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C2n Tuesday August 30 1988 South Bend Tribune SPORTS BASEBALL McGwire, Oakland keep Red Sox at bay three hits and Darnell Coles connected for a 3-run homer as host Seattle sent New York to its season-high fifth straight loss The Manners got 15 hits, including a tnple and double, off three pitchers Twins 3, Rangers 2 John Moses hit an RBI smgle, capping a string of five straight hits with two outs the second inning as Minnesota beat host Texas, ending a three-game losing streak. fred Toliver, 6-3, gave up two runs on seven hits six innings Jeff Reardon pitched one inning for his 33rd save Angels 4, Orioles 2 Tony Armas hit his fourth home run a week and California beat Baltimore for its fifth straight victory. Royals 6, Indians 3 Danny Tartabulls 2-run homer capped a 4-run rally as Kansas City got past visiting Cleveland for its fourth consecutive victory. Blue Jays 6, Brewers 1 George Bell hit a 3-run homer as Toronto won Milwaukee. Bells 18th home run gave the Blue Jays a 4-0 lead in the sixth inning against Tom Filer, 5-8.

Bell had grounded into double plays in his first two at-bats AMERICAN LEAGUE had a chance to move up Well, we didnt lose any ground Tonight in Oakland, Bostons Roger Clemens will try to end his career-long four game losing streak when he faces Dave Stewart The Athletics maintained their eight game lead over Minnesota in the AL West Oakland is 82-50, the best record the majors, and is assured of its first winning season since 1981 Mariners 9, Yankees 6 Jay Buhner homered and got 4V I t- rs JAVIER OCASIO CURT HASLER Associated Press Before the Boston Red Sox can claim first place in the A East, the hae to stop Mark McGwire and the Oakland Athletics McGwire hit a 2 run homer Mon da night and the Athletics beat Boston 3 1. preventing the Red Sox from tying Detroit atop the divi sion The Tigers lost them third a row, 3 2 to Chicago But Boston re mained one game behind as Oak land Bob Welch and Dennis Eck ersley combined on a 6-hitter "The first game of a senes isn't important if you win the next two," Boston manager Joe Morgan said Webster helps Cubs nip Astros Associated Press Greg Maddux of the Chicago ubs and Nolan Ryan of the Houston Astros both pitched well Ocasio, Hasler honored with first Tribune awards South Bend White Sox players Javier Ocasio and Curt Hasler walked off with some addition hardware to take home now that the Midwest League baseball season is history Ocasio was named the first South Bend Tribune White Sox Most Valuable Player and Curt Hasler received the Tribune's Stanley Coveleski sportsmanship award Ocasio, the Sox second baseman, batted .270 The Guayamlla, Puerto Rico native led the team in sacrifices and was a team leader on defense. Hasler, who posted a 7-11 record and had a 3 44 eamed-run average, set a team record with 11 strikeouts in a 2-1 home opener victory against Peona. Hasler from Roanoke, 111 starred at Bradley University in Peoria. World Senes.

Bamcki, who will be age 10 next week, is a student at St Adalberts school. Beloit 8, South Bend 3 S.B. SOX from Page Cl Ive been hitting the ball well Im 12-of-35 343). South Bends hitting was highlighted by Smiths homer Javier Ocasio belted a pan- of hits, as did Wilson Valera. Ray Pay-ton and Randy Warren each drove in runs.

Rod McCray stole his 55th base of the season, giving him the Sox team lead. SOX NOTES: Ann Bamcki of South Bend won the fan appreciation grand prize handed out by the White Sox, a tnp for two to the 1988 AP Photo Houston pitcher Larry Anderson makes a hard tag of Gary Var-sho of the Cubs who tried to score on a wild play Beloit 004 0-i South Bend 000 010 Oil-) Gome-winmng RBI Adriance (2) Ocosio Allen Volero Warren LOB Beloit 12 South Bend 8 26 Volero Adrionce Listoch SB-McCrov(H) GLEASON from Page Cl year, and hes been with them since Why did Anderson and the Detroit front office want Sheridan then9 The manager replied with typical candor. It was a case of our needs, Sparky said. We didnt have many outfielders then. And we didnt have anybody ready our farm system So Detroit went out and got a usable outfielder Talking about his abrupt departure from Kansas City, Sheridan said, I still dont know why they released me At age 28, I didnt think I was done playing baseball.

And it was nice coming home to play Home is Wayne, a suburb of Detroit. Sheridans father, Art, a former minor leaguer, coached baseball, basketball and golf at Henry Ford Community College Dearborn, Mich. I started out as a right-handed hitter, Shendan said, but my dad got me to switch over to left-handed when I was about 13. Talking again of his release by the Royals, Pat said, I hit .270 and 283 my first two years with them. Then I got hurt in 85, but I felt I helped the Royals get into the World Senes that year.

In the playoff against Toronto that autumn, he hit two home runs. He tied Game 1 of the playoff with a pinch-hit home run. That home run in the clutch was another reason why Anderson believed Shendan would be very usable. Those of you who have been following the Tigers saga this season are aware that Shendan makes important hits for Detroit. He had two last night.

