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2 The Sioux City Journal. Sunday. Septembers. 1993 Abbott joins select company with no-hitter against Indians MAJOR 9j) ROUNDUP '''J p- i -4 A v- i I 1 By The Associated Press NEW YORK Jim Abbott never dreamed he would be on the same no-hitter list with Allie Reynolds and Don Larsen. He just wanted to pitch in the major leagues.

Abbott tossed a no-hitter Saturday as the New York Yankees beat the Cleveland Indians 4-0. It was the Yankees' seventh regular-season no-hitter and the eighth overall, counting post-season. Abbott, 25, is a fan favorite everywhere because he has overcome the handicap of being born without a right hand. This effort will only add to his many amazing accomplishments. Larsen pitched a perfect game on Oct.

8, 1956 at Yankee Stadium against the Brooklyn Dodgers. Reynolds pitched two no-hitters in 1961, beating Cleveland and Boston. "I was just thrilled to death," said Abbott, who acknowledged the cheers by tipping his cap and waving to the crowd. "I never expected to throw a no-hitter." Other Yankees to toss no-hitters are George Mogridge, Sam Jones, Monte Pearson and Dave Righetti. Righetti was the last Yankee to pitch an official no-hitter prior to Abbott t.

r' I i nia Angels beat Toronto 4-2. Giants 3, Cardinals 1 ST. LOUIS In the National League, J.R. Phillips tripled and hit a two-run homer in his first two major league at-bats and rookie Solomon Torres won his second straight game -as the San Francisco Giants beat the St. Louis Cardinals 3-1.

The victory kept San Francisco1. 3Vi games ahead of Atlanta in the NLWest. Braves 3, Padres 2 ATLANTA Terry Pendleton hit a homer and David Justice drove in two runs with a bases-loaded as the Atlanta Braves beat the San Diego Padres 3-2 to keep the pressure on San Francisco. It was the Braves' third con-' secutive win, 11th in 13 games and 20th in 24 in their relentless chase of the first-place Giants in the NL West. The Braves remained 3Vi games' behind San Francisco.

1 CHICAGO Shawon Dunston's first hit in 16 months an eighth-, inning double tied the game, and he scored the winning run on Sammy Sosa's single as the Chicago overcame five New York homers to beat the Mets 9-8. Dodgers 9, Marlins 4 MIAMI Eric Karros had a ca reer-high four hits, four RBIs and one of three Los Angeles home runs in support of a hitless Orel Hershiser -'-as the Dodgers beat the Florida Marlins 9-4. Jim Abbott Fan favorite ry over the Detroit Tigers. Alex Fernandez (17-6) moved to in Viic lacf civ starts Hp allnuerl on July 4, 1983. Andy Hawkins pitched an eight- hun nic nn cpv hitc nnc.

walk and in end run by North Texas' David Brown Huskers' 76-14 win. (AP photo) Darren Williams of Nebraska grabs a leg and teammate Mike Minter drops a shoulder as they inning no-hitter but lost the game to struck out three in seven inningS. jeff Chicago on July 1, 1990. Major Schwaiz pitched the eighth and Brian League Baseball, however, later took Drahman the ninth. 50 no-hitters out of the record book, including all less than nine innings.

Orioles 6, Athletics 3 OAKLAND, Calif. Chris Hoiles hit a two-run homer in a The crowd, held down by morning rain, remained on its feet until Abbott came out of the dugout to take a Berringer hits 7-for-7, Veland goes 6-for-9 .1. .1, 1 bow. He then brought catcher Matt 8 6 beat the Athletics 6-3, extending Nokes with him. out Baltimore's winning streak to six games and Oakland's slide to five.

Rangers 6, Twins 4 from page D1 "Matt called a great game," Ab bott said. "He deserved credit, too." Royals 4, Red Sox 2 Fourth-stringer Matt Turman also accounted for two touchdowns in mop-up duty, throwing 15 yards to Riley Washington and running a yard for another. MINNEAPOLIS Juan Gonzalez took the major league lead with his 41st home run and Julio Franco followed with his 100th career BOSTON Brian McRae homered and Kevin McReynolds tripled as the Kansas City Royals scored all their runs in the ninth in- Phillies 6, Reds 5 CINCINNATI Philadelphia Phillies scored off Jose Rijo to set an NL record but couldn't, overcome the Cincinnati pitcher's4 career-high four RBIs and seven strong innings that led the Reds to a 6-5 victory. Expos 7, Astros 5 HOUSTON Ken Hill pitched a'; strong game and had a two-run dou-; ble as the Montreal Expos extended their winning streak to nine games by beating the slumping Houston Astros homer, helping Kevin Brown and the David Cone. Mariners 6, Brewers 1 McRae tied the score with a shot into the rieht field bulloen after Grea Gagne had led off the ninth with a SEATTLE Tim Leary scattered double.

