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October 3,1984 Page 14
SPORTS
The University Daily KANSAN
United Press International
Kansas City second baseman Frank White tries in vain to field a line drive off the bat of Detroit shortstop Alan Trammell in the seventh inning. Detroit defeated the Royals in the first game of the American League Championship Series last night, 8-1.
Trammell powers Tigers past KC
By United Press International
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Like a hungry jungle cat stalking its territory, the Detroit Tigers used three RBI from Alan Tramann and seven innings of five-hit pitching from Jack Morris to devour the Kansas City Royals 8-1 last night in the first game of the American League playoffs.
The best-of-five series continues tonight at Royals Stadium with Dan Petry pitching for the Tigers and Saberhagen pitching for Kansas City.
Trammell, one of the catalysts in the Tigers' record-setting 35-5 start this season, tripled home a run in the first inning off loser Bud Black, hit a solo homer in the fifth and singled home a run in the seventh, helping Detroit maintain its perfect record at Royals Stadium this year. It was the Tigers seventh victory in seven games, not only that, but Kansas City. No team previously had ever swept the Royals at home in a season.
Larry Herndon and Lance Parrish also chipped in with solo homers. The Tigers pounded 14 hits off a trio of teams to make things easy for Morris.
Morris struck out four and walked only one before leaving after seven innings.
he middle finger of his pitching sand. Will Hernandez pitched the ball.
Morris, the Tigers' top winner this season with a 19-11 record, retired the Royals in order in five innings and held them scoreless for six before they pushed across a run in the seventh on a triple by Jorge Orta and an infield out by Daryl Motley.
So in command was Morris that the use of replacement umplies to work the game was never a problem. Bill Deegan, a former major-league umplies team behind plate. The five umplies he made were amateurs from the Kansas City area.
Eager to prove to everyone that they were every bit as good as their 104.58 record would indicate, the Tigers wasted no time in taking the lead. They jumped on Black for two seconds, first inning and never looked back.
Lou Whitaker opened the game with a line single to right-center, and Trammell followed with his triple off the left-field fence. After Kirk Gibson lined out, Parrish scored Trammell with a deep sacriflice fly to right-center, which Pat Sheridan with a magnificent effort.
The Royals loaded the bases against Morris in the third on singles by Don Slaughter and Wilson and a hit by George Bretton. George Bretton on a line drive to right
that Gibson caught while falling to his knees, ending the iming.
Herndon led off the fourth with a solo homer, making it 3-0, and Trammell did the same in the fifth, boosting the lead to 4-0. The Tigers made it 5-0 in the top of the seventh in the first half, with the aid of an error by Sheridan
Whitaker reached second after Sheridan dropped his飞球 in right-center and scored when Trammell singled off the glove of second baseman Frank White for his third RBI Gibson followed with a single, but Husmann got out of further trouble by striking out Parrish and getting pinch-hitter Ruppert Jones on a fly to left.
After going down in order five times in the first six innings, the Royals finally scored against Morris in the seventh. Orta tripped off the wall in right-center and scored as Motley bounced out to short. With two out, White and Slaughter put together back-to-back singles. But Morris bore down and retired Onix Concepcion on a fly to left.
Hernandez, the Tigers' ace reliever this season and a leading candidate for the league's Cy Young and Most Valuable Player awards, is making it seven of nine innings in which the Royals went down in order.
Breezes help Cubs with win over Padres in playoff game
By United Press International
CHICAGO — Rick Sutcliffe launched one of a record five home runs with the help of Wrigley Field's friendly breezes and kept San Diego swinging at air yesterday, helping the Chicago Cubs open the National League playoffs with a 13-0 humiliation for the Padres.
With a 20 mph wind blowing, Gary Matthews hit two homers and Bob Dernier, Sutcliffe and Ron Cey one each, putting Chicago in a good best-of-five series with similar wins expected Wednesday for Game 2.
Sutcliffe's curve ball became more formidable than usual because Dick Cavanaugh, one of four substitutes working the game in place of striking major league umpires, called a wide strike zone.
Sutcliffe departed after the seventh inning. He struck out eight, walked five and allowed only two hits. It was
By the time the fifth inning was over, Chicago had tied a playoff record with four homers and had the crowd of 36,282 roaring in the first post-season game at Wrigley Field in 39 years.
Eric Show allowed five runs in four innings and took the loss. The victory was the most one-sided in playoff history. Chicago collected 16 hits, including nine in two innings against reliever Greg Harris. The 13 runs set the team up for a victory and tied the major-league record set by the New York Yankees in 1981.
Mark Thurmond, 14-8, will try to pitch San Diego back into the series Wednesday, opposing Steve Trout, 13-7, in a battle of left-handers.
The absence of the major-league
umpires became evident on the first
pitch.
Sutcliffe's delivery appeared to be right down the middle, and home plate umbre Cavanaugh shifted his
body as if to signal a strike. But his right hand never went up, and Satulife never seemed sure of the latter until Alan Wiggers lined out to center.
Thereafter, Cavanaugh appeared inclined to keep the ball in play by encouraging him.
Chicago took a 1-0 lead on the second pitch in its half of the inning. Dernier sent Show's 1-0 pitch on a line into the left field bleachers.
After Ryne Sandberg struck the first out. Matthews hit a 3-1 pitch even farther back into the bleachers than Dernier's ball had gone, increasing the lead to 2-0.
Dernier, who hit only three homers during the season, became the first player in the National League to lead off a playoff game with a home run. Bert Campaneri and George Brett had done it in the American League.
Matthews, the MVP of last year's NI. Series, now has homered in four straight playoff games, a record.
Coach gives reasons for Jones' departure
By CHRIS LAZZARINO
Sports Writer
Sports Writer
Basketball recruit Tyrone Jones left the University of Kansas because he was not happy in Lawrence, not because of the basketball program, a KU assistant basketball coach said yesterday.
The KU sports information office yesterday officially announced that Jones has left for the University of Nevada-Las Vegas.
Assistant coach John Calipari said, "He left liking the coaching staff, the players and the program. He was playing well and doing OK academically — it was just the cultural differences he couldn't take."
Jones was selected as a fourth team Paradise Magazine All-American.
at Dunbar High School in Washington, D.C..
Calpari said that Jones' departure would not hurt KU's recruiting efforts.
"IF ANYONE ASKED him about KU basketball, he would be all for it. He just didn't feel this part of the country was for him," Calipari said. "We are still recruiting in Washington, D.C."
Calipari said Jones had told the coaching staff two to three weeks ago that he was not happy in Lawrence
"We told him we didn't think he had been here long enough to give the place a chance, but he apparently believed he had." Calinari said.
Las Vegas would be more like home for Jones, he said also, Jones' cousin Anthony Jones is also a member of the UNLV basketball team.
Tyrone Jones, KU head coach Larry Brown and UNLV head coach Jerry Tarkianan were all unavailable for comment yesterday at the office at UNLV is expected to release an official statement today.
UNLV recruiting coordinator Mark Warkentin confirmed yesterday that Jones had signed a scholarship agreement.
Warkentin also said Jones left KU because he was an "inner-city kid who had trouble adjusting to the small town atmosphere in Lawrence," and it had nothing to do with KU's basketball program.
HE SAD JONES might try to enroll in some late-starting classes this semester. Earlier reports said Jones would not enroll until spring semester.
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