Hes the land of player a team must have. I wish the White Sox had a few like him. DONT BE SURPRISED if Ron Kittle winds up with Detroit before or soon after the midnight deadline Wednesday. Wed like to have Kittle, Anderson said, but Cleveland has been asking too much. Id like to have him for September even if he wasnt eligible for the playoffs.

Id like to have him for next year. We could use a right-handed power hitter. The Sox could use Kittle, too. A WHITE SOX owner said, I have a scoop for you. Carlton Fisk is going to be with us for the rest of his career.

Nobody has given us more value for the dollar than Fisk has. Dave LaPoint won his third game in three starts for Pittsburgh as the Pirates beat Cmcmnati at Riverfront Stadium. Phillies 3, Giants 0 Shane Rawley allowed four hits for six innings his first start since coming off the disabled list and Bob Dernier stole home as Philadelphia beat San Francisco at Veterans Stadium to snap a five-game losing streak. Cardinals 3, Braves 2 Pedro Guerrero hit a 3-run homer to lead visiting St. Louis past Atlanta.

Guerrero, 12-for-28 in his first full week with the Cardinals after being acquired for pitcher John Tudor from Los Angeles, was named L. Player of the Week on Mets 6, Padres 0 Gregg Jefferies had a double, a triple and his first major-league homer to support David Cones 1-hitter as New York beat San Diego. The Mets have won six of them last seven games, and maintained a 6-game lead in the National League East over second-place Pittsburgh Dodgers 2, Expos 1 Alfredo Griffin snapped an eighth-inmng tie with his first homer of the season and 20-year-old Ramon Martinez won his first major-league game as Los Angeles beat Montreal at Olympic Stadium for its fourth straight victory. The win moved the Dodgers 6 games ahead of second-place Houston in the L. West.

Pirates 8, Reds 1 Andy Van Slykes 2-run double highlighted a 4-run first inning and NATIONAL LEAGUE enough to win, but they didnt get a ictory or a loss Mitch Webster's two-out smgle in the 11th inning Monday night scored pinch runner Damn Jackson as the Cubs took a 2 1 victory over the Astros Maddux pitched nine innings, al lowing only a first inning run to the Astros on a leadoff triple by Gerald oung and a sacrifice fly by Bill Doran, while Ryan allowed only a leadoff homer bv Andre Dawson, his 21st of the vear, in the sixth in nmg Maddux gave up nine hits, walked six and struck out five Ryan went eight innings, giving up five hits while walking two and striking out 11 I felt I was outpitched if you compare the game I pitched and the game he pitched, said Maddux I was sure that if 1 gave up a second run, I would lose because I didn't think we would get another run off him Ryan struck out 10 or more batters in a game for the 180th time in his career and increased his National League leading strikeout total to 196 for the season I'll never know how the guy (Ryan) gets beat Ive seen him more than 20 years, said Cubs manager Don Zimmer "He is phenomenal The loss was very costly for the Astros, who stranded 12 baserunners, as they fell 6 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League West race. We had a lot of scoring opportunities, but it was the same story, no run production, said Astros manager Hal Lanier Nolan and Maddux both pitched well, but if we only give our pitchers some runs, we'll win some games The Cubs won the game with a run off Larry Andersen, 2-4, in the 11th inning Vance Law led off with a single to light, advanced to second on a saci dice bunt by Damon Berryhill. Jackson came in to run for Law and scored on Websters single It was just a bloop single on a good pitch up and in by Andersen, said Webster It too bad that we didn't get Maddux a win, but Nolan deserved to win too Hes the toughest pitcher for me to face the league The winning pitcher for the Cubs was right hander Scott Sanderson, 1 0 with left hander Drew Hall pic king up his first save of the year Employees charged in scheme to 90 days in jail and a fine of up to $100 If there is sufficient evidence, the Wayne County Prosecutors Office also may file conspiracy charges, a felony carrying a maximum sentence of five years in prison and a $10,000 fine, Peplinski said. We have no idea how much money was involved, but its probably a substantial amount," he said. From our information, it looks like this has been going on for a number of years Peplinski said the investigation began in June when an official of Dominos Pizza, owned by Tigers owner Tom Monaghan, reported the possibility of illegal ticket sales at Tiger Stadium.

PRO FOOTBALL NFL teams waive goodbye to mistakes DETROIT (AP) At least two employees have resigned after an investigation into stadium employees who allegedly sold tickets to street scalpers at inflated prices, state police said State police said they planned to seek warrants today for three stadium employees, whose names werent released, allegedly involved in the scalping, said Sgt Robert Peplinski of the state police investigations office in Livonia. Two of the three employees have resigned and a third was expected to do so soon, Peplinski said Monday Ticket scalping is a misdemeanor carrying penalties of up OTIS WILSON Out for season "We have to make the choices, we re not infallible, said Ditka We still have high expectations. This is a better team than it has showed Ditka was referring to the Bears three straight preseason losses and the 17 0 ratio in turnovers in the four exhibition games Those are trends that are not good, said Ditka Trends can be stopped, reversed The only people who can do that are us Ditka said the final decision in getting down to the limit was made by the entire coaching staff. All cuts are tough to make, said Ditka They were tough to make two weeks ago Browner, Fellows released Former Notre Dame standout Ross Browner and South Bend Washington graduate Ron Fellows are looking for work today after the 28 NFL teams did the waive Monday. Browner, a Lombardi Award winner and Outland Trophy recipient, was cut by the Los Angeles Rams, while Fellows, a defensive back, was let go by the Los Angeles Raiders as the teams cut down to their final roster limit of 47.

