European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 4, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse August 1985 the stars and stripes Page 23 tigers7 lacklustre showing cant keep Pace with jays up photo is Sparks Bubble bursting still like this club by Harry Atkins Detroit a the Detroit tigers knew they needed to make a Strong move right after the Allstar they had to show the rest of the Ameri can league East who was really the fact that it didst happen Only highlights How the tigers troubles started Long before the Allstar we keep thinking the offence will but what you think Doest mean it will Hap manager Sparky Anderson to Ronto is in pretty Good shape when the tigers opened their weekend series with the Milwaukee brew ers at Tiger stadium Friday they were closer to fifth place Baltimore than to the firs place Blue its been very frustrating up to this Catcher Lance Parrish if somebody had told me in april that wed be in this i probably have believed despite their delicate the tigers could have done something about at the Allstar break in for exam the tigers were seven games in front of after the Allstar break they went on a 146 tear and entered August with a 12 game Lead Over the Blue this the tigers were games be Hind the Blue jays at the Allstar game but came Back to go As a the tigers finished july games that kind of play is making some of the fans the manager Doest blame Hes getting a bit edgy i think fans show you Only one Anderson they show you their a show you if youre Good and show you if youre bad and theres not one thing wrong with fans do not create great Hes the tigers have created their own problems and its not the fault of any one for have tried indirectly to Point a Finger at John their theory is that if the tigers had held on to Ruppert instead of they would be Sparky Doest buy let me ask you Anderson did Ruppert bunt every time did rup pert have men on second every time did Ruppert have a Man on third every time did Ruppert cure every problem the answer is by his the manager is spelling out whats the matter with these the 1984 tigers were a run scoring a they could bunt runners they could they hit with men Smith Sparks 7thinning rally Tudor wins 13th As cards beat phils from press dispatches Louis Ozzie Smith triggered a three run seventh inning with an rib sin Gle Friday As the Louis Cardi nals beat the Philadelphia Phillies John struck out nine in notching his 12th Triumph in his last 13 his 13 victories tied his career it was tudors eighth Complete Charles suffered the with two out and Philadelphia leading 10 in the Terry Pendleton reached on a fielders Choice and Andy Van Slyke singled him to Smith singled Home right fielder Glenn Wilson tried to Cut Down Van Slyke at third but Over threw Rick allowing Van Slyke to score and Smith to take Smith scored when shortstop Luis Aguayo bumped into Juan who was trying to catch tudors that made the score Mike Schmidt gave Philadelphia a 10 Lead in the fourth when he clubbed his 16th Home run of the the Phillies made it 32 in the eighth on an rib single by in other no games Friday dodgers reds 35 Cincinnati buddy Bells two run double and Nick Esasky two run Homer powered Cincinnatus five run third inning As the reds gained a 52 Victory Over los Angeles and a split of their Dou in the Ken Landreaux hit a Solo Homer and Pedro Guerrero added a three run shot to help Orel Hershiser earn his fourth straight Victory with a 53 Guerrero also hit a Solo Homer in the giving him 25 for the he has a 12game hitting Streak and 20 Home runs in his last 45 the five run rally in the Nightcap helped Jay win his first Start since being recalled from class aaa Tibbs scattered five including Guerreros on out Homer in the and struck out the reds knocked out dodger starter Rick with the third in National league Ning Dave Concepcion Dave Parker singled and buddy Bell drove them both Home with his Tony Perez singled Bell chasing and Nick Esasky hit his 10th Homer and second in As Many nights for a 50 Lead against reliever Bobby both of the dodgers runs in the night Cap came in the fourth Guerrero then Greg Brock doubled and scored on a throwing error by Tibbs on Steve says in the struggled through seven giving up eight hits while striking out Tom Niedenfuer pitched the final two innings for his ninth cubs mets 1 Chicago Gary Matthews third Home run in five games a base empty blast into the wind in the fifth inning snapped a 11 tie As Chicago beat new the loss snapped the mets three game winning Matthews