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San Diego County fios Angeles STunes Monday, October 8, 1984 tt CCPart III Padres Rally Fro enei 9 SI 0 0 bitoS Cubs Go Home 6-3 Losers; San I)iego Faces Detroit Bullpen Trio Does a Job on Chicago By GORDON EDES, Times Staff Writer SAN DIEGO Poised to vanquish history and an unforgiving past, the Chicago Cubs, destiny's orphans, added to their sweet siren song of failure in the fifth game of the National League playoffs Sunday afternoon. There will be no reissue of that Norman Rockwell original: World Series 1945, Cubs vs. Detroit Tigers. Instead, the Padres, a team with a tradition as storied as frozen yogurt, are Series -bound after Sunday afternoon's 6-3 win over the Cubs, who crumbled under the weight of a 3-0 lead with their best pitcher, Rick Sutcliffe, on the mound. The Padres will he home against the Tigers in the Series opener Tuesday.

With instruments of destruction as innocent as Alan Wiggins' drag-bunt single in the sixth and Carmelo Martinez's leadoff walk in the seventh, the Padres set into motion the forces that allowed them to become the first National League team ever to come back from two games down in the playoffs. For the Cubs, there also would be self -betrayal. First baseman Leon Durham, whose two-run homer off Eric Show had given Chicago a 2-0 lead in the first, let Tim Flannery's ground ball skid undisturbed through his legs in the seventh, an inning that did not end until the Padres had scored four runs. And there would be a simple twist of fate, also in the seventh: Tony Gwynn's one-hop shot to Cubs second baseman Ryne Sand-berg, so tantalizingly close to being an inning-ending double play, in- Umpires go back to work. Steve Dolan's story.

Page 2. Tony Gwynn is right where he wants to be. Chris Cobbs' story. Page 3. World Series schedule.

Page 3. McReynolds will be a Series spectator. Page 4. Tigers think they have the edge. Ross Newhan's story.

Page 6. stead skipped high over Sandberg's glove. When it came down, it had materialized into a two-run double, the Padres led, 5-3, and San Diego was only a Goose Gossage save away from a celebration that spilled out of the Padre clubhouse and into the parking lot outside of the stadium, where the players joined in the first pennant tailgate party in the team's 16-year history. "Nobody admitted we won the division and we did," catcher Terry Kennedy said. "It's like we didn't showup in Chicago.

They counted us out right away it was the Tigers and the Cubs in the Series. "You always have to prove it the first time, then you have the respect. Now we've got the respect forever. "I know one thing: We got the '69 Cubs off the hook." These Cubs, most of whom were imported by General Manager Dallas Green from other teams, do not trace their bloodlines that far back. But the stain of that collapse to the Mets 15 years ago would have faded forever with the team's first pennant in 39 years.

It didn't happen. "This is the first Cubs team that Please see PADRES, Page 6 By STEVE DOLAN, Times Staff Writer SAN DIEGO-There were heroes galore Sunday afternoon for the San Diego Padres. Alan Wiggins and Tony Gwynn began a two-run sixth inning with singles. Tim Flannery hit a grounder through Leon Durham's legs in the seventh to tie the game. Gwynn hit a two-run double in the seventh to win the game.

And Steve Garvey capped a 6-3 win with a run-scoring single. None of them would have been in the position to be heroes if not for Andy Hawkins, Dave Dravecky and Craig Lefferts. They pitched 5V6 innings of hitless relief to keep the Padres in the game after they had fallen behind early by three runs. "They held the Cubs so that we had a chance," Rich Gossage said. "Without those three guys, we wouldn't be here right now.

Well, we'd be here, but we'd be sitting in our chairs instead of celebrating." Gossage had the final say in the bullpen. He stopped the Cubs on two hits in the final two innings, saving San Diego's first pennant in its 16-year history. There was a little bit for Gossage to prove. He had been unable to hold a two-run lead in the eighth inning of Game 4, but Steve Garvey won the game in the bottom of the ninth. "I did some positive things in that game," Gossage said.

"All I did was let them tie it up. I kept the game close. In everything negative, there is always something positive to look at." Among the positives of the playoffs has been the Padres' relief pitching since Game 1. The trio of middle relievers who worked Sunday did not allow a run in 13 innings against the Cubs. Hawkins pitched 3 innings, Lefferts four innings and Dravecky six.

Each pitched in three games. Hawkins is a starter who was demoted to the bullpen in mid-season because of ineffectiveness. He likely would have been sent to the minors, except he was out of options. Dravecky has been the utility-man of the staff. He began the year in the bullpen, was switched to the starting rotation in late June and Please see BULLPEN, Page 4 Mike Littwin 'i yJr CHRISTINE COTTER Los Angeles Times Terry Kennedy leaps into the arms of Rich Gossage after the Padres won their first NL pennant.