After Mike Macfarlane seven hits over 8 2-3 innings and got walked with one out, McReynolds all the run support he needed when tripled past diving rightfielder Rob the first three Seattle batters scored Deer and scored on Gary Gaetti's as the Mariners beat the Milwaukee sacrifice fly. Brewers 6-1. Gehlenwins championship in West test Le Mars Gehlen Catholic topped Remsen St. Mary's for the championship of the West Earlybird girls volleyball tournament Saturday. The score was Hinton won the consolation title, beating Cherokee 15-4, 15-9.

Gehlen Catholic and St. Mary's gained the finals by downing Heelan and Denison respectively in the semifinals. Gehlen Catholic's win was 15-8, 15-13 and St. Mary's 15-7. In the consolation semis, Hinton topped the host Wolverines 15-12, 15-11 and Cherokee whipped Sheldon 15-4, 15-13.

The all-tournament team consisted of Steph Gronau of Denison, Alicia Harpenau of Gehlen Catholic, Sherd Kohn of Cherokee, Nicki Lloyd of Heelan, Kathy Nuebel of Gehlen Catholic and captain Shelly Roder of Remsen St. Mary's. Krista Davis was Heelan's leading server with a perfect 36 of 36 with four aces. Lloyd had three ace serves. Davis also was the leading setter with 33 assists and Shannon Pesky had 11.

In hitting, Lloyd was 55 of 66 with 13 kills and Lisa Knott was 32 of 35 with 11 kills. Sarah Tonn and Christa Maxey each had six stuff blocks. Statistics were not provided for the West team. 7-5. Rockies 1 0, Pirates 4 DENVER Charlie Hayes had three hits, including the game-winning single, and Andres Galarraga knocked in two runs with a homer and double as the Colorado Rockies rallied for a 10-4 victory over the.

-Pittsburgh Pirates. Angels 4, Blue Jays 2 White Sox 11, Tigers 2 to hold him out because of the play of Berringer and Veland. Berringer completed all seven of his passes for 124 yards, finding split end Corey Dixon for a 33-yard touchdown on Nebraska's first possession. Veland completed six of nine for 76 yards with one interception. His 11-yard pass to Abdul Muhammad capped a 28-point Nebraska first period.

"Mentally they were prepared to go in when the score was 35-0 and here they were with the score 0-0," Osborne said of his inexperienced backups. "I was pleased with the composure they showed. They threw the ball well and ran the offense well." Jones scored on runs of a yard in the first quarter and 24 yards in the second as Nebraska took a 42-7 halftime lead. "Everything got off real bad real quickly," Parker said. "We thought the emotion might be good, but it was 21-0 and we haven't even tightened up our belt." The other first-period score came on Toby Wright's 33-yard return of an interception off North Texas' Benny Valentine.

Terrance Brown ran two yards and Mitch Maher combined with Clayton George on a 71-yard pass for the North Texas scores. DETROIT George Bell ANAHEIM, Calif. Eduardo homered for the second straight day Perez hit a bases-loaded triple to and drove in five runs, leading the support Joe Magrane's first victory Chicago White Sox to an 11-2 victo- in nearly two months as the Califor Nebraska 76, North Texas 1 4 North Texas 0 7 7 0 14 Nebraska 28 14 81 13 76 NEB: Dixon 33 pass tram Berringer (Bennett kick) NEB: Jones 1 run (Bennett kick) NEB: Wright 33 pass Interception (Bennett kick) NEB: Muhammad 11 pass from Veland (Bennett kick) NEB: Berringer 1 run (Bennett kick) NT: T.Brown 2 run (DeFelice kick) NEB: Jones 24 run (Bennett kick) NEB: Berringer 4 run (Bennett kick) NEB: Veland 1 run (Bennett kick) NEB: Banning 9 run (Sleler kick) NT: George 71 pass from Maher (DeFelice kick) NEB: Washington 15 pass from Turman (Bennett kick) NEB: Turman 1 run (run failed) W.r-T a NT Neb First downs 11 28 Rushes-yards 30-39 61-360 Passing yards 255 215 Passes 15-34-2 14-17-1 Total plays 6 7" Total net yards 294 575 Return yards 19 145 Punts-average Penalties-yards 6-43 3-35 Fumbies-kjst 1-1 1-0 Time of possession 27:33 32:27 RUSHING: North Texas T.Brown 17-55, Valentine 4-3, Maher 3-27, Cromer 2-6. Nebraska Jones 12-124, Banning B-B2, Makovlcka 5-35, Childs 7-35. PASSING: North Texas Maher 12-23-1246, Valentine 3-11-1 9.

