Banner Graphic, Volume 17, Number 210, Greencastle, Putnam County, 7 May 1987 — Page 11

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RICK AGUILERA Starts Mets on way

Aguilera, Orosco stop Mets' 3-game downfall

NEW YORK (AP) Once he gets past the first inning, Rick Aguilera might be the best pitcher on the New York Mets. Reliever Jesse Orosco also is consistent in his own way, getting saves despite allowing runs. Aguilera overcame another shaky start Wednesday night and beat the Cincinnati Reds 3-2 with some nervous help from Orosco. The victory ended a three-game losing streak, the last two by shutout, and came after a team meeting. “When you’re not going well, certain things irritate a manager,” Manager Davey Johnson said. “I call it my ‘pet peeve’ meeting. I didn’t have to have one last year because nothing irritated me.” The World Series champions went 5-6 on their longest homestand of the season, leaving them 13-12 this year. Johnson said he did not raise his voice or “rip people” during the session and said it “had some humor to it.” Johnson also named first baseman Keith Hernandez as the first captain in the Mets’ history. “I thought it was a good time to do it,” Johnson said. Aguilera boosted them back over .500 with another strong effort. He gave up a run in the first on leadoff singles by Kal Daniels and Kurt Stillwell and two wild pitches. He stayed out of further trouble until the eighth when, with a 3-1 lead, Daniels and Stillwell led off with singles. But Aguilera struck out Dave Parker and major-league home run leader Eric Davis, then allowed a bloop RBI single to Buddy Bell before striking out Bo Diaz. “I was hoping I wouldn’t be lifted. I wanted to be the man to win it or lose it,” Aguilera said. “Strikeouts are great, especially in that situation.” Aguilera, 3-1, tied his career-high with nine strikeouts while walking one. Cubs 9, Giants 4 SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Jody Davis, batting in the middle of the Chicago lineup, has seven homers but only 14 runs batted in so far this season for the first-place Cubs. “I bat behind Andre Dawson and the ‘Bull’ (Leon Durham). They don’t leave anybody on base for me to drive in,” the Cubs’ catcher said, with slight exaggeration, after his two-homer, three-RBI performance helped the Cubs roll to a 9-4 victory over the San Francisco Giants Wednesday night. Dawson and Durham have nine and eight homers, respectively. Dawson raised his RBI total to 27, tying Eric Davis of Cincinnati for the National League lead, with a two-run single in the ninth inning off Jeff Robinson, the Giants’ fourth pitcher of the night. “That was a big hit. Dawson just checked his swing and got it through the infield, but that’s the way it goes. We weren’t supposed to win this game, I think,” Giants Manager Roger Craig said. The Giants, down 6-1 after five innings, came back to make it 6-4 with the help of Candy Maldonado’s second homer of the game and one by Bob Melvin. Cubs starter Scott Sanderson, 2-0, left in the eighth after Jeffrey Leonard got a leadoff double, and Lee Smith finished up for his seventh save. “We’re 9-2 on the road now, which is a big improvement over last

Person unanimous pick for NBA All-Rookie team

NEW YORK (AP) - Brad Daugherty, Ron Harper and John “Hot Rod” Williams, who became starters for the Cleveland Cavaliers, were named to the NBA All-Rookie team by the league’s 23 head coaches. Chuck Person of the Indiana Pacers and Roy Tarpley of the Dallas Mavericks rounded out the top five vote-getters, with Person

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year,” Jody Davis said. “I think, overall, we’re a lot better defensive club, and now we’ve got some guys swinging hot bats, too.” The Cubs were 28-52 on the road last season and didn’t win their ninth game until June. The Giants’ starting pitcher, Mark Davis, 3-2, left in the fourth after issuing his fourth and fifth walks and giving up Keith Moreland’s double which broke a 1-1 tie. Cardinals 3, Padres 0 Joe Magrane isn’t the least bit intimidated by the major leagues. The rookie left-hander, in just his third appearance since being elevated from the minors on April 24, pitched a four-hit shutout as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the San Diego Padres 3-0 Wednesday night. “I went right at the hitters,” Magrane said. “I was just very aggressive. I don’t try to worry about them hitting me. If I do what I’m supposed to do, everything will fall into place.” Most of the San Diego hitters fell into place for Magrane, who didn’t allow a baserunner beyond first base and faced only 29 batters. The only hits off him by the 7-22 Padres were two singles by Luis Salazar, one each by Randy Ready and Steve Garvey. Cardinals 3, Padres 0 Magrane, the Cardinals’ top pick in the 1985 draft, received help from right fielder Curt Ford, who leaped just above the outfield fence to onehand an eighth-inning drive shot by Salazar. Magrane walked none and struck out three. Dodgers 2, Pirates 1 Orel Hershiser pitched a sevenhitter, striking out seven and retiring 16 of the last 18 batters for his third complete game of the season. “I had a good curve ball tonight and I didn’t want to get beat on my second-best pitch,” said Hershiser. “I had good movement on my sinker, but I was throwing the curve for strikes and I stayed with that.” Rick Reuschel, who gave up six hits, has lost four straight games to the Dodgers dating back to June 1981, and still is looking for his first victory at Dodger Stadium since August 1977. Astros 3, Phillies 2 Terry Puhl’s infield single, on which reliever Kent Tekulve got a glove but couldn’t handle, drove in Jose Cruz with the winning run with two outs in the ninth. Cruz opened the inning with a single, was sacrificed to second by Mark Bailey and went to third as pinch-hitter Craig Reynolds grounded out. Solid relief pitching helped the Astros. Larry Andersen pitched two scoreless innings and Dave Smith pitched the ninth for his sixth save. Expos 6, Braves 2 Bryn Smith, making a comeback from elbow surgery last November, picked up his first victory with five strong innings, although he gave up a two-run homer to Glenn Hubbard. Tim Raines, who is batting .450 in his five games since re-signing with Montreal as a free agent on May 1, had two hits and knocked in a run. Vance Law homered for the Expos, who have won four of the five games Raines has played.

