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The Berkshire Eagle Classifieds Inside: Automotive, Real Estate Announcements, Personals. Tuesday, August 22, 1989 Page Dl Barfield's blast downs Sox, gives Dent first win Bv Ben Walker and five hits in six innings plus two batters in the seventh. The Yankees used three relievers, including newly acquired Rich Gossage, who got the last out fur yielded eight hits in innings and has allowed 2fi runs in his last innings. Boston third baseman Wade Boggs" 12th error this year set up the Yankees three-run sixth. Don Mat-tingly led off with a single and Mel Hall followed with a potential double-play grounder that Boggs bubbled.

Barfield tomes through Barfield. who was 6-for-34 with eight strikeouts lifetime against Clemens, doubled to right-center, scoring both runners, and later came around on Rick Cerone's passed ball and Clemens' ild pitch. The Yankees added a run in the eighth when Clemens walked pinch hitter Ken Phelps with two out and the bases loaded. Boston chased Te'rrell in the seventh when Danny Heep hit his second double and Dwight Evans singled him to third. McCullers relieved and the runners eventually scored on Jodv Reed's sacrifice fly and Marty Barrett's RBI single.

Hall singled a run home in the first inning and Steve Sax hit an RBI single in the fifth for a 2-0 lead. Terrell walked the first two batters in the sixth to set upr Burks' tying two-run single. AvMH idled Prtss NEW YORK Jesse Barfield hit a tie-breaking two-run double off Roger Clemens in the sixth inning and the New York Yankees won for the first time in four games under manager Buckv Dent, beating the Boston Red Sox 6-4 last night. Dent, who twice ran onto the field to argue calls, won in his home debut. Clemens suffered his first defeat in six career decisions at Yankee Stadium while the Red Sox lost for the eighth time in nine games.

Winner Walt Terrell, 2-3. gave up all the Boston runs his hrst-save in a New lork uniform since Sept. 1983. (loose gets Burks After yielding a single to MaYty Barrett. Gossage slipped a called third strike past Ellis Burks with runners at first and third.

Lance McCullers pitched one inning after the first two Boston batters reached base in the seventh and Lee Guetterman went innings. Clemens. 12 9, jet Pittsfield Mets down Jays 10-6 i i Jf ft i Vvi "1 By Bill Everhart Bfrhire Kanle Slall PITTSFIELD Yesterday had the feel of old-time baseball at Wahconah Park: a weekday after-" noon game in the August heat with base hits falling all over the ballpark. When the carnage ended, the Pittsfield Mets had held off the St. Catharines Blue Jays 10-6.

The teams combined for 29 hits. 15 by the Mets, with Dan Segui, Chris Butterfield and Stanton Cameron rapping three each before a respectable Monday afternoon crowd of 917. Pittsfield" banged out 28 hits in its two home games with St, Catharines and took three of four inning earlier, and right-fielder Cameron got crossed up on Chris Beacom's high fly, and the ball dropped in off Cameron's glove to load the bases. But the bullpen horse Johnson was warmed up by this point. He entered to fan Jeff Kent for the second out and retired the dangerous O'Halloran on a grounder to shortstop to rap up his 14th save in as many chances.

Pittsfield took the lead in the first when Cameron singled in Butter-field. Avho had singled with two out, gone to second on Garcia 's passed ball and moved to third on an errant pickoff throw bv Greg Bicknell (5-3). Mets' hurt Willoughby, given a start partly to rest Mets starters and partly to get the leftie middle reliever some work, stranded a runner at second in the first and retired the first two batters in the second. But Garcia smashed, a liner off Willoughby's right heel, sending him to the ground. He staggered to his feet, picked up the ball and lobbed a throw to first base in time to get Garcia, and then collapsed again, writhing in pain.

Willoughby was carried off the field by his teammates and taken for X-rays, but by the end of the game he was hobbling around the stands ith a bruised heel. "It was loud enough the sound of the ball hitting Willoughby's foot to make you think if was something bad." said Blackwell. "When he got up and stepped on it. that's when he knew he was in trouble. After that, you kind of go into a state of shock." As loosened up in the bullpen, the Mets erupted for three second-inning runs off Bicknell.

Tim Howard singled and Henderson walked to set the stage, and Jamie Hoffner brought Howard home with a double down the left-field line. Henderson scored from third on Howell's fly to fight, narrowly beating a strong throw by Anton Mobley. and Segui punched a single into left. that scored Hoffner. Freitas breezed into the fifth, when a single by Bill Abare, a double to left by Garcia and Parese's JcK'l Lihnzi HOMK IN A CLOl l) Or is Pittsfield Mets right field.

St. Catherines catcher Oscar Garcia is too late with baserunner Derek Henderson, who scored from third in the the sweep tag. Pittsfield scored three times in the inning and second inning yesterday afternoon on Pat Howell's fly ball to went on to win 10-6. 1 nwrican League Orioles maintain first place in AL East games in their home-and-away series. The Mets now head to Auburn.

N.Y., where they'll play five games in four days with the Astros, beginning with a single game tonight at 8:15. The game was moved from its original 7:30 starting time because of an old-timers game. The McNamara-Division leaders return home Saturday for the first of two games with their closest pursuers, the Oneonta' Yankees. Solid relief effort Mike Freitas pitched five solid innings of middle relief to get the victory, with late help from relief ace Paul Johnson. Southpaw Mark Willoughby.

making his first start of the season, left the game with a severely bruised heel alter being struck by a liner off the" bat ol Oscar Garcia. The Mets led 10-2 through seven innings, during which time Cameron and Alberto Castillo had knocked in three runs each, but the Blue Jays made the home team squirm a little. A single by Rick Hollifield. a double to left by Ryan Thompson and a bad hop single over the head of shortstop Derek Henderson. which scored Hollifield, forced Mets manager Tim Blackwell to relieve Freitas with southpaw Craig Johnston.

