Record-Journal from Meriden, Connecticut • 9

Meriden Ct Monday August 12 Record-Journal I A t- to tourn By GEORGE DALEK JUeordJ'omnmi tuff third hit of die game and scored what proved to be the winning run on double which skimmed inside the first base bag and into the right field II innings)' and that showed some improvement Meriden down 44 scored a pair of runs in 'the sevfarth off Willimantic reliever Glen Ba- am (33) Chris Cook led off the inning against starter Dan Brandon and reached on an error by Bacon who started at first base Ed grounder to first moved Cook over to second and chased Brandon in favor of Bacon a left- pm Bristol -(35-13)' eliminated Zone 3 champion Milford Sunday with a 174 win -wee boon in those situations before said oB Willimantic's seven-inning lead learned how to be patient We aaA am AMaBAiHU eg gQt QOWB Oil OVXIVfwvSv took a 34 lead on us in the first inning of a game earlier this season and we ended up winning Meriden coach Peter Waldron related we knew It could be done 1 tried to remind them of that game a number of times this afternoon" did hold the tad for most of the game but they had it at the end and where it counts Willimantic coach John Risley said was pretty happy with the way we played offensively We had trouble scoring runs in the first two games (Willimantic totaled one run in meet of the game After a slow and deliberate seven innings Meriden finally caught and -passed Willimantic to stay alive in the double- eiiminatlon tournament with a come-from-be-UmLM win at Palmer Field Willimantic threatened hi the top of the ninth when Meriden starter Pete Ladas weakened but reliever Jeff Massicotte made his third appearance ia three days and picked up his second save in two days in securing Meriden's victory The win lifted tournament record to (32-7 overall) and eliminated Wiiliman- tic 1-3 (St) Meriden win play New London tonight at 7:31 Ernie Out 34 is slated to start New London defeated Trumbull 114 Sunday night Trumbull will face Zone 1 and two-time defending state champion Bristol at 4:30 Ladas who pitched well after a shaky first faming grew tired in the ninth He gave up a single to Ken Valliere and walked Joe Russo -with one out before Massicotte stepped in and struck out both Jose Alverado and Brian SpecyalskL Massicotte threw only hstballs (Massicotte) told me he only had one inning in him and that he could only throw the Waldron said wu still a little Massicotte pitched one and two-third innings of relief in Meriden's 1-1 loss to New London MIDDLETOWN The Port 45 Barry's American Legion baseball team hu found itself ia a haadnil of pneerions situations diving this past aeeson sad it hu overcome some loofihot odds to wie games a majority of other teams would lose Those sitsatloiis have been few and far between but they have served as a course ia character-building a laboratory of pyscholo-gy Meriden found itselfin that kind of a situation Sunday in a state legion tournament game against Zone I champion Willimantic Willimantic took a 24 lead in the first faming and forced Meriden to play catch-up through With Ladas up to bat second pitch want wild to allow Cook to move to third Bacon then ran the count Adi on Ladas but Ladas laid down a sacrifice squeese bunt which scored Cook with the tying run give them a lot of Risley said hunt with a 34 count and one out That takes a lot of Gavin Sheridan followed with a single his -See POST 41 page 11 HR powers Katz to GHTL win Green subdues Trevino in PGA son he showed signs the past two weeks of being ready for a victory Green made seven straight birdies during the third round of the Western teen last week and finished 13th On Thursday he played five straight holes in a total of 14 strokes to shoot a 17 and stayed at or near the top of tho field the rest of the week told people I might turn pro sometime this year" said Green "I felt like I was starting to play good golf again That's a great feeling Trevino said the putter which vaulted him into contention this week failed him Sunday never felt comfortable on the he said 1 shot 33 on the front nine with two bogeys and I thought 1 had a chance I give all the credit to Hubert though He won The Groen-Trevino duel began to DENVER (UPI) Hubert Green battling a man who has made a career of winning head-teheed battles out-dueled