Sun Herald from Biloxi, Mississippi • 65

SUNDAY OCT 191986 HIE SUNHERALD SECTIONb FOR THE RECORD D-4 i LOCAL CALLS D-3 OUTDOORS bD-10 SHORT STOPS D-3 CUFFKIfOLO New York hit 189 against Houston in the playoffs Former Met Calvin Schiraldi came on to pitch the ninth inning walking the first batter but then retiring three straight for the save Three times in the game Hurst allowed a walk and a hit in the same Red Sox scored without a hit when Teufel who platoons at second base with Wally Backman let a ground ball go through his legs Jim Rice walked for the second time to open the seventh and went to second on second wild pitch of the game After a ground out Rich grounder went through Teufel and Rice raced home CUmMEZH Who: Red Sox at Mets Whoiu Tonight 725 COT Site: Shea Stadium Series: Red Sox lead 1-0 TV: NBC Ch 6 7 10 Pitchers: Roger Clemens (24-4 Bos) vs Dwight Gooden (17-6 NY) The Red victory set up a meeting tonight of the aces of the two staffs in Game 2 when Roger Clemens 24-4 will face the Dwight Gooden 17-6 Hurst allowed only fourhits all singles before leaving for a pinch hitter in the ninth He struck out eight and walked four as he kept the bats as cod as the weather continuing their weak postseason hitting By JOHN NELSON ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER NEW YORK Bruce Hurst won a duel of different styles with Ron Darling and the Boston Red Sox capitalized on Tim Teufel's error to beat the New York Mets 1-0 Saturday night in the opening game of the 1986 World Series Darling had a three-hit shutout going into the seventh inning but the The Sun Herald Please see SERIES D-2 Rockey VII star stood on sideline EW ORLEANS Point Counterpoint It I was a basketball game on a football field with three-point shots the order of the day Simon says score a touchdown and a field goal Mississippi State for a 10-0 lead Simon says score a field goal and a touchdown Tulane for a 10-10 tie Now swap touchdowns for another tie OK Simon says swap field goals for another tie barked the 13th-ranked Mississippi State Bulldogs 1-4 Tulane outfit supposed to be sticking to us like a static sock just out of the dryer Enter the Rockey Felker School of Coaching Exit the Bulldogs 1 minute 23 seconds later with a 27-13 lead and the necessary propulsion to ease past the clinging Greenies 34-27 Felker the favorite son returned to Stark ville strengthened his Southeastern Conference Coach of the Year ticket during that 1:23 stretch that carried from the end of the first half through the start of the second Wave By SUB SMITH SPORTS WRITER NEW ORLEANS Mississippi State kept ahead of the Jones just barely After watching what seemed to be a secure lead turn into a last-minute scramble 13th-ranked Mississippi State survived Saturday night for a 34-27 win over Tulane and sophomore quarterback Terrance Jones like everybody expected it was a said a relieved MSU coach Rockey Felker "Jones is a great great quarterback hard to believe just a Jones ran and passed for 340 yards throwing a pair of touchdown passes along the way With a defense unable to cope with offense presence kept Tulane in the game Fortunately for State the Bulldogs had a quarterbacking gem of their own Senior Don Smith picked up 232 yards in offense passing for one score and running for another as State secured its first winning season since 1981 It looked as if Smith had guided MSU to a comfortable lead late in the fourth quarter MSU ahead 34-20 set up for a chip-shot field goal by Artie Cosby 25-yard attempt failed however and Jones quickly marched Tulane into the end zone hitting Marc Zeno with a 20-yard TD pass 2:59 remaining In an attempt to run out the clock Smith fumbled at the Tulane 49 was a mistake on my -'Smith said of his bad pitch on an option play a fumble recovered by Tulane Eric Thomas "No perfect We all make mistakes and just got to go out next week and work ton not pitching the ball in the grasp of the The State defense unable to shut down the Tulane offense throughout the game finally managed to stop the Valley running back Terry Coleman left looks Sygmond Holland in the bye on a third-and-goal play Saturday Valley vaporizes GramMin With seven ticks left on the first half clock the score knotted 13-all and Mississippi State facing third-and-6 at the Tulane 18 direction seemed obvious Send out placekicker Artie Cosby for a