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THE BAYTOWN SUN
Tuesday, July 5, 1988
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The Houston Astros are of-
ficially one game into the second
half of the the 1988 baseball
season. The first half ended with
a whimper Sunday in New York
in the guise of a 5-0 loss.
The Astros started the second
half of the season in third place,
5Vfe games out of first and only
one game above .500.
It’s not an impressive start.
But considering the fact that the
Astros are playing in the
Worstern, I mean Western, Divi-
sion of the National League, they
are still in the hunt for the
playoffs. However, they will
have to turn things around
quickly.
Normally, this is when I would
start assessing the team’s per-
formance and what it needs to do
in the next 80 games if it wants a
chance to be beaten by the New
York Mets in the League Cham-
pionship Series.
However, since I have not
been able to see every game the
Astros have played this season, I
don’t feel it is my place to throw
in my uninformed opinion.
However, I do have a cousin
Chewy who’ll give you an opi-
nion, whether you want it or not.
So, I’ve decided to hand over the
rest of this column to him and let
him tell you what he thinks about
the Astros to this point and what
they need to improve on. He’ll
start with the pitching.
Starting pitching
The starting pitching is the
best thing about the Astros this
year, except for that Bob Knep-
per. All the women hate him and
I think that really hurl the
Astros. Personally, I don’t see
what all those women are upset
about. But, anyway, I think
women air over put a curse on
the Astros because of him. I
think they should send Knepper
to the minors to hide and call up
Joe Sambito. All the women like
him.
Also, I think Mike Scott needs
to start scuffing up the ball
more. Nolan Ryan also needs to
stop pitching. All he’s doing is
hurting the Astros. Every time
he pitches, the team doesn’t hit.
There has to be something to
that. I think he’s bad luck. Get
rid of Ryan and the Astros will
hit.
Infield
This part is all right, except
why did they have to go get that
old guy to play third base? Let’s
see, what’s his name? Well,
anyway, the rest of the infield
has done OK. I really like that
Bill Doran. What happened to
ALFRED
VALDEZ
Denny Walling? Oh, I don’t like
that (Jim) Pankovits guy. I
can’t pronounce his name.
Outfield
I really like the outfield. It’s a
real cool outfield. I especially
like that new guy, Gerald Young.
Also, Kevin Bass is my favorite,
so they’ll probably trade him.
They always trade my favorite
players. Also, they need to get
back Jose Cruz.
Bench
I think the Astrodome has the
nicest benches in the league.
They look real comfortable and
real strong. Sometimes I look
down there and see about 30 big
guys sitting on them and the ben-
ches never break.
Manager
This guy doesn’t look like a
manager. They need somebody
like that guy in Chicago, Zim-
mer. Now, that’s a manager.
Hitting
Mainly, it’s Ryan’s fault.
That’s the first thing. Get rid of
Ryan and the Astros will start
hitting.
Second, they ought to start us-
ing those blue-dot baseballs.
Somebody told me the Astros on-
ly use red-dots. That should help.
Relief pitching
I didn’t know they had any. At
least, I haven’t seen them use
any this year. Maybe they
should start.
Concessions
I really like the hot dogs at the
Astrodome, except now they on-
ly have the relish in those small
little packages. You know, the
ones you have to tear open with
your teeth.
They used to have the relish
sitting out in this big container
and you could spoon out as much
as you wanted. Now you have to
mess with those little packages.
That really bothers me. They
need to change that.
Suggested improvements
Get rid of Ryan and they’ll
start hitting. Try out some of
that relief pitching stuff; it
seems to work for all the other
teams. And get rid of those
relish packages.
Expos ride Galarraga’s
offense to 7-4 triumph
HOUSTON (AP) - Montreal’s
Andres Galarraga isn’t choosy
where he hits the ball.
Any old place will do.
The National League’s leading
I hitter got four more hits Monday
f night, one to center field and
three others to right field, help-
ing the Expos roll up 15 hits
against Houston en route to a 7-4
victory.
“That’s the beauty of Galar-
raga,” Montreal Manager Buck
Rodgers said. “He doesn’t have
a macho image about pulling the
ball. He hits it all over the ball
park.”
Galarraga and Tim Wallach,
who got three hits and drove in
three runs, took turns humbling
Astros pitching.
