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DAC2QALL CO SGVN-P-T Saturday, June 12, 1993 et send Fernandes off to Toronto Former All-Star shortstop traded as floundering New York looks to shake things up the Philadelphia Phillies 7-6. Gibson gave up a three-run homer to Pete Incaviglia that highlighted a five-run seventh inning and gave the Phillies a 7-5 lead. He was given his unconditional release. After the game, manager Dallas Green and general manager A1 Har- azin promised there would be; changes on the last-place Mets, who 1 fell 21 games behind the first- place Phillies in the National League East -4 Associated Press NEW Y(mX The floundering New York Mets gave up on All-Star shortstop Tony Fernandez yesterday, trading him to the Toronto Blue Jays for outfielder Darrin Jacksoa Both ironically were with the San Diego Padres last seasoa Fernandez, a four-time All-Star who played for Toronto from 1983-1990, was traded to the Padres with first baseman Fred McGriff for outfielder Joe Carter and second baseman Roberto Alomar on Dec. 5, 1990 in the biggest offseason five homers and 19 RBls.

In his only two frill seasons with the Padres, Jackson hit 21 homers with 49 RBls in 1991 and 17 homers with 70 RBls last year. TTie Mets had good news and bad news on the injury front Bret Saberhagen, who left Thursday nights 7-6 loss to Philadelphia after five scoreless innings with shoulder stiffness, showed no damage during a magnetic resonance imaging test at the Hospital for Special Surgery in Manhattan. Saberhagen, 3-5 with a 324 ERA, is not expected to miss a start deal that year. After two seasons with San Diego, Fernandez, a 285 lifetime hitter, was dealt to the Mets on Oct 26, 1992 for pitcher Wally Whitehust and outfielder J. Dozier.

Injured part of this season, Fernandez did not prosper with the struggling Mets, batting only 225 with one home run, 14 RBls and six stolen bases. Jackson, 29, was a bust in his short stay with the Blue Jays. After being acquired from San Diego this year for outfielder Derek Bell, Jack-son hit only 216 in 46 games with Third baseman Howard Johnson, meanwhile, was diagnosed with a viral infection and sent home. He will more tests today. Also yesterday, the Mets cut veteran left-handed relief pitcher Paul Gibson and called up rookie righthander Dave Telgheder from their Norfolk farm club of the International League.

Gibson, 33, was 1-1 with a 5.19 ERA in eight games with no saves this season. He was the loser Thursday night when the Mets blew a 5-0 lead and were beaten by TONY FERNANDEZ was sent packing to Toronto yesterday by the Mets. Theres nothing fishy about 11-3 Marlins victory DETROIT! MILT CUYLER avoids the tag of Toronto catcher Pat Borders and scores the top two teams in the American League East 6-1. a run dunng the fifth inning erf yesterday's game. The Tigers won the game between ASSOCIATED PRESS The wins are beginning to come in bunches for the Florida Marlins, and so are the hits.

Dave Magadan had four of Floridas team-record 21 hits, and the Marlins trounced the Pittsburgh Pirates 11-3 last night for their sixth victory in seven games. Magadan hit his third home run of the season and also doubled. Florida matched the club mark for runs, and set a record with seven extrabase hits. Its contagious," Magadan said. When you see guys getting hits, it gets you in a hitting mode.

Luis Aquino (4-3) gave up three runs in seven innings. He began the game with a 212 ERA, best in the National League. He finished the night with a 231 ERA, just behind Philadelphias Tommy Greene at 227. The 21 hits were one short of the National League single-game high this season set by MontreaL We just werent very good tonight We didnt pitch well and they whacked the ball all over the lot Pirates manager Jim Leyland said. CARDINALS 1, EXPOS 0 Joe Magrane allowed two hits in 7 innings, and torrid Bernard Gilkey homered as St Louis beat MontreaL Magrane (4-6) has won his last two starts, allowing only one run in 14 innings after losing four in a row.

Before his previous start the Cardinals had considered removing him from the rotation. Gilkey hit his second home run cm a 2-2 hanging breaking ball from Kent Bottenfield (1-4) with one out in the fifth. He also singled twice, making him 5 for 9 in the series. Magrane was removed from the game one batter after being hit on the left forearm by pinch-hitter Frank Bolicks line drive with one out in the eighth a ball he caught. After Magrane walked pinch-hitter Sean Berry.

Paul Kilgus Notebook BY JOE HAAKENSON Notebook BY MARK LANGILL xei National League Roundup got the last out in the eighth. PHILLIES 5, METS 2 Third baseman Chico Walker made an error on Pete Incaviglias grounder with two outs in the ninth inning, giving Philadelphia the go-ahead run and a victory over New York. The Phillies, who overcame a 54) deficit against the Mets on Incavig-lias homer in the seventh inning Thursday night, rallied for their 14th win in 18 games. Curt Schilling (8-1) gave up five hits in his fifth complete game. The Mets have lost four in a row and seven of eight.

