The Modesto Bee from Modesto, California • 33

i Tuesday August 4 1987 Sports Section Mariners stifle ninth-inning with tendinitis in his right elbow after giving up a three-run homer to Presley Andujar lasted just 20 pitches the last of which landed over the 400-foot sign in center field as 19th homer of the season Left-hander Dave Leiper pitched innings and gave up an unearned run to keep the in the game Leiper said just going out there as long as I can go I really didn't get tired but then again I didn't throw that many See Page D-5 OAKLAND The Associated Press OAKIAND It didn't take long for Seattle reliever Fd Nunez to recover from a disastrous weekend and save another Mariners victory Monday night just want to go right back out there and said Nunez who came on to get the final out Monday night on Jose pop-up with one on to preserve the Mariners 4-3 victory over the Oakland Athletics Trailing 4-2 in the ninth Tony Bema-zard doubled on a ball that could have been caught by center fielder Donell Nix baseman Jim Presley fell backward into his lap wanted to go away from him on my first pitch and I missed on that said Nunez then I thought maybe throw one inside He went for it but that pitch was in a good should have been out of the inning Seattle Manager Dick Williams said that point we've got to go to who we consider is our best Oakland starter Joaquin Andujar (3-5) had to leave the game in the first inning on Reliever Mike Trujilo then struck out Alfredo Griffin and retired Tuis Polonia on a grounder before Carney Lansford kept the hopes alive with an RBI single to right Nunez who blew his first save opportunity since May 13 in a game eventually won by the Mariners at Anaheim Sunday started Canseco off with a fastball outside before coming inside with another fastball that Canseco popped up into foul territory behind third base Shortstop Rey Quinones raced back and caught the game's final out as third Giants: $00 A 4- rf Houston wins on shot A 0 I iH 4 mr a A A Associated Press Joe Cribbs (left) is a proven veteran at tailback for the 49ers but he is being pushed by Terrance Flagler the team's second No 1 draft choice Rookie makes run at backfield Pro Stats Flagler trying to overcome a frustrating college career The Associated Press HOUSTON Kevin Bass did something he has never done before and something only 14 other National League players have ever done in 5-3 victory over San Francisco Monday night Bass hit home runs both left-handed and right-handed including the game-winner in the 13th inning a two-run two-out shot The Giants' loss their second straight on an extra-inning home run left San Francisco three games behind Cincinnati in the National League West standings However the Giants now are only a half-game ahead of third-place Houston Sunday the Giants lost to the Reds in Cincinnati on Eric monstrous 500-foot home run in the 1 1th inning Bass became the 15th National Leaguer to accomplish homers from both sides of the plate in a game and the third Astro been waiting to do this for a long time ever since I started playing Bass said one of those personal things" Bass' game-w'inning homer was hit right-handed off Joe Price (1-2) with Alan Ashby on base after a one-out walk figured he challenge me with a rookie (Ken Caminiti) coming up" Bass said "He just got a curveball up and 1 waited on it and popped my Bass had tied the score 3-3 in the fourth with his 11th home run of the season The game was highlighted by outstanding pitching Four Astro pitchers combined for 17 strikeouts tying this season's team high See Page D-5 GIANTS Cribbs prepared for the challenge By JIM JENKINS McClatchy News Service ROCKLIN Just when Joe Cribbs thought he was rid of the ghost of Wendell Tyler the 49ers go out and bring in a reincarnation Granted first-round draft pick Terrence Flagler has a way to go before he can be compared to Tvler or any other established star in the National Football League But in training camp almost every evaluation of Flagler mentions how the rookie running back from Clemson possesses Tyler's slashing full-speed ahead style Of course that similarity is meant to be a compliment but as Cribbs can tell you it can be a curse too When knee problems worsened last year and ultimately led to his retirement San Francisco made a trade during camp and acquired Cribbs from Buffalo in the hopes he could fill the void It never worked out that way Cribbs turned in some credible performances for the 49ers 105 See Page D-4 CRIBBS Francisco 49ers The pocket change isn't bad either even if he does have to work weekends Flagler signed a four-year contract two weeks ago for a reported $13 million including a $420000 signing bonus The 49ers for their part sound as though they think getting their money's worth along the lines of a Wendell Tyler but a much better receiver" said Head Coach Bill Walsh is an NFL runner and what we Flagler admitted after a recent training session at Sierra College that his recent good for- See Page D-4 FLAGLER By BOB BURNS McClatchy News