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0 1 1 1 Gamecocks Sell Out 4B THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER Thursday August 15 1985 e- a By the Numbers (based on 270 at bats) (through Tuesday's games) For Football Season Sutton Wins 292nd Game Cubs Lose Again Ty Cobb Career Hit Record Isoo arab Pete Rollo Career Hits National League Pct GAB 358 McGee Sq 104 411 78 146 356 Guerrero LA 102 360 78 119 348 Herr SR 108 404 66 130 328 Backman NY 95 325 53 100 322 Parker Cm 109 432 56 132 317 Gwynn SD 107 436 60 132 316 Cruz Htn 98 383 48 115 307 Doran Htn 105 418 57 125 305 Hernandez NY 108 399 58 119 304 Raines Mon 105 407 79 120 American League AB Brett Kan 104 374 72 134 Boggs Bsn 109 441 62 157 RI-Sendson Wt 95 371 129 Matting's NY 109 442 68 145 Lacy Bit 80 339 49 109 Whitaker Det 106 436 79 138 Bochte Oak 93 275 33 87 Gedman Bsn 100 332 47 102 Butler Cie 111 440 72 134 PBradley Sea 109 438 64 133 Pet 355 331 322 308 306 303 300 799 298 295 A Home Runs Murphy Atlanta 30 Guerrero Los Angeles 28 Parker Cincinnati 22i Horner Atlanta 20 Klerk St Louis 20 Schmidt Philadelphia 19 Foster New York 17 5 ore tied with 16 RBIs Murphy Atlanta 83 Parker CinCifinati 81 Herr St Louis 80 JCIark St Louis 80 GWilson Philadelphia 73 Hernandez New York 69 Brooks Montreal 68 Guerrero Los Angeles 68 Homer Atlanta 68 Pitching (9 Decisions) Franco Cincinnati 9-1 900 Welch Los Angeles 8-1 889 Gooden New York 18-3 857 Hershiser Los Angeles 12-3 800: Hawkins San Diego 14-4 178 11Smith Montreal 13-4 765 Anduiar St Louis 19-6 760i Darling New York 10-4 714 Home Runs Fisk Chicago 31 Do Evans Detroit 26 OThomos Seattle 25 Balboni Kansas City 24 Presley Seattle 24 Kingman Oakland 23 5 are tied with 21 RBIs Mattingly New York 92 EMurray Baltimore 87 Winfield New York 78 Riaken Baltimore 77 Fisk Chkago 76 Baylor New York 75 Rice Boston 72 Brett Kansas City 71 OBell Toronto 71 Pitching (9 Decisions) Birtsos Oakland 9-2 818 Guidry New York 15-4 789 Soberhogen Kansas City 14-5 737 11-lowell Oakland 9-4 6923 Key Toronto 9-4 692 Romonick California 13-6 684 Alexander Toronto 12-6 667 Cowley New York 10-5 667 Moms Detroit 12-6 667 Ross In Wodnosday's Ramos Late 20' 1 1 From Anode's(' Prins and Staff Reports If Clemson football coach Danny Ford has his way reporters will not be able to interview players in the Tigers' dressing rooms after games Ford said he will select four Area players to meet the press after each Clemson game Roundup The coach said he does not want certain players to discuss the game with the media because "A lot of times the players don't know what they're talking about" The start of the season may still be two weeks away but tickets to South Carolina home football games were sold out Wednesday according to South Carolina ticket manager Jim Petrus Meanwhile North Carolina ticket manager Ken Brown announced that all tickets to Tar Heel football games were sold out as well Lenoir Tennis The Lenoir Parks and Recreation Department will be holding the 1985 Lenoir Open tennis tournament Sept 16-22 A and flights will be held for men's and women's singles doubles and mixed doubles The entry deadline is Sept 9 at 6 pm Entry forms are available at the Mulberry Recreation Center Lenoir Advantage Tennis and Ski Hickory and Collett St Recreation Center Morganton For more information contact Mike Foust Lenoir Parks and Recreation Department at 754-4549 Caldwell Eliminated Chris Threadgill hit a fielder's choice in the eighth inning to score the winning run as Whitey' Ile Post 137 took a 6-5 victory over Caldwell Post 29 to win the state American Legion baseball championship Whiteville which now has a 38-10 record advances to the Southeast Regional Playoffs in Cherry ville beginning Aug 21 They will face the Georgia champion Whiteville pitcher Keith Frink and reliever Joey Sykes held Caldwell to seven hits Frink added three hits to protect his win Tim Hooks hit a pair of doubles while Chris Threadgill and Henry Threadgill each had triples Scott Teague hit a 425-foot home run for Caldwell in the fifth inning while Neal Adams drove in three of Caldwell's runs on two hits Caldwell which is in its fourth year of American Legion baseball ends the season with a 34-14 record Coaches' Seminar A sports injuries seminar for area coaches will be held in the new conference room at Rowan Memorial Hospital in Salisbury Aug 20 from 7 to 9 pm The clinic is free Free parking will be at the hospital Four issues will be addressed at the seminar: emotional injury preventive measures physical injury lind treatment and rehabilitation The featured speaker will be Bobby Hussey men's basketball coach at Davidson Edited By Lee Roberts wall for a double Carew followed with his double scoring Pettis He advanced to third on a groundout and scored on Ruppert Jones's single to right Stu Cliburn (7-2) hurled 3 innings of shutout relief striking