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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 1992DETROIT FREE PRESS 5D Bucs prove mega-bucks aren't everything Game 56 Tigers 9, Indians 2 bibb to avg. 0 0 0 .260 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 1 J16 .297 .245 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 .238 .228 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 J73 0 Monday night CLEVELAND Lofton cf Howard rf Baerga 2b Belle It Sorrento lb Hill dh Alomar a-Ortiz ph-c Jacobv 3b Lewis ss Totatl DETROIT Phillips If Whitaker 2b Frvman ss Fielder dh Teltlelon Bergman lb Deer rf Livingstone 3b Cuvler cf Totals 2 11 2 3 ab bibb so av 0 0 1 1 0 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 ,234 .277 .288 .235 ,230. .258 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 2 1 .205. 0 0 2 2 2 .286 0 0 2A- 33 11 9 7 Cleveland Detroit .000 101 000- 2 11 0 ..710 001 OOx-iir 0 down a ballot proposal for additional taxes to help underwrite a new stadium for the Giants. In effect, the vote translated to this: If you want a stadium, build it with your money, not ours.
I'd be more than a little surprised if Kirby Puckett didn't sign again with the Twins. I wish there were a dozen John Kruks Cal Ripken Jr. is good, but not $7-million-a-year good. How Ken Griffey Jr. can have more All-Star votes than Puckett is beyond me Watch and see: It'll be the Reds and Braves down to the wire in the National League West.
JUST ASKING: I'm all for giving a person another chance, but hasn't Steve Howe suspended seven times for drug and alcohol incidents used up all of his chances? Anyone want to bet Cecil Fielder doesn't win another RBI title? Is there a person outside of New York who really cares if George Steinbrenner is reinstated? Can the Tigers find happiness and .500 when almost 50 percent of their runs come from home runs? Don't the Blue Jays always seem to be fighting for their lives? Is it my imagination, or are there fewer brush-back incidents in the National League, where pitchers have to bat? -singled for Alomar Jr In the 6th. LOB: Cleveland 11, Detroit 7. 2B: Baerga (8), Whitaker 110). HR: Whitaker (91 off Cook, Fielder 1 1 off Scudder, Cuvler (3) off Cook, Belle 12) off Leiter. RBI: Belle (35), Orti: (7), Whilaker (18), Frvman (33), Fielder 3 (44), Cuvler 4 (22).
CS: Lofton (3), Howard (3). GIDP: Jacobv, Fielder, Deer. Runners left In scoring position: Cleveland 7 (Baerga 2, Belle, Sorrento 2, Jacobv 2); Detroit 4 (Fielder 2, Livingstone, Cuvler). Runners moved up: Alomar, Ortiz. DP: Cleveland 2 (Lewis, Baerga and Sorrento), (Jacobv and Sorrento); Detroit 1 (k 1 1 (r, li-rvmon, vvnnaker ana Bergman).
Despite the losses of stars Bobby Bonilla and John Smiley, a sluggish May and some dissension (see Page 4D), manager Jim Leyland has pointed the Pittsburgh Pirates back to the lead in the National League East. File photo Cleveland tr bbso np an Scudder (L 4-6) 1-3 4 6 6 2 0 31 4.57 Cook GENE GUIDI, from Page ID dropped the Pirates out of the lead, it snapped a run of 13 months that ended with them in first place. The only longer streak belongs to the 1926-1928 Yankees, who held first at the end of 18 consecutive months. Maybe the Pirates still aren't where Leyland wants them to be, but they were good enough to take three out of four from the Mets last weekend. That convinced Mets pitcher Dwight Gooden that the Pirates will be a handful again.
"They're going to be the team to beat this summer," Gooden said. With Bonds almost certain to follow Bonilla's free-agent flight after this season, this probably will be the Pirates last shot at postseason play for awhile. Then again, that's what we thought coming into this season. Here And There: The Tigers' 49th- round pick in the amateur draft was second baseman David Newhan from Cypress (Calif) College. His dad is Ross Newhan, longtime Los Angeles Times baseball writer Millionaire owners should heed the message sent by San Jose voters last week when they turned DeButch got a little taste of everything Mike DeButch fondly recalls the three months he spent last year as a coach in Taiwan.