Service Rocklin Twelve months ago Terrence Flagler was checking student identification cards at Georgetown field-house earning perhaps $175 in a good week was a nice summer job" Flagler said just wanted to keep change in my pocket so I have to ask my parents for money" The Flaglers shouldn't be receiving collect transcontinental calls from their son anytime soon The same young man who wondered if he'd ever get a fair shake during a frustrating collegiate career at Clemson now is competing for a starting halfback position with the San RECEIVING RUSHING Redshirted Stockton does the little things right edges Modesto 4-3 who hit me hard I didn't want him to beat Reliever Tim Watkins struck out the side in the ninth to record his fourth save The Ports tied it at 1-1 in the bottom of the sixth when Fred Williams singled with one out and Bobby Jones doubled one-out later off the center-field wall Jones also had a single He also went 3-for-3 with three RBIs Sunday night The didn't help their own cause See Page D-6 MODESTO fore returning to Oakland hit his second home run in as many nights a shot over the right-field fence in the sixth inning to tie the score 1-1 Just in case Peterek had forgotten catcher Charlie McGrewr and Stockton Manager Dave Machemer came out to remind him But Peterek hadn't forgotten He threw four high wide ones for a semi-intentional walk He then got Bill Savarino to fly out to end the threat I was pitching around him" said Peterek was the only person out of his glove He flipped to Jerry Pe-guero at second for the force and the A still turned the double play if not for a good hard slide by Escalera Meanwhile Monico scored the deciding run The game's second most critical moment was a confrontation that didn't happen Jerome Nelson walked with two outs in the eighth bringing Mickey Tettleton ot the plate Tettleton who is rehabilitating with the Modesto through tonight's game be starter David Veres (5-8) Isiah Clark then bunted the ball back to Veres who tried in vain for the force at second Lance Lincoln then laid down a perfect sacrifice bunt along the third-base line moving the runners to second and third Pinch-hitter Ruben Escalera walked to load the bases and Veres was replaced by Bo Kent Kent got Charlie McGrew to hit a ground ball to shortstop Mike Bordick for a potential inning-ending double play But Bordick had trouble getting the ball By ALVIE LINDSAY Bee staff writer STOCKTON Sometimes the little things that decide a game A perfect sacrifice bunt a hard take-out slide a pitcher with a good memory Stockton Ports pitcher Jeff Peterek (8-2) allowed three hits over eight innings Monday night and the Ports scored a run on a choice in the seventh inning to defeat the Modesto 2-1 at Billy Hebert Field With the score tied 1-1 Mario Monico led off the seventh with the fifth hit off inside Super Bowl a relief after the pre-game madness MUHAMMAD ALI admits probably have to have surgery for Parkinson's Syndrome Page D-3 uu i LA RAMS Denver Broncos arrive in London for second 'American Page D-4 Taylor yam Hee no heer now Later I'd pinch my nose and squeeze my voice up through my throat not sure if I sounded like Mickey Mouse or a bad imitation of a guy without a green card But it do much good a week and a half I had been reading and hearing and seeing all this about how the game would boil down to vs All it did was add to the pressure I knew it true but 1 kept seeing it every day to the point where it was hard to keep it out of my head So one night a few of us went to a club See Page D-3 TAYLOR ing with people And you tell the media from the tourists When we went to and from practice in Newport Beach some of us couldn't face getting mauled on the way to our hotel elevators We came in through the back through a kitchen and up some rear elevators We had security on the floors where we stayed but even that wasn't all that secure There were all kinds of people with all kinds of stories coming to the security desks and then there was the telephone Every time I got to my room there were at least 60 messages waiting for me From the moment I walked into the room the phone kept ringing until I'd have to put the receiver off the hook answer the phpne disguising my voice Getting to the Super Bowl was one of Lawrence Taylor's dreams but surviving the madness surrounding the event was tougher than the game itself Part three of a five-part excerpt from Living on the Edge" By LAWRENCE TAYLOR with DAVID FALKNER Anybody ever played professional football dreams about getting to the Super Bowl There's no bigger award a player can receive But there should also be an award for surviving the two weeks leading up to it One part is a game the rest of it could put Walt Disney out of business Last January before the Giants played Denver the lobby the halls and the parking lots around the hcel were crawl I MIKE MARSHALL belts a grand slam as the odgers pound Cincinnati Page D-5 KEVIN SEITZER who had six hits Sunday reminds Royals of George Brett Page D-6 LIVING ON THE EDGE.