Banner Graphic, Volume 18, Number 299, Greencastle, Putnam County, 26 August 1988 — Page 8

THE BANNERGRAPHIC August 26,1986

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Color Reds’ Brown a winner in his major-league debut

CINCINNATI (AP) Keith Brown showed up at Riverfront Stadium as an unknown minorleague commodity and left nine innings later as a major-league winner. Brown, 24, allowed just four hits over seven innings in his majorleague debut Thursday night to lead the Cincinnati Reds to a 4-1 victory over the St Louis Cardinals. He surprised a few people in the process himself, his manager, his new teammates and the Cardinals. “A LOT OF GUYS in there (the Reds’ clubhouse) are in the same situation as me they’d never seen Keith throw before,” manager Pete Rose said. That’s because the Reds have jumped him from the Class AA to the majors in just one season. Brown, a right-handed forkball specialist, made just 12 starts for Class AAA Nashville in-between, going 6-3 with a 1.90 earned run average. He doesn’t throw hard his fastball reached 86 mph occasionally in his debut. But he kept the Cardinals off-balance by mixing up his fastball, slider and forkball. “I don’t think he ever threw two balls in succession that were the same pitch,” Rose said. “GIVE HIM CREDIT,” said Jose Oquendo. “Everything he threw worked for him tonight.” “He was pretty poised,” Cardinal manager Whitey Herzog said. “He threw a lot of breaking balls.”

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“EVERYTHING HAS just been going my way,” Brown said. ‘Tve been pitching pretty good, I’ve been having good defense to back me up. Everything’s been going my way.” Brown also was surprised at the ease with which he got the Cardinals out “Everybody says hitters in the big leagues are a lot tougher and stuff. They are. A couple of them are free swingers. A lot of them are more finesse. A lot of them wait for their pitch.” Brown didn’t give it to them. He allowed a pair of first-inning 1 singles, then didn’t allow a ball out of the infield until Willie McGee hit a solo homer with two out in the sixth. BROWN WALKED two and struck out three before yielding to John Franco, who pitched two shutout innings for his National League-leading 27th save. The Reds scored in the first as Barry Larkin tripled and came home on Dave Collins’ infield out. Eric Davis walked, stole his 30th base and scored on Nick Esasky’s fourth-inning single. Esasky then came around for another run on a balk, Dave Concepcion’s fly out and Ron Oester’s sacrifice fly. Concepcion’s bases-loaded infield single in the fifth provided the Reds’ final run. The Reds-Cards game was one of only two Thursday. In the other, it was Chicago 6, Atlanta 1. CALVIN SCHIRALDI struck out a career-high 12 batters as the

visiting Cubs beat Atlanta. Schiraldi, 8-8, suffered a leg injury in New York Aug. 4 and went on the disabled list until Aug. 20. He allowed eight hits en route to his second complete game. The Cubs took a 1-0 lead in the third on Ryne Sandberg’s homer off starter German Jimenez, 1-5. After singles by Sandberg, Mark Grace and Andre Dawson loaded the bases with one out in the fifth, Rafael Palmeiro walked to force in a run. Jody Davis then singled home two more runs for a 5-0 lead. Brewers 4, Yankees 1 Brewer lefthander Teddy Higuera pitched a three-hitter Thursday for his fourth straight victory as the Brewers beat the Yankees in the makeup of an Aug. 4 rainout. It was the only game played in the AL. Higuera is 11-8 after the ninestrikeout performance raised his career record against the Yankees to 9-2, including 6-0 at County Stadium. He retired the final 19 batters and dropped his earned run average to 2.41, second lowest in the league. The Brewers, to a man, will tell you that Higuera’s record would be much better if he’d had the luxury of an offense. But Milwaukee has scored only 11 runs in his eight losses. The Brewers got three first-in-ning runs, two on Deer’s homer and another on a double steal, to take a 3-1 lead against Rich Dotson, who didn’t pitch so poorly himself. Dotson, 9-7, gave up only eight hits.

