European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 27, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse July 1985 the stars and stripes Page 21 sports Flanagan shuts Down Chison by the associated press Chicago Baltimore Mike Fla Nagan was just thinking about walking without a Cane six weeks but thursday in his second out ing of the Flanagan gave up just three hits and a run in eight with the help of Eddie Murray grand Flanagan won a 51 contest against Chi Cago for his first Victory since last septem Flanagan said its great to be six weeks ago i want even thinking about being a i was just thinking about walking without a he Flanagan spent the season before the Allstar break in therapy for a torn Achil Les Murray 16th Home run was his Lith career grand slam and came on the first pitch after Floyd had is sued three walks with two out in the american league 1 figured basically he wanted to get so 1 went up looking said Bannister said indeed he was struggling with his i get ahead of the batters and it Cost the Chicago Lethander Chicago manager Tony Larussa said he chose not to lift Bannister after the three he got the first two outs and was pitching he earned the shot to face Larussa struck out seven batters and walked Alan Wiggins opened the scoring for his four thinning double was the orioles first he went to third after banisters Pickoff attempt sailed into Center then scored on a passed Chicago first a double by Carlton Fisk in the also turned into a Fisk scored one out later on a double by Greg in thursdays other Al games As Brewers 2 Milwaukee Bruce Cochic cracked a three run Homer and Tim Birt Sas scattered eight hits to help the Oak land As snap a fou game losing was nicked for two runs in the first but allowed the Brewers five hits the rest of the he struck out the Side after loading the bases in the third and finished with his first major league Complete Oakland scored four times in the fourth and five times in the sixth to turn around a 20 in the Milwaukee starter Jaime walked Dave Mike and Mickey act Tecton to Load the bases with one Donnie Hill singled Home Kingman and Heath to lie lie Rick Waits relieved and his wild pitch advanced Tettleton to third and Hill to Alfredo Griffins sacrifice Fly and Dwayne Murphys triple scored the run the Brewers took a 20 Lead in inc first on singles by Paul Molitor and Robin a sacrifice Fly by Cecil Cooper and Ted Simmons tigers twins 2 Minneapolis Jack Morris threw a four hitter while Barbaro Garbey Hom ered and drove in two runs to Lead struck out five and walked three to Post his 10th Complete game of the a Paul Morris boosted his career record against Minne Sota to Lou Whitaker added a two run triple As the tigers beat the twins for the second see Al on Page 23 leading no West by games dodgers rebound from 1984 miseries up photo manager Tom Lasorda sensing the Confidence los Angeles a the first place standing of the los Angeles dodgers in the National league West surprises a lot of their Ever opt mistic Tom the error prone dodgers finished fourth in the no West last year with a 7983 it was generally Fig ured that they finish much higher in As May turned into that figuring held up As the bal club was struggling along at who always finds the Glass half full rather than half never gave up and his optimism has paid at least up to i could always see the Light at the end of the the ebullient manager i was discouraged by some like we were leaving too Many runners on but there want any doubt in my i kept telling these Guys they were better Ballplay ers than they had when we were they never complained or blamed anybody but them they lost together and now there winning their attitude was always the enthusiasm was always that the thing in proudest they fear no oppo nent but respect them the dodgers dropped a 11inning decision to Montreal on june 1 to fall to 23 they Are 3114 since los Angeles was 5439 and had a Lead Over san Diego in the no West entering fridays the dodgers turnaround coincided with the switch of Pedro Guerrero from third base to the a move made june i think the big thing was when we put Guerrero in the said Guerrero blasted 15 homers in june after collecting Only four i thought that was the and when we put Mariano Duncan at shortstop permanently and first Bob bail or and then Dave Anderson at that really tightened us up the pitching has always been but i dont care How great your pitching you cant give the opposition four or five outs per inning and expect to the dodgers made 62 errors in their first 47 games they committed 36 in their next and that pitching staff led by Fernando Valenzuela and Orel Hershiser has a earned run Best in the sparked by the hitting has come the dodgers averaged Only runs a game in april and but Are averaging runs since the team batting average is up to a season High we knew Guys like Steve sax and Greg Brock would Lasorda it was just a matter of the thing we didst want to do was we knew they had the this team Doest have the Talent the 1977 and 1978 teams this team right Here is positive proof that its not always the strongest Man who wins the the fast est Man who wins the its not always the Best teams who win the most its the teams that want it the they really play do the things that Are required to they they have a lot of those Are the kinds of things a manager likes to he also must be pleased that his club didst fold during some recent starting outfielder Mike Marshall went out for some three weeks on june 20 because of an reliever Steve Howe left the team and was ultimately Given his Guerrero missed seven games because of a Back in not Only did the club not skip a beat without Marshall and the record was even better than both Are Back in the the games More mental than anything said Bill a dodger since he was the regular shortstop for Many years but is now being used in a Utility you can sense the Confidence were not scoring a lot of runs but were doing the Little we dont need too Many All we have to do is score a few and catch the Carter clubs 3run or As mets beat astros from press dispatches new York the Houston astros May have been playing the but new Yorks Gary Carter was insulted just the now the Veteran Catcher of the new York mets feels he May have gained some respect after he connected for a three run Homer in the fifth inning and the mets snapped a three game losing Streak with a 63 Victory thursday Bob the Houston elected to play the percentages and give Keith Hernandez an intentional walk in the fifth inning with two out and one Dwight with nine straight opened the inning by reaching first when Astro Catcher Mark Bailey dropped his pop Carter hit a 22 pitch off starter and loser Mike into the Loftfield National league bullpen for his 12th Home run of the sea what the astros were trying to Tell me is that i am the worse of the two hitters and i didst enjoy the 31yearold Catcher i knew they were playing the percentages since Keith had two hits both scored but i was still it was a big thrill to come through with the i enjoy delivering in the just think 10 Days ago they were All talking about me undergoing right knee in just thankful i didst have to get it seems that the harder i the better the knee i thrive on situations like As soon As i hit the i Felt it had a Chance of going Gooden surrendered seven thinning Solo Home runs to Glenn Davis and Mark Bai the 20year old right hander struck out boosting his league leading total to 162 and allowed a pair of Gooden is 40 against Houston this Wally who tripled to Center with one out in the first scored on a single to left by Hernandez to tie the score at Hernandez broke the tie with a single to following consecutive one out singles by Len Dykstra and Davis hit an inside Shepark Homer to open the seventh when diving for the Slid into the Wall and banged his one out Bailey homered to it was the sixth Homer of the season for the astros took a 10 Lead in the first on a double by Bill an infield and a run scoring single by Kevin in other n l games thursday expos reds 0 Montreal razor shines Pinch hit single in the seventh inning scored Herm Winingham and Bill Gullickson and Jeff Reardon combined on a four hitter to Lead Pete Rose was 0 for he needs 31 hits to break to Cobbs record of gave up four hits Over 7 he walked seven and struck out Reardon picked up his major league leading 25th completing the final 1 reliever Tom took the cardinals padres 6 san Diego Terry Pendleton lined a tie breaking single and eventually scored on the play on errors by san Diego Center fielder Al Bumbry and Catcher Terry Ken see no on Page 23