joining Daugherty and Harper as unanimous selections. Williams and Tarpley each received 12 votes. The selection of three Cavaliers marked the second time in the history of the NBA Rookie team, which dates back to 1962-63, that three players from same team made the squad. Willis Reed, Howard Komives and Jim Barnes of the New York Knicks made the team in 1965.

Shut out for second straight day

Brewers not so red-hot anymore

By The Associated Press The Milwaukee Brewers have gone from the sublime to the ridiculous. After winning 20 of their first 23 games, including a record-tying 13-0 start, the Brewers have not only dropped three in a row but have suffered the indignity of two consecutive shutouts for the first time since 1981. “When you can’t score runs, you can’t score runs,” Milwaukee Manager Tom Trebelhorn philosophized following Wednesday’s 3-0 loss to the California Angels. “Every team goes through that. We hope it’s just a short-term thing. It’s not something you can turn on and off. But give the guy on the hill some credit, too.” The guys on the hill for California were Mike Witt, who allowed four hits while striking out nine over seven innings, and DeWayne Buice, who allowed one hit the rest of the way for his first major-league save. In other American League games, it was New York 4, Chicago 1; Kansas City 6, Toronto 3; Baltimore 6, Minnesota 0; Boston 6, Oakland 2; Texas 7, Cleveland 2; Detroit 7, Seattle 5. California, which has won four in a row and has a one-game lead over Kansas City and Minnesota in the AL West, got the only run it needed against Milwaukee on Jack Howell’s second-inning homer off Mike Birk-

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beck. The Angels added two in the ninth on Howell’s double, Dick Schofield’s single, a sacrifice fly by Darrell Miller and Gary Pettis’ single. Yankees 4, White Sox 1 Rick Rhoden pitched New York’s second straight two-hitter as the Yankees moved back into second place in the AL East, 3Vfe games behind Milwaukee. Rhoden gave up singles to Ron Karkovice in the third inning and Ron Hassey in the fourth in his first victory since April 20. New York went in front 1-0 in the first inning and stretched the lead to 4-0 in the third. Rickey Henderson doubled and scored on Don Mattingly’s single. Mattingly came around on singles by Dave Winfield and Gary Ward and Lenn Sakata’s RBI single chased Chicago starter Floyd Bannister. Royals 6, Blue Jays 3 Hal Mcßae doubled home two runs and Bud Black checked Toronto on six hits through six innings in his first start in exactly a year. Mcßae, the Royals’ 41-year-old playercoach, doubled to cap a three-run first inning against Jimmy Key as the Royals stretched their winning streak to four games, longest of the season, and climbed into second place in the AL West. * Orioles 6, Twins 0 Scott McGregor pitched a threehitter for his first victory of the season and Cal Ripken capped a

four-run third inning with a threerun homer. Ripken’s homer was his ninth of the season, giving him 30 RBIs. His last nine hits have been for extra bases, including four homers. Red Sox 6, Athletics 2 Mike Greenwell, again filling in for the injured Jim Rice, hit a tiebreaking three-run homer in the seventh inning. Greenwell, who drove in Boston’s first run with a third-inning grounder, hit a pitch from Steve Ontiveros just inside the right-field foul pole, 302 field from home plate, for his third home run of the season. Rangers 7, Indians 2 Pete Incaviglia, Larry Parrish and Pete O’Brien homered, and Charlie Hough allowed eight hits in winning his ninth consecutive decision over Cleveland. The Cleveland runs were unearned. All the homers came off 48-year-old Phil Niekro. Incaviglia hit a three-run homer, tops in the AL, in the first inning, Parrish hit a tworun homer in the fourth and O’Brien added a solo shot in the fifth. Tigers 7, Mariners 5 Darrell Evans, Kirk Gibson and Matt Nokes hit home runs as Detroit snapped a four-game losing streak. Winner Walt Terrell allowed eight hits in 7 1-3 innings for his first victory since April 9, making him 21-6 lifetime at Tiger Stadium. Seattle’s Ken Phelps had four hits, including his eighth homer.

May 7.1987 THE BANNERGRAPHIC

808 HORNER Foreign power Horner slugs 3 more home runs TOKYO (AP) Former Atlanta Braves slugger Bob Horner, who homered in his Japanese baseball debut Tuesday, hit three solo home runs in three at-bats. He led the Central League’s Yakult Swallows to a 6-3 victory over the Hanshin Tigers. The 29-year-old Horner homered to left field, walked, hit another homer to left field and then hit one to center field.

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