And they had fun doing it.
• “This is my best time of my
life,” Galarraga said. “I play
outside the U.S. and a lot of peo-
ple don’t see me in Montreal. We
don’t have too .many fans.
They’re getting to know me.”
Galarraga, who had a five-hit
performance on Saturday, and
Wallach broke open the game in
the three-run fifth inning.
Galarraga singled and scored
on Wallach’s double in the first
inning. They continued the
assault with a three-run fifth inn-
ing including Galarraga’s single
and a two-run double by
Wallach.
l‘Tm starting to hit to right
field more,” Galarraga said. “I
try to follow the ball when they
throw outside, I see the ball bet-
ter to hit to right.”
Glenn Davis, the Astros’ clean
up hitter, broke out of a slump
with four straight hits, including
a two-run homer in the sixth inn-
ing.
Rafael Ramirez doubled in the
ninth for the Astros to get his
1,000th major league hit and
scored Gerald Young, who tripl-
ed, for Houston’s final run.
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Montreal
Martinez (W,8-7)
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MARK PRINZEL receives a quick water shower from Nofal
Musfy following his completion of Monday’s Baytown Heat
Wave. Prinzel, a former Ross S. Sterling and McNeese State
University runner, won the age 20-24 division with a time of 28
minutes, 9 seconds.
(Sun staff photo by Carrie Pryor)
Top division finishers
in annual Heat Wave
Here are the top division
finishers — with their age,
overall place and time — in
Monday’s Baytown Heat
Wave:
MALE
Overall
1. David Washburn, 32,
25:24 ; 2. Robert Yara, 33,
25:40; 3. Dave Odom, 32,
26:05; 4. Keith Johnson, 27,
26:15; 5. Zean Gassmann, 29,
26:23.
19-and-under
1. Kevin -Young, 17, 27th,
29:33 ; 2. Louis Armenteros,
15, 37th, 30:26 ; 3. Eric Twar-
dowski, 18,38th, 30:29; 4. John
Fisher, 16, 43rd, 31:11; 5. Joe
Del Toro, 16,101st, 34:37.
20-24
1. Mark Prinzel, 24, 15th,
28:09 ; 2. Peter Arcidiacono,
22,24th, 29:09; 3. Dan Hought,
21,28th,29:39 ; 4. Matt Perry,
24, 30th, 29:50; 5. Rudy
Renles, 23,35th,.30:13.
25-29
1. John Gasman, 25, 6th,
26:35 ; 2. Joe Flores, 28, 7th,
26:52 ; 3. Anthony Phillips, 26,
10th, 27:21; 4. Mike Tomisato,
29,12th, 27:35; 5. Keith Slaton,
25,17th, 28:12.
30-34
1. Robert Amato, 31, 8th,
26:59; 2. David Brennan, 33,
9th, 27:07; 3. Henry Arellano,
30, 11th, 27:28; 4. Matt
McMenemy, 33,16th, 28:11; 5.
Bill Foster, 30,18th, 28:24.
35-39
1. John Mannion, 39, 13th,
27:52 ; 2. Doug Appling, 36,
19th, 28:28 ; 3. A1 Guevarh, 36,
21st, 28:53 ; 4. Miguel Lopez,
37, 22nd, 29:02 ; 5. Edward
Castro, 35,48th, 31; 21.
40-44
1. Bob Wolfe, 41,25th,29:12;
2. Bill Roche, 40, 42nd, 30:58;
3. Romeo Gutierrez, 42, 44th,
31:13; 4. Rudolph Rendon, 40,
47th, 31:20; 5. George Lyon,
41,53rd, 31:46.
45-49
1. Peter Baird, 45, 14th,
28:01; 2. Alan McDaniel, 48,
31st, 29:52 ; 3. Stan Kelly, 48,
49th, 31:29; 4. Dudley Gray,
48, 59th, 32:02 ; 5. Bob Dugan,
45,83rd, 33:45.
50-54
1. Carlos Sauceda, 50, 68th,
32:44 ; 2. Ray Hartenstein, 54,
80th, 33:38 ; 3. Jim Bradin, 52,
93rd,34:05.
