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I Th Independent Record, Helena, Friday, August 24, 1990 SCOREBOARD MARKETS irwirs Dife Jovs ter iflni sflirtoiosglnifl wdito tti x.j I )r nj i Helena barely holds on for 9-8 victory tiv 1,, By TOM STUBER IR Sports Writer dlsi- Av A ft ning. x. Calhoun stated that, "with the exception of Angelos our pitching was sub-par at best. We are fortunate and happy to win. Calhoun also tipped his cap to the Blue Jays for not giving up by saying, Its a tribute to Garth (Iorg), their manager, for keeping them playing hard.

Helena, 32-27, will now embark on a four-game road swing with the Great Falls Dodgers, who have clinched a tie for the Northern Division championship, and the Billings Mustangs. I Axvv ing Helena an 8-2 lead. Wheat turned in an, exceptional game in the words of Brewer skipper Gary Calhoun as he had three hits in four at-bats on the evening. Wheat, a utility infielder, said, I had a great time tonight. I just play when someone gets hurt or needs a rest.

After Couture scored another Helena run, via a Jason Reese wild pitch, the Blue Jays began slowly chipping away at the Brewer advantage. They scored three runs in the fourth, two on a Keith Hines double, to bring themselves back to within four runs. Three solo home runs, one by Hines in the sixth and back to back shots by Marc Loeb and Tim Hyers in the seventh, made the score 9-8 with two innings to play- After seeing Anastacio Garcia line a double to right, Calhoun brought in Phil Angelos to slam the door on the Blue Jay rally. Angelos did just that. After Felix Septimo advanced to first on a third strike passed ball, Angelos got Mike Coolbaugh to ground into a double play to end the in- MEDICINE HAT bi The Helena Brewers jumped out to an early lead and then made it hold up, as they nipped the Medicine Hat Blue Jays 9-8 Wednesday night, for their ninth straight win.

The Brewers fell behind by a matter of inches in the top of first. A two-run double by Tim Hyers that slid just beneath the glove of second baseman Vince Castaldo was picked up by Mike Couture in right, whose throw to the plate was late by the narrowest of margins as the Jays took a 2-0 lead. Tim Carter got the lead back for Helena in their half of the first by lacing a 410-foot three-run homer after Randy Hood doubled and Castaldo walked. The Brewers took a handout from the Blue Jays pitching staff in the second. With two outs and Hood on second, Medicine Hat pitchers walked the next five batters for three Helena runs.

The walk streak came to an end when Chris Wheat ripped a line drive double off the left field wall driving in two more runs and giv HELENA Hood cf Diggs If Castaldo 2b TCarter lb Glenn dh Couture rf Wheat ss Rambadf Powell 3b Totals ab bl 4 2 2 0 4 10 0 2 2 10 3 2 14 3 10 1 3 10 1 4 0 3 2 3 0 0 0 5 0 2 0 31 5 111 4 110 4 0 0 0 5 12 1 5 2 3 3 3 0 10 5100 3 10 0 4 13 3 39 I 11 Roberts If Choats ss Reams 3b Loeb dh Hyers 1b Garcia Septimo rf Coolbaugh 2b Hines cf Totals Jr -jd Medicine Hat oo 30t 200-1 Helena 30 000 00x-9 OPHtna 1 LOB -Medicine Hat 7, Helena 12 2B Choate, Hood, Wheat, Hines, Castaldo, Garcia HR-TCarter (12), Hines (2), Loeb (2), Hyres (I) SB- Glenn (10), Roberts (0), Hines (4) ER BB SO IP 1 23 4 1 3 2 6 1 3, 223 Medicine Hat Kistaitis L.l 4 Reese Gilligan Helena Pruitt 4 Rupp Helena's Mike Couture leans away from an inside pitch. The Medicine Hat catcher is Anastacio Garica. (Staff photo by George Lane) Angelos HBP Garcia by Pruitt WP Reese PB Ram badt 3 19 A 1,058 Jys move wiflhin geime ofi Iosoji j.j T- starts this season. Jeff Gray and grounded softly to Taranto In Horse show The Big Sky Classic Paint and Open Horse Show will get under way at 2 p.m. today at the Lewis and Clark County Fairgrounds.

The show will continue Saturday and Sunday. third baseman Wade Boggs. But Wilson, running on contact, beat the throw to the plate, sliding in just ahead of Tony Penas tag. Boston tied the game in the eighth on Mike Greenwells two-run homer off Tom Henke (1-2). NEW YORK Kftlly cf Sax 2b Azocar If Hall dh Maas lb Nokas JoBrfld rf Layrlti 3b Espnoz ss Corona ph Totals MILWAUKEE Moll tor 1b Gantnr 2b Shofflld 3b DPorkr dh Yount cf Fftldor cf Oftor rf Hsmlltn If COBrlsn Splftrs ss Totals ab bl 4 110 4 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 3 10 0 4 0 10 4 0 11 4 0 10 3 0 0 0 10 0 0 35 2 1.1 ab ti bl 5 0 10 5 2 3 0 4 2 3 0 5 2 2 4 3 10 0 10 0 0 5 12 2 4 0 2 0 4 0 10 4 0 0 0 40 114 8 On dhcTff Stleb 1 Henke I 3 3 3 1' Stlab pltchad to I battar In tha Ith, Gray pltchad to 1 battar In tha th HBP-Ball by Bolton, Plantlar by Stlab T-313 A 49, Brewers 8, Yankees 2 NEW YORK (AP) Dave Parker drove in four runs to back Jaime Navarros first complete game of the season as Milwaukee ended the Yankees six-game winning streak.

