i i -1 By BILL FAY Tribune Sports Writer This is the time of the season when things get routine in college baseball and South Florida is into a routine winning. The Bulls thrashed St. Leo 9-1 Wednesday night at Red McEwen I Field for their fourth win in a row and eighth in their last nine games.

USF Is 31-14 for the season while St Leo drops to 20-13-2. Junior right-hander Mark Rose i fanned 13 Monarchs and limited the I visitors to just two hits in a complete game performance. The win raised Rose's record to 5-1 and lowered his earned run average to 2.19. "We're playing well as a team, but it's really the pitching that's doing if USF Coach Robin Roberts said. "That's two really good games in a row for Mark and when we get that kind of performance, we're tough." St.

Leo Coach Mike Marshall was I talking pitching, too, but said it was mistakes by his burlers that cost the Monarchs the game. St. Leo pitchers Bobby Link, J.D. Paternoster and John Corsi struck out 11 hitters and gave up a respectable nine hits be- tween them, but allowed eight more baserunners with walks. "I'm very pleased with the way I our guys pitched, though the score might not indicate it," Marshall said.

"We Just made some bad decisions on what pitches to throw in certain situations and it hurt us." i Rose got all the offensive help he needed when South Florida put three runs on the board in the sec- ond inning. Link, St Leo's starter and loser, put himself in a hole by walking Todd Waggoner and Ralph Gali to start the inning. Tony Alfonso fol- -5 lowed with a run-scoring single, then Monarch shortstop Bob Farina pro- longed the Bulls rally by booting a potential double-play ball, allowing 1 another run to score. Greg Bullard5 closed out the scoring with a sacri- fice fly to left. Waggoner gave the Bulls some Insurance with a towering two-run homer in the third inning that made it 5-0.

"I'm supposed to hit a few of those," said Waggoner, who led the team in hitting last year, but has struggled some this season. "I hit it as good as I did a few that did- n't go out over the weekend, but things even out in the long run. Maybe I'm getting back in the groove I had last year." The Bulls chased Link with two more runs in the fifth on RBI dou-1 AUTO AIR GM EVAPORATORS $1 9950 INSTALLED MOST COMPRESSORS $5900 O.T.C. BRAKES Knicely, who was hitting .533 (8-for-15), will catch regularly at Denver. Gulden will be bis back-up.

Knicely did not catch in 1984 at Wichita, where he was named by The Sporting News and Topps as Minor League Player of the Year. He barely missed the American Association's triple crown with a .333 batting average, 33 home runs and 126 RBI. "It came down to a numbers situation," Knicely said. Rose said, "if be keeps progressing as he is now, there Is no reason why he can't catch in the big leagues." Knicely was a catcher early in his career, but has been playing first base the last couple of years. The 25-man roster Pitchers: Tom Browning, John Franco, Tommy Hume, Frank Pastore, Ted Power, Joe Price, Mario Soto, John Stuper, Jay Tibbs, Carl Willis.

Catchers: Dann Billardello, Dave Van Gorder. Infielders: Dave Concepcion, Nick Esasky, Tom Foley, Wayne Krenchlcki, Ron Oester, Tony Perez, Pete Rose. Outfielders: Duane Walker, Cesar Cedeno, Eric Davis, Eddie Milner, Dave Parker, Gary Redus. By JIM SELMAN Assistant Sports Editor The Cincinnati Reds reached the 25-player limit Wednesday by sending five players to the minors including catchers Brad Gulden and Allen Knicely. Pitchers Bob Buchanan, Ron Robinson and Andy McGaffigan were optioned to Denver of the Triple A American Association.

Knicely alsd was optioned to Denver, and Gulden, who Is out of options, was optioned outright there. That means the Reds probably will attempt to trade him since he is now frozen on the Denver roster and can not be brought back to Cincinnati without passing waivers. Unless there are further transactions, player-manager Pete Rose will take two catchers (Dann Bilardello and Dave Van Gorder), 10 pitchers, seven infielders and six outfielders north when the Reds break camp Friday. All except right-handed pitcher John Stuper previously played for Cincinnati, but only 16 started the 1984 season there. Stuper was obtained from the Cardinals for Paul Householder in September.

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"It was stiff, but it's OK now," Sundberg said. "I am 5-for-5 on throwing out base stealers this spring." Sundberg didn't get a chance to throw out Dave Concepcion on a steal attempt in the seventh inning, however, because he dropped the ball. Rose did not play because he was tied up making his final five player cuts and did not work out prior to the game. Totals 31 1 7 1 000 000 080 8 000 000 1001 Looking for a new recipe? Check the food pages. bles by Allan Swabek and Gall.

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The junior righthander is now 6-2. The win was FSC's 18th in a row and 27th out of 28 games. Southern, is now 33-6 and 8-0 In the Sunshine State Conference. The Spartans dropped to 21-12 and 4-4 in the SSC. Tampa 101000000 2 11 7 HO 1023210SX 14 19 1 Jenkins, Nkes (4).

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