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Tuesday July 7 1987 Kingsport Times-News 11B Twins grab lead in AL West with win Briefly- in Kingsport Ferguson captures Bud 1 75 Robbie Ferguson used timely moves and a little luck to move to the front of the pack and pick up the win Monday in the rain-delayed Budweiser 175 feature at the New Kingsport Speedway Ferguson who qualified seventh and was fifth after the event was postponed on lap 35 Sunday night worked his way te the front to edge Church Roger Clendenin for the win The victory earned Ferguson $2000 Tim Frye the leader after officials stopped Sunday event finished 12th Butch Sutphin topped ames Taylor in the 6-Cylinder event and Gary Blanken took the Bomber Division honors in other action Monday night Rowland downs DeGuira in Open Danny Rowland began action in the A singles division Monday by defeating former Sullivan South doubles champion Danny DeGuira in three sets at the Kingsport Open Tennis Tournament at the Dobyns-Bennett courts Rowland needed three sets to dispatch of DeGuira from the tournament 1-6 6-2 and 6-1 Scott Surgener from Sullivan North lost to Lamar Tolley 64 6-1 also in the of the A first round Other winners in the division were Robbie Hadden Mack Carr and Paul Willett in the region Baseball card show set for Johnson City JOHNSON CITY There will be a baseball card show at the Johnson City Sheraton Saturday July 11 from 10 am until 4 pm Baseball card dealers from Tennessee North and South Carolina and Georgia will be on hand There will be no admission charged for the public Wilson inks with King College BRISTOL Tim Wilson a prep baseball standout at Sullivan East High School has signed a letter-of-intent to play college baseball for King College Wilson batted 436 as a senior at East with 34 hits in 78 times at bat including two home runs In American Legion baseball in 1986 Wilson batted 360 with 49 hits in 136 appearances over the 44-game season Wilson is the son of Mr and Mrs Larry Robbins of Bluff City Wilson will play for King coach Jerry Opp Sammy Stewart 1-1 pitched one inning for the victory despite allowing Danny three-run homer that gave Kansas City a 6-5 lead in the eighth Mark Huismann recorded one out for his second save The win was the third in 15 games and snapped Kansas six-game winning streak Blue Jays 6 Rangers 4 TORONTO George Bell and Ernie Whitt each belted a solo homer to help the Toronto Blue Jays snap an eight-game losing streak with a 6-4 victory over Texas Jimmy Key 9-5 who was winless in his previous four starts despite allowing just six earned runs in 31 1-3 innings surrendered six hits and struck out six batters in seven innings Tom Henke pitched two scoreless innings to earn his 14th save as Toronto halted its longest losing streak since 1981 when it lost 12 straight Orioles 4 White Sox 1 BALTIMORE Eddie Murray smashed his 16th home run and Alan Wiggins singled home the game-winner to spark Baltimore to a 4-1 victory over the Chicago White Sox snapping a seven-game Orioles losing streak Wiggins hit an RBI single in the fifth inning to break a 1-1 tie as Mike Griffin 1-2 out-dueled Jose DeLeon 5-8 Griffin allowed five hits over seven innings to post his first major-league victory since Sept 11 1981 with the Cubs By United Press International NEW YORK Tom Bru-nansky and Kent Hrbek hit home runs to account for two of three hits off Ron Guidry and Frank Viola pitched a five-hitter Monday night to give the Twins a 2-0 victory over the New York Yankees Brunansky put Minnesota ahead 1-0 in the first inning and Hrbek provided insurance in the seventh as the Twins won for only the second time in their last 10 road games Viola 7-6 struck out seven and walked four in pitching his first shutout and fourth complete game of the season He escaped a bases-loaded two-out jam in the third by retiring Dave Winfield on a flyball Guidry 1-4 pitched his first complete game of the season striking out five and walking three The Twins who took over first place in the American League West with the victory grabbed a 1-0 lead when Brunansky hit a 1-0 pitch over the right-center field wall for his 17th home run They made it 2-0 when Hrbek hit the first pitch to him in the seventh for his 23rd homer Indians 9 Royals 3 CLEVELAND Cory Snyder powered a grand slam in the eighth inning for his second homer of the game and the Cleveland Indians handed Bret Saberhagen only his third loss of the season with a 