University Daily Kansan / Monday, October 20, 1986
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Sports Monday
Hitting gives Boston 2nd-game win
United Press International
NEW YORK — Dwight Evans and Dave Henderson homered powering an 18-hit attack and turning an expected pitching duel into a Boston tea party last night, giving the Red Sox a 9-3 victory over the New York Mets and a two games to none lead in the World Series.
The Red Sox, who have not won a World Series in 68 years, assaulted five New York pitchers and became only the 11th team in World Series history to win the first two games on the road. Of the 10 previous clubs to do so, only last year's St. Louis Cardinals lost the Series.
After a travel day today, the best-of-seven Series resumes at Fenway Park tomorrow night with Dennis "Oil Can" Boyd pitching for the Red Bobs Bob Ojeda, a former Red Sox, going for the Mets.
Last night's game had been billed as a classic matchup between baseball's premier power pitches — New York's Dwight Gooden and Boston's Roger Clemens. But that never materialized as neither pitcher made it into the sixth inning.
Instead it was a classic demonstration of Boston batting tips. Boston's 18 hits were a team record for a World Series game. They fell two short of the record, set by the New York Giants in 1921 and tied by the St. Louis Cardinals in 1946.
The Red Sox rapped Gooden for eight hits and six runs in five innings in tagging him with the loss. Henderson and Evans each hit 400-foot home runs, with Evans's clout coming with a man aboard in the fifth.
Wade Boggs, the major league's batting champion this season who has been fighting a postseason slump, also contributed two run-
scoring doubles, including one in the third that put the Red Sox ahead for good.
"I come out 20 minutes early each day and work on that aspect of my game," Boggs said of his fielding. "I have to work harder on that." It was a team win, led by this team has never given up all year."
In addition, Boggs, not known for his fielding,
turned in an excellent game at third base, making
several sparkling plays that helped pull Boston out of trouble.
Clemens, the major league's top winner this season with a 24-4 record, normally would have prospered from such support. But the hard-throwing right-hander was working on only three days rest for the third consecutive start and did not have control of his fastball.
Clements could not make it through the fifth in-
ning and tell two outs out of being credited in the dirt in front of shortstop Rafael Santana at second base.
Steve Crawford bailed Clemens out of a fifth- inning jam and was the winner. Bob Stanley pitched the final three innings for the save.
The Mets, who entered the game batting, 184 in the postseason, managed eight hits but only two runs.
"We're not embarrassed at all," said Mets catcher Gary Carter. "We came out of our most pressurized series against Houston. I'm very proud of this club."
The Red Sox struck early, taking advantage of an error by first baseman Keith Hernandez
Gooden walked leadoff batter Spike Owen and Clemens bunted to the right of home plate. Hernandez, an eight-time Gold Glove winner who made only five errors all season, waved Gooden off the play. Hernandez appeared to have an easy out at second, but his rushed throw bounced in the dirt in front of shortstop Rafael Santana at second base.
Boggs lined an 0-2 pitch down the field-fiell toe in Owen. Marty Barrett followed with a two-hit score Clemens. Gimpy-legged Bill Buckner knocked out Hernandez bringing in Boggs for the third run.
Santana led off with an infield hit and Goodenbarked for a single. After Len Dykstra sacrificed, Wally Backman joined to center to score Santana. Hernandez hit a shot off Clemens' glove that Boggs fielded and threw for the out at first as Gooden scored. Boggs saved a run with a diving stop of Carter's smash that he turned into an out at first.
The Mets bounced back with two runs in their half of the third.
The Mets knocked out Clemens in the fifth and scored another run to increase the score to 6-3. Clemens walked Backman and was removed when Hernandez singled to center. Crawford relieved and surrendered an RBI single to Carter before getting the last two outs.
The Red Sox chased reliever Rick Aguilera in the seventh and collected five straight singles to turn the game into an 8-3 rout. Singles by Rice, Evans and Rich Gedman loaded the bases and Henderson singled to center to knock in Rice. Owen then singled in Evans.
Henderson led off the Red Sox fourth with a homer to make it 4.2. Evans made it 6-2 with a two-run homer in the fifth, scoring Jim Rice who opened with a single.
The Red Sox added a run off Sid Fernandez in the ninth on singles by Henderson and Owen and Boggs's second ball. Owen hurt his leg sliding into third on Boggs's hit. He was replaced by pinch-runner Ed Romero and his status for Game 3 was uncertain.
Sox are peaking at the right time
United Press International
No facts and figures can explain a team that suddenly does something right, not even the most sophisticated strategist can deal with it.
NEW YORK — The Boston Red Sox represent the most dangerous entity in sports — a good team that is hot at the right time.
The 1954 New York Giants made every play necessary in upsetting Cleveland, a team that won an American League record 111 games. The 1969 Mets did the same against Baltimore.
Analysis
With a 9-3 victory last night, the Red Sox lead the Mets 2-0 in the World Series and now have three games in their own ballpark. The Series need not return to New York.
The Red Sox have played a one-run game and a laugher and won both. Their mistakes aren't hurting them, and they are receiving the key performance, whether it be pitching, defense or hitting.
