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THE BAYTOWN SUN
Tuesday, June 21, 1988
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DOUBTFUL THOMAS
An injured ankle
may keep Detroit
Piston Isiah Thomas
out 0/tonight’s
deciding NBA final
game against the
Lakers. For results,
see Wednesday’s Sun.
Red Sox top Padres to capture Colt title
Hill’s single wins it in the eighth
By MIKE SIMMONS
Jason Hill's bases-loaded, no-
out single in the bottom of the
eighth inning drove home the
winning run as the Chevron Red
Sox defeated the Baytown Sand
and Clay Padres 6-5 Monday at
Jenkins Park for the Colt League
city championship.
With the come-from-behind,
extra-inning win, the Red Sox
swept the best-of-three series.
They won Game 1 8-6 Saturday.
The Game 2 win left them 11-2-1,
while the Padres finished 6-8.
David Cupps began the winn-
ing rally when he drew a walk
from Padres reliever Johnny
Contreras. Brian Woodall then
lined a double as center fielder
Matt Albus failed to make the
catch despite a diving attempt.
The Padres elected to inten-
tionally walk Wally Chase to
load the bases.
Hill worked the count to 3
balls, 2 strikes before lining the
ball over left fielder Blake War-
ren’s head for the game-winning
hit. The win went to Hill, who pit-
ched one inning of relief, while
Contreras was saddled with the
loss.
The Red Sox, first-half cham-
pions in Colt League play, had to
battle back from a 5-1 deficit
against the Padres, the second-
half winners. The Padres scored
all of their runs in the fourth inn-
ing to force the Red Sox to play
catch-up ball.
Lance Parker’s two-out single
in the bottom of the first had
given the Sox a 1-0 lead as it
scored Hill, who had walked and
stolen second.
Ten batters went to the plate in
the fourth, however, as the
Padres forged ahead. Albus
singled in the first two runs of
the frame, while Roy Perez was
hit by a pitch with the bases
loaded and Contreras drew a
bases-loaded walk. An error ac-
counted for the other run.
That was all the damage the
Padres could muster off Red Sox
starter Will Toney, who struck
out 12 and walked two while pit-
ching six-hit ball for the first
seven innings. With Toney
holding the Padres in check, the
Sox began narrowing the gap.
Three runs were picked up in
the fourth to cut the lead to 5-4.
Cupps had a bases-loaded single,
Woodall added a sacrifice fly
and Chase singled in the third
run to make it a one-run game.
Padres starter Blake Warren
prevented the Sox from getting
any closer until the last of the
seventh. Parker opened with an
opposite-field triple to right and
scored when Russell Brock
followed with a sacrifice fly, ty-
ing the gaihe 5-5 and sending it
into extra innings.
Parker and Chad Brown led
the Red Sox’s 11-hit attack with
two hits each, while the Padres’
six-hit attack included two-hit
outings by Chris Riggs and Trey
Murphy.
Scoreboard
Basketball
NBA playoffs
Montreal.........32 35 . 478 11
Philadelphia.....29 37 . 439 13'n
West Division
AL standings
W L Pet. GB
CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
(Best-of-seven)
Detroit vs. L.A. Lakers
Los Angeles...
Houston....
Cincinnati.....
San Francisco.
San Diego.....
Atlanta.......
.38 29 .567 -
AMERICAN LEAGUE
East Division
W L Pet. GB
.23 43 .348 14Mt
June 9 — L.A. Lakers 108, Detroit
96
June 12 - L A. Lakers 99, Detroit
86 r
June 14 — Detroit 111, L?A.
Lakers 86
June 16 — Detroit 104, L.A.
Lakers 94
June 19 — L.A. Lakers. 103,
Detroit 102
x-June 21 — Detroit at L.A.
Lakers, 8 p.m.
x-if necessary
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Montreal 3, St. Louis 2
Pittsburgh 8, New York 5
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Los Angeles 7, Atlanta 3
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San Diego 2, Sai
Tuesday’s games
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Minnesota..
Kansas City
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New York at Detroit, (n)
Baltimore at Toronto, (n)
Kansas City at Chicago, (n
Seattle at Texas, (n)
NL leaders
NATIONAL LEAGUE
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NL standings
Angeles (Leary 5-5), (n)
San Diego (Ra:
NATIONAL LEAGUE
East Division
Rasmussen 4-6) at
San Francisco (Reuschel 10-3), (n)
Wednesday’s games
Monday’s games
Boston 14, Cleveland 7
Toronto 5, Baltimore 2
Detroit 2, New York 1,10 innings
California 6, Minnesota 5
Chicago 5, Kansas City 3
Oakland 5, Milwaukee 4
Seattle 3
Texas 4, Seatt
Boston (Sellers 0-6) at Cleveland
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San Diego at San Francisco
St. Louis at Montreal, (n)
Cincinnati at Houston, (n)
Atlanta at Los Angeles, (n)
California (McCaskill 3-5) at Min-
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CELEBRATE
THE JOURNEY
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HOUSTON (AP) - Cincinnati
Manager Pete Rose has hit upon
the right combination for
beating the Houston Astros with
pitcher Tom Browning and
shortstop Barry Larkin.