Two other Fighting Irish products were released Monday. The Buffalo Bills waived linebacker Tony Furjamc, while the Kansas City Chiefs axed rookie guard Tom Freeman. Another Notre Dame product, rookie outside linebacker Cedric Figaro, was placed on the injured reserve list by San Diego. Among the Big Tens casualties were rookie punter Dan Stryzmski (Indiana), cut by Cleveland; rookie defensive back Erik Campbell (Michigan), cut by Green Bay; rookie punter Monte Robbins Michigan), waived by the Chicago Bears; and veteran tight end Cliff Benson (Purdue), cut by New Orleans. Former Purdue fullback Ray Wallace, a third-year veteran, was placed on the injured reserve list by Houston.

Bears lose LB Wilson for season LAKE FOREST, 111 (AP) -( oach Mike Ditka retained 10 rookies along with a broad sense of optimism when the Chicago Bears reduced their roster to the 47-player limit ailing it "a transition year, Ditka said Monday My goal is the Super Bowl thats everybodys goal in the league If this team reaches its full potential, we can play with anybody The Bears waived four veterans, the most prominent being wide receiver Keith Ortego and defensive back Reggie Phillips, both members of the 1985 Super Bowl champion team The other two veterans were linebacker Jay Norvell and tackle Sam Claphan Four players including linebacker Otis Wilson were placed on injured reserve Wilson underwent surgery on his left knee Monday and the Bears learned he will be out for the entire season. Four rookies were cut Monte Robbins, wide receiver Rogie Magee, defensive tackle John Shannon and defensive end Ralph Jarvis and four other players were placed on injured reserve vers 1988 first-rounder, nose tackle Ted Gregory. Gregory was third on the Broncos depth chart while Saints Coach Jim Mora said of Uie foot-6, 288-pound Knight, who has never tffmB close to starting: Denver likes Shawns size and strength. Among the other oddities were the Los Angeles Rams, who left themselves with just one quarterback, Jim Everett, after cutting backups Hugh Millen and Steve Dlls. Atlanta immediately claimed Millen and Coach John Robinson said he hoped to re-sign Dlls once he cleared waivers.

Some of those cut were more bitter than others. I know what the business is like, how ruthless it can be, 32-year-old Doug Betters, an 11-year defensive end and one of the last of Miamis Killer Bs said after being waived by the Dolphins. I was just an insurance policy the last two years. I dont think I was ever given a chance to compete for a starting job. Among the other veterans to go were a group with recent Super Bowl rings: tight end Clint Didier and running back Keith Griffin of the defending champion Washingon Redskins; wide, receiver Stacy Robinson, guard Chris Godfrey and safety Greg Lasker of the New York Giants-1986 champions; and wide receiver Keith Ortega and defensive back Reggie Phillips, who returned an interception 26 yards for a touchdown in Chicagos 46-10 Super Bowl victory over New England after the 1985 season.

It was probably the toughest cut we had to make, Redskins general manager Bobby Beat-hard said of Didier, who lost his job to second-year man Craig McEwen. Associated Press Marc Wilson and Rusty Hilger, who competed with each other for the same job last season, are now without one. So are some former high draft choices who never quite became the NFL players the scouts thought they would be. There will be mistakes in draft choices, San Diego Coach Al Saunders said Monday after cutting comerback Lou Brock son of the baseball Hall of Famer and a second-round choice a year ago You never know for sure how people will develop, and were disappointed this high pick did not pan out. Monday was the NFLs annual Heartbreak Day, the deadline for teams to get down to the 47-player limit for the start of the season.

Not only did the usual complement of rookies and free agents go, but so did dozens of veterans and some former high draft picks Not only did the Green Bay Packers cut Wilson, whom they would have had to pay $550,000 this year, but the Los Angeles Raiders waived Hilger, with whom he alternated at quarterback last season. "From day one, it was one of those deals that was not meant to be," said Wilson, who signed with the Packers at the start of training camp after being released by Los Angeles. I wanted it to be. A lot of people wanted it to be. For whatever reason, it just didnt happen.

Now I can get on with something else." Like the Chargers, the Raiders were another team that admitted making a mistake with a high pick. They cut Bob Buczkowski, their first-round pick in 1986. Buczkowski, a defensive end, had spent almost all of his first two years on injured reserve with a bad back. And the New Orleans Saints and Denver Bron- cos swapped disappointing first-rounders, the Saints sending last year's top pick, defensive tackle Shawn Knight to the Broncos for Den.