55-and-over
1. William Conrad, 60, 73rd,
33:15; 2. David Dallas, 59,
93rd, 34:05; 3. Dick Trask, 55,
109th, 35:01; 4. Gene
Woodruff, 57, 136th, 36:30; 5.
Glenn Good, 55,143rd, 36:47.
FEMALE
Overall
1. Carman Maldonada, 21,
36th, 30:13; 2. Georgette
Green, 39,40th, 30:55; 3. Janet
Keeney Valenza, 28, 51st,
31:43; 4. Sandy Lambert, 30,
65th, 32:31; 5. Kathy Duncan,
26,81st, 33:40.
19-and-under
1. Tricia Evans, 18, 91st,
34:02; 2. Joanne Kineard, 18,
108th, 34:57; 3. Tonya Sims,
19,435th, 57:40.
20-24
1. Joan Grendelach, 23,
128th, 36:05; 2. Gloria Vecera,
21, 178th, 38:10; 3. Kim Sned-
den, 20, 198th, 38:47; 4. Kim
Schaefer, 23, 303rd, 44:33; 5.
Elizabeth Bogosian, 24, 359th,
48:21.
25-29
1. Leslie Coleman, 28,110th,
35:02 ; 2. Marilyn Eastom, 25,
113th, 35:14; 3. Kathy Maran,
29, 297th, 43:58; 4. Jill
Haithwate, 29, 325th, 45:40 ; 5.
Lynne Gooch, 25,333rd, 46:05.
30-34
1. Emily Schempp, 31,94th,
34:06; 2. Susan Rouse, 30,
119th, 35:41; 3. Lisa Martan,
32, 123rd, 35:50 ; 4. Kathy
Johns, 33, 141st, 36:36 ; 5.
Debra Hendrix, 33, 160th,
37:18.
35-39
1. Cindy Kendrick, 39,92nd,
34:03 ; 2. Susan Wallace, 36,
140th, 36:35 ; 3. Connie Coffelt,
37, 172nd, 37:46; 4. Sheryl
Davis, 36,182nd, 38:16; 5. Bar-
bara Amelio, 37,194th, 38:40.
40-44
1. Lorraine Killion, 40,
142nd, 36:37 ; 2. Sue Sharp, 43,
154th, 37:05 ; 3. Becky Ryder,
43, 167th, 37:31; 4. Marilyn
McNaughton, 44,191st, 38:35;
5. Kris Arhelger, 42, 210th,
39:21.
45-49
1. Mary Cullen, 47, 155th,
37:10; 2. Mary Sauceda, 46,
212th, 39:25 ; 3. R.S. Emply,
47, 260th, 42:01; 4. Linda Staf-
ford, 47,277th, 42:59 ; 5. Sylvia
Barrera, 49,281st, 43:16.
50-54
1. Kay Duplinchan, 52,
153rd, 37:03 ; 2. Fran Herdon,
54,344th, 47:11.
55-and-over
1. Eva Brown, 62, 271st,
42:51; 2. Marge Treatman, 58,
279th, 43:06 ; 3. Barb Biggers,
56,427th, 55:47.
Scoreboard
Baseball
NL standings
NATIONAL LEAGUE
East Division
W L Pet.
New York........52 30 .634
Chicago..........44 36 .550
Pittsburgh__________44 37 .543
Montreal.........40 41 .494
St. Louis.........38 43 .469 13V*
Philadelphia.....35 44 .443 15Mt
West Division
W L Pet. GB
Los Angeles......46 33 .582 —
San Francisco____41 39 .513 5V*
Houston..........41 41 .500 6V*
Cincinnati........38 43 .469 9
San Diego........37 46 .446 11
Atlanta..........28 51 .354 18
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Montreal (Holma
Houston (Andujar 0-4),
Pittsburgh (Walk f
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32 50
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.444 16
.390 20'/*
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St. Louis (Cox 2-3) at Los Angeles
12-3), (
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Chicago (Schiraldi 4-6) at San
Francisco (Mulholland0-0), (n)
Wednesday’s games
Chicago at San F
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Franci;
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11% Philadelphia at Atlanta, (n)
Montreal at Houston, (n)
St. Louis at Los Angeles, (n)
Only games scheduled
AL standings
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Chicago..
California
Seattle...
