European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 22, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday. April 21, 1988 the stars and St Lopes Page 23 commentary army misses ouf on map hoopla Good i lying pal o Brien does t cover army basketball in Europe he would be had trouble filling his Al the hair1 show last sunday. You might pc caught that lbs segment lit the Middle of the rockets lakers game o Brien pondered this question who will win the Aba s most valuable player a a were a career High and lopped the majors. Mis 213 hits in i9b4 and 211 in 1986 were both no bests. In his team s first 13 games this year Gwynn colluded just if hits in 45 at bats for a ,245 average. The padres were scheduled to play inc dodgers Here thursday night. You Don t want to panic and Start changing bats and cleats and wristbands and going into All of he said. You just want to try to slay the same. And right now. 1 j us can i gel comfortable up there. La s like i m moving too much or my approach is wrong Biji sooner or Jailer it s going to turn around. And when it turns around hopefully everybody la turn around because a lot of us Aren t hitting right now indeed they Aren t. The padres Are 4 9, As a team they re Hilling .216, Gwynn has an ecu a but he refuses to use in. He had a Tendon injury on his left hand which prevented him from straightening his left inc Finger. Sur Gery was performed March 11. He was expected to be sidelined from three to Sis weeks bul returned to play in an exhibition game two weeks after the operation. I missed two weeks but still 1 came Back and hit inc Ball Well when i started playing he said. Bul since he season started i just Haven t been Hil Ling. I m not going to blame it on my Fin Ger injury because my Finger feels Fine. I m not going to blame it on missing two weeks because 1 feel in Good shape. But nay mechanics arc All wrong right now padres manager Larry Bowa admits he does t know exactly what 10 do to get his team Hilling. "1 told them to Jusi rein go Oul there and swing the Bat Bowa said. You go in streaks. Righi now i m trying to score some runs. I m trying to get some offence in Ilu lineup and right now we Don i have any. I m satisfied with the Effort but i m us Iknou Tony Gwynn hit 370 but year but hid a .2-15 air to heading into thursday s game. Not satisfied with the adjustments. Per example Rick Ruschel stuck it 10 us in san Francisco 1 mean literally. We were ready to play them and the first thing 1 told everybody you got to move up in the Box because his Ball has great movement on it. And what Hap pens nobody moves up in the Box and he did inc same thing to us again. So i Don i know what else you can the most recent padres game was a 6 0 loss to inc dodgers monday night los Angeles right hander Tim scary limited san Diego to three hits and struck out 11. Gwynn had one of the hits and Drew a walk. Afterwards Bowa was shaking his head. He Pilch cd a great Bowa said. And in does t gel any easier. Who s Nen Fernando Vaie Niuvela Orel Hershiser the answer is both. The padres were to face them in thursday s double header. Thai s no Way to end a Leam batting slump
