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J- ST The Sacramento Hurst strikes out 14 in losing effort Bee News Services BASEBALL ROUNDUP AA3 i agent will challenge Pitcher reportedly tested positive SAN JOSE (UPI) The agent of former major-leaguer Steve Howe said Friday he was planning to chal-lenge the results of a drug test that led to the expulsion from the minor leagues On Thursday John Johnson the president of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues ruled Howe ineligible to continue to rl play for the Class A San Jose Bees or any other association member be- cause of a in a drug test taken by the Baseball Commis-5 Office on May 1 The Los Angeles Times reported in its Friday editions that an unnamed source told them the was actually a positive urine test for cocaine Howe has? fought one of the more publicized battles with cocaine addiction in baseball John Lence Montana based agent-attorney said he plans to challenge the results of the test feel there some discrepancies in the whole he said are going to investigate with our own sources We would like to have medical experts on our side and on their side come in and evaluate Steve I think they would see made a remarkable He said Howe had taken five tests' three for the team and two for the Office The latest test given Wednesday afternoon' came up clean a Bees spokesman said For now Lence said he is not sidering a formal legal challenge to the ruling going to do everything in-' he said The events surrounding Howe be--gan to unfold about 5 pm on Wednesday The talented lefthander was scheduled to start for the Bees in a night contest against the Fresno Giants Howe was 2-T with a 197 ERA and two saves in 32 innings pitched California League president Jo-' seph Gagliardi said he got a call from Johnson about 4:45 pm telling him that baseball commissioner Peter Ueberroth had ordered Howe not to play that night Gagliardi called San Jose Bees owner-manager Harry Steve and informed him of order Bee Saturday May 171986 ill BOSTON Oddibe McDowell rookie Pete Incaviglia and Steve Buechele backed Jose seven-hit pitching with solo home runs for Texas as the Rangers defeated Boston 4-1 to overshadow a career-high 14 strikeouts by the Red Bruce Hurst Guzman 3-5 who snapped a personal five-game losing streak last Sunday walked four struck out one and lost his shutout bid on Steve pinch homer with one out in the ninth Hurst reached double figures in strikeouts for the fourth time this year and the ninth of his career His 14 strikeouts gave him 71 and moved him ahead of teammate Roger Clemens for the major league lead Brewers 7 Twins 6 at Milwaukee Bill long single to the warning track over drawn-in right fielder Tom Brunansky scored pinch-runner Juan Castillo from third base with the winning run Cecil Cooper led off the ninth off loser Ron Davis 1-3 with a bloop triple near the line that got by left fielder Randy Bush when he tried to make a shoestring catch Ben Oglivie was walked intentionally and Castillo came in to run for Cooper before Schroeder delivered his game-winning hit The Brewers left two runners on base in the ninth and 19 in the game leaving Milwaukee one short of the major-league record of 20 set by the Yankees on Sept 21 1956 against the Red Sox Mariners 7 Yankees 3 at New York Hot-hitting Jim Presley drove in four runs and Mark Langston held New York scoreless until the eighth inning to lead Seattle over the slumping Yankees The Mariners winners of five of seven games since Dick Williams replaced Chuck Cottier as manager snapped a six-game losing streak against the Yankees dating back to last Aug 23 New York has lost three straight five of seven over-all and six of its last seven home games Angels 1 1 Tigers 1 at Detroit California rookie Wally Joyner who leads the major leagues in home runs and RBIs hit two homers while Gary Pettis and Dick Schofield each hit one to back the seven-hit pitching of Mike Witt While Witt 3-3 was pitching his third complete game the Angels pounded four Detroit pitchers for 13 hits and the Tigers committed three errors Continued from page AA1 about his own explanation for why the are averaging eight-plus runs for Haas understand Moose has been wearing (center fielder Dwayne) Moore said sent out for more orders and going to pass them Phillips must already have a pair He has far surpassed dream of a leadoff hitter "We tried to manufacture a lead-off hitter and have many Moore said was really excited about the challenge and I know how much better he can do Tonight was quite a Phillips seemed somewhat less than excited about the milestone although he did have a bottle of champagne chilling next to his locker It all started with his first at-bat the first leadoff homer this sea Mark Langston fires a pitch en route to a winning performance against the Yankees Loser Dan Petry 3-3 lasted only 1 2-3 innings his shortest outing of the season He gave up five runs on three hits Blue Jays 7 Indians 6 at Toronto Jesse Barfield hit a three-run double to highlight a five-run