lie Trevino Sunday to win the PGA Championship by two shots Green whose game an but disap- peared two years agot won his second major title and captured a coveted spot on the U4 Ryder Cup team With rain pouring from thunderclouds that threatened most of the day Green clinched his victory with a bunker shot at the II th hide The ball hit the pin and wound up a foot from the cup The par at the final hole gave Green a round of 1-over-par 73 over the Cher- Hills Country Chib course for a four iv total of Bunder 371 Green began the day with a three- shot advantage over Trevino who captured this tournament last year and was trying to become the first man in 41 years to win it two straight times Bid by the fifth brio Trevino had gone ahead and the confrontation had begun first one player making a a sensational shot ana then the other In the final holes however Trevino's putting let him down and he finished at Bunder 310 having shot a 71 Sunday Green won 1125000 to increase his career earnings to S2AZL343 He is the 10th player in PGA history to reach 33 million A stroke behind Trevino at 3-under 311 came Andy Bean who shot a IS Sunday and Tze-Mlng Chen who post-ed a stunning IS and swept past 30 players to finish in a tie for third Chen fa the brother of Tm-Chung Chen who came within a shot of winning the US Open two months ago Nick Price winner of tho IM3 World Series of Golf who started in third place Sunday shot a 71 Sunday and fin- faded fifth at 313 Tied hr fifth were Buddy Gardner Cony Pavla Tom Watson and Fred Couples all at 1 -under 313 Jack Nicklaus took 13 shots on the sal two holes to shoot a 74 Sunday and wound up at 5-over while Arnold Palmer shot a 71 to finish at 14-over 298 Green 31 was one of the most tal-anted players on the tour la the 1170s But injuries led to poor years the worst being 1M3 la which he won only 21171 and finished 135th oa the money isL He bounced hack last year by winning the Southern Open And after a year of relatively bland play this sea By REID WALMARK fetsrdJInniii itaff MANCHESTER -Fueled by Darren Hughes's game-opening home run Kats Sport shop defeated Imagineers 5-1 Sunday at Moriarty Field to stay alive in the bracket of the Greater Hartford Twilight Jack Rom Memorial Playoffs Kats wUl continue in the doublo-elim- -(nation phase of the tournament tonight in Manchester when tt plays the Newington Capitols at Moriarty Field beginning at I Newington heat Big Dollar Savings fat a losers' bracket game Sunday at Moriarty Field Kats which improved to 13-11 scored a pair of runs in the top of the second inning Sunday then allowed one tat the bottom of the taming The score stood until the Meriden-based team pushed across two runs in the seventh Imeglneers the eighth-place regular season team was eliminated with a record of 1143-1 The Imagineers committed Just one error hut their poor fielding hurt them as they lost sight of routine fly halls to surrender a run fat the second inning and the two insurance runs fat the seventh wu a tough sky" Kats play-er-conch John Curry said no real background You're Just looking into the horison That hurt As damaging to chances wu Its inability to handle Kats starter Brian Cusidy who improved to 34 When Imagineers edged Kats 54 on Juno 11 Cauidy wu not ia top form Imagineers' player-coach Bill Nardi said Cassidy surprised bis turn oa Sunday "He (Cauidy) has a real live fastball but he didn't throw that today He finessed Nardi said usually a power pitcher Today he kept us off-stride with his changeups He did aa outstanding Job" Nardi said Cauidy however wu not at sharp at he cube The only three-up three-down tamings he had were the first and seventh: Imagineers had something going euh Inning la between It easily would have had more than six hits except many of their line drives were rapped right at Kats fielders Curry uld Cauidy wu feeling slightly Ul before the gaijie started See KATZ page II heat up at the third hole Sunday when Green knocked his approach shot over the green and Trevino made a 7-foot birdie putt Trevino was suddenly Just one shot behind hut that deficit expanded to two at the fourth hole whea Trevino three-putted from feet for bogey At the fifth however there wu a three-shot swing whea- Trevino reached the men at the par4 In two and made a 12-foot putt for eagle while Greea