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FTuesday, June 6, 1989 Part III 3 Eos Angeles ffimea Dodgers Get Strong Arm and Fast Legs in Draft L.A. Selects Florida Prep Pitcher Kiki Jones, Fresno Speedster Tom Goodwin American League Roundup Blue Jays Open New Dome in 5-3 Defeat Peete Is Drafted Again by Athletics, Wavers Slightly on Football Career Rodney Peete, former USC quarterback selected by the Detroit Lions in the sixth round of the National Football League draft, was re-drafted by baseball's Oakland Athletics Monday and said he will seriously consider a professional baseball career. "I'm very excited," Peete said. "To be re-drafted by a great organization like Oakland's will make my decision that much tougher. I came very close to signing with the A's last time." The A's selected Peete in the 14th round of the June draft in 1988, after he hit .338 and was an all-Pacific 10 infielder as a junior.

Peete elected to return for his senior football season at USC but did not play baseball this spring, choosing to hone his football skills in preparation for his first NFL training camp. Monday, he was re-selected by the A's in the 13th round. "People thought that when I didn't play baseball this year. I was ruling it out completely," he said. "But that wasn't the case.

I wanted to make football work and still do. I'm still leaning toward football. "But we haven't gotten too far in the negotiations with the Lions, and if they wait around much longer, it will make the decision that much tougher. I was disappointed to be drafted that low to start with, and that was when my interest in baseball began to peak again." The Lions will go to camp July 15. Peete said he hoped to decide in the next two or three weeks.

"Do I want to play quarterback in the NFL or go with an organization that has a chance to play in the World Series every year?" he said. "I don't know right now." -ROSSNEWHAN selected that year. Goodwin, 20, a junior who played on the 1988 Olympic team, batted .369 this season and raised his stolen-basc total to 164, fourth on the all-time NCAA list "Among the college players who played regularly, we thought he was the best in the country," Dodger scouting director Ben Wade said. "All he has to do is put the ball on the ground and it's a base hit I mean, he can flat out fly. He's a Willie Davis type, and we haven't had a player like that since Willie left." Jones, 18, is a 5-foot-10 right-handed pitcher who struck out 100 and walked only 14 in 61 innings this season, going 8-3 with an earned-run average of 1.14.

The Dodgers arc also aware that he is the father of a 22-month-old daughter who is cared for by his mother, but Wade said he didn't consider that a deterrent when it came to drafting him. "I saw him pitch twice in Florida and five of our scouts saw him, and we all felt he can run the speed gun up as high as anybody and that he might have the best curve among the top high school pitchers," Wade said. Jones is being pursued by college powers Miami and Oklahoma but said that he hopes to sign with the Dodgers. He is represented by Jim Ncadcr, Goodcn's agent. Gooden is one of several pro players from Hillsborough Gary Sheffield, Floyd Youmans, Mike Heath and Vance Lovelace arc among the others and Jones said that Gooden, who still works out at the school in the off-season has been a strong influence on his career.

Said Billy Reed, the Hillsborough coach: "Kiki isn't as fluid, as advanced as Dwight was at this stage, but velocity-wise, he can throw just as hard. Ho faced more publicity than any athlete I've ever had I mean, it was a media zoo every time we played but he handled it well." By ROSS NEWH AN, Times Staff Writer The Dodgers turned to the baseball farm that is Hillsborough High School in Tampa, for their first selection in the annual summer draft Monday. Using the 15th pick that belonged to the New York Yankees before the Yankees lost it by signing ex-Dodger Steve Sax, a Class A free agent, the Dodgers selected pitcher Kiki Jones, who in December was labeled the nation's top prep prospect by Baseball America magazine and is a protege of Hillsborough graduate Dwight Gooden. With their own first-round choice, No. 22 overall, the Dodgers picked Fresno State center fielder Tom Goodwin, who had 61 stolen bases this year, high in the National Collegiate Athletic Assn.

Only the first-round selections were announced through the commissioner's office in New York, a practice baseball adopted several years ago in an attempt to thwart the use of the draft list by agents and college recruiters. However, it was learned that as the 28th choice a compensation pick for the loss of Sax between the first and second rounds, the Dodgers selected Jim McAndrcw, a junior relief pitcher from the University of Florida. McAndrcw had 16 saves during his college career and was the No. 1 punter on the Gators' football team for two years before quitting last season to work on his pitching. Other highlights: The Baltimore Orioles, as expected, made Ben McDonald, Louisiana State's 6-foot-7, right-handed pitcher, the first player selected.

