European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 14, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday september 14, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 21 sports chiefs whip raiders flit photo . Kicker Nick Lowry. Ties record with 5 held goals Kansas City to. A Bill Ken Ney could have been speaking for every Long suffering fan coach and player of the Kansas City chiefs. It s been a big time coming he said. The chiefs shut out of the National football league playoffs since 1971. Felt they re established themselves As a Force to be reckoned with thursday night with a 36 20 thumping of the los Angeles raiders. We can play better but that was a great defense going against us tonight said Kinney. He threw for 273 Yards and two touchdowns. We played this game for respect said wide receiver Carlos Carson who caught five passes for 118 Yards and a people talk about teams with Good receivers they usually talk about Miami Orsan Francisco. But we feel like we be got As Good a set of receivers As anybody and we wanted to show people Nick Lowry tied a single game team record with five Field goals. This was without a doubt my most satisfying game Ever he said. But the Victory was a team Effort a total team Raider coach Tom Flores was making no excuses. They outplayed us they re a Good foot Ball team he said. But it s a Long season and lots of things will happen on the lows re tied the record of five Field goals by Jan Ste crud who turned the trick on two occasions in 1969 and again in 1971.the Victory improved the chiefs record to 2-0 while the raiders who had beaten Kansas City five in a Row dropped to 1-1. Lowery s Field goals measured 36,22.42, 58 and 21 Yards. His 58-Yard Effort with 43 seconds remaining in the first half matched the longest of his career and pulled Kansas City within 14-12 at halftime. His 21-Yard or 4 39 into the second half put the chiefs into the Lead for Good at 15-14. Kenny who passed for 397 Yards against new Orleans last sunday completed 18 of 38 passes for 259 Yards against los Angeles. He threw for two touchdowns in the third period As Kansas City pulled out to a 29-14 Albert Lewis recovered a Fumble by Raider quarterback Jim Plunkett in the end zone for the chiefs third touch Down and a 36-14 Lead with 9 48 remaining. The raiders scored first on Frank Haw Kins i Yard plunge with 5 59 left in the first period. Lowery s third Field goal put the chiefs in the Lead at 9-7 with 6 52 left in the first half. Vann Mcelroy recovered a chiefs Fumble on the Kansas City 30. Moments later Todd Christensen made a circus catch in the end zone of a 3-Yard pass from Plunkett for a 14-9 Raider Lead. With the outcome no longer in doubt Jessie Hester caught a 2-Yard scoring pass from Plunkett with 6 52 left. The extra Point attempt failed. Aided by 39 Yards in pass interference penalties against Lester Hayes and Mark see chiefs on Page 23 bitter loss for Toronto Yankees 7fh-inn/ no Ray suns jays from press dispatches new York Toronto Blue jays manager Bobby Cox says the past is dead. If that s True then a reincarnation came Back to kill his team thursday night. The Blue jays who blew More late leads during the last two years than any other team in baseball did it again when it mattered most. Ron Hascy blasted a three run Homer with two outs in the seventh inning capping a dramatic six run rally that led the new York Yankees Over the Blue jays 7-5. The Victory before a crowd of 52,141 pulled the Yan Kees within Ivi games of american league East leading Toronto and handed the Blue jays one of their toughest losses of the season. You All saw what happened said Toronto starter Dave stick who took a two hitter and 4-1 Lead into the seventh. There s not much to a key error by Tony Fernandez one of two he committed in the seventh allowed the Yankees to come Back against Stieb and two relievers. We look like we re asleep but after the sixth inning. Everything Breaks Loose new York manager Billy Martin said. You be got to watch a Good team from the seventh inning Cox said there was no connection Between this game and ones in the past in which the Blue jays lost leads. The past is dead Cox said after seeing a late rally again rum his team. Hassey s third deck Homer came off Dennis lamp and marked the 15th time this year the Blue jays have lost a game they were leading after six innings. Ron Guidry 19-5, who leads the Al in victories went eight innings before giving Way to Brian Fisher who pitched the ninth for his 12th save. American league. With Toronto up 4-1 and one out in the seventh. Stick walked Willie Randolph and then Bobby Meacham the ninth Batter in the Yankees lineup hit a grounder up the Middle to Fernandez. Fernandez fielded the Ball cleanly and appeared ready to get a Force out himself before suddenly flipping Heball past startled