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ADVANCE-REGISTER, Saturday, July 18, 1987 5 The season has been especially rich in ballgame ho-hums Baseball cliches: A fan's glossary "We're not getting any clutch hitting." "It's a funny game." sneak up." able to won't be We pitching." win without can't "You "You've got to score runs to win." AP Laserphoto "It's a long season" Seattle Mariners Manager Dick Williams studies his lineup card during a 3-2 loss against the Detroit Tigers Thursday night in Detroit. Williams is framed by several baseball cliches from a year that has been particularly blessed with ballgame "ho-hums," according to sports reporter Edvins Beitiks. Baseball Major-league standings stats leaders American League American League West Division Pct. GB Minnesota 50 41 .549 Oakland 48 41 .538 Kansas City 46 43 .517 00 California 46 45 .505 Seattle 45 45 .500 Texas 41 47 466 Chicago 35 52 .402 13 East Division New York 57 34 .626 Toronto 52 37 .584 Detroit 50 37 5 Milwaukee 44 43 .506 11 Boston 41 49 0:456 Baltimore 37 53 411 Cleveland 32 57 .360 24 Friday's results Oakland 11, Boston 6, 10 innings Milwaukee 12, California 2 Detroit 7, Seattle 0 Chicago 4, Cleveland 3, 10 innings Minnesota 3, Toronto 2 Baltimore 3, Kansas City New York 8, Texas 4 National League West Division Pct. GB Cincinnati 48 42 .533 Houston 45 44 .506 San Francisco 44 46 .489 4 Atlanta 41 48 .461 Los Angeles 41 49 .456 San Diego 31 59 .344 17 East Division St.

Louis 57 31 .648 Montreal 49 39 .557 8 Chicago 49 41 .544 9 New York 48 41 .539 Philadelphia 43 45 .489 14 Pittsburgh 39 50 .438 Friday's results Chicago 5, San Francisco 1 Los Angeles 3, Pittsburgh 2, 10 innings St. Louis 4, San Diego 03 Montreal 5, Atlanta 4 Cincinnati 5, New York 2 Philadelphia 2, Houston 1 TV-radio sports TELEVISION Tonight 4:30 p.m. (29-30) Wide World of Sports: Women's gymnastics, figure skating. 4:30 p.m. (ESPN 9) U.S.

Olympic Festival. 4:35 p.m. (WTBS 28) Baseball: 7 p.m. 14) Boxing: WBA Braves vs. Exporiso junior-middleweight title fight.

Sunday 7:30 a.m. (29-30) Golf: British Open. 9 a.m. (ESPN 9) U.S. Olympic Festival.

10:30 a.m. (WTBS 28) Baseball: Braves vs. Expos. Noon (ESPN 9) Tennis: U.S. Clay Court Championships.

Noon, 4 p.m., 9 p.m. (NSH 4) American Sports Cavalcade: Golden State Nationals motocross. 1 p.m. (WGN 2) Baseball: Cubs vs. Giants.

1 p.m. bicycling. (23-47) Sports Sunday: Boxing, 1 p.m. (17-24) Auto racing: CART Indy Toronto. 2 p.m.

(ESPN 9) Women's golf: The Boston Five Classic final. 3 p.m. (29-30) Yachting: World 12- meter championships. 4:30 p.m. (ESPN 9) U.S.

Olympic Festival. Monday 4:30 p.m. (ESPN 9) U.S. Olympic Festival. 6:30 p.m.

(30) Baseball. RADIO Tonight 5 p.m. (KCHJ 1010-KTIP 1450) Baseball: Angels vs. Brewers. 6:45 p.m.

(KVIS 1400) Baseball: Pirates at Dodgers. Sunday 10:05 a.m. (KXTC 790) Baseball: A's VS. Red Sox. 11 a.m.

(KCHJ 1010-KTIP 1450) Baseball: Angels vs. Brewers. 12:40 p.m. (KCOK 1270) Baseball: Cubs vs. Giants.

12:45 p.m. (KVIS 1400) Baseball: Pirates vs. Dodgers. Monday 4 Baseball: p.m. (KCHJ 1010-KTIP 1450) Angels vs.

Red Sox. 4:35 p.m. (KXTC 790) Baseball: A's vs. Tigers. 7:10 p.m.

(KCOK 1270) Baseball: Pirates ve. Giants. By Edvins Beitiks San Francisco Examiner SAN FRANCISCO (SHNS) This is the time of the season when there ought to be a book by your side to help out when you read the paper something with a title like "Baseball Cliches: A Fan's Glossary." This year has been especially rich in the spilling of ballgame ho-hums. So for those who've had a little trouble keeping up, here's a list of the latest cliches some of them just slick versions of old favorites. When you see one of these in print or hear it over the air, you can check with the glossary to find out what they're really saying.