sixth inning to power Toronto past Cleveland Barfield who also had an RBI single in the fifth inning made a winner of reliever Jim Acker 1-2 who was just dropped from the starting rotation The Blue Jays entered the sixth trailing 4-2 but tied the game on an RBI double by Ranee Mulliniks and a run-scoring single by George Bell With the bases loaded Barfield hit a 2-2 pitch from Tom Candiotti 2-4 into the gap in left-center giving the Jays a 7-4 lead White Sox 4 Royals 2 at Chicago Reid three-run double with two out in the fifth inning and four hits by Harold Baines led the Chicago to the victory breaking Kansas four-game winning streak Richard Dotson 2-3 was the winner and received excellent relief help from Gene Nelson who pitched 3 2-3 hitless innings before Bob James got the final out for his seventh save Astros 9 Cubs 6 at Houston Glenn Davis had three RBIs including a run-scoring single that capped a six-run sixth inning leading the Houston Astros to a 9-6 victory over the Chicago Cubs Friday night Trailing 6-3 the Astros sent 10 men to the plate in the sixth and scored six runs off three Cubs pitchers Braves 6 Cardinals 2 at Atlanta Bob Horner and Ozzie Virgil each drove in two runs and Rick Mahler pitched a four-hitter for Atlanta Billy Sample who had three hits hit his second homer in the seventh off reliever Greg Bargar Reds 7 Pirates 2 at Cincinnati Buddy Bell who entered the game with only two runs batted in this season knocked in three with a double and a triple for Cincinnati John Denny 2-4 struck out seven walked three and allowed four hits in six innings son on a 2-1 pitch from Storm Davis His next at-bat the first of two singles chased Davis 3-2 Davis gave up only four hits in his one inning plus five batters but errors by third baseman Floyd Rayford and Davis combined with a Mike Davis double and two-run single to produce three runs Nate Snell entered the game in relief and struck out the first four batters he faced but the scored again in the third on second double and Alfredo bloop single Two more in the fourth gave the a 7-0 lead and the 24896 gave the Orioles er seat cushions Yes it was seat cushion giveaway night Last year the fans showered the cushions on the field in an Oriole victory This time they hurled them spontaneously in disgust when Rick Dempsey failed to hold onto a bad relay throw after Carney single to right allowing Dave King- NBA NOTES below 50 percent The 6-foot-7 Johnson moved from small forward to guard this season and responded with an all-star performance His shooting percentage climbed to 510 and he was second on the team in assists Ewing Rookie of the Year? The New York Knicks called a news conference for Monday the same day the NBA will announce its 1985-86 Rookie of the Year and said center Patrick Ewing will attend fueling speculation that he will win the award The 7-foot Ewing the top pick in the 1985 college draft played only 50 games this season none after March 6 because of knee surgery There were no minimum-game requirements set by the NBA for the national media that voted for the award Ewing averaged 200 points and 90 rebounds best in the league among first-year players but the 32 games he missed because of injury created doubt that he would win rookie honors Stadium of the Coalition for San Francisco Neighborhoods said he opposes the way the office has put together the project Feinstein said she and Santa Fe Pacific chairman John Schmidt reached a verbal agreement on the project in a four-hour meeting Thursday in Chicago She said the next key step is up to Giants owner Bob Lurie is an issue to be planned like anything said Taber whose organization represents 32 neighborhood groups throughout San Francisco Giants management reacted cautiously to the latest proposal although calling it most encouraging development in the past several Corey Busch the vice president for administration said studies on parking public transit and wind conditions would be necessary before the club would take a firm position on the plan Johnson wins comeback award Bucks well aware home court no big advantage However Howe decided that because a number of major-league scouts and San Francisco Giants president A1 Rosen and Toronto Blue Jays vice president Pat Gillick were going to be in the stands he would defy order Steve and Steve Howe toolj a' calculated Gagliardi said already talked to Harry and told him what actions going to take against him for letting Howe Gagliardi also said he was annoyed by the way the Howe situation had been handled by the Office setback was just the latest for Howe In 1980 he compiled a 7-9 record with a 265 ERA and 17 saves The following year he helped the Dodgers win the World Series! However his drug and alcohol problems began to mount In 1983 the Dodgers suspended! him twice for not showing up Then-j commissioner Bowie Kuhn-suspended him for the 1984 season? because of his drug involvement it will help them like the noise on the road he said never looked at any statistics but bet I play better on the