Monday’s games
Oakland 4, Cleveland 2,16 innings
Detroit 5, Seattle 3
Chicago 5, Baltimore 1
Minnesota 3, Milwaukee 1
California 11, Toronto 6
Boston 9, Kansas City 2
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Chicago
Atlanta
, San Francisco 2
Philadelphia 0
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5, St. Louis 3
Cincinnati 5, New Yt
Los Angeles
Montreal 7, Houston 4
San Diego 4, Pittsburgh 3,10 inn-
ings
Tuesday’s games
Cincinnati (Browning 7-3) at New
York (Ojeda6-6), (n)
Philadelphia-JMaddux 2-0) -at
Detroit.....
New York..
Boston.....
Cleveland..
Milwaukee.
Toronto —
Baltimore..
Oakland.....
Minnesota...
Kansas City,
.47 33 . 588 2V*
.40 37 .519 8
.42 39, .519 8
.39 42 .481 11
.39 44. .470 12
. 24 57 .296 26
Division
W L Pet. GB
Oakland (Stewart 11-6 and Bordi
0-0) at Cleveland (Bailes 6-7 and
Rodriguez
0-1), 2, (t-n)
Seattle (Trout 3-4) at Detroit
(Terrell3-5), (n)
California (Witt 6-8) at Toronto
(Key 3-1), (n)
Boston (Gardner 2-1) at Min-
nesota (Toliver0-1), (n)
Baltimore (Bautista 3-6) at
Chicago (LaPoint 6-8), (n)
Milwaukee (Birkbeck 2-5) at
Kansas City (Bannister 8-6), (n)
New York (John 6-2) at Texas
(Hayward4-5), (n)
Wednesday’s games
Oakland at Cleveland, (n)
Seattle at Detroit, (n)
California at Toronto, (n)
Boston at Minnesota, (n>
Baltimore abChieage, (n)-------—
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New York at Texas, (n)
Transactions
BASEBALL
National League
Chicago Cubs—Placed Damon
Berryhill, catcher, on the 15-day
disabled list retroactive to June 30.
Called up Gary Varsho, infielder-
outfielder, from Iowa of the
American Association.
Cincinnati Reds-Activated Bo
Diaz, catcher, from the 15-day
disabled list. Optioned Terry
McGriff, catcher, to Nashville of
the American Association. Signed
Ron Bell, infielder, to a minor-
league contract and assigned him
to Chattanooga of the Southern
League.
Philadelphia Phillies-Named
Larry Hisle hitting instructor for
Martinsville of the Appalachian
League.
San Francisco Gianta-Placed
Mike Krukow, pitcher, on the 21-
day disabled list. Recalled Terry
Mulholland, pitcher, from Phoenix
of the Pacific Coast LeagueT
Groberg aids Pony
team in 7-6 victory
LEAGUE CITY - A four-run
fifth inning lifted Baytown Blue
to a 7-6 victory over Stafford-
Missouri City Sunday in a
second-round game of the Clear
Creek Tournament for 14-year-
old Pony League all-star
baseball teams.
A run-scoring single by Daniel
Groberg capped the decisive inn-
ing for Baytown, which relied on
the relief pitching of Ignacio
Morales over the final two inn-
ings to earn the win.
After falling behind 2-0,
Baytown tied the score in the se-
cond inning when Corey Johnson
doubled in J.D. Sellers and
Larry Martinez. Both of those
players had walked.
Baytown went ahead 3-2 in the
third inning when Cory Rountree
doubled with two outs and
Groberg singled him home.
Stafford-Missouri City regain-
ed the lead with two runs in the
fourth inning and two runs in the
fifth inning. But Baytown rallied
in the bottom of the fifth to go in
front for good.
Following a walk to Jeff
Warner and Johnson’s single,
the players pulled off a double-
steal. That set the stage for a
two-out double by Kelly Smith,
who drove in both runners.
Morales’ single sent in Smith
with the tying run. After Mark
Soliz ran for Morales and stole
second base, Rountree singled.
SPORTS BRIEFS
this on behalf of FIFA because
we are now FIFA’s agents in the
U.S. We’ve got a big responsibili-
ty.”
Twenty-four teams usually
contest the final stages of the
World Cup and the U.S. delega-
tion presented an 18-stadium
project to the FIFA panel.