out five to gain the victory Donnie Moore pitched the 12th inning for his 22nd save The Angel rally ruined a stellar performance by Seattle starter Mike Moore who pitched 11 innings the longest stint by a Mariners pitcher He scattered nine hits while walking two and striking out 12 tying his career high From Associated Press Reports Don Sutton posted his 292nd career victory by allowing five hits in 712 innings as the Oakland A's won the opening game of a doubleheader 5-0 Wednesday against the MinneIn sota Twins in Minneapolis In the second game Twins Baseball rookie Mark Portugal making 11111111111111ENIIIIIIMM his first major league appearance after being recalled from Toledo (Ohio) on Sunday took a four-hitter and a 3-2 lead into the seventh But he walked Dusty Baker before yielding Mike Davis's 22nd homer and the A's went on to sweep winning the second game 7-4 Portugal then gave up a single to Donnie Hill who had five hits in the doubleheader and Steve Kiefer reached on an error Pete Filson relieved and gave up run-scoring singles to Alfredo Griffin and Dwayne Murphy Oakland added a run in the eighth when Davis singled moved to second on an infield out stole third and scored on a wild pitch from Twins reliever Ron Davis whose string of 19 games without allowing a run ended The A's took a 2-0 lead in the fourth on Baker's sacrifice fly and Davis's RBI double But in the bottom of the inning the Twins knocked Oakland starter Steve Mc Catty out of the game Tom Brunansky walked stole second and scored on Gary Gaetti's single Catcher Mark Salas doubled in Gaetti and Ron Washington singled home Jose Rijo (1-1) relieved Mc Catty in the fourth and held the Twins scoreless until the eighth when Kent Hrbek doubled and scored on a single by Randy Bush Steve Ontiveros pitched 13i innings for his fifth save Bruce Bochte hit a two-run homer his ninth in the sixth inning of the opener to break open a 1-0 game The 40-year-old Sutton (12-6) winner of nine of 10 decisions struck out four and didn't allow a runner past second base Minnesota's Mike Smithson (11-10) allowed only seven hits before being replaced by Steve Howe in the eighth "He has chalked up a lot of victories in his career" A's manager Jackie Moore said "Not only does it move him closer to his goal but it was a heck of a boost to our club" California 3 Seattle 1(12 innings) Rod Carew drove in Gary Pettis with a double in the I2th Inning as the Angels won in the first game of a doubleheader in Seattle The Angels broke a 1-1 tie when Pettis hit reliever Edwin Nunez's first pitch off the left-field was hard to get motivated" Reliever Lary Sorensen (3-3) was the loser Starting pitcher Ray Fontenot retired the first two batters in the fourth before Butera and Smith homered on successive pitches It was the first major league homer for each Houston 7 San Francisco 5 Pinch hitter Dickie Thon's two-out tie-breaking three-run homer in the seventh inning powered the Astros to a victory in San Francisco Mark Bailey drew a one-out walk and Phil Garner singled before Thon broke the 3-3 tie by hitting Mark Davis's full-count pitch over the left-field screen Davis (3-7) entered the game at the start of the seventh inning It was Thon's third homer and first pinch hit of the season He remained in the game at shortstop and added a run-scoring single in the ninth inning "There are no more headaches and I'm feeling a lot better gradually" Thon said "Today I was just trying to see the ball and hit it somewhere" Reliever Jeff Heathcock (1-1) got the victory and Dave Smith picked up his 19th save Around The Leagues Tom Seaver suffered a spasm in his upper left back and was cancelled as starting pitcher in Wednesday night's White Sox game against the New York Yankees Texas Rangers pitcher Dave Rozema had an arthrogram performed on his left knee that showed torn ligaments Rozema will fly to Detroit today to have arthroscopic surgery National League Montreal 8 Chicago Cubs 7 Scot Thompson's tie-breaking pinch single in the seventh inning and solo home runs by Sal Butera pitcher Bryn Smith and Mitch Webster led the Expos in Chicago Smith (14-4) survived a grand slam by Ron Cey as the Expos won for the fifth time in six starts Tim Burke earned his fifth save despite allowing a pinch homer to Richie Hebner in the ninth Tim Wallach struck out to open the seventh but reached on a passed ball by catcher Jody Davis Vance Law sacrificed and Webster was walked intentionally Pinch hitter Terry Francona forced Webster but Thompson batting for Smith singled to left to score Wallach and Tim Raines followed with a single to score "It's fun to contribute to a great cause" said Thompson "When I was with San Francisco and I'd come to pinch hit we'd usually be down three or four runs and I'd try to hit three-run homers It I FRE LE Got something to sell? 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