Kingsport Times-News from Kingsport, Tennessee • 12

4B Kingsport Times-News Friday July 7 1989 Eyan enjoys homecoming at expense Associated Press All-Star subs and pitchers are selected Associated Press all turned out pretty Ryan said fans have always treated me special It was'a special feeling I was really pumped up after that The All-Star Game is scheduled July 11 at Anaheim look forward to coming back here for the All-Star Ryan said be a special game for both me and my family I look forward to that more than my other All-Star games just because of the circumstances they want me to start the game be an -Ryan 10-4 walked two and struck out 12 in his fourth complete game and first shutout of the season The 56 shutouts tie Ryan with Bob Gibson and Bert Blyleven for 12th place on the all-time list It was the 189th time in his career that he struck out 10 or more batters Ryan leads the rqajors with 148 strikeouts and now has 4923 in his career the all-time high Elsewhere in the AL it was Seattle 7 Minnesota 5 New York 6 Detroit 5 in 11 innings Toronto 4 Baltimore 1 Oakland 3 Kansas City 1 and Boston 5 Milwaukee 4 first couple of innings I was too pumped up I was rushing trying to overthrow It was only appropriate that I would walk the first Ryan said then I settled down I feel as strong in the ninth as I have in other Kirk McCaskill 9-5 matched Ryan pitch for pitch until with one out in the seventh Steve Buechele hit his fifth homer homer was the first by the Rangers in 11 games snapping a 98-inning drought 3 Royals 1 Mike Moore named a firsttime AL All-Star earlier in the day allowed four hits in seven innings and struck out a season-high 12 as Oakland beat Kansas City at the Coliseum Two other All-Stars starters Mark McGwire and Terry Steinbach drove in all the runs Moore needed in the first inning against Luis Aquino 3-4 Yankees 6 Tigers 5 Jesse Barfield tied the score with an llth-inning homer and Steve Sax hit a sacrifice fly for the game-winning run lifting New York past Detroit at Yankee Stadium Lou 18th homer on the first pitch by Eric Plunk 3-1 in the 11th gave the Tigers a 5-4 lead but Barfield homered off All-Star Mike Henneman to tie the score Blue Jays 4 Orioles 1 Fred McGriff snubbed for the All-Star team hit his 20th home run as Toronto beat Baltimore at the SkyDome McGriff who has 51 RBIs hit a three-run homer in the third off Jeff Ballard 10-4 to give the Blue Jays a 4-0 lead Red Sox 5 Brewers 4 Mike Boddicker retired 15 straight batters before needing relief help in the sixth inning as Boston held on to defeat Milwaukee The Brewers have lost 17 of their last 20 games at Fenway Park Mariners 7 Twins 5 Darnell Coles hit a two-run single off reliever Jeff Reardon in the eighth inning as Seattle rallied to beat Minnesota at the Kingdome and sweep a three-game series Nolan Ryan has never pitched a perfect game but he had a perfect homecoming Ryan pitched a three-hitter for his 56th career shutout in his first appearance at Anaheim Stadium in nearly 10 years as Texas beat California 3-0 Thursday night A crowd of 37867 gave Ryan a standing ovation as he left the bullpen following his pregame warmups Ryan 42 pitched for the Angels from 1972 through 1979 leading the American League in strikeouts seven times during that span Earlier in the day he was selected for the All-Star team for the seventh time Ryan who still holds most of the career pitching records last pitched in Anaheim on Sept 24 1979 Phillies defeat Atlanta Braves it i if Associated Press NEW YORK Nolan Ryan is coming back to Anaheim as good as ever Ryan 42 was one of 10 pitchers selected to the American League All-Star team on Thurs- day The league presidents and managers Tony La Russa of the American League and Tommy Lasorda of the National League filled out the remaining reserves and pitching staff for the midseason classic to be played Tuesday night at Anaheim Sta- dium The starting squad selected by the fans was announced on Wednesday On Thursday night Ryan pitched a three-hitter and struck out 12 as visting Texas beat California 3-0 Ryan who still holds most of the career pitching records had last pitched at Anaheim on Sept 24 1979 On Tuesday like to pitch there again and is even willing to start look forward to coming back here for the All-Star Ryan said be a special game for both me and my family I look forward to that more than my other All-Star games just because of the circumstances they want me to start the game be an The Oakland and Texas Rangers will each send four players to the All-Star Game while St Louis and Los Angeles head the NL with four players apiece Ryan 10-4 leads the major leagues with 148 strikeouts and threw his 56th career shutout against the Angels For Ryan his seventh All-Star selection and first since 1985 Joining