Baseball Mgjor League Baseball At A Glance AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pet GB Detroit 73 53 .579 Boston 71 55 .563 2 New York 68 57 J 544 4V4 Milwaukee 65 65 .500 10 Toronto 63 64 .496 10V4 Cleveland 61 66 .480 12V4 Baltimore 44 82 .349 29 West Division W L Pet GB Oakland 79 49 .617 Minnesota 72 54 .571 6 Kansas City 65 61 .516 13 California 63 64 .496 15V4 Texas 57 68 .456 20V4 Chicago 55 72 .433 23V4 Seattle 51 77 .398 28 Thursday’s Game Milwaukee 4, New York 1 Only game scheduled Friday’s Games Cleveland (Swindell 13-12) at Chicago (McDowell 5-9), (n) Minnesota (Viola 19-5) at Kansas City (Leibrandt 8-11), (n) Detroit (Terrell 7-10) at Milwaukee (August 76).(n) Toronto (Flanagan 11-10) at Texas (Kilgus 1011) (n) Boston (Boyd 8-7) at Seattle (Bankhead 7-7),, (n) New York (Rhoden 7-10) at California (Fraser 10-10), (n) Baltimore (Tibbs 4-11 or Bautista 6-11) at Oakland (Davis 12-4), Saturday’s Games New York at California Baltimore at Oakland Cleveland at Chicago, (n) Minnesota at Kansas City, (n) Detroit at Milwaukee, (n) Toronto at Texas, (n) Boston at Seattle, (n) Sunday’s Games Cleveland at Chicago Minnesota at Kansas City Detroit at Milwaukee New York at California Baltimore at Oakland Boston at Seattle, (n) Toronto at Texas, (n) NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division W L Pet. GB New York 74 52 .587 Pittsburgh 69 58 .543 5V4 Montreal 65 61 .516 9 Chicago 63 62 .504 10V4 Sl Louis 57 70 .449 17V4 Philadelphia 52 74 .413 22 West Division W L Pet. GB Los Angeles 72 54 .571 Houston 68 59 .535 4V4 San Francisco 68 59 .535 4V4 Cincinnati 65 61 .516 7 San Diego 62 64 .492 10 Atlanta 43 84 .339 29 Vi Wednesday’s Games Chicago 3, Houston 2 Montreal 7, San Francisco 5 Cincinnati 6, Pittsburgh 2 St. Louis 5, Atlanta 3 San Diego 5, Philadelphia 2 New York 2, Los Angeles 1 Thursday’s Games Chicago 6, Atlanta 1 Cincinnati 4, St. Louis 1 Only games scheduled Friday’s Games St. Louis (Terry 4-3) at Cincinnati (Jackson 185). (n) San Diego (Hawkins 11-10) at Montreal (Dopson 3-7), (n) San Francisco (Robinson 5-3) at New York (Fernandez 7-10), (n) Los Angeles (Belcher 9-4) at Philadelphia (Freeman 0-1), (n) Chicago (Sutcliffe 10-10) at Atlanta (P.Smith 612) (n) Pittsburgh (Smiley 10-8) at Houston (Deshate* 8-10),(n) Saturday’s Games Chicago at Atlanta St. Louis at Cincinnati, (n) San Francisco at New York, (n) Los Angeles at Philadelphia, (n) San Diego at Montreal, (n) Pittsburgh at Houston, (n) Sunday’s Games San Diego at Montreal San Francisco at New York Los Angeles at Philadelphia Chicago at Atlanta St. Louis at Cincinnati Pittsburgh at Houston TODAY’S MAJOR LEAGUE LEADERS By The Associated Press AMERICAN LEAGUE BATTTNG(3B6 at bats) —Boggs, Boston, .359; Puckett, Minnesota, .355; Greenwell, Boston, .341; Winfield, New York, .332; Trammell, Detroit, .326. RUNS—Boggs, Boston, 96; Canseco, Oakland, 96; RHenderson, New York, 94; Molitor, Milwaukee, 88; Puckett, Minnesota, 84. RBI —Green well, Boston, 100; Canseco, Oakland, 97; Puckett, Minnesota, 92; Brett, Kansas City. 90; Winfield, New York, 86. HlTS—Puckett, Minnesota, 181; Boggs, Boston, 167; Greenwell, Boston, 156; Molitor, Milwaukee, 155; Franco, Cleveland, 153. DOUBLES—Brett, Kansas City, 36; Boggs, Boston, 35; Greenwell, Boston, 34; Burks, Boston, 32; Puckett, Minnesota, 32; Ray, California, 32. TRlPLES—Reynolds, Seattle, 10; Yount, Milwaukee, 10; Wilson, Kansas City, 9; DwEvans, Boston, 6; Gagne, Minnesota, 6; Greenwell, Boston, 6; Manrique, Chicago, 6. HOME RUNS—Canseco, Oakland, 33; McGriff, Toronto, 30; Gaetti, Minnesota, 26; McGwire, Oakland, 25; Hrbek, Minnesota, 24; Murray, Baltimore, 24. STOLEN BASES—RHenderson, New York, 73; Molitor, Milwaukee, 39; Pettis, Detroit, 36; Canseco, Oakland, 31; Reynolds, Seattle, 28. PITCHING (12 decisions) —Viola, Minnesota, 19-5, .792, 2.35; Hurst, Boston, 15-4, .789, 4.09; GDavis, Oakland, 12-4, .750, 3.22; Robinson, Detroit, 13-6, .684, 2.98; Gubicza, Kansas City, 15-7, .682, 2.78. * STRIKEOUTS—CIemens, Boston, 248; Langston, Seattle, 185; Higuera, Milwaukee, 155; Viola, Minnesota, 152; MMoore, Seattle, 144. SAVES—Eckersley, Oakland, 35; Reardon, Minnesota, 32; DJones, Cleveland, 29; Plesac, Milwaukee, 29; Thigpen, Chicago, 27. NATIONAL LEAGUE BATTING (386 at bats) —Gwynn, San Diego, .324; GPerry, Atlanta, .322; Dawson, Chicago, .309; Gibson, Los Angeles, .305; Palmeiro, Chicago, .305. RUNS—Butler, San Francisco, 94; Gibson, Los Angeles, 92; VanSlyke, Pittsburgh, 85; Bonds, Pittsburgh, 84; Clark, San Francisco, 82.

