Page 10 University Daily Kansan, October 15, 1980 Philly out slugs Royals to open Series By United Press International PHILADELPHIA—The Philadelphia Phillies were supposed to open the World Series last night with a sacrifice. The sacrifice was erratic rookie pitcher Bob Walk. He was told to do the Phillie pin stripes, grab a ball and hold out for as long as possible. He was being sacrificed to give the weary starting rotation and reliever Tug McGraw an extra day of rest. McGraw didn't get his rest and neither did Walk become the sacrificial lamb. He held out for seven innings and stopped the Kansas City team to stage a comeback-before 7-four victory. BECAUSE OF WALK, the Phillies lead one game to none in the best-of-seven series. Tonight at 7:20 they have Steve Carlton on the tonight. Kansas City will send Larry Gura, 18-10, against Carlson, 24-9 and the Cy Young favorite. Gura beat the New York Yankees 7-2 last season in the playoffs of the American League Championship Series. "This game showed me I have to hold them to run," Gura said. "I know now that we'll succeed." Gura, obviously, doesn't remember Carlton too well from his National League days. Carlson proved about as stingy with runs as with words this year, posting a 2.34 ERA and throwing a slider that darts about at 90 mph. CARLTON, AS USUAL, refused to talk to the press about anything. But his teammates did unleash an anger. "I'd have to say that the guys are extra prepared when Carlton's on the mound." Pete Rose was a key man in the Phyllis' victory last night. His right leg got in the way of a Dennis Leonard fastball in the third inning, helping set up a three-run home run by Bake McBride. The Phyllis rallied from a 4-0 deficit, threw out a run at home, then held off a late-iating charge. With Walk, the first rookie to open a World Series in 28 years, on the mound, Amos Otsi and Willie Mays Aikens hit two-run runners for the 4-0 Kansas City lead. "I HADN" pitched in 12 days but even though I had the long layoff, I still didn't have good velocity," Walk said. "I didn't feel really strong out there. I had to change my style." With Walt one batter away from being removed in the third innings, Royal third base coach Gordie MacKenzie waved home Darrrell Porter with a run that would have given the Royals a 5-0 advantage. Instead, left fielder Lonnie Smith, showing the good side of his erratic arm, threw out Porter by 20 feet. Porter knew he was out and didn't even attempt to slide. By the time Philadelphia finished batting in the bottom of the third inning, Bob Boone had the first of two doubles, McBride had his three-run homer, the Phillies owned a lead they would never relinquish and Walk was set up for the victory. The Philies led 5-4. "IWAS NERVOUS the first couple of innings," the 23-year-old Walk said. "But then it went away and I settled down. That five-running in the third lifted everybody up. "I said, 'Hey, if these guys can do this, then I have to go out and do my part.' I felt better knowing we had made up for my two big mistakes." Walk, who a year ago was pumping gas in California, also said that he did not consider himself to be the sacrificial lamb, giving the Royals something to play with until the Philadelphia starters had rested from the five-game playoff with Houston. "I know they didn't have much choice but to use me," Walk said. "But I did win 11 games. I think I'm more than just somebody they could throw out there." WALK LEFT THE game with none out in the eighth inning after Aikens hit his second-two-run homer of the game. But the unturned McGraw, who has saved the Phillies since mid-August, and worked in all five playoffs games, pitched the final two innings. He struck out U.L Washington and Willie Wilson to end the game. "We're not concerned," Olsa said. "We'll just out and pay our game. We've come too far this season." "The job out of the pen is to be called upon at any time," McGraw said. "My job is to do that." In the locker room, the Royals were disappointed but not down. They refused to interpret the first-game loss as something more than a loss. "What it means," Royals manager Jim Frey has said. "We have to win in four straight. Now we have to win in five." ROYALS NOTES: There is good news for Philadelphia's Mike Schmidt and Kansas City's George Brett no matter how the World Series comes out. Statisticians of the Metropolitan Insurance Co. said yesterday that a new study showed that third basemen have a mortality rate 12 percent lower than their teammates and 45 percent lower than the general male population. Before the Series started, everyone had a抽奖机会, but then the Royals picked the Royals to win in six