Nebraska Berringer 7-7-0124, Veland 6-9-1 76, Turman 1 -1 -0-1 5. RECEIVING: North Texas D.Brown 3-61, George 2-81 Redwine 2-43. Nebraska Dixon 3-56, Johnson 2-28, Baul 1-37. Mall of Famer Brown lends expertise to Chiefs' cause from page D1 errors," said Northwestern Coach Larry Korver, whose 1992 squad reached the national playoffs for the 10th time in his 26 seasons at the helm. "We allowed them to have the position on us." "We didn't run real good patterns, I felt our quarterbacks weren't set associate of Allen, who passed away Dec.

31, 1990. Brown arrived on campus Thursday night, attended practice on Friday and walked the sidelines Saturday, lending his expertise to the cause. "It's an honor for me to take part in this," said Brown, an all-Dro ting up and throwing the ball, and our secondary people weren't carry- defensive back for 11 consecutive Romano ties field goal mark nose guard Maurea Cain batting Romano's record-tying fourth from page D1 down Frerotte's last two passes to field goal, a 24-yarder, gave the- MMHiiiMB end the game. Hawkeyes an 18-17 lead with 4:06 Tulsa had taken a 23-18 lead when Iowa likely 'wou'dn't have been remaining in the period before SolU: ced in wo-poin, conversion if Frerot.e led the Hurricane on and scored on a 38-yard screen pass 1 missled extra f. sForillg dnyc Tulsa held from quarterback Gus Frerotte with ick after Burmeister one-yard the lead until Iowa's winning drive.

8:16 to play. Frerotte then hit Chris ta'n sec" oe Penn for a two-point conversion to Tf1 that gave the Hawkey 3 Iowa 26, Tulsa 25 increase the lead to 25-18. ea Tui 3 7 7 8 25 Burmeister was intercepted on the The miss followed an Iowa 26 ensuing possession, but the Golden possession in which Romano, with Romano 20 Hurricane failed to move the ball. A the wind at his back, drilled a per- punt by Mark DeLozier was downed sonal best 53-yard field goal the iowa: BurmeisSti run (kick failed) at the Iowa 4, where Burmeister third longest in Iowa history. tulsa: Penn 22 pass from Frerotte (Brister kick) began the winning drive.

Romano also had field goals from l0? He hit tight end Scott Slutzker for 20, 32 and 24 yards .0 tie the school a quick 17-yard gain and Terry added record for four field goals in a game. tulsa: s. White 38 pass from Frerotte (Penn a 14-yard run. Three more runs and a Dave Holsclaw had four field goals 15-yard pass to Slutzker moved the against Minnesota in 1977 and Rob 2 M' Pa" ball to midfield. But the key moment Houghtlin connected on four kicks WUtAJM fyi of the drive came a few plays later at against Michigan in 1985.

Tut, 0W the Tulsa 21 when defensive back Tulsa trailed 12-10 at halftime First downs 20 16 Dennis Hickey was called for pass getting a 25-yard" field goal from 1 interference, giving the Hawkeyes a Brandon Brister in the first quarter by 1 2 first-and-goal on the 6. and a 22-yard touchdown pass from Rushes-yards 34-32 39-123 An incomplete pass and two runs Frerotte to Penn, who caught the pass yafd' 352j 13 moved the ball to the 2 and on fourth just inside the left corner of the end Total 79 63 down, Burmeister handed off to zone after the ball had been tipped bv Total net yardi 357 3'9 Terry. He ran left and appeared to i0Wa's Chris Jackson. SnT 'il hesitate as if about to throw an op- penn wh0 caught seven passes for Penalties-yards e-40 8-85 tion pass, then outraced three de- 149 yards, also hauled in a 41-vard 2-0 2-' fenders to the left corner of the end scoring toss from Frerotte on Tulsa's p0-7, zone. first possession of the third quarter.

