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Monday, April 28.1980
University Daily Kansan
Furious Frey
Kansas City Royals' Manager Jim Frey had a home to pick base bumpte Duke Ford before the second inning, where he scored a three-run single in his first year as Royal manager, has guided the team to a 6-7 record with three of the top players out of the league.
Frev has answers for Royals
By MIKE EARLE
Sports Editor
Rv MIKE EARLE
KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Don’t ask the team. They don’t know what the teams can keep winning without Darrell Porter, Amos Ots and Jake Burton. He’s asking of the queuer’s heart.
And after the Royals' 3-2 come-from-behind victory over the defending American League champion Baltimore Orioles in a fiercely face-off how intense hearing distance know how tired he was of the question.
"IT DOESN'T MAKE a damn bit of difference whose name I put on the lineup card," Frey said. Players and players who can run, hit and catch.
"When I make up the lineup I will try to pick the man that I know will have a good day, and hope that he can get on bus. If it's the case it is the case we should still listen."
The (Porter, Otis, Brett) could come tomorrow. In a collision season off. You never know what can happen during the course of a season.
Although the Royals have had some dramatic changes in their
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personnel because of Porter's alcoholic and drug rehabilitation, Ots' injured finger and Brett's left wrist. You should get the right players into the lineup. Yesterday, Clint Hurle, Jamie Quark and Paul Splittre were from the back.
HURDLE BLASTED A one-run harbor to break up Dennis Marr Home the home run, a line shot that landed halfway up the hill between the Royals' bulpen and water works two bases behind him, three games. It cut the Orioles' lead to one run and gave Hurle, who has been razed by Royals' fans, a shot.
"The guy had a no-hitter going." Hurdle said. "I just wanted to get something started. I'm feeling that the plate, like I was two years ago,
"I'd be a fool to say I was in the pitches, but I haven't struck out once this year. I haven't been swinging at bad pitches.
"THE COACHING STAFF has shown a lot of confidence in me and they have pushed me to the utmost. I can get hot and just contribute."
A big contributor to the Royals' big season this season is Quinn. He has played by Frey catcher and he filled in at three yesterday for Brett. Although Quark was on the team, Baltimore in the second innning, he knocked in John Watson with a three-run game.
"The error that I made went through my mind when I came up in the eighth," Quirk said. "I just wanted to even thins out."
"If we can just keep our heads above water until those guys get back into the lineup, we'll be in good shape,"
Although beseigned by his old nemesis, Gary Roenke, Spiritfur is in good form for the Royals. He has his first complete game this season.
LAST YEAR Roenicke had four
hits against Splittert and all were home from time. Testerday Tomek was knocked down by a punch, the second inming, he doubled, took Bird on one leg and threw it at Quirk. In the fourth inning, he scampered home when Rich Dauer hit into a loaded-hook.
"Pitching to that guy is a little frustrating. Splitteroff said, "I tried to cross him up with everything I have, but he managed to get to me."
"I thought the guys did a great job of coming back despite three of our regulars are out. After Clint got to the house, I went, I knew I had to bear down."
THE ROYALS TIED the game between a singleton seeding second and second-seeded run on a single by Frank White in the sixth imming that sent Martinez to the
The Royals left immediately after the game to catch a flight to Toronto, where they will play a three-game series. The Royals will practice this afternoon before tonight's 6:35 game and will be televised by channel four.
By KEN DAVIS Sports Writer
When the Kansas baseball team presented Coach Floyd Trophy the game ball after its 7-2 victory over Iowa State in the NCAA Championship, players understand the reason behind the award.
In the heat of the Big Eight race, Temple didn’t notice that he was down in the second half. The KU coach, he celebrated that milestone with the victory in the first game of a double-header Friday. Then Temple led by a three-run Saturday, the two teams split a twin bolt. KU won the first game 4-3, and the Cyclones came back for an 11-night cup
"IT REALLY did surprise me," Temple said. "I thought about last year and I knew that if we had a pretty good job, we could each get 400. But I had forgotten all about it."
Taking three out of the four games from the Cyclones allowed the Jayhawks to win five games and defeat conference championships in May, Missouri, in first place in the Eastern Division at the start of the weekend, where games go Nebraska and fell into second.
Nebraska now leads the division with a 12-4 record. Missouri is second with an a 10-8 record, and Colorado is at 10-4. The two top finishes from each advance to the Big Eight tour continue.