Pete Schourek (2-8) dropped his fourth consecutive decisioa With the score tied at Lenny Dykstra led off the Phillies ninth with a single. John Franco relieved Schourek, and Mariano Duncan sacrificed Dykstra to second. After Dykstra took third on a groundout and Darren Daulton walked. Walker misplayed Incaviglias grounder for his second error in two days. Wes Chamberlain, who homered earlier, walked to load the bases and Kim Batiste, who also had homered, followed with a two-run single.

ROCKIES 5, ASTROS 4 Pedro Castellano drove in his first run in the major leagues with a twoout, bloop single in the eighth inning, lifting Colorado over Houston. Castellano, who entered the game as a defensive replacement for shortstop Nelson Liriano in the sixth inning, singled to short right field off Xavier Hernandez. Jerald Clark led off with a single and was sacrificed to second. Associated Press Its for the birds as seagulls annoy Brewers, Yankees MILWAUKEE Nearly 100 sea gulls swooped down on County Stadium during yesterdays game between the New York Yankees and Milwaukee Brewers, creating a bizarre scene as players tried to catch and hit a white baseball in a flurry of white birds. Stadium personnel sounded a siren and a factory whistle to try to scare the birds off and a sign on the scoreboard called for Noise, Noise, Noise.

Gary Vanden Berg, the Brewers director of grounds, said the birds were apparently in search of hatching moths, whose nests were located in the outfield and infield grass. Associated Press i Healthy Gullickson propels Tigers, 6-1 Long wait finally over for Gonzales ANAHEIM Larry Gonzales had been waiting his entire life for yesterday. After graduating from Edgewood High School in West Covina in 1985, Gonzales began working toward his dream of making it to the major leagues. It became a reality yesterday. Because of an injury to catcher John Orton, Gonzales had his contract purchased from Triple-A Vancouver.

It's a great feeling an unbelievable feeling" he said before last night's game against the Seattle Manners. I cant desenbe it It's what I've worked for my entire life. Gonzales, 26, admitted he wondered if he would ever get this far, especially after the Angels dropped him from their 40-man roster a year ago and designated him to minor league camp for spnng training this year. He also endured the disappointment of not be called up last September, when major league rosters are expanded to 40. I cant say I never had any doubts," Gonzales said.

But I kept my head straight kept working hard and it paid off. There were plenty of friends and family members in the stands last night with Gonzales estimating he handed out 20-25 tickets. He was hitting 263 with one homer and 14 RBls for Vancouver before his promotion. He will serve as third-stnng catcher behind Greg Myera and Ron Tlngley. 'Til do whatever they need me to do," he said of the Angels.

Orton wasn't the only Angel to land on the disabled listthis week. Reliever Joe Grahe (tendinitis of nght shoulder) also was sidelined, which led to the promotion of left-handed reliever Jony Nielsen. Nielsen, along with J.T. Snow and Russ Springer, came from the Yankees in the Jim Abbott trade. Nielsen is the last of the tno to reach the majors with the Angels, but the Angels had no choice but to send him to the minors after a temble spnng Nielsen also had a poor start for Tnple-A Vancouver, but improved in recent weeks to 2-2 with a 5.02 ERA I was the only lefty in the 'pen, and I would only face a couple batters at a time," Nielsen said of his early-season troubles.

Finally they said they'd get me some innings. It gave me a chance to work on my pitches, get into a groove. It seemed to work out pretty good." The new faces in the clubhouse means manager Buck Rodgers is forced to extend the evaluation periods The 50 or 60 games as I projected may be extended to the All-Star break because we're breaking in Spnnger and Nielsen, Rodgers said. One or both could be an integral part of our bullpen. Some clubs have answered their questions.

We've still got questions to be answered." The Angels and Manners play the second game of their three-game senes tonight at Scott Sanderson (7-4, 3.42 ERA) faces Daws Flaming (0-1, 5.75). Snyder makes most of his opportunity SAN DIEGO As outspoken Darryl Strawberry struggles to regain hs confidence and identity on the Dodgers roster, Cory Snyder quietly savors the opportunity to play nght field on a consistent bask Snyder sparkled dunng Strawberry's stint on the disabled list, and manager Tom Lasorda wasn't going to dislodge Snyder from nght field, despite Strawberry's boused feelings and Snyders ability to play every position except pitcher and catcher. Even an O-for-13 drought entenng last night's game wasn't going to sway Lasorda's mind because Snyder was batting 204. Snyder hasn't received a chance to play every day since 1989. Indians manager John McNamara platooned him in 1990 and Snyder played little in 1991 with the White Sox and Blue Jays.

Even last season, I was player of the month for June and Roger Craig still wouldn't play me the next day if I went 0 for 4," said Snyder, signed as a free agent dunng the offseason. If you keep going you're going to get out of any slump that comes along" Snyder said he doesn't feel caught in an awkward position because Strawberry would be more comfortable in nght field. I pull for every guy on this team, and if Strawberry starts hitting like he can, we can win this thing" he said. "But I have to play the game and not think about what others are going through." Snyder chuckles when he hears the rave reviews about his strong throwing arm. Dodger pitchers privately prefer Snyder in nght field because Strawberry rarely threw out runners going from first to third base.