ErRUsH'iNG juis. Headd 17-40 Gunn 6 15 Burmeister, who hit four of six Iowa had actually stopped the Gold- white 3-1, Williams 4-(-3), Frerotte 4-('-2i), iowa -passes on the drive, then floated a en Hurricane, but the Hawkeyes Terry 22-88, Shaw e-38, King 3-5, Burmeister 6-(-conversion pass past the outstretched roughed the punter and Frerotte led arms of three defenders to Slutzker in Tulsa on an 80-yard scoring drive aSam the far right corner of the end zone that answered Romano's 32-vard receiving: Tuisa Penn 7-149, Kedzior 4-44, with 53 seconds to play. field goal and gave the Golden Hur- Bf0wn 2-20' Nilowskl 1-10- Caswel1 Tulsa failed to move the ball on ricane a 17-15 lead with 5:58 left in the ensuing kickoff, with Hawkeye the third quarter. Guy 1 -31, jasper 1 -13, King 1 -8, Kani 1-5. Soos, Knova's still alive in ASA regional OMAHA Sioux City's two en- singled home John Ege with the Gaiger, who whiffed 12.

trants in the Amateur Softball game-winner in bottom of the eighth. Delorit had a solo homer and Association's (ASA) Midwestern Playing the international rule, single, Steve Van Ginkel two hits regional tournament here are just one Gaiger kept the Metros scoreless in and Mark Paulsen an RBI hit for the win away from securing berths in the top of the eighth, fanning two. In Soos. Tony Buckley, who formerly ASA fast-pitch nationals beginning bottom of the frame James Augustine pitched for Topeka Hertz, picked up next weekend in Decatur, 111. started on second base, and stayed the win.

The Sioux City Gateway 2000 there as James Blake beat out a bunt Knova's, which lost Friday night Soos and Knova's Country Carpets single. Ron Ege was then safe on a to the St. Joseph A's 4-0. then drubb each scored key wins in the loser's fielder's choice to load the bases, ed the Kansas City Greeks 8-0 before, bracket Saturday and now must win Delorit came through with a single eliminating the Dcs Moines Metros their first game Sunday to clinch two on the first pitch thrown to him. 6-2 in eight innings The Metros of the four berths available in the na- in the fifth the Soos tied the score finished fifth in the" recent 48-tcam tionals- when Mike Nichols walked, but was ISC tournament.

The Soos play either the St. forced on John Ege's grounder. Todd Candor socked a grand slam-' Joseph, Athletics or the Dcs Blake then singled Ege to third and homer with Kirk Aadland Steve Moines Knights, the Iowa State Ma- Ron Ege's sacrifice fly scored his R0vc and Dan Sitzmann aboard in jor runner-up this year while brother. the eight to send the Metros nackind Knovas (48-19) faces Vans of The Metros, who beat the Soos in Glen Mauley pitched the win with' Moravia, Iowa. Both games start at 9 17 innings at the ISC World touma- five strikeouts.

a-m- mcnt last month in Kimbcrly, in the romp over the KC Greeks." In their first game Saturday the got their only run in top of the first. Candor slugged a solo homer. Joc: Soos edged the Des Momcs Metros Later Saturday the Soos fell into Strub went" 3-for-4 and 2-1 eight innings. Winning pitcher the losers bracket on an 8-5 loss to Fcilmcicr and Jeff Johnson each add--' Mike Gaiger scattered eight hits Topeka, Drive Train. The win- cd two hits.

Mauley allowed only hile fanning 10. Denny Delorit ncrs scored three unearned runs off one hit and fanned 12. ing out their assignments, said seasons during his NFL career with Korver. Denver and Oakland. "I had some Northwestern entered the game oiS shoes t0 fiI1 and I'm Just gd the with just three holdover starters on tradition lives on." defense, but returned several veter- ans on offense, including halfback M''de 34, Northwestern 7 Lance Baatz and quarterbacks Adam Northwasum 7 Tyrrell and Josh Boelts, all key per- Mominaiid it 3 34 formers as mere freshmen last MORN: Keith Green 35 paw from Brian Kealing 2-for-2 on field goals, as well, converting from 32 and 39 yards.

"We fully expected to win," said senior defensive back Eric Carlson, a former North High all-stater. "We also fully expect to be competitive in the North Central. We're out to surprise some people." Northwestern, perhaps the first of several surprises, averted a shutout when Greg Terpstra found a seam down the left sideline and sprinted 70 yards to score on a punt return with 58 seconds left in the third quarter. Turnovers foiled two fourth-quarter bids by the Red Raiders, who also had an apparent touchdown erased when a 38-yard pass from Josh Boelts to Kerry Tutt was nullified by a penalty as the game clock ran out. The Raiders, 8-2-1 a year ago and listed No.