This Is One Loss That's Going to Hurt Cub Fans for a Long Time Someone in the Cosmos has played a cruelly elaborate practical joke on the Cubs and their fans, a joke that was 39 years in the making. A joke that flies in the face of everyone who has ever had a dream. A joke that none too subtly suggests to all the losers of the world that losers they will always be. "Nobody died, nobody got hurt," Cub left fielder Gary Matthews wanted to say. A dream died.

Lots of people got hurt. "It's going to live with us the rest of our lives," losing pitcher Rick Sutcliffe said. SAN DIEGO Poor Cubbies. Poor Chicago. The poet wrote about the city of the big shoulders.

I hope he knew what he was talking about. It's gonna need some monster shoulders, if only to cry on. Forget about the Cubs' collapse of 1969. Forget about Mrs. O'Leary's cow.

The city of Chicago reached a new high in lows Sunday afternoon at Jack Murphy Stadium where its beloved Cubs were unceremoniously put to rest. They blew a 2-0 lead in the playoffs and a 3-0 lead in Sunday's deciding game. The Cubbies lose the pennant. The Cubbies lose the pennant. And no one is ever going to forget it.

Nothing else compares to the Cubs' 6-3 loss to the Padres Sunday. All other disasters in Chicago lore are relegated to second best, or second worst. Talk about your lost weekends. DON BARTLETTI Los Angeles Times Things certainly are looking up for first baseman Steve Garvey and the Padres. He hit .400, had 7 RBIs and was named MVP.

Davis said. "I can't believe that it's Please see LITTWIN, Page 7 Chargers Hold Off Packers Payton Picks Up 154 Yards and the Rushing Record "I'm in a state of over." catcher Jody Walter Payton By MARK HEISLER, Times Staff Writer to Win, 34-28 Dickey pass intended for James Lofton caused the ball to bounce off Lofton's shoulder pads and into the arms of corner back Gill Byrd at the Packer nine-yard line. The Chargers scored on the next play. Smith killed any chances of a Packer comeback by intercepting another Dickey pass intended for Lofton with 1:28 left and the Chargers clinging to a precarious Please see CHARGERS, Page 13 By MIKE HISERMAN, Times Staff GREEN BAY-Charger coaches promised the fans that this wouldn't happen this year. They said that 41-38 wins and 34-31 losses were a thing of the past.

In the preseason, they even went so far as to say that the team would win a few games because of the defense, not in spite of it. The 54,045 witnesses of the Chargers' 34-28 win over the Green Bay Packers on Sunday could probably pose an argument Writer supporting either side. The Chargers allowed 415 yards to the National Football League's worst offense, yet forced two interceptions, the first of which led to a touchdown, while the second sealed the victory as time ran out. Linebacker Billy Ray Smith, who was much maligned for his pass coverage as a rookie last year, had a hand in forcing each turnover and even predicted the second. His third -quarter deflection of a Lynn CHICAGO-At 1:40 on a gloomy Sunday afternoon that was going to get a lot gloomier, Walter Payton slammed around left end for the six yards that took him to 12,317 in his career and off the charts forever.

The king was dead, long live the king. Behind was the last marker on the trail, left by the nearly immor tal Jim Brown 19 years ago. Brown is stuck at 12,312, unless he makes good his threat to return. Payton is now the National Football League's No. 1 all-time rusher.

In all Sunday, Payton gained 154 yards on 32 carries. He's at 12,400 now and pulling away. Also, his Chicago Bear team-Please see PAYTON, Page 15 SUNDAY'S PRO FOOTBALL Denver 28 Detroit 7 Plaas saa Paga 8 Scores, Summaries Plaas sa Pag 17 United Press International Bronco receiver Steve Watson heads for end zone after Lions' Bobby Watson falls down. Miami Pittsburgh Picas Washington Indianapolis Ptaasa aa N.Y.Jets Kansas City Ptaaa aa 31 7 Paga 9 35 7 Paga 9 17 16 Paga 10 L.A. Raiders 28 Seattle 14 PImm mm Pag 12 Atlanta 30 L.A.

Rams 28 PImm Paga 14 Cincinnati 13 Houston 3 Plaas Paga 8 Philadelphia 27 Buffalo 17 Plaas aaa Paga 10 Tampa Bay 35 Minnesota 31 Ptaaa aaa Paga 1 0 New England 17 Cleveland 16 Ptoaa aaa Paga 10.