Banner Graphic, Volume 16, Number 213, Greencastle, Putnam County, 17 April 1986 — Page 10

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Nettles' single hands Dodgers another one-run loss

By DICK BRINSTER AP Sports Writer Tom Lasorda is rarely at a loss for words on the subject of baseball, but he readily admits he has no explanation for the Los Angeles Dodgers’ record-setting run of futility. ‘Tve never seen anything like it,” the Dodger manager said Wednesday night after his team played its 10th straight one-run game in a 2-1 loss to San Diego. “If somebody had told me something like this would happen, I’d have told them they’re crazy.” Simply put, what has happened is that the Dodgers favored by most to repeat as National League West champions have lost seven of those games, including the last three in San Diego’s final at-bat. Padres Manager Steve Boros, whose team has won seven of 10 and shares with the Dodgers the major-league record for consecutive one-run games at the start of a season, also is devoid of a meaningful answer. “I’d like to be able to explain it, but I can’t,” Boros said after Graig Nettles’ pinch-hit single off reliever Tom Niedenfuer produced the winning run with two out in the ninth inning. Elsewhere in the NL, it was Houston 4, San Francisco 1, and Cincinnati 5, Atlanta

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3. St. Louis at New York and Pittsburgh at Philadelphia were postponed by rain. Nettles, whose glove work at third base for the New York Yankees made him a Dodger World Series nemesis long before he joined the Padres, certainly came through with his biggest hit so far this season. He went to the plate mired in a 1-for-16 slump. “I know relief pitchers don’t like to get beat with their second best pitch, so after it got to 3-2 I was looking fastball all the way,” Nettles said. The hit scored Kevin Mcßeynolds from second base. Dennis Powell, 0-2, making his first start of the year, allowed the Padres just four hits in 8 1-3 innings. Niedenfuer replaced Powell after Powell walked Mcßeynolds. Steve Garvey grounded out to first, moving Mcßeynolds to second, and Garry Templeton was intentionally walked to bring up Nettles. His hit made a winner of reliever Rich Gossage, 2-0, who worked the ninth in relief of starter Dave Dravecky. The 10th consecutive one-run game for both teams is one shy of the National League record for consecutive one-run games in a season.

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Reds 5, Braves 3 In his 17th major-league season, Dave Concepcion could be forgiven for relaxing every now and then. But the 37-year-old Cincinnati shortstop didn’t stay on top because he’d made a habit of such things. “I was getting lazy, losing my stroke,” Concepcion said when explaining why he showed up sVfe hours early. The extra batting practice “really worked,” said Concepcion, who hit two homers and drove in three runs. Concepcion started the seventh inning by lining loser Rick Mahler’s first pitch over the center-field fence for his first homer of the year to tie the game at 3-3. He also hit a first-pitch homer to left off reliever Bruce Sutter in the eighth. It was the fourth two-homer game of his career, the last time coming June 5,1981 against Montreal. Pinch-hitter Tracy Jones had put the Reds ahead and made a winner of John Denny with a single later in the seventh. Astros 4, Giants 1 Strikeouts may have become commonplace to Nolan Ryan. That’s understandable after 4,101 of them. But a game-winning RBI from a lifetime .122 hitter is another matter. “I didn’t realize that was it,” Ryan said jokingly in discussing a two-run, second-

Saberhagen, Romanick pitch well

By The Associated Press “You can’t pitch much better than that,” Kansas City Manager Dick Hower said. He was talking about his own Bret Saberhagen, but he could easily have been referring to Ron Romanick of the California Angels. Both Saberhagen and Romanick pitched two-hitters Wednesday night to lead their teams to victories Kansas City beating Boston’s A 1 Nipper 1-0 and Romanick stopping the Seattle Mariners 4-0. Saberhagen, who last year became the ' youngest pitcher to win the Cy Young Award in the AL, faced just 29 batters,

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GRAIG NETTLES Beats L.A. with single inning single. “A big RBI man like me ... that is pretty surprising.” Ryan, 2-1, struck out nine San Francisco batters in 7 2-3 innings. He allowed six hits and walked three before Dave

striking out six and walking just one. The only Boston hits were singles by Tony Armas with two out in the second and Don Baylor leading off the fifth. Neither advanced beyond first. Nipper was almost as good as Saberhagen, allowing just five hits. But one was Steve Balboni’s second homer of the season to lead off the second, the only run Saberhagen needed. Last season Balboni had only two hits at Fenway Park. In the California-Seattle game, Romanick lost his perfect game by walking the very first batter, the first of five in the game. And, with two down in the sixth, Ivan Calderon’s single broke up