Browning held the Astros to
five hits and one run over 7 2-3 in-
nings Monday night and Larkin
got three hits in five at-bats,
leading the Reds to a 2-1 victory.
Browning, 6-3, defeated the
Astros and starter Jim
Deshaies, his former college
teammate and high school oppo-
nent, for the second straight
time.
Larkin, who has a career .432
batting average against the
Astros, homered in the sixth inn-
ing to tie the score at 1-1.
Chris Sabo, the Reds’ No. 2 hit-
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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.
Tournament 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
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35 & OVER,
,6' & UNDER,
OPEN.
WOMEN'S DIVISION
. 16 & UNDER
OPEN
3 PT. SHOOT OUT,
.SLAM DUNK-OFF.
Can your team play before 6:00 p.flt.? YES,
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TOURNAMENT OFFICIAL DECISIONS ARE FINAL.
EACH TEAM WILL RECEIVE TOURNAMENT T-SHIRTS.
NAME.
ADDRESS,
CITY, STATE, ZIP.
DAYTIME PH0NE_
.EVENING PHONE.
Tournament officials: n,^422^W77^ tonn^mith, 424-8TO9 or worii 446-4799.
ter, followed with a double down
the third base line and scored the
winning run on Nick Esasky’s
sacrifice fly to left field.
“Chris and I know that we are
the table setters for the third,
fourth and fifth hitters,” Larkin
said. “I hit the ball well against
Houston pitchers because they
come right at you and you have
to be ready to hit against them.”
Larkin definitely was ready to
hit against Deshaies, 4-5, his
former LeMoyne College team-
mate.
Larkin had a pair of jingles to
go with his sixth homer of the
year and now has 16 career hits
in 37 at-bats against Houston.
“I’m going to have to figure
out a way to pitch to him,”
Deshaies said.
Kevin Bass gave the Astros a
1-0 lead in the fourth inning when
he hit a solo homer over the left
field fence with two out.
Larkin’s sixth homer of the
season tied it to start the sixth
and Chris Sabo doubled down the
third base linfe, went to third on
Tracy Jones’ fly and scored on
Nick Esasky’s sacrifice fly.
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THE RED Sox’s Jason Hill slides into second base
on an attempted steal while Padre second
baseman Anthony Contreras waits for the throw
from the catcher. Hill was safe on the play and
later scored on a Lance Parker single.
(Sim staff photo by Angie Bracey)
nesota (Toliver (HI), (n)
Kansas City (Gublcza 9-5) at
Familiar faces on diamond
Chicago (Reussi
ung 4
Milwaukee (Bosio6-7), (n)
Seattle (Trout 3-2) at Texas
(Kilgus6-5), (n)
Wednesday’s games
’erry,
.327;
Palmeiro, Chicago, .327; Galar-
raga, Montreal, .322; Larkin, Cin-
cinnati, .315; McGee, StLouis,.:
Runs—Bonds, Pittsburgh,
Gibson, Los Angeles, 49; Gt
raga, Montreal, 48; Strawberry,
New York, 47; Bonilla, Pittsburgh,
46; Clark, San Francisco, 46.
RBI—GDavis, Houston, 57;
Bonilla, Pittsburgh, 53; Clark, San
Francisi
sburgh,
Hits—McGee, StLouis, 90;
Palmeiro, Chicago, 88; Galarraga,
itreal, 85; Coleman, StLouis,
Montreal, 85; Coleman, StLouis,
82; Larkin, Cincinnati, 81; Law,
Chicago, 81.
The faces were familiar,
although the moves weren’t ex-
actly as we remembered. But
watching the likes of Donovan
Forbes and Lester Felder play
baseball again certainly stirred
memories of high school innings
past.
Actually, Baytown’s team in
the Houston-area National
Baseball Congress league
features a plethora of former
Ross S. Sterling athletes. Some
are playing the game for fun,
while others treat it as serious
business.
In the latter category is Mike
Easley, who recently completed
his first season at Texas A&M
University. The first baseman
helped the Aggies place second
in the Southwest Conference and
hopes they can do even better
next spring.
Along those lines, he needs to
stay sharp during the summer
months. That’s where the NBC
entry comes in.
While he still hopes to catch on
with a team in the prestigious
Cape Cod League, taking some
swings for the local group keeps
him active.
Then there are fellows like
Forbes, who haven’t played the
game on a regular basis in
several years. Because of the
flexible rules which allow nearly
anyone to play, regardless of age
or collegiate standing, the itch to
have some fun on the diamond
returned.
For the past few years, Forbes
has been involved in the quarter-
back derby at University of
Texas. After completing a
semester of school work at Lee
DAVID
O
BERKOWITZ
College this spring, he decided to
give baseball a fling.
