SPORTS UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Wednesday, October 20,1993
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Blue Jays rule Phillies' turf, up World Series lead to 2-1
Molitor's hitting powers Toronto
By Ben Walker The Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA — It didn't matter where Paul Mollor played. Only that he got to bat.
Molitor defused the designated hitter debate for at least one game, hitting a two-run triple and a solo homer and leading the Toronto Blue Jays past the Philadelphia Phillies 10-3 last night for a 2-1 lead in the World Series.
American League batting champion John Olerud was sent to the bench to make room for Molitor at first base. Olerud sat placidly, trying to keep warm on a night when rain delayed the start of the game for more than an hour. He watched as Molitor missed three plays. But offense, not defense, was why Blue Jays manager Cito Gaston wanted Molitor in the lineup.
Molitor, who did not find out until two hours before the scheduled start of the game that he would be playing, tripled and scored in the first inning, homered in the third for a 4-0 lead, walked and scored in the seventh and singled in the ninth. Molitor batted .332 this season, second in the league only to Olerud's .363. He is 6 for 11 in the Series.
GAME3 Toronto 10 Philadelphia 3
Just where Molitor will be tonight when Todd Stottlemyre starts for the Blue Jays against right-hander Tommy Greene is uncertain. Gaston said he wanted to get Olerud's bat back in business, and said he was reluctant to put Molitor at third base in place of Ed Sprague.
"I don't think I will be playing, unfortunately, because I'd like to be a part of going up 3-1," Molitor said. "Cito's comments before the game indicated Eddie will be at third and John at first tomorrow."
"It looks to me like Cito made the right choice tonight," Phillies manager Jim Fregosi said.
Olerud's only appearance was in the ninth inning when he was on deck to pinch hit, but the last out was made with him still in the circle. Olerud, who was benched twice last year to make room for designated hitter Dave Winfield, became just the third batting champion to sit out a Series game; Chick Hafey it in 1913 with the St. Louis Cardinals, and Willie McGee did it in 1990 for Oakland after winning the title with the St. Louis.
Cardinals
Roberto Alomar, who had four hits, and Rickey Henderson, who had two, each scored twice to give pitcher Pat Hentgen plenty of support. Hentgen, who has pitched better on the road than at home this season, allowed one run on five hits in the six innings he pitched.
Danny jackson, perhaps uncomfortable on a mound made wet by a rain delay, never found a groove. He was tagged for four runs on six hits.
After Henderson led off the night with a single and Devon Walked, Molitor sliced a drive that skipped on the slick tuck and slid past right fielder Jim Eisenreich. Joe Carter followed with one of Toronto's three sacrifice flies.
Toronto made it 5-0 in the sixth against Ben Rivera when Alomar singled, stole twice and scored on a sacrifice fly by Tony Fernandez. In the seventh, Henderson led off with a double, making him 3-for-10 in the series. White followed with a triple and Molitor walked.
The Phillies broke through in the sixth on two walks and a single by Jim Eisenreich. In the seventh, against Cox, Philadelphia loaded the bases with one out. But Dave Hollins hit a hard grounder that Molitor fielded cleanly and threw to Fernandez, who made the relay to Cox at first base for a double play.
Kansan sportswriter
By Anne Felstet
It took Oklahoma State's women's golf team 919 strokes to win the two-day Marilyn Smith/Jayhawk Invitational yesterday.
Nebraska finished 24 strokes behind, taking second place with a 943. Missouri had a team total of 954.
Oklahoma State's Charlotte Eliason won the tournament with a score of 224.
Senior Kansas golfer Holly Reynolds moved up from fourth place after the first two rounds to tie for second place with Oklahoma State's Arantxa Sison. Both had a 226 three-round total. Reynolds out-shot Sison by five strokes in yesterday's final round. The 74 stoke-round was also Reynolds best score of the tournament on the par-72 course.
Kansas coach Jerry Waugh the top three players finished at least eight over par, which indicated the difficulty of the course. Par for three rounds on the course is 216.
