European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 24, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 22 b the stars and stripes sunday March 24,1991 on royals by the associated press Winter Haven Fla. Roger Clemens seems like he a ready for open my Day though he says he a not. Clemens had another Strong Outing on Friday striking out six in six innings As the Boston red sox beat a Kansas City royals split squad 3-2. A a in a not there yet a Clemens said. A i was pretty Lazy out there in the Early innings but 1 was Able to pick it Clemens making his fourth Start this Spring allowed three hits and two runs baseball exhibitions one of which was unearned. He walked three. A a a Clemens looked pretty Good Quot Boston manager Joe Morgan said. A the worked on his Forknall and threw some fastballs. Pitching six innings Here is like nine innings in the cold weather Back in other Friday games rangers 13, pirates 10 Bradenton Fla. A Rookie Tony Scruggs hit a three run Homer in the eighth inning off Vicente Palacios who allowed four runs in one inning. With Texas trailing 10-9, Kevin Reimer led off the eighth with his second Pinch Homer in two Days Mario Diaz and Kevin Belcher singled before Scruggs Homer. Rich Gossage 2-0 was the Winner despite allowing two hits and one run in one inning. He has Given up 13 hits and seven runs in eight innings this Spring. Orioles 3, twins 1 Sarasota Fla. Jeff Ballard allowed one run in five innings and hot hitting Cal Ripken had an rib double in bal Limo Rcd a three run first inning. Ballard 2-0 gave up five hits including four singles. Ripken went 2-for-4 and raised his batting average to .455. A astros 5, Metso port St. Lucie Jimmy Jones allowed two hits in five innings and Dan Murphy Curt Schilling and Jim Corsi finished with witless Relief. A. Mels starter Julio Valera a candidate to replace Sid Fernandez Ini the starting rotation gave up four runs and five hits in four a a. A Carl Yastrzemski offers some hitting advice to Shea Wardwell of the Winter Haven red sox. Reds is 8, royals 1 Haines City Fla. A Mark Gubicza who had rotator cuff surgery in August made his first Spring Start for Kansas City. He gave up one run in three innings a or stunning Homer to Mariano Duncan. Gubicza gave up two hits and struck out two v a a a a Barry Larkin tripled and Paul of Neill doubled in a seven run fifth inning. Tigers 11, reds is 9 Plant City Fla. Rob Deer drove in three runs with a Homer and a two run single. Chris Jones hit a three run Homer for the reds his third Homer of the exhibition season and added an rib triple. Frank Tanana 3-0 gave up three runs and five hits in five innings. Braves 3, expos 2 West Palm Beach Fla. Rico. Rossy singled in the winning run with one., out in the 10th inning. Jeff Blauser reached on third baseman Bret Barberi s Fielding error took second on Rafael Bel Liard a sacrifice and scored on Rossey a single off Mel Rojas 2-1. A Blue jays 6, cardinals 2 St. Petersburg Fla. Glenallen Hill and Kelly Gruber homered As Toronto ended its six game losing Streak and stopped the cardinals five game winning Streak. A a a a a a. ,. A Ken Daley a former cardinals reliever who signed with the Blue jays As a free agent for $6.3 million Over three years pitched the sixth and seventh giving up two runs and three hits. A Yankees 1, White sox 0 fort Lauderdale Fla. Jim Walewander singled in Andy Stankiewicz with none put in the 11th inning for the Yankees who got just three hits. A Greg Cadaret combined on a four hitter with Scott Sanderson Steve Howe and Steve Farr. A. A v. Phillies 6, dodgers is 5 Clearwater Fla. Von Hayes singled in the tying run and scored the go ahead run from first base As the Phillies rallied in the eighth inning. ,. With the Phillies trailing 5-4, Johnny Morris doubled took third on a groundnut and scored when Hayes singled off Tim Crews. Wes Chamberlain grounded out to third but Hayes kept running and scored when first baseman Henry Rodriguez a return throw to third was wild for an error. Indians 7, cubs 6 Tucson Ariz. A Joey Belle hit a three run Homer off Mitch Williams with two out in the ninth inning capping a five run rally for Cleveland which ended a four game losing Streak. With Chicago leading 6-2, Williams walked the bases loaded in the ninth. Sha won Dunston a error on a potential double play grounder by Jerry Browne allowed one