9-7 triumph over Kansas City United Preu International Chicago White Sox catcher Carton Fisk tags out Orioles Cal Ripkin Jr as Ripkin tried to score from third on a fly ball hit by Larry Sheets with two out stole second for hii 30th steal and continued to third when catcher BJ throw went into center field Athletics 5 Tigers 3 OAKLAND Calif Tony Phillips hit a two-run double in the eighth inning to spark Oakland to a 5-3 victory over Mariners 3 Brewers 2 SEATTLE Mike Kingery blooped a two-out single in the fifth inning to break a tie and help Seattle snap a three-game losing streak with a 3-2 triumph over Milwaukee single to center scored Harold Reynolds who had reached on a bunt single around the nation Weese hacks up mound effort with hot bat Fred Johnson Stadium Cardinal first baseman Rod Brewer was named to The Sporting News college All-American team in its most recent issue Cardinals Box surprise of the night was his performance at the plate Weese accounted for the three runs in the second inning when he stroked a bases-loaded double down the left-field line He went the other way three innings later lining a hard shot to right to score two more just as surprised as you said Johnson City manager Dan Radison One Cardinal official attributed the hot bats to some Sunday night batting practice after Johnson City split a double-header with Burlington But Radison didn't concur I think said Radison Radison although pleased with his performance is more interested in instilling discipline into his players of my major jobs here is to create good work said the bespectacled field chief lot of times people are under the impression that working hard They think they can come out here and take batting practice 15 swings and all they need to do to make it to the big leagues But not the way it is trying to get them to understand that hitting is a fulltime job and that it takes a lot of hours of But Radison did have some words of praise for bat a pitcher can take a strong hack at a fastball probably better than most If you take those two big hits away a whole different ballgame That was some kind of Overshadowed by performance were three big home runs by Pulaski Two of them one each by Greg Cloninger and loser Brian Murphy cleared the 320-foot right-field hedge by over 20 feet And catcher Lee Long stroked one to center Appy Notes: Former Sullivan North standout Chad Smith was supposed to get the call on the mound for Pulaski but saw no action Rainouts the last few days had thrown the rotation out of order scheduled to pitch Thursday when the Braves play Kingsport at Game winning RBI Gentleman (2) -Champion None LOB Pulaski 6 Johnson City 9 Baldwin Hunter Cham pion Weese (2) Gentleman Johnston Brewer Calzado Lankford HR Cloninoer Mur phv Long (P) Gentlemon Baldwin 2 Cloninger Maclln Murphy pitched to 3 batters in Sth Long Stockam 2450 Gro ley and Walton 2 43 Bluefield wins third straight 5-3 BLUEFIELD WVa The Bluefield Orioles won their third consecutive game Monday evening defeating the Bristol Tigers 5-3 in an Appalachian League game Tracy Pancoski hit a two- run home run in the third inning to lead Bluefield The Orioles scored three runs in the third and one run in the fourth inning to provide offensive support for winning pitcher Stacy Burdick Elizabethton 4 Wythevllle 0 WYTHEVILLE Va The Elizabethton Twins ended an eight-game losing streak as the Twins defeated the Wytheville Cubs 4-0 in an Appy League game By STEVE TAYLOR Times-News Sports Writer JOHNSON CITY Anything can happen in the Appalachian League And it did here Monday night Where else but the Appy League can you see the winning pitcher knock in five runs with two hard-hit doubles the winning team get seven extra-base hits without a home run and the losing team rip three homers (one by the losing pitcher) but blow a 2-0 lead? Although the Fourth of July was already history the Johnson City Cardinals put on a fireworks display with their bats in front of 2450 fans and scalped the Pulaski Braves 12-5 The Cards banging out 14 hits overcame a 2-0 deficit in the second inning with three runs and added eight more in the fifth to win their 11th game of the season against four losses Cardinal pitcher Dean Weese was the man of the hour The 6-1 185-lb right-hander worked 6 innings to even his record at 1-1 but the biggest K-Mets fall again 7-1 Continued from page 9B throwing error in the top of the first that led to a 3-0 deficit Kingsport was