second baseman Damaso Garcia. Stick then issued his season High seventh walk a pass to Rickey Henderson that loaded the bases. Gary Lavelle 4-7, replaced stick and Ken Griffey hit into a Force out at second barely beating the relay to first As Randolph scored to make it 4-2. Don Mattingly Fol Lowed with a hard single to right to Cut the deficit to one run. Mattingly who leads the majors with 124 Bis has six homers and 20 Bis in his last 13 games. Dennis lamp then relieved Lavelle and Dave win Field hit a game lying infield single. Fernandez who fielded Winfield s hit then threw wildly toward first allowing Mattingly to reach third and Winfield to take second. Hassey took two balls before connecting for his 12th Home run of the season a drive into the third deck in right Field. It was the 23rd Homer in the last 13 games for new York. Guidry had fallen behind on Ernie Whin s two run Homer in the third that made it 2-0. Guidry allowed an unearned run in the fourth on an rib single by Jesse Barfield and another run in the sixth on Cecil fielder s sacrifice Fly that made it 4-1. The Yankees scored their first run in the fifth when Meacham walked with two outs stole second and scored on Henderson s single. Guidry gave up an eighth inning run on Barfield s triple and a one out grounder by fielder. In other Al action Angels 5, rangers 3 Anaheim. Calif. Ruppert Jones tripled in the winning run in the seventh inning As California Bea Texas to move within two games of Idle Kansas City in the american league West. Jones also had an rib double in the first inning to give the Angels a Brief 1-0 Lead. Orioles 3, red sox 1 Boston Rookie Ken Dixon threw a six Hilter Over 7% innings and Floyd Rayford hit a two run Homer in the third As Baltimore beat Boston. The Homer. Rayford s 12th of the year followed John Shelby s infield single off loser Al Nipper. 8-11 Rich Gudman hit a Solo Homer into the right Field stands in the second inning off Dixon 7-3. Dixon gave up six hits before being relieved by Don Aasc with one out left in the eighth. Aase picked up his 10th save of the year. Rick Dempsey singled in a third run for the orioles in the ninth. White sox 4, twins 2 Chicago Greg Walker hit a two run triple to Cap a three run third inning and Gene Nelson pitched a seven hitter Over 8w innings As Chicago beat Minnesota. Walker lined his triple to left Center off Mike Smith son 14-12, to score Harold Baines and Bryan Little. Nelson 9-9, struck out six and walked one. Reliever Bob James recorded the last two outs for his 26th save. The Victory was Only Nelson s second in his but eight starts. Mets Edge cards to take no East Lead by United press International new York the St. Louis Cardi nals meal ticket is out to lunch. Unless Joaquin Andujar can regain the form he flashed in the first hair of the season the cardinals do not have much Chance of beating out the new York mets for the National league East title. Andujar had another poor Outing thursday getting shelled for � x runs in two innings an the mets held off a late inning rally by St. Louis to win 7-6 and increase their Lead in the no East to one game Over the cardinals. Andujar who was 12-1 at the All Star break has gone Only 8-8 since. National league face it if he does t pitch Well we Don t win. Period said St. Louis manager Whitey Herzog. The mets scored four times in the first inning and twice in the second against Andujar to take a 6-0 Lead but the cardinals pecked away and finally tied the score in the ninth on a Solo Homer by Willie Mcgee. New York won the game in the 10th on the daring base running of cookie Wil son. Wilson led off the Bottom of the inning by beating out an infield hit a slow roller that shortstop Ozzie Smith fielded but threw in the dirt at first base. I be made that play before a Hundred times the wizard said. It s one of those do or Dic plays. You either get pm or you Don t. We did after Wally Backman sacrificed Keith Hernandez lined a single off Ken Dayley 3-2. Left fielder Vince Coleman anticipating Wilson s Speed charged but the Ball glanced off his Glove and Wilson scored easily. It was Hernandez s 22nd game winning rib of the year a record. The last three or four Days teeing cookie out there people seem to forget just How Good he is said Backman. He s a tremendous threat hitting in the Field and on the bases. He has so much Wilson led off the first with a walk and sped to third on Backman s hit and run single perfectly placed Over the head of Smith on his Way to cover second. Wilson then scored the first new York run on Hernandez double play bouncer. Wilson was on the move again in the second beating out a bunt and so ring for m first on Backman s double in the Corner. They scored a lot of runs Early Smith said. We just did t pitch Well Early. If we did that we had a Chance to win All sea no on Page 23
