Banner Graphic, Volume 21, Number 28, Greencastle, Putnam County, 5 October 1990 — Page 8

THE BANNERGRAPHIC October 5,1990

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Pirates turn Reds’ three mistakes into 1-0 lead

CINCINNATI (AP) The Cincinnati Reds’ best pitcher misjudged a hot hitter. Their Gold Glove outfielder misjudged a routine fly ball. And their rawest rookie misjudged a critical steal attempt. TTiey only thing they didn’t misjudge Thursday was their predicament THE PITTSBURGH Pirates’ rally from a three-run deficit to a 43 victory in the first National League playoff game put history in their comer. First-game victories usually translate into World Series appearances. Now the Pirates can send their best pitcher, 22-game-winner Doug Drabek, to the mound today with the opportunity to take a 2-0 lead back to Pittsburgh. WINNING THE FIRST one, period, is a harbinger. In the 21 NL playoffs, the first-game winner went to the World Series 13 times. “It sets a precedent as far as the rest of the series is concerned,” said Sid Bream, who pulled the Pirates out of a 3-0 hole. “Winning here in Cincinnati is definitely a big plus.” Everything seemed to fall just right for the Reds. Jose Rijo, a dominating pitcher the last six weeks, set the Pirates down in the first inning with ease. The Reds then ran off three first-inning runs

A’s confident entering AL playoffs

BOSTON (AP) Looking ahead to the playoffs, the Oakland A’s wanted to send the Boston Red Sox a message one month ago. They did it by ending the Red Sox’ 10-game winning streak and sweeping a three-game series in Boston. “THEY GOT A big message by getting swept,” said Oakland’s

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Bream’s two-run homer tied the game and sapped the Reds’ momentum. Davis helped extend the amazing streak into postseason play with his unusual misplay in the seventh. ANDY VAN SLYKE, in a 3-for--29 slump, then slapped a routine fly ball towards left field for what appeared to be a threat-ending out. But Davis never got to it. The Reds would get just one chance to make up for the mistake. They wasted that, too. Bob Patterson came on to pitch the ninth and gave up a lead-off pinch-hit single to Todd Benzinger. Patterson then walked Davis, but got the force at third when Ron Oester tried to sacrifice. Manager Lou Piniella put rookie Billy Bates in to pinch run for Oester at first, with Davis on second. Bates, called up at the end of the season, made the playoff roster when second baseman Bill Doran had back surgery. HIS INEXPERIENCE showed. Davis, who has permission to run whenever he wants, took off on a steal of third with Chris Sabo at bat. Bates decided to follow a bad choice. Mike LaValliere’s throw beat Bates by three feet for the second out The mistake turned decisive when Ted Power struck out Sabo to end the game.

road swing. THEY BLEW A 614-game lead and fell 1 Yi games behind Toronto. Then they rallied, winning six of their last eight games to capture their third AL East title in five years on the final day of the regular season. Now Boston’s pick and shovel crew, swept by Oakland in four games in the playoffs two years ago, get another shot at the Athletics’ elite cast in the best-of-7 AL playofs starting Saturday night at Fenway Park. Although Oakland manager Tony Laßussa insisted the law of averages caught up with the Red Sox in the sweep, the A’s are confident after beating the Chicago White Sox by nine games in the AL West. “WHEN WE’RE PLAYING to our level, we feel nobody can beat us,” sad Henderson, who hit .516 (16-31) against Boston this season. The Red Sox, who beat the odds in winning the division, insist, though, that past records mean nothing and they’re ready to upset the Athletics. Wade Boggs, who finished with 187 hits and fell short of 200 for the first time in eight years, says the Red Sox have “a lot of misfits with hearts as big as the (52-story) Prudential Building.”