With only a couple of outings
under his belt, it wouldn’t be fair
to judge him. But those who wat-
ched him pitch five innings
Saturday at Jenkins Park
against a team from Alief must
have wondered why he didn’t
stick with baseball.
The fluid motion is there. The
fastball still pops into the cat-
cher’s mitt. And the com-
petitiveness beams like a
beacon.
No, the level of play wasn’t
what left a bad taste in my
mouth. It was the little things
that did the trick.
Like a 30-minute delay in star-
ting the first game because no
umpires were on the scene.
Like a terrible-looking Chan-
nelview High School field, which
featured clumps of grass on the
dirt portion of the infield.
Like flaking blue paint on the
wooden bleachers that stuck to
all manner of clothing.
Maybe I’m being picky, but
those factors didn’t help to
digest five hours of baseball
under a blazing sun.
If not for a well-stocked
refreshment stand, it could have
been disasterous.
Forbes could probably still
make a nice addition to some
college pitching staff.
Looking for a pleasant Sunday
afternoon of baseball? I was this
past weekend, but received only
half of what I expected.
There was no questioning the
desire of the Highlands or Chan-
nelview Palomino League
players in Sunday’s double-
header. While neither side will
have to worry about making
hotel reservations at this sum-
mer’s World Series site, they
should give other teams in the
Houston-area league a run for
their money. .
A dream is to one day watch
games in every major league
stadium. Since I am well shy of
that goal at five and counting, I
may have to sacrifice quantity
for quality.
In that regard, I can’t wait to
take my seat next month at Fen-
way Park. In the planning stages
during a brief vacation in Boston
is a Red Sox-Kansas City Royals
game.
From everything I’ve heard,
Fenway is akin to Chicago’s
Wrigley Field When it comes to
being right on top of the action.
Having watched the Cubbies
from a seat in the outfield
bleachers many years ago, I
can’t wait to again get that feel-
ing of almost being able to reach
out and touch the players.
One of those cool, misty New
England nights would make the
setting just perfect.
Baytown American earns sweep
LA PORTE — A grand slam
by Jonas Groberg and a grand
slam by Shane Murphy
highlighted a Baytown
American sweep of a
doubleheader over La Porte Sun-
day in Palomino action.
Baytown won the opener 6-5
and came back to take the se-
cond game 11-7.
Groberg’s four-run home run
capped off a Baytown rally that
saw It overtake La Porte and
hold on for the win in the first
game.
Michael Torrence picked up
the win for Baytown with some
relief help by Brett Balcerak.
In the second game, Murphy
homered with the bases loaded
to highlight a seven-run inning.
Thomas Mayo blasted a three-
run home run in that second
game and Groberg also homered
in the first inning. Balcerak had
a big game at the plate going 3-
for-4 with a double and two
singles.
Darrin Tharp started for
Baytown with Jeremy Vasquez
coming on in relief in the fifth in-
ning to pick up the win.
Baytown American returns to
action Wednesday with a game
against Texas City.
SPORTS BRIEFS
July 9 at The Houstonian.
The entry fee is $12, which in-
cludes a T-shirt and awards.
Competitors may register by
mailing entries to Sam Seiple,
111 North Post Oak Lane,
Houston, 77024.
Entries must be received by
July 4 for seeded heats. Swim-
mers should submit their best
current times. Heats' will be
seeded by times, not age group
or sex. Each swimmer may
enter six events.
The meet is open to anyone
age 19 anrl nlfipr Rnces will he
held in a six-lane, 25-yard pool
starting at noon. Warm-ups will
begin atlla.m.
For more information, contact
David Cohen (427.:f>518).
tournament directors, Ira
Clarkson (869-8168) or Jerry
W ooster (421-4930). —-
Strange wins Open
BROOKLINE, Mass. (AP) ~
The waiting is over for Curtis
Strange.
On Monday, he settled two old
scores by winning his first major
golf championship, the U<S.
Open.
Now, he can put to rest the
whispers that said he wins
money but not titles. And he can
properly honor the memory of
his father, who died when he was
Sign up scheduled
Masters meet set
A meet for Masters and non-
Masters swimmers will be held
Registration has begun for the
Fall Fishin’ Fiesta, sponsored
by Saltwater Anglers League of
Texas.
Proceeds from the Sept. 24-25
fishing tournament will benefit
Baytown’s Special Olympics.
An entry fee of $15 includes a
one-month SALT membership.
Checks should be made payable
to Fall Fishin’ Fiesta and mailed
to P.O. Box 515, Baytown, 77522.
For more information, contact
“This is for my dad,” Strange
said. “That’s all I can say. I
waited a long time to do this.
“I screwed up the 1985
Masters, and I was as disap-
pointed as anyone. We don’t
have to bring that up, though.
We’re supposed to be having fun
here. But I have been waiting a
long time.”
The 33-year-old Strange shot
an even-par 71 over the 7,010-
yard course at The Country
Club, beating Nick Faldo of Bri-
tain by four strokes in an 18-hole
playoff. The end came when
Faldo had two bogeys on the four
long, par-4 holes that start the
back nine. —i-——■
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