University Daily Kansan / Wednesday, October 5, 1988
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Mets beat Dodgers in first NL playoff game
The Associated Press
LOS ANGELES — Gary Carter's double blooble to center field with two outs in the ninth inning scored two runs and gave New York a dramatic victory over Los Angeles last week at the National League playoffs.
The Mets had been shut out for eight innings by Dodgers starter Orel Hershiser, who came in to the game in the fourth of 28 consecutive scores. innerrattions
Gregg Jefferies, who had three
bodies off the wall in mining with a
single hand, said he was pulled
Keith Hernandez grounded to first.
Darryl Strauss doubled to right
Jay Howell relieved Hersher and walked Kevin McReynolds. He struck out Howard Johnson and two strikes on Carter. The Mets
The ball dribbed past Shelby a few feet and, with the runners moving on the play, McReilly came all the way around from first and just beat Shelby.
catcher then bloated a short fly to center that John Shelby, play deep, failed to catch with a diving attempt.
The Mets won 19 times in their last at-bat this season.
Game 2 of the best-of-seven series is scheduled tonight at Dodger Stadium, starting at 9:00. The Mets will face the Reds against rookie Tim Bieler, 12:6.
Randy Myers pitched two innings in relief of Dwight Gooden to get the victory. Howell got the loss.
Gooden allowed only four hits and struck out 10 in seven innings of a game that more than lived up to its billing as a pitcher's duel.
Hershiser's regular-season streak broke the major league mark of 38 for the Dodgers. Don Drydale is set to carry into the postseason, officially.
The last run Hersserhain had allowed was in the fifth innings against Montreal on Aug. 30. The right-hander then pitched five straight shotouts and went to 10 scoreless innings against Diego on Sept. 20 to set the record.
Hershiser, 23-8 during the season with eight shuttleats, allowed seven hits, struck out five and walked one in 8.13 innings. He used a variety of sliders, curves and sinking fastballs to the Mets, who outscored the Dodgers 98-16 in winning 10 of 11 games, the season, including all six here.
Golden remained unbeaten at hedgerdam Stadium. He entered the race on the second lap in Los Angeles, having allowed two carrows in runs for a 34 in a 34.
Manager Tommy Lasorda has hinted Hershiser might pitch two
The Dodgers, who scored only 13 runs during Horseshoe's record year, were the first team to start an innning when Mike Marshall singed home Steve Sax from third base with two outs. At first, it was the Sox that fielded, but a field might have a play on Marshall's slicing line. But he pulled up several feet before the ball landed a few times.
more games in the series, if necessary.
The Dodgers added a run in the seventh inning when Mike Scioscia led off with double, moved to third on a ground and scored on Alfredo
Griffin, a 199 hitter, ironically had suffered a broken wrist when he was hit by a Gooden fastball on May 21
Griffin's single
The Mets threatened in the third inning when Carter led off with an infield single and moved to second on Wally Backman's sacrifice.
Hershiser then retired Jeteries for the only time in the game, getting him to hit a weak grounder back to the mound.
After Goodenin struck out, Mookie Wilson — 10-28 for 28 against Herbertson — singled hard to right in the bottom third. Marshall rifted the tail toward home.
Hershey retired nine straight batters until defenders and Hersheyanked him. The infielding. But Hershey got strawberry to ground out to first to end the game.
Hershey's last defeat was a 2-1 setback by the Mets at Dodger Stadium. The Mets scored in that game and led 1-0 until the Mets scored twice in the eighth inning.
Sax led out the first inning with a single to right field and sole second. Sax was able to hit on four of 42 at least attempts, but was caught in his only attempt against Bubba Watson.
Baseball team triumphs
Franklin Stubbs attempts a sacrifice on a 3-1 pitch and misses it and Gooden then stunck him out swinging on the next pitch. Kirk Gibson, playing with an inflamed hamstring, moves to third with a grounder that followed with a single that fell in front of Strawberry in right field.
Jayhawks get 26 runs in doubleheader
By Ken Winford
Kansan sportswriter
The Kansas baseball team established that its offense was alive and well yesterday at Hogleman Park Stadium when the Jayhawks scored 26 runs in a doubleheader sweep against Hutchinson Community College.
Kansas punched out 13 hits on its way to a 14-14 victory in the first game. The Johavhs overcame a rainy stretch, and Dragon 12-5 in the second game.