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Baseball Postseason Baseball At A Glance By The Associated Press All Times EDT PLAYOFFS National League Thursday, Oct. 4 Pittsburgh 4, Cincinnati 3, Pittsburgh leads 1-0 Friday, Oct. 5 Pittsburgh (Dnbek 22-6) at Cincinnati (Browning 15-9), 3:18 p.m. Monday, Oct 8 Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 3:18 p.m. Tuesday, OcL 9 Cincinnati at Pittsburgh. 8:27 p.m. Wednesday, OcL 10 Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 8:27 p.m., if necessary Friday, OcL 12 Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, 8:27 p.m., if necessary Saturday, OcL 13 Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, 8:27 p.m., if necessary American League Saturday, OcL 6 Oakland (Stewart 22-11) at Boston (Clemens 21-6), 8:30 p.m. Sunday, OcL 7 Oakland at Boston, 8:27 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 9 Boston at Oakland, 3:18 p.m. Wednesday, OcL 10 Boston at Oakland, 3:18 psn. Thursday, OcL 11 Boston at Oakland, 8:27 p.m., if necessary Saturday, OcL 13 Oakland at Boston, 12:18 p.m., if necessary Sunday, OcL 14 Oakland at Boston, 8:27 p.m., if necessary WORLD SERIES TUesday, OcL 16 American League champion at National League champion, 8:32 p.m. Wednesday, OcL 17 ALat NL, 8:29 p.m. Friday, OcL 19 NL at AL, 8:32 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20 NL at AL, 8:29 p.m. Sunday, OcL 21 NL at AL, 8:29p.m., if necessary Tuesday, OcL 23 AL at NL, 8:29 p.m., if necessary Wednesday, OcL 24 AL at NL, 8:29 psn. EST, if necessary NFL National Football League At A Glance By The Associated Press All Times EDT AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T PcL PF PA Buffalo 3 1 0 .750 92 7! Miami 3 1 0 .750 88 5' N.Y.Jets 2 2 0 .500 88 85 Indianapolis 1 3 0 .250 5 8 8? New England 1 3 0 .250 60 115 Central Cincinnati 3 1 0 .750 103 T i Houston 2 2 0 .500 77 8' Cleveland 1 3 0 .250 48 8! Pittsburgh 1 3 0 .250 32 7( West LA Raiders 4 0 0 1.000 75 35 Kansas City 3 1 0 .750 98 41 Denver 2 2 0 .500 95 97 San Diego 1 3 0 .250 61 65 Seattle 1 3 0 .250 75 8^ NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T PcL PF PA N.Y. Giants 4 0 0 1.000 106 47 Washington 3 1 0 .750 101 51 Dallas 1 3 0 .250 56 97 Philadelphia 1 3 0 .250 91 95 Phoenix 1 3 0 .250 40 111 Central Chicago 3 1 0 .750 77 52 Tampa Bay 3 1 0 .750 98 9< Green Bay 2 2 0 .500 76 92 Detroit 1 3 0 .250 93 9S Minnesota 1 3 0 .250 89 65 West San Francisco 3 0 0 1.000 58 31 Atlanta 1 2 0 .333 74 67 LA Rams 1 2 0 .333 80 77 New Orleans 1 2 0 .333 43 52