Ryan on the AL staff is teammate Jeff Russell one of four relievers on the squad The other relievers chosen are Mike Henneman Doug Jones and Dan Plesac Other pitchers on the team are Mike Moore and Dave Stewart of Oakland Chuck Finley of California Mark Gubicza of Kansas City and Greg Swindell of Cleveland Mike Scott 14-4 heads the NL pitching staff and is joined by starters Orel Hershiser of Los Angeles Rick Reuschel of San Francisco and John Smoltz of Atlanta For his selection Scott gets an additional $150000 The right-hander receives a $50000 bonus and since June 17 because of shoulder and wrist trouble He responded well to the rest and showed what made him a 23-game winner last year giving up just three hits Kent Tekulve who earned his first save of the year went the rest of the way allowing the two runs in the ninth Cubs 7 Padres 3 CHICAGO Ryne Sandberg and Andre Dawson hit seventhinning homers and Walt Terrell lost his seventh straight decision as the Chicago Cubs completed a three-game sweep of the San Diegp Padres with a 7-3 victory Greg Maddux 8-7 allowed seven hits and three runs in six-plus innings for the Cubs Terrell 4-12 who has not won since May 27 against Mon- treal allowed five hits and four runs in six innings Cardinals 14 Dodgers 2 ST LOUIS Terry Pendleton and Vince Coleman each drove in three runs and Ken Hill and Dan Quisenberry combined on a six-hitter as the St Louis Cardinals beat Los Associated Press ATLANTA Left-hander Bruce Ruffin allowed eight hits in 8 2-3 innings and Dwayne two-run homer highlighted a four-run sixth inning to send the Philadelphia Phillies to a 4-0 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Thursday night Ruffin 2-3 who struck out six and walked three entered the game with a 789 ERA The Phillies had sent Ruffin to the minor leagues in mid-April after an ineffective start of the season and he was recalled on June 2 Ruffin who had not thrown a shutout since Sept 23 1987 got two quick outs in the ninth before giving up singles to John Russell and Oddibe McDowell Reds 10 Mets 2 NEW YORK Danny Jackson activated from the disabled list before the game pitched six shutout innings and Luis Quinones hit two home runs as the Cincinnati Reds routed the New York Mets 10-2 Jackson 6-9 had not pitched San Roberto Alomar slides past Damon Berryhill during the second inning of the 7-3 win over the Padres Thursday at Wrigley Field in the top of the eighth when Robby Thompson homered over the left field wall with two outs It was his 10th of the season Smiley 7-4 struck out the first two batters in the 10th before Butler hit a drive that bounced off the top of the right field wall and bounced into the seats for his third homer of the season Angeles 14-2 to complete a three-game sweep of the Dodgers 1 Hill 5-4 shut out the Dodgers for five innings then tired in the sixth Quisenberry came on for his fourth save and he also got his first major-league hit an RBI-single in the seventh Tim Leary 6-6 who surren dered five runs over the first three innings was the loser Giants 2 Pirates 1 PITTSBURGH Brett two-out home run in the top of the 10th off hard-luck Pittsburgh starter John Smiley gave the San Francisco Giants a 2-1 victory over the Pirates Smiley a 1-0 loser to Los Angeles in his last start led 1-0 Wytheville defeats Burlington in 11 innings From staff reports Down 4-0 going into the final inning Martinsville scored two runs but could not manage the come-from-behind win Jeff Patterson took the loss for Martinsville He pitched six innings and gave up four runs on six hits Jeff Jack-son was 2-for-3 in a losing effort for Martinsville Pulaski 4 Princeton 1 first game Pulaski 5 Princeton 4 second game PRINCETON In the first game Brent McCoy was 3-for-3 to lead the Pulaski Braves over the home standing en-inning game to pick up the win He allowed only four hits Marvin Dooley was tagged with the loss for Princeton He falls to 1-1 for the season In the second game Lee Heath had an RBI double in the sixth to bring the Braves within one Then trailing 4-3 Brent McCoy hit a two-run single to put Pulaski on top to stay BillShaffer picked up the win for Pulaski Woods was tagged for the loss Bristol at Elizabethton ppd rain The-Bristol-Eliz- The Wytheville Cubs scored one run in the top of the eleventh inning and held the Indians scoreless in their half to pull out a 2-1 Appalachian League victory Thursday night Jack Gelb pitched nine innings for the Cubs giving up only one run He struck out 11 Burlington batters Amilcar Correa picked up the win pitching two innings in relief He gave up one hit and struck out four Clinton White led the Cubs in hitting with a 3-for-5 performance Vic Cancel was 2-for-5 with an RBI for the Cubs Nolan Lane went 2-for-4 for Burlington in a losing cause JC 4 Martinsville 