European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 11, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday May 11, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 23 from press do spikes Cleveland Don t underestimate Ifica value of u dramatic ninth inning Victory says Chicago while sox Veteran Carl la Fisk. It can to very important especially with All the trash that s been Hying around this club the last 10 Days or two weeks risk said after the while sox scored three ninth inning runs Friday to beat the Cleveland indians 4-3.the Victory ended a six game toning Streak for Chicago Whoso beleaguered manager. Tony Larussa had been Given a vote of Confidence by club management the Day. The loss snapped Cleveland s 10-gn me winning Streak and dropped the indians into second place a Bull game behind the Yankees in the american league East the game Drew a crowd or 48,146, the larg est in Cleveland since opening Day last season Pinch hitter Tim Hulett s bases loaded two run single with two oils in the ninth inning capped n three run rally. Fisk singled Home the first run in the ninth. They weren t going to win 137 in a sox rally to end tribe Streak Al Roundup Row Indiana manager Pat Corrales said about his team. We re going to win More of those than we lose but it s going to Hap pen occasionally the White son trailed 3-1. Entering the ninth but Wayne Tolleson walked and Harold Bains singled him to third to Start the inning finishing Relief Pitcher Ernie Chi Macho. Reliever Scott Batlis 4-2, i Hen gave up a one out rib single to Carllon Fisk. After Bobby Bonilla died out. Pinch hitter Reid Nichols singled to Load the bases for Hulett who lined a single to Center off Rich yen. Gene Nelson 2-1, pitched 1% innings of Relief for the Victory. The indians had snapped a la tic in the fifth when Joe Carter scored from third on a two out single by Pat Tabler who had left runners stranded Al third in both the first and third innings. Carter had singled to Lead off the Cleve land fifth against starter Joe Davis and moved to second and third on consecutive group dolls. Williams from Page 21 like it to be your last Stop Williams said. I d like to go three years Here and have George want me Back. Yes i want this to be my last stopping in Seattle Williams has his work Cut out for him. The mariners got off to a 9-19 Start before Cottier wat fired. Cottier with a 98-119 record compiled the Best wan Tost percentage .452 of any mariners manager in history. Williams will bring his Long time Friend and third base coach Ozzie Virgil to Seattle. Virgil was tired last december by padres president Ballard Smith and Wil Liams expressed his dismay with the move publicly. Padres owner Joan Kroc Smith s Mother in Law gave Virgil his Job Back but Vir Gil left the padres after Williams resigned. I think Ozzie s probably the Busl third base coach in baseball Williams said. He s a Winner. He a an Cottier said his firing came As a Surprise. When you re hired As a manager you know eventually you re going to be fired he told Abc radio sports. I know we were not playing very Well but i never anticipated 1 was going to be fired. There were a couple of things in the papers and you know How the Media is in my own heart i Felt like the coaching staff and i had prepared his Young team to play and we were Only 28 games into the season. 1 feel Good about the Way i handled them and in Way Bat i managed. I m just sorry i m not going to be a part of Larussa from Page 21 to make when he has gone a certain Way. I asked myself if 1 had put too much on this Man and the answer was yes said Harrelson. Someone bad to Back up a step or two and it was me. It s not that Tony did t think Ray ideas would t work it was the players who did t respond. I had two options said Harrelson keep him or make a he acknowledged there had been hurl feelings saying Ownen you Are 7-18, there Are going to be Hurt feelings. Harrelson had discussed the sox Job with Martin whose managerial stints included four terms with the new York Yankees and Fregoso who formerly managed the California Angels and now is at aaa Louisville. Harrelson said he had a Good meeting thursday with Martin who is still under contract to the Yankees and does some pro game television work i talked with Billy and we were going to talk again but under the current Circuns stances 1 did t want to make a change Herald. In my opinion Billy s the Best manager in baseball Bui i be Stid that before. Martin in Texas where the Yankees were play no said Friday night he thought he would gel the White sox Job. And mar tin s agent Eddie Sapir said Harrelson had handled the situation poorly yeah i did Martin said when asked whether he thought he would be named Chicago s new manager i thought it was just a matter of Eddie gelling up there to Chicago Sapir said no one handled anything worse than the it was so mishandled he Harrelson had to try to make it right Sapir said. Harrelson also said he has been too can did with the Media adding in the future you re going to get a lot of no comments from asked if he Felt he had been Given new life Larussa said i like to think so. Hawk had new ideas and i tried to put them in use. There were differences but now maybe we will have a More comfortable Edberg Davis gain semifinals in Tokyo Tokyo a Stefan Edberg of swe Den and Scott Davis of the United states advanced into he semifinals in the men s singles while Bonnie Hadusek of the