"People are going to find out we have a pretty good ballclub," said Boston Manager John McNamara.
Wade Boggs, not a Gold Glove third baseman, has made five above-average defensive plays, including three in one inning.
The Mets have not exploited first baseman Bill Buckner's lack of mobility. In fact, he robbed Dwight Gooden of a hit in the fourth inning.
Look at what's happened so far;
Red Sox pitchers have retired Keith Hernandez, perhaps New York's most dangerous hitter, in three key situations.
Dave Henderson and Spike Owen, Boston's seventh- and eighth-plate hitters, have combined for eight hits in two games.
Boston's middle relief, a weakness during the regular season, showed competence in Game 2. Steve Crawford was the winner and Bob Stanley earned a save.
Octoginta bike tour draws 635
"I'm more surprised we haven't done better than I am surprised at how well the Red Sox are playing." New York Manager Davey Johnson said. "We've got to get a little intensity going in Fenway Park."
By JANE ZACHMAN
The early morning fog cast a haze over the starting line as the final tour of the Octoginta Bike Touring festival began at 8 a.m. yesterday from the Coffin Sports Complex, Haskell Indian Junior College.
The event was sponsored by the Mount Oread Bike Club $_{2}$ the Lawrence Bicycle Club and Student Association. The 15th festival to be held since 1969.
; Six hundred thirty-five participants rode off into the sunrise for a day of bike riding along an 80-mile course. The bikers headed toward Eudora, out to Perry Lake and back to Lawrence.
The 80-mile tour was the last in a series of bike tours held in the October.
The tours began at 9 p.m. Friday with a 15-mile moonlight tour from South Park to Lakeview Lake.
They picked up again at 8 a.m.
Saturday with a 24-mile breakfast
ride to Baldwin for the Maple Leaf
Festival.
| About 50 riders participated in the moonlight and breakfast tours.
David Canaday of Hays tries to repair his bicycle after he blew a tire near the start of Octoqinta '86. The 80-mile ride was one of five sponsored this weekend.
The Octoginta is considered to be one of the biggest biking events in Kansas, attracting riders from Oklahoma, Nebraska and Missouri.
Riders ranged in age from 8 to the
16s, said Jim Baze, an organizer of the
The cyclists' times for the tours were not officially recorded. Some of the first riders were back at Haskell on April 21, and they rolled in at about 6 m. Raze said
' A time trial was held Saturday. It was an open event sponsored by the Lawrence Bicycle Club and awarded a first prize of $300.
For most of the participants, the event was more of a fun challenge than a competition.
; Susan Rank, a member of the Kaw Valley Bicycle Club in Topeka, said it was a great day for the event.
"I keep saying I'm getting too old for this," Rank, 47, said, "but it's still fun."
"At ry age." Dayden said, "you don't worry about how fast you go, but I'm gonna make it."
Glen O. Dayden, a 1942 KU graduate, said that he had always wanted to ride in an Octoginta and yesterday was his first time.
He said the fun was in just knowing that you could finish.
Jon Weaver, a KU senior and member of the Kansas Crew team, said that he and other members of the team row every day and that they hoped it would get them in shape for the bike tour.
Martin Wisneski, of Lawrence,
said he went on the tour just to know
the rest.
Dayden said he had ridden over 12,000 miles in the last five years.
"Some see how fast they can go."
he said, "but that's not the intent of it. It's just for the fun of it."
Wisneski said that the Odocoilus was the last major cycling event for the Eagles.
A few riders from parts of western Kansas said the event gave them a chance to ride on hills that aren't found in their areas.
"The hills can be a problem when you're not used to them," said Kathy
in Hutchinson. "There aren't any in
round Hunt I considered it a challenge.
This was also the first tour over 60 miles long that she and her husband, Bob, had ever ridden in, she said, but I didn't know of the best excursions in Kansas.
"The hills were tough." said Paul Wagner, Hays, "but it was a nice day and we had good time."
KC outlasts charge by San Diego
United Press International
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Lloyd Bururs tied an NFL record by returning two interceptions for touchdowns yesterday, leading the Kansas City Chiefs to a shaky 42-41 victory over the San Diego Chargers.
The Chiefs survived a last-minute scare when the usually accurate Rolf Benirschke missed a 25-yard field ___
See other NFL scores p. A7, A8.
goal. The San Diego kicker pulled the potential game-winner wide left.
It was the sixth straight loss for the Chargers after opening the season with a win over Miami. Kansas City improved to 4-3 with their first victory over an AFC West opponent this year.
San Diego made the game interesting with Mark Herrmann directing a scoring drive as the clock wound inside 4:00. The Chargers were down 42-34 when they took advantage of a short Kansas City punt that gave them the ball at the Chiefs' 33.
Herman needed just 58 seconds to pull San Diego within one point with a 12-yard pass to Gary Anderson with 3:48 to go.
Burruss' returns both came in the second period when the Chiefs were scoring 21 points, all by the defense. Burruss had a total of three interceptions in the second period.
With the scored tied at 7-7, Burrus stepped in front of a Dan Fouts pass at the Kansas City 44 and went 56 yards down the right sideline to give Kansas City the lead.
