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The University Daily Kansan
Tuesday, October 13, 1998
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With the Padres just five outs away from reaching the World Series for the first time in 14 years, manager Bruce Bochy's strategy to bring on Braves-jake Brown blew up when Tucker hit a go-ahead, three-run homer that sent Atlanta to a 7-6 win last night in Game 5.
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Braves rally late to remain in race
SAN DIEGO — Michael Tucker and the Atlanta Braves did what they had to do to stay alive in the NL championship series, staging a stunning comeback against no less than Kevin Brown.
Bochy's move looked good in the seventh, when Brown came on with a 4-2 lead, a runner on and no outs, and retired the side, but now it will be heavily questioned.
The Associated Press
Padres blow lead just five outs away from World Series
Vander Wal broke a 2-all tie when he homered to left on an 0-2 pitch with two outs in the sixth.
Tucker's homer highlighted a
Pinch-hitter Greg Myers hit a two-run homer in the ninth off Braves reliever Kerry Ligtenberg, and then Atlanta manager Bobby Cox made his own unusual move, bringing in four-time Co Young
five-run rally in the eighth that made it 7-4. Tucker drove in Atlanta's first five runs.
bringing in four-time Cy Young winner Greg Maddux from the bullpen
ings, both off starter Andy Ashyb. Ashyb allowed four straight one-singles in the fourth, including Tucker's to cut San Diego's lead to 2.1. With runners on first and third and Smoltz bunting, the Padres pitched out on a squeeze play and Andruw Jones in a rundown, with Ashyb tagging him out at the plate.
Ken Caminiti and John Vander Wal hit clutch two-out, two-run homers off John Smoltz, whose 11 postseason wins are the most ever. Caminiti's homer came in the first inning for a 2-0 lead and Vander Wal's in the sixth for a 4-2 lead.
innings, both off starter Andy Ashby.
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Greg Vauhnn, playing for the first time since straining his left quadripeps in Game 1, and retired Quilvio Veras on a grounder. After Steve Finley drew a rare walk from Maddux, the Atlanta ace got Tony Gwynn on a game-ending grounder.
The Padres were nine outs from clinching the pennant Sunday night when Atlanta rallied for six runs, capped by Andres Galarraga's grand slam in the seventh, to win 8-3.
Brown didn’t look nearly as sharp as he did Thursday night in Atlanta. He walked Ryan Klesko leading on the eighth and Javie Lopez reached on an infield single. With one out, Tucker lined a 3-2 pitch over the right-field fence to give Atlanta a 5-4 lead.
Smoltz hit a dribbler down the third-base line that Ashby and Caminiti let roll, hoping it would foul, but it hit the chalk line and rolled back fair, putting runners on the corners. Ozzie Guillen ended the threat when he flied out to center.
No team that trailed a seven-game series 3-0 had ever come back to win two games.
The Braves added two more runs off reliever Donne Wall, keyed by Tony Graffanino's double.
Smoltz came in 3-0 with two no decisions in five postseason starts when Atlanta faced elimination this decade. He beat Chicago in the division series for his 11th postsea-
if Game 7 is needed Thursday
night, Maddux is scheduled to start.
son victory, the most ever.
The Braves tied it at 2 in the sixth. Jones singled with two outs and stole second.
The Associated Press
Steinbrenner savors role in Yankees club
By Jim Litkey
CLEVELAND — He can't pitch and the only thing he's likely to hit is the postgame buffet.
Yet there was George Steinbrenner shaking hands, skipping backs and strolling through the Yankees clubhouse after Game 5 as if he played as big a role as anyone else in securing the 3-2 lead his team took back to New York
He was even talking trash as if he were one of the guys.
"Now we're going to get them to our team."
"Now we our town," the Boss said, "and beat the snot out of them."
When Steinbrenner began his whirlwind tour, David
means, the pitching star of the New York Yankees' 5-3 win Sunday, was still picking through his postgame meal in the sanctity of the training room. The Boss cracked the door and stuck his head in, any way. "Nice job. David!" he barked.
In the next moment, Steinbrenner turned abruptly and searched out Chili Davis, who led the New York hit parade with three RBI on a first-inning single and a solo
home run. The Boss was already
runing a half-dozen camera crews.
Unable to get through the crowd of reporters surrounding Davis' locker, he ligered at the edge just long enough to make eye contact. Then, Steinbrenner flashed his very expensive designated hitter (one of four on New York's roster) the thumbs-up sign and mouthed the words, "Nice job!"
The moment after that, Steinbrenner was off to the farthest corner of the clubhouse to check out the birthday cake he had ordered for pitcher Orlando Hernandez's 29th birthday. Naturally, it was decorated with Yankees' pintripes.
Much has been made of New York winning an American League record 114 games during the regular season and advancing deep into the playoffs without the benefit of a real firebrand in the dugout, a vocal leader on the order of Cleveland's Omar Vizquel, San Diego's Jim Leyritz or Atlanta's Chipper Jones.
But don't mention it around Steinbrenner. In addition to all his other duties, the Boss has taken it upon himself to set the mood in the clubhouse. That helped explain why Steinbrenner felt compelled to sit down with Wells earlier in the afternoon and share in the left-han-
der's earsplitting, pregame ritual.
"We listened to that metallic band for a half hour," Steinbrenner said. The Boss was still wearing his uniform, a trademark blue blazer. It is hard to picture the two of them swaving in time to the music.
"It's true," Wells confirmed a moment later.
Then he rolled his eyes.
"But the band's name is Metallica," Wells said. "And one of these days, George's going to get it right."
Since Cincinnati Reds owner Marge Schott was exiled from baseball for repeatedly insulting women and almost every racial and ethnic group in America, Peter Angelos of Baltimore has been Steinbrenner's only real rival in the meddling owners' department. But as the Boss' recent behavior reminds, neither Angelos nor Schott can touch Steinbrenner as a hands-on administrator.
Steinbrenner has been known to personally instruct the cleanup crew at Yankee Stadium on how to wash down the concourses and about a month ago ordered a vendor to throw out a batch of stale pretzels and replace them with
fresh ones.
Making his way to Cleveland for the weekend, Steinbrenner sat down in a hotel lobby next to a 14-year-old boy from Connecticut who told Steinbrenner about being hit with a foul ball in Yankee Stadium two years ago. Naturally, Steinbrenner ordered the kid into uniform for Game 4 — as an honorary bat boy — and gave him the locker next to Wells.
On Sunday night, that boy, Jason D'Angelos, was leaving the clubhouse just as the Boss was walking in.
"You did a nice job, Jason. Go home and tell everybody at school." And then, just for good measure, Steinbrenner barked after him. "And make sure you pay attention to your schoolwork."
Truth be told, this weekend was tougher on the Boss than most. He grew up around Cleveland and locals brag that before he bought into the Yankees, Steinbrenner harbored dreams of buying the Indians. Last year his club came within four outs of eliminating Cleveland from the division series, only to have the Indians turn the tables and go all the way to the World Series. As it is for most bullies, defeat carries sharper memories for him than wins.
"You can't compare that feeling to this one," he said.