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RBl—Clark, San Francisco, 91; GDavis, Houston, 85; VknSlyke, Pittsburgh, 81; Strawberry, New Yodt, 80; Mcßeynolds, New Yodt, 76, lUTS—Galarraga, Montreal, 151; Palmeiro, Chicago, 149; McGee, St Louis, 148; Sax, Los Angeles, 148; Dawson, Chicago, 147. DOUBLES—Galarraga, Montreal, 37; Sabo, Cincinnati, 36; Bream, Pittsburgh, 30; Palmeiro, Chicago, 30; DMurphy, Atlanta, 29. TRIPLES—VanSIyke, Pittsburgh, 15; Coleman, St Louis, 10; Gant, Atlanta, 8; 5 are tied with 7. HOME RUNS—Strawberry, New York, 30; Clark, San Francisco, 25; GDavis, Houston, 25; Galarraga, Montreal, 24; EDavis, Cincinnati, 23; Gibson, Los Angeles, 23. STOLEN BASES—Coleman, St. Louis, 63; GYoung, Houston, 58; OSmith, St Louis, 45; McGee, St Louis, 39; Sabo, Cincinnati, 36. PITCHING(I2 decisions)—Cone, New Yodt, 13-3, .813, Z 37; DJackson, Cincinnati, 18-5, .783, 2.43; Parrott, Montreal, 10-3, .769, 2.44; Browning, Cincinnati, 13-4, .765, 3.46; Scott, Houston, lf4, .765,2.56. STRIKEOUTS—Ryan, Houston, 185; Scott, Houston, 159; DeLeon, St Louis, 158; Cone, New York, 153; Fernandez, New York, 153. SAVES—Franco, Cincinnati, 27; Gott, Pittsburgh, 24; Worrell, St. Louis, 24; Bedrosian, Philadelphia, 22; DSmith, Houston, 22; MaDavis, San Diego, 22. THple A Alliance At A Glance By The Associated Press AMERICAN ASSOCIATION EASTERN DIVISION W L Pet GB x-Indpls (Exps) 83 52 .615 Nashville (Rds) 69 66 .511 14 Buffalo (Pirats) 69 66 .511 14 Louisville (Crds) 62 73 .459 21 WESTERN DIVISION W L Pet GB Omaha (Royls) 78 57 .578 lowa (Cbs) 75 59 .560 2M Denver (Brown) 65 68 .489 12 Okla. City (Rngrs) 65 69 .485 12V4 x-clinched division title INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE EASTERN DIVISION W L Pet GB x-Tidewater (Mts) 73 60 .549 Richmond (Brava) 60 74 .448 13V4 Pawtucket (Rd Sx) 59 74 .444 14 Maine (Phillis) 58 75 .436 15 WESTERN DIVISION W L Pet GB Rochester (Oriols) 72 60 .545 Syracuse (Blu Jys) 64 67 .489 7V4 Columbus (Yanks) 64 71 .474 9Vi Toledo (Tigrs) 54 79 .406 18V4 x-clinched division title Thursday’s Games Nashville 2, Buffalo 0 Louisville 7, Indianapolis 5 lowa 5, Oklahoma City 4,10 innings Denver 5, Omaha 0 Columbus 3, Richmond 2 Tidewater 5, Toledo 2 Maine at Rochester, 2, ppd., rain Syracuse 4, Pawtucket 3, Ist game Pawtucket 6, Syracuse 2, 4 innings, susp., rain, 2nd game Friday’s Games Buffalo at Nashville Louisville at Indianapolis Denver at Omaha Oklahoma City at lowa Columbus at Richmond Toledo at Tidewater Maine at Rochester Pawtucket at Syracuse Saturday’s Games Buffalo at Indianapolis Denver at lowa Oklahoma City at Omaha Louisville at Nashville Tidewater at Columbus Richmond at Toledo Syracuse at Maine Rochester at Pawtucket Sunday’s Games Buffalo at Indianapolis Denver at lowa Oklahoma City at Omaha Louisville at Nashville Tidewater at Cclumbus Richmond at Toledo Syracuse at Maine Rochester at Pawtucket Football National Football League Preseason Glance By The Associated Press AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pet PF PA Indianapolis 3 1 0 .750 83 55 Miami 2 2 0 .500 70 81 New England 1 2 0 .333 68 82 N.Y. Jets 1 2 0 .333 44 54 Buffalo 1 3 0 .250 49 74 Central Houston 3 0 01.000 60 40 Cincinnati 3 1 0 .750 83 61 Pittsburgh 2 1 0 .667 82 75 Cleveland 2 1 0 .667 43 24 West Seattle 3 0 01.000 67 33 Denver 3 1 0 .750 108 91 Kansas City 2 1 .714103 96 San Diego 1 2 0 .333 57 82 L-A. Raiders 0 3 0 .000 54 96 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East N.Y. Giants 3 0 01.000 86 41 Dallas 2 .1 0 .667 65 50 Washington 2 1 0 .667103 81 Philadelphia 2 2 0 .500 87 66 Phoenix 1 3 0 .250 92 94 Central Minnesota 2 1 0 .667 67 60 Chicago 1 2 0 .333 50 62 Green Bay 0 2 1 .167 45 80 Detroit 0 4 0 .000 39 80 Tampa Bay 0 4 0 .000 31 76 West Atlanta 2 1 0 .667 66 71 New Orleans 2 1 0 .667 62 66 San Francisco 2 2 0 .500 103 98 L.A. Rams 1 3 0 .250 82 80 Monday’s Game Dallas 17, Chicago 9 Thursday’s Games Buffalo 14, Tampa Bay 7 Philadelphia 27, Detroit 9 Denver 21, Indianapolis 20 Phoenix 41, Kansas City 21 Friday’s Games Cincinnati at New England Miami at Minnesota Seattle at San Francisco Los Angeles Raiders at Chicago New York Giants at Cleveland Los Angeles Rams at San Diego Saturday’s Games Pittsburgh at New Orleans New Yodt Jets vs. Green Bay at Madison, Wis. Atlanta vs. Washington at Birmingham, Ala. End Preseason Schedule

