Friday, April 25, 1986
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Mets beat Cardinals to extend streak
United Press International
ST. LOUIS — Howard Johnson belted a two-run, game-tamer in the ninth innning, and George Poster singled home the winning run the 10th last night, and helped the New York Mets extend their winning streak to six games with a 5-4 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals.
Johnson's blast and Foster's RBI single came off losing pitcher Todd Worrell, 0-1, who entered the game in the ninth. McRoger Dowell, 2-0, hurled the final two innings for New York. He had a strikeout. St. Louis has lost four in a row.
In the 10th, Wally Backman walked and stole two. Two outs later, Barryl Strawberry received an intentional walk, and Foster delivered his third hit of the night, an RBI single to left
The Mets tied the score 4-4 in the ninth. Foster opened with a double, and Worrell came in to pitch for the third inning, then Johnson hit attuw-run homer.
The Cardinals used a three-run sixth to take a 3-1 lead. Vince Coleman led off with a single and went to second on a Willie Mcee single. Tom Herr sacrificed and second in the third, and dropped pitcher Ron Darling's throw, allowing Coleman to score for all 1-1 tie.
Jack Clark walked on four pitches to load the bases for Andy Van Slyke, who lined a two-run single to right-center.
The Mets cut the score to 3-2 in the eighth when Gary Carter, who pushed his hitting streak to 10 games, allowed Lift to drive home Len Dykstra.
Philadelphia 4. Pittsburgh 2
PITTSBURGH — Mike Schmidt smashed two home runs and knocked in four runs to support the five-hit pitching of Shane Rawley and led the Philadelphia Philihes to 4-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Rawley, 2-1, notched his second complete game. He struck out five and walked four.
Schmidt had a two-run homer and a solo shot, giving him four home runs this season. He also had a sacrifice fly.
The Phillies took a 2-1 lead in the first. With two outs, Piters starred Rick Bodenhoff; 2; walked Von Hayes, and with a home run to left on a 3-2 pitch.
Pittsburgh made it 2-1 in the bottom half of the first. With two outs, Johnny Ray walked and advanced to second on Mike Brown's single up tine middle. Sid Bream's infield single loaded the bases. The Pirates scored when Phillies catcher Darren Daulton dropped the third strike with Tony Pena at bat and threw wildly to fire.
Cincinnati 3. Houston 0
Philadelphia added a run in the sixth on Schmidt's sacrifice fly.
The Pirates closed to 3-2 in the sixth on Tony Pena's leadoff homer. Schmidt homered in the ninth to make it 4-2.
HOUSTON -- Mario Soto allowed three hits and Nick Easley blasted a solo home run and lifted the Cincinnati in a 3-6 victory over the Atlanta Athletics.
Soto, 2-1, yielded two singles to Astro shortstop Craig Reynolds and a leadoff in the ninth to Phil Garner on the way to his 88th career complete game. He walked three and struck out five.
The loss for Houston was only its second in its last nine games.
NEW YORK — Cleveland first baseman Pat Tabler's fielding error allowed Bobby Meacham to score from second base, and the Yankees defeated the Indians 2-1. The victory against Oilers is off to its best start since 1983.
The Yankees' fifth straight victory gave them an 11-4 record.
Cincinnati took a 1-0 lead in the third. Eric Davis ripped a one-out double off loser Mike Madden, 1-1, and stole third. With two out, second baseman Bill Doran threw low to first on Dave Parker's ground ball, which allowed Davis to score an unearned run.
Esasky opened the fourth with his third homer of the season to give the Reds a 2-1 lead and keep Cincinnati's home run streak alive. The Reds have hilt at least one home run in each of their three games this season.
New York 2; Cleveland 1
Ron Guidry, 3-0, became the first Yankee to pitch a complete game this season. The veteran left-hander
Guidry last started a season 3-0 in 1980. Last night, he moved past Red Ruffing on the Yankees all-time list and was the only Whitey Ford, who had 195.
allowed 10 hits — all singles — while walking none and striking out four.
Neal Heaton, 0-1, pitched seven innings of four-hit ball but began the Yankees' fifth inning by walking ninth-place hitter Meacham with a full count. Meacham stole second when catcher Andy Allanson's throw off a pitchout was high. Two outs on the same play came in, went through Tabler's legs into right field, allowing Meacham to score and give the Yankees a 2-1 lead.
New York's Willie Randolph raised his hitting streak to a seasonlong 15 games.