But Temple's accomplishment wasn't the only KU milestone of the weekend.
MATT GUNDELFINGER set a new single-season mark for home runs as he hit two homers on Saturday to give him six consecutive home runs his own mark of 10 which he set last year.
Gundefleinger's first home run was a 42-foot bost to straight away at the fourth inning of the opener. Roger Kemp broke his first single that broke up a no-hit bid by Iowa state pitcher TimILEy. After Derek Murphy, Gundefleiger hit his 11th homer.
The other home run by Gundingerling came in the fifth inning of Saturday's nightcap, but went for naught in the KU defeat.
On Friday, Loren Hibbs, who has been injured by a hamstring injury all year, hit the ball from behind to Wellington, Kan., freshman made it a big one with a grand slam to left in the corner.
HIBBS HAD a bug weekend for KU. He was 6-for-16 and drove in nine runs.
"Loren has been hampered all year," Temple said. "But he sure got some key hits this weekend."
Brian Gray, a junior, reached another milestone. He grounded out in the third inning of the opening on Friday, but drove in a run. It was the 800 lbs of his career. He admitted him as KU's career leader. Andy Gilmore had 60 in his Kansas career.
KC fans stay to praise Porter
Ry KEN DAVIS
Sports Writer
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Most of the 25,922 fans at Royal Stadium fired out quickly and quickly, including five for Baltimore to Baltimore afternoon. Five minutes after the final out, only 2,000 people came back.
But those fans stayed for more than 30 minutes, watching a scene that they won't soon forget.
They stayed to watch Darrell Porter take batting practice. They stayed to watch Darrell Porter throw. They stayed to watch Darrell Porter run.
Porter, the Royals' All Star catcher, had returned to the team Friday night after six weeks at an alcohol rehabilitation center in Arizona.
Porter suited for the first time Saturday and later the Royal Orléans game, he took the team to camp before club March 15. The crowd lined up along the ratings down both four lines to watch and play.
"It made me feel very warm," Porter said. "I was concerned, but I felt all along that they would receive me OK. It's really neat."
The loudest clef of all came when Porter jocked a pitch into the right field bollpen and struck the ball with an elbow reached its peak and then dropped over the fence. And the crowd rejoiced with a smile.
After 15 minutes, Porter stepped out of the batting cage and was greeted by another ovation. He tipped his cap to the crowd.
The night before, Porter had received a similar reception from his teammates. He arrived in town to watch the Royals finish
their 7-0 victory over Baltimore and then, in an emotional moment after the game, read a statement to the press in the clubhouse.
"I am very happy to be back," he said. "Six weeks ago God gave me the strength, and I was able to help people with personal problems and to seek professional help. I went to Joe Burke (Royals' general manager) and advised him that I was a druggist and was not supposed to be affected. I have hurt my family, my friends, the great baseball fans of the Royals, my teammates, and I almost knew you."
Porter spent his rehabilitation time at The Meadows, an alcohol and drug abuse rehabilitation facility in Wickenburg, Arz.
For now, Porter is not discussing his personal problems. But he said Saturday that he was faced with a tremendous challenge.
“It’s a whole new game now,” Porter said.
“It’s a whole new life. It’s like learning all over.”
Porter spoke thoughtfully and carefully now. He said that he felt healthy, but that it should be a week to 10 days before he could play.
"As good as I feel, I don't think it should be too long," she said. "I had some arm trouble in spring training. I threw out there all the time." She did. I did in Florida, but it's just not strong.
Porter said that he ran and lifted weights while at the rehabilitation center. He started throwing last week, but could only lob a job about 150 feet.
"They wouldn't let me take batting practice out there," he said. "The only
people they could get to throw to me were the patients and they were afraid I'd hit it up the middle."
Porter, 28, came to the Royals in a trade with Milwaukee four years ago. He had his finest season last year, hitting .293, driving in 112 runs and hitting 20 home runs.
Jim Frey, Royals' manager, liked what he saw when Porter batted. And he was even happier with the warm greeting from the crowd.
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"He looked ready to me," Frey said. "He
Darrell Porter is back
There was nothing but respect at Royals Stadium on Saturday and Porter returned the favor by signing autographs after his workout.
"The crowd reaction was excellent. For the most part, I think people will be understanding. I would hope that people would treat him with respect."
MANE TAMERS
was hitting line drives and he hit one ball over the fence. For the first time, I thought he hit the ball well.
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