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Wisconsin State Journal, Sunday, June 3, 1990 BASEBALL 7F Muskies' Kracl drives toward big leagues By Scott Williams Sports reporter Mind you, he has nothing against the city or its people, but Madison Muskies pitcher Darin Kracl is anxious to be moving on. Kracl has made that very clear by the way he has dominated opposing hitters since being drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the fourth round of the 1989 free-agent draft. Another hint that Kracl is hoping to make his stay in the Midwest League a brief one can be observed cruising the streets of Madison. Kracl, along with teammates DaryJ Vice and David Latter, purchased a run-down tan car as his mode of transportation and plastered it from front to rear with Skoal bumper stickers. "We actually bought it as a substitute car until our regular cars arrived from Arizona," Kracl said.

"We paid $240 and named it the 'Butterscotch It's about Ever since Kracl signed his first professional contract, the 22-year-old has been pitching with a single purpose in mind to play in the major leagues. The right-hander began his professional career at Southern Oregon of the Northwest Rookie League. In 90 innings over 15 appearances, Kracl posted a 10-1 record with a 3.69 ERA. Yet, Kracl who played at Brigham Young University, which produced current major-leaguers Cory Snyder, Jack Morris and Rick Aguilera believes the best is yet to come. "I have a lot of confidence as a pitcher," he said.

"My college coaches told me to be aggressive and go after the hitters. It's like they said, 'You're either going to be out there (on the mound) 10 minutes or 2 hours. It's up to Kracl has made short work of his opponents through his first two months with the Muskies. In 77 innings, he has a 7-2 record with a 1.99 ERA. He has surrendered just 57 hits.

Kracl gives much of the credit for his continued development to Bob Noel, the BYU pitching coach. "He taught me a lot," said Kracl, who is scheduled to start against South Bend today at 2 p.m. at Warner Park. "I had a lot of tools when I arrived at BYU, but he helped me develop those skills. "I look at my years there as a kind of kindercollege in that it prepared me to take the next step to professional baseball." It also doesn't hurt when you have Wes Stock, Oakland's minor-league pitching coach, and Athletics pitchers Dave Stewart and Mike Norris supplying insight.

Stock proved particularly helpful for pitching inside to left-handed hitters a problem Kracl points to for his relatively high ERA at Southern Oregon. "I had trouble against lefties my first year in pro ball," Kracl was hard for me to pitch inside on lefties, because you have a tendency not to want to throw across your body. Wes taught me a cut fastball and it's made a big difference." Whether it's made enough of a difference to warrant a promotion is yet to be seen. However, rumors persist that a possible call-up perhaps to Class AAA Tacoma is in the not-too-distant future. Kracl also hears those rumblings, but he insists it's important he remain focused on the business at hand.

"I would honestly have to say that I do a pretty good job of blocking that type of stuff out of my mind when I'm pitching," Kracl said. "I just feel it's my destiny to some day pitch in the major leagues and win 20 games. If it's meant to happen, it will." Racing Calendar (TWO MONTHS) w- tt Darin Kracl seen its grave, but it served its 0 Ql 4 i 10 11 16 17 18 23 24 25 i 8 11 14 15 18 21 2 a 28j 111 Muskies drop Angels LSU routs The Citadel hoi 1 1 2 1 ab 3 3 1 0 5 mm 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 Easlev ss H. Threodglll 2b Rodriguez rf Kopano 3b Jones cf Ortegon lb Gonzales C. Threodglll If Gay dh Tlnslev cf Abbott ss Bck ph Tamarez ss Conte rt Cooley dh Armas 3b Shockev lb Vice 2b Lydv It Mercedes Totals Madison Quod City 39 121212 Totals A Matinee Performance 1:30 p.m.

Evening Performance 7:30 p.m. a Doubleheader For reservations and other information call: 1-800-RACING-5 (1-800-722-4645) Wis. Dells GREYHOUm RACHIG 140 311 020 12 000 002 003 5 Associated Press Tim Clark's two-run home run highlighted a tie-breaking rally and Tookie Johnson drove in three runs with a pair of doubles Saturday, powering second-seeded Louisiana State to an 8-2 victory over The Citadel in the first round of the College World Series at Omaha, Neb. With the score tied at 2, Ron Lim walked to open the LSU third and scored on Wes Grisham's two-out single. Clark's two-run home run to right made it 5-2.

COLLEGE WORLD SERIES Oklahoma State 14, Fullerton State 4 Home runs by Neil Szeryk and Michael Daniel during a seven-run second inning helped Oklahoma State (54-16) pound Fullerton State (36-22). The third-seeded Cowboys had 18 hits, at least one from each starter and four each by Brad Beanblossom and Daniel. State Journal staff DAVENPORT, Iowa Fred Cooley went 3-for-4 with four RBI, including a solo home run, and the Madison Muskies jumped out to a 10-0 advantage en route to pounding the Quad City Angels, 12-5, before a Midwest League gathering of 3,929 Saturday. Scott Lydy also hit a solo home run for the Muskies (31-20), leaders of the Northern Division by 5Vi over Rockford. Russ Cormier (3-0) pitched 5Vs shutout innings, before the Angels got through to the Muskies starter for a pair of runs.

He retired nine straight until two were out in the Abbott, Shockev, Eosley. DP Madison 2, Quad City 1. LOB Madison 6, Quod City 7. 2B Cooley, Tinsley, Beck, Jones. HR Lydy (3), Cooley (12).

Midwest league sixth. Cormier walked three and struck out six, before Mike Mohler finished with three-hit relief. After scoring an unearned run in the first, Madison went up, 5-0, in the second. Henry Mercedes had a two-run single and Lee Tinsley added a run-scoring single in the four-run second. Lydy led off the fifth with his third home run and Cooley slammed his solo shot with one out in the sixth into a 35 mph breeze blowing from right to left.

ER BB SO 6 2 3 3 Madison Cormier (3-0) Mohler (1) Quad City Martinez (4-3) Vegely Marchese Adams 3 2-3 7 7 3 6 3 1-3 2 2 2 0 3 1 2 2 9 10 1 0 0 0 0 2 ..010 030 000 4 I Fullerton State Wisconsin Dells. Wl 53965-0390 Exit 92 1-9094 Hwy. 12 The Citadel 101 000 000 2 12 Oklahoma State 07S 010 01X 14 II Louisiana State ..023 120 OOX I 14 Popoff, Robinson (3), Fitzgerald (4), Faulks (5), Watson (8) and Hottobaugh. Burbank, Kanwlsher (8), Mllckl (9) and Daniel, Shelton (8). Burbank (10-1).

-Popoff (12-5), HR Szeryk, OSU, (5), Daniel, OSU, (21). HBP Shockey (by Martinez), Abbott (by WP Vegely. Balk Cormier. PB Mercedes. 3:00.

Att. 3,929. Brltt, Stowell (5), Kraft (8) and Glaze. Byrd, Greene (8), LoRosa (9) and Oslk, Hvmel (9). Byrd (17-5).

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