down 1-0 in the first with runners on first and third when Donnels grabbed a double-play bouncer to his left His relay throw to second base-man Rodolfo Hernandez went into right field and a run scored screwed up on defense and that opened the game up for Donnels said double play should have been turned over and we should have been out of the Later Neel made Corbin pay for a lack of control The 6-3 Neel hammered a fastball from Corbin over the left field fence to lead off the fifth a pitcher gets behind in the count like he was I look for said Neel who also had a double and a single and four RBI was struggling with his control so I knew he had to throw There was some redeeming quality to this loss as John Jphnstonejield up the reputation with a shutout over" the last three innings Sammye Sanchez kept things from getting worse with a sliding catch with the bases loaded and two out in the second And there was Tim Hines the Mets No 2 catcher who pitched batting practice in the afternoon and expect to play behind starter Steve Pis-kor But when Floyd yanked Piskor from the game in the third for a reason that went unexplained Hines delivered three hits in four at bats took me a little time to get my stroke said Hines who was hitless in his five at bats this season finally came afbund This is what I was waiting Vikings sign DJ Dozier EDEN PRAIRIE Minn The Minnesota Vikings Monday announced the signing of Penn State running back DJ Dozier the No 1 draft pick Dozier a 6-foot-l 204-pounder agreed to terms with the Vikings last week and Sunday signed a two-year pact with an option year Financial details of the contract were not disclosed Dozier was the first Penn State player to lead the team in rushing four times He helped the Nittany Lions win the national championship last season During his career Dozier carried 624 times for 3227 yards with 25 touchdowns He also caught 65 passes for 614 yards and four TDs He finished his college career second on Penn all-time rushing list with 3227 yards trailing only Curt Warner LeMond to enter Cascade Classic BEND Ore Greg LeMond will participate in the Cascade Cycling Classic later this month his first race since he was shot in a hunting accident in April race organizers announced Monday LeMond who last year became the first American to win the prestigious Tour de France was accidentally shot by a relative while he was hunting near his California home on April 20 About 100 racers are expected to compete in the Cascade event from July 16-19 The race consists of five legs for men and three for women Lewis Joyner-Kersee named to US squad INDIANAPOLIS Carl Lewis and Jackie Joyner-Kersee head the list of athletes named Monday to the US track and field team for the Pan American Games Aug 7-23 at Indianapolis The rosters were announced jointly by The Athletics Congress and the US Olympic Committee Lewis who won four gold medals at the Los Angeles Olympics in 1984 will compete in the long jump and will be on the 400-meter relay team Joyner-Kersee who won the heptathlon and the long jump at the US Track and Field Championships last month at San Jose Calif will be in the long jump at the Pan Am Games Also on the Pan Am team will be Jim Spivey who finished second during the weekend in the So-called Dream Mile in Norway and hurdler Greg Foster Veteran Jacks leads PBA event TUSCON Ariz Bobby Jacks of Hayward Calif seeking his first victory in 21 years took a 17-pin lead Monday after three rounds of the Professional Bowlers $140000 Miller Lite Challenge Jacks who won all three of his titles in 1966 knocked down 4011 pins Scott Devers of Centerville Ind was second at 3994 Marc McDowell of Madison Wis the 1986 Rookie of the Year was in third with a pinfall total of 3980 Fregosi LaRussa tabbed for AL squad NEW YORK Jim Fregosi of the Chicago White Sox despite managing a last-place team Monday was selected as a coach for the American League All-Star team Fregosi was chosen along with Manager Tony LaRussa of the Oakland to coach under All-Star manager John McNamara of the Boston Red Sox Fregosi a six-time All-Star as a player is making his first All-Star appearance as a coach LaRussa was a coach for the 1984 AL All-Stars under Sparky Anderson National League Manager Davey Johnson of the New York Mets named Hal Lanier manager of the Houston Astros and Roger Craig manager of the San Francisco Giants to coach the NL squad Remark bother employee NEW YORK The New York chief accountant