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The Salt Lake Tribune from Salt Lake City, Utah • 26

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run by Chris Sabo and a go-ahead RBI single by Glenn Braggs Sabo's third hit of the game and 14th homer tied it with one out in the ninth In the second game Leibrandt walked none and struck out one Atlanta took a 2-0 lead off Rick Mahler in the first inning on an RBI single by Ron Gant and a hit batsman Jim Presley's eighth homer off Tim Layana in the eighth accounted for the other Atlanta run Cubs 2 Expos 1: At Montreal Chicago's Shawn Boskie won a duel of rookies from Mark Gardner and Montreal's Spike Owen set a National League record for consecutive errorless games in a season by a shortstop Owen's errorless-game streak reached 61 surpassing the record set by Kevin Elster of the New York Mets in 1988 Elster holds the record of 88 consecutive errorless games set during the 1988-89 seasons Mets 6 Cardinals 0: At New York David Cone pitched a four-hitter and New York kept up its power show beating John Tudor The Mets who have won nine of 11 games got home runs from Kevin McReynolds Orlando Mercado and Howard Johnson New York has homered in 22 of its last 25 games to increase its league-leading total to 81 Cone struck out four and walked one for his seventh career shutout It was the Mets' eighth shutout of the season and the eighth thrown against St Louis Dodgers 5 Astros 1: At Los Angeles Fernando Valenzuela ended a personal four-game losing streak as the Dodgers won their fourth in a row and handed the Astros a club record-tying llth straight road loss Valenzuela allowed four hits in seven innings in beating Mike Scott as the Astros lost their fifth straight Padres 4 Giants 3: At San Francisco the Giants' nine-game winning streak ended with Roberto Alomar getting three hits and an RBI as the San Diego Padres ended a three-game slide Bruce Hurst (4-6) allowed five hits in five innings Gary Carter set a National League record for career games caught catching the 1862nd of his 16-year career "I just try to stay in and hit the ball up the middle" Thon said "He losing pitcher Bill Landrum threw me a fastball inside and I reacted to it I've been feeling better at the plate Hope fully I can produce Baseball is a fun-fly game" Indeed it is And the Phillies have to feel good about rookie Jose DeJesus DeJesus a 25-year-old right-hander acquired in a spring-training trade with the Kansas City Royals worked eight innings allowed seven hits and one run struck out two and walked three DeJesus started this season on the disabled list at Scranton-WilkesBarre and was 1-4 with a 338 ERA when called up this month His big problem has been wildness He walked six batters in six innings in his first start with the Phillies on June 13 "I talked with my pitching coach Darold Knowles before the game" said DeJesus "and he told me 'Just focus on the catcher Don't even look at the batter' But I looked at the batter in the first inning until I said to myself 'Jose don't look at the batter' I tell myself to just throw the fastball" There has been talk that the Phil-lies just wanted a quick look at DeJesus and probably would send him back to the minors "I didn't think about that" he said "I didn't want to put pressure on myself I say to myself 'Jose throw strikes Make 'em hit your best pitch'" Reds 4-0 Braves 2-3: At Atlanta Charlie Leibrandt pitched a six-hit shutout to end Cincinnati's six-game winning streak as the Braves won the nightcap of a twi-night doubleheader to stop their own six-game losing streak The Reds won the opener with a ninth-inning rally that featured a solo --United Press International Photo Atlanta's Lonnie Smith slides hard to up- base allowing a run to score for the Braves end Cincinnati's Barry Larkins at second I Reds went on to win first game of twinbill For Sox' Mecker This Wasn't Minor US Cuppers Lose Finale To Austrians Continued From D-1 outfielders would return the ball by throwing it into the stands while the batter rounded the bases The manager of Ralph's opposing team was a tyrant He was 12 and had a crew cut and the look of a Marine drill instructor As his team continued to throw the ball over teammates' heads the manager screamed for time out He walked out to the middle of the infield and called his team together "How many times have I told you he yelled as he shook a clenched fist at his players Ralph suddenly regained some control (or maybe the umpire wanted to hurry the game along and began calling borderline pitches for strikes) and struck out the first batter he faced the next inning Suddenly a little girl bolted out of the stands and began to berate the umpire Her language turned the air purple and her father who was the one called out on strikes began to cry in embarrassment The girl wouldn't stop her attack on the umpire She actually came out on the field and threatened to hit the umpire with her umbrella She was not restrained until the police were called At that she did not leave easily going kicking and