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m'm rrscr tvrnr rnrv rnponomnn i wrrrrnyrrmrrvmrwmimrvmm Spring Training The Miami Herald Friday March 21 1986 2P ri Grapefruit Report Incaviglia gives it a college try Former Oklahoma St star bids for outfield spot with Rangers Horner might leave Braves after season I think I made a mistake in playing college ball Most of all I grew up learned to do things on my own like balance a check book and live without Pete Incaviglia By JIM MARTZ Herald Sports Writer The statistics look mind-boggling for any level of baseball: 48 home runs 143 runs batted in 285 total bases and a 1140 slugging percentage All in 75 games All NCAA records' Those were Pete Incaviglia's numbers last spring at Oklahoma State University Now as a right fielder with the Texas Rangers he hopes to do a number on major-league pitchers and become the next Bob Horner rather than the next Jeff Ledbetter Horner was the last NCAA superstar to go straight from college (Arizona State) to a starting position in the majors the same year (Atlanta Braves in 1978) Ledbetter busted fences and NCAA records at Florida State in 1982 but has been a bust in the Boston Red Sox and St Louis Cardinal organizations Through nine games this spring Incaviglia looks more like Horner than Ledbetter His second-inning home run Thursday night in a 9-7 loss to the Baltimore Orioles at Miami Stadium gave him the club lead in necessarily make the club Statistics (from college mean anything just as they last year when Oddibe McDowell came here You have to go out and do For the second straight year the Rangers have equivalent of the Heisman Trophy winner in camp McDowell like Incaviglia was named NCAA Player of the Year by both Baseball America and Collegiate Baseball McDowell a former Holly- wood McArthur High and Dade-North player started last season in Triple-A before being promoted to the majors and leading all rookies in home runs (18) just going out and working hard and doing the best I said Incaviglia who passed up his senior year at Oklahoma State all I can do plus try to learn from the guys around me I think I made a mistake in playing college ball Most of all I grew up learned to do things on my own like balance a check book and live without From Herald Staff and Wire Reports Bob agent has warned that the slugger may leave the Atlanta Braves at the end of the 1986 season if the team's fortunes do not improve Agent Bucky Woy said Horner wants to play for a winner Last year the club finished 66-96 29 games out of first place the Braves have a lousy year then I think Woy told The Atlanta Journal take that as an ultimatum because just a personal thing How many ballplayers don't want to play for a winner?" Horner 28 has said he is thinking about becoming a free agent when his contract expires this year although owner Ted Turner said he would try to re-sign Horner got to be thinking about free agency" Horner said at the training camp in West Palm Beach Meanwhile Rick Camp and Manager Chuck Tanner have indicated that the veteran pitcher might leave the club soon Camp has pitched only three innings this spring could be that I be with the team" said Camp who has been with Atlanta since 1976 know they want to make some can pitch somewhere" Tanner said made up our minds yet up to him to make us The Braves have advertised Camp's availability but trading him might not be easy Although he has said he will be open-minded Camp (4-6 last season) has a no-trade clause in his contract Last year he said he would waive it only for a trade to the Chicago Cubs San Diego or St Louis homers (three) and RBI (seven) But he also leads in strikeouts (eight) and Manager Bobby Valentine is low key on the 6-1 220-pound potential doing Valentine said has worked real hard He has shown us a better athlete than we were led to believe in the way he runs and plays defense still kind of making the adjustment from the aluminum to wood