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Wednesday, July 2.1997
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Castillo dethrones Royals
Tapani recovering will return soon
The Associated Press
CHICAGO — Frank Castillo is more concerned about the upcoming return of Kevin Tapani than his spotless record against the American League.
"It seems like when Tapani comes back, I'm the odd man out," Castillo said after leading the Chicago Cubs against the Ravens 6-1 yesterday.
Castillo gave up an unearned run and five hits in eight innings, struck out six and walked one. While he is 3-9 against the NL, Castillo is 2-0 against the AL, beating Milwaukee on June 15.
"Castillo confused us," Royals manager Bob Boone said.
Tapani, signed to an $11 million, three-year contract, has been sidelined since hand surgery during spring training.
"The bottom line is, I have to get big league hitters out," Castillo said. "Sometimes you have one good game, then one bad game. I know how to pitch. I have to able to go out there and be consistent for six or seven innings."
Shawon Dunston had three hits and Ryne Sandberg drove in two runs, helping send the Royals to their fourth consecutive loss. Doug Glanville added a solo homer for the Cubs, who won for the fourth time in five games.
Glendon Rusch (3-5), activated from the disabled list prior to the game, pitched for the Royals after scheduled starter Chris Haney experienced soreness in his left forearm and elbow while warming up. Rusch gave up hits and wound up allowing all six runs and 10 hits in six innings.
"I had about a 30-minute warning," Rusch said. "The one positive of this is
that I still pitched six good innings."
Boone said Haney likely will go on the disabled list, although the Royals delayed making a roster move.
"The only thing I could
throw was a fastball," Haney said. "After throwing a breaking ball, the arm hurt. It tightened up. The doctors said I need to rest it. There's no serious injury, no ligament damage."
Kansas City dropped to a seasonworst six games below 500 at 36-42. Kansas City has lost five straight road games — all in Chicago.
"This was a regular game for us," Cubs manager Jim Riggleman said, downplaying any inter-league edge. "The best pitcher usually wins, and Frankie was the best today."
Glanville singled leading off the first, took third on Brian McRae's double and scored on Mark Grace's infield single. Sammy Sosa hit an RBI double, Dunston singled in a run and Sandberg's acrifice fly made it 4-0.
Tom Goodwin hit an RBI double in the third following a throwing error by third baseman Jose Hernandez.
Sandberg doubled in a run in the bottom half and Glanville homered in the fourth.
Notes: Castillo's outing was his longest since April 10 against Florida.
longest since April to join AFL Toronto. Rusch went 0-for-2 at the plate; Royals pitchers are 1-for-13. ... Haney is trying to come back from an ankle injury sustained while shagging fly balls prior to a game in Toronto. ... Right-hander Mike Williams was des
CUBS 6. ROYALS 1
ab r h bl
TGdwin cf...4 0 1 1
JBell ss...3 0 0 0
Demon lf...4 0 1 0
King 1b...3 0 0 0
Dye rf...4 0 0 0
Pquette 3b...4 0 0 0
Fasano c...3 0 0 0
Nnally ph...0 0 0 0
DHwrd 2b...4 1 3 0
Rusch p...2 0 0 0
Cooper ph...1 0 0 0
JWalkr p...0 0 0 0
Totals ...32 1 5 1
CHICAGO
ab r h bl
Ginville lf . . . . . . . . . 3.2 2 1 1
McRae cf . . . . . . . . 4.1 1 0 1
MaGrc 1b . . . . . . . . 4.2 2 1 0
Sosa rf . . . . . . . . 4.1 2 1 1
Dnston ss . . . . . . . . 4.0 3 1
Wndell p . . . . . . . . 0.0 0 0
Sndbrg 2b . . . . . . . . 3.0 1 2
JHmdz 3b . . . . . . . . 3.0 0 0
MhBrd c . . . . . . . . 3.0 0 0
FCstillo p . . . . . . . 3.0 0 0
Snchez ss . . . . . . . . 0.0 0 0
Totals . . . . . . . . . 31 6 11 6
Kansas City 001 000 000—1
Chicago 401 100 00x—6
E—HJermande (4), DP—Kansas City 3, Chicago 1, LOB—Kansas City 7, Chicago 18, TG—Goodwin (11), Dhoward (6), McRae (29), Soaia (21), Sandberg (14). HR—Glanville (2), SF—Sandberg T—2:19. A—18,745 (38,884).