He got to travel through the Orient, experience different cultures and foods and he got hepatitis. "Most people are immune to it over there," said DeButch, a shortstop for the Tigers' Double-A team in London, Ontario. "My agent told me to watch 5 3 3 3 4 5 85 5.51 2-3 1 0 0 0 0 6 3.38 1 2 0 0 1 0 23 1.84 1 1 0 0 0 1 17 2.77 Ip bbso np era 5 9 I 1 1 6 102 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 4.01 4 2 0 0 2 2 74 1.47, Plunk Wickander CHIn Detroit Leiter (W 4-3) Dohertv Knudsen (S 1) Dohertv pitched to 1 batter In the 6th. Inherited runners-scored: Cook 3-3, Hunk 2-1. HBP: bv Dohertv (Hill).
WP: Leiter, Dohertv. 321. 1 1,667. Umpires: Home, Coble; lb, 2b, Reed; 3b, McClelland. Farm Statistics Japanese group approved to buy Mariners Toledo Mud Hens (AAA) London (AA) MARINERS, from Page ID Sound Power Light Co.
in Bellevue, will become the Mariners' chief executive officer when the deal closes in about a month. He will have final say over budgets, banking and loan agreements, leases, broadcast contracts and baseball operations. Ellis could not be reached Tuesday and was said to be on vacation. The deal follows a series of high-profile transactions that led to trade friction between the United States and Japan. In the past five years, Sony Corp.
brought Columbia Pictures Entertainment and CBS Records; Mitsubishi Estate Co. bought 51 percent of Rockefeller Group which owns firmed by the team or the NHL. Baseball officials stressed that Seattle-area investors will have majority control of the team's voting stock, primarily Christopher Larson of Microsoft Corp. and John McCaw, a director of McCaw Communications Cos. Under the final deal, Yamauchi is believed to be spending $48 million for the stock and contributing the rest of the $75 million as loans and preferred stock.
"You have less than 50 percent of the equity of the venture from outside North America," Vincent said. "So you have more than 50 percent locally and you have total control in the hands of Mr. Ellis, who is a local resident and a prominent businessman." Rockefeller Center, and Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. bought MCA which owns Universal Pictures. In addition, Japanese investors have purchased the Pebble Beach Belmont Stakes winner A.P.
Indy and at least 50 percent interest in four minor-league baseball teams: Vancouver of the Pacific Coast League, Birmingham of the Southern League, and Salinas and Visalia of the California League. Japanese investors also have a 15 percent interest in the NHL's Quebec Nordiques, and own a percentage of the Tampa Bay Lightning, which begin play in October. The size of that investment, as much as 60 percent according to some reports, has not been con what I ate. I probably caught it from one of those little SAGINAW HARNESS RACEWAY BATTING AVO AB HR RBI SB Marty Pevey .348 89 14 31 3 13 1 Riccardo Ingram .296 125 14 37 2 18 2 Greg Smith .273 198 26 54 3 22 11 Steve Carter .272 184 19 50 3 23 5 Karl Allaire .263 198 35 52 3 18 4 DeanDecillis .262 107 14 28 2 5 0 RicoBrogna .254 169 20 43 3 22 0 Rich Rowland .215 186 26 40 10 25 4 Jody Hurst .189 143 16 27 3 17 4 Victor Rosario .181 166 10 30 2 7 2 Johnny Paredes .133 45 2 6 0 1 2 Pedro Gonzalez .