shot into the Loftfield stands off Terry was his eighth Homer of the Leach had come on to pitch for starter Sid starter Dennis scattered six hits Over six innings for the Warren Brusstar pitched three innings for his fourth the mets took a 10 Lead in the Len Dykstra led off the game with a sin took second on an infield out and scored on a two out single by Gary astros padres 9 Houston winning Pitcher Joe Niekro drove in three runs with a pair of singles and Bill Doran belted a three run Homer to spark Houston wild Victory Over san gave up 10 hits and six runs in 5a innings and Dave Smith picked up his 16th save As Houston won for the third time in its last 11 Lamarr was the giving up seven runs on nine hits in 2vs which had 17 took the Lead in the second inning with a two out singles by Glenn Davis and Mark Bailey and an rib single by Niekro set the stage for Dorans career High ninth Home run of the the astros added three runs in the third when Davis hit a two run double and later scored on a Kevin Bass san Diego made the score 71 in the fourth on carmelo Martinez rib Houston increased its Lead to 101 in the fifth when Bass drove in Denny Walling with an infield single and Niekro lined a two run single to braves giants 7 Atlanta Bob Homer and Terry Harper Drew consecutive two out bases loaded walks and Ken Oberkfell singled Home two runs in a five run eighth inning to Send Atlanta past san Gene pitched 1 innings for the Bruce Sutter tossed the final Frank took the with the score tied Pinch hitters Milt Thompson and Claudell Washington they advanced on a groundnut by Rafael Ramirez and Dale Murphy was walked intentionally to Load the Horner walked on four pitches to score Williams went to a 20 count on Harper before yielding to Mike Jeff who completed the walk to Force in Jeffcoat uncorked a wild pitch on an 02 pitch to Ken Oberkfell to score Oberkfell then drilled a two run single to make the score 127 and give him four Bis in the expos pirates 2 Pittsburgh Tim Wallach atoned for an error with a two run double and Joe Hesketh and Jeff Reardon combined on a two hitter to Lead Montreal Over the Victory snapped a three game los ing Streak for went 6 allowing two hits and walking Reardon pitched 2 innings for his major league leading 26th Pittsburgh starter Rick Reuschel fell to in scoring position and they hit with they did All the things championship baseball teams have to do to they scored Early and often and the bullpen saw to it that those leads we rent by the end of july last the tigers had scored 531 runs and the bullpen had saved 36 heading into fridays the 1985 team has scored 431 runs 100 fewer than a year ago and the bullpen has saved 26 it Doest take a deep thinker to make sense out of those the Only note of consistency is Willie he had 21 saves then and he has 21 saves even that can be deceiving because Willie the wonder haunt lost a game by this time last year he was today he has a 54 it All adds up to a total team no one not even Ruppert could have prevented the i do anything said who called this his Best team Ever coming out of Spring theres no personnel changes to i dont think theres anybody Down there in the tigers farm the people Here Are supposed to do i still like this that Why every year is Garrison nabs Gold at festival Baton up boxers Kelcie Banks and Brian Lonon combined with gymnast Kelly Garrison for a vivid display of Grace under stress Friday night at the National sports a dominant figure at the last two slightly trailed 14 year old Joyce Wilborn of after three rounds in the Battle for the Allaround title in women who had Points heading into her final registered a score on the bal Ance beam to finish with from then wrested the Gold away by scor ing on her floor Fin Ishing with to Edge Wilborn by Alyssa from Way took the Bronze with Garrison won the Allaround Crown despite falling off both the uneven bars and her specially the balance i looked at my teammates and just thought she i just told myself i can still win if i do the floor routine As Best i Wilborns East squad took the All around title with a 20yearold Feather weight from gave Lyndon Walker a thorough boxing lesson As he stopped his 20yearold washing opponent with 45 seconds left in the second in a classic 135second display of hand and foot Banks forced Walker to endure a pair of eight counts in the second he never allowed the 5foot3 Walker to get inside before the fight was in another stirring a Light flyweight stationed in the army base at earned a 32 decision Over James Harris of
