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FORRIIMMIM)1141111101EIWEIMEWMMIIMIli 4B THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVE 4B THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER It Friday April 7 1989 TANK McNAHAILV Gastonia Rallies To Beat Spartanburg A FAL( TIRE 111 II QUOTES OFILY ONE It IT'S tt 4 1 -11 Ift OUR ts 11 LOWEST i 0 ftlo ft41 i 1 It i 1 4 1 i 3t i -4 1 iE' Liz 1'1'1 IIV A "7- I) 4 1 Ai I 4 6----- ing lirira IL i though it was unearned Center fielder Leroy Ventress reached base when Cronk dropped a pop fly He stole second and came home on Mickey Morandini's RBI single Notes: The game was delayed 20 minutes as Spartanburg awaited a skydiver to make an appearance Gastonia's Robb Nen will pitch for the Rangers tonight in a 7:30 game at Spartanburg Spartanburg's Tim Dell pitched six scoreless innings striking out three and allowing three hits Teammate Gary Wilson (0-1) took the loss in relief KAJMt3R OF 104JuRIE5 IpJ SNAGg'Oekicke ri0005 ACRC55 '1145 CaNTRY Update 33-35-68 35-33-68 34-35-69 32-37-69 36-33-69 34-35-69 34-35-69 34-35-69 35-34-69 34-35-69 36-33-69 34-36-70 34-38-70 32-38-70 37-33-70 1 1---1----17-1-1---" ir i 0 I 't :1 II ct sp McCaskill Morgan (E)-Herrman 10432 Discus: Put Smith (E) 303: 4'6 Long Jump Trip1s Jump: Bell tE) Family Thursday's results I AgOTAER evIGAWRS OF MA44NS FIDPULARITY OF SAWCI5ALL '1APZ OF 4ICI-44EL 4)0R7ANJ Dale Eggeling Cindy Renck Lon West Sherri Steinhauer Laura Dairies Nancy Brown Martha Nause Sherri Turner Kim Williams Missie Beneotti Pat Bradley Stephanie Earwig Anne Kelly Pamela Wright Amy Benz MOTORSPORTS NASCAR Points Standings 1 Alan Kukocki 767 2 Daie Earnhardt 749 Geott Bodine 730 4 Sterling Mar lin 728 1 Rusty Wallace 701 Rick Wilson 651: 7 Darrell Waltrip 637 Davey Allison 621 IL Mike Waltrip 597 10 Lake Speed 586 11 Harry Gant 584 IL Ken Schrader 579 11 Bill Elliott 578 It Mark Martin 573 15 Picky Rudd 561 NOWGOLEVONNt HIGH I -i i4 co 1-Zil 0 -Y1424'''y44 'rCr! It bly I I ''''''4-A't I i 414 i ft-IPI-7 428 2 3200 Polar Miller Martin Morgan Smith (E) 7710 Shot High Jump: Gordon (I) Morrissette (E) 141 314 7-6 6-0 Kristy Boggs Monica Vaughn 6-2 6-4 Sharon Smith Ames Smith 6-1 6-0: Kim Sommer Vicky Galbraith 6-4 6-2 Card Peterson Julie Bowen 6-1 6-0 Julie Gottshock 'Acquit) Sessa 6-1 8-2 Doubles: Smith-Miller Phillips-Vaughn 84 Sommer-Amy Willoughby Smith-Galbraith 8-2: Peterson-Gottschock Tonya Nations-Kristy Hodges 8-0 alVIWENNISWA Thursday's Results Macklanburg PAackkinburg 331 8 Mack: Jonathon Beam 77 Jett Daniels 79 Collin Altman 80 Ryan Cachlio 80 Mack: Jason Duncan 78 Oscar Broms 80 Ryan Bolick 85 Mike Meacham 88 SCHOOLS IN ONE Charlotte on the no 2 of the Carmel Country and It was his 1118ASESALLM PROFESSIONAL Circle from Hilton Need island LC-Doubles Quarterfinals: liana Mandllkova Australia-Martina Navratilova Catherine Suire France-Patricia Tarabirol Argentina 6-2 6-0 Sandy Collins-Leila Meskhl Soviet Union Lily Haliami-Karen Schimper South Africa 6-4 6-4 Mary Lou Daniels Wendy While Jill Srno ifer-Maria