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 PITCHING W-L ERA SV IP BB SO Buddy Groom 5-4 2.13 0 71.2 60 15 54 JohnKieJy 1-1 2.45 8 29.1 21 7 26 Jamie Mover 2-0 2.45 0 11.0 9 3 4 Jeff Kaiser 0-0 2.57 1 14.0 14 4 19 David Haas 6-3 3.23 0 83.2 76 31 68 Vance Lovelace 0-0 3.57 0 17.2 21 11 14 Tony Castillo 1-2 3 89 2 37.0 41 12 21 Mike Walker 2-3 4.38 0 37.0 45 16 17 RonRightnowar 0-1 4.76 0 11.1 11 2 5 GregGohr 54 5.18 0 66.0 65 25 47 DanGakeler 0-1 7.11 0 12.2 14 4 11 JohnDesltva 0-2 7.27 0 8.2 10 5 10 W.Brennan 0-4 8.10 1 26.2 29 23 28 S.Cummlngs 0-2 8.10 0 20.0 26 8 6 Fayetteville (A) BATTING AVG AB HR RBI SB TlmMcconnel .400 5 0 2 0 3 0 RobYetlon .305 118 17 36 0 14 4 EvanPratte .296 203 38 60 2 21 4 RobGrable .273 77 9 21 0 10 3 Kevin Miller .270 100 17 27 0 12 3 Danny Bautlsta .254 201 22 51 3 19 9 Dave Leonhardl .252 159 29 40 2 19 3 Justin Mashore .233 160 21 42 4 21 10 Brian Dubose .226 177 22 40 6 32 4 Merriwealher .224 65 5 19 0 6 0 Carlos Burguios .216 162 26 35 0 16 7 Tarrlk Brock .189 95 8 18 0 1 2 Kevin Morgan .181 199 20 36 0 14 3 PITCHING W-L ERA SV IP BB SO T.Schwarber 1-1 0.77 11 35.0 21 4 43 J.Thompson 1-1 1.17 0 15.1 12 5 17 JohnReid 3-4 2.09 0 69.0 54 16 64 BenBlomdahl 6-3 2.80 0 70.2 67 16 46 RichKeHey 6-2 2.87 0 69.0 60 27 51 B.Edmondson 4-2 3.77 0 620 61 37 54 GregHaeger 2-1 4.60 1 29.1 27 27 32 Dennis Walsh 2-4 4.63 1 46 2 41 16 46 ToddBussa 04 4.65 2 31.0 40 9 29 BobLemay 3-3 4.78 0 37.2 26 13 42 Art Adams 0-1 5.14 0 21.0 30 14 19 Steve Waite 1-0 5.70 0 23.2 31 20 15 S.Withem 0-1 9.00 0 3.0 3 2 3 BATTING AVG AB HR RBI SB RobReimink .281 185 26 52 2 26 5 Kirk MendenhaJI .280 143 23 40 2 20 6 Ivan Cruz .277 195 21 54 6 43 1 Tyrone Kingwood .266 128 19 34 3 13 6 Brian Cornelius .255 137 9 35 1 14 0 Greg Sparks .254 189 29 48 12 34 1 Baslllo Cabrera .238 63 6 15 1 2 2 LouFrazler .236 195 34 46 0 14 22 Rod Robertson .235 196 21 46 7 31 9 MikeDebutch .231 143 33 33 2 11 13 Rk Sellers .223 103 10 23 4 10 1 Mike Gillette .177 79 10 14 0 4 1 PITCHING W-L ERA SV BB SO ShermCorbett 00 1.69 1 5.1 6 0 1 Steve Wolf 1-1 1.88 0 24.0 16 11 21 JetfBraley 0-3 2.38 4 34.0 30 14 16 Ricky Roas 5-4 2.76 5 32.2 29 14 21 Brian Warren 2-4 2.87 0 62.2 54 15 36 Frank Gonzales 5-4 3.02 0 65.2 64 10 37 MikeLumley 34 336 1 21.1 18 7 20 Mike Garcia 5-2 3.41 0 60.2 60 12 44 Don August 0-1 4.15 0 13.0 12 3 7 Marty Willis 1-3 4.50 0 58.0 54 19 37 Don Vesting 3-3 5.96 0 46.2 57 24 32 Lakeland (A) BATTING AVG AB HR RBI SB Ron Howard .301 143 25 43 0 9 9 TomEaly .292 89 12 26 3 16 0 MikeRendina .254 169 17 43 3 34 0 Dermy Mcnamara .253 166 21 42 1 22 10 Brian Saltzgaber .253 146 14 37 1 14 4 Rudy Pemberton .247 150 