European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 25, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 26. The stars and stripes wednesday March 26, 1987 los Angeles slips past astros 2-1 Vero Beach Fla. A Fernan do Valc Nucla was in find Sean form Tor los Angeles monday As he blanked Houston on three hits Over six innings Scioscia s suicide squeeze Bun with one out in the Bottom of the ninth lifted the dodgers to a 2-1 exhibition Victory Over the astros Scioscia s Hunt Tingle off Larry Ander sen scared Pinch runner Mike Deve Reaux from third base As the dodgers overcame a 1-0 deficit after seven in Glen Urcla left outfielder Paul Householder hit his second Home run Orthe Spring off los Angeles reliever Brian Hollon in the dodgers tied the score in the eighth when Alex Trevino walked an eventually scored on Pinch hitter Bill Madlock s single off Andersen Houston starter Manny Hernandez blanked the dodgers Over the first five innings allowing two hits and striking out Lour and reliever Rocky Childress pitched two scoreless innings. Los Angeles reliever Matt Youn pitched a scoreless ninth inning Ana picked up his third Victory of the Spring. Baseball Roundup Bradenton Fla. Sid Breaman Barry Bonds hit Solo Home runs to help Pittsburgh beat Texas. Bream Jedoff the seventh with his Homer to right Field off Pitcher Ron Meridith. Bond followed with a Solo Homer in the eighth inning. The rangers were held to Only three hits including two jingles by Jerry Browne. Cardinal 9, redial Tampa to Steve Lake drove i three runs with a pair of singles and Jack Clark hit a two run Homer As St. Louis beat Cincinnati. Lake and Ozzie Smith each had three hits to Pace the cardinals 1 6-Hlt attack. The cardinals improved to 13-3 and snapped the reds six Gam winning Streak. Dunedin a. Rob Ducey and Jesse Barfield drove in two runs each and John Cetti pitched five innings of three hit Ball As Toronto Defeated de troit. Larry Herndon and Darrell Evan Surprise from Page 23 have More losses in a weekend than theother teams in the final four have in a have Providence coach Rick Pitt no who s Only in his second year Valvano said. They certainly were ugly when he got there and now they re Beautiful so they Are the a preseason pick to finish fourth inthe big East conference Providence 25 a built its Early Mason record with Vic tories Over teams like Rhode Island Brown Siena rider Howard Hofstrand Maine not exactly basketball the friars were ready when big East play began beating Villanova angst. John s twice each and splitting Home and Home games against Georgetown. Inthe big East postseason tournament. Providence stopped St. John s for a third Lime before losing to Georgetown. And it was Georgetown standing in the Way of a final four spot when Providence gained the Southeast regional title Lime it was Providence 88-73. We saw Providence one too Man limes this season Georgetown coach John Thompson said. They play wit the kind of intensity i according to the so clings. Providence was t supposed to be around 10 beat Georgetown. The friars were suppose to be second round losers to third seeded Illinois was upset in the first round by Austin Peay a team provi Dence then nipped 90-87 in overtime. Then came Alabama seeded second be Hind Georgetown in the ing from the outside with 3-pointers,Providence routed Alabama 10.1-82, then toppled Only lost five games actually eights you know they played real Goodall year Durham said. They Are not a Surprise team. A lot of people thought it was an upset that they beat Georgetown. The had to be Good. You can t play the sched ule they played and go through the big East and Only lose live games. Seven of their eight losses were to tournament teams twice each to Pitts Burgh Syracuse and Georgetown an once to Tulsa. The other loss was to big East rival Boston is something they be worked a Long time for said piling who changed his strategy for Georgetown disdaining the 3-Pomters and going to an inside game. Against Syracuse hell have to do the same. Providence has lost its last i meetings against the orangemen. I d never met Rick until two year Sago Providence assistant coach Gor Don Chiesa said. When be offered Methe Job he told me i want you to help me build a top 20 team "1 knew he was a Good coach. I did t know he was n Fortune Aba from Page it they run a lot of plays his Guokas said he thought the 76ers Hada Chance to win even without the injured Maurice checks Julius Erving and Clif Robinson. I though we kept the Tempo where we wanted it he said. However i Don t think we went after the Loose Dallsas Well As we should have. I m sure fatigue was a pacers 101, bullets 92 Indianapolis Steve Stipano Vich scored 27 Points and Chuck person helped key a 13-2 spun in the fourth Quarter As Indiana Defeated Washington. Supersonics 116, knocks 121 new York Xavier Mcdaniel scored six of his career High 40 Points in overtime As Seattle Defeated new York for its first Victory in five Madiso Square Garden games since Jan. 25, 1982. Pistons 114, rockets 110 Houston Isiah Thomas hit two free throws with 23 seconds left to