Parker singled in a run in the first inning and hit a three-run homer off Mike Witt (2-6) in the fifth. Rob Deer hit his 25th homer in the fourth and doubled home the Brewers final run in a four-run fifth inning. Navarro (4-5), who entered the game with a 5.71 ERA, allowed eight hits, struck out four and walked none while going the distance for the first time in 15 TORONTO (AP) Mookie Wilson slid home with the winning run on Kelly Grubers broken-bat grounder in the bottom of the ninth inning as the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Boston Red Sox 4-3 Thursday night in the opener of a four-game series between the top two teams in the AL East. The victory moved Toronto within one game of the divisionleading Red Sox. It was only the second time the Blue Jays have beaten the Red Sox in seven games this season.

Wilson singled for his third hit of the game and took third when Joe Hesketh (0-1) threw a pickoff attempt down the right-field line. After Tony Fernandez was walked intentionally, Gruber broke his bat on a 1-1 pitch from TORONTO MWIIsn cf TFrndi is Gruber 3b Beil If McGrlff 1b Borders Myers GHilldh Olerud ph Lee 2b Wiliimsrf Totals ab bl 5 0 3 0 4 0 10 4 12 0 4 110 5 112 4 0 0 0 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 10 4 0 0 0 31 3 11 3 BOSTON JoRfttd 2b Planllr dh Boggs 3b Burks cf Grtftnwl If Brnnsky rf Marihl 1b Quinlan lb Pena Rivera ss Total Boston Toronto ab bl 5 2 3 1 4 0 2 1 4 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 10 10 10 2 110 10 0 0 4 10 0 4 0 0 0 33 4 I 4 001 0203 000 2014 Mllwaukaa 300 140 Now York 100 100 000-3 gKaHy, Shofflald, JDRoblnson DP Mllwau 1, Naw York 2. LOB Mllwaukaa 7, Naw York Daar, Layrltz HR Daar (25), DParkar 07). Kally (30), Gantnar (11) IP SR BB 10 Mllwaukaa Navarro W.4-5 9 13 10 4 Naw York MWItt 4 13 9 7 2 3 JDRobnsn 123 2 0 0 0 0 JJonas 3 3 0 0 0 1 BP Maas by Navarro WP-MWitt. BK-Na-varro 2:43.

A 11,729 Whits Sox 4, Angels 2 CHICAGO (AP) Rookie One out when winning run scored ERlvera, Hesketh LOB Boston 11. Toronto 10 2B JoReed 2, GHIII, TFernandex HR Greenwell WiF-Grutar BE BB SO BoUon 33 6 3 3 3 Irvine 33 I 0 0 3 He.keth 0 I I Gray 0 0 0 0 0 0 (More on AMERICAN, page 2B) Olazabal's 61 sets course, tourney records Leads World Series by four strokes Bears still want McMlchael The Chicago Bears have decided to continue trying to reach an agreement with unhappy Bears defensive tackle Steve McMichael, Houston Oilers general manager Mike Holovak said Thursday. The Bears cave the Oilers permission to talk with McMichael and Holovak thought he had a deal that would return McMichael to his home state, where he starred at the University of Texas 10 years ago. In fact, my last words to Steve this morning (Thursday) was Ill see you here tomorrow, Holovak said. It would have been done, no question, he said.

The asking price was not a prob-lem Nothing was a problem. But now the Oilers may be out of the picture. Its just that I think the Bears are hoping they can talk him into staying and playing there this year, Holovak said. McMichael, 32, has bedn a Bears holdout since training camp started July 26 and hes been fined $1,500 daily for missing camp. The total reached $43,500 Thursday.

Goodwill committee sued The Goodwin Games Seattle Organizing Committee is being sued by International Event Management, which contends its bills have not been paid. IEM provided communications and technology services for the Olympic-style games, held in late July and early August in Seattle and other Washington cities. The lawsuit in King County Superior Court includes allegations that organizers deliberately breached their contract with IEM by refusing to pay what IEM says were past-due commissions on more than $7 million in games sponsorships initiated by the company. The dispute led nearly 40 IEM employees to walk off their jobs on July 25, the fifth day of the 17-day event. The organizing committee hired a few IEM employees and shuffled its own staff to fill the void.