17 37 2 18 11 JimGivens .241 220 28 53 0 13 9 Kelley O'Neal .240 167 16 40 1 7 8 JoePerona .212 156 18 33 3 18 1 Warren Sawktw .200 200 26 40 1 17 4 Jimmy Alder .193 135 15 26 4 14 0 Dan Ruff .190 105 11 20 2 10 0 Eric Albright .137 51 2 7 0 3 0 PITCHING W-L ERA SV IP BB SO Tom Orel 0-0 0 00 0 5.1 3 4 4 Jimmy Henry 6-3 1.09 0 66.0 43 19 48 Johnny Wiggs 1-0 1.42 3 12.2 9 8 18 Felipe Lira 3-2 2.23 0 32.1 30 6 26 Jose Lima 1-3 2.41 0 59.2 46 8 55 BobUndorf 0-0 2.42 3 26.0 28 3 16 Jason Pfaff 3-5 262 0 65.1 59 19 42 Sean Bergman 4-2 2.86 0 66.0 52 13 55 GregCoppeta 5-2 3.29 0 38.1 31 6 25 Leo Torres 2-0 3.52 1 7.2 7 1 7 PhllStidham 0-3 4.07 4 24.1 31 11 19 John Kosenskl 1-3 4.27 0 46.1 51 12 25 Mike Gullfoyie 1-1 4.42 3 18.1 19 6 14 Ed Rodriguez 1-3 4.55 0 31.2 37 14 23 MattBaur 1-2 10.61 0 9.1 15 3 12 Altlze' Dickr 6-s-B 2-5-2 6- Chlc Chaser 7- Arbor Worthy 5-5-7 5-2-5 2-2-7 Dean Johnson Clark 5 Jennifer Marie 7 Fair Reflection B-Treboh Jill Today's selections Post lime: 700 rn. Best Bet Glow Plug (2nd).
dm. pace: 3- North Berwick 5-5-5 4- Boogto Wooeit Boy 4-7-4 cond. pace: 2- Den FktJrttytr 4- Does Gold 6- Hug A Bug 1-SF Sable 3- Snuggle Tight 5- JR Sun 7- Newscaster 2 Rick's Trio 2- 4-2 Mek 3- 4-5 Morgan 4- 1-2 Maunder 5- 4-2 Aklzer 4-3-1 Arwell 7-6-5 Roach 1-6-1 Rathka 4-S-5 6-8-8 Webster Morgan Miner Cole Roach Goetz Sweeney Rathka street vendors. Sometimes, things are not as sanitary over there as they are here." DeButch's story began in 1990 while he was playing shortstop at Triple-A Tidewater, the New York Mets' top farm club. He developed a sore back but kept playing Joe Cybulski Farm report jit 1-Bobble Spirit 5 Triple Boston 6 Palch's Delight 7 Good Sugar 8 Sun Earp HI-S9O0, cond.
pact-. 5- Hot Col 6- Five Star Amber 3- Bay Len 1- PK's Patron 2- Classlc Dame 4 Special Sunday 7 Shiawav KissnteK 8 Ellen 5- 7-7 4-8-4 6- 6-7 7- 7-5 6-3-4 1-t-e i-i-i 4- 5-3 5- 6-2 8-7-4 4-6-5 6- S-6 Kramer Mrchnd Warren Ralhka Morgan Roach Sweeney Webster Illh-SUOO, dm. pace: 4- Carbuncle's Unde 5- Graceful Gem 1 Gastronome 2- Hollday Pay 6- 3-1 7- 1-3 1-4-3 5-4-2 3 Fleet Maveric 3-2-d Sweeney 6- Mc Inger 2-4-3 Calvert 7- Speedy Spice 3-3-7 Jones 8- Billy's Jubilee 7-3-6 Kramer cond pace: 7- anandv Get 1-2-1 Hess 2 Solicitous Fran 8-6-3 Sweeney l-Merrie Suoarbaby 4-6-5 Webster 3 Lady Mermaid 5-5-5 Gone 4 Another Intention 7-7-6 Succarolle 5 Tighten Up 3-8-3 Ralhka 6 Wintermist Lynn 6-6-4 Morris 8 Deadly Foe 6-6-8 Evans 5lh-S9O0, cond. trot: 6- Joyful Star 4-6-6 Sampson 7- SF Can Can 1-6-4 Rocheleau 3- Caro Linda 5-S-4 Altiier 1 Sizzling Surprise 4-4-6 Putnam 2- PV Molly 6-4-5 Morgan 4- Fanta Torch 3-8-7 Sweeney 5- Fleel Melissa 2-9-10 Goelz 8- Freida 7-5-4 Darling 6lh-S900, dm. pace: 1- Shv Fiver 1-2-2 Rathka 4-Apri Foal's Miss 4-2-1 Calvert 4-So Bussy 2-4-4 Morgan 2- Ravien 7-1-4 Ingersoll 3- Oakwood Star 3-S-6 Succarolle 4-1-4 7-3-1 Noland Webster Sweeney Walker Rathka Clark Warren Dobson lth-S900, dm.