(Half a dozen of these, by the way, were lifted right out of an end-of-June Sports Illustrated article on the Cleveland Indians, that sappy alibi laid out by the magazine after it pulled the pennant-prediction boner of the decade). "We've had a lot of freak injuries this year." All of the freaks on the team have wound up on the DL at one time or another. "It's a funny game." Yeah. We lost on a fluke and you can hear me laughing. Ha.

Ha. "The pitchers are pitching me differently from last year." They're not stupid. Once they found out I couldn't hit an inside slider, that's all I get. "I'm hitting the ball where it's pitched, going more to the opposite field." I can't get around on the ball anymore. I'm late on everything.

"We're not as bad a team as we looked out there today." Nobody could be that bad. "We're not getting any clutch hitting." Plenty of brake hitting and gas hitting, though. "They'll be ready for us this year. We won't be able to sneak up on anybody." They'll start game when both teams are on the field, instead of when the other team's getting dressed in the clubhouse. "I'm trying too hard at the plate." The pitchers are making me look like a fool.

I'm swinging away at everything that comes at me, whether it's up in my eyes or down around my shoes, and if I keep going like this I'll drop below the Mendoza line. "We hit the ball hard, but right at somebody." We made a lot of outs. "I had good velocity on the ball tonight." I had a fastball that didn't give the hitter enough time to walk out of the batter's box for a smoke. "We've had a lot of freak injuries this year." All of the freaks on the team have wound up on the DL at one time or another. "We didn't feel the time was right for a trade." After the other owners stopped laughing out loud at our offers, they hung up.

"It's a trade that should help both teams." We took them to the "I'm doing my best. That's all I can do." Unless management comes up with an extra $100,000 and some bonus clauses. "I'm giving it 110 percent all the time." Except when I get caught off first or take a called third strike. Then maybe it's only 90-95 percent. "I've got no patience on this team with anybody who isn't giving it 110 percent." Unless he's hit 20 home runs and is making $1.2 million a year.

Then I've got all the patience in the world. "I'm staying within myself this year." Baseball's equivalent of jazzercize language it doesn't mean a thing. "If the skip wants me to play at first, fine. I'm happy to do what's best for the team." But that's got to be the stupidest thing I've ever heard of in my life. "He reminds me of a young Yastrzemski, Mays, Williams, etc." Real young.

Like maybe 6 years old. "Having them intentionally walk somebody to get to me really got my blood boiling. I knew I was going to get a hit after that." Not heard the nine times out of 10 when a team pitches around somebody, then whiffs the next batter on three straight fastballs. "You can't win without pitching." Heard from a manager with great hitters and no pitching. "You've got to score runs to win." Heard from a manager with great pitchers and no hitting.

"We're a team. Twenty-four guys who are always hustling, who really Oaks win fifth straight game Senne's homer gives Visalia 10th-inning triumph Look out Palm Springs. Here come the Oaks. Visalia received a leadoff home run from Tim Senne in the bottom of the 10th inning to give the Oaks a 10-9 win over the San Jose Bees in a California League game Friday night at Recreation Park. Senne's homer gave Visalia its fifth consecutive win and pulled it to within games of first-place Palm Springs, which lost a 6-3 decision to San Bernardino Friday night.

The Oaks also moved to within a game of the .500 mark with a 13-14 record. Palm Springs leads the Southern Division with an 18-8 mark. San Jose, meanwhile, continued to struggle in the second half, dropping to 3-23, a winning percentage of just .115. The Bees trail Reno by 17 games in the Northern Division. With the score tied 9-9 in the bottom of the 10th inning, third baseman Senne hit a slider from Dave Collishaw over the right-field fence for the game-winning shot.

Visalia led 9-5 after scoring seven times in the seventh inning to overcome a 5-2 deficit. The Bees stung the Oaks in the ninth, however, when former major-leaguer Ken Reitz delivered a sacrifice fly, Harvey Lee doubled in a run and pinch hitter Eddie Gonzalez hit a two-run homer to knot the score at 9-9. San Jose took an early 5-0 advantage when Dan Mori drove in a run in the first inning, ex-California Angel Darryl Sconiers had a tworun single in the second and Hector Nakamura blooped a run-scoring single and a bases-loaded walk brought in two more runs in the fifth. The Oaks began their comeback in their half of the fifth when Senne doubled in a run and Joey Aragon singled in another to slice the Bees' edge to three runs, 5-2. Eleven Visalia batters went to the plate in the seven-run seventh.

