European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 4, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 26 the stars and stripes saturday october 4,1986 Len Dykstra fumbles Home for met first run u expos Rand my look on. No from Page 21 reds in 1971 and 1976. I was thinking about in wooden said of the strikeout Standard. I was trying to strike out every baiter i fact per Altos cardinals 1 St. Louis Jim Morrison drove in three runs with a Homer and sacrifice Fly and Sid Bream added a two run Homer leading Pittsburgh Over St. Louis. Bob Kipper 6-8, pitched a four Hitler Over eight innings to spoil St. Louis Home finale the cardinals who started the year As the defending no champs finished with a 42-39 Home record. Reds 6, braves 4 Atlanta a. Two run Homer by Kal Daniels in the 13lh inning lifted Cincinnati in Atlanta s Home finale. Injury May Send Boggs to Bench for final 4 games Boston up red sox third baseman Wade Boggs May miss the final four games of he regular season with an injured right hamstring effectively forc ing new York s Don mall ugly to pro Duce a Miracle finish for he american league Balling title. Entering thursday night s game against new York Boggs held a .357 to .350 Edge Over the Yankee first baseman assuming an average of four Al bats per game Over the four game series. Matting by would have to go 11-for-16 to win the title. At first i thought in was a knot in the muscle but then the physical therapist Rich Siwacki Felt a Hole in in of about a Quarter Inch and it s on the verge of tearing explained Boggs a two time baiting Champion. I be won batting titles in the past. The playoffs mean More to me. If i tried to beat a Ball out and it ripped i could be out of the playoffs and the whole world series. The main thing on my mind right now is the playoffs. I be looked Forward to them All Boggs said he docs not know when he incurred the injury but said in was aggravated wednesday night when he Wen from Hirstio third on a hit. He said he regretted losing the Chance for a showdown with Mattingly. That s who it s All about it s like two chess players or Ping Pong players or Tennis players. It s exciting he said. People May think we re protecting him but we re not it s legitimate said Boston manager John Mcnamara. We Are not going to tool with people getting Hurt at this Lime in the season. 1 naked Wade How he fell today. He said. Tern ble and that s Good enough for me. Our physical therapist says he ought to be out at least through Friday Mcnamara said adding that he May Kee Boggs on the Bench saturday and sunday As Well if the injury has not healed. A Csc aus Norman reach match ploy Golf semis Wentworth England Jap australian Rodger Davis beat four Lime Champion Severiano Ballesteros of Spain and Veteran Jack Nicklaus of . Taught a golfing lesson to Spanish Rookie Jose Maria Olazabal in reaching the semifinals of the 1270,000 world match play championships Friday. Australian Greg Norman will play Nicklaus in saturday s semifinals. Nor Man Defeated Japan s a Otoichi Ozaki. Scotland s Sandy Lyle beat another japanese Tommy Nakajima on thu Sec Ond extra Hole of their match. Davis trounced Baltes Leros 7 and 6. Nicklaus posted a 5-and-4 Victory Over the 20-year-old Olazabal. Norman beat Ozaki 4 and 2, but Nakajima and Lyle went 10 a playoff after they both fired rounds of 65 and 64, shattering the tournament record. Their aggregate scores were is under Par four better than the previous record. Ballesieros who has been suffering from a Chest infection found Davis too hot to handle As the australian ripped 12 birdies in the 30 completed hold Davis covered the first 18 in 67 and without in 32 on the second round consecutive birdies at the 29th and 30th completed tic Victory for the australian who will play Lyle in the semifinal. Nicklaus six Lime Winner of the mat ters and four limes . Open Champion picked up seven birdies a he breezed round the Par-72 course. In thursday s opening round matches Ozaki beat Ben Crenshaw 7 and 6 djs eliminated Nick Price of South Africa 2 and i Lyle Defeated Howard dark of England i up and Olazabal edged funny Wadkins of the ., 2 and i. Lead footed Moss folded Slick astros staff by Dave Carpenter san Francisco a Hall of Fanir dizzy Dean once observed that us Moss a Lead footed Catcher who typified the Naples Ness of the St. Louis Browns runs too Long in the same after 46 years in professional baseball Moss now the pitching coach of the Houston astros finally lasted he Champagne of a major league pen Nant Winner last week. For 25 years his major league teams finished in the same place out of firs. Houston manager Hal Lanier and Lemois his pitching staff cite moss1 quiet advice on mechanics As a key 10 the astros no West championship. Under Moss Tutelage for a third sea son Houston pitchers Lead tie league in shutouts strikeout saves and hits and earned runs allowed. He s the Best coach i be Ever been around in terms of mechanics right hander Mike Scott who leads the majors in Era and strikeouts said wednesday after the astros recorded Ribeir sixth shut out in 10 games with a 5-0 Victory Over san Francisco. He picks up Little tiny things in you delivery that can make a big difference and he does t you have to give him a great Deal of credit in what our pitchers have done Lanier said. He has Good knowledge of the game and great knowledge of mechanics Moss 61, like fellow astros coach Yogi Berra is from baseball s old school a tobacco chewing Early to the Ballpark Type whose greatest pleasure still come from the game. He describes the astros division title As the most satisfying thing that s happened to him in the sport simply saying winning is Bui the Tulsa olcla., native does t mind being compared to Gene Mauch of the California Ange who has failed to make it to the world series in 25 years As a manager. Heck anybody involved in the game knows he s one of the finest managers in baseball Moss says. The Lack of championships is just one of those Moss was never known As one of base Ball s finest catchers. He batted .247 and hit 63 Home runs during a 13-year, 824 game career that begun with the Browns in 1946 and included stints with the Baltimore orioles Boston red sox and Chi Cago White sox. Asked to describe his career highlights he grins and says "1 can t after his playing Days ended in 1958, he went to he minors and latin Ameri can leagues at a coach and manager be fore resuming to the White sox As a Bull pen coach during the late 1960s. The 1967 season still brings Back fond memories of his finest pitching staff in Gary Peters Joel Horlen Anco Tommy John but also painful ones of a last week collapse we were in first place with five games 10 go and wound up it was from Chicago pitching coach Ray Berres the Best one i be Ever been around that Moss picked up Many of his ideas on How to handle pitchers he put them to use a pitching coach Forth Detroit tigers where he also had 29-record As interim manager in 1979, Chicago cubs in 1981 and now Houfu Scott Nolan Ryan Bob Knepper the rest of the Houston staff have his Job easier this year. The main thin for a pitching with a staff like this is to make but Don t pick up any Bod habits Moo you be got to make sure pact that they re not Rushing the Pilch left hander Jim Deshaies thees of Houston s tour starters is easy to pitch for he helped me smooth out hitches in my delivery Deshaie it and unlike some coaches if a going Well hell leave you alone. 11ciale mass himself would appreciate ing More than a Tew additional vein i the game. I m just glad to see thai Sun come every of ,