pace: 7- Gohten Edge 6-Nasty Nee Nee 2- West Lake Mary 1-Sei Style 3 Joshuas Angel 4- Bud's Misty 5 Mimmv's Walout 8 Casual Sox Goetl Roach Roadi Ralhka Walls Calvert Sweeney Websler 3 Mysterious Current 2-2-4 6- RR Sleady Star 5-2-1 7- Elba Kevin 7-6-4 8- Take't To The Bank6-2-l and-5900, cond. pace: 2- Glow Plug 3-1-2 Wanti 6- Hot Energy 3-4-2 Hess 5-Shiawav Paramount4-4-3 Webster I She Gets Around 5-x-x Moroan 3- Buck Guru 5-S-6 Warren 4- SQ Track Master 8-4-4 Watts 7- Rambo Jock 7-5-5 Sampson 8- Cedars Phllly 8-4-5 Roach 1- 5-5 Dobson 2- 3-1 Soccaroffe 1-4-2 Webster 121h-S900, dm. pace: 1- Tremor Boy 4- Royal Kampaigner 6- Racy Welwood 2- Short Change 3- Data Link 5 Warnor 7- Ocata Better Run 8- Coming To Terms 91h J1.200, cond. trol: 1- Somesm 3-3-2 2- Four More Years 5-3-3 8-Beemers Solktmatch 1-1-5 3- Extra Agile 7-4-4 4- Chicorv Trader 5-1-4 5- Toughshoes 4-2-8 ChaffM Niccum Putnam Ralhka Mayes Swenev 2-1-2 5-1-1 8-7-1 4-3-4 8-8-6 Kramer Sweeney Goetz Roach Alwell cond. Irol: 5-Sner-Devri 2-J1 4 This Mans Fred I Nick Dragon Putnam Ralhka Webster Wanlz 5-4-3 S-l-d 1-6-1 S-3-6 TOLEDO RACEWAY PARK 5 Stylish Pal 6-9-3 Wilson 6 Judge Slone 8-2-3 Whilacre 7 Limestone 4-5-8 Vinci 9 Buddy National x-2-6 Stratton LOCAL TALENT 2- Abbe 9-5-4 Lewis 3- Brown's 8-7-4 Miller 4- Wonderllck Express 1-3-4 Konrad 5- Bound To Snow 6-7-x McKnight 8 St Stir A Fortune 7-3-2 Ludnslgr Today's selections Pest time! 730 m.
