Kingsport Times-News from Kingsport, Tennessee • 16

43 Kingsport Tlmes-News Saturday August 5 1989 Loss leaves K-Mets three games behind Twins From staff reports his 10th when his control went awry He walked a batter with the bases loaded to force in a run then served up a grand-slam homer to Bruce Schrieber on a 1-0 count has been a good save man for said manager Jim Eschen tonight he just have his control It was the first time failed in a game-saving situation He walked three batters in the inning and threw Schrieber a fat pitch It was unfortunate for us and exciting for the Pi The Mets thus saw their win streak end at four games Kingsport plays tonight and Sunday night in Pulaski Eschen likes the chances He would like to see his club come out of the weekend with two wins Ed Vazquez will pitch tonight for Kingsport Chris But? ler will thfow Sunday has been our best starter (5-1 record 316 said Eschen have our top two starters going against (the Braves) Butler has been pitching well (3-2 The Mets got their first run on in error Tim Buhe accounted for the second Kingsport run when he laid down a suicide squeeze bunt then scored when Reid Hartmann stroked a single' Buhe and James Harris each went 2 for 3 to lead Kingsport which -managed nine hits off two Princeton pitchers Delvy Santiago got the win The losing pitcher one of four used by Kingsport was charged with the loss Princeton got only five hits With Elizabethton losing to Wytheville Kingsport remained three games out of first in the division race Wytheville 8 Elizabethton 1 ELIZABETHTON Jack Gelb pitched eight shutout innings to lead Wytheville to an 8-1 victory over Elizabethton Gelb (5-3) got scoring support from teammates Mike Little and Pedro Castellano who each hit a home run Little connected in the fourth with a runner on Castellano had a solo shot in the fifth Johnson City 11 Burlington 5 BURLINGTON NC -Johnson City banged 10 hits and Burlington contributed to its own demise by committing six errors in the field The Cardinals won 11-5 i Martinsville 5 Bluefield 3 BLUEFIELD Facanel two-run single helped Martinsville build a 5-2 margin and the Phillies held on for a 5-3 victory over the Bluefield Orioles PRINCETON Va Kingsport blew an opportunity to pick up a game on Southern Division-leading Elizabethton Friday night when the Mets lost to Princeton 6-4 in Appalachian League action Kingsport ahead 3-1 hi the bottom of the eighth was in the process of nailing down a victory when disaster struck K-Mets reliever Deron Sample who has nine saves was within apparently each reach of Stieb loses third no-hit attempt status unchanged Associated Press as Jays Associated Press in 2-1 Stieb lost his other no-hit bids last Sept 24 against Cleveland and Sept 30 against Baltimore Both near-misses were spoiled on two-out singles on 2-2 pitches by Julio Franco and Jim Traber The Blue Jays scored in the second on singles by Bell and Fred McGriff and Ernie infield out They got their second run in the sixth on Nelson single infield out and double Indians 4 Red Sox 3 BOSTON Joey Belle and Brook Jacoby hit consecutive second-inning homers and Jacoby went 4-for-4 as the Cleveland Indians edged the Boston Red Sox 4-3 Bud Black 9-8 whose only loss since June 11 was last Saturday against Boston gave up three runs and five hits in 6 1-3 innings for the victory Doug Jones pitched a perfect ninth for his 26th save tops in the American League Cleveland got three runs with no outs in the second off Mike Boddicker 9-8 who was 5-0 in his previous six starts and lost since June 25 Athletics 5 Mariners 3 SEATTLE Oakland righthander Dave Stewart became the first American League pitcher to win 16 games beating Seattle 5-3 for his fourth victory over the Mariners this season NEW YORK Tests revealed Friday that a tom muscle under Dwight right armpit has not completely healed and the New York right-hander will continue light throwing for two more weeks Mets manager Davey Johnson said Gooden will be re-examined in two weeks to determine if the injury is completely healed results are not good and not a disappointed Johnson said can still keep throwing but not The Mets were hoping for a clean bill of health for Gooden New York entered game against Montreal seven games behind the first-place Expos in the National League East Johnson said if Gooden is completely healed in two weeks he could return for the month of September If not unlikely