referred to as a black by team owner George Steinbrenner said Monday he did not consider the remark offensive accountant Warren Atkinson said from his Yankees Stadium office comment came Sunday on Face The Nation When asked about the effort by baseball to hijf minorities he saidMy chie accountant the head accountant that I have in my finance department happens to be a young black boy" Steinbrenner said in a statement released after the program he meant no harm by the remark have been using the terms 'boys and since my parents taught me what it meant on the restroom doors in my grammar he said always referred to my team as the and to my players and the younger members of the front office as my and and I going to change for Blazers rescind Paxson-Lee trade PORTLAND Ore The Portland Trail Blazers Mondav rescinded their trade of guard Jim Paxson to the Cleveland Cavaliers for forward Keith Lee citing concerns raised by team physician about knees After a physical conducted last week Dr Robert Cook expressed doubt about the condition of knees The trade for the 6-foot-9 forward was contingent on both players passing physicals with their new teams Blazers spokesman Tim Renn said the decision to abolish (he draft-day trlde was made by Bucky Buckwalter vice president for basketball operations Burlington sports top Appy show playing said the Lee May on a recent trip to Burlington a lot of intensity and big they move out of Burlington they better find a city that is as good or said Ned Bane the President of the Pulaski Braves make sense to move out of Burlington and into another place not as good the best franchise in the league tell you this If Burlington is not in the league next year and they try and play with seven teams I guarantee you we play with seven teams have to play with six because we be What about travel? Actually no other minor league is closer together than the Appalachian League There is a 220-mile difference between Kingsport and Burlington but in the Pioneer League there are 800 miles between several cities Also trip to Johnson City is approximately the same distance as trip to Burlington 1 Housing? Bristol and Kingsport had trouble finding housing for its players this season no shortage in Burlington defy any one to give me a good reason why Burlington be in the Appalachian saU Continued from page 9B would not provide support went in there and there any housing said is no way going to put a team in Faced with having a season with seven clubs which creates scheduling difficulties the Indians were allowed to put their club in Burlington for 1986 and 1987 There were conditions imposed on the franchise because of the travel for the UET teams The Burlington franchise pays its own bus travel the league pays transportation for the other seven travel "and' Burlington" the first night of hotel in Burlington for visiting teams still too expensive for them to be in the league" said Dottie Elsea part of the local group which runs the Mets did a study comparing Marion being in the league and Burlington being in the league and the difference was like said Halstead Wolff disputes claims it costs more to have Burlington in the league probably paying $15000 more than anybody else to be In the league" he said pay our own bus and that runs about $7000 We pay 20 nights of hotel for visiting teams and $400 a night understand how Bur lington is costing the league They keep thinking about moving into smaller cities like Blacksburg or Princeton (WVa) or Marion Blacksburg and Princeton even have suitable ballparks and Marion house The idea is to get an eighth franchise back into the league core the 1-81 corridor The Cubs were forced out of Paintsville Ky for that reason and also because of a lack of attendance think the Cubs are pushing this exclusion) because they were forced out of Paintsville said Wolff au a li vciyiiou Jsalu 11 iuu mi a drive to Kentucky Now the league looks bad because there is a team farther away in Burlington If you polled the farm directors seven of eight would say they mind having Bur-1 lington in the Each local operator in the Appy League kicks in $12000 a season in dues Last year there was a deficit of approximately $5200 Each parent club made up uie difference 1650 each est) according to minor league director Dave Miller Miller really see any problem with having Burlington in the league I think they do a great So do thiiplayers and coaches from visitiftg teams like.