European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 1, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 42 the stars and stripes sports sunday May 1, 1994 Lofto n s Homer in 12th boosts tribe by Texas by the asocial cd press the Cleveland indians have a new Sta drum new uniforms and a new attitude Quot its �?T94. A whole new year a Kenny Lofton said Friday night after his Home run in the 12th inning gave the indians a ,5-4 Home win Over the Texas rangers. A a we re basically expecting to win and not worrying about losing Quot expecting to win the indians come on. A a a a its True. This is not the same tribe team that s been the object of abuse and subject of jokes Over the last 40 years. This years squad is loaded with Young stars like Carlos Baerga Albert Belle Charles Nagy and Lofton and proven veterans like Dennis Martinez and Eddie Murray a a a a. A a. A the team has also moved to a new Home at Jacobs Field a Short walk and Light years removed from Cleveland sold stomping ground Cleveland stadium a the mistake on the Lake. The indians Haven to won a Pennant since 1954, and they Haven to been in a race since 1968, but at least through the first month of the season Cleveland fans have reason for optimism. Lofton a game winning Homer was his second in extra innings this season and it upped the indians record to 4-0 it extra inning games they were 2-12 last year. A this team is a Little More mature mentally and they believe in themselves a Little More a manager Mike Hargrove said. A that plays a role when you re trying to win close Lofton stood near Home plate and watched jus drive off Jay Howell 2-1 sail into the right Field seats. The Home run his third came on a 3-1 pitch. A it was 3-1 and he did no to want to walk me a said Lofton the major league stolen base Leader last year. A a that show i look at it a. A a a the indians who Are 8-3 on the Road improved to 5-5 at Jacobs Field. They ended the rangers three game winning Streak. Jose Mesa 3-0 gave up one hit but american league struck out five of the other seven hitters he faced. Starter Charles Nagy left with a 4-3 Lead after limiting the rangers to four hits through eight innings but Steve Farr hold it giving up an rib single to Ivan Rodriguez in the ninth. In other games Friday tigers 4, White sox 3 at Detroit Kirk Gibson hit a two run triple in the sixth inning to lift the tigers trailing 2-0, the tigers scored three runs in the sixth when Jason Bere 2-1 threw a wild pitch and yielded Gibson a two out triple to the Gap in right Center. Bill Gullickson 1-1 allowed two runs and eight hits in 7 to innings. Mike Henneman gave up an rib single to Robin Ventura in the ninth but struck out Dan Pasqua with two runners on for his fourth jays 12, twins 7 at Minneapolis Mike Huff subbing for Devon White had three hits and tripled in two runs and Dick Schofield had four of the Blue jays 16 hits. Pat Borders had three hits and John Olsrud had two hits and three Bis for Toronto. Kirby Puckett and Jeff Rebou let hit three run homers for the twins. Juan Guzman 3-2 allowed four runs and six hits in 61a innings. The Blue jays built 6-0 Lead in the first four innings against Kevin Tapani 0-2 red sox 6, Angels 4 at Anaheim calif., to Vaughn hit a three run Homer to Cap a four run first inning and Aaron Sele 3-0 beat the Angels for the second time in five Days. Scott Cooper added a two run Homer in the eighth for the red sox who won their third straight and ninth in their last 11 games. A. A a a a a Vaughn a Homer his fifth came against Phil Leftwich 0-4. Jays Quot Paul Molitor slides into twins Kevin Tapani scoring on Tapani a 2-base wild pitch. The Angels have lost seven of their last eight games and five straight at 5, orioles 4 at Seattle Ken Griffey or. And Jay Buhner hit Back to Back Home runs in the eighth to rally the mariners with Seattle trailing 4-3, Griffey hit his seventh Homer of the season to Chase starter Jamie Moyer. Buhner followed with his fifth Homer off reliever Alan Mills 0-1sending the mariners to their fifth win in six Risley 1-0 pitched one hit Relief Over 2% innings for the win and Bobby Ayala pitched the ninth for his second save Chris Hoiles and Rafael Palmeiro homered for the orioles. Yankees 10, athletics 6 at Oakland the a a matched