Football Colts-Broncos, Stats Indianapolis •..(..7 .7—20 Denver 7..0..7 7—21 First Quarter Den—Nattiel 11 pass from El way (Karlis kick), 12:34 Second Quarter Ind—FG Biasucci 40,6:12 3 Ind—FG Biasucci 26,12:39 Third Quarter Den—Nattiel 12 pass from Elway (Kadis kick), 6:26 Ind—Dickerson 67 run (Biasucci kick), 10:51 Fourth Quarter Den—Willhite 4 run (Karlis kick), 4:15 A—73,957. Ind Den Fust dwns 23 22 Rushes-yrds 22-148 35-114 Passng 301 248 Return Yrds 56 23 Cmp-Att-Int 25-46-1 25-35-0 Sacked-Yards Lst 1-8 2-11 Pnts 4-43 6-48 Fumbles-Lst 2-2 3-1 Penalties-Yrds 3-19 6-55 Time of Possessir. 25:06 34:54 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHlNG—lndianapolis, Dickerson 17-128, Hogeboom 2-9, Trudeau 1-9, Bentley 2-2. Denver, Winder 11-40, Darsett 14-39, Elway 2-13, Willhite 4-9, Lang 3-9, Kubiak 1-4. PASSlNG—lndianapolis, Hogeboom 14-26-0-187, Trudeau 11-20-1-122. Denver, Elway 14-21-0-154, Kubiak 11-14-0-105. RECElVlNG—lndianapolis, Dickerson 5-68, Wonsley 5-36, Bellini 4-54, Banks 4-47, Bentley 2-46, Boyer 2-24, Bouza 2-23, Brooks 1-11. Denver, Johnson 6-88, Mobley 5-33, Nattiel 3-35, Willhite 3-24, Darsett 3-13, Winder 2-18, Jackson 'l-34, Graddy 1-10, Kay 1-4. MISSED FIELD GOALS—lndianapolis, Biasucci, 55. Denver, Karlis, 37. Fishing By The Associated Press NORTHERN INDIANA Boat fishing in Lake Michigan is slow along the shoreline and piers. Anglers are catching some perch around the NIPSCO warm water discharges, the DNR said Thursday in its weekly fishing report. Fishing also is slow around the lakes of LaParte County, but it's starting to pick up for bass, crappie and bluegill. AT KANKAKEE RIVER, fishing is good for walleye and the best bait are minnows at least 2V4 inches long. Willow Slough Fish and Wildlife Area reports fishing for bass is fair. White bass are beginning to get caught at Lake Maxinkuckee, where conditions are fair to good. White bass and hybrid striped bass also are starting to bite at Freeman and Shafer lakes. FISHING IS FAIR for all species at Tri-County Fish and Wildlife Area. Perch can be found at Qear Lake in Steuben County. Conditions are excellent for smallmouth bass an the St Joseph River in St Joseph and Elkhart counties. Jigs and small minnows are the best baits to catch crappie at Salamonie Reservoir, where fishing is excellent Walleye, channel catfish, white and largemouth bass also are being caught. Anglers at Mississinewa are mostly catching catfish, crappie and white bass. Huntington Reservoir is a good site for catching white crappie, smallmouth bass and channel catfish. CENTRAL INDIANA Lieber State Recreation Area offers excellent fishing for catfish. Waveland Lake reports good conditions for catching bluegill, bass and catfish. Similar conditions exist at Geist Reservoir for channel catfish, bluegill and crappie, which can be caught with minnows. Hybrid striped bass, channel catfish and bluegill are being caught at Eagle Creek Park, and crappie fishing is starting to pick up. Summit Lake State Park and Brookville Reservoir both offer good fishing for channel catfish and bluegill. Raccoon Lake is slow. SOUTHERN INDIANA Freshwater drum, bass and catfish are in plentiful supply at Wiliams Dam, on the east fork of the White River. Good bass fishing can be found at Dogwood Lake using small surface spinners and plastic worms. Bluefill fishing is good in 9 to 12 feet of water around slumps and stickups. Night crawlers are the best bait for catching catfish. ANGLERS REPORT GOOD conditions for bluegill, catfish and bass on the Ohio River near the Rocky Point Marina. Bluegill also are biting at Hovey Lake Fish and Wildlife Area, Greene-Sul-livan State Forest and Brush Creek. Crappie fishing is starting to pick up for night anglers at Patois Reservoir Anglers are using mghtcrawlers and chicken liver to catch catfish at Ferdinand Forest. Live baits are attracting catfish at Lake Monroe and night crawlers also have caught catfish at Hardy Lake. Catfish also are biting in Sugar Creek at Atterbury Fish and Wildlife Area. Fishing is slow at Crosley Fish and Wildlife areas.