road than I do at home I like to hear the noise out there It gets me The Bucks did improve somewhat 5 during their second game at Boston after having lost 128-96 earlier in the week There was no early word on! whether Bucks guard Sidney Monj? crief who has been bothered by awheel injury will be able to play: Moncrief who has played in alter-! nate contests recently scored only two points Thursday night blamed his low scoring output on poor timing and defense down 0-2 I know if going to have to be al-' tered or he said of his playoff' playing pattern looking at is whether I can run or be efficient I then I play in Game 3 There is somewhat more? urgency to play in Game 3 if I can? play but I really know man to score wish I had had something to Orioles manager Earl Weaver said think we all wished we had something to throw Nobody wants to spend an honest dollar and go out and see a 7-0 game after three The cushion bother Haas a local product one bit He has become comfortable pitching with big leads Mooneyham pitched two shutout innings thanks to two great catches in the eighth by Ricky Peters a defensive replacement for the slower Dusty Baker before Jose Rijo worked the ninth By then the had scored another run on the RBI triple by Phillips that completed the cycle never done that before and never been in any record Phillips said was aware that I was close but it wasn't in my mind As soon as (right fielder Jim Dwyer) missed it I knew I had Last month Xavier McDaniel of Seattle was unanimously named to the five-man All-Rookie team that was selected by NBA coaches Ewing received 21 of a possible 22 votes for the All-Rookie team McDaniel averaged 171 points and 80 rebounds for the SuperSonics Cooper Sparrow honored Michael Cooper of the Los Angeles Lakers and Rory Sparrow of the Knicks have been voted co-winners of the Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award by the Professional Basketball Writers Association of America Phil Jasner basketball writer for the Philadelphia Daily News and president of PBWAA said 135 members voted on a ballot that contained 13 nominees The award is in memory of the man who was commissioner of the NBA during the boom expansion years It annually honors a player or coach for outstanding community service Cooper was honored for a variety of activities including acting as one of several spokesman for the national No to campaign Continued from page AA1 largely from a revenue bond issue raising $12 million and an increase in the hotel tax amounting to an additional $17 million The remainder she said would come from undetermined fund-raising measures The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Monday will consider a resolution by board president John Molinari expressing support for the stadium project according to Bill Strawn deputy press secretary for Feinstein The spokesman said the stadium would take up to two years to build and could be ready by 1989 or 1990 Political snags however could slow or scrap that schedule Criticism has already surfaced to the plan which leaked out earlier this month Stephen Taber executive director Bee file Forward Marques Johnson averaged over 20 points a game for the Clippers Bee News Services NEW YORK Marques Johnson of the Los Angeles Clippers who averaged 203 points and made the Western Conference All-Star team as a guard after previously reaching all-star status four times as a forward Friday was named the NBA Comeback Player of the Year Johnson got 30 votes from a nationwide panel of media members five more than second-place finisher Bill Walton of Boston On Thursday Walton won the Sixth Man Award Walter Davis of Phoenix was third with eight votes from the 78-member panel Reggie Theus of Sacramento followed with six votes Golden Joe Barry Carroll had four Randy Wittman of Atlanta two and Adrian Dantley of Utah Terry Teagle of Golden State and Rod Higgins who played for four teams this season got one each Johnson was traded by Milwaukee to the Clippers just before the 1984-85 season but his average dropped to 164 points lowest of his career and his field-goal percentage fell to 452 the first time he ever finished MILWAUKEE (AP) The Milwaukee Bucks hope the home-court advantage will mean as much to them as it has to the Boston Celtics as the National Basketball Association playoff series moves to Milwaukee But Bucks coach Don Nelson has his doubts the location will have anything to do with the outcome The Celtics have a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference championship series going into games today and Sunday at Milwaukee home maybe a Alton Lister of the Bucks said of chances that Milwaukee might win for the first time in eight games against Boston this season Lister had a career playoff high 22 points for Milwaukee in a 122-111 loss Thursday night in Boston Nelson conceded that the Celtics who have won 38 straight at home have a good home-court advantage not the building the he said The Larry Bird commenting on playing in Milwaukee said sure have the noise and.