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Sunday’s Games New York Giants 31, Dallas 17 Buffalo 29, Denver 28 Green Bay 24, Detroit 21 Indianapolis 24, Philadelphia 23 Miami 28, Pittsburgh 6 Tampa Bay 23, Minnesota 20, OT Los Angeles Raiders 24, Chicago 10 Kansas City 34, Cleveland 0 Houston 17, San Diego 7 New York Jets 37, New England 13 Washington 38, Phoenix 10 OPEN DATE: Atlanta, Los Angeles Rams, New Orleans, San Francisco Monday’s Game Seattle 31, Cincinnati 16 Sunday, OcL 7 Detroit at Minnesota, 1 p.m. Kansas City at Indianapolis, 1 p.m. New Orleans at Atlanta, 1 p.m. New York Jets at Miami, 1 p.m. San Diego at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m. San Francisco at Houston, 1 p.m. Seattle at New England, 1 p.m. Tampa Bay at Dallas, 1 p.m. Cincinnati at Los Angeles Rams, 4 p.m. Green Bay at Chicago, 4 p.m. Los Angeles Raiders at Buffalo, 7:30 p.m. OPEN DATE: New York Giants, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Washington Monday, OcL 8 Cleveland at Denver, 9 p.m. College football College Football Schedule By The Associated Press Saturday, OcL 13 EAST Army at Boston College Richmond at Boston U. Holy Cross at Brown Princeton at Bucknell New Hampshire at Colgate Yale at Dartmouth Fordham at Harvard Cornell at Lafayette Rhode Island at Maine Connecticut at Massachusetts Akron at Navy Lehigh at Northeastern Columbia at Penn Syracuse at Penn St. Rutgers at Pittsburgh James Madison atTowson St, Night Delaware at Villanova Cincinnati at West Virginia SOLTI! Southwest Missouri St. at Alcorn St. Furman at Appalachian St. Vanderbilt at Auburn Tennessee-Chattanooga at Citadel Florida A&M at Delaware St. Western Carolina at Duke Marshall at East Tennessee St., Night Mississippi at Georgia Clems on at Georgia Tech Mississippi St. at Kentucky, Night Youngstown St. at Liberty Memphis St. at Louisville Wake Forest at Maryland NW Louisiana at McNeese Sl, Night Kansas at Miami, Fla. Tennessee-Martin at Middle Tennessee St. Grambling St. at Mississippi Valley St Austin Peay at Morehead St. Eastern Kentucky at Murray St. Sam Houston St. at NE Louisiana, Night Bethune-Cookman at South Carolina St. Fayetteville St. at Samford East Carolina at South Carolina Jackson St. at Southern U., Night Florida at Tennessee, Night Western Kentucky at Tennessee Tech Southern Mississippi at Tulane, Night William & Mary vs. VMI at Norfolk, Va. North Carolina St. at Virginia Howard U. at Virginia St. Morgan St. at Virginia Union MIDWEST Kent Sl at Ball Sl Western Michigan at Central Michigan Indiana Sl at Eastern Illinois Purdue at Illinois Southern Illinois at Illinois St Ohio St. at Indiana Wisconsin at lowa Oklahoma St. at Kansas Sl Michigan St. at Michigan Northwestern at Minnesota Arkansas Sl at Northern Illinois Western Illinois at Northern lowa, Night Missouri at Nebraska Air Force at Notre Dame Miami, Ohio at Ohio U. Bowling Green at Toledo. Night

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Dobson, Chris Hutchens, Tammy Feeney, Jenny Garner and (second row, from left) coach John Gamer, Jeremiah Batto, Chris Howard, Brandon Vaughan, Wes Steele, Alan Ball and boys meet winner Lathe Miller. (Banner-Graphic photo by Steve Fields)