Highlights included a double by Softball results Note: Names are spelled as reported by the scorekeepers. SOFTBALL Adult League Allgood Trucking 23, Heathens 9 Anita Ayala had two home runs, a double and two singles, while Debra Burrell collected a home run, two doubles and two singles for Allgood. Flo Lee had two home runs and a single, and Margaret Bell picked up three singles for Heathens. Loading Chutes 15, Greenhornettes 5 Sandy Edwards had a double and two singles, with teammates Connie Crase and Amanda Patton adding two singles apiece for Loading Chutes. Carol Freitas had a home run and a single, and Gloria Simoes singled three times for Gary's Greenhornettes.

Tulare Auto 17, Wayside Nazarene 1 Joan Fernandez had two home runs and a double, while Juanita Pena supplied two doubles and a single for Tulare Auto Supply. Lupe Ybarra had two doubles and Tammy Harmon singled twice for Wayside. Van's Market 13, T.C. Racquet Club 5 Kelly Rowe had a home run and a single, with Mona Henry and Jennie Winn each contributing a pair of singles for Van's. Suzanna Lizardo singled and homered, while Debbie Thompson and Trish Gallagher had two singles apiece for Tulare County Racquet Club.

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there Sunday ONLY care about each other." Except for that geek over there, who hasn't done one thing to earn his salary since he got in the big leagues. "He was losing his stuff. If I had it to do over, I'd take him out "I'm giving it 110 percent all the time." Except when I get caught off first or take a called third strike. Then maybe it's only 90-95 percent. again." And my relievers would throw up lollipops like they did, and we'd get pasted the same way, 11-3.

"We're not playing (Yankee, Giants, Dodger, etc.) kind of ball." When we win, we're playing Yankee, Giants, Dodger, etc. kind of ball. When we lose, we're not. "It's a long season." And if we lose four more in a row like this, it'll be even longer. "It was a breaking ball that didn't break." Just like the fastball: throw that doesn't fast.

"He just could be the best lefthander in the league." If all the rest of them quit the game right now to become Hare Krishnas. "We're playing them one game at a time." That way we never have more than one loss in a row. "Every game is crucial now." We're history. Batting Boggs, Boston, Trammell, Detroit, Mattingly, New York, Puckett, Minnesota, Evans, Boston, .320. Runs Boggs, Boston, 73; Randolph, New York, 70; White, California, 65; Downing, California, 65; Bell, Toronto, 62.

RBI Bell, Toronto, 77; Joyner, California, 74; Evans, Boston, 71; McGwire, Oakland, 71; Mattingly, New York, 68; Winfield, New York, 68. Hits Boggs, Boston, 128; Puckett, Minnesota, 116; Fernandez, Toronto, 109; Seitzer, Kansas City, 108; Trammell, Detroit, 107. Doubles Boggs, Boston, 24; Tabler, Cleveland, 24; Davis, Oakland, 23; Calderon, Chicago, 22; Evans, Boston, 22. Triples Bradley, Seattle, 10; Wilson, Kansas City, 10; 7 are tied with 5. Home runs McGwire, Oakland, 34; Bell, Toronto, 29; Hrbek, Minnesota, 23; Deer, Milwaukee, 22; Murray, Baltimore, 21.

Stolen bases Reynolds, Seattle, 32; Redus, Chicago, 27; Wilson, Kansas City, 27; Bradley, Seattle, 25; Henderson, New York, 25. Pitching Guetterman, Seattle, 8-1, .889, 3.36; Saberhagen, Kansas City, 15-3, .833, 2.47; Schmidt, Baltimore, 9-2, .818, 3.08; Hudson, New York, 7-2, .778, 3.66; Musselman, Toronto, 7-2, .778, 3.20. Strikeouts Langston, Seattle, 152; Higuera, Milwaukee, 133; Clemens, Boston, 126; Witt, California, 118; Stewart, Oakland, 113; Viola, Minnesota, 113. Saves Plesac, Milwaukee, 19; Henke, Toronto, 18; Reardon, Minnesota, 18; Righetti, New York, 17; Howell, Oakland, 15. National League Batting Gwynn, San Diego, Galarraga, Montreal, Maldonado, San Francisco, Guerrero, Los Angeles, Davis, Cincinnati, .321.

Runs Davis, Cincinnati, 75; Clark, St. Louis, 69; Coleman, St. Louis, 67; Murphy, Atlanta, 66; Gwynn, San Diego, 65. RBI Clark, St. Louis, 86; Dawson, Chicago, 77; Wallach, Montreal, 75; McGee, St.

Louis, 71; Davis, Cincinnati, 68. Hits Gwynn, San Diego, 119; Pendleton, St. Louis, 108; Leonard, San Francisco, 103; Dawson, Chicago, 102; Guerrero, Los Angeles, 102; McGee, St. Louis, 102. Doubles Galarraga, Montreal, 28; Wallach, Montreal, 28; Leonard, San Francisco, 25; Davis, Houston, 22; Maldonado, San Francisco, 22; McReynolds, New York, 22.

