European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 2, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday april 2, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 23 Boddicker goes distance Blanks yanks by the associated press Mike Boddicker became the second Baltimore Pitcher to throw a Complete game in two Days tossing a five hitter monday As the orioles shut out the new York Yankees 7-0 in exhibition baseball. Boddicker s Effort which included three walks and three strikeouts came after Scott Mcgregor beat atlanta6-3 on sunday. I spotted the Ball pretty Well today and threw a pretty Good curve Ball Boddicker said. I did t work behind in the count too often. That is important. My fastball is the Best one i be had in last season was a disaster for the Baltimore pitchers who set dubious team records for highest staff Era most hits allowed and most Home runs Given up. During the exhibition season the orioles pitchers have recorded three shutouts. A Good Spring is a Confidence builder. Last year balls off the end of the Bat would sneak through the infield or Bloop Over someone s head Boddicker said. But now the ground balls Are going at Boddicker is starting to look like his old self Sai Baltimore pitching coach Ken Rowe. The orioles scored five times in the fourth inning in roughing up Yankees starter Joe Niekro who allowed six runs on nine hits Over four innings. Cal Ripken who also drove in two runs and John Shel by had three hits apiece for Baltimore. Tigers 2, royals 1 Detroit s Dan retry continued his Strong Spring going six innings and giving up one unearned run on five hits. Retry is 3-0 with a 1.29 Era. The tigers scored three runs in the second off Kansas City starter Danny Jackson on singles by Larry Herndon Alan Trammell and Chet Lemon and a wild pitch. Blue jays 7, mets 6 Kelly Gruber led off the Bottom of the .10th inning by hitting a 3-2 pitch for a Home run that gave Toronto its Victory. Gruber s second Homer of the Spring came of Doug Sisk. The mels scored in the top of the ninth to make it 6-5 on Kevin Mitchell s Solo Homer off Blue jays reliever Tom Henke. Cesar Cedeno s sacrifice Fly tied it for Toronto in the Bottom of the ninth. A photo orioles Pitcher Mike Boddicker. Starting to look like his old self red sox 8, expos 6 Tony armas doubled twice and singled and Bill Buck Ner also had three hits to Lead Boston past Montreal. Boston starter Roger Clemens hit hard in his first four outings went six innings and gave up two earned runs on six hits. Dodgers 5, twins 2 Greg Brock and Terry Whitfield homered on consecutive pitches from Minnesota starter John Butcher in the sixth inning powering los Angeles past Minnesota. Reds 6, cardinals 2 winning Pitcher Joe Price hit a two run single leading Cincinnati Over St. Louis. Price pitched three shutout innings and gave up one hit. Max Venable homered for the reds and Ozzie Smith hit a two run Homer for the cardinals. St. Louis beat Cincinnati 2-1 in a b1 game As Andy Van Slyke homered. Pirates 2, astros 0 Larry Mcwilliams pitched a two hitter Over seven innings and combined with Jim Winn to shut out Houston. Winn and Sid Bream each had rib singles for Pittsburgh. Angels 5, padres 3 Brian Downing hit his fourth Home run of the Spring while Bobby Grich Bob Boone Gary pct is and George Hendrick had rib singles for California. Angels starter John Candelaria retired nine straight batters after allowing a Lead off double to san Diego Leon Roberts. Cubs 5, Brewers 3 Shawon Dunston hit a three run inside the Park Homer and Leon Durham added a two run shot to Lead Chicago Over Milwaukee. Dennis Eckersley 1-3 this Spring be came the first cubs Pitcher to work seven innings giving up two runs on five hits. Rangers 8, braves 1 Rookie Bobby Witt pitched five innings and gave up four singles and an unearned run for Texas while Darrell Porter led a 15-hit attack with his third Spring Homer. Greg Harris added two perfect innings and Ricky Wright and Scott Patterson each added a hit less inning for the rangers. Braves 3, expos 2 Terry Forster pitched two scoreless innings and knocked in the winning run with a single in the 10th inning As a split squad of braves Defeated Montreal. Atlanta scored its other two runs on homers by Dale Murphy and Billy Sample. Phillies 5, White sox i Fred Toliver pitched six innings allowing one run on four hits As Philadelphia stopped Chicago. The Phillies scored twice in the first inning on two out singles by Juan Samuel Mike Schmidt Glenn Wilson and on Hayes. Indians 6, a s 4 Cleveland s Don Schulze blanked Oakland for five innings and Mel Hall hit a two run double to highlight the indians three run seventh inning. Rangers Burn devils in 9-0 rout new York a Brian