University Daily Kansan / Wednesday, June 28, 1989
Sports
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Seattle shuts out KC at home,8-0
by Gary Patton Kansan sportswriter
Kansan sportswriter
KANSAS CITY, MO — With help both on and off the playing field, Seattle Mariners pitcher Brian Holman shut out the Kansas City Royals 8-0 last night in Royals Stadium.
Holman, 2-2, was assisted by three infield double plays and a wall-crashing catch by rightfielder Jay Buhner in the third inning. Holman, acquired from the Monsanto team, pitched out seven Rangers hits for his first American League shutout and complete game.
Even Holman's 16-year-old sister helped out by snagging a pop foul in the stands.
Mariners hitters jumped on Royals pitcher Luis Aquino, 3-2, for two runs in the third inning, snapping Aquino's scoreless inning and earning a save for another five runs in the fifth inning and won in the sixth.
Rookie leftfielder, Greg Briley,
and designated hitter, Jeffrey
Leonard, provided most of the
firepower.
Briley, one of four Mariner rookies in the starting lineup, scored two runs and batted in three, with two singles and a sacrifice fly.
Leonard, who began the game as the American league's most productive designated hitter with 51 RBIs, knocked in four runs with a three-run home run and a sacrifice fly. The home run was Leonard's
15th and the first Aquino had allowed this season.
"As good as Louie has been, he just didn't have it tonight," Manager John Wathan said after the game. "We couldn't get anyone warmed up and in there. It happened so fast. The three-run horse broke it open and put it out of reach in a hurry."
Aquino's last pitch came in the fifth inning and landed in the left field stands. It was a solo shot by Aquino his third home run of the season.
The Royals only scoring threat came in the ninth inning. Singles by Kevin Seitzer and Pat Tabler and a walk to Jim Eisenreich loaded the bases. But Holman fielded a comebacker to the mound and threw to home for a force out the imminent attack. Matt Winfield played the game with a ground out to second baseman, Harold Reynolds.
The Royals loss was their third straight at home, their longest home losing streak of the season. With one game remaining, last night less assures the Royals of losing homestand of the season.
"As bad as it has been lately, we are holding our own because Oakland hasn't been too hot," Wathan said.
With Oakland's 11-5 loss to Minnesota last night, the Royals did not lose ground to the division-leading Athletics.
Today
Thursday
Royals vs. Mariners
7:35 p.m. Royals Stadium
Royals vs. White Sox 7:30 p.m. Comiskey Park
Fridav
Royals vs. White Sox
7:30 p.m. Comiskey Park
Saturday
Royals vs. White Sox 6:00 p.m. Comiskey Park
Sundav
Monday
Royals vs. White Sox
1:30 p.m. Comiskey Park
Royals vs. Athletics 9:05 p.m.Oakland Coliseum
American League
Tuesday
Last W L Pct GB
Baltimore 42 31 578
New York 36 36 498
Milwaukee 36 36 480
Boston 34 38 427
Detroit 35 38 457
Philadelphia 35 40 484
Royals vs. Athletics 8:15 p.m. Oakland Coliseum
West W 4 W L 4Pct. GB -
Oakland 46 31 39 .57 -
California 43 32 39 .58 -
City of San Diego 42 32 39 .568 2½ -
Texas 42 33 39 .560 1½ -
Minnesota 39 39 51.54 -
Seattle 35 37 451 37 -
Philadelphia 35 41 413 10½ -
Tampa Bay 35 48 347 10½
National League
East W L Pct. GB -
Montreal 42 34 34 .553 -
New York 39 34 34 .534 -
Chicago 40 34 34 .534 11½%
Pittsburgh 38 37 49 .533 11¼%
Pittsburg 31 41 43 .431 9/
Philadelphia 26 41 46 .361 14
West W 4 L 3 Pct. GB -
San Francisco 64 10 605 -
Houston 43 13 667 -
Cincinnati 41 34 567 +
Indiana 37 37 504 4½
San Diego 36 40 474 10
Atlanta 29 45 392 16
Big league big dream for pitcher
by Gary Patton Kansan sportswriter
Minor league baseball players are labeled fillers or prospects. Most of the Durham Bulls were fillers, or career minor-leaguers.
career minor to college.
Scott Taylor, who was a KU pitcher from 1986-1988, calls himself a major league prospect.
"I've got my sights set on the big leagues," said Taylor, a 6-foot-4 righthander for the Seattle Mariners' class A farm team, the Wausau, Wis., Timbers. "I'm going to give it my best shot. There are plenty of chances to fail, but the chances for success are there too."
With a 9-5 record and 2.95 ERA,
Taylor said he was pleased with his performance in his first professional season.
"I载 out of the Mariners' spring training camp in Tempel, Ariz., as the Timbers' number one starting pitcher," said Taylor, the team's 18th-round 1988 draft choice. "Now I'm third in the league in wins and have completed seven of my 14 starts."