Seandlund Sweden 6-4 7-6 (7-5) Bettina Monaco-Catarina Lindqvist Sweden Arantxa Sanchez Spain-Judith Wiesner Austria 4-6 7-6 (7-0) 7-6 (7-3) Second Round! El ly Hakami-Karen Schimper South Africa cl Rosalyn Fair bank South Africa-Mercedes Paz Argentine 7-6 (7-4) 6-3 Catherine Suire France-Patricia Tarabini Argentina Kathy Foxworth-Lori McNeil 6-2 6-2 Sandy Collins-Leila Meskhi Soviet Union Regina HinikOVil-Flegine PaiChrIOVa Czechoslovakia 6-2 6-4 Mary Lou Daniels-Wendy White Mary Norwood-Jane Thomas Great Britain 6-2 6-1 Bettina Bunge Monaco-Catarina Undovist Sweden Laura Gilderneister Peru-Brenda Schultz Netherlands 74 (72) 6-4 Singles Third Martina Navratilova (2) Pod Worth Texas Catarina Lindevist (10) Sweden 64 6-3 Natalia Zvereva (4) Soviet Union Amanda Coetzer South Africa 6-4 34 6-0 Leila Meskhi Soviet Union Lod McNeil (5) Houston 6-2 6-2 Rudka Zrubakova Czechoslovakia Helen Kelesi (6) Canada 6-7 (8-10) 6-4 7-6 (7-5) Arantxa Sanchez (7) Spain Jana Pospisilova Czechoslovakia 6-3 3-6 6-1 Hans Mandlikova (8) Australia Bettina Fulco Argentina 6-1 6-2 Linda Ferrando Italy cl Sandra Cecchini Italy 6-1 7-5 By JOHN GLENNON Staff Writer SPARTANBURG One game into the 1989 season the Gastonia Rangers are 100 improved over last season The Rangers opened their South Atlantic League Class A season with a 3-1 come-from-behind victory over the Spartanburg Phi on Thursday night One year ago the Rangers opened their season when they lost to Spartanburg en route to a last-place finish in the league "It's good to get the first one early" said Gastonia manager Orlando Gomez who also managed the team in 1988 "We stayed in the game the whole way They knew they could win the game and they never quit" The Rangers' big gun Thursday was their youngest player 17- year-old catcher Ivan Rodriguez playing in his first professional game Rodriguez who had three hits in four at-bats played a key role in Gastonia's seventh-inning rally when the Rangers scored two runs to take the lead Teammate Tony Berry was on second base after a two-out double when Rodriguez doubled to left-center to tie the score at 1 Rangers right fielder Jim McCutchen followed with a single to put the Rangers up 2-1 "The butterflies didn't matter to me" said Rodriguez a Puerto Rican native who spoke to the media through pitching coach Oscar Acosta "It just matters if you have a lot of heart to play the game and I think I have a lot of heart I always have a positive attitude" Gastonia added an insurance run it the top of the ninth First baseman Doug Cronk led the inning off with a single and advanced to second base on Jose Hernandez' sacrifice bunt Cronk scored on an error by Spartanburg third baseman John Marshall In the bottom of the ninth Spartanburg mustered a threat on two-out singles by Tim Churchill and Marshall But Gastonia's winning pitcher Kyle Spencer (1-0) got Mike Carlin to pop out to third base to end the game Spencer pitched four innings to get the victory striking out seven while allowing two hits His effort complemented that of starter Eric Mc Cray "We