their longest losing Streak in 16 years when. Luis. Polonia doubled three times drove in three runs scored twice and made an Over the Fence grab in the first inning to Rob Ruben Sierra of a three run Homer. Oakland a 11-game skid matches one from june 8-18,1978. Jim Abbott 3-2 staggered through five innings giving up four runs eight hits and a career High eight walks. Xavier Hernandez pitched the final 2% innings for his fourth save. The Yankees knocked out Bob Welch 0-3 after i a innings his shortest Start since june 30, 1984, when he pitched for los Angeles a a. A a Brewers royals postponed the Milwaukee at Kansas City game was rained out Friday and will be made up As part of a doubleheader sunday. Politicians form group to keep a s in Oakland Oakland Calif apr a group of political leaders have joined forces to form a committee devoted to keeping the Oakland athletics sold. The. Haas family which owns the american league team announced earlier this month that n was considering opting out of its Oakland coliseum lease and Selling the least. Local officials said their top priority was to a a i novae the coliseum and increase ticket sales a order to keep the team from being sold. If in is the scam Ftp moving make wry Effort ,0 Kulp have i Quot in do he new com a co a a Quot a to Hihun Harris Alamo of county Board of supervisor president cd Campbell Oakland coliseum come so ? Dent George Vukasin and Leigh Stein Brj Quot sports agent who helped find a group of loess investors to Purchase the san Francisco giants a i done to know of any time in the history of this Community that the City county and coliseum have gotten together. And have shown the enthusiasm and determination that the Oakland and East Bay Community will keep the a a Here a Vukasin said. A by Glen Johnson Cambridge muss. A a. Leave it to an i Nova Tive Boston red sox fan to try to liven up baseball by modifying the Bat. But Jelt Ditullio a 31-year-old aerodynamics instructor at the Massachusetts Institute of technology insists that he a not out to help just the old town team. The sox after Oil arc buttling for first place and hitting the cover off the Ball this Spring. Ditullio has found that by adding Small dimples to baseball bats he can improve Bat Speed by up to 5 percent. He estimates that could add another 15 feet to major league hits which could liven up the game As much As a juiced baseball. A was pitchers have become specialists batting averages have fallen. This could give batters More of an advantage a he said. Ditullio a native of Stoneham mass., is an avid baseball fan although he to longer plays. A i gave it up in Junior High. I could t hit a he said a he made his discovery about dimpled bats last year after he discussed the aerodynamic principles of a Cylinder with his students. While cylinders such As baseball bats appear aerodynamic because of their smoothness Ditullio says that a not so. Its very very far from being streamlined. A in a Bat is abominable Quot he said. As a by passes through air its bluntness slows air p eng just Over its surface. That in turn slows air just above the surface creating drag and inhibiting air Iron slipping around the Bat. A. By adding dimples similar to found in Gol balls Ditullio increased Bat Speed. L a what it does is mix the Low Energy air on the sur face with the High Energy air above. The mixing allow the air to stay on the Bat longer which reduces drag a he said Mit has patented Ditullio a design but it has yet to turn into a moneymaker. Currently major league baseball rules say in part 1 he Bat shall be a smooth round Slick. No laminated or experimental bats shall be used in the professional game. R Ditullio argues that his Bat conforms to that Rule Smice the dimples while sensitive to the hand Are barely visible to the Eye. He said they leave no Marks on the Ball either. He said that bats currently used in the league Are Fai from a smooth round a if you look at the bats up close they have the play Tea so Barnes and manufactures name a it to the Quot bid Tullio said. A those intrusion into the Bat Are far More significant than the it a proposes allowing his bats to be pm Rich major league level he remains a baseball fam if a Ieko a ses aluminium and composite Standard Hoostal. Larser 5p� s