games. The Brett's play fails to merit goat horns By MILTON RICHMAN PHILADELPHIA—Human nature is a curious thing. You see it come into play when a team like the Kansas City Royals jump in front by four runs in the opening game of the World Series, then wind up losing to the Philadelphia Phillies by one run. The Royals lost the game, 7-6, and immediately a lot of people began looking for the HOW ABOUT George Brett? What a perfect candidate. Here's a man who hits .390 during the regular season for the highest batting average in the major leagues in 39 years, nails down the American Lee game playoffs for the Royals with a dramatic three-run-homer against the Yankees, only to cost them the World Series' opener with a boneyhead play in the field. UPI Sports Editor Why not put the goat's horns on him because of the way he let Bob Boone slip away from him and score from the third base while he was occupied hanging up Lonnie Smith in a rundown play in the third inning. Didn't it cost the Royals a run? And wasn't that the Philies' eventual margin of victory? Fine, except that wasn't the case at all when you know all the facts. TO RECONSTRUCT, the Royals had come up with two runs in the second innning off Philissi's rookie righthander Bob Walk on Amos Otis' homer with one, and added another pair in the 20th when Willey Mays Akiens celebrated his 20th run with the first of his two-run homers of the evening. BRETT TOOK left fielder Willie Wilson's In the bottom of the third, Larry Boby singled up the middle for the Philies with one out, stole second and came in on Boone's double into the left field corner. Smith followed with a single past shortstop U.L. Washington and Boone steamed into third on the blow. perfect relay and when he saw the speedy Smith seemingly headed for second, he moved quickly into middle of diamond toward first, still chuckling as he changed Smith, who was caught between the bases. Nobody was covering third for the Royals, and realizing Boone may get some ideas about taking off for home, Brett turned around for a momentary look at him. By this time, Boane was about six or seven feet down the line and, with 68,791 partisan Philadelphia fans screaming at the top of their lungs, Brett made an instantaneous decision. He threw the ball to second baseman Frank White, who was moving toward first base. White chased Smith back toward first, then tossed the ball to Aikens, who put it on Smith for the out. While all this was going on, Boone came across the plate unimpeded with the Phillies' second run, and for that, the second-guessers ultimately zeroed in on Brett. "NOTHING, as far as I can see," Boone said. "so how could anybody be supposed to do, how could anybody be supposed to do?" "That out is very important to him at that point in the game. He's playing the game the way it should be played. But remember no one was there," he said. "It was because Washington had drilled for Sprint's hail." company correctly forecast last year's league winners and, therefore, did Dixon pick the Pitches to win the Series. we looked close enough to third not to panic." explained the Royals' third baseman. "We had the same play in Anheuser three years ago and we were at least, at least, we got somebody out this time." Brett said he decided to go after Smith after first giving his attention to Boone and seeing him. "I was in a great position. When he committed himself toward first. I took off for home." But what did he do wrong? Kansas City's Willie Mays Alkens had two home runs last night to be the second player to ever hit two hoppers in his first World Series game. The other was Gene Tenace of the Oakland A's who accomplished the feat Oct. 14, 1972. Asked if he heard any of his teammates, yelling at him to help him, Brett laughed and said, "I heard 65,000 people yelling. You can't hear anything else when there's no noise like that." "The positive vibrations are so strong that I predict the Phillips will win the Series," she said. World Series Box Steve Carlton, tonight's starting pitcher for Philadelphia, will be making his fourth World Series appearance and second start. He started one game for the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1987 Series against Boston and appeared in two games in the 1968 Series for the Cards against Detroit. His World Series record is 0-1 with a 3.70 ERA. Game 1 | | ab | n | r | b | bl | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | Wilcox lf. | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | McFate db | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | G Brett 3b | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | Akken 1b | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Porter c | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Otis cf. | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | | Huntle rf. | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | | Wathan rf. