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The BQliiliife Eagle Classified D2 lJ I LJ Golf D2 Monday, June 25, 1990 Mets blanked before brawling to win Pitts field team quiet by day before turning tiger in the evening stitches." "When I ran onto the field I thought it was just going to be the usual pushing and shoving," said the Mets' Joe Arredondo. "But they the Indians were all over Timmy." After the smoke had cleared, Alberto Castillo singled in an insurance run off Shepherd to make the score 7-3. The winning pitcher was Mike Freitas, who threw 3V3 innings of shutout relief. After each team scored two runs apiece in the first inning, Watertown took the lead on a two-out, run-scoring single by Mark Charbonnet off Pittsfield starter later, he and first baseman Mike Davis began shoving one another, and the benches cleared. Because the action took place directly in front of the Watertown bench, the Indians got there first, and Buhe disappeared underneath the pile.

"When I got to first, he Shepherd was staring at me like he was trying to stare me down," said Buhe. "I said, 'What's your He said, 'Shut so I said, '(expletive deleted) Then the first baseman said, '(expletive deleted) you' to me, and we started pushing." This was not the ordinary push-ing-and-shoving baseball fight, as Steve Thomas in the fourth inning. Indians starter Olonzo Woodfin, a side-arming southpaw, walked six but surrendered only three hits before retiring in favor of Shepherd with two out in the sixth. Watertown 1, Pittsfield 0 Right-hander Chad Allen of Watertown and left-hander Todd Douma of Pittsfield were locked in a mild-mannered pitcher's duel yesterday afternoon, and a booming triple by Kelly Stinnett in the eighth inning was the difference. Stinnett led off the frame with a METS, continued on D2 some vicious haymakers were thrown in what looked more like a barroom brawl.

The Indians appeared to be the aggressors throughout. Juan Castillo of the Mets was thrown out and was joined by Indians Davis, Bill Canate and John Lorms. Buhe and Lorms had bloody noses, and Pittsfield first base coach Billy Gardner Jr. appeared to be shaken up briefly. "They don't know how to fight, they just know how to bite and scratch," said Buhe.

"When I was on the bottom of the pile, someone grabbed me by the mouth and pulled, and I've got to get By Bill Everhart Berkshire Eagle Staff PITTSFIELD The Pittsfield Mets erupted for five runs in the bottom of the seventh inning last night to defeat the Watertown Indians 7-3 in a contest marred by one of the ugliest brawls seen at Wahconah Park in years. The Indians nipped the Mets 1-0 yesterday afternoon in the first game of yesterday's day-night twin bill. The series concludes tonight at 7. Pittsfield 7, Watertown 3 Kyle Washington's three-run triple put the Mets ahead 5-3, and N.Y.-Penn League the fireworks erupted shortly thereafter. A walk and a bunt single by Wallace Minnifield preceded Washington's blast up the gap in left-center off losing pitcher Keith Shepherd.

Tom Allison doubled into almost the same place to make the score 6-3. Shepherd then threw a pitch behind Tim Buhe. After fouling off a squeeze bunt attempt, Buhe took a pitch high on the shoulder and trotted to first. Moments Blue Jays' Bell does in Yankees Evans sparks Red Sox BOSTON (AP) The old man is breathing new life into the Boston Red Sox. Dwight Evans, who homered twice the previous day, drove in both runs on yesterday with a home run and a sacrifice fly as the Red Sox beat Baltimore 2-0 to complete a three-game sweep.

Evans, in his 18th season with the Red Sox, homered off Bob Milacki (3-4) in the seventh to tie Rocky Colavito for 31st on the all-time list with 374. "Very rarely do I go for a home run. But sometimes you have to go for it," said Evans, who added a bases-loaded sacrifice fly in the eighth. Evans, 38, hit a two-run homer in the 10th inning Saturday to give the Red Sox a 4-3 victory. Greg Harris (7-3) limited the Orioles to five hits and struck out seven before giving way to Jeff Gray, who worked the ninth for his first career save.

Harris, who walked two and struck out seven, credits some of his success to working with Roger Clemens and Mike Boddicker. "It's rubbing off on me," Harris said. "I'm looking, I'm observing, trying to do things the same. With Boddicker ahead of me, I can pretty much do the same things he does and with some of the success." Cal Ripken, who went 9-for-12 in the series, had his fourth straight three-hit game for Baltimore. Ripken played in his consecutive game, second on the all-time list behind Lou Gehrig.

"He continues to come back and come back and come back," Manager Frank Robinson said. "He's swinging the bat much better now. It's good to see." Evans' fly to right in the eighth scored Jody Reed, who reached on a fielder's choice and moved to third on Mike Greenwell's single. Baltimore loaded the bases in the second, but failed to score. With one out, Joe Orsulak and Ripken had consecutive singles for the Orioles.

Harris then struck out Brad Komminsk and walked Craig Worthington before getting Mike Mike Devereaux on a groundout to short. American League Parrish homered as the California Angels beat the Detroit Tigers 10-2. Kirk McCaskill (6-3) limited the Tigers to four hits and two unearned runs over seven innings before giving way to Mike Fetters, who finished with two shutout innings. McCaskill hasn't given up an earned run to the Tigers in his last 37 1-3 innings. Anderson gave the Tigers a run in the first when he dropped a two-out popup to second by Cecil Fielder.

But Anderson redeemed himself in the fourth with his first home run in 310 major league at-bats. White Sox 3, Athletics 2 OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) Chicago swept a three-game series from the Oakland Athletics and pulled within a game of the American League WesKlead, winning 3-2 on a lOth-inning homer by Dan Pasqua. The Athletics tied the score with two outs in the ninth on Dave Henderson's two-run homer off relief ace Bobby Thigpen (3-2). Pasqua then led off the 10th with an opposite field homer off Oakland starter Dave Stewart (9-6).