got outstanding pitching from Mc Cray and Spencer" said Gomez "Mc Cray showed me a good fastball It was even better than he showed me in spring training" Spartanburg scored its first run of the season in the third inning FOR INFORMATION CALL: Don Truett 616 North Tryon Street Charlotte NC 28202 (704) 377-4831 FOR OVER 75 YELNaL LEAGUES Atlantic League Division Pct GS 1 1000 1 1000 0 000 0 000 0 000 1 0 000 1 Division 0 000 0 MOO 0 000 0 000 0 000 0 000 included Results Fayetteville 2 Spartanburg I at Asheville late late Myrtle Beach late late COLLEGES MISCELLANEOUS LATEST LINE Baseball American League NEW YORK 6V1-712 over Cleveland DETROIT 612-712 over Milwaukee MINNESOTA 714-812 over Baltimore TEXAS 514-612 over Toronto KANSAS CITY 5lt4lk over Boston CALIFORNIA 7-8 over Seattle OAKLAND 712-812 over Chicago National League CHICAGO E-6 over Pittsburgh CINCINNATI 6-7 over San Francisco MONTREAL-New York (Pick) PHILADELPHIA 512-6t4 over St Louis Los Angeles 612412 over ATLANTA HOUSTON 712-812 over San Diego Basketball NBA ATLANTA 612 over Houston Philadelphia SIA over CHARLOTTE New York 712 over NEW JERSEY WASHINGTON 112 over Cleveland CHICAGO 2I1 over Detroit DALLAS 312 over Sacramento LA LAKERS 9 over Utah PORTLAND VA over Boston Home Team in Caps RUNNING Calendar Send information about upcoming road races to: Running Calendar Linda Kell her Observer Sports PO Box 32188 Charlotte NC 28232 Piease include a phone number and hours it may be called SATURDAY Concord: Gold Rush Run to begin at 8:45 am (mile fun run) 9 am (half marathon and 5K) and 9:15 am (mile race walk) at Reed Gold Mine: entry tee $6 (half marathon and 5K) $4 (fun run and race walk) before April 7 add $2 race day (subtract $2 for no t-shirt) information: Phidippides Sports Center (104) 786-3312 or Reed Gold Mine (704) 1864337 SATURDAY Myrtle Buck Myrtie Beach Classic 1085K to begin at 0 am at the Sport 8 Health Club Kingston Plantation 9760 Kings Road information: (803)49702444 JUNE 11 Charlotte: 1989 Bud Light Triathaion at Latta Plantation Park to begin at 1:45 an information: American Lung Men of NC 704-537-5776 from 8:30 4:30 pm LAKE LEVELS Jams Down 15 feet Hickory Down 26 feet Norman Down 1 9 feel Mountain Island Down 14 feet ylio Down 22 feet Miters Up 25 feet Marion Down 06 feet Edited by Bred Johnson 1ftle ila PROFESSIONAL Masters Pairings Today's second-round pairings tor The Masters Tournament at Augusta Ga 11:45 a-David Eger (84) and a Christian Hardin (85) 053 Jim Be nepe (82) and a-Eric Meeks (83) 901 Doug Ford (81) and a-Daniel Yates lit (91) 9:09 SAL- Mark McNulty (80) end Arnold Palmer (81) 217 Scott Ver plank (79) and Tom Sieckmann (79) 9:25 Mark Wiebe (77) and Morris Hata) skY (78) 9:33 Doug Tewe II (77) and Larry Nelson (77) 9:41 a-Ralph Howe Ill (77) and Sandy Lyle (77) 9:49 Bob Tway (77) and Bill Glasson (77) 9:57 Andy North (77) and Jose-Marie Umbel (77) 1005 Fuzzy Zoeller (76) and Mark Brooks (77) 1013 Tommy Nakajima (76) and Lanny Wadhins (76) 1021 Tommy Aaron (76) and Nick Price (76) 1029 Ray Floyd (76) and Steve Pate (76) 1037 David Frost (76) and Gary Player (76)1045 Mike Su (76) and Charles Coody (76) 10:53 Gary Koch (76) and Blame klcCallister (76) 11:01 Joey Snide lar (75) and Bob Lehr (75) 11:17 Greg Twos (75) and Bob Gilder (75)1125 George Archer (75) and Paul Azoinger (75) 11:33 Tim Simpson (75) and Billy Casper (75) 11:41 Hubert Green (74) and David Rummel Is (74) 11:49 Mark Calcavetchia (74) and Chip Beck (74) Greg Norman (74) and Curtis Strange (74): 12:05 Mark O'Meara (74) and Bernhard Langer Craig Stadler (74) and Steve (ones (74) 1221 Ian Woosnam (74) and Ken Green (74): 1229 Jeff Stamen (74) and Gene Sayers (74) 1237 Peter Jacobsen (74) and Corey Pawn (74) 12:45 Payne Stewart (73) and Bruce Lietzke (74) 1253 Andrew Magee (73) and Jack Nicklaus (73) 1:01 Jay Haas (73) and Jodie Mudd (73) 1:17 Fred Couples (72) and Mark Mc Cumber (72) 125 Larry Mize (72) and Tom Watson (72) 1:33 Tom Kite (72) and Dan Pohl (72) 1:41 Scott Simpson (72) and Hal Sutton (72): 1:49 Mike Reid (72) and DA Weibring (72) 1:57 Save Ballesteros (71) and Jumbo Ozaki 205 Ben Crenshaw (71) and IL Chen (71) 213 Andy Bean (70) and Tom Pont (71): 221 Scott Hock (69) and Don Poo ley (70) 229 Lee Trevino (67) and Nick Fakir) (R LPGA Thursday's leading first-round results at the Red Robin Kyocera Clot sic in Poway Celli Deaden Lasker 33-35-68 HOLE Byron Zeller 156 yd par-3 Club He used first MINOR South Northern Gastonia Greensboro vAsheville aCharlestonWV Fayetteville Spartanburg Southern )(Auguste aChariesionSC )(Columbia aMyrtle Beach )(Savannah aSumter it-late games not Thursday's Greensboro 3 Gastonia 3 Charleston WVa Augusta at Columbia Charleston SC at Savannah at Sumter Thursday's USC-Alken 4 Duke 4-14 HIGH Girls East Mecklenburg Independence 30 High Hurdles: Bell (E) 13 0 SOO Bell Grant McCaskill (E) (El-Withers Grant 400: Morgan (E) (E) 527 SOO: Harris (I) 277 1800 Raley: of an COLLEGES Men's Results JC Smith 6 Shaw 3 Singles: Anthony Haley (S) Juan HousIon 6-1 6-0 Shelly Horton (S) do Deron Hardaway 8-2 64 Marvin Maynor (J) Arthur Kirkwood 6-4 6-1 Tyrone Diggs (J) Tim Enwerem 64 6-0 John Alibrooks (J) Terry Pugh 6-0 6-0 Doubies: Diggs-Allbrooks (J) Haley-Horton 6-1 Emverem-Pugh (S) way-Maynor 8-2 Women's Results Results Carattas Morris Colt 1 Warren Wilson 2-0 010011TRACK1010 SCHOOLS UNCC Davidson 4 Singles: Gail Millet (C) Mary Beth Ruth 6-2 6-1 Kristy Boggs (C) Alice Stubbs delautt Jane Price (D) Sharon Smith 6-1 6-2 Marion Stone (D) Kim Sommer 6-7 6-0 6-3 Card Peterson (C) Martha Johnson 64 3-6 6-1 Angela Ruddert (D) Julie Gottshock 6-4 6-3 Doublet Miller-Smith (C) Stone-Stubbs 2-6 6-4 6-3 Price-Johnson (D) Boggs Sommer 6-1 6-2 Peterson-Gottshock (C) RuddertRuth 6-3 6-3 UNCC Appalachian St 0 Singles: Gall Miller Meredith Phillips Results 105 Myers Park 30 Horne (E) 18 2 100 Meters: Meter (E)-Eldridge Miller 1:519: 1800: 5:510 400 Meter Relay: Bell Miller 538 MA 300 Hurdles: Ranson McCaskill (E) 2:303 200: 3200: Stogner (I) 13:451 (El-Eldridge Herrman GASTONIA SPARTANBURG brbbl ebrhIN 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