wu in the process of making a came a stretch of alternately bliarre and sensational shotmaking Trevino missed aa 13-inch par putt at the sixth to fen back into a lie and both players birdied the seventh Green chipping in from 30 feet and Trevino matching that with a 15-foot putt Both saved par at the eighth after missing the greea and both birdied the ninth after superb second shots Green's finishing 4 feet from the hole and Trevino's Just II Inches As the head-to-head confrontation reached the hack nine the bogeys began to pile up and the score of TM -Chen already posted begin to look better and better Trevino bogeyed the 10th after putting his second shot into a hunker but Green three-putted the par -5 lllh to feu back Into a tie (Trevino three-putting the time green for par after reaching the 377-yard hole la two) Trevino again nogeyed at the par4 12th hut a tremendous second shot to a foot at the 13th brought him a birdie which again tied him with Green Hubert Green watches his sand shot on 18 settle within a foot of the bole Yankees sweep Red Sox 5-3 J- rookie pitcher Joel Davis threw a five-hitter ever seven innings in bit first AL Roundup 5 major league appearance to give the Chicago White Sex a 31 the MUwaukee Brewers victory over The decision ended a five game streak for the Brewers v- In Minneapolis Brian Downing bit a -loaded triple upped Jones and Gary Pettis earn hit a pair of RBI tin- girt and John Candelaria notched bis first American League victory to pare ths California Angela to a 111 rout of the Minnesota Twist BOSTON (UPI) If lightning really does strike twice Ron Guidry will be collecting bis second Cy Young Award and the New York Yankees will rally from way behind to win the American League Eastern Division flag It wu inf when Guidry finished 254 le win the award for being the top pitcher in the American League and lead New York to the AL pennant not thinking about tt" uld Guidry of the award If I do win it not going to give It back we nave to do now le continue playing good ball to catch Toronto If we can pul together a few good streaks we can do Just that" Guidry Improved hit record 154 Sunday as New York completed a sweep of its weekend series by downing the Boston Red Sos 54 The victory extended the Yankees whining streak to six games tying Its season high and moving them within tit games of Tint place Toronto la Kansas City Al Oliver and Garth lorg homered in the 10th Inning to give the Toronto Blue Jays a 54 victory ever the eases City Royals Oliver belled all pitch ever the right field wall agalnal Joe Beckwith who entered the game that inning In relief of Sieve Farr lore connected for bis third homer la drop Beckwith to 14 Tom llenka the fovth of four Toron- to pitchers Improved his record to 34 Kansu City capitalised oa two Toronto errors fat the first Inning to lake a 14 lead Lonnie Smith singled stole second and went to third when shortstop Tony Fernandes deflected catcher Gary Allenaon't throw Into right field Smith thee scored when third batsman Garth throw on a grounder by Frank White milled first baseman Wu-lie Upshaw on the bag JValfonaf League page If la Cleveland Neal Heaton won for the first lime since July 3 and Julie France's third Inning single drove In the go-ahead run le help the the Cleveland ladlau le a 7-1 victory ever the Detroit Tigers Heaton 3-13 allowed II bits notched a career high 13 strikeouts and walked one la pitching bis third complete game Detroit scored an unearned run In the first Barbara Garbey doubled and scored when Heaton dropped throw from first baseman Mike llargrove on Kirk Gibson'g grounder la Chicago Greg Walker Joe De So and Carlton Fjpb hit home runs and In Seattle Al Cowent and Dave Henderson each drove tai two runs to highlight an eight-run third inauig that Carried the Mattie Mariners to 33 victory over the Oakland A'l The victory snapped a five game losing streak for Seattle la Arlington Tout Mike Yeung went 3 for 4 Including a three-run homer to lead a 14 hit stuck and power the Baltimore (Melee to a 14 vtct ry over the Texas Rangers Sammy Stewart 34 was the winner In relief of Dennis Martinei He yielded twa hilt over the final 4 1 3 tamings Texas took a 14 lead in the tint on Wajme triple and Pete groundnut Rickey Henderson Is caught trying to stretch a single Into a double.