Triples Gwynn, San Diego, Thompson, Philadelphia, 7 are tied with 6. Home runs Davis, Cincinnati, 27; Clark, St. Louis, 26; Murphy, Atlanta, 25; Dawson, Chicago, 24; Strawberry, New York, 21. Stolen bases Coleman, St. Louis, 55; Davis, Cincinnati, 33; Hatcher, Houston, 33; Gwynn, San Diego, 29; Raines, Montreal, 25.

Pitching Leach, New York, 8-0, 1.000, 2.44; Gooden, New York, 7-2, .778, 2.41; Sutcliffe, Chicago, 13-4, .765, 3.35; Cox, St. Louis, 8-3, .727, 3.65; Deshaies, Houston, 8-3, .727, 3.62; Forsch, St. Louis, 8-3, .727, 5.00 Strikeouts Scott, Houston, 155; Ryan, Houston, 143; Welch, Los Angeles, 115; Hershiser, Los Angeles, 109; Valenzuela, Los Angeles, 107. Saves Bedrosian, Philadelphia, 25; Smith, Chicago, 23; Worrell, St. Louis, 19; Franco, Cincinnati, 18; Smith, Houston, 15.

Cal League standings Second halt Southern Division Pet. GB Palm Springs 18 .692 San Bernardino 16 Visalia 13 14 481 Bakersfield 10 00 16 16 385 6.88 Northern Division Reno 19 5 .792 San Jose 3- 23 .115 Salinas 13 13 .500 Modesto 20 .769 15 12 .556 won first-half championship. Friday's results Visalia 10, San Jose 9, 10 innings Reno 5, Salinas 2 Modesto 8, Stockton 0 Fresno 3, Bakersfield 0 San Bernardino 6, Palm Springs 3 Aragon that drove in three runs and a three-run homer by Larry Blackwell. Seven pitchers were used in the game, including four by Visalia. The two teams combined for 25 hits, with San Jose holding a slim 13-12 advantage.

Five errors were committed in the game, with the Oaks making two of them. The Oaks and Bees will continue their series tonight with a 7:30 contest at Rec Park. Free seat cushions will be given away to fans at the game, which has been designated Night. The Oaks, who played before a crowd of 1,996 Friday night, will send Jimmy Williams to the mound against former Oakland A's pitcher Steve McCatty. San Jose 120 020 004 0 9 12 3 Visalia 000 020 700 10 2 San Jose Conner, Kane 7, Collishaw 8 and F.

Gonzalez. Visalia Casian, Heinie 4, Guthrie O'Connor 8 and Eccles. WP O'Connor, 2-2. LP Collishaw, 0-1. HR Blackwell (1), E.

Gonzalez (6), Senne (5). Rosenthal tops Boston Five Classic DANVERS, Mass. (AP) Jody Rosenthal is a polite LPGA tourist, but she gives her elders little or no respect. Rosenthal, the circuit's top rookie last year and winner of two tournaments already this season, set her sights on a third today. She shot a 3-under par 69 Friday to take a two-stroke lead halfway through the $300,000 Boston Five Classic at Ferncroft Country Club.

The 24-year-old Minneapolis native, who now plays out of Rio Verde, was taking aim on the $45,000 first prize after winning after $60,000 at the du Maurier Classic last weekend and picking up $37,500 for a victory earlier this season. "I felt drained and tired after winning last week," she said. Curry 2-1 favorite in title bout double, while Heidi Airoso and Lynn Neely chipped in with two singles each for the Miss Hits. Babb's Sports Den 23, TDH 14 Beth Koetsier had two home runs and a single, while Dorothy Kilgore had two singles, a double and a triple to lead Babb's. Julie Lopez had a home run and a single, and Lisa Morais added four singles for TDH.

Canada Tire 16, HSS Insurance 8 Jerri Sanders had a double and two singles, with Yvette Quinn and Zana Story each connecting for a single and a double to pace Canada Tire. Wanda Mattos had a single and a double, and Patti Nunes contributed two singles for HSS. VIP Pizza 25, Sunset Towing 7 Marsha Thompson had a single, two doubies and a triple, with Teresa Nunes adding a double and a single for VIP. Mary Coleman had a single and a double, and Debbie Clay singled twice for Sunset Towing. Plaza Palace 18, Moore Aviation 1 1 1 1 1 Nancy Barton had two home runs and a triple, while Eloise Flores picked up a double and a triple for Plaza Palace.

Mary Chavez had a double and Mary Harper provided a single for Moore Aviation. LAS VEGAS, Nev. (AP) Caesars Palace will be televised by Undefeated Mike McCallum finds Home Box Office beginning about himself in the unusual position of 7:15 p.m. PDT. underdog tonight when he defends his World Boxing Association junior middleweight title against former welterweight champion Donald Curry.

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