SOUTHWEST Texas Tech at Arkansas Southern Methodist at Baylor Texas A&M at Houston Texas vs. Oklahoma at Dallas North Texas at Stephen F. Austin Rice at Texas Christian, Night Southwest Texas Sl vs. Texas Southern at San Antonio Hawaii at Texas-El Paso, Night Louisiana Tech at Tulsa, Night FAR WEST California at Arizona Sl, Night Colorado St. at Brigham Young lowa Sl at Colorado Utah St. at Fresno St., Night Pacific U. at Fullerton St. Idaho St. at Idaho Boise St. at N. Arizona Eastern Washington at Nevada UNLV at New Mexico St., Night Arizona at Oregon St. Long Beach St. at San Jose St. Southern Cal at Stanford San Diego St. at UCLA Oregon at Washington Montana at Weber Sl, Night New Mexico at Wyoming NHL Hockey National Hockey League Glance By The Associated Press WALES CONFERENCE Patrick Division W L T Pts GF GA New Jersey 0 0 1 13 3 NY Islanders 0 0 0 0 0 0 NYRangers 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pittsburgh 0 0 0 0 0 0 Washington 0 0 0 0 0 0 Philadelphia 0 10 0 14 Adams Division Boston 1 0 0 2 4 1 Buffalo 0 0 1 13 3 Hartford 0 0 1 13 3 Montreal 0 0 1 13 3 Quebec 0 0 1 13 3 CAMPBELL CONFERENCE Norris Division W L T Pts GF GA St. Louis 1 0 0 2 3 7 Detroit 0 0 1 13 3 Chicago 0 0 0 0 0 0 Toronto 0 0 0 0 0 0 Minnesota 0 1 0 0 2 3 Smythe Division Calgary 0 0 0 0 0 0 Edmonton 0 0 0 0 0 0 Los Angeles 0 0 0 0 0 0 Vancouver 0 0 0 0 0 0 Winnipeg 0 0 0 0 0 0 Thursday’s Games Late Games Not Included Boston 4, Philadelphia 1 Quebec 3, Hartford 3, tie Montreal 3, Buffalo 3, tie Detroit 3, New Jersey 3, tie St. Louis 3, Minnesota 2 N.Y. Rangers at Chicago, (n) Toronto at Winnipeg, (n) Vancouver at Calgary, (n) N.Y. Islanders at Los Angeles, (n) Friday’s Games Pittsburgh at Washington, 8:05 p.m. Saturday’s Games Quebec at Boston, 7:05 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Hartford, 7:35 p.m. Detroit at Washington, 7:35 p.m. Philadelphia at New Jersey, 7:45 p.m. Toronto at Calgary, 8:05 p.m. Winnipeg at Edmonton, 8:05 p.m. Buffalo at Montreal, 8:05 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Minnesota, 8:35 p.m. Chicago at St. Louis, 8:35 p.m. Vancouver at Los Angeles, 10:35 p.m. Sunday’s Games Detroit at Philadelphia, 7:05 pm. New Jersey at Pittsburgh, 7:35 p.m. Boston at Quebec, 7:35 p.m. Toronto at Edmonton, 8:05 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Chicago, 8:35 pm. IHL Hockey International Hockey League At A Glance By The Associated Press Friday’s Games Phoenix at Kansas City Fort Wayne at Milwaukee Kalamazoo at Peoria Muskegon at Indianapolis Salt Lake City at San Diego Saturday’s Games j Indianapolis at Milwaukee Peoria at Fort Wayne Salt Lake City at San Diego Kalamazoo at Albany Phoenix at Muskegon Sunday’s Games Kalamazoo at Albany Transactions BASKETBALL National Baskeball Association BOSTON CELTICS—Signed Kevin Gamble, Charles Smith and Carrick DeHart, guards. CHICAGO BULLS—Signed Cliff Levingston, forward, to a two-year contract. CLEVELAND CAVALIERS—Signed Chucky Brown and Winston Bennett, forwards. DENVER NUGGETS—Signed Jerome Lane and Anthony Cook, forwards. HOUSTON ROCKETS—Signed Jim Rowinski, center, to a one-year contracL INDIANA PACERS—Signed Kenny Williams, Darryl Johnson and Keith Gatlin, guards; Michael Cooper and Gary Plummer, forwards; and Greg Wiltjer, center. MIAMI HEAT—Signed Terry Davis, forward. NEW YORK KNlCKS—Signed Jerrod Mustaf, forward, to a multiyear contracL PHILADELPHIA 76ERS—Signed Johnny Dawkins, guard, to a multiyear contracL Signed Ricky Green, Greg Harvey, Carlton McKinney, Kenny Travis and Luther Burks, guards; Mano Butler and Dean Kriebel, forwards; and Brian Rahilly, forward-center, to one-year contracts. Continental Basketball Association LA CROSSE CATBIRDS—Signed Bill Martin, forward. SAN JOSE JAMMERS—Signed John TrezvanL forward.