SPORTS
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Wednesday, October 13, 1993
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Blue Jays hang Sox out to dry
Toronto back to defend title in World Series
By Ben Walker The Associated Press
CHICAGO — The cold, the Chicago batters, the pressure of a big game. None of it bothered Dave Stewart.
Standing straight and staring ahead, he showed why the World Champion Toronto Blue Jays got him, and why they are going back to the Series.
Stewart, simply the best playoff pitcher ever, won the fourth pennant-clinching game of his career last night by leading
GAME 6 Toronto 6, Chicago 3
Toronto past the White Sox 6-3 in Game 6. Pat Borders, MVP of last year's World Series, drove in his first three runs of this series. His RBI grounder put the Blue Jay's ahead 3-2 in the fourth inning against Chicago pitcher Alex Fernandez.
Devon White hit a home run in the ninth inning and Paul Mollitor, Toronto's other off-season free agent acquisition, hit a two-run triple in the ninth, and that was enough.
The victory was Stewart's second in the series. It made him a perfect 8-0 with a 2.03 ERA in the playoffs.
More importantly to him and the team, he sent the Blue Jays back to the World Series.
"They were a scrapy club, a good ball-club," he said of Chicago. "They keep coming at you. I figured ways to get them out."
Toronto is the first repeat AL champion since the New York Yankees won back-to-back pennants in 1977 and 1978.
"It turned out to be a good six ballgames," Blue Jays manager Cito Gaston said. "We were real lucky this year."
Toronto will play Game 1 Saturday night, at SkyDome against either Philadelphia or Atlanta. With the conclusion of the AL playoff, the NL playoff schedule has changed. Game 6 in Philadelphia will start at 7:12 tonight, rather than 3:07 p.m..
Stewart, named playoff MVP for the second time in his career, was not with the Blue Jays when they worked out Monday. He stayed behind in Toronto to help pass out food at a dinner for the homeless.
His late arrival Monday night into Chicago, however, did not rattle him. Stewart pitched 7½ innings, giving up two runs on four hits. He walked four and struck out three.
Stewart extended his record for most playoff victories — teammate Juan Guzman is next with just four. He also passed Hall of Famer Catfish Hunter for the most innings pitched in the playoffs. Stewart does have two no-decisions in the playoffs
— his team won both of those games, too.
All evening, Stewart stayed hot while the temperatures dropped into the low 40s. Blowing on his hand to keep warm, he blew down a revamped Chicago lineup. Warren Newson, who replaced slumping Bo Jackson as the designated hitter, honored in the ninth off Duane Ward, who earned a save. Catcher Mike LaValliere, who was hitless last night, played in place of Ron Karkovice.
Missouri up next for volleyball team
By Gerry Fey
Kansan sportswriter
The Missouri and Kansas volleyball coaches say that there is not a heated rivalry between their teams, but Kansas players still crave for a victory.
They will play at 7:30 tonight in Allen Field House.
"Come from Missouri, I really want to beat them," said middle blocker Cyndee Kanabel, Kansas City, Mo., senior. "I can't believe they finished ahead of us in the Big Eight last year. Losing at Missouri last year cost us six place in the Big Eight."
Kansas is 11-7 overall and 1-2 in the Big Eight. Missouri will enter the match at 7-10 overall and 0-2 in the Big Eight. Kansas split last year's two-game series with Missouri; each team won its home match.
Kansas coach Frankie Albitz said the match was not a rivalry, but it was a fun match to watch. The overall series record between the two schools favors Missouri. 21-17.
But Kansas has a good defensive team this year.
"We're something like 16th in the nation in defense," Albitzsaid. "I think a lot of it is the system we run and the type of players we have."
Albitz said Missouri's defense hustled as well.
"They're a real scrapy team," she said. "They dig a lot of balls."
Missouri coach Craig Sherman said there was not much animosity
"Both teams will come in pumped up," Sherman said. "It's carried on from the old football and basketball games. You want to beat your cross-state rivals."
For the Tigers to come out of Lawrence with a victory, their front line must play a good match. he said.
between the two teams,but there was a desire to win.
One of these is outside hitter Gwen Mullens, Sherman said. Mullens is a 5-foot-9 junior from Lawrence.
Kanabel said that Mullens would have a lot of fans in the crowd, but that Kansas also hoped to draw a large crowd because tonight would be Junior High School Night.
A home match may be what Kansas needs. The team is 6-1 at home this season. Kansas' two Big Eight defeats have come on the road at Oklahoma and Iowa State, where the Cyclones defeated Kansas in three games Saturday.
Although Kanabel said she wanted to win for personal reasons, she also said it was an important match for the Jayhawks as a team.
"The outcome should be the same as the match against Kansas State, but we can't take them lightly," she said. "We need to win this match. This is crucial."
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Senior Cyndee Kanabel attempts a spike against a Kansas State defender. Kansas defeated K-State in its last home game. The Jayhawks home record this season is 6-1. Kansas will face Missouri at 7:30 tonight in Allen Field House.