screaming Finally play resumed The next batter felt the sting of Ralph's wildness Ralph was really throwing hard now and the batter a balding corporate-type jumped away from the pitch "Whatsa matter" cried the man's son a 9-year-old coaching first base "Fraidy cat huh Fraid of the ball? Didn't I teach you not to be afraid It'll only hurt a little while" "Hey let's put a skirt on him" yelled the man's nephew watching from the snack shack And so the game went one sloppy inning after another until it was near dark The final inning approached and the score was tied It was Ralph's turn to bat "Go for a walk" his manager said "Don't swing at anything Get a walk and maybe you'll score the winning run" "But but Ralph stammered "I was always taught to swing the bat and be aggressive and not beg for a walk unless the pitcher is really wild" "Don't argue" the manager yelled poking a finger into Ralph's chest "You do what you are told" Ralph never had a chance to get his free pass to first base So intimidated by his manager's gruff manner Ralph took three straight called strikes and slinked back to the dugout amid more verbal abuse "You stink fella" said a 10-yearold sitting behind the plate "Why don't ya go to the batting cages and get some practice At this rate you'll never amount to anything" It didn't matter which team won this game What caught Ralph by surprise was the next image to appear He saw a well-dressed old man with a handle-bar mustache "You look a little familiar" said Ralph "but your clothes are out of style" "I know and I should look familiar" replied the old gent "I invented the game of baseball My name's Abner Doubleday and I'm commissioner of all Little League baseball" "But where am asked Ralph "You're in a place called Little League Boot Camp where moms and dads are sent to be re-trained on how to conduct themselves as coaches and spectators of this great game of ours" said Abner "It seems by the conduct of some of the parents that some of you were too hard on their kids Most of you jerks demanded perfection but forgot that your students were only 10- or 11-years old "You especially Ralph did a lot of psychological harm to your boy He had a chance to be a decent athlete until you messed him up You embarrassed him in front of his peers He now hates the game and says he'll never play baseball again" "But I didn't mean it" sobbed Ralph "I thought I was teaching him to be a better player" "Wrong Ralph" said Abner "I invented baseball so that the boys when they grew up to be men could feel like little boys again And you used it to make little boys feel like old men" Swimmers Gather For Utah Event Top swimmers from eight states and Canada will churn up the waters of the 50-meter outdoor pool in competition at the Cottonwood Heights Spa 7500 2700 East Thursday through Saturday Russell Lauber meet director said more than 300 youthful swimmers have entered the 15th annual event many who have gained all-American honors in high school and college One of the most powerful teams will be Tiger Aquatics from Stockton Calif which features Jim Giottonini who gained all-American honors this year as a sophomore at the University of Utah Also sending powerful teams are the Dynamo Swim Club of Atlanta Ga Aquatomics Las Alamos Swim Utah Firewater and Murray from Utah Other states represented will be Nevada Arizona Colorado and Idaho 217 with seven extra-base hits in 138 at-bats doubled with one out After Stan Jefferson walked and Jerry Browne flied out Alomar singled to score Fermin Tigers 7 Athletics 6: At Detroit Alan Trammell drove in four runs three on a first-inning homer and Cecil Fielder singled home the tying and winning runs in the fourth inning giving him a majors-leading 63 RBIs Paul Gibson was the winner with 323 strong innings of relief Dave Stewart threw 142 pitches in seven innings yielding seven runs and 12 hits and suffered his second straight loss Royals 2 Mariners 1: At Kansas City Kevin Seitzer tripled home the decisive run in the second inning and Royals pitchers stranded 12 Seattle baserunners as Kansas City won for the fifth time in six games Steve Farr gave up five hits in five innings in his second start of the season Jeff Montgomery the Royals' fifth pitcher worked the ninth for his fifth save Angels 5 White Sox 3: At Chicago Donnie Hill and Devon White each it's one game back of Toronto instead of three 1 had my mechanics going for me All of a sudden the strikes were coming and the outs followed" After Toronto's John Cerutti held Boston to two runs and eight hits in eight innings Duane Ward took over in the ninth He started out by walking Dwight Evans and Ellis Burks followed with a tie-breaking triple past diving center fielder Mookie Wilson Burks scored on a grounder by Tony Pena "1 thought it was a good pitch that he Burks hit off the fists" Ward said "The ball kept tailing There was nothing we could do" The victory Boston's 12th in 17 games lifted the Red Sox within one game of first-place Toronto in the American League East Indians 5 Orioles 4: At Cleveland