bats and he Standings late for first start American League His hopes rise as pitches sink John improves with Yankees Ownbey Worrell (6) Boever (I) Dayley (10) and Heath Nieto (10) Darling Niemann (6) McDoweil (8) Sisk (12) and Hearn Lyons (12) Dayley 1-1 Sisk 1-1 White Sbx 5 Blue Jays 2 AT DUNEDIN 000 003 011 5 10 1 000 100 001 2 7 0 Chicago (AL) Us) Toronto Cowley Clark (0) Bair (8) Wehrmeister (9) and Hill Bradley (6) Key Leal (4) Caudill (8) Clarke (9) and Martinet Hearron (6) W-Cowley 1-1 L-Leal 0-2 HRs-Toronto Garcia (1) Fielder (2) By TONY DeMARCO Herald Sports Writer Tommy chances of making the New York pitching staff rise in Pirates 3 Royals 0 AT FORT MYERS OiO 100 010-3 5 000 000 000-0 5 Pittsburgh Kansas City Walk Zaske (4) Winn (9) and Dial Leibrandt Jones (4) Farr (8) and Sundbero Wathan (8) Walk 1-0 Leibrandt 0-1 HRs-PItts-burgh Kemp (2) Almon (1) MDIat (2) Tigers 10 Red Sox 9 Boston right-hander Dennis Boyd arrived nearly two hours late for his first start of the spring and was threatened with fines if his habitual tardiness continues Boyd inactive until Thursday because of a non-contagious form of hepatitis was immediately called into a meeting with Manager John McNamara after arriving for his start at Winter Haven Afterward he completed three shutout innings against Detroit allowing two singles a walk striking out two and hitting one batter The Tigers eventually won 10-9 on a run-scoring infield single by Doug Baker in the 10th inning Boyd had called McNamara and said he would be a few minutes late because his wife was sick When Boyd finally arrived he did not make it past the office After a 17-minute meeting McNamara said very disappointed that it was more than a couple of minutes been patient and losing my patience" Later McNamara said Boyd would not be fined Pirates 3 Royals 0 Steve Kemp Bill Almon and rookie Mike Diaz homered to back the five-hit pitching of Bob Walk Jeff Zaske and Jim Winn as Pittsburgh won at Fort Myers Before the game the Pirates said Kemp will have surgery today to remove a cyst from his back Kemp said the operation is not considered major and he expects to be hospitalized for only a day It is not known how many games he will miss President Malcolm Prine also announced that the club would ask its players to approve a team-wide drug testing program modeled after one recently adopted by Baltimore Phillies 7 Dodgers 6 John Russell belted a three-run homer and Luis Aguayo sparked a three-run ninth inning with a two-run double to carry Philadelphia in Vero Beach Philadelphia left-hander Steve Carlton trying to come back from shoulder problems last year yielded two hits and one earned run in the first inning before taking an early exit Manager John Felske said Carlton had only experienced minor back spasms because he was uncomfortable with the pitching mound at Holman Stadium 10 Innings AT WINTER HAVEN 15 3 10 1 000 062 10 061 000 ON- 9 Detroit Eosten direct proportion to how far his pitches sink And while John 42 ac-knowledges that his chances are slim a few more outings such as the one he had Thursday in a 3-2 loss to the Montreal Expos before 5510 at West Municipal Stadium Petry Scherrer (5) Campbell (7) Denman (9) and Parrish Nokes (5) Boyd Trujillo (4) Rochford (6) Johnson (7) Lonar (8) Samblo (9) and Gedman Sullivan (6) Denman 2-4) L-Sambito 0-1 HRs-Detroit Baker (1) Boston Easier (1) Astros 10 Twins 7 AT KISSIMMEE Minnesota (ss) Houston (ss) 321 000 010- 7 14 3 300 121 10 14 I you pitch games like I did and have totally lost it If I make this club it be because of old age or no speed (on his pitches It will be because of numbers" Age be held against John as the Yankees already are counting on brothers Phil Niekro 46 and Joe Niekro 41 in the starting rotation And Britt continuing hip problems certainly increase John's chances Burns who was acquired in the off-season from the Chicago White Sox had a CAT scan on his left hip Thursday Results were