It was the first extra-inning run allowed this season by Oakland, which fell to 5-1 in extra-inning games. Barry Jones pitched the 10th inning for his first save. Mariners 11, Rangers 5 ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) -Dave Valle had a three-run homer among three hits and added four RBIs to tie a career high, and Harold Reynolds had four of Seattle's season-high 18 hits as the Mariners beat the Texas Rangers 11-5. Erik Hanson (7-6) allowed eight hits and five runs in 7 2-3 innings. TORONTO (AP) George Bell hit two home runs, giving him five in his last four games, as the Toronto Blue Jays beat the New York Yankees 8-3 Sunday.

Bell started a four-run rally in the second inning with a leadoff homer off Chuck Cary (4-3). He added a two-run homer in the third, his 17th of the season, and a run-scoring single in the fourth. Bell now has 11 RBIs in his last five games. The victory kept first-place Toronto a half-game ahead of the Boston Red Sox in the American League East. Indians 9, Brewers 5 MILWAUKEE (AP) Chris James had four hits and four RBIs and Doug Jones got his 100th career save as the Cleveland Indians beat the Milwaukee Brewers 9-5.

After taking a 1-0 lead in the first on James' run-scoring single, the Indians chased Milwaukee starter Mark Knudson (5-4) during a four-run second. James capped the rally with a two-run single off reliever Randy Veres. John Farrell (4-4) got his first victory since May 13, limiting the Brewers to three hits over five innings before leaving with tightness in his right elbow. He improved his career record against Milwaukee to 5-1. Royals 11, Twins 2 MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Jim Eisenreich had a career-high five hits, including a two-run single during Kansas Citjfs seven-run third inning, and Minnesota pitching allowed a club-record 23 hits in the Royals' 11-2 blowout of the Twins.

Kansas City's 23 hits also were an American League high for the year, surpassing Oakland's 21 against Seattle on April 13. Kevin Seitzer, Kurt Stillwell and Bill Pecota each had three of the Royals' club-record 20 singles including one of the seven straight 3they had in the third inning. Danny Tartabull homered, doubled, singled and drove in four runs. Angels 10, Tigers 2 ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) Chili Davis, Kent Anderson and Lance Associated Press More sports on Page C8 Dewey's on the loose Boston Red Sox' Dwight Evans rounds third base and heads for home after belting a home run yesterday against Baltimore's Bob Milacki.

The home run was the game-winner and marked the second consecutive day that Evans has homered to win a game for Boston. Wimbledon begins today Argentina stuns Brazil By Barry Wilner Associated Press ROME He said it would take a miracle. Then he provided it. Diego Maradona, Argentina's super soccer star, admitted Brazil had a stronger team. He said winning would be a major upset.

He certainly looked right yesterday as the Brazilians threatened and dominated from the opening whistle. But they could not score. And, with nine minutes to go, Maradona made the miracle. WIMBLEDON, England (AP) Times are moving fast, too fast for some, as Wimbledon opens today amid the rush of youth, the last stands of the old guard and heretical calls to abandon the lovely lawns for fake grass. Egad! Is nothing sacred? New rules Next they'll be talking about throwing out aging champions watch out, John McEnroe and doing away with "predominantly white," though Andre Agassi isn't around to press hot-pink power on the good stewards of the All England Lawn Tennis Club.

Reputations certainly don't guarantee respect, as former wunderkinder and defending champions Boris Becker and Steffi Graf are finding out. Becker, a three-time Wimbledon winner, finds himself the mere second seed behind Ivan Lendl, who hasn't won here in 10 attempts. Becker at least will have the honor of opening Monday's play on the lush, fresh turf of. Centre Court, taking on a late, and no doubt, trembling qualifier, Luis Herrera of Mexico. Lendl opens on Court 1 against Argentina's Christian Miniussi as the Czechoslovakian native and Connecticut resident renews a quest for the only Grand Slam title to elude him.

Graf, seeded No. 1 among the women, will be trying to regain the respect of the teenie hoppers, particularly 16-year-old Monica Seles, who drubbed Graf in their last two matches the German and French Opens. Graf, who begins Tuesday against West German compatriot Claudia Porwik, won Wimbledon the past two years and has been ranked No. 1 since 1987, but her dominance would be imperiled by a loss here. The grunting and giggling Seles, a Yugoslav who lives in Florida, is hardly the only teen to take aim at the 21-year-old Graf.

Floridian Jennifer Capriati, 14, the youngest seed in Grand Slam history at No. 12, is taking the leap from the juniors at Wimbledon last year, where she won the doubles with Meredith McGrath and reached the quarters in singles. Another Floridian, Mary Joe Fernandez, 18, was playing up to the form that saw her reach the finals of the Australian Open in January, where she gave Graf a tough time before succumbing 6-3, 6-4. But she had to pull out of a semifinal at the main women's TENNIS, continued on D2 World Cup nam JPmHP Drawing three defenders to him with his footwork, Maradona sent a perfect pass to Claudio Caniggia at the top of the penalty area. Caniggia dribbled around goalie Claudio Taffarel and put in the only score the defending champions needed to eliminate their archrivals from the World Cup, 1-0.

Brazil will not win its fourth championship. Because Argentina has the great Maradona, it still is alive for its third. SOCCER, continued on D2 Associated Press From left to right, Argentina players Julio Olarticoachaa, Jorga Burruchaga and Pedro Troglio embrace Claudio Caniggia after he scored the winning goal yesterday against Brazil. The win puts the Argentina team in the World Cup quarterfinals. if i.