Best beb Scipk) Trigger (7th). Dally Double, trot: Statistics for players with Michigan backgrounds (in minor league systems other than Tigers'; stats through Monday): cond. trot: 4- Sdpio Trigger 2-2-7 2- Dial Homesick 3-4-5 6- Stardust Bertha 5-6-2 1 Loaduponalongshot 8-8-7 3- Davev Kuno 7-5-4 5- Speedln' Begonia 5-7-4 7- Demille's Star 6-2-6 8- Tallv-n-score 6-2-8 9- Maken Magic 5-7-5 Coukiiifi Turcotte Lmgrel Rsngrtn Burrls Rolh Hevwood King Greeno clmg. trot: 3- GrayNn Forever 8- Super Storm 7-Sueliss 1 Class Notes 2 Jazz Tonight 4- Justice 5- Berlhas Joy 6- Ridlev 9 Pleasure Pat 1- 5-6 2- 5-5 4-4-4 8- 9-v 3- 3-6 9- 7-x 5- Nelson Clair 2- Dr Eleanor 6- Archies Girl 1-G 3- Axhandle Amos 4- Sure Bet Belsv 7- Gemini Buter Shedey Henry Hollar Marls Rosngrln Mapes Buter Ludnslgr Rlesberrv Wolfe Murtagh Swartz Roehm Prange VanAlta 7-8-2 5-4-7 Burns 8 Dyna Char 81tt Trl Super, pace: 4- Solicitor Walt 7-2-7 Miner 6 Undamaged 5-4-3 Thomas 9-Belmlnl 3-9-5 Swartz Trl Super, pace: 5- Edgar Seehttr 4-2-5 Mer 1- Knots Scrap Iron 2-3-8 Swartz 4-Victor Defrank 4-4-7 Konrad 2- Mightly Cal 5-9-5 Cotxentz 3- Dovers Warrior 6-7-8 Sheolev 6 Eran's Falcon 9-3-x Hedwrth 7 Militant Mischief 9-5-6 Brown 8 Swift Shot 3-X-5 Roehm 9- Ctever Talk 7-7-6 Brown cond. trot: 8-TantaHzer 1-2-3 Lewis 1- Saint 2-6-2 Sctmberg 4- Scottish Hatibut 1-1-4 Marts 2- Wood Maker 6-7-5 Brown 3- Formal Ball 4-6-6 Ludnslgr 5- Bone Speed 9-5-7 Shrover 6- Saucv Sharon 1-6-6 Turcotte 7- Hope To Slar 6-2-8 Konrad cond.
pace: 1-TopHand 3-3-8 Mcknight 4- GandaH Gone 9-8-5 Clemmer 7-Magic Lightening 8-6-2 Morgan 1- Pilgrim's Shadow l-x-8 Powell 2- Six Two 5-8-7 Smith 3- Belle Seelster 3-6-9 Turcotte 5- Chicorv Prince 4-8-7 Pavne 6- Topper 6-7-5 Buter 9-Boss's Sarila Whip 6-6-6 Heywood Daily Double, pace: Oemmer Whitacre Baker Buter Muknix Henry Hedwrth Swartz Prange Edwards Clemmer 8- Roman Topper 1- London Smog 9- Little Miami Star 2- Camden Girl 3- Lamme's Bov 4- Flying Lester 5- Gold Fund 6- Lady Marlllion 7- Pot cond. pace: 5- kmovaltvt 5-2-5 Roth 2 Juanita 3-7-6 George 9-Special Summit 5-6-5 Morgan 1 Champ's Sister 8-6-7 Ludnslgr 3 Game Joan 4-5-4 Fortnev 4 Sunnvs Moonbeam 6-1-8 Prange 6- Mega Star 9-3-5 Harvey 7- Shee-ra Spirit l-x-7 Buter 8- Ruby In The Sky 1-3-5 Rosson 3- WHe Mo 7 Paul The Pirate 4- Mark Seelster 1 Clever Leader 2 Scipio Trixs 5- High Life Amy 6- Perfect Step 8 Rockey 9 Jane Baker 6-8-2 4-4-4 Buter Swartz Brown Peter Brown Roth cond. pace: clmg. pace: Marts Rosson Heywood McKnight Mapes Martin 5-Pick Patch 7-ClanVsvle Dave l-Vkount Vic 1 Game Ozone 2 Regina's Girl 3 Furvs Furore 3rd $1,100, cond. pace: 6- Ms MIndale 3-6-5 9-Rova Racer 5-3-x 7- Mom's Mirade 3-2-x 1-Shirley Seelster 7-7-8 8-Scarian's Dream 3- Pebbles Charm Dona Tor 2 Riddle Master 4 Jusl Once More 9-1-1 2-4-1 1- S-3 2- 6-8 9-6-7 McKnight Clemmer Hevwood Hedwrih Henry Herman Simon Edwards BATTING TEAM AVG AB HR Bl SB Scott Makarewicz (Michiagan State) Jackson (AA Astros) .314 41 140 15 44 3 12 0 Mike Stefanski (Detroit) Belolt (A Brewers) .302 48 169 34 51 2 19 2 Antonio Mitchell (Detroit) Augusta (A Pirates) OF .290 44 136 23 40 9 31 5 Jefl Hamilton (Fenton) Albuquerque (AAA Dodgers) 38 .281 28 89 13 25 1 15 0 Brent Gates (Grandvllle) Modesto (A Athletics) 2B .274 57 212 41 58 2 41 4 Tim Flarmelty (Michigan) Greensboro (A Yankees) DH.268 532052355 228 1 Dan Mastelter (Michigan State) Orlando (AA Twins) OF .265 50 162 21 43 5 22 0 Scott Jaster (Midland) Birmingham (AA White Sox) OF .264 57 201 26 53 4 17 1 Chris Demetral (Western Michigan) Bakersfiekj (A Dodgers) 2B .262 38 130 13 34 2 15 2 Billy Ashley (Belleville) Albuquerque (AAA Dodgers) OF .250 14 60 8 15 1 7 1 Rick Juday (Michigan Slate) Winston-Salem (A Cubs) 2B .245 44 163 29 40 0 9 1 Kerwln Moore (Detroit) Baseball City (A Royals) OF .244 55 209 32 51 1 8 22 Ron Pezzoni (Ypsilantl) San Berndno (A Mariners) OF .239 46 164 27 44 2 15 18 Joe Siddall (Central Michigan) Harrisburg (AA Expos) OF .234 40 124 10 29 1 7 1 Darren Tillman (Detroit) Peoria (A Cubs) OF .232 28 69 11 16 0 3 0 Steve Finken (Michigan) Shreveport (AA Giants) 2B .224 21 58 6 13 3 6 0 Mike Matheny (Michigan) Stockton (A Brewers) .213 51 164 16 35 4 22 2 Matt Mieske (Western Michigan) Denver (AAA Brewers) OF .211 49 190 21 40 2 20 4 Andy Fairman (Michigan) Belolt (A Brewers) 1B .208 42 144 16 30 1 24 1 Bryan Baar (Western Michigan) San Antonio (AA Dodgers) .139 20 72 7 10 3 7 0 Darrin Campbell (Michigan) Vancouver (AAA White Sox) .171 20 35 3 6 0 3 0 Rick Karcher (Henry Ford CC) Durham (A Braves) 1B .163 33 98 7 16 1 6 0 PITCHING TEAM W-L ERA Sv IP BB SO Ross Powell (Michigan) Chattanooga (AA Reds) 30 1.02 1 44.1 32 15 42 Doug Fltzer (Detroit) Peninsula (A Mariners) 2-0 1.17 1 7.2 7 5 7 Mike Ericson (Michigan State) VisaHa (A Rockies) 0-2 1.84 5 29.1 34 10 35 Randy Marshall (Eastern Michigan) Tidewater (AAA Mets) 6-1 1.90 0 61.2 50 13 32 Mike Ignasiak (Michigan) Denver (AAA Brewers) 2-2 2.09 4 38.2 30 14 20 Joe Roa (Hazel Park) St.
Lucie (A Mets) 4-3 3.16 0 62.2 76 5 27 Jim Lewis (Jackson) Rochester (AAA Orioles) 1-3 3.21 1 33.2 31 18 20 Doug Gogolewski (Michigan Slate) Ft.Lauderdale (A Yankees) 0-1 3.27 7 220 12 9 20 Pat Miller (Detroit) Stockton (A Brewers) 1-3 3.34 1 29.2 29 17 14 Jeff Hoffman (Fremont) Albany (AA Yankees) 3-5 3.41 0 66.0 72 20 21 Ray Soft (Central Michigan) Edmonton (AAA Angels) 5-3 3.50 0 74.2 72 25 48 Tim Delgado (Southfleld) Winston-Salem (A Cubs) 34 3.51 1 41.0 35 8 35 Elliott Gray (Flint) Clearwater (A Phillies) 2-2 3 83 1 51.2 43 17 32 Jim Martin (Eastern Michigan) Augusta (A Pirates) 0-0 3.86 1 7.0 6 2 9 Eric Parkinson (Kellogg) Salem (A Pirates) 1-4 3.91 0 48.1 39 16 41 Mickey Weston (Eastern Michigan) Scranton WH-Bar (AAA Phillies) 4-2 3.91 0 71.1 77 16 32 Dan Rambo (Central Michigan) Phoenix (AAA Giants) 0-1 4.00 0 9.0 6 4 4 Russ Brock (Michigan) Reno (A Athletics) 2-5 4.19 0 34.1 39 9 29 Shayne Rea (Henry Ford CC) Appleton (A Royals) 3-1 4.30 0 37.2 36 12 23 Bill Kostich (Taylor) Peninsula (A Mariners) 1-1 4.32 1 25.0 25 9 21 Mike Wilkins (Livonia) Albuquerque (AAA Dodgers) 0-0 4.32 0 25.0 30 10 17 Line Mikkelsen (Montague) Stockton (A Brewers) 0-3 4.97 0 25.1 25 9 19 Blaise Itsley (Alpena) Louisville (AAA Cardinals) 2-3 500 1 45.0 55 12 23 Ed Martet (New Baltimore) Columbus (AAA Yankees) 2-5 5.62 0 49.2 57 18 30 Tom Paskievttch (Central Michigan) Waterloo (A Padres) 3-4 5.74 0 47.0 48 32 51 Mike Grimes (Michigan) Modesto (A Athletics) 4-4 5.77 0 640 70 30 58 Mark