10 in the pre-season NAIA Division II rankings, were outgained 394-155 in total yards, picking up 50 1 yards with the ill-fated drive that consumed the game's final 1:52, "Mentally, we just made so many Season. (ChrisHogzettkick) Hoazett32 MORN: Keith Green 55 pass from D.D. Lawson (Hogzettkick) MORN: FQ Hogzett 39 MORN: D.O. lawson 1 0 run (Hogzett kick) NW: Greg Terpstra 70 punt return (Trey Van Dyke kick) MORN: Brian Romero 57 run (Hogzett kick) Baatz, the former Central Lyon all-stater, was a bright spot for the Raiders with a game-high 71 yards on 10 rushing attempts, but that was 15 more than the visitors netted on the ground. Former Lawton-Bronson prep Chris Lang caught five passes for 54 yards.

Saturday's honorary coach was Pro Football Hall of Famer Willie Brown, a longtime friend and 1 Morn 17 58-272 122 7-14-1 2-25 4-3 NW First downs 9 Rushes-yards 34-56 Passing yards 99 Passes 12-29-3 Punts-average Fumbles-lost 4-3 IT! Football RUSHING: Northwestern Baatz 10-71. Elbert 7-37, Nieman 1-5, Post 1-0, Boelts 6-(-10), Tyrrell 9-(-47). Morningside Lawson 5-57, Bracy 16-45, Hanks 8-43, Romero 9-38, Graham 6-29, Reagor 4-19, Beverly 6-19, Keating 3-15, Green 1-10. PASSING: Northwestern Boelts 6-16-268, Tyrrell 5-11-014, Lang 1-1-012, Nieman 0-1-10. Morningside Keating 4-8-059, Romero 2-4-18, Lawson 1-2-055.

RECEIVING: Northwestern Lang 5-54, Brahn 2-14, Baatz 2-(-6), Hupke 1-12, Jennett 1-7, Schlchllone 1-3, Elbert 0-16 (flea-flicker). Mom- Emmetsburg 34, Esthervllle 7 EMMETSBURQ. Iowa Emmetsburg opened the season with a 34-7 win over Esthervllle Friday behind a strong rushing performance from Robert Roethler and Andy Hollingsworth. Roethler. who finished with 108 yards rushing on 18 carries, scored two TDs on runs of three and four yards, and Hollingsworth scored on a five-yard scramble.

He also converted a two-point attempt HMS 22, South O'Brien 6 PAULLINA, Iowa Fullback Jeff Sterk had touchdown runs of nine, one and four yards to lead Hartley-MeMn-Sanborn to a 22 -6 victory over South O'Brien here Friday. South O'Btien's only score came on a 28- yard pass from Ta Lovan to nugnes. aterk finished the night with 77 yards on 20 hns Schulz rushed 14 carries and halfback Cr Ingslde Green 5-114, Wright 1 -5, McCold 1 -3. times for 79 yards. Sheldon 21, MOC-Floyd Valley 1 6 SHELDON, Iowa Terry Schoneman had two touchdowns to lead Sheldon to a 21-16 win here Friday over Maurice-Orange CityFloyd Valley.

Quarterback Andy Haugen put Sheldon on the scoreboard with a fumble recovery in the end zone In the opening period. Schoneman added touchdown runs In the second and fourth quarters. Haugen set up the final score with a 63-yard scramble from acrlmme. Solos-Assists- Total Northwestern: Enger 2-8 1 0, Wlnterrowd 4-37, Hotmeyer 1-56, Terpstra 4-26, Harmon 3-25, Frelse 2-3-5, Neti 2-3-5, Derr 3-1-4, Fowler 3-0-3, Rleck 1-1-2, Lang 1-1 2. Morningside: Jadus 2-46, Carlson 1-45, Busl 1-3-4, Wolltzky 2-1 -3, Hubert 3-0-3, Trevlno 3-0-3, Seay 3-0-3, Wimama 2-1 -3, McCabe 1-12, Fenton 1-1-2, Mohr 1-1-2.

Storm Lake 29, Alta-Aurella 6 AURELIA, Iowa Storm Lake beat Alta-Aurelia 29-6 here Friday night behind Boun Lo three touchdown runs. Lo scored from one, two and five yards out. The high point for Alta-Aurelia came on an 85-yard nckorf return for a score by Cory Wueboen..