Taylor, 22, from Arkansas City, Kan., said that one of the biggest differences between college and professional players is the emotional level of the players.
"At KU, we got more excited and the games seemed more intense," Taylor said in a telephone interview Monday. "Here, the games are more laidback, but we are expected to do the job. We get paid to play."
Another difference is the longer season.
"With a 150-game season, you can't dwell on your mistakes," said Taylor, who averaged 50-game seasons at KU. "You just have to keep learning from your mistakes. There's always the next game."
Taylor, among KU's top seven all-time leader in games started and innings pitched, said the season had already taken its toll on his team's
Taylor aims for spot among KU's major league players
1986-88 KU pitcher Scott Taylor has his sights set on making it to the big leagues. This season he is the top starting pitcher for the Wausau Timbers, the class A farm team of the Seattle Mariners.
Major League Jayhawks
Bob Allison ('54)
Larry Miller ('58)
Washington Senators 1958-60; Minnesota Twins 1961-70.
Larry Milner ('58)
Los Angeles Dodgers 1964; New York Mets 1965-66
Chicago Cubs 1970
Chuck Dobson ('64)
Kansas City A's 1966-67, Oakland A's 1968-71; California
Arizona 1975-75
Skip James ('71)
San Francisco Giants 1977-78. Chris Gayle (165)
San Francisco Giants
Steve Renko ("65)
Montreal Expos 1969 76; Chicago Cubs 1976; Chicago
White Sox 1977; Oakland Bears 1980; Boston Red Sox
1982
Clay Christiansen ('79)
New York Yankees 1979-86; Minnesota Twins 1987.
Steve Larsen (770)
Philadelphia Phillies 1984-present.
pitching staff. He is one of only two starters to remain injury-free.
Susan Younger/KANSAN
SOURCE: KU Athletic Department
Taylor repeated two complaints heard regularly among minor-leaguers: poor pay and long road trips.
Class A ballplayers average between $800 and $900 a month for their five-month season.
"The pay is pretty terrible," Taylor said. "Nobody gets rich in the minor leagues, but we say. We'll get there. We get there (to the major leagues)."
"On the road trips, you never know what to expect." Taylor said. "You just hope the sheets are clean at the
next rest stop:” Other than some rowdy back-of-the-bus team sing-alongs, he said his travels had been uneventful.
Taylor said his team, the northernmost team of the Midwest League's Northern Division, usually took 10-12 day road trips to such towns as Kenosha, Wis., Rockford, Ill. and Slow Bend, Ind.
"We've spent as many as seven hours at a time on the bus," Taylor said. "But it helps having a pretty face, and a smile." We are going we're going as fast as he can."
Taylor's future plans include
enrolling at Wichita State University at the end of the season. He said that he wanted to finish the 10 hours of credit that he needed for his bachelor's degree in chemistry. It will also give him a chance to be closer to his girlfriend, who lives in Wichita.
Right now, though, his sights are set on the remainder of the season.
"If I move up at the end of the season (to class AA ball), that'd be great," Taylor said. "If I don't, that's a bad day." He had a lucky idea; I didn't have to play rookie ball (the lowest level of professional ball) in my first year."
Tennis Classic will begin Friday at KU
by Gwendolyn Parrett Kansan sportswriter
The University of Kansas will be represented by four tennis players in the United States Tennis Association's third annual Mainline Tennis Classic, beginning on Friday at the Allen Field House tennis complex.
The tournament, sponsored by Mainline Printing, Inc., of Topeka, is the first stop in the fourth USTA Pro-Satellite segment. There are five segments throughout North States, and they will be in Lawrence, where this segment will go to tournaments in Springfield, Mo., Tulsa, Oka., and Wichita.
The tournament will consist of a
qualifier to fill 16 spots that are still open in the 64-man main draw.
"There are 48 people who are already in the main draw," said Scott Perleman, tournament director and director of games at Kansas City, Saturday and Sunday, there will be 200 players playing for the last 18 spots.
Kansas tennis players scheduled to compete are Jeff Gross, Rafael Rangel, Paul Garvin and 1989 American John Fallbo. Former Jayahew Mike Wolf is also in the main draw. Wolf and Fallbo will also compete in the doubles competition
Michael Chang, who earlier this month was the first American in 36 years to win the French open, finishes with a record seven-under-five Classic in Lawrence two years ago.
"The thing that impressed you most was his foot speed," Perelman said about Chang.
Perelman said that $12,500 in prize money would be divided among the finishers. The players enter the tournament as either amateur or professional competitors. Amateurs will get prize money, but it is divided
equally among all amateur finishers. Perlman said that it was possible for college players to win money as well as earn a salary and still retain their NCAA eligibility.
The players in the tournament will earn rankings by the Association of Tennis Professionals. "It's based on what they call your ATP points," she said. "The more ATP points you have, the higher you're ranked."