Kansas coach Dave Bingham said a team raised its play over Sundays after losing two games, ameecer when the Jahwicks split a doubleheader with the St. Louis.
"I think that overall our play and effort was better," Bingham said. "This was something that we needed to give us some confidence. We got some good individual performances. We got some good teammates in the team leadership we need."
One of those veterans that came
through was first baseman Jeff Spencer. The End, Owl, junior got the Kansas offense in gang in the one-first ingram grand slam home run.
Centerfielder Pat Karatlin led off the first inning with a walk. Outfielders Steve Doolin and Bentmighil played the stage for Spencer's 550-foot ball.
"I really wasn't looking for the fastball, " Spencer said. "I actually swung lute, but the ball was high and outside so I was able to drive it."
The Jayhawks added three more runs before the first inning ended, the last one driven in on Karlin's hit to take a 7-4 lead.
Senior catcher Jarrent Boecher, led off the six-inning with a home run Kansas, behind doubles by Spencer and Leather and base hits by Dowling and Boecher, scored five final scores to post the 141 final score.
Freshmen pitchers Eric Stonecipher and Michael Massey combined to effectively shut down the Blue Dragons.
"I'm really happy with how I picked today," Stonecipher said. "I had good control of my pitches, and the ball was in my hands wasn't as tense knowing we had the lead I mixed up my pitches enough where they (Hitchinson) didn't know it."
some mechanical things, but I should have them under control by next spring."
Massey, a native of Oklahoma City, Okla., relieved Stoneincher in the fifth inning and held Hutchinson searceless.
"I felt really good today," Masse said. "I told most of my pitches over the plate. I established the knuckle early and that was a bplus for me."
Hutchinson jumped to an early lead in the second game, scoring two runs in the top of the first inning.
Bryn, who started the second game in right field, moved to pitcher in the fifth innning. The Jaysharks were down 10-6 and the bases loaded with only one out.
Kansas converted songs by Jason Spalitto and Mike Byrne along with three walks into four runs in the first minueto take to a knee it never ruined.
Byrn promptly recorded the second out on a strikeout and retired the side on the next batter.
The Jachyaws added a run in the second inning, three in the third, two in the fourth and two more insurance runs in the sixth inning.
The Jayhaws improved their fall record to 3-1. Kansas will play Neosho County tomorrow at 3 p.m. at Hoagland Mansion Stadium.
Sophomore second baseman Louie Diaz attempts to make a double play in the sixth inning of yesterday's game against Hutchinson Community College. Kansas swept a doubleheader 14-1, 12-5.
Shelly Jorgensen, Omaha, Neb., sophomore, spikes during practice yesterday at Robinson Center.
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Offense plaguing KU volleyball team
Bv Arvin Donlev
Kansan sportswriter
After losing two-thirds of her team to graduation last season, Kansas volleyball coach Frank Kendrick lost miracles from this year's team.
On the other hand, Albitz never thought the Jayhawks would have a 2-13 record halfway through the season.
"I expected us to have a difficult year," she said. "But I wasn't expecting us to be this bad."
Albitz said the slow start was due to a lack of aggressiveness and execution on offense.
"The offense has always been here at KU," said Abitz. "The defense has." Kansas, "I don't know if I'm doing something wrong or if it's the offense that has."
"I do know that winning is very directly related with hitting percentage. You can tell 90 percent of the batters looking at the hitting percentages."
Kansas ranks last in the Big Eight championship in hitting eight double-figure aces. Albizs said the offense would have to improve if the Jayhawks were on top.
The Jayshaw hitting percentage is 110. Nebraka, the sixth ranked team in the country, leads the Rays with a 294 hitting percentage.
Abitz said the Jayhawks had worked on offensive skills almost exclusively in practice but, orally, their defense was the strong one.
"We're currently ranked 12th in the nation defensively," she said. "And [freshman hitter] Adrian Johnson was one of the individuals I don't think we've worked on defense since school started. That's been another tradition with us. We've always been strong defensive and worked on our defense."
Albitz, who has a 38-56 record at Kansas, said this was the worst season she's had to endure as a coach.
"I've never had this type of record," she said. "I had some records when I coached at Oklahoma State (1976-80), but a lot of
that had to do with the fact that we had no scholarships to offer and most of the schools we played had 6 to 12 to offer.
Despite the poor record, Albitz said the team's attitude had not been adversely affected.