Team loses tournament by 3 strokes
By Kent Hohlfeld
By Kent Hohfield Kansan sportswriter
This year the Kansas men's golf team did not lay claim to the Kansas Invitational title it has held for the last two years. Kansas came in second behind Virginia Tech which won the title for the first time.
The Jayhawks finished with a fir Alvamar Golf and Country Club, placing them three strokes behind the Virginia Tech team in the three-round tournament.
MEN'S GOLF
The Jayhawks played without senior standout Matt Gogel who out the tournament because of the rule that limits the number of classes a player can miss. An athlete can miss only eight days of class a semester.
The first-place finish by Virginia Tech topped a final round that saw the Jayhawks remain in second while Oral Roberts University fell from first to third and Virginia Tech overcame a four-shot deficit to claim the title.
Oral Roberts came in to the final day leading the 14-team field but had a poor third round, shooting 303. Oral Roberts ended with 889 strokes placing it in third nine shots behind the Jayhawks.
Kansas coach Ross Randall said that a slow first round Monday hurt the team coming into the final round yesterday. The Jayhawks shot a 302 for the first round placing them in fourth but rebounded in the afternoon round, shooting 286 to move into second place.
Senior John Hess was the top Kansas golfer finishing with a 2-over-par 218. He said that the team's play in Monday's afternoon round was more indicative of the team's capabilities.
"In the morning round we played awful," Hess said. "In the afternoon we played real well. That's the way we're capable of playing."
Oral Roberts coach Bob Canada said that his team enjoyed playing in the tournament but that he was disappointed with its third-round performance.
"We didn't play with anybody today," Canada said.
Virginia Tech's Brian Sharp outplayed everybody during the third round, shooting a tournament-tying low score of 69. That was low enough for the junior to claim his first individual title of the year.
Sharp said that he was pleased with his team's performance in the tournament. He said the team, which also has two sophomores and two freshmen, managed to blend its abilities in this tournament more than in its last two.
"We felt all along that we hadn't quite put it all together," Sharp said. "In this tournament we finally did that."
Sharp said this tournament was a good way to prepare for the spring schedule.
"These tournaments affect us in the rankings so they are important to us." Sharp said.
Randall said he thought that the fall tournaments were helpful to his team's development as well. He said that he saw improvement over the team's previous two disappointing performances despite a third place team finish in the Topy Cup in Japan. He said that he thought playing the tournament without Gogel had hurt the team.
"We're not the same team without him," Randall said. The team will will have Gogel back when it wraps up its fall schedule at the Stanford Invitational Oct. 29-31.
Iowa State brings doubts about lineup into Saturday's game
By Matt Doyle
Kansan sportswriter
Kansas coach Glen Mason said the injury situation the Jayhawks have endured this season was the worst in his 20 years of coaching.
Iowa State coach Jim Walden can relate to Mason's problems. Five key starters and two reserve quarterbacks have been effected with injuries, and that has effected the Cyclones who are 1-4 entering Saturday's game at Kansas.
"They are a very hard team to figure out because they have had their fair share of injuries." Mason said.
The linebacker corps of the Cyclones have been hit hard with injuries. Of the 10 linebackers Walden was counting on to play significantly this season, only junior Jeff Cole has not been injured.
"When spring ball was over, I personally thought we would have the best linebacking crew we've had since I've been here," Walden said. "It just hasn't happened. They've been hurt and beaten down ever since they've been here."
Junior defensive tackle Troy Petersen was hampered by a sprained ankle in the first three games of the season and missed the game at Rice three weeks ago. He returned the following week against Oklahoma and had 10 tackles in the Sooners 24-7 victory.
Starting linebackers junior Matt Nitchie and freshman Tim Sanders are expected to see action against Kansas. Walden said that he was concerned about their effectiveness since they had seen limited practice time.
injuries, Walden said the Cyclones defense played its finest game of the season against Oklahoma. Iowa State held Oklahoma to a season-low 172 yards rushing.
Despite the problems with the
"We're not far away from being a good defensive team," Walden said. "We will be as healthy this week as we have been since the second quarter of the first game."
Walden said he would not alternate quarterbacks if Doxson was unable to play against the Jayhawks. Freshman walk-on Jeff St. Clair then would be the back-up quarterback.
Injuries have not been limited to the Cyclones defense. Junior wide receiver James Brooks and sophomore fullback Artis Garris have missed the last two games because of injuries.
Brooks, whose only two receptions this season have gone for touchdowns, is questionable for the Kansas game because of a separated left shoulder. Garris underwent reconstructive knee surgery last week for a torn anterior cruciate ligament and will miss the remainder of the season.
Walden went to the system of alternating quarterbacks to take pressure off junior starting quarterback Bob Utter. Utter has a history of suffering concussions, and Walden said another concussion would probably end Utter's playing career.
Walden said he hoped to have freshman reserve quarterback Todd Doxon back for this week's game. If Doxon returns, the Cyclones can return to a system of alternating quarterbacks by quarter.
"Bobby's stamina is not going to change so I'm trying to take pressure off him," Walden said. "I'm reducing the risk for him so he won't get hurt."