unavailable but it was obvious that Burns was in pain in his three-inning stint Monday against the Toronto Blue Jays in Dunedin when he allowed five runs and eight hits Burns was working on changing his delivery to ease chronic pain in his hip but the pain persisted putting a large question mark on the plans for Burns as their No 2 or 3 starter chances are slim at best especially when you look at good young arms like Bob Tewksbury and Doug John said George (Steinbrenner likes veterans I could be an insurance And a cheap one If he makes the club the Yankees would have to pay John only the minimum $60000 salary the rest of his one-year contract will be paid by the Angels think capable of winning more than 12 John said in Yankee Stadium helps It's made for B'yleven Burtt (5) Davis (8) and Laudner Colbert (8) Scott Kerfeld (5) OiPino (7) Smith (8) and Ashby W- Kerfeld 1-1 Burtt 0-1 Sv-D Smith (I) HR-Houston Bass (1) THURSDAY'S RESULTS Baltimore 9 Texas 7 Chicago White Sox (ss) 5 Toronto 2 St Louis 3 New York Mets 2 (13) Montreal 3 New York Yankees 2 Pittsburgh 3 Kansas City 0 Cincinnati 9 Atlanta 8 Detroit 10 Boston 9 DO) Philadelphia 7 Los Angeles 4 Minnesota (ss) 3 Chicago White Sox (ss) 2 SeatPe 3 Milwaukee 1 Houston tO Minnesota (ss) San Diego 8 San Francisco 4 California 4 Oakland 3 Cleveland 8 Chicago Cubs 7 Reds 9 Braves 8 AT TAMPA Atlanta Cincinnati OH 021 030-113 002 002- 8 12 9 18 Perei Camp (4) Dedmon (4) Shield (8) Ward (9) and Benedict Owen (4) Simmons (8) Denny Price (4) Power (8) Buchahan (9) and Van Gorder Butera (4) Buchahan 1-0 Ward 1-1 Cincinnati Concepcion (I) Esasky (1) Phillies 7 Dodgers 6 AT VERO BEACH TODAY'S GAMES Mets vs Baltimore at Miami 7 35 Yankees (ss) vs Texas at Pompano 1 30 A vs Atlanta at West Palm Beach 1 30 ChiSox (ss) vs Yankees (ss) at Fort Lauderdale 7 30 Montreal vs Phlla a) Clearwater 1 -30 Toronto vs Cincinnati at Tampa 1 Minnesota vs Boston at Winter Haven 1 Detroit vs Pittsburgh at Bradenton 130 ChiSox (ss) vs at Fort Myers 1 30 Milwaukee vs California at Mesa 3 pm Cleveland vs Oakland at Phoenix 3 pm Philadelphia Las Angeles 001 300 U03 7 13 1 1IM (kO 001 4 10 2 John Palm Beach may change that John allowed one run and three hits striking out four in three innings to lower his spring earned-run average to 180 More important everything the Expos hit off him was on the ground a good indication that his sinker is back after a two-year hiatus me to have a chance at making this club I have to throw ground balls" said John who was invited to camp as a nonroster player the ball sink a reason I knew that I needed somebody who could tell me what I was doing wrong (Yankee pitching coaches Sammy Ellis and Mark Connor have done that one of the reasons I called (Yankee Vice President Clyde King this winter Both the California Angels and Oakland gave up on John last season when he was 5-10 with a 553 ERA thinking the left-hander had reached the end of a career that began in 1964 with Cleveland John thought differently He knew he the same after Angel pitching coach Tom Morgan was reassigned in 1983 taking away the one coach who could correct flaws in delivery word was out that I had lost John said Reds 9 Braves 8 Kal Daniels singled with two out to cap a two-run rally in the ninth inning for Cincinnati in Tampa The Reds pounded five pitchers for 18 hits including three by former Carol City High star Nick Esasky Cardinals 3 Mets 2 Clint Hurdle singled with the bases loaded in the top of the 13th inning to lead St Louis against his old teammates in St Petersburg Twins (ss) 3 White Sox (ss) 2 Mark Funderburk singled home Mike Hart to snap a 2-2 tie in the third inning as Minnesota defeated Chicago in Sarasota Astros 10 Twins (ss) 7 Billy Doran had three hits including a bases-loaded triple in the seventh inning for Houston in Kissimmee White Sox (ss) 5 Blue Jays 2 Rudy Law batted in three runs for Chicago in Dunedin Fla Carlton Hudson (2) Gonzalez (4) Childress (4) Tekulve (8) and Jo Russell Cipollim (Si Daulton (9) Honeycutt Vande Berg (5) Howell (8) and Scloscla Trevino (8) W-Tekulve 1-0 Howell 0-1 HR-Philadelphla Jo Russell San Francisco vs Seattle at Tempe 3pm Chicago Cubs vs San Diego at Yuma 7 pm Houston vj St Louis at St Petersburg 730 Twins 3 White Sox 2 AT SARASOTA Lifiescoies Minnesota (ss) Chicago (A) (ss) 111 000 000-3 020 000 000-2 Notebook Expos 3 Yankees 2 AT WEST PALM BEACH Latham Leggett (4) Burns (7) Filson (8) and Reed Tenner Agosto (4) James (6) and Skinner Karkovlce (8) W-Latham 1-0 L-Tan-ner 0-2 Filson (I) New York (AL) Montreal 000 010 010 2 8 1 018 000 011 3 10 0 GasSus Report Angels 4 3 AT PHOENIX John Drabek (4) Shirley (7) Scurry (8) and Espino Hesketh Sluper (4) Roberge (9) and Hunt Yost (4) W-Roberge 1-0 L-Scurry 0-1 Rod Scurry allowed a single to Rene Gonzalez two walks and another hit by Al Newman for the winning run in the ninth Drabek pitched three scoreless innings lowering his ERA to 090 in three outings Yankee first baseman Don Mattingly singled in two at-bats in his second game back from a bruised thumb California Oakland M3 Ml 4 010 M2 000-3 Cardinals 3 Mets 2 Padres defeat Giants on single by Bevacqua 13 Innings AT ST PETERSBURG Romamck Slaton (5) Bryden 18) and Miller Codiroli Atherton (4) Leiper (9) and Tettleton O'Brien (7) Bathe (9) W-Romamck 3-1 L-Codiroli 1-2 Sv-Bryden (1) HR-Oakland Canseco (3) St Louis New York (N) 000 0M 002 000 1-3 8 Ml OM 010 000 0-2 II Mariners 3 Brewers 1 AT CHANOLER South Florida Calendar Seattle Milwaukee 200 1M 000-3 4 0 0M 0M Ml 1 10 0 Langston Thomas (4) Mirabella (8) and Kearney Valle (4) Leary Porter (4) Burris (8) and Cerone Nago (4) W- Langston 1-1 L-Leary 2-1 Sv-MIrabella (1) HR-Seattle Phelps (2) Indians 8 Cubs 7 AT TUSCON Cleveland Chicago (N) 2M Ml M3 11-1 IS 0 0M 011 202 10- 7 14 4 Kurt Bevacqua snapped a tie with a run-scoring single in the ninth inning to lead the San Diego Padres to an 8-6 victory over the San Francisco Giants in Scottsdale Ariz Tim Flannery opened the ninth with his third single of the game and advanced to second on a fly ball to left Bobby Brown was walked intentionally by loser Jeff Robinson then Bevacqua and Bruce Bochy followed with run-scoring singles Before the game Manager Steve Boros announced that Eric Show (12-11 last season) will be his opening day pitcher April 7 against Los Angeles Angels 4 3 Reggie Jackson doubled and scored on a wild pitch by Keith Atherton to give California a 4-1 lead in the sixth inning at Phoenix Oakland's Jose Canseco formerly of Coral Park High slugged his third home run of the spring a two-run shot in the bottom of the sixth that cut the score to 4-3 Indians 8 Cubs 7 Kevin Buckley homered in the 11th inning to give Cleveland the victory in Mesa Ariz Mariners 3 Brewers 1 Ken Phelps drove in two runs with a sacrifice fly and a homer for Seattle in Chandler Ariz Musselman Hagen (5) Easterly (7) Reed (0) Barkley (9) Ritter (1C) and Allanson Buckley (9) Sutcliffe Ru'hven (4) Frazier (8) Sorensen (9) Gumpert (10) and Christmas Davis (5) Lake (11) W-RItte 1-0 L-Gumpert 0-1 Cleveland Buckley 0) Chicago Dayett (1) Matthews (I) JDavis (1) Padras 8 Giants 6 AT SCOTTSDALE San Diego Sen Francisco 401 1M 8 13 300 0X1 4 9 Woina Booxer (61 Waller (8) and Kennedy Bochy (5) Krukow Jeffcoat (4) Robinson (8) and Brenly Gulden 14) W- Walter 1-1 L-Rob-Inson 0-1 San Francisco CDavis (2) HOME SITES Oriolee: Miami Yankee: Fort Lauderdale Ranger Pompano Beach Bravee Expo: West Palm Beach Dodger: Vero Beach ST ARTINQ TIMES Day games begin at 1 30 For starting times of night games (denoted by 'ft') refer to Sports Today UM women ninth in swimming Fraser has knee surger 4 inkO On Jin wee A 7 tennis Colleges third inning with a two-run homer in Tallahassee as the Seminoles (26-2) won their 12th straight in a game called after seven innings because of cold The Panthers are 1-6 Palm Bscti 8 Dad-South I Lisa Luiteg (P) won No 1 singles