Smith came on in relief to collect to his third save. The game-winning RBI statistic has been used only since 1980, but Ryan said he couldn’t recall ever having one in his 19-year major-league career. Oilers look atSchlichter HOUSTON (AP) The Houston Oilers are the latest stop on a tour of National Football League tryout camps for former Ohio State and Indianapolis Colts quarterback Art Schlichter. “I’ve been on a kind of tour through the NFL,” Schlichter said. “I’ve worked out for a few teams and I’ve got some more tryouts scheduled. This is just another stop.” The Oilers are looking for a third quarterback to backup starter Warren Moon and No. 2 Oliver Luck. Schlichter was the No. 1 draft choice of the Colts in 1902 but he sat out the 1983 season after being suspended by Commissioner Pete Rozelle for gambling activities. He was reinstated in June 1984. “I just want another opportunity to play in the NFL, and I think I’ve got a lot to contribute to a team, whether it’s here or somewhere else,” Schlichter said.

the no-hit bid. But the California right-hander didn’t mind. “It’s my best game ever, as far as keeping my stuff through nine innings goes,” Romanick said. “I was a real pitcher out there.” Gorman Thomas got Seattle’s second hit, a one-out single in the ninth. Romanick is now 2-0 as he tries to erase the memory of the second half of 1985. After going 13-4 before the All-Star break, he won only one game after July. White Sox 10, Tigers 4 Ron Kittle had a three-run homer and a sacrifice fly, while Carlton Fisk also homered as Chicago overpowered Detroit. “I don’t care if I was l-for-13,” said Kittle. “I didn’t consider myself in a slump. I hadn’t swung at a bad pitch all season.” Detroit’s Dave Collins was ejected from the game in the seventh inning when he charged the mound after a Bannister pitch sailed behind him. Two innings earlier, Detroit’s Randy O’Neal had hit rookie John Cangelosi with a pitch. Twins 7, A’s 5 A two-run homer by Gary Gaetti in the 10th inning, his third of the season, powered Minnesota over Oakland at the Metrodome. With two outs in the 10th, Mark Salas reached on an infield hit. Gaetti then hit a two-strike pitch from A’s reliever Keith Atherton deep over the left-center field fence as the Twins snapped a four-game losing streak.

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Danville beats Clover thinclads DANVILLE - Host Danville scorn} 81 points on both sides of the ledger Wednesday afternoon en route to a sweep of Cloverdale in boys’ and girls’ track’action. M THE DANVILLE BOYS defeated the Clovers 81-46 while the DHS girls cruised to an 81-28 victory. Jeff Mannan was the only Clover to post a double win. Meet results are in scoreboard, page All * The junior athlete won the top slots in the pole vault and the 800. He leaped-12 feet and was clocked in 2:15.59 in winning his golds. Rusty Baker, Jim Markus and Chuck Hawyood also took first places for CHS. Baker leaped to the long jump title (18-3), Markus raced to the 200-meter title (25.66) and Haywood paced himself to the 3200-meter crown (11:00.47). MANNAN ALSO TOOK a second in the 1600 while Baker did the same in the high jump. Markus placed third in the 100meter dash. o For the Clover gals, Lesia Mabry and Marla Garrett were the only blue-ribbon winners. Mabry captured the 100 low hurdle title by being clocked in 17.50 and Garrett putted the shot 33 feet to win her gold. Mabry also took third in the 300 lew hurdles. : Debbie Mann finished in second place twice in the two jump events, the long and high. Colts preseason sked released INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The Indianapolis Colts will begin their preseason National Football League schedule Friday, Aug. 8, against the Seahawks at Seattle, a club spokesman said. Tuesday. The game begins at 7:30 p.m. PDT. The Colts visit the Chicago Bears Saturday, Aug. 16. Kickoff is at 6 p.m. CDT. The Colts announced Tuesday they will be home against the Detroit Lions Saturday, Aug. 23, and a week later against the Minnesota Vikings. Each home game begins at 7:30 p.m. EST.