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--r- THE NEWS OBSERVER SUNDAY JUNE 19 1994 or n7f-- BASEBALL 5B Bulls' errors pave way for defeat Jordan update 1 Home loss unusual for Mudcats Birmingham's Michael Jordan was 0-for-5 in the Barons 14-5 loss to the Knoxville Smokies on Saturday night Jordan is batting 205 (413-for234) with 36 singles 10 doubles one triple 26 RBIs 21 walks 62 strikeouts 15 stolen bases in 25 attempts one assist and seven errors Bobby Smith made the score 4-2 with an RBI in single in the sixth but Rippelmeyer's error led to Wilmington's run in the seventh Juan Williams led off the bottom of the inning with Durham's second solo home run of the evening Rod Myers countered with a solo shot of his own in the eighth for Wilmington MINOR-LEAGUE BASEBALL CALENDAR TODAY MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT June 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 pt WILM W-S W-S KIN KIN 730 730 730 730 700 700 OK ORL JAX JAX ORL Old 7:00 7:00 7:35 7:35 7:35 7:35 ri Horne Dome MVP: Wilmington's Johnny Damon who raised his Carolina-League best batting average to 357 with a 3-for-5 performance UNSUNG: Durham's Damon Hollins who had two solo home runs KEY STAY: Nine Durham's combined total of errors wild pitches hit batsmen and passed balls WILMINGTON DURHAM ab bi ab bi Damon cl 5 2 3 0 Correa dh 4 0 1 0 Martinez 2b 5 0 0 0 Warner If 4 0 0 0 Stewart dh 5 1 1 0 Smith 3b 4 1 2 2 Sutton lb 4 2 2 1 Hollins ct 4 2 2 2 Lona 3b 5 2 3 2 Williams rf 4 1 1 4 Gonzalez If 5 1 1 2 Nunez lb 4 000 Mversrf 2 1 1 1 Rippelmeverc 4 0 2 0 Jenninpsc 3 0 0 0 2b 4 0 0 0 Martinez ss I 0 0 0 TroPagass 2 1 1 0 Totals 3 8 911 6 Totals 34 5 95 SAL Salem Va (Ptrotes) W-5 Winston-Salem (Reds) WILM Wilmington Del (Royals) KNOX Knoxville Tenn (Blue Joys) CHAT Chattanooga Tenn (Reds) ORL Orlando Fla- (Cuss) JAX Jacksonville Fla (Mariners) KIN Kinston (Indians) BY JEFF DREW STAFF WRITER DURHAM Durham players Matt Murray and Brad Rippelmeyer called them a matter of trying to do too much Bulls manager Matt Blue Rocks la West said they were part of the gullsIMM115 learning experience Either way the mistakes that have hounded the Bulls through a disappointing first half of the Carolina League season came back to hurt them again Saturday night against the Wilmington Blue Rocks Durham matched first-place Wilmington with four home runs but the Bulls' three errors two wild pitches two hit batsmen and two passed balls paved the way for a 9-5 Blue Rocks win The loss ensures Durham (27-40) of finishing with the worst record in the Carolina League for the season's first half which ends today Durham has committed 93 errors and thrown 54 wild pitches this season Bulls opponents have now hit 97 home runs Nevertheless while the Blue Rocks (48-19) have easily the best record in the league Durham had posted a respectable 3-5 mark against them entering Saturday's game And Murray the Bulls starter had won three straight outings while posting a 188 ERA in 24 innings Minor-league standings 04B 020 101 113 9 000 101 101- Wilmington Durham get frozen on the inside part of the plate sometimes and I have to learn to wait for my pitch" Barron said "I was just looking for something over the plate that I could drive" The Suns opened a 6-2 lead with two runs in the seventh Reliever Mark Mesewicz walked Ruben Santana and gave up a double to Barron Santana scored on Chris Widger's ground-out and Santana scored on Arquimedez Pozo's sacrifice fly Barron finished the game 3-for-5 with the homer a double a single two RBIs two runs scored and a stolen base He gave Lowe a lot of the credit for the win "Derek has been giving us a good outing every time he's been in" Barron said MVP: Suns right fielder Tony Barron who went 3-for-5 with a two-run homer a double a single two runs scored and a stolen base UNSUNG: Jacksonville starter Derek Lowe who pitched seven strong innings allowing six hits and two earned runs KEY STAT: The Mudcats known for their late-inning success had just two baserunners after the fourth inning JACKSONVILLE CAROLINA abrhbi abrhbl Adorns If 5 0 0 0 Allensworth cf 3 1 1 0 Santana dh 4 2 2 0 Beomon If 3 0 0 0 Barron rf 5 2 3 2 Espinosa rf 4 0 1 1 Widger 5 0 1 1 Brown lb 4000 Pozo 2b 2 1 1 1 Johnson dh 3 0 0 0 Rodriguez ss 4 0 2 0 Marx 4000 Diaz 3b 4 0 0 1 Bonifay 3b 4 1 2 0 Kounas lb 4 1 1 1 Zapata 2b 4 0 1 1 Griffey cf 2 0 0 0 Polcovich ss 3 0 1 0 Lower 0 0 0 0 Ruebelp 0000 Schanz 0 0 0 0 Konuszewski 0 0 0 0 Mesewicz 0 0 0 0 Christiansen 0 0 0 0 Totals 35 6 10 6 Totals 32 2 6 2 in the fourth After giving a leadoff single Murray threw a wild pitch and hit two batters Rippelmeyer's first passed ball of the inning allowed Stewart to score "I've had too many games like this lately" said Rippelmeyer who also had a two-base error that set up another