Johnston surrendered a two-run double to center by Greg O'Halloran. making the score 10-5, before getting out of the inning. Garcia and Bill Parese singled to open the St. Catharines ninth, and after Hollifield fanned, Thompson singled in Garcia. The Blue Jays got another break when center fielder Butterfield.

who had moved over from left replacing Pat Howell an BALTIMORE APi The Baltimore Orioles held onto first place in a head-to-head confrontation for the second straight day. beating the Milwaukee Brewers 5-6 last night as Stan Jefferson and Cal Ripken homered to support Jeff Ballard's seven-hit pitching. The victory stretched Baltimore's lead in the American League East to games over Milwaukee and two over the idle Toronto Blue Jays; whom the Orioles beat Sunday 7-2. The Brewers' had won nine of their previous 1U games. The Brewers had at least one runner on base in eight innings against Ballard.

13-6, but only two advanced beyond first base. Ballard did not issue a walk or strike out a batter in pitching his first shutout of the season and second of his career, both against Milwaukee, Ballard has fanned only 3G in 152 innings. Milwaukee starter Jerry Reuss, 8-7, faced only five batters before leaving with a sore left hamstring. Reuss strained the muscle Aug. 9 in Detroit- and hadn't pitched since.

He threw 22 pilches, issuing two walks and a two-out RBI single to Keith Moreland. Jefferson, who started the game batting only .170. hit a solo home run in the fourth inning off Mark Knudson. It was his fourth homer and ninth RBI in 10 games' with the Orioles although he has only 10 hits in 51 at-bats since joining the club from the minors on Aug. 9.

Ripken's 17th homer in the fifth followed a bloop single by Phil Bradley and an infield hit by Mike DevereauxJt was the 200th of his career, making him the fourth Oriole to reach that figure behind Eddie Murray 1333). Boog Powell 3U3' and Brooks Robinson 28 Ripken has driven in 14 runs in the last 18 games despite getting only 13 hits in 70 at-bats in that span. Athletics ti, Tigers I "DETROIT (AP) Frank Tanana doesn't know what he's doing wrong pitch for his 23rd home run, his 12th at Tiger Stadium in three major-league seasons. "Everybody has a team they like to play against and Detroit is a team I've happened to hit some home runs against." McGwire said. "Detroit is a good hitter's ballpark and I'm not the only one who likes to hit here." Oakland added two runs in the fourth on Rickey Henderson's RBI double and Lansford's run-scoring groundout.

Royals 4. Angels 2 KANSAS ITX' Mo. (AP) -George Brett drove in two funs and Bret. Saberhagen won sixth straight decision as the Kansas City Royals won their seventh straight game, beating California 4-2 last night and dropping the Angels out of first place in the American League West. 15-5.

yielded two runs and six hits in eight innings and has won 12 of his last 13 decisions. Rick Luecken pitched the ninth for his first major-league save. The Angels, who had won five straight, trail Oakland by one game. The teams are even in the loss column but the Athletics have played two more games and won them'the third-place Royals remained 41-games out. in the first inning.

"If I knew what it vas, I'd change the whole thing," Tanana said yesterday after giving up four first-inning runs and losing to Oakland 6-1. In 26 starts. Tanana has allowed 27 first-inning runs. 24 of them earned. 'it's just a coincidence." Tanana said.

"One year this pitch works for you and one year it doesn't. This just happens to be the year that the first inning is tough for me." Mark McGwire hit a two-run homer during the first and the Athletics went on to their eighth victory, in 11 games. Curt Young, 4-8, allowed four hits in six innings, struck out six and walked five as he snapped Detroit's three-game winning streak. "When you get a lew runs early, it helps," Young said. "You can afford to make one or two mistakes and they won't hurt you.

Any time you get runs it's an advantage to the starting pitcher." Rickey Henderson led off the game with a walk, took second on Lansford's' single and both moved up on a double steal. Jose Canseco and Terry Steinbach hit consecutive run-scoring groundouts for a 2-0 lead. Dave Henderson singled with two outs and McGwire hit Tanana's 2-2 Pittsfield triumphs Continued on Pasje I)S When your little sport needs a physical, or you have any other medical problem Pats top draft pick gets crash course 9 Hop A I' holdout. Berry called him Ire-, quently with updates of the play-book, and receivers coach Harold Jackson met with him in Houston one weekend to run plays. "That was very helpful to me," Dykes said.

"At least I'll know-where to line up in practice. That's a basic part of the offense, and once I get the repetitions, things will come easier for signing, Dykes has been working extra hours with Jackson at Bryant College in Smithfield in hopes' of being able to play in Saturday night's exhibition game in Atlanta. "We'll take a look at him this week and see how much he can handle" before deciding how much Dykes will play against the Falcons, Berry said. "We'll give him as much as we think he can handle." SMITHFIELD, R.I. (AP) The New England Patriots' top draft pick, Hart Lee Dykes, has started squeezing six weeks of training camp into two.

Dykes, the first wide receiver chosen in this year's NFL draft, signed a four-year, S2.25 million contract Saturday. Now, Patriots' Coach Raymond Berry must begin the task of readying him for the regular-season opener just 20 days away. "He's got some catching up to do," Berry said of Dykes. "There are some things we've added he's not aware of, so I'd say he has a 10-day to two-week gap." Maintained contact The only reason why the fi-loot-4. 218-pound receiver from Oklahoma State isn't much further behind is because the Patriots maintained contact with him during most of his For all General Medical Problems and Minor Emergencies, For All Ages.

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