Gooden would pitch again in 1989 Gooden 9-4 made his last start in Cincinnati on July 2 and complained of soreness under his right shoulder On Friday he underwent his second MRI test and Dr James Parkes said it showed the tear had hot completely healed was Johnson said was hoping the tear had completely TORONTO Dave Stieb heartbreak hurler is getting closer to perfection but no closer to that elusive no-hit-ter The 32-year-old right-hander who lost consecutive no-hit bids with two outs in the ninth inning last September came within one out of a perfect game Friday night before settling for a two-hit 2-1 victory for the Toronto Blue Jays over the New York Yankees disappointing but been through it Stieb said they got the hit I had to bear down and they got another hit and I had to bear down again and then Kelly Gruber made a great play We won the game 2-1 and what After easily retiring the first 26 batters and striking out 11 including pinch hitters Hal Morris and Ken Phelps to start the ninth Stieb fell behind 2-0 on Roberto Kelly who lashed the next pitch into left field for a double The Blue Jays have never had a no-hitter in their 13-year history Steve Sax singled Kelly home on the next pitch but third baseman Gruber made a diving stop of Luis smash the Blue only difficult fielding chance of the game and forced Sax at second Associated Press Twins pitcher Allan Anderson makes the difficult catch of an airborne bunt by Kevin Seitzer Friday night Stewart allowed eight hits and one walk and struck out six before he was relieved by Dennis Eckersley after giving up a leadoff homer to Jeffrey Leonard in the ninth The homer was 16th and first since June 27 Twins 5 Royals 1 MINNEAPOLIS Gene three-run homer and Allan eight-hit pitching led the Minnesota Twins past the Kansas City Royals 5-1 Minnesota led 2-1 going into the bottom of the fourth wien Greg Gagne and A1 Newman singled off Luis Aquino 6-5 with one out After Randy Bush flied out Larkin hit first pitch for his third home run of the season Angels 6 Brewers 2 MILWAUKEE Chili Davis hit a pair of two-run homers and Wally Joyner also homered as the California Angels beat Milwaukee 6-2 Friday night rocking veteran left-hander Jerry Reuss in his debut with the Brewers Winner Chuck Finley 13-7 allowed three hits in five innings and Willie Fraser finished for his first save as the Angels remained one-half game ahead of Oakland in the American League West homers powers Mets to win Associated Press PRESCRIPTION GOLF 1072 Stone Dr Kingsport TN ACCU-TRAC GOLF CLUBS 2 YEAR WARRANTY Ffy GOLF 245-4653 Ffy GOLF eight hits in 7 2-3 innings Wally Whitehurst pitched the final 1 1-3 innings- Johnson led off the fifth with a triple and scored on single Magadan followed with his second RBI double Cubs 3 Pirates 2 PITTSBURGH Vance Law broke a ninthinning tie with a run-scoring single and Ryne Sandberg and Mark Grace homered to give Chicago a 3-2 victory over Pittsburgh the 11th win in 14 games The Cubs have won 12 of their last 17 against Pittsburgh including all four NEW YORK Howard Johnson hit a three-run homer to highlight a four -run first inning and the New York Mets started a key three-game series against Montreal with an 11-5 victory over the first-place Expos Friday night The victory moved the Mets within six games of Montreal in the National League East with eight games left against the Expos Johnson who has two or more hits in 14 I The way io go when you need to know ryl1CYO Call 246-8121 for home delivery- ise! 7 now a ole Let us deliver the invitations Kingsport CLASSIFIED 246-8121 QoAffiAQbtt of his last -19 'games also had a single SsmesatThree RiversStadiujn this sea -triple three run3 scored and twoistoien bases Juan Samuel had three hits including a two-run homer and Dave Magadan added a pair of run-scoring doubles to pace the 15-hit attack Darryl Strawberry also had three hits for the Mets Bryn Smith 9-5 entered the game having allowed only two earned runs to the Mets in 19 innings this season But in three innings he allowed seven hits and six runs Keith Miller and Samuel led off the first inning with singles and Johnson followed with his 27th home run Magadan added an RBI double for the fourth run of the inning Johnson is 18-for-41 against the Expos this season with five homers and 10 RBIs The Expos came back against Bob Ojeda 7-9 on Spike RBI single in the second and added two more runs in the third on Tim