European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 1, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Mcgregor hurls o s to Victory by the associated press Scott Mcgregor became the first Pitcher to go nine innings this Spring firing a six hitter sunday in Baltimore s 6-3 Victory Over the Atlanta braves. Mcgregor retired the first 10 batters he faced and shut out the braves until Ted Simmons homered in the seventh inning. Atlanta added a pair of runs in the eighth after right fielder Lee Lacy lost Omar to baseball Roundup Reno s Fly Ball in the Sun for a triple. Ken Oberkfell who had doubled scored on the play and Moreno came Home on a double by Andres Thomas. The orioles scored five runs in the first three innings off Atlanta starter and loser Len Barker. In other games sunday tigers 3, twins 0 Frank Tanana went seven innings be coming the first Detroit Pitcher to do so this Spring and Tom Brookens homered to Pace the tigers. Tanana 1-0, scattered six hits without any strikeouts or walks and Don Heinkel completed the shutout. Mike Smithson 2-3, gave up two runs on seven hits and Bill Latham gave up the other Detroit run. Pirates 13, Phillies 2 third baseman Bill Almon rapped out three hits and scored twice for the pirates who also got a three run Pinch Homer from Junior Ortiz and a three run double from . Reynolds. Steve Kemp Johnny Ray Tony Pena and Mike Brown All added a pair of hits to the explosive Pittsburgh at tack. Red sox 7, Blue jays 2 Dennis Oil can Boyd pitched six innings in his third Spring appearance and Dwight Evans and Mike Stenhouse combined for five hits and four Bis in the Lead off spot to Pace Boston which won it third straight. Boyd who missed More than a week while undergoing tests for a minor liver condition allowed five hits walked four and hit one Batter. He gave up both Toron to runs. Mets 6, reds 4 Ron Darling pitched six Strong innings and had a pair of hits and an rib As he improved his Spring record to 3-0. His Streak of consecutive scoreless innings ended at 20 when the reds reached him for tuesday april 1, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 23 a photo expos second baseman Ai Newman fires to first. Avoids the slide of Houston s Denny Walling in sunday s game a run in the second on a double by to Diaz. Brewers 4, cubs 0 Tim Leary scattered three hits Over six innings As he raised his preseason record to 3-1. The Brewers scored one run in the first inning another in the fourth and two in the seventh. The losing Pitcher was cubs starter Ray Fontenot 0-2. Expos 5, astros 2 right fielder Jim Wohlford s rib triple sparked a four run Montreal sixth. Floyd Youmans 1-0, earned the Victory and also drove in a run for the expos. Yankees 3, rangers 2 Pinch hitter Butch Wynegar singled in1 the winning run with two outs in the 10th inning. The winning run came after the rangers tied the game at 2-2 in the ninth against Yankee Relief Ace Dave Righetti. Royals 6, White sox 4 buddy Biancalana singled in Jim Sund Berg for the go ahead run with two out in the sixth against losing Pitcher Richard Dotson. Left hander Charlie Liebrandt picked up his first Victory of the Spring allowing Only one earned run in six innings. Cardinals 7, dodgers 1 Rick Ownbey and rookies Pat Perry and Joe Boever combined for a two hitter for the cardinals with Ownbey giving up Only one hit in six innings. A s 11, giants 5 Mike Davis and Dave Kingman each hit three run homers for the a s and starter Rick Langford earned the Victory with six innings in which he gave up six hits and two runs. Indians 7, mariners 5 the indians jumped to a 5-0 Lead then held on As the mariners charged Back. The indians rocked Mariner starter Mark Langston for two runs in the first inning on a two out single by Pat Tabler and three More in the second. Tabler had three hits and three runs batted in. Padres 9, Angels 4 John Kruk and Terry Kennedy drove in three runs each and Eric show pitched six Strong innings for the padres. Show allowed five hits and two runs. Loss of Duke ups incentive Tor Manning by Michael a. Lutz Dallas a Sophomore Danny Manning insisted All along he would be Back at Kansas next season. Now he has More reason to return. Speculation that Manning the Jay Hawks versatile 6-foot-11 Forward would turn pro almost certainly has been silenced though just As certainly not in the Way he would have liked. Manning Kansas leading scorer at 17.1 Points per game was held to a career Low four Points and fouled out with 4 23 to play in saturday s 71-67 loss to top ranked Duke in the Mcaa semifinals. I had a bad game he said. It s so hard to end it this  in his Sophomore season Manning was the big eight conference tournament s most valuable player an associated press second team All american and a finalist for the wooden award and Naismith Tro Phy. Through it All though Manning had been criticized for not being aggressive enough. He had Little