Kansas finished fourth out of nine teams with a score of 989 on its home course at Alvamar Golf and Country Club. Kansas State finished sixth with a total of 1006.
Distances from teens to cups were lengthened for the tournament so Alvamar would be equivalent in length to a championship course, Waugh said.
He said he was pleased with the team's scores considering the rainy conditions and the course's longer lengths.
The rain also made the course seem longer
because the ball would not roll after hitting the ground, he said.
Reynolds said the ball normally rolled on a dry course, but it sunk into the ground when it was wet.
She attributed her move into second place to being calmer and playing more steadily than the day before. She said she knew what she had to shoot to win, which helped her become more focused.
Fellow teammate sophomore Lynn Williamson posted the next-highest Jayhawk score with a 248. She shot .85 strokes in the final round but said she played her back nine holes in that round. She said her first nine holes were the worst she had ever played. She triple-boyed on the first hole of the day.
To recover, Williamson said, she calmed herself down so that she could move on and play well.
The team's next tournament will be at Texas A&M Nov. 5-7.
Reynolds said that only some of the same teams from yesterday's tournament would participate in Texas.
Waugh-said that he would hold a qualifying tournament among the Kansas players next week to determine which five would represent the Jayhawks in the tournament. All 11 members will play a 36-hole game. The players with the five lowest scores will travel to College Station, Texas.
Good offensive-line mix key to Kansas victories
Reynolds said she felt more pressure in the requalifying round than she did in the tournaments because she had to prove that she was good enough to represent the Jayhawks.
By Matt Doyle
Kansan sportswriter
After seven games, Ruel said he believed he had found the right chemistry for the Javahawk offense.
Kansas offensive coordinator Pat Ruel could be referred to as a chemist. It is his responsibility to mix the proper ingredients to find the right mix for a successful Javawk offense.
"There is a process of chemistry, of trying to get everything jelled together," Ruel said. "I'm a little disappointed that it had not happened earlier. I don't know where I went wrong."
However, there was not much wrong with the Kansas offense in Saturday's 35-20 victory against Iowa State. Kansas had 480 yards of total offense against the Cyclones, including a 237-yard rushing performance by freshman tailback June Henley.
In the last three games, Kansas has averaged 406 yards of total offense. Junior Asheki Preston has been
Kansas' starting quarterback in all three games.
The Jayhawks averaged 327 yards of total offense in the first four games with junior quarterback Fred Thomas starting. But the change in starting quarterbacks is not the only reason why the offense's production has increased the last three games.
Senior center Dan Schmidt returned from an ankle injury that hampered him throughout the first month of the season. Since Schmidt's return against Colorado State on Oct. 2, the running game has averaged 263 yards in the last three games as compared to 174 yards in the first four games.
"It all starts with us, the offensive line," Schmidt said. "If we're not opening the holes, then the running backs aren't going to have the big days."
Schmidt said that if the offensive linemen did not do their jobs in the game then the offense would go down hill. Preston said he agreed with Schmidt's statement.
"You have to give credit to the offensive line because they're really doing a good job," Preston said. "When they do their job, things begin to click, and that's how you get big plays."
Big plays returned to the Jayhawk offense against Iowa State. Henley ran for a 77-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter, and Preston completed a pair of 39-yard passes to wide receivers junior Rodney Harris and senior Greg Ballard.
But the biggest plays against Iowa State may have been the third downs Kansas converted into first downs. Kansas converted 12 out of 17 third down plays last week after converting only 33 percent in the first six games.
"Normally if you're good on third down it is because you've done well on first and second downs," said Kansas coach Glen Mason. "Our lack of efficiency on third down is because we haven't had a number of third and short situations."
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*kansas junior quarterback AsheliK Preston reaches for more yardage as Iowa State's junior defensive end Sheldon Napastuk and Junior defensive back Kevin Fulton hold him back. Preston completed two 39-yard passes to help pull a victory from Iowa State Saturday. Since Preston has been moved to starting quarterback, Kansas has averaged 406 yards a game of total offense.*
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