run-scoring single and a throwing error by catcher Barry Lyons allowing Andres Galarraga to score Ojeda settled down and finished allowing IN THE BLEACHERS son The losswasthePirates-seventh in their last eight games including four of their last five at home With the victory the second-place Cubs moved within one game of the first-place Montreal Expos in the National League East The Cubs had managed only one hit off Pirate starter Doug Drabek 8-8 since Sandberg and Grace had homered in the third when Damon Berryhill singled to lead off the ninth Joe Girardi ran for Berryhill and moved to second on Mitch sacrifice Law who broke into organized ball the organization then dropped an RBI-single just inside the right field line Mike Bielecki 11-5 a former Pirate allowed seven hits over eight innings He checked the Pirates on one hit over the last five innings he worked after allowing solo homers to Andy Van Slyke in the second and Benny Distefano in the third Mitch Williams worked the ninth for his 28th save Bielecki has won four of his last five decisions and is 2-1 against run of the season giving the Cincinnati Reds a 5-4 victory over the Atlanta Braves Duncan slammed an 0-2 fastball from Joe Boever over the right-center field fence to give the Reds their sixth victory in their last eight games Boever 4-4 came on in relief to start the ninth and surrendered the tying two runs to the Reds The win went to John Franco 3-4 the sixth pitcher who pitched one perfect inning The Reds tied the game in the ninth when Bofever walked Eric Davis and -Ken i Griffey After stolen bases moved them into "scoring positionrthey scored on Todd single The Reds missed an opportunity to win the game in the ninth when with the bases loaded Scotti Madison failed to deliver on a squeeze bunt and Benzinger was caught in a rundown between third and home Atlanta opened the scoring in the first inning when leadoff hitter Oddibe McDowell reached on an infield single He stole second and went to third on Jeff bunt single scoring when Lonnie Smith grounded into a double play The run was the 26th first-inning run allowed by Rick Mahler in his 26 starts this season which leads the majors The Braves added an unearned run in the fourth when Darrell Evans walked took second on a throwing error by third base-man Luis Quinones on Jeff grounder and scored on John single It was only Russell's third RBI in 46 games this season Cardinals 6 Phillies 3 ST LOUIS Joe Magrane pitched a three-hitter through eight innings and Vince Coleman and Pedro Guerrero each homered to lead the St Louis Cardinals to a 6-3 win over the Philadelphia Phillies Friday night The victory moved the third-place Cardinals within five games of the National League East-leading the Montreal Expos who lost 11-5 to the New York Mets Magrane 13-7 had one strikeout and no walks in beating the Phillies for the third time in three decisions this season Todd Worrell pitched the ninth for his 16th save Dennis Cook 5-4 who had beaten the Cardinals in his two previous starts this year pitched five innings and gave up five of the St Louis runs The Phillies scored in the first on an infield hit by Tommy Herr and a triple by Ricky Jordan Coleman and Guerrero hit their home runs in the fifth homer his first of the year come on an pitch solo shot his ninth was on a 1-0 pitch by Cook The Cardinals scored two in the second on doubles by Tom Brunansky and Thompson a single by Jose Oquendo and a wild pitch by Cook in the Pirates this season Drabek lost to the Cubs for the first time in four decisions the last two seasons Drabek who had allowed only one earned run in his first 20 innings against the Cubs this season allowed nine hits struck out six and walked one in 8 1-3 innings Drabek had limited Chicago to one run in 20 innings this season until Sandberg and Grace hit solo homers in the third giving the Cubs a 2-1 lead homer was his 16th Grace who has a 500 career average at Three Rivers Stadium hit his eighth of the season a batter later Drabek retired nine straight hitters after homer until Damon Berryhill singled in the sixth The Pirates who had taken a 1-0 lead on Van homer in the second tied the score at 2-2 on solo homer leading off the third Reds 5 Braves 4 CINCINNATI Mariano Duncan led off the 10th inning with his first home lt' 11 77 -t Well I guess It was about oh a hundred-yard shot over a sand trap and Hey Earl! Did I nali him with a seven or eight I.