United states and Gabriels Sabatini of Argentina advanced into the women s semifinals Fri Day in the 1200.000 Gunge world Tennis tournament. Edberg Winner of last year s australian open needed a tiebreaker before beating Peter Lundgren of Sweden 6-3, 7-6 7-4while Davis scoring six service aces and hit Ting 60 percent of his first service downed fellow american Tim Mayotte 6-3,64 in one hour before 3,200 spectators. In the women s singles Gadusek ranked 10th in the world Defeated Japan s Etsuko Inoue 6-4,6-4, Sabatini using powerful shots downed american Stephanie Rehe 7-6 7-j. 6-7 4-7fr4. The indians made it 3-1 in the seventh against reliever Dave Schmidt. Carter Ted off with another single and scored on a Dou ble by Andre Thornton. Cleveland went up 1-0 in the second As Mel mall doubled and scored when Tony Bernazard s single to Center was displayed by John Canglosi for in error. In other games Friday red sox 9, a s 6 Oakland Calif. Wade Boggs hit a buses loaded sacrifice Fly with none out in the i qty inning triggering a four run spree that led Boston Over Oakland. The red sox won the game after Oak land � Carney Lansford lied it with a i rec run Homer in the last of inc ninth. Royals 7, orioles 4 Baltimore Darryl Motley hit Ivo Home runs and George Brett Willie Wilson and Jim Sundberg also homered rallying Kansas City past Baltimore. Twins 8, tigers 7 Minneapolis Gary Gaetti drove in four runs with a Homer and a single and scored the go ahead tally in the sixth inning on Chuck Gary s wild Pilch lifting Minne Sota Over Detroit. Bert Lyl Cven 3-2, won the game despite surrendering Harry Spilmon s grand slam Home run which copped a six run uprising in the third inning and gave Detroit a 6-3 Lead. \ .-.-. Mariner 13, due jays 3 Seattle Alvin Davis drove in eight runs with a single and two. Homers including a grand slam powering Seattle o a rout of Toronto. .-.-. Davis who set a team record for Rols during n game hit a three run Homer in the first inning had an rib single in the second and tapped the night with his slam off the right Field foul pole. Brewers i Angels 5 Anaheim Calif. Cecil Cooper drove in five runs with a single and a pair of homers including a three run shot during a seven run explosion in the third inning As Milwaukee pounded out a lopsided Victory Over in Texas Arlington Texas the new York Yankees at Texas rangers game was rained out i will be made up sunday As part of a double header. Mcreynols or hits padres Over cubs 6-2 from press dispatches Chicago Kevin Mcreynolds had been miss no the High Fos balls he pitches that sluggers hit for Home runs so head busted i stance by standing upright. It paid off when he hit a High fastball off Rick Sutcliffe for a tie breaking three run in Roundup Homer in the seventh inning Friday giving Andy Hawkins and the san Diego padres a 6-2 Victory Over the Chicago cubs. I could t make Contact with the High fast balls so i tried to stand More upright said Mcreynolds. I be had trouble with Rick in the past because he Crooks his Arm and keeps me off stride. I knew i hit it Well enough but i was t sure it would go out because of the wind said Mcreynolds. It was one of three Home runs off sul Cliffy 1-s, Hawkins 2-2, went the distance for the first Lime this season i would have been out of there if Mac had t gone deep said Hawkins figuring he would have been lifted for a Pinch hitter if the game had remained tied. It was a Good win for me i needed to go nine said Hawkins. He allowed five hits including a Home run 10 Ron Cey. I threw a fastball trying for the outside Corner but it was in his wheelhouse. I did t even bother looking up said Hawkins of the Homer that landed on Wavd and ave nue. Cey s Homer in the fifth followed by Jerry Humphrey s double and Shawn dims on s single evened things up before Mcreynolds broke the tie Tony Gwynn opened1 the seventh with a single and Terry Kennedy Drew a one out walk before Mcreynolds homered into the Center Field bleachers for a 5-2 san Diego Lead. The padres touched Chicago reliever Matt cough Tor a run in the ninth on a double by Steve Garvey and a two out sin Gle by Craig Nettles. In other games Friday expos 8, dodgem 4 Montreal Hubie Brooks third extra base hit of the game a two run Dou ble in the eighth inning broke up a tie game and helped Montreal beat los an Geles for its sixth straight Victory. Mels2, new York undefeated left hander Kevin mcreynols., changing his stance paid off Bob Ojeda out dulled Mario Solo and Howard Johnson s run scoring double ignited a two run Stitth inning that carried new York Over Cincinnati for its sixth straight Victory astros 3, pintle 1 Pittsburgh Pinch runner Tony Walker scored the winning run in the ninth inning on reliever Jim Winn s wild Pilch As Houston edged Pittsburgh to end a four game losing Streak. Pbjllies7,bnim6 Atlanta Rick Schu homered and Mike Schmidt and von Hayes each drove in two runs As Philadelphia edged Atlanta. The Victory went to Kevin Gross 3-3, who gave up nine hits and six rum in s a innings. Steve bed asian. Traded by Atlanta during the of season earned his fourth save when he got the last two outs with a runner on second. Gunts 2 Cardinal i St. Louis Pinch hitter Joel Young blood singled through a drawn in infield with one out in the 10th inning scoring Rob Thompson to give san Francisco a Victory Over St Louis. _ Youngbood Pinch hitting for giants starter Mike Lacoss 3-0, singled off reliever Todd Worrell 2-2