Wilmington run "Sometimes when you need to relax you try even harder and things go wrong" Durham's Damon Hollins led off the fourth with a solo home run to make the score 3-1 before Wilmington's Larry Sutton ripped a Murray changeup over the second wall onto Gear Street in the sixth But Murray's nemesis the home run came back to haunt him in the second inning when Raul Gonzalez lifted a soft fly ball just over the right field wall to give Wilmington a 2-0 lead "1 really didn't think that one was gone it just kept carrying" said Murray who had given up 17 home runs in 13 appearances entering Saturday's game "Sometimes things go wrong and you press too hard" Mistakes by Murray and Rippelmeyer led to a Wilmington run Murray Warner minaton 1 6 Durham 3 TraP090 Long Damon ippelmeyer zalez (7) Hollins2 (10) Sutton (12) Williams (8) Myers (7) Long (7) Smith (4) 2 (24) Sutton (1) Myers (18) Wilmington iP er bb so 4 Bovee (W 8-3) 5 2 1 1 0 5 Sheehan 2 4 2 2 1 1 Smith (S 9) 2 3 2 2 0 2 Durham ip er bb so Murray (I- 5-7) 7 7 5 3 2 3 Bock 13 3 3 3 0 1 Simmons 23 11101 2 2 Murray (Myers) by Murray (Jennings) Um- pires: A-5429 BY STEVE POUT! STAFF WRITER ZEBULON The Carolina Mud-eats ended the first half of the season in a strange and unusual way Saturday night They lost at Emccil home ats 2 Jacksonville hit two towering home runs in the third inning to take a 3-1 lead and held on for a 6-2 decision against the Mudcats Suns pitcher Derek Lowe (5-4) scattered five hits over seven innings to earn the win There really wasn't much left for the Mudcats to do They already had clinched the first-half title in the Eastern Division of the Southern League They owned the best home record in professional baseball (27-7) the most wins at the Class AA level (44) and the best record in franchise history (44-26) And fans who head out to Five County Stadium for the second half should find pretty much the same championship team A logjam of talent in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization probably means that Mudcats favorites like Mark Johnson will finish the year in Zebulon "We have a great bunch of guys here and we're going to work hard to continue that" said shortstop Kevin Polcovich "I would say most of the guys are going to stick around here" Saturday Jacksonville second in the Southern League in home runs used the long ball early to go ahead against Mudcats pitcher Matt Ruebel (1-I) Ruebel had retired six of the first seven batters he faced until first-baseman Tony Kounas hit a 2-0 pitch deep over the left-field fence for his third homer of the season Four batters later Tony Barron not to be outdone hit a change-up off the top of the Five County Stadium scoreboard Barron said the shot was the longest home run he's ever hit "I mulleal f9 153 unOreds Of Dollars In Savings! 7ERC Ts 003 100 200-6 100 100 000-2 Jacksonville Carolina rr tU PTtgrrxsrgilc-i MMER CATALO fro tftqc 7 Carolina 6 Pozo Rodriguez Bonitay 2 ESPin0- so (7) Kounos (3) (5) Allensworth (5) Widger Polcovich Jacksonville ip er bb so Lowe (W 5-4) 7 6 2 2 2 5 Schanz 2 00001 Carolina ip er bb so Ruebel IL 1-1) 4 7 4 4 1 2 Konuszewski 2 2 0 0 1 1 Mesewicz 1 12211 9 Christiansen 2 0 0 0 0 5 Mesewicz Lowe (Bea mon) by Konuszewski (Pow) A-6283 rl 7 SEE 0 to AY'S 11 lidernir nAct 71 INSERT irmi FOR 0 urt 8pAGE SALE CATAL 0 Gal LA110 40spat 5Its OM HO 11641 1410011' C0110111140 Spann Perteiptiumpa O1ey 114VW01 11900thlatle Tst (Prom fixtrai Ctianie Ikk 0041a SOPIte COW 00011001 tilJolv 1116 SOO ir 'Po 7t- mIL I VINGSvc i NU Need Condidootr 11Pgr6 I I Good 'Om AMPM V1121! im tvED HOT SAViNGus '17-01 SUMMER' RE CAIECK c-sij BUSINESS PARTNER $100000 INCOME POTENTIAL A Purchase of 10 'SMART' pay phones includes InsideOutside enclosures location installation line deposits programming and one year management contract Coins and LDS Comm average 0000 per year per pay phone We provide 30 additional partnership 'SMART' pay phone installations at no cost to you with our Partnership Management Agreement We provide all line deposits maintenance installation programming data base and monthly reports showing call traffic (local intralata interlate) number of calls and revenue of phones by location for ALL phones No selling No inventory No overhead Will not interfere with present employment Investment of $36000 required For complete disclosure and personal interview 1-800-815-1145 kskys let 414 cik): If you did not receive a catalog in today's newspaper visit your nearest Merchant's Tire Auto Center If you did not receive a catalog in today' newspaper visit your nearest of the following Inspect Radiator Hoses Rotate Tiles Check OH Level Top Off Fluids Inspect Tire Pressure Inspect Belts Hoses r- Check Brakes Check Exhaust System 1 SPECIAL LOW SUL111ER PRICES! 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