2 first game Martinsville 6 JC 5 second game In the first game of at doubleheader Rich Shackle pitched five strong innings giving up no runs on three hits to lead the Cardinals to a 4-2 win in Martinsville In the second game Mark Randall picked up Tthe win Jn relief as 7 Martinsville gained alsplit with 6-5 win Mike Craft went 2-for-3 with an RBI for the Cards in game one 77! Mike Gonzales in relief took the loss for Burlington The two staffs combined strjuck out 20 batters and walked none Prineeton Pirates4-L7VMelvinNieves abethton rained The-had two hits including a RBI double to scheduled doubleheader will be made up provide a strong second punch jn August at the convenience of both tea- Roger Haley pitched a complete sev- ms added to" ish as cdhf ac for the next two seasons making it worth a guaranteed $2 million per year Lehnerz improving with time ATTENTION: HONDA OWNERS All Models 1978-1988 runs we needed My changeup is what struggling with right now I hope I can get it going tonight and mix the pitches Lehnerz hopes his work habits and improved pitching will get him moved up In fact he has a time frame on his career want to be in Class A ball at he said before if it is possible I have a change if my arm stays healthy and I improve If I make it by 21 then I will think about returing to school and getting a Whether or not he is playing baseball or hitting the books in the distant future Lehnerz will not complain about his time spent in Kingsport like it up here the fans are the he said if they say something bad to you you know deep down they are pulling for you That is what makes it fun Everyone here is having a great time and that is what it is all Continued from page IB ters in a 17-2 win over Thomas Jefferson High School the Nol team Lehnerz was named all-district and all-state and on draft day he got the call from the Mets in the ninth round was pleased with he said expect to go as high as I did but I was glad to be Besides New York Lehnerz also received interest from Baltimore Atlanta and Houston Lehnerz is mainly a fastball pitcher but he knows to make it at this level he needs more in his arsenal He is now improving his curveball and a changeup is also in the works doing to well with it (the curveball) at the first of the he said improved against Princeton but our batters were still a little nervous and they able to score the Due to the demand for quality used Honda automobiles Bob Barbour Honda will host a special sale for current Honda owners This week Honda appraisers will be on the lot to offer the highest possible trade value on your used Honda Owners of clean low mileage cars can expect to receive at or above NAD A retail (not wholesale) price for their trade Bob Barbour Honda will have over 100 new cars In stock and ready for delivery If you're considering a new Honda don't miss this opportunity to receive TOP VALUE for your car A Mets batter Orioles 6-2 improve season record to 9-7 Honda appraisers will be on the lot: Monday through Friday 8:30 AM to 8:00 PM Saturday 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM Bob Barbour Honda Is located at 2806 Roan St in Johnson City Call (615) 282-5440 In Tennessee: 1-800-321-8999 Out Of State: 1 -800-458-4607 BOB BARBOUR HONDA But the Mets got the winning runs home in the fifth on an RBI single by Fordyce and an error which made it 4-2 McClinton and Castillo closed the scoring with twin blasts over the right-center field fence in the eighth Notes: Second baseman Alberto Diaz took the night off He played in the first 15 games before last rest He will start tonight Ed Vazquez (2-0) will pitch the series opener for the Mets against Burlington (7-10) tonight at Fred Johnson (7 pm) Hector Carrasco (0-1) will pitch Saturday night Before last action Kingsport was fourth in the league in hitting af 240 Including last two homers the Mets have 17 for the season by far best in the circuitFor a team that boast any speed at the beginning of the season the Mets have 34 stolen bases Continued from page IB gotten a lot better lately When you give the other team more than three outs going to help your The Mets pitchers with all this talk about the offense are not helpless Mike Lehnerz gained his first win of the season with five innings of two-hit ball while Jim Scheffler saved it with four innings of solid relief work (seven strikeouts) The Mets went right to work in the first scoring two runs Brook Fordyce reached on an error Harris (379) singled and Nicky single brought home one run Another run scored when hit was misplayed into two bases The Orioles scored twice in the third to tie when Lehnerz walked two batters then fielded a sacrifice bunt in front of the mound and threw it down the rightfield line THERE WILL BE NO PURCHASE REQUIRED FOR APPRAISAL EL 4.