run to score and Carlos Baergas sacrifice Fly drove in another Belle followed with his third Home run of the Spring. Brewers 9, athletics is 1 a Chandler Ariz. . Surhoff and Dale Sveum homered and Paul Molitor had four hits. V surhoff two run Homer in the fifth off Gene Nelson gave Milwaukee a 5-1 Lead. Milwaukee scored two runs in the sixth off Dennis Eckersley on molitors rib double and two Oakland errors. V giants 8, mariners Tempe Ariz. A Scott Garrelts allowed one hit in four plus innings and san Francisco survived Henry Cottons ninth inning grand slam. Two unearned runs in the top ninth gave the giants an 8-2 Lead before the mariners came Back. Athletics 7, dodgers is 5 new Orleans Dave Henderson hit a two run go ahead Homer in the fifth inning at the Louisiana super dome. With Oakland trailing 5-4, Rickey Henderson hit a one out single and Dave Henderson homered off Kevin Gross 0-3 for a 6-5 Lead. Terry Steinbach hit a Lead off Home run in the sixth off John Wetteland. Mariners Terppe break off talks Tempe Ariz. Apr the Seattle mariners who have trained in Tempe since the in 1977, said Friday that the City had broken off talks with the club on a new Long term lease. V even As commissioner Fay Vincent was saying in Chandler that Arizona will survive the decision of the Cleveland indians to relocate from Tucson to Florida in 1993, Tempe pulled out of discussions to improve Seattle a facility. Quot we were prepared to continue to negotiate with the City of Tempe a mariners president Terry Kaseff said in a statement. A obviously we Are disappointed with their decision. It has always been our number one preference to stay in Tempe. However our top priority now is to find a new Spring training mariners officials said Friday that they had not had any talks with other Sites in Arizona or Florida but that a search would begin immediately. The mariners and Tempe had been involved in negotiations for a Long term lease since 1989, with the team seeking approximately $2.4 million in improvements at Tempe Diablo stadium in Chandler Vincent discussed the state of arizonans Spring training. A Cleveland had a wonderful Opportunity in Florida and i had the authority to keep them from going a Vincent said. A a it a very difficult to invoke that authority under those . Cleveland a departure would leave Arizona Spring training with California the Chicago cubs Milwaukee. Oakland san Diego san Francisco and Seattle. Gretzky Boss pay record new York apr hockey great Wayne Gretzky and his Boss with the los Angeles Kings Bruce Mcnall together bought a Honus Wagner baseball card Tor $451,000 Friday crushing All records in a Hobby in which rare collectibles Seldom bring even tens of thousands of dollars. A from a showpiece perspective its the finest piece in the Hobby a said Mark Friedland 33, an Aspen cola dealer who dropped out of the bidding at $405,000. Bidding for the roughly la -Hy-2l/ Inch cardboard card stopped at $410,000, but Gretzky and Mcnall must pay a 10 percent commission to bring the total to $451,000. They entered the bid by Telephone. The card from about 1910, was a multicoloured portrait of Wagner a Hall of Famer who played for the Pittsburgh pirates. On the Back it advertised Piedmont cigarettes. According to the Sale catalogue Wagner disapproved of smoking and thought a the association projected a poor he asked that his card be withdrawn from cigarette packs and few were Ever circulated. The Price which set a record for any piece of sports Memorabilia sold at auction did not Surprise collectors among the 800 people at soothe by a which bid on hundreds of baseball cards from 1869 through the 1980s. The cards were once included in everything from cigarettes to Bubble gum. Quot i think it can go to a million personally Quot Friedland said. A that particular card will meet $1 million in the next three years a predicted Alan Rosen whose business card a baseball card of , Calls him a the largest buyer of cards and related Memorabilia in the the rare card was expected to bring at least $125,000, but bidding began at $228,000. The card of Wagner a shortstop who hit .327 Over 21 years Between 1897 and 1917, is part of a California businessman a collection that was expected to sell for Between $5 million and $7 million through saturday. Fewer than 40 Wagner cards have surfaced and fewer than 10 Are in excellent condition