fish-in-a-barrel field goal and be happy with a three-point halftime advantage If Felker have a quarterback like Don Smith he might well have opted for a kick Heck if he had a defense that was more consistent than a Scott towel he would have kicked the ball right and the middle and where both of them came With 13:50 left in the fourth period Orey toed his first field goal to deadlock the contest at 10-10 To make the Delta Devil victory even more unusual Archie troops had to rely on good defense to seal the win After giving Grambling a last opportunity on Leroy fumble recovery at the Grambling 26 the Delta Devils rejected the Tigers final bid for victory at the Valley 24 Facing fourth-and-1 at the 24 Grambling chose to get the first down behind fullback Ronald Please see VALLEY D-2 motions just like in practice They the best-looking kicks But they went through and I guess what The Delta Devils 2-3 took the 13-10 lead after quarterback Thomas Leonard drove his club from the Valley 19 to the Grambling 8 Orey then booted his 24-yarder with 5:33 left in the game really feel the pressure because after the first one I had more confidence in myself Orey said made it a little better The first one gave me a better feeling really look at the second field goal as the game-winner because there was so much time left in the game The first was (placed) on the right hash I had been missing previously from the left hash I was more confident from the By DOUG BARBER sports writer MOBILE Ala Freshman Andre Orey had never made a field goal for Mississippi Valley State before Southwestern Athletic Conference battle with Grambling in Ladd Stadium In fact Orey had missed all three field-goal attempts of his brief collegiate career But Orey connected on kicks of 32 and 24 yards in the fourth quarter to lift the Delta Devils to a stunning 13-10" upset of Grambling been 0-for-3 in the past four ballgames and I just said to myself that I had to come through" the 5-foot-9: freshman from Jackson Callaway said I just went out there in a relaxed frame of mind and just went through the Instead Felker chose to squeeze off one more round of Smith who responded with a surgical 18-yard touchdown strike to wide receiver i Please see KIRKLAND D-2 see BULLDOGS D-2 I -4ft iiiiri'Hi Ole Miss ekes out 21-20 win By JOHN BIALAS SPORTS WRITER OXFORD For a while here Saturday afternoon it appeared the Ole Miss Rebels were en route to winning their homecoming football game in convincing fashion The Rebels led Southwestern Louisiana by 21-6 in the third quarter and had a chance for a 28-6 advantage in the fourth But the Cajuns shot back for a late rally that turned the contest into a knuckle-gnawer which the Rebels won by a mere one-point margin 21-20 at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium was the most trying football game I believe ever Ole Miss head coach Billy Brewer said moments after USL placekicker Patrick Broussard was but a yard short on a last-gasp 59-yard field-goal attempt a miss that preserved the Rebel triumph proud of the way we hung on and got it added Brewer might not have been pretty but the way it goes long-distance desperation bid to win the game for the Cjyun3 came several plays after recovery of an onside kick at the Cjun 43-yard line The missed USM icMmtos jto 500 By KEN ERNST SPORTS WRITER HATTIESBURG You take a win any way you can get it In the case of the University of Southern Mississippi here-at MM Roberts Stadium Saturday night a 14-9 victory over the Memphis State Tigers was enough to put USM at the 1500 mark for the season 1 It certainly could not be classified as a masterpiece As a matter of fact from an offensive standpoint it was a lackluster performance on the part of both teams However the victory does give the Golden Eagles a 3-3 slate for the season whUe Memphis State is still winless after seven games The Eagles trailed by 9-7 at halftime but it appeared they might take over the lead early in the third period as a sustained drive had the Eagjes at the Memphis State 2-yard line with a first-and-goaL But tailback Vincent coughed up the football and Memphis State linebacker David Brandon recovered to kill the scoring threat A few minutes later the Eagles had chance to put three more 1 1 Please see EAC1FS D-2 rtvrn iv v' mfx frZ 'Y 'v i tr i 1 ft 4 Mi'S Please see RFBEIS D-2 yy 'v 'Y-y -YY '-'yA J' i t- i.