Transactions Thursday’s Sports Transactions By The Associated Press BASEBALL National League CINCINNATI REDS—Sent Tun Birtsas, pitcher, to Nashville of the American Association. Activated Keith Brown, pitcher: Moved Ron Robinson, pitcher, from the 15-day to the 21-day disabled list. Announced that Jose Rijo, pitcher, will not be placed on the disabled list as the club had announced. SAN FRANCISCO GlANTS—Announced that Jeff Brantley, pitcher, will not be recalled from Phoenix of the Pacific Coast League as the club had announced. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NEW JERSEY NETS—Signed Chris Morris, forward. FOOTBALL National Football League DALLAS COWBOYS—Agreed to terms with Garry Cobb, linebacker. DETROIT LlONS—Signed Lew Barnet, wide receiver-punt returner, after claiming him off waivers from the Chicago Bears. Released Ray Brown, wide receiver: KANSAS CITY CHlEFS—Claimed Adam Lingner, center, from waivers. Released Ray Brock, center. LOS ANGELES RAMS—Placed Thomas Henley, wide receiver, on the injured reserve list. NEW YORK JETS —Waived Richie Petitbon, linebacker. Signed Steve Hammond, linebacker. SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS—Waived Dokie Williams, wide receiver. Re-signed Darryl Pollard, comerback.