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TTr vrt" nTpiyrr SPORTS F0RUM14C HORSES 12C SC0REB0ARD13C F-2 Sunday October 6 1985 The Miami Herald Section Big plays then taketh for UM Terrific terrible Testaverde propels Hurricanes 27-15 Day The good Touchdown throws of 88 17 and 71 yards while completing 23 of 34 passes for 385 yards The yardage is No 2 all-time for the UM second to Bernie 447 yards In a 47-45 loss to Boston College in 1984 The 88-yard pass Is a school record The bad Six interceptions including three picked off by' cornerback Kevin Walk- er The most costly interception occurred at the-end of the first quarter' when the UM was threat- ening to go ahead 21-3 with a first and goal at the two Coach Jimmy Johnson said from the underbelly of Ficklen Stadium it was a Miami labored through penalties to a 14-12 halftime lead and the Hurricanes trailed 15-14 deep into the third quarter before rallying to approximate their two-TD-favorite role East Carolina had kept the game' tense and kept" a record sellout crowd of 3451 1 in purple delirium with three field goals and an 11 -yard TD run by Anthony Simpson before slipping to 2-3 was one of those games where I never felt like we had the GREENVILLE NC With 15 seconds on Ficklen clock and escape from uttermost embarrassment assured at last defensive end John McVeigh gasped in relief on the Miami sideline get the heck out of McVeigh bellowed' Nobody said it better But Jimmy Johnson came close! just happy to go home 3-1 after three straight road said the boss have settled for winning by a The final 27-15 survival over East Carolina started out in Trap City and wounded up somewhere around Helter Skelter For 37 minutes the Miami run defense seemed to be imitating a console Of course 385 yards passing and touchdown throws of 88 17 and 71 yards (to Alonzo Highsmith Michael Irvin and Brian Blades) also tend to soften the glare of mistakes The yardage is No 2 all-time for the UM second to Bernie 447 yards against Boston College in 1984 the 88-yarder is a record The scoring throws and Darin seconds into the game gave the Hurricanes enough points to im- prove to 3-1 and probably bob into this national Top 20s with a third consecutive victory on the road was not a pretty By GREG COTE Herald Sports Writer GREENVILLE NC The University of Miami football fan had driven 10 hours from New York and had arrived five minutes before kickoff When it was over he found quarterback Vinny Testaverde near the dressing room motioned him over and said God at least you won" Testaverde shook his hand smiled and agreed Throw six interceptions in a defeat and the postgame grilling becomes quarterback saute Have six picked off in a victory as Testaverde did in 27-15 struggle past East Carolina and at least the bottom line can jiEenao Toronto clinches AL East by ousting Yankees 5-1 From Herald Wire Services TORONTO The Toronto Blue Jays buried the choke label before it could bury them clinching the first title in the nine-year history Saturday with a 5-1 victory over the New York Yankees Ernie Whitt Lloyd Moseby and Willie Upshaw all hit solo homers to make the Blue Jays American League East champions less than a day after they had blown their first chance to clinch Toronto will open the best-of-seven league championship series against the West champion Kansas City Royals in Toronto at 8:30 pm Tuesday (Channels 5 and 7) never knew anything could feel this Moseby said while exchanging champagne spray with second baseman Damaso Garcia a great The feeling was particularly gratifying for Moseby who was the goat the previous night when he dropped Don routine fly ball with two out in the Please turn to HURRICANES 8C victory ride after five-hitter Tudor wins 11th in row as St Louis takes NL East Edwin Pope tSriSff Sports Editor tribe of pygmies in the National Basketball Association Maybe it was inevitable in this third straight foreign appearance that the Hurricanes would start so flatly and East Carolina would come charging out so wild-eyed before its biggest crowd ever Please turn to POPE SC ninth inning allowing the winning run to score was tough to let go of the memory of what happened but I had to let he said promised myself I would go out and give 150 percent today though I know that would mean hitting a home describe the said Whitt one of only three Blue Jays remaining from the 1977 expansion draft Ron Has-sey made the final out by popping up to left field chills went up my spine still For the Yankees the only chill was the thought that the three games separating them from Toronto represent an insurmountable obstacle Despite a 96-64 record the Yankees are headed for second place place is for the said a subdued Yankee Manager Please turn to BLUE JAYS 2C Associated Press Winning pitcher John Tudor enjoys the traditional championship champagne shower Tudor now 21-8 and the winningest lefty since Howie Pol-let went 21-10 in 1946 struck out two and walked none in his 11th straight triumph Gary Matthews had three of the four hits