OAKLAND, Calif. -- Mark Langston, with relief help from Karl Best, outdued Oakland strikeout specialist Jose Rijo last night, giving the Seattle Mariners a 3-1 victory over the A's.
The Mariners managed only two hits off Rijo — home runs by Alvin Davis and Ken Phelps. Davis hit an oppose-field homer over the left-field wall with one out and All Cowens scored a three-run shot. The Phils added an insurance shot in the ninth.
Seattle 3, Oakland 1
Other than that, Rijo was untouchable as he struck out 14 Mariners while walking five in $5 innings. Best earned his first save despite giving up an RBI single to Jose Censeco in the ninth.
DETROIT — The Detroit Tigers will be without right fielder Kirk Gibson for four to six weeks, yet Detroit manager Sparky Anderson thinks the injury might benefit the team in the long run.
Club might benefit from Gibson's injury
United Press International
"I look at it this way." Anderson said yesterday. "When a player is hurt, that's all part of the game.
Gibson suffered a severe left ankle sprain Tuesday night while running the bases.
"When you have a good club it should work to your benefit. It would be the best thing that could ever happen to this franchise in the long run if everybody would stand up and take all the heat off of Gibby."
Gibson returned to Detroit on Wednesday and yesterday morning underwent further examination by the surgeon who confirmed the original diagnosis.
dive, however.
Colon said Gibson would not need surgery, as was feared, and he expected the left-handed hitter to make a complete recovery.
Gibson will be immobilized seven to 14 days to allow the inflammation and swelling to go down. He will then begin a rehabilitation program of exercise, which he will begin exercising the muscles surrounding the injured ankle.
Playing their first game without Gibson, the Tigers defeated the Boston Red Sox 3-1 on Wednesday night. They were off yesterday and begin a three-game series at home against the Chicago White Sox tonight.
Often when a key player is hurt the club will play better for a few days before settling back to normal. Detroit could just as easily go into a
Detroit recalled left-handed hitting outfielder Pater Sheridan, who was cut by Kansas City in spring training, and recalled hitting utility man Brian Harmer
As a member of the St. Louis Cardinals, Harper opposed Sheridan in last year's World Series. He primarily played third, and catch.
Anderson said he would platoon Sheridan with Harper and Dave
Harper or Engle also may play first.
Dou Baker was cut from the team to keep the club at 24 players. However, the Tigers won't be hurt much because Tom Brokokens or Jamie Dixon can fill in at shortest if something happened to Alan Trammell.
Engle in right field. He already is switching Larry Herndon and Dave Collins in left.
Anderson was quick to point out that the Tigers were only 7-5 with Gibson.
Brookens, Harper, Harry Spilman or Darrell Evans could play third.
He said, "Now would be a good time for our pitchers to come around."
Parker says owners suit is ridiculous
Pittsburgh Associates, the new owners of the team, filed the suit Monday, saying that Parker, a former Pirate, breached the five-year contract he signed with the club in 1979 because of his admitted use of cocaine. The team is seeking relief from deferred payments of $5.3 million to Parker that are scheduled to begin in 1988.
United Press International
CINCINNATI — Speaking on the matter for the first time, Reds outfitier Dave Parker said in an interview published in yesterday's Cincinnati Post that the civil suit filed against him by the Pittsburgh Pirates was a shot in the dark to get out of an obligation.
"I know exactly what those people in Pittsburgh are doing. They're taking a shot in the dark to get out of an obliteration." Parker said.
"I view this as being very ignorant on their part. They say I didn't give my all, but I played with broken jaws, bad knees, all types of injuries and illnesses. All I did was give 110 percent in that town, and those owners want to sue because they say I didn't give my all. That's absurd."
Parker, 34, led the National League in batting while with the Pirates in 1977 (with a .338 average and 1978 (334, 30 home runs and 117 RBI), when he was named the league MVP in 1983, his last year with the Pirates, his average had slipped to .279 with 12 home runs.
Parker testified that he stopped using cocaine in 1982 because it adversely affected his performance.
During the cocaine trafficking trial of Curtis Strong in Pittsburgh over the summer, Parker admitted that he had been involved in drugs and became a regular user in 1979.
Asked why he has been the player most often associated with the drug trial and now the subject of a suit, Parker said, "Maybe it's because I'm black. Maybe it is because verbal abuse successful but think much people are put on those facts when they are put together.
"And I think people are still trying to 'get back at me for being the first million-dollar-a-year player in baseball.'
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