Henrietta Harrls-Ana Maria Pages (OS) won No 1 doubles Dade-South Is 3-5 Dade-North 5 Dade Center 4 Pat Manley Jerrell Farnsworth 2-4 4-2 4-3 in No 2 singles Dade-North is 2-10 Softball Connecticut 7-11 Barry 4-5 Margaret Dellosa and Lordes Blanco (8) outstanding defense Barry 2-12 Connecticut 13-3 The University of Miami swimming team is in a ninth-place tie with Louisiana State after the first day of the NCAA national meet Thursday at Fayetteville Ark Diver Daphne Jongejans finished third the one-meter event for the second consecutive year as the Hurricanes totaled 52 points Stanford leads with 247 points Defending champion Texas is second with 220 and Florida is third with 214 Freshman Julie Gorman of Miami placed third in the 100-yard butterfly in 5418 seconds Jenna Johnson set a US record in the event finishing in 5269 schedule Baseball golf Lady Paladin Invitational FIU is in fourth place with a 316 after the first round in Greeneville SC Host Furman leads at 304 and Dottie Pepper leads individual play with a one-under 72 Michelle Dobek shot a 75 and is tied for third with five others Play continues through Saturday Light Stadium Senior left-hander Dan Davies (4-0 327 earned-run average) is expected to pitch tonight for the Hurricanes (21-3) The game will be televised live by WBFS (Channel 33) Thursday UM Coach Ron Fraser underwent arthroscopic surgery on his left kneee at North Beach Community Hospital He is expected to be on crutches for about a month Fraser is at home resting after being released on an out-patient basis Florida International 10 Rutgers 4 Designated hitter Eddie Gonzalez hit a grand slam in the fourth inning and added a solo shot as host FIU (17-9) won its eighth straight Ken Adderley stretched his hitting streak to 29 games going three for six with two RBI in support of winning pitcher Al Garcia (5-2) three doubles Onandaga is 0-1 Dade-Center 7 Quinnipiac (Conn) 2 Sergio Guasch pitched a four-hitter with eight strikeouts for host Dade-Center (15-3) Rick Fleming had two hits and two RBI for the Barracudas and Jorge Robles went two for three and scored twice to set a school career record with 93 runs Rutgers 13 Dade-South 7 Visiting Rutgers scored nine runs in the second inning Eliudes Sierra had three hits and Jim Van Hart added two RBI for Dade-South (12-11) Barry 11 Bowdoin (Mass) 9 Bill Golemme homered and had three RBI and Jimmy Char added two hits and three RBI for host Barry (14-12-1) Freshman Robert Raffa earned the save in his first relief appearance Bowdoin is 1-4 Florida State 17 Pittsburgh 1 Jose Marzan capped an 11-run St Leo 2 St Thomas 1 St Leo snapped a 1-1 tie in the bottom of the fifth inning in a Sunshine State Conference game called after 712 innings because of rain in Zephyr Hills Fla Paul Davidson (3-4) took the loss St Thomas is 14-10 Florida Atlantic 8 East Stroudsburg State 0 Freshman Tom Little (2-0) allowed two hits over eight innings for host FAU (27-5) which has won 15 straight Chuck Douthit had a home run and two RBI and Dave McDowell added two hits and two RBI for the Owls Dade-North 14 Onadaga (NY) 1 Kurt Zoytel homered tripled and drove in four runs for the host Falcons (22-5) Dave Fleita added Maine at Miami 7 30 pm Rutgers at FIU 7 Quinnipiac at Barry 3 pm Glessboro State at Fiotida Memorial 3 Indian River CC al Dade-Center 3 pm Edison CC at Dade-North (2) 3 pm Broward at Dade-South 3pm Warner Southern at Palm Beach Atlantic 4 30 Southeastern College al Miami Christian Other results tennis Baseball golf Miami FIU at South Florida invitational Tampa The University of Miami baseball team will try to extend its winning streak to 10 games today at 8 pm against Maine at Mark 4 Dd-Centw Danny Van Der Reis IOC) Kristian Lmch 4-2 4-2 In No 1 singles Jimmy Acevedo (DC) Roger Steele 4-2 7-4 George Moreles-Desmor Pierre (DC) Oscar Losada-Chuck Odle 4-3 4-4 4-1 in No 3 doubles Dade Center is 4-1 golf FIU at Lady Paiadm Tournament G-een vHle.