Stephens (Slanton) Salinas (A Independent) 0-3 6.15 0 33.2 49 22 28 Klrt Ojala (Michigan) Albany (AA Yankees) 2-5 6.25 0 44.2 51 28 33 and suffered a cracked vertebra in his lower back. He missed the final two months of the season. "The back still hurts once in a while, but I guess I have to live with it," DeButch said. "I'll eventually have to get it fused." While he was recovering in Beaumont, Texas, his agent called and said the Taichung Blackhawks, an amateur team from Taiwan, were in Dallas and looking for instruction. The team hoped to improve enough to join a Taiwanese professional league.
DeButch and the team hit it off, and he was asked to accompany it back to Taiwan. "The young talent was pretty raw," DeButch said. "But they worked constantly, almost to the point of exhaustion. Hitting-wise, they slapped at the ball a lot. I tried to show them how to get the hands going and get the bat through.
I also gave them some defensive plays and by the time I left, I think they were a pretty good team." DeButch later joined Triple-A Vancouver, the Chicago White Sox's top farm team. "Right at the beginning of the season, I got real sick," DeButch said. He was diagnosed with hepatitis and given a choice by a doctor six months of inactivity or face the possibility of dying. He spent the next six months sleeping an average of 14 hours a day. "I thought after the back problem, then this, there was no way I would ever play again," said DeButch, 29.
"I already started to look for a job. A couple of teams contacted me, but I wasn't sure I still had the heart to play." DeButch, who graduated from Lamar University with a degree in political science, found a job as a supervisor at a Ford assembly plant in his hometown of Chicago. But his brothers convinced him to give baseball one more shot. When the London Tigers lost shortstop Keith Kimberlin to a knee injury, they called DeButch. He is batting .231 with two homers and 13 stolen bases and is playing solid defense.
DeButch enjoys playing, but he's trying to keep his future in perspective. "I don't want to hang around play Check out Fridays in the Free Press Ask For Your "FREEP" ZIPPER PULL mg HARMONY HOUSE Records at Participat moted from Class A Lakeland to fill Gonzales' spot in London. Henry, 21, was 6-3 at Lakeland with a 1.09 ERA. He allowed 43 hits in 66 innings, with 48 strikeouts and 19 walks. Last year at Class A Niagara Falls, he was 8-4 with a 2.22 ERA.
Henry was the Tigers' 45th pick in the 1989 draft, from Sacramento City Junior College. London right-hander Marty Willis was named Eastern League pitcher of the week. Willis, 27, got his first victory of the season with a two-hit shutout over New Britain. "You can't be afraid to walk away from the game. I figure after what I've already been through, I can handle anything." NOTEBOOK: London left-hander Frank Gonzales was promoted to Triple-A Toledo.
Gonzales, 24, won his first five decisions at London but faded to 5-4 with a 3.02 ERA. He led the team in starts (10) and innings (65). Gonzales was the Tigers' 16th pick in the 1989 draft out of Colorado State. Left-hander Jimmy Henry was pro- ing Triple-A ball till I'm 33," he said..
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