With Snyder, even routine sacrifice flies bnng a chance for a home-plate collision. My arm strength still 6 there, although there's not as much pop when I throw the ball," Snyder said. "In my third year in Cleveland. I had 19 assists in 1988. Unfortunately, people don't always realize that because it happened in Cleveland." After their brawl Thursday afternoon, Dodgers pitcher Ricky Trficwk said he wasn't going to attempt to make peace with Padres third baseman Gary Sheffield, who charged the mound after deciding Trlicek's fastball in the middle of his back was intentional.

I doubt ft, he's going to think what he thinks and I don't think anything I'd say would change his mind," Trltcek said. "Let bygones be bygones, ft's part of the game. Kevin Groea home run last night off San Diegos Doug BrocaR was the first by a Dodger pitcher since Ramon Martinez against Atlanta at Dodger Stadium on Sept 22, 199L Albuquerque manager BID Ruaeefl has been named to manage the National League all-star team for the July 14 Tnple-A All-Star Game at Albuquerque Sports Stadium. Andy Benea (7-5) opposes Tom CamAotti (3-5) tonight at 74)5 (Channel 5, SAP second audio in Spanish). Bill Gullickson hadnt felt right since undergoing knee and shoulder surgery in the off-season.

That changed yesterday as Gullickson pitched his first complete game since last August and beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-1 I feel like Pm where I want to be, Gullickson said. This is how I felt last year, before my arm started to hurt ANGELS Hard-luck Finley gets some support American League Roundup After winning the first two games of the four-game series, the Tigers lead the Blue Jays by three games in the American League East This series is only really important if someone sweeps, Gullickson said. "That means the next two are key games for us. If we split were right back where we started. Gullickson (4-2) pitched eight innings, allowing one run on six hits and a walk.

He struck out three. TWINS 11, ATHLETICS 8 Shane Macks fourth hit of the game, a three-run homer in the seventh inning, completed Minnesotas second comeback in a victory over Oakland. WHITE SOX 6, ROYALS 1 Frank Thomas and Robin Ventura each hit their 11th home run and Jack McDowell won his ninth game as Chicago beat Kansas City. McDowell and Mike Mussina of Baltimore lead the major leagues in victories- Continued from Cl Last night however, the Angels played solid defense and Finley got a win. The Angels did not commit an error while Finley allowed only four hits after the second inning on the way to his team-high fourth complete game of the year before 38201 at Anaheim Stadium.

The win moved the Angels to within 1 games of first-place Kansas City. Finley improved to 6-5, but he is 5-1 in games he does not allow an unearned run. Mariners starter Erik Hanson, fourth in the league with a 2.28 ERA going into the game, took the loss and fejl to 5-4. The games pivotal play fittingly was defensive in nature, courtesy of Angels left fielder Luis Polonia. Finley already had surrendered two runs in the second inning when he gave up a deep fly to Omar VizqueL Instead of watching the ball fly out for a two-run homer, Polonia made a leaping catch at the fence and set the tone for the night Ive got a bad reputation In the Held and Im doing all I can to change that Polonia said.

It was exciting thats the type of thing that gets you going." Luis play was the play of the game," Angels manager Buck Rodgers said. We played good defense tonight and we had been playing bad defense. In Chucks last start in Detroit we made four errors and gave up three or four unearned runs. This was a completely different ballgame, a completely different Chuck Finley." Finley enjoyed the improved defense, but also seemed to benefit from a talk he had with Rodgers. Buck talked to me about throwing my fastball more," Finley said.

I had been off-speed conscious lately, like a guy with an 85-mph fastbalL But tonight I used my fastball to set everything up." The Angels got all the offense they needed on one play in the fourth inning. With the bases loaded and two out Greg Myers grounded a single to left that scored two. When left fielder Henfy Cottos throw home went over the head of catcher Bill Haselman and rolled to the backstop, Stan Javier took third and -Myers second. Javier took a wide turn around thin), causing Hanson, who backed up the play at the plate, to throw toward third. His throw was high, going into left 'v field, and allowed both Javier and Myers to score and give the Angels a 4-2 lead.

They had a little circus going on out there, like we did last time, Finley said. Id rather be watching it from the dugout than be out there on the ipound." ORIOLES 16, RED SOX 4 Cal Ripkens three-run homer capped a six-run fourth inning and Baltimore added five more runs in the fifth to win its ninth straight game. YANKEES 5, BREWERS 4 -Kevin Maas pinch hit a two-run homer in the ninth inning as New York rallied to beat Milwaukee. INDIANS 8, RANGERS 3 Carlos Baerga drove in four runs and extended his hitting streak to a career-high 14 games as Cleveland beat Texas. Associate jf Press.