Perelman said he was optimistic about Kansas competitors this year. "We've never had any of our players do significantly well," he said. "Although I'm pretty excited about how well we'll do this year."
NBA drafting order baffles experts
The Associated Press
NEW YORK - The names were familiar - Pervis Ellison, Danny Ferry, Sean Elliott, Glen Race, J.R. Reid, Stacy King - but their new uniforms were a surprise until the NBA draft yesterday evening.
The 1989 Big Six were all taken after six selections in the first night draft in NBA history, but the order of the drafts baffled the experts.
Ellison, who found out he was taken by the Kings when the commissioner announced it, said he knew Russell was interested in him.
Ellison, who led Louisville to the NCAA title in 1986, was taken by Sacramento, whose general manager, Bill Russell, was apparently tred of soft inside defense. Ellison is one of 3 shot blocker in college history.
After Ellison, the top-rated half-done went in quick succession, with Duke's Ferry going to the Los Angeles Clippers, Arizona's Eliott to San Antonio, Michigan's Rice to Miami, North Carolina's Reid to Charlotte and Oklahoma's King to Chicago.
1. was stum surprised," Ellison said. "Most of the players I was talking with didn't have any idea who was going to be No. 1."
"You never know with trades." Ferry said. "I'll sleep better tomorrow night. If it's L.A. I'll make the best of the situation."
Chicago. The 6-foot-10 Ferry seemed certain that the backcourt-poor Clippers would trade him.
Elliott, who was plagued by reports of problems with his liver and knees, said he didn't expect to go 1. So he was pleased to be chosen by San
"This obviously could be a great team with (Terry) Cummings and Willie Anderson and with David Robinson coming in," Elliott said. "There's really nothing wrong with the teams. The teams just wanted to
— Sean Elliott San Antonio draft pick
This obviously could be a great team with (Terry) Cummins and Willie Anderson and with David Robinson coming in. There's really nothing wrong with my knees. The teams just wanted to dig deeper.'
Sean Elliott
T
Rice, who averaged 30.7 points and set a record for points in the NCAA Tournament, was taken by the worst team in the NBA last season. Miami's leading scorer, Kevin Edwards, averaged 13.8 points.
dig deeper."
"I lived in Michigan more than half of my life and it feels good to get out of the winter snow to the sunshine." Rice said.
Reid was the only predictable selection among the first six. The Hornets were the only team to announce a preference before the
The 6-11 King, the only highly regarded center in the draft, was thrilled to be going to Chicago, this year's Eastern Conference finalist, and becoming a teammate of Michael Jordan.
After the top six, the first round continued with guard George McCloud of Florida State going to Indiana, forward Randy White of Louisiana Tech to Dallas, forward from Hornsby, forward from Texas, point guard Pooh Richardson to Minnesota, forward Nick Anderson of Illinois to Orlando.
"I couldn't ask for a better, " King said. "Jordan is one of the greatest players who has ever played." Dreamed about playing with him.
point guard Mookie Blaylock of Oklahoma to New Jersey, forward Michael Smith of Brigham Young to Boston, point guard Tim Hardaway of Texas-Ela Pas to Golden State, guard Todd Lichti of Stanford to Denver and point guard Dana Barros of Boston College to Seattle.
Seattle then pulled the surprise of the first round, taking 6-foot-10-inch freshman Kemp, who attended Trinity Valley Community College in Texas for one year but did not play. Kemp signed a contract to play Kentucky in 1988 after being rated as one of the top high school prospects.
Cicago, with its second round pick, then made B J. Armstrong the fifth point guard selected in the first 18 picks.
the rest of the first round included forward Kenny Payne of Louisville to Philadelphia, forward Jeff Sanders of Georgia Southern to Chicago, guard Blue Edwards of Oklahoma and Bryon Irvin of Missouri to Portland, guard Roy Marble of Atlanta, forward Anthony Cook of Arizona to Phoenix, guard John Morton of Seton Hall to Cleveland, forward Vladie Divace of Ugosylvia to the Los Angeles Lakers for Kevin Battle of Illinois to Detroit.
The NBA champion Pistons later traded guard Michael Williams and the rights to Battle to Phoenix for the rights to Cook.
Elliott, Ferry. King and Douglas were 1989 All-Americans along with freshman guard Chris Jackson of LSU.
Douglas was the first pick of the second round, by Miami, and was the sixth point guard taken overall.
Another well-known college player slipping to the second round was Indiana's Jay Edwards, the Big Ten Player of the Year. Edwards was taken by the Clippers with the 33rd pick.
Steve Traynor/KANSAN
Throwing pains
Danny Lalich, Lawrence High School student, practices the javelin throw behind Memorial Stadium. Lalich attended the Kansas Big Dudes Throwing Camp, which teaches high school students field events such as javelin, discus, hammer and shot put. He was practicing Monday.