McDonald has a year of eligibility left but said he expects to receive a larger signing bonus than the $240,000 that the San Diego Padres gave last year's top pick, Evans-ville pitcher Andy Bencs. The Angels, drafting ninth, took left-handed pitcher Kyle Ab- The SkyDome wasn't quite ready, and apparently its occupants, the Toronto Blue Jays, weren't either. While workmen were still putting the final touches on the structure Monday night, the Blue Jays were losing their debut in their new home, 5-3, to the Milwaukee Brewers. Glenn Braggs hit a two-run home run, and Gary Sheffield drove in two runs as the Brewers ended the Blue Jays' three-game winning streak by beating their ace, Jimmy Key (6-4), who went the distance, giving up nine hits. "This will take a little while to get used to," Key said.

"It's not like home quite yet." Workmen were setting up railings behind the plate and checking the outfield fences when the teams took batting practice. The fifth enclosed stadium in the majors is located in downtown Toronto. It doesn't have any ticket windows yet, and parking is scarce. But 48,378 fans showed up and most seemed to like everything about the opener except the outcome. Boston 5, Detroit 2 A subdued Sparky Anderson returned as manager of the Tigers and watched more or less calmly as his team lost again in Detroit.

Mike Greenwell hit a 440-foot home run and drove in three runs to help Roger Clemens (6-4) win for the first time since May 12. Anderson spent three weeks at his home in Thousand Oaks recovering from exhaustion. He said he was unable to do what he had always admonished his players to do leave baseball, especially defeatat the ballpark. "I always taught that, but I became a mental and physical wreck because I couldn't do it," Anderson said. "There has never been anyone with the possible exception of Gene Mauch who takes losses harder than I do." Lou Whitaker hit his 14th home run for the Tigers to remain tied for the league lead.

Baltimore 16, New York 3 The Orioles aren't just winning, they're embarrassing the opposition. Steve Finley hit a grand slam to cap an eight-run third inning in New York, and the Orioles were helped by six Yankee errors as they game to La Palma Kennedy, 1-0, in nine innings Saturday at Dodger Stadium. The Kansas City Royals made Cal State Fullcrton catcher Brent Maync the 13th pick. Maync, a junior, batted .350 in 49 games after hitting .393 last year. Goodwin, Big West player of the year, was one of five first-round selections from that conference and one of three from Fresno State.

The San Francisco Giants took outfielder Steve Hoscy, and the Toronto Blue Jays took shortstop Eddie Zosky. It was the first time since 1979 that one school has had three players drafted in the first round. Michigan had Steve Howe, Rick Leach and Steve Perry Salkeld Goes Just as Fast in Draft Seattle Makes Saugus High Fireballer Third Pick of First Round Associated Prcae Manager Sparky Anderson is back with the Detroit Tigers after taking a three-week rest. scored their eighth straight win. Yankee first baseman Don Mat-tingly, a Gold Glove winner the last four years, made two errors in a game for the first time in his career.

Mattingly, pitcher Andy Hawkins and second baseman Steve Sax erred on consecutive plays to start the third inning. All 10 runs off Hawkins were unearned. One of the few earned runs was Mickey Tettleton's 14th home run for the Orioles. The Yankee defense made it easy for Jeff Ballard to improve his record to 9-1. He gave up nine hits and both runs in seven innings.

The struggling Yankees fell seven games behind the Orioles in the East. Texas 4, Chicago 2 Julio Franco knocked in two more runs at Arlington, to increase his league-leading total to 49 and help the Rangers win. Bobby Witt made it through seven innings to improve his record to 5-5. Jeff Russell retired the final four White Sox to get his 11th save. Rookie Greg Hibbard (0-1) watched his outfielders turn two fly balls into triples that contributed to Texas runs.

Minnesota 2, Oakland 1 Al Newman singled home both runs for the Twins at Oakland, and Jeff Reardon held off the Athletics in the eighth and ninth innings. The win went to rookie Francisco Oliveras, who had eight years in the minors before making his debut last week. Kansas City 5, Seattle 3 Matt Winters singled in the 13th inning, scoring Danny Tartabull, and the Royals beat the Mariners in Seattle's Kingdome. Winters, who doubled in his first major league at bat last Tuesday, went 0 for 5 before his game-winning hit off reliever Steve Trout. Tartabull had singled off Tom Niedenfuer (0-2), who was replaced by Trout.

Bill Buckner singled, setting the stage for the game-winning hit. Mike McFar-lane singled in another run. -DANHAFNER ster. And they scored more runs than they have in two years. The Mets had a four-game winning streak and their best pitcher of 1988, David Cone, going for them.