"I'm sure it's affected me somewhat," she said. "But it hasn't affected the team that much. They have done a good job in that respect."
Many of the Jayhawks experienced winning high school programs and are not used to losing.
"We always had that confidence or cockiness that no matter what the score was, it never crossed our mind. I don't think we game," Patterson said. "This year it's different. It we're re thinking, 'maybe we might win but,' and 'maybe we can't.'"
Sophomore middle blocker Lissa Patterson led incarnate Word President of the Missouri State 3A championships her junior and senior year. She said the Jayhawks lacked the confidence of other teams she's played.
"But were starting to get a comrader that wasn't here before and I think that has a lot to do with having a winning program."
"We want to win, the drive is there, the intensity is there, but we don't know," she said. "If we were a disciplined team, a lot of the mistakes and little errors that are keeping us from game point or an important goal."
Discipline is one of the key ingredients Patterson said was missing from this year's squad.
Sophomore bitter Shelly Jorgensen said another problem had been the lack of a set lineup.
"We need to find a set of six us who will go out on the court and will give 100 percent." Jorgensen would play to play around with line-ups."
Inconsistency has forced Abitz to play everyone except sophon more walk on Kimberly Bates.
"We have players playing well one game and not playing well the next," she said. "It's been like a拳游戏 out there."
The Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — One glance at the won-fest records tells a visitor to the Big Eight Conference all he needs to about parity. Half the league enters the conference part of their schedule with a collective 14-2 win; other half — Kansas Kansas State, Iowa State and Missouri, 3-11-1.
Football coaches discuss hopes for Big Eight teams
Still, Iowa State's Jim Walden is convinced his Cyclones are on the right track
"My team's better," Walden said Monday during the big Eight's basketball game, as best of their best and then we were. We've improved more than I thought we would in year. We may not win another game but we are a bello better than I was.
"We've just been close," he said,
"We're going to be one of two ways.
We're going to play hard or we aren't going to play hard at all. When I told them last night in a team meeting, they were saying, "We're going to be all hunt out."
Kansas and Kansas State are the Big Eight's only winless teams. Two twohwomen I had a non-loss effort since their infamous 17-17 tue season. Nevertheless, Sat Parrish, who resigned Monday at Kakee for another sign of progress among his 25th-ranked winning streak.
"Our team has gotten better every week," said Parrish, who is 2:34 since taking charge in 1986. Parrish was at KState until the end of the season.
Most of the other coaches, in a quick appraisal, appear at least mildly satisfied with their seasons beginnings.
"As far as our team is concerned ... it's been kind of a mixed bag," said Tom Osborne of Nebraska.
"We're pretty much on schedule," says Pat Jones of unbeaten Oklahoma State.
"Olivias, we're not what we have been, but we're still going to be a tough team to beat." said Oklahoma's Barry Switzer.
If any of the bottom four has an excuse it's Missouri, even though the
Tigers are coming of a 55-0 rattl at No. 1 Miami, which represents the fourth-worst loss in their 99-year football history. The Tigers' 1-2-1 mark sees the least favorable consideratior among the selected teams of their four opponents is 11-3-1.
"We've had a good tough schedule." Woody Widener said of a game schedule that included Houston, Indiana and Miami. "These are some pretty good football teams. I really do know that even though we're all tired and need one we're a lot better team when we looked last Saturday."
The abrupt resignation Monday of Parrish saddened Wadehofer and might have added to his own probabilities. He was sent to Kansas at Kansas State this weekend.
"Knowing Stan, I'm really disap pointed for him," Widenhoter said. "I know Stan must be.
I think Stim is the guy for that job. I don't think they can hire a better coach. It probably will affect their team. It might be hard to believe. They're sure they'll be fired up to win one for Stim. I expect that team will go out and play their hearts out.
Colorado's 4-0 mark makes it the only Big Eight team except for the Oklahoma State Cowboys without a tie or a loss. But that will change of one these teams this week when the Saints face the Durham in Boulder, Colo.
"We got off to a good start, then the last two weeks we haven't made the necessary improvement you want going into the conference," she said. "You would like to think at the end of the non-conference schedule you've really gotten secure in terms of being solid on things. But we have not made the kind of positive vein we've very healthy right now and we open up at home. Those two things are plauses. We've learned more about our offensive scheme. There we'll things we didn't do, that still don't know, but we're learning."