Chance to show any assertiveness against the Blue devils picking up two Quick fouls and playing Only seven min utes in the first half. He will Bounce Back said Kansas assistant de Manning Danny s father. He knows this in t the end of the world. You Pray that you will be Able to get Back to the final four to try  Kansas coach Larry Brown said Man Ning was More the victim of Duke Forward Mark Alarie than bad play. The Guy s a great player Brown said. The level of Competition is better and bet Ter. It s going to put More pressure on the big  Manning was t the Only Jay Hawks player who encountered foul trouble. Center Greg Dreiling fouled out after scoring Only six Points and guard Cedric Hunter fouled out after scoring five Points. Reserve Forward Archie Marshall who had picked up the Slack with 13 Points in 19 minutes left the game in the second half with a torn ligament in his right knee. While Manning will have at least another season to erase memories of the loss the collegiate careers of Dreiling Calvin Thompson and Ron Kellogg All seniors Are Over. If we had t gotten into Early foul Trou ble it could have been a different game Dreiling said. You hate to end it this Way. But it s something you just have to  Bruins Rookie goalie ran Ford stops sabres again  Radov i ii my 11 Ini. By Barry Wilner a sports writer Buffalo . Bill Ranford is reviving memories of Ken Dryden in Boston. The Bruins can Only Hope he s headed for a similar career. Dryden broke into the nil in the final weeks of the 1970-71 season. He was unbeaten in six regular season starts then stoned the Bruins who had the Best re Cord in the league in the opening round of the playoffs. Dryden went on to the Hall of Fame after backstopping Montreal to the 71 title and five More. Now Ranford a 19-year-old goaltender out of the new Westminster Bruins is reminding people of Dryden s spectacular debut. Sunday Ranford stopped 35 shots in helping the Bruins to a 5-3 Victory Over the Buffalo sabres. Saturday in his first nil Start he beat the sabres 2-1. I Felt really Good the past two Days and i know when you Are on a Roll it seems everything is going right said Ranford who had a not so sparkling 17-29-1 record nil Roundup with a 4.84 average in 53 games at new Westminster of the Western Junior hockey league. We Are playing really Well right now with great defense and maybe that s Why it was a Little easier for me out  by sweeping Buffalo the Bruins moved into a second place tie with Montreal in the tight Adams division. Boston seems assured of a playoff berth with 83 Points five More than Buffalo and Hartford. The sabres and Bruins have three games remaining the whalers four. Barry Pederson scored twice and Randy Burridge had a goal and three assists for the Bruins but the big Story was the 19 year old Ranford s poise and quickness i goal. It s kind of easy to get up for a game right now because i m Young and just Start ing off in the league so i m running on a High right now said Ranford the 52nd pick in the 1985 draft. They said i might get into one game when he was called up two is a big Surprise for me. I be got to prove myself so i can get a Chance to play next year. I be had two pretty Good games this  the sabres in danger of finishing out of the playoffs for the first time since 1973-74, have scored Only five goals in the last three games. We re playing Good hockey insisted Buffalo s Mike Foligno. Right now it s just a matter of scoring a couple of More when we get those  in other games sunday Maple Leafs 5, Blackhawk 4 of Chicago Miroslav Fryer s third goal of the game on a Short shot 2 02 into overtime gave the Leafs their sixth Victory in eight meetings with Chicago this season. The Blackhawk have lost seven of their last 11 games. Chicago s Darryl Sutler had tied the score with just 1 28 left in regulation As the Hawks enjoyed a two Man advantage. Canucks 4, flames 2 Vancouver British Columbia Cam Neely who has rediscovered his scor ing touch after a mid season slump scored twice on Power plays sunday night to Lead Vancouver Over Calgary. The goals were Only the 12th and 13th of the season for Neely who scored the Winner at 8 52 of the second period. He has four goals in his last six games after earlier going scoreless in 20. The fourth win in six games for the canucks in a late season playoff drive lifted Vancouver past Idle Winnipeg into third place in the smythe division. Of the stand Ings remain the same Vancouver would meet the flames in the playoffs. Vancouver has 57 Points one ahead of the jets. The canucks have four games remaining the jets three. Defens Emen Doug Halward and Garth Butcher also scored for the canucks against a shaky Rejean Lemelin in the Calgary net. The flames Lanny Mcdonald and Joe Mullen beat Vancouver goaltender Richard Brodeur in the second period. Brodeur suffered a strained knee in that period and was replaced at the Start of the third by Wen Dell Young