Still, with all the scoring help from the defense and special teams, Kansas City managed just a 28-24 halftime lead because the Chargers scored 17 second-period points.
Jayhawk runners warm up for conference championships
By Kansan sports writers
'Both Kansas men's and women's cross country teams have competed for the final time before the Big Eight Conference Championships.
through 12th spots. Florida won the dual meet with 15 points while Kansas had 50 points.
- Florida runners took the first six places in the men's meet and Kansas runners finished in the seventh
Weekend roundup
"I'm pleased with the way the team ran and with the way I ran," KU freshman Steve Heffernan said. "I think we run a lot of PR's (personal records) today. I wanted to attack the hills today."
The hills on the 10-kilometer course at Rim Rock Farm were the reason Florida cross country head coach Joe Walker brought his team to Kansas. He said his team would run on hills later in the year.
"The course that we run our conference championship on has hills," Walker said. "We knew that this was a challenging, hilly course. I was very pleased with my team's
The individual winner, Florida senior Mike Blaney, said the Florida team had planned to run as a pack for two miles and then each runner would go as fast and as hard as he could.
performance."
The Kansas women's cross country team ran in the Ozark Invitational in Springfield, Mo., Saturday and finished in third place with 42 points behind Southwest Missouri State and fourth in Missouri State who tied with 41 points.
"At about the two and a half mile point," Blaney said. "I broke away from the top Kansas runner (Craig Watcke). I think I almost walked up a couple of the hills, though."
Blaney, who ran the course in 30 minutes and 39 seconds, finished the race with a long lead over secondplace Florida senior杰利 Pigg, 31:34.78. KU sophomore Craig Watcke seinthed seventh in 32:26.12
Sophomore Melissa Satterfield was the top Kansas runner, finishing fifth with a time of 19:16 on the 5-kilometer course. Sophomore Jodie McDonald and freshman Michelle Foran were sixth and eighth with times of 19:20 and 19:39 respectively.
Women's cross country coach Cliff Roveltel said yesterday that he was pleased that the first and fifth Jayhawk runners had only 48 seconds difference in their times. Running together as a team at meets enhances the chances of a team getting a lower point total, Roveltel said.
Freshman Lisa Kirwan did not go to Springfield because of leg soreness. Roveto said that if Kirwan, who has been one of the women's team's top runners this year, competes in Manhattan Nov 2 for Championships, she would do so on ability and determination only.
Men's tennis
Kansas' men's tennis team dominated the court this weekend during head coach Scott Perelman's homecoming to Ball State.
Perealman played tennis four years at Ball State, was an assistant coach there for two years and administrative assistant for one year.
The Jayhawks won the Ball State Invitational in Muncie, Ind., with 66 of a possible 72 tournament points. Ball State came in second with 52.
Altogether, the Jayhawks won 25 of
27 matches, five of six singles titles and No. 5 two doubles
"I was happy to go back and do so well." Perelman said. "We played really well in singles and had great play out of our freshman."
Freshmen Chris Walker and Craig Wildey won the No. 2 doubles for Kansas. Both also won their division singles matches. Mike Wolf, Sven Groeneveld and Larry Pascal also won single's titles.
"They (Walker and Wildy) were the only two guys to win in both singles and doubles." Pereelman said. "It was a tremendous effort."
Perelman also was impressed with the team's finish because Kansas was the only Big Eight Conference team represented.
"It was a very solid field." perelman said, "but, we dominated it."
Three Mid-American Conference and four Big Ten Conference teams
The men's next tournament will be
Although the Jayhawks put on a great performance for Ball State, Perelman still felt funny about the team's competing against his former
"We had a great week."
Perealman said, but we've gone on. The play is not as good as it could be. We're going to work at it until it is.
the men's ITCA Regional Five Qualifying tournament in Wichita. Players will be able to qualify for the national tournament at the ITCA tournament.
Soccer
"Everyone was spacing off," Nelson said.
Ted Nelson, KU center halfback said the whole team seemed ahead.
K-State broke the KU defensive line for two goals in the first 25 minutes.
"Our key players didn't have their heads on the game," said Nelson. "The game was an overall disappointment."
KU's 2-0 loss to K-State on Saturday at the Shenk Complex, 23rd and Iowa streets, completed an international defeat for the Jayhawks, who lost in football to K-State both American and European style.
The Jayhawks' defense played better in the second half, Nelson said, and the offense had good field position in the second half, but the Wildcat defense denied Kansas in each of its three scoring opportunities.
The Jayhawks' record fell to 5-3-1 and this was the second time they have lost to K-State this season.
Nelson said K-State was favored to win but it was unusual for Kansas to do that.
Losing was especially discouraging after playing well in the Ed Chartrand Memorial Tournament last summer in Kansas City, Mo., Nelson said.
Baseball
The Kansas baseball team didn't play on Saturday or yesterday because of problems with scheduling.
Labette Community College was to play a double header with Kansas Saturday but canceled Crowder Community College supposedly had a double header scheduled for yesterdays. Kansas head coach Marty Pattin said yesterday.
Kansas played an intrasquad game yesterday, instead.