Officials stressed they were
not the final stadiums to be
selected and that no decision had
been taken on where the World
Cup final would be held.
| But the list included the Rose
Bowl in Pasadena, Calif., the
Los Angeles Coliseum, the
Orange Bowl and Joe Robbie
stadiums in Miami and John F.
Ken nedy Stadium in
PBvladelphia.
Risen Star finished?
NEW YORK (AP) - The
trainer for Belmont and
Preakness Stakes winner Risen
Star says the colt may be unable
to race again because of an ir>
jured right foreleg.
Louis Roussel III, also the 3-
year old’s co-owner, said he was
unhappy with the results of an
ultrasound test performed late
Sunday night.
“We didn’t like the outcome.
There was only minimal heal-
Groberg then came through with / Ing,” said Roussel,, who an-
**•“ — **“ ~ i- *-' nounced Monday that another
the deciding hit, a single to
center field.
Baytown collected eight hits,
compared to six for Stafford-
Missouri City. Groberg was the
starting pitcher. He was follow-
ed to the mound by Jory Mar-
tinez, Sellers and finally
Morales.
World Cup set for U.S.
ZURICH, Switzerland (AP) -
Move over NFL. Make way
NBA. Stand aside NHL. The
World Cup, soccer’s and the
world’s biggest tournament, is
heading full steam for the United
States.
The competition that gave the
world Pele and Diego Maradona
will be staged on American soil
in 1994.
The Executive Committee of
FIFA, soccer’s world governing
body, met Monday to decide the
venue and voted in favor of a bid
by the United States Soccer
Federation.
It was the ideal Fourth of July
present for a nation that had re-
mained something of a spectator
when it came to the world’s most
popular sport.
The USSF fought off
challenges from Brazil and
Morocco in a close vote among
FIFA’s 21-member committee.
Brazil, whose two members on
the committee were unable to
vote, had two supporters, Moroc-
co had seven and the United
States polled 10 votes.
USSF president Werner
Fricker said he was “relieved”
the waiting was all over.
“But now the game’s just
beginning,” he said. “There is a
monumental task ahead.”
Fricker said he and his of-
ficials had to analyze, plan" and
program something that had
never been handled In the United
States before.
“Don’t ask me how much it’s
going to cost because I’ve never
been involved in staging a World
Cup,” he said. “We will be doing
ultrasound test is scheduled.
The dark bay-brown colt ap-
parently sustained the injury
while preparing for the Belmont.
Roussel and co-owner Ronnie
Lamarque have entered a $7
million syndication deal with
Walmac International, a
breeding farm in Lexington, Ky.
Risen Star will stay at Walmac
after his racing career ends and
join top stallions Nureyev and
Alleged.
“We will review the findings
and decide if Risen Star will run
again, or we will get a plane to
Kentucky and not run again,”
Roussel said.
Dr. Mike Hauser, who ad-
ministered the test, said the
results were not surprising.
“There is fiber damage right
now in the suspensory
ligaments,” Hauser said. “What
we want to see on the 24th is
fibrosis occurring within the
ligament and that would indicate
healing.”
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3 on 3 BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT
Tournament Dates: July 14,15,16,17,1988
Games will be played in our gym at 500 E. James St., Baytown. Game times to be
announced at a later time.
Toumament made of up first 100 teams to pay entry fee Of $35.00 per 4 person team.
On Saturday there will be in addition to the day's games, a slam dunk and three
point shot contest. Cost is $5.00 per person per contest.
MEN'S DIVISION
OPEN_16 & UNDER_45 & OVER.
35 & OVER__6' & UNDER_1
OPEN.
WOMEN'S DIVISION
16&UNDER
OPEN
3 PT. SHOOTOUT.
.SLAM DUNK-OFF.
Can your team play before 6:00 p.m.? YES_
.NO.
TOURNAMENT OFFICIAL DECISIONS ARE FINAL.
EACH TEAM WILL RECEIVE TOURNAMENT T-SHIRTS.
NAME.
ADDRESS_
CITY, STATE, ZIP.
DAYTIME PHONL.
.EVENING PHONE.
Tournament officials: James Hillin, 422-6677, Donnie Smith, 424-8909 or wotft 446-4799.
Make checks payable to: SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH, 500 E. James St., Bbytown, TX. 77520.
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