European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 16, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse The stabs and stripes Page 23 commentary airing it out on fan s Call in show Welcome to fan radio s sports Call in re Jive. I. I m calling from Berlin am i on the you arc. Whf sign your mind the nil plovers strike. It looks like it s i Hutch As it is let s Call it right first. Ii was t a players strike it was an owners strike. They brought in on by refusing to bargain with the Union. Ait they had to do was adopt the Aba s rna Ching Olter a Eccl free Agency and they Raul pc avoided this mess. Secondly i m sick of this misery Toves company Alti tude among tans. Just because you re not making j300.000, Doit l the play by play on the radio hut the Radii is Al ways late. That bugs me. Me too. Evidently armed forces radio delays the games so that it can Cut out the stateside ads. 1 say it s not Worth in give us the games without the seven second delay. Torrejon Spain How Are you picking us up Down there Clear As a Bell. Just like we got the Ess broadcast of fast sunday s Torrejon game at Rhein main. You re Lucky bus airs the Torrejon raiders live no matter where they play. Jim Rawls and Scott Comer do a Good Job. So what s on you re mind the Torrejon raiders Are. I read where the Csc commissioner says we might not be allowed Hack in the league next year because of Money a raw Deal. Right on. But Good news. Your coach Jim Kirk sey swears that his general will Back his team to the Hill. And the Safe sports chief. Dick Mullins told me wednesday since the season started. I Haven t heard from one person who counts thai Torrejon won t play next upper Scyford England you re live on fan sports Call in. What s the latest on the Safe All Star game is the first one going to he played in Germany i sick and tired of us.4fe ironing in favor of the Germany teams Safe had Quail run Ramstein is realty close hello Stuttgart you re on the air. Lei s talk half halt h a j going to win most i Al Tialin player i say Alan Trammel of the tigers inthe american league and Wilt Clark of the Iii uts in the National. They should win but they won t. Watch George Bell of the Blue jays and Andre Dawson of the cubs get the Mvi s. And Here s a Surprise Roger Clemens of the red sox again for american league by Young. I d give the National by Young to . Ramstein you re on fan. / heard you talking about my Ramstein Stanif. N t have what i think is the fast Quarter Iai around in Jeff h Ilson and we Don t Start him at Pitburg monday. By the time fir comes in. We reposing and we Hare Loi Aftel volition. But he still almost pulled it out. I m with you Wilson s terrific. Thai Why he started on two Usan championship learns. The problem is Ramstein coach Wayne s Irvine id play Loo Many people. Then he throws Wilson in there when it s too late. But Don t worry. Eddington has to win the last three so he a Start Wilson All three. Hello Holland. How s it going Over there not too Good. I saw where Oesterberg lost 51-0saturday and 46-7 sunday. Which one was the High school team i m still try to figure that out. Hey. But let s Benice. After beat in sunday s air Force game Hahn coach Paul Killion lauded the wolfhounds for their clean play. Thanks for calling. Hear from you next Lime on fan. Cardinals from Page 21 game 6 1-0 on Oquendo s sacrifice Fly tuesday night and Cox pitched an eight hitter for their second straight shutout. It was the second time there have been consecutive shutouts in the playoffs duplicating Ken Hollzman and Vida Blue s teat or Oakland in 1974. I Haven t had a shutout this year and this was my Chance Cox said. Cos was on deck when Oquendo connected and it was a pretty Light. Jose was the hero Cox said he basically put us in the world i was t looking for a Home run said Oquindo who now has three in his career All against the giants. I thought in was just a line drive to the Outfield. Then i saw the booms outside the Quendo s Homer sent Busch stadium into a frenzy As the cardinals spilled out of the dugout to Greet him. While is. Louts panted into the night and horns honked in the distance Jeffrey Leonard the most valuable player summed up the giants gloom. I feel like it s going to be a Long win Ter he said. But my head is held Leonard had been taunted by Cardi nals fans tuesday night. This Lime the red Clad raucous crowd of 55,331 was Loo Busy celebrating to bother him in left Leonard earned a $50,000 Bonus for being m up in the series. Right now the award Means nothing to me. We re All saddened by the loss Leonard said. Only Leonard made a contribution for the giants wednesday night going 2-for card Danny Cox. Celebrates shutout 3. But then his Luck ran out in the sixth inning when he hit a line drive thai Gold Glove shortstop Ozzie Smith deflected in the air and caught on the carom. Leonard who homered in the first four games tied a playoff record with 10hits in 24 Al bats. The cardinals finished with 12 hits and five walks off seven pitchers. They put the game away in the Bottom of the sixth on a two run single by Tom Herr die Only baiter that reliever Craig let fens faced. By then the crowd Wai wild whirling White towels As the Celebration Drew closer. Cox who pitched the game that clinched the no East title for the Cardi nals bad been hit hard in losing game 4. But he had Little trouble on the Cool Clear night and did not walk a Batter struck out five and was helped by Threedouble plays. Terry rendition singled with one out in the us Louis second the first hit in nine it Bali from the right Side for the switch hitter and took third when Tony Pena singled. Pendleton Hurt nil left Side on the slide and stayed in the game but was removed later. Willie my acc followed with an re single that brought up Oquindo who got o Start four games when Herzog was forced to juggle his lineup in the series because Fin injury to Jack Clark. This time Oquindo played the slug Ger s role by sending a 3-2 pitch on a Lin Over Leonard and the ten Field Fence. The Homer was just the second in the playoffs for St. Louis compared to nine for san Francisco. The giants had out homered the cardinals 16-8 while win Ning the regular season series 7-3. A Oquendo ran to right Geld to take his position to Start the third inning the fans cheered and Oquendo waved his Cap Back in return. He then paused to watch a replay of his decisive nil on the scoreboard in right Center before Rosum Inge his Warmup throws. The cardinals also got to display some of their Speed which had been consid ered their creates asset at the Start of the series. Cote Nan and Pena stole bases giving St. Louis which led the majors with 248 two in the playoffs while being caught three times. The cardinals and twins both finished below .300 last season Minnesota going 71-91 and St. Louis Al 79-12. This world series Marks the first Lime two teams that finished under .500 opposed each other in the world series since 1965 when los an Geles played Minnesota. Oquendo from Page 81 have that Many Complete games. I really wanted to Catcher Tony Pena who had two of the cardinals 12 hits Taid cot was out standing. When Whiley told me he was Pilch ing the last game i knew we were going to win because he s Tough Guy. This learn just would t quit. The game we played tonight proved the cardinals Isle no title was some thing special for first baseman Dan dries sen a Veteran of three Pennant winners with Cincinnati who spent most of the sea son in the minors and was recalled in Lime to be eligible for Post season play. This one was different than almost anything i be seen Driessen said. We had our backs to the Wall. John Tudor threw a great game. Tonight we got a big lift from Oquendo. It s been a team that has not relied on one player s contributions. Every Lime we were Down someone gave us a pitching coach Mike Roarke flute Cox s performance noting thai the so Louis Pitcher did not falter even in the ninth inning. In fact with Chili Davis last out twas Chan cup and change up. Even then he was t going to give in Roork was a super performance. He changed up Well and Uscott inc whole second Bawman Tommy sctt said the cardinals rallied More than once while winning a Pennant that few expected last Spring. Obviously this in t the Way we wanted to do it Hen said of St. Louis 3-2 deficit after losing twice Over the weekend at candlestick Park