Seal Detroit s Victory Over Houston and lift the pistons within a half game of first place Atlanta in the Central , had 21 Points and 12 assists while Adrian Dantley had 25 Points Handbill uti Beer contributed 17 Points and 19 rebounds for the pistons. Jazz 122, nuggets 118salt Lake City Karl Malone scored 33 Points and Darrell Griffith added 20 As Utah held on to defeat Den s Victory combined with hous ton s toss to Detroit moved the jazz 2 games ahead of the rockets in the Battle for third place in the Midwest division and fourth place in the Western Confer ence playoff race and the Home Conn advantage. Hit Solo homers for the 8, mariners 4 Tucson Ariz. Rick Dempsey and Mel Hall homered and Ken Schrom allowed one run Over six innings to Lea Cleveland Over Seattle. Met 6, Phillies 2st. Petersburg Fla. Sid per Nandra pitched five scoreless innings an Gary Carter had three hits and three runs batted in As new York Defeated Philadelphia. Fernandez allowed four hits walked three batters and struck out four in his most impressive Outing this Spring. The left hander also singled in Arun in the fourth expo 9, Yankee 5west Palm Beach Fla Mon Treal Rookie Casey Candaele went 4 fors drove in two runs and scored twice As the expos took advantage of six Newyork errors for seven unearned runs in a 9-5 exhibition Victory Over the York s Bobby Meacham Mike Pagliarulo and Dan Pasqua made two errors each. While sox 7, royals 2fort Myers Fla. Joe Cowley struck out seven in seven innings and held Kansas City to five hits in pitching Chicago to its Victory. Brewers 13, a to Phoenix aril. Rob Deer hit a three run Homer and Jim Paciorek Hom ered and drove in three runs leading Milwaukee Over Oakland. Angel cubs 5,10 inning Palm Springs. Calif. Pinch hit Ler Devon White s single with one out inthe 10th inning scored George Hendrick from second base to give California it Victory Over Chicago. Gifts 12, padres 1yuma, Ariz. Will Clark collected four hits and Bob Melvin and Pitcher Jim Colt homered As san Francisco pounded san Diego. Orioles 10, reds a 7miami Chris a decl put Balti More ahead to stay with a two run single during a eight run seventh inning rally that included three bases loaded walks Ashe orioles Defeated Boston twins 6, astros � 3kjss1mmee Mark Davidson hit a three run Homer in the seventh inning Lopozer Minnesota Over Houston s split squad. Oilers defeat devils As Ruotsalainen stars from press dispatches East Rutherford no. Rey Ruotsalainen brought his lightning fast style Back East for me first Lime in a Yea monday night but the blur wore a differ ent defens Eman left the new York rangers after last season playing this year in Sweden before reporting nine games ago to the Edmonton oilers whole led to a 7-6 Victory Over the new Jer sey devils monday scored two goals and added three assists but said he is still getting used to his return to the nil nil Roundup where the game is not As wide open As i Europe where the rinks Are is feet wider i m Happy to get five Points he said it takes a while to get used to after36 games in hopefully i la be ready for the play offs said Rouls Lainen who has three goals and six assists in nine games Ruotsalainen claimed he was Happy in new York although he and then coached Sator often disagreed. If 1 had it to do it Over i would thave gone to Europe he said adding that he fett the rangers moved in trading his rights to the oilers in for his play somewhat harnessed under Sator he said "1 have More free Dom Here but the coaches still want you to play defensively so i have to play defensively oilers coach Glen Sather called his new addition another added threat on everything the Power play Penally kill ing and on a regular shift Edmonton Star Wayne Gretzky who had three assists monday night said of Ruotsalainen "1 Don t care pow much Money you make Over there it s not the same As the nil. He and Paul Coffey complement each other so much. There s so much Speed betwee them it really puts the pressure on the other team he the devils Luoisa Lainon s third period Power play goal his second score of the game gave Edmonton the teams scored three goals apiece in a wide open second period that saw the Edmonton s Relojo Ruou Ataian. Scores game Winner devils take the Lead twice and ended with the oilers ahead 6-5 on a goal by Glenn Anderson at 16 40.the game Winner which came at 7 to of the final period gave the oilers a 7-5lead. Bruce Driver scored at 11 35 for the opened the scoring As Esa Tikkanen notched his 33rd goal of the season at 1 35 of the first period on a Power monday s Only other nil game blues s. North Stan 5bloomington, Minn. Doug Gilmour had one goal and three assist Sand Bemie Federko had a pair of goals and one assist As St. Louis behind fou Power play goals trounced Minnesota. Gilmour s 34ih goal of the season came during a three goal spun in a 3 42 Span Midway through the opening period to give the blues a 3-2 Lead. Minnesota had enjoyed a Brief 2-0 Lead on goals by Keith Acton and Brian Maclellan. Holding a 4-3 Lead after two periods the blues sewed it up with four goals in the final period