ignated for assignment to make room for Rusch ... The Cubs have seven homers in their last four games after hitting six in their previous 19... Royals first baseman Jeff King was selected AL player of the month for June, the first Kansas City player to win the honor since George Brett in July 1990.
Rookie agrees to service
MANCHESTER, Conn. — Marcus Camby agreed yesterday to do 16 hours of community service to avoid prosecution on a marijuana possession charge.
The former University of Massachusetts All-Ameri
The Associated Press
can was an NBA rookie last season
with the Toronto Pantons
son with the Toronto raptors. Camby was arrested last month after being stopped by police near his home outside Hartford. A search of his rented car turned up a marijuana cigarette and the burned stubs of two marijuana cigarettes in the ashtray.
During a brief appearance in Superior Court, Camby gave his autograph to a man sitting
Marcus Cambv
behind him in the courtroom. He then stepped forward and admitted to Judge Edward Leavitt that he had made a mistake but said he never before had been arrested on a drug charge.
He was not required to enter a plea.
The judge told the 6-foot-11 Camby that the charges against him will be dropped if he completes the community service by Aug. 19.
Ronald Johnson, Camby's lawyer, said that the community service will be performed in the inner city, but he said it hadn't been decided which city.
Camby, 23, was arrested near his South Windsor home early on the morning of June 13 after police spotted his car drifting across the road. He was charged with possession of marijuana and failure to drive in the proper lane.
Police said they suspected a drunk driver when they pulled Camby over. Camby told police he had not been drinking, but the car was searched after police said the officer smelled burned marijuana.
Camby left UMass after his junior year and signed an $8.4 million, three-year contract with Toronto after he was picked second in the 1996 NBA draft.
Camby had no comment as he left the courthouse. But Johnson said his client hoped to use this experience as a springboard to something positive.
The NBA's drug policy includes only cocaine and heroin as banned substances. Rookies are the only players who are randomly tested for drugs.
Camby led UMass to a Final Four appearance in the 1996 NCAA tournament. The NCAA has since stripped the school of that record and ordered UMass to repay $151,000 in tournament revenue after ruling Camby ruined his amateur status by accepting gifts from an agent trying to woo him as a client.
Ruling sends dragon, baseball fan to court
The Associated Press
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — Getting hit by a foul ball is one risk of going to a baseball game, but it might not be normal if you are distracted by a mascot in a seven-foot dinosaur costume.
That was the decision yesterday by California's 4th District Court of Appeal. The decision revives a lawsuit by a fan who was injured at a Rancho Cucamonga Quakes game in July 1994.
Tremor, the Quakes' mascot. Lowe turned around and saw the costumed figure standing in the aisle above him, entertaining the fans. Just as Lowe turned back to the game, a foul ball hit him in the face, breaking several bones, he said.
John Lowe said he had been watching the California League game when he had been touched on the shoulder by the tail of
San Bernardino County Superior Court Judge Paul Bryant had dismissed Lowe's suit. He had noted that the stadium had areas that were protected by screens and said that fans who choose to sit in unscreened areas could expect to run the risk of foul balls.
jury should decide whether the Quakes made the situation more dangerous by allowing Tremor to grate during the game.
But the appeals court said a
"The antics of the mascot are not an essential or integral part of the game," said Justice F. Douglas McDaniel in the 3-0 ruling. "Whether such antics increased the inherent risk to Lowe is an issue of fact to be resolved at trial."
Cyrus Lemmon, a lawyer for the team and the league, declined comment, saying he had not seen the ruling. Efforts to reach Lowe's lawyer, Marjorie Seapy, were unsuccessful.
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