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | White 2b. | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | Washington as. | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | Tolahan | 3d | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ab 9 b 2 c 1 Smith if 1 1 0 0 1 Gross if 1 1 0 0 1 Braib b 1 1 0 0 1 Schmidt br 2 1 1 0 1 McBrider fr 3 1 1 0 1 Laramie br 4 1 1 0 1 Maddox cf 3 3 0 1 1 Tillis b 3 3 0 1 1 Bowa a 3 4 1 1 1 Bowie c 4 4 1 1 1 Total 22 11 6 1 Kansas City 622 00 11 0 Philadelphia 605 110 00 12 E- Leonard, DP - Philadelphia 1. LOB-Kansas City 4. E- Leopard, DP - Philadelphia 1. HOL-Kansas City 4. MBC-Strada-BB, S - White Slack . SM-Macra IP H R ER BB SO Kansas City 3 2-3 6 6 6 1 3 Louisd. 3 2-3 6 6 6 1 3 Morgan 4 5 1 1 1 1 1 Quisenberry 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 Philadelphia 7 8 6 6 3 3 Wab W 7 8 6 6 3 3 McGrew S 7 1 0 0 0 0 Walt picketed 2 batters in 8th. Walt - Leonard Rose, by Martin Luziniu, WP-Walk T-17, by Leonard Rose. Alexander twin joins ranks of starting freshmen players The week after a blowout, changes are expected. The changes are coming for the Kansas football team, which lost 54-0 to Nebraska on Saturday. Marky Alexander, one half of the Alexander twins from Topeka, will start at linebacker in this Saturday's game against Iowa State in Memorial Stadium. Alexander and his brother, Carky, are freshman. Alexander moves into the starting lineup because of his play against Nebraska and starter Gary Coleman's injury. “It’s hard to find many positive things when you get beat like we did,” Head Coach Don Farmbrough said. “But I played a lot of freshmen and they showed me they wanted to play football. "They're going to get that opportunity the rest of the season." Trainer Dean Nesmith said yesterday that he would miss at least one week. Coleman, a Lawrence sophomore, has an ankle strain and a severely strained knee. Alexander will become the second freshman to start on defense. Mike Albanas, Grandview, Mo., freshman, was the first. He started the second string and now he is second string at one linebacker position. On offense, three freshmen are starters, tailback Kerrwin Bell, tight end Ernie Wright and kicker Brueckneriah of Huntington, a backer, Calif., started in the second and third games Another change, during this week's practice, is in the coaching staff. Linemen coach Kent Stephenson has been ill, and Fambrough has replaced him. "I wasn't going to tell anyone until after we beat Iowa State Saturday," Fambrouch said. Fambroush was a 5-foot-10, 190-pound of fensive guard for KU in the late 1940s. Marky Alexander Basketball season opens today with first supervised practice Some Kansas players will begin the basketball season this afternoon, while some are just hoping to catch up. Eleven scholarship players, eight returning from last season and three new faces, will officially begin the season at 2 p.m. in Allen Field House with the first day of supervised practice. Those who hope to begin the season are the walk-ons. At 5 p.m. today and tomorrow, walkons will have tryouts in the north gym of Robinson Center. Walk-ons usually have little chance of making the team, but this year those chances have improved. George Thompson and Mark Knight, walk-ons who made the team last year, will not be back. With only 11 players on the roster, such Ted Owens probably will play a player or two. Last year, there were 15 players on the roster. Gone from last year's 15-14 team are Mark Siemas, Josh Johnson and Danny Krajicek. and Dolphin Carroll, Mac Stallcup and Chester Giles, who graduated. KU will have only one freshman, Jonke Konek, on scholarship. Konek is a 6-foot-3 guard from Wichita. Another freshman, Brian Martin, Wichita, had signed a letter-of-intent but he was forced because of his high school grades. He is now at Hutchinson Community Junior College. Two junior college recruits from Amarillo, Texas, are the other additions to the roster. The players are Victor Mitchell, a 6-foot-10 junior, and Mark Summers, a 6-foot-6 sophomore. They will attend high school schools, including Texas and Alabama, is considered KU's prize recruit for this season. Mitchell, however, has been bothered by tendinitis in his knee and is reportedly overweight. He lost a little weight since he weighed 126 pounds at 320 pounds. His playing weight is 250 pounds. 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