light-hitting Felix Fermin got a rare extra-base hit off Gregg Olson Baltimore's near-perfect relief ace in the eighth inning and scored the winning run on Sandy Alomar's single Fermin who started the game batting Tribune Wire Services Dana Kiecker figures seven seasons in the minors were well spent "I attribute a lot of my success to those seven years" Kiecker said after limiting red-hot Toronto to three hits and two unearned runs in 812 innings as the Boston Red Sox beat the Blue Jays 4-2 in Toronto Tuesday night "I pitched over 1000 innings down there and a lot of my success is because of that" Kiecker a 29-year-old rookie used a fastball that Boston manager Joe Morgan didn't think he had in striking out four including George Bell three times He walked two in his longest career outing "On the first two I threw him mainly sliders" Kiecker said "Then Joe came out and told me to bust him inside" Kiecker followed instructions fanning Bell to start the ninth before giving way to Rob Murphy who struck out Fred McGriff and John Olerud for his third save "That was a giant win" Murphy said "Every win is a big one But now doubled home two runs in a four-run sixth-inning rally as California handed Chicago its fifth straight setback With Chicago leading 3-1 Dave Winfield opened the California sixth with a single and Lance Parrish and Chili Davis walked to fill the bases Donn Pall Chicago's third pitcher of the inning entered and Hill doubled to tie the game White followed with a double that put the Angels ahead Rangers 5 Twins 4: At Arlington Texas Pete Incaviglia homered with one out in the seventh inning to break a 4-4 tie as Texas handed Minnesota its 1 lth loss in 12 games Incaviglia crushed a 3-2 pitch from John Candelaria 411 feet over the center-field wall It was the eighth homer off Candelaria this season all by right-handed batters Yankees 5 Brewers 1: At Milwaukee the usually punchless Yankees built a four-run lead for only the third time in 23 games and Chuck Cary pitched out of two big jams in six scoreless innings as New York snapped a four-game losing streak in a game that was delayed twice by rain Pioneer Preview: Butte Dodgers Are Tops Continued From D-1 opening round beating Austria the United States and the Czechoslovaks who finished second The Colombians will be partying after pulling out a 1-1 tie in the final seconds against West Germany on Tuesday Freddy Rincon's whistle-beating goal set off wild celebrations by his teammates and Colombian fans "Tomorrow we will have a party in Bologna" goalie Rene Higuita said Colombia advanced to the sec'ond round of the World Cup for the 'first time "But what a party they are going to have tomorrow in Colombia and in Medellin" 4 More than 50000 of the 72510 fans at Meazza Stadium had come from West Germany But they were drowned out at the end by the small Colombian contingent which danced sang and waved flags in tribute of Rincon's goal "Now my teammates and I can celebrate" Higuita said West Germany took Group with five points Yugoslavia a 4-1 winner over the United Arab Emirates was next with four Colombia's three points and plus-1 goal differential will be enough to assure it is one of the four best third-place teams The Germans whose goal came from Pierre Littbarski only two minutes before Rincon connected were impressed by Colombia "Having certainly qualified before this match reduced the concentration of my team" West German coach Franz Beckenbauer said "Colombia played very well in the first half and perhaps deserved more than what they got 1 had been expecting a good show from the Colombian team today They will do even better in the next matches because they are growing in form and confidence" Yugoslavia had no trouble with the UAE appearing in its first World Cup The Yugoslays scored early and late with Darko Pancev getting two of the goals Continued From D-1 to Idaho Falls this year The Braves have a new manager Steve Curry who spent 10 seasons as a Phil lies farmhand and three players back from last season: right-handed pitcher Tom Neuman (0-3 846 ERA) outfielder Mike Sweeney (097 in 31 at-bats) and outfielder Chris Burton (269 8 doubles) Northern Division Great Falls ran away with the division title last year with a league-best 53-14 record Nobody's back from that team but the Dodgers are sure to benefit again in their seventh season as an affiliate of the Los Angeles Dodgers ings The Mustangs in their 17th season as a Reds farm will be managed by Gerry Groninger who has been a minor-league pitching coach for the Reds the last three years Returning from last year's 26-41 team are right-handed pitcher Sean Doty (3-2 658) left-hander Brian Fry (2-2 408) and catcher Brian Nichols (267 18 RBIs) The Helena Brewers 38-30 last season are in their fifth year of affiliation with Milwaukee This year they'll get Milwaukee's No 1 pick outfielder Larue laver who was drafted 54th overall First-year manager Gary Calhoun One of those benefits will be LA's top draft pick left-handed pitcher Ron Walden The 19-year-old from Blanchard (Okla) High was the eighth pick overall in this year's amateur draft Manager Joe Vavra is back for his second year The Billings Mustangs will have a famous baseball name on their side Perez as they chase the Dodgers Victor Perez son of ex-Cincinnati Reds star Tony will play first base and outfield for the Mustangs Shortstop Keith Gordan who was drafted in the second round is the highest drafted player sent to Bill can also call on returning pitchers Tim Wilson a right-hander who was 3-4 (411 ERA) lefty Bill Brake ley (2- 1 481) and right-hander Eric Patton (6-2 298) The Toronto Blue Jays remain committed to the idea that the Pioneer League is a true rookie league even though most players now come to the league with major-college experience That means it'll be another long year for their affiliate in Medicine Hat which sported a worst-in-theleague 23-46 record last year Garth Iorg a utility infielder for the major-league Blue Jays for six years will try his hand as manager Speedier Outfield Highlights '90 Trappers 4 A 4 r-i1- 0YN -IL A '11'' 't 7 414 4 11 7'1' g'i 11 NS --Nei i 0 '1: T'i'-' -4 ''0 -91F o-' l' l'''' I (fA'firjtilt iromrornef if I -4 I 1 py I and 49 RBIs two years ago at South Alabama Last year he played for Belmonte's Miami Twins -Tom Duffin is the type of guy people will enjoy watching" said Belmonte "He's aggressive in every facet of the game You watch him and you feel like he earned his money and you feel like you got your money's worth" Urcioli follows in the footsteps of popular Ray Karczewski who played shortstop in Salt Lake the last two season But that's nothing new for Urcioli who followed Karczewski at Staten Island's Tottenville High School and then at New York Tech Urcioli hit 307 this spring at Tech with 10 home runs and 36 RBIs Pitching is again a question mark for the Trappers but Belmonte insists a better outfield will help lower last year's league-worst 605 earned run average "Pitching as always well just have to wait and see" said Belmonte Schley is more positive "Our pitching is light years ahead of last year" he said Leading the pitching staff is third-year professional Willie Ambos The right-hander was 6-1 with a 2 Q5 ERA Continued From D-1 runs and 38 RBIs for Memphis State in 1988 "They're about equal" said the Trappers manager "We'll switch off unless one gets hot Then we'll stay with him" The infield will be anchored by returning second baseman Ed Garczyk who hit 323 and stole eight bases last year as a backup to JD Ramirez "I'm looking forward to this year" Garczyk said "For me it's a lot more relaxed this year than last year I know all the coaches except Mark Brewer the pitching coachl and I know more people in Salt Lake" Joining Garczyk in the infield on opening night will be bulky first baseman Butch Harris third baseman Tom Duffin and shortstop John Urcioli The 5-foot-10 225-pound Harris played at Southwest Louisiana "He looks more like a football player than a baseball player" Belmonte said "But he's got some power and he can adjust well to the count and situation I'm really impressed watching him hit" Duffin also should provide some power He hit 339 with eight homers last year for the San Bernardino Mariners of the Class A California League He'll start Wednesday Other pitchers on the Trappers opening-day roster include right-handers Mike Steinkamp (3-3 561 ERA here last year) Randy White (5- 3 440 ERA last year at Idaho Falls) Dave Alexander (3-1 621 here last year) Tracy Jobes (8-5 375 this spring at Mississippi State) Jeff Hagy Gene Mirabella and Joe Sawaia (UNLV) and left-handers Rod Nett-fin (7-3 293 for Nevada-Reno) Ron Gerstein (Oklahoma State) Lefty Gary Boone (Mesa College) and Cal-Irvine right-hander Ken Whitworth remain unsigned Belmonte will start the season with a four-man rotation: Ambos Mirabella Nettnin and Steinkamp "We're not real settled in the bullpen" said the Trappers manager "We don't have an experienced closer" Infielderoutfielder James Doyle (323 44 RBIs at Pepperdine) shortstop Brian Biggers (Southwest Texas) first basemandesignated hitter Rich Bielski (Georgia) and infielderoutfielder Rob Bargas round out the Trappers lineup Cromwell Qualifies For Senior Event Special to The Tribune RENO Nev Amateur golfer Ken Cromwell of Ogden shot a 75 on the Hidden Valley Country Club course here Tuesday to earn a berth In next week's US Senior Golf Championship in Ridgewood NJ Cromwell a long-time star in Utah's amateur golfing circles was four over par after the first five holes then settled down to play the remaining 13 holes in two under par Another Utah golfer pro Bob Bet-ley of Bear Lake is attempting to qualify at the Castle Pines CC in Denver Mark Passey who resigned as the executive director of the Utah Golf Association earlier this year to take a position with the USGA will be the official scorer of the Senior tournament 4 1 4k 11'1 Sloe Photo by Steve Gfiffin Trappers' Tom Duffin gives fans "their money's worth" Final events will start at 6 pm each day.

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