But Cone, who lost only three games last season, was rocked for seven runs and was gone before he could retire seven batters. His record fell to 3-5, and the Mets dropped games behind the Cubs. Greg Maddux (5-5), who had some bad luck early in the season, was breezing to his fourth victory in a row when he was hit in the calf by a Darryl Strawberry smash in the fifth. He finished that inning, then left. He is not expected to miss a turn.

St. Louis 5, Montreal 4 The livelier ball may have made a difference for the Cardinals, who usually trail the league in home runs. Milt Thompson hit a three-run home run, and Tom Brunansky added a two-run shot in the third inning as the Cardinals gained only their second victory' in their last eight games. Jose DeLeon (7-3) walked six batters in 6V6 innings but gave up only three hits and struck out 10. San Diego 10, Houston 2 After going 238 consecutive games without scoring in double figures, the Padres, with the help of 17 hits, did it at Houston.

Ed Whitson (9-2) held the Astros, who had won 10 games in a row, to five hits in eight innings for his seventh win in a row. Tony Gwynn had four singles for. San Diego. Philadelphia 3, Pittsburgh 3 Umpires waited almost two hours at Philadelphia before calling this game a tie after eight innings because of rain. All statistics will be retained, but the entire game will be replayed.

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Gino Tagliaferri, a shortstop from Kennedy, was selected in the third round by Detroit. Tagliaferri (5-11, 190), who led Kennedy to the City 4-A title this year, hit 13 home runs this season and 23 in his career, both school records. He has signed a letter of intent with Fresno State. Jason Evans, Chatsworth's starting shortstop, was chosen in the fourth round by the Chicago Cubs. Evans (5-11, 180), who has signed a letter of intent with Cal, stole 24 bases and hit .406.

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1 pick of last year, Jim Abbott, but he said, "I like to tell everybody he's my cousin." Two other Southland players were selected in the first round. The Seattle Mariners made pitcher Roger Salkcld of Saugus High School the No. 3 choice. Salkeld was 13-1 with a 0.59 earned-run average and 177 strikeouts in 109V6 innings this season, losing in the CIF Southern Section 3-A title in 109V6 innings. Salkeld's high school career ended with a ninth-inning wild pitch Saturday at Dodger Stadium, allowing La Palma Kennedy to defeat Saugus, 1-0, for the Southern Section 3-A Division title.

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"Before the year started, I didn't think I had a shot at the draft. I didn't have the confidence." Salkeld is the highest first-round choice from Southern California since Kurt Stillwell, now with the Kansas City Royals, was taken six years ago as the No. 2 pick by the Cincinnati Reds while a senior at Thousand Oaks High. Salkeld, whose fastball has been clocked in excess of 90 m.p.h., was projected throughout the season as a top draft choice by Sports Illustrated and Baseball America. He had a three-year high school record of 30-7 with 404 strikeouts and a 1.31 earned-run average in 266VS innings.

This season, he was 13-1 with 177 strikeouts and a 0.59 ERA For the Record The name of the winner of last year's Orange County Performing Arts Center Triathlon was reported incorrectly in Monday's editions. Andrew MacNaughton of West' Hills was the 1988 winner. In Sunday's editions, the baseball coach at Placentia's El Dorado High School was incorrectly identified. Steve Gullotti is the coach. LAKER PLAYOFFS DODGERS ALL-STAR GAKE FRONT ROW CENTER WttlLl IF.VM.UT ()701-5995 OfUMO COUNTY DOWNTOWN (714)751-9800 OSWESrwOOODL Strvk Otvgt kid.

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Mitchell, who hit four home runs in three games at Atlanta and now has 19, has driven in 12 runs in the last five games. Until about a week ago, the pitchers appeared to be dominating the National League. All of a sudden, balls are booming out of the parks and against the wall. Manager Whitey Herzog of the St. Louis Cardinals said his club recently received a new batch of baseballs from the league office and wondered if that was the reason.

Whatever it may be, the Giants, who recently had trouble scoring, got 15 hits in this game. They gave an 11-2 lead to Scott Garrelts, who retired the first 13 Reds and gained his fourth victory in five decisions while going eight innings. Chicago IS, New York 3 To the Cubs, who hit six home runs in spacious Busch Stadium, Wrigley Field must have seemed like a band box when they returned home to play the Mets. This time, the Cubs came up with two homers, the first of Dwight Smith's career and the third in the last three games for Mitch Web Ma. CONVERT WALL OR rLOOH FURNACES TO CENTRAL HEAT AC SAVE UP TO exp.

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