Officials of the organizing committee said at the 1 time I IEM $2 million over 2V4 years and were unwilling to accelerate commission payments that were not due for six months. IEM contends it is owed $499,313 in marketing commissions and $71,417 in hourly fees for consulting work, expenses and administrative fees. Suspensions upheld American League President Bobby Brown on Thursday upheld the suspensions of three members of the Milwaukee Brewers for their part in a June 30 brawl in Seattle with the Mariners. Catcher B.J. Surhoff began his three-game suspension Thursday night as the Brewers played the New York Yankees.

Outfielder Mike Felder will begin his three-game suspension Aug. 27 and third baseman Gary Sheffield his three games on Aug. 31. All three had their appeals denied Thursday by Brown. Brown earlier suspended Manager Tom Trebelhorn for five games but Trebelhorn chose not to appeal and completed his suspension the day after the All-Star break Bob Sebra, now with tne Brewers Triple-A farm club in Denver, also drew a suspension that he will not serve irntil he returns to the majors.

Four Mariner also were suspended after the fight that lasted half an hour. cord set in the Memphis Classic. Olazabal, making his first start in this winners-only tournament and on the course that has a long-standing reputation for length and difficulty, said he was concerned only with his relationship to par and did not realize Firestone plays to a par of 70 instead of the more common 72. He went five under par on the first four holes birdie, eagle, birdie, birdie was five under at the turn despite a bogey and then went to nine under with a burst of four consecutive birdies ending with a 22-footer on the 14th. At that point, Olazabal needed two birdies on the last four holes to match the record.

He hit a 2-iron to three feet on the par-3 15th, but the putt lipped out. On the monster, the 625-yard 16th, he flipped a sand wedge third shot to 10 feet, and missed again. Despite driving into a divot on AKRON, Ohio (AP) Jose Maria Olazabal had a shot at 59 the record low score on the American pro golf tour and didnt even know it. Olazabal paired the last four holes Thursday for a 9-under-par 61 that set a course and tournament record for the Firestone Country Club and the World Series of Golf and gave him a four-stroke first-round lead. He lipped out birdie putts of three and six feet on the 15th and 17th holes that could have given him a tie for the best score in PGA Tour history.

The 24-year-old Spanish star insisted, however, that thoughts of a 59 or records of any kind did not enter his mind until it was too late. No, no, he said. I didnt realize I had a chance until my caddy told me. That information was passed along, he said, after hed lipped out a 6-foot birdie putt on the 17th hole, his last- realistic chance to keep alive the chance of matching A1 Geibergers 13-year-old re (More on GOLF, page 2B) Jose-Maria Olazabal reacts as he just misses a long birdie putt on the 18th hole, but still posted a course-record 61. Steinbrenner still on USOC, but goes inactive I I basebau aiier turning down Vincents proposal to take a two-year suspension in hopes of preserving his USOC role.

In a statement released late Wednesday night, Steinbrenner said he backed away from the everyday involvement with the USOC to "allow matters of concern to be clarified." It is evident to me that the events of the past few weeks involving myself and major league baseball have caused an undue amount of focus on my activities with the U.S. Olympic Committee. I think it is only right and in the best interests of the Olympic movement that we allow things to settle for awhile so that the main focus can return to the governing bodies and the athletes, where it belongs." Helmick said the USOC would not conduct an investigation of Steinbrenner's activities and would not elaborate on how soon the committee would again take up the issue. The position of vice president is not vacant. George will just remain inactive," he said.

though he was one of the officers who met privately with Steinbrenner during the executive committees deliberations. Executive committee member Anita De-Frantz would not address the resignation issue. Im not going to second-guess George Steinbrenner, she said. He has agreed that the Olympic Committee is very important to him. He has agreed to remain on inactive status until this all settles out.

What that means is unclear, and the USOC wasnt saying. He will remain inactive, period, said USOC president Robert Helmick. There's been no issue of his credibility. The only desire is for him to remain inactive until the controversies surrounding him are all sufficiently resolved." Helmick said Steinbrenner was not asked to resign by the committee because it was felt we reallv didnt have enough information to decide it he should or should not resign. Steinbrenner agreed to banishment from COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.

(AP) For the second time this week, George Steinbrenner agreed to be seen but not heard. This time, the deposed boss of baseballs New York Yankees at least didnt have to resign as a vice president of the U.S. Olympic Committee. He apparently was ready to do just that Wednesday night before being placed on inactive status. The party line Thursday was that both sides agreed without dissent on the inactive status.

Several members of the executive committee, however, hinted that Steinbrenner, forced to give up control of the Yankees for paying a small-time gambler $40,000 to get dirt on outfielder Dave Winfield, offered to resign altogether but was told that wasnt necessary. George was saying, I'll quit, and we were saying. 'Isnt there something we can work out? LeRoy Walker, the USOC treasurer, said. Walker then tried to recant, saying he had only heard others discussing that scenario, al Aaaaaah! 1.