Kansas senior free safety Clint Bowen said there would not be any adjustment for the defense if Iowa State did alternate quarterbacks.
"They're basically going to run the same plays whoever the quarterback is." Bowen said.
Braves confident despite deficit
By Ronald Blum
Greg Maddux will pitch Game 6 against Philadelphia's Tommy Greene tonight. If there is a Game 7, Glavine will pitch tomorrow night against Terry Mullahan.
The Associated Press
"I hope we'll win tomorrow and force that situation," Glavine said before the Braves traveled back to rainy Philadelphia. "If we do, I like
PHILADELPHIA — If anything, the Atlanta Braves are overconfident going into Game 6 of the NL playoffs.
And that is no small thing for a team that trails the Philadelphia Phillies 3-2.
"We've done it before, so we can do it again," Atlanta pitcher Tom Glavine said yesterday after throwing for 10 minutes at Atlanta-Fulton Country Stadium.
GAME 6 Braves at Phillys 7:12 p.m. 5, 13
mv chances."
"A lot of people are going to ask, 'How are we going to do it?' " Avery said. "But we've done it before."
Before Monday, the Braves hadn't lost consecutive games since Aug. 19-20. Atlanta has lost seven consecutive one-run games in the postseason.
Two years ago, the Braves went back to Pittsburgh trailing 3-2. Steve Avery allowed only three hits in eight innings as Atlanta won Game 6 by a 1-0 score, and teammate John Smoltz won 4-0 the next night.
Since its 14-3 and 9-4 routs in Games 3 and 4, Atlanta is just 5-for 20 with runners in scoring position. The Braves have scored in just two of their last 20 innings.
"Maybe it's time to stop looking at what we haven't done and look at what they have done," Terry Pendleton said.
Pendleton is playing with a slight abdominal strain. Mark Lemke's strained right shoulder appeared to hamper his swings in Game 5. Greg Olson received a cortisone shot Monday, a day after he was hit on the
son. The Braves trail in the series even though it has outscored the Phillies 30-17. It's beginning to resemble the 1960 World Series, when Pittsburgh won in seven games even though the New York Yankees outscored the Pirates 55-27.
With the breaks and bounces going against them, one would think the Braves are concerned. But the two-time NL champs look back at their comeback in Pittsburgh two years ago and their three-run ninth-inning rally against the Pirates in Game 7 last year.
"I felt more anxiety in 1991 than I do now," pitching coach Leo Mazzone said. "I don't know if confidence is the right word. I kind of know more of what to expect. We're going in there and there's going to be a lot of energy and excitement."
“There is no reason to panic, no reason to look ahead or look back to what’s happened,” he said. “We need to focus on Game 6.”
Lemke, who just missed a game-winning hit Monday, typified the attitude.
wrist by a pitch. It is not clear whether he will be able to catch.
Philadelphia in position to win
Phillies prove worthwhile against Braves
By Alan Robinson The Associated Press
PHILADELPHIHA — Their closer teeters on the brisk of disaster with every pitch. Their top defensive replacement has nearly thrown away two games. Their opponent talks with the bold cockiness of a two-time defending champion.
Yet the Philadelphia Phillies have the talent, oh-so-confident Atlanta Braves right where they want them for today's Game 6 of the National League playoffs.
At home. Down a game. Needing another miracle.
The Phillies' rallying cry during
These scruffy, unshaven, beer-bellied, underdog, overachieving Phillies lead the series 3-2 and need one more victory to play in the World Series for the first time since 1983. They seized the lead with yet another impossible victory, 4-3 on Lenny Dykstra's home in the 10th inning of Game 5 Monday despite blowing a three-run lead in the ninth.
Tommy Greene (16-4), who had won his last 13 decisions at Veterans Stadium before being burned 14-3 by Atlanta's home-run machine in Game 2, will be rematched with Greg Maxdux (20-10) in Game 6 at 7:12 tonight.
That they're even keeping up with the Braves — who have outscored them 30-17 — is inexplicable. Reliever Mitch Williams has blown two leads and nearly a third, and third baseman Kim Batiste's ninth-inning errors in Game 1 and Game 5 almost ruined two exquisitely pitched games by Curt Schilling.
their 1980 World Series championship season was "Ya Gotta Believe." But who would have believed this?
"A lot of people said we didn't belong on the same field as the Braves coming into this series," manager Jim Fregosi said. "But now you're seeing how we got here."
But while the Phillies have been embarrassed 23-7 in their two losses, they're winning the tight ones: 4
3 in Game 1, 2-1 in Game 4, 4-3 in Game 5. Weren't the Braves, who have lost their last seven one-run postseason games, supposed to wait to the World Series before losing the close games?
"We better win big because we're sure not doing the little things in the close games," Otis Nixon said of today's Game 6.
"You can only get in these situations so many times," Jeff Blauser said. "We're used to having our backs against the wall, but you don't want to be doing this too often. But we've done it again."
What the 104-victory Braves now will learn before a pumped-to-themax sellout crowd in the Vet is if they have one more postseason escape act left in them.