off Tudor Cesar Cedeno a late-season acquisition from Cincinnati broke a 1-1 tie by driving home Tommy Herr with a sacrifice fly in the sixth inning An inning later with Please turn to CARDINALS 2C I Florida sacked quarterback Jeff Wickersham six times and held LSU toi minus-10 yards rushing TailbacI Dalton Hilliard the fifth-leading rusher managed only 35 yards in 14 carries Before Saturday Hilliard was Please turn to FLORIDA 9C passes Bryant his achievement as he boosted his record to 324-106-15 Bryant who coached for 25 years at Alabama after one season at Maryland eight at Kentucky and four at Texas retired following the 1932 season with a record of Please turn to ROBINSON 9C Royals rally past 5-4 in the 10th KANSAS CITY Mo (AP) Willie Wilson singled home Pat Sheridan with two out in the 10th inning Saturday night to give the Kansas City Royals their second consecutive American League West championship with a 5-4 victory over the Oakland The Royals the only 1984 division champions to repeat will meet the East Division champion Toronto Blue Jays in the best-of-seven league playoffs beginning in Toronto at 8:30 pm' Tuesday (Channels 5 and 7) Sheridan slammed a one-out double into right field and sped to third when Greg Pryor hit a checked-swing bouncer inches over loser Jay outstretched glove Lonnie Smith lined out to shortstop before Wilson hit the second offering from Howell past the mound into center field for Kansas sixth division title in 10 years Dan Quisenberry pitched the last three innings to earn the victory Frank White and Steve Balboni hit RBI singles in the seventh inning to tie the score at 4-4 and cap a Kansas City rally from a 4-0 deficit Smith singled with one out in the seventh went to second on an infield out and to third on a wild pitch George Brett drew a walk before White and Balboni hit their singles Bruce Bochte slugged a two-run home run off Kansas City starter Bret Saberhagen in the fifth to give Oakland a 3-0 lead Dave Kingman doubled leading of the fourth for the took third on a single by Dwayne Murphy and scored on a single by Jose Canseco for first run Murphy hit a one-out double in the sixth Canseco singled and Mike Heath hit a sacrifice fly to right field to make it 4-0 Oakland starter Tim Birtsas took a three-hitter into the bottom of the sixth But Wilson legged out an infield single before Brett unloaded a home run deep over the right-field fence for his fifth homer in six days and his 30th of the season It was the second year in a row that Kansas City has clinched the West with a victory over Oakland having also defeated the 6- 5 with two days left in the 1984 season Their triumph eliminated the California Angels whose only hope lay in Kansas City losing and games against the Dow the AP Top Love-in at Shea 3C From Herald Wire Services Manager Whitey Herzog hailed his St Louis second National League East championship in four years Saturday and the club that chased them almost to the wire want to congratulate the New York Herzog said following 7-1 clincher over the Chicago Cubs at Busch Stadium' other year the Mets would have won this division won 101 games and it took us 161 games to clinch it But never enjoyed a team more than this August A Busch Jr the 86-year-old owner undoubtedly agreed Many observers had picked his club to finish last after relief ace Bruce Sutter signed with Atlanta as a free agent during the offseason players richly deserved everything they Busch said as champagne flowed freely in the locker room have a great manager and a great bunch of Left-hander John Tudor pitched a four-hitter for his 20th victory in his last 21 decisions to escort the Cards out of range of the Mets who lost to Montreal 8-3 later in the afternoon St Louis had started the day two games ahead with two to play than three decades as Florida scored an impressive 20-0 victory before 78598 startled fans It marked the first time the Tigers had been shut out at home by a margin that large since a 25-0 loss to Mississippi State in 1954 Their last shutout here came in the 1980 opener when Florida State won 16-0 Saturday night As the final seconds ticked away fans and well-wishers mobbed Robinson as he moved slowly off the field stopping only for a TV interview Robinson was continually surrounded by photographers along the sideline snapping pictures of Associated Press against the Yankees Doyle Alexander earns a 20 Fared Gators throttle LSU 20-0 American League By JIM MARTZ Herald Sports Writer BATON ROUGE La While the offense nearly self-destructed Saturday night the University of defense came to life in Death Valley The Gators turned in one of the best defensive performance by any team in Tiger Stadium in more national League Robinson wins 321th From Herald Wire Services DALLAS Eddie Robinson 66 years old and in his 44th season at Grambling State University passed the late Paul Bryant and became the winningest coach in the history of college football with 324 victories when the 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