Maclellan James Patrick and Kelly Miller each scored two goals As the new York rangers whipped the new Jersey devils 9-0 Mon Day night and solidified their hold on the fourth and final playoff spot in the nation Al hockey league s Patrick division. The rangers Victory gave them a three Point Lead Over the Idle Pittsburgh penguins nil Roundup As the season headed into its final week. New York has three games left and Pitts Burgh four. The rangers also got goals from Tomas Sandstrom Reijo Ruotsalainen and Wil paiement. In the Only other nil game monday jets 5, Kings 2 Inglewood Calif. Ray Neufeld scored three goals and defens Eman Randy Carlyle added two monday night As Winni Peg clinched a playoff berth for the jets. With the Victory Winnipeg has 58 Points with two games remaining assuring the jets of at least a fourth place finish in the smythe division. Los Angeles meanwhile had its playoff chances severely crippled. The Kings have 53 Points and Trail the fourth place Vancouver canucks by four. The Kings would have to win their last two games and the canucks would have to lose All of their four in order for los Angeles to make the playoffs. Neufeld completed his hat trick with an empty net goal with 17 seconds. Crum made impress on on wooden at Urcla by Hal Bock Dallas a before he recruited the Lew Alcindore and Bill Waltons who created a College basketball dynasty at Urcla coach John wooden had a guard at the school a one year starter he really liked. He was a very spirited player wooden said. He was not great from a technical standpoint. He was Heady so inquisitive but not in a critical Way. He wanted to know Why you were doing things. Denny Crum was born to be a wooden was right. Crum s tour of basketball benches took him from High school to Junior col lege jobs to wooden s assistant at Urcla. Finally he landed in Louisville where he has won two National championships in seven years. I was t at All surprised at his Suc Cess wooden said. When he came Back As my assistant he had grown in so Many ways. The Only problem was that he seemed too critical too demanding. The players came to me and asked me to get him off their backs. He had to develop wooden said he thought that when he had him As a player at ugly Crum s knowledge of the game made him a solid coaching Prospect. � but it would have been a mistake for him to become a head coach right away wooden said. He needed time because of his temperament. He believed in himself and that was Good. We d have Strong discussions but he realized Only one of us could make the decisions. You Don t want a clone who s going to inflate your ego. You Don t want a yes Man As an assistant. He was very spirited very competitive. Still is really if you play him in cribbage and for his part Crum warmly recalls his Days at Urcla first As a player and then As wooden s assistant. We Are All products of our Environ Denny Crum was born to be a coach John wooden ment and my relationship As a player and a coach under coach wooden has had a lot to do with whatever Success we be had Here he said. Over the years you always change some things that you do such As x s and o a but the philosophy and the Basic principles that you use come through the systems that you come up with. Coach wooden would say basketball is a game of conditioning fundamentals and team play. That s what we be lived by Here. So whatever Success we be had he certainly gets some of the reds infielder sent to expos for Pitcher St. Petersburg Fla. A the Cincinnati reds in a move aimed at open ing a spot on their roster for one of their Young outfielders monday traded Utility infielder Wayne Krenchicki to the Mon Treal expos for minor league Pitcher Norm Charlton who will be assigned to the reds minor league system. Krenchicki 31, Plato Ned at third base after the reds acquired buddy Bell from the Texas rangers last season batted .272 and hit four homers in 90 games in 1985. In another National league Deal Mon Day the St. Louis cardinals traded Catcher Tom Nicoto to the Montreal expos for minor league infielder Fred Manrique. Nieto 25, had split catching duties last year with Darrell Porter. Manrique 24, primarily a shortstop will be assigned to the cardinals minor league affiliate in Louisville. Army Boxer wins Beaumont Texas a Vincent Phillips of the army opened defense of his 139-Pound title monday night at the . Amateur boxing championships. Phillips a new York resident stationed at fort Riley kan., had his hands full with Joe Gamache of Lewiston Maine but gained a 5-0 decision in his bout at the Beaumont convention Center. The aggressive awkward Gamache landed several hard Hooks but Phillips scored effectively with both hands to the head in the second and third rounds
