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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1981
Even series at one game each
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MONTREAL — It was sup
posed to be one of the Los Angeles
Dodgers’ easier games.
Rookie pitching phenom Fer
nando Valenzuela was supposed to
work his magic against the Mon
treal Expos while the Dodgers
were supposed to pounce on Ex
pos’ starter Ray Burris, who has
been with more clubs than some
golfers.
But things don’t always go as
planned.
Wednesday night in Los
Angeles it was Burris who worked
some magic, throwing a five-hit
shutout and lifting the Expos into
control of th National League
Championship Series with a 3-0
victory. It was the Expos' first win
at Dodge Stadium in their last 11
games and just their second in the
last 21 games in Los Angeles.
The Expos now host the Dod
gers for the remainder of the best-
of-five series, with the third and
fourth games scheduled for Friday
night and Saturday and a fifth
game slated for Sunday afternoon,
if necessary.
Burris, a seven-year major
league veteran, also has played for
the Chicago Cubs, New York
Yankees and New York Mets. He
signed as a free agent in February
after being released by the Mets.
“This is very gratifying,” the 6-
foot-5, 200-pound right-hander
said after helping the Expos even
the series at one game each. “I’ve
played for a number of managers
and a number of clubs, and this
has to be the greatest experience
of my career.
“Tonight I mixed my offspeed
pitches,” he said. “I used a slider,
changeup and curveball. Earlier
this year I went mostly with the
hard stuff against the Dodgers and
they clobbered me.”
The only batters to bother Bur
ris were Dusty Baker and Bill Rus
sell, both of whom had a pair of
singles.
The Expos jumped on Valen
zuela for a pair of runs in the
second inning to give Burris all the
support he needed. Montreal,
which had managed only eight hits
against Valenzuela in 18 innings
previously this season, rapped out
four in the second and might have
had an even bigger inning if right
fielder Pedro Guerrero hadn’t
thrown out Warren Cromartie at
the plate for the final out.
Valenzuela retired the next 10
batters in a row but the Expos got
to him for another run in the sixth
with the aid of a throwing error by
left fielder Baker. With one out,
Andre Dawson singled and Gary
Carter sent him to third with
another single. When Baker’s
throw to second went astray,
Dawson scored to give Montreal a
3-0 lead and Burris then sealed the
win. The Expos knew losing both
games in Los Angeles would vir
tually guarantee them an early
start on winter vacation.
“No doubt about it, it would
have been very, very difficult to
come back and win the series if
we’d lost both games here,” said
manager Jim Fanning. “Now it’s
an entirely different series.”
Montreal catcher Gary Carter,
who had two of the Expos’ 10 hits,
said the win changed the series
dramatically.
“We feel very confident now
with three games in Montreal
coming up,” he said.
The Yankees, seeking their
last six years, treated five Oakland
pitchers like batting practice fod
der Wednesday, setting a slew of
American League Championship
Series batting records en route to
13-3 humiliation of Billy Martin’s
Western Division champions.
The Yankees, holding a 2-0 lead
the best-of-five series, try to
gned H na il down the sweep at Oakland
sfliils Coliseum in Game 3 behind hard-
rowing rookie left-hander Dave
Righetti, who has already notched
two postseason victories. Right
hander Matt Keough will start for
I torma the shell-shocked A’s.
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im pumped up for it, said
0 f py Righetti, who had an 8-4 record
with a 2.05 ERA during the regu-
season. “The biggest part is to
stop them early and get some
mns. We don’t lose too many
games when we get the lead. ”
spotlight in his first exposure to
post-season play. “If you can solve
their starting pitchers and get to
their bullpen, you’ll do all right.”
McCatty, a 14-game winner
during the regular season, was
even more critical of his club’s
pitching staff— which had yielded
only five runs in four previous
playoff games in 1981.
“It would be easy to say that we
can forget about all this after a few
beers on the plane ride home,”
said McCatty, who lasted just 3
1-3 innings before leaving with
Oakland still ahead 3-2. “This was
easily the worst performance of
my career and I would have to
save it for this game. I’m very
embarrassed and I’m sure our fans
in Oakland are very dis
appointed.”
McCatty left the game with the
bases filled and Dave Beard
promptly allowed five straight
hits, including a three-run home
run by Piniella. Nettles, who went
4-for-4, added a three-run homer
in the seventh off Bob Owchinko.
In setting records for most hits
(19) and runs in a game, the Yank
ees’ imposing lineup featured an
abundance of heroes — despite
the absence of Jackson, who left
after a slight strain of the left calf
Jerry Mumphrey had four hits
and scored twice, Larry Mil-
bourne, filling in brilliantly for the
injured Bucky Dent at shortstop,
went 2-for-5 with two runs scored
and Willie Randolph, relegated to
the ninth position in the batting
order, had two hits, scored one
run and drove in another.
The Yankees’ batting pyrotech
nics obscured a strong 5 2-3 inning
relief stint by winner George Fra
zier, who pitched just 27 2-3 in
nings all season. Frazier took over
for a battered Rudy May with run
ners on second and third and one
out in the fourth and allowed only
one run before getting speedy
Rickey Henderson to tap back to
him for an inning-ending double
play.
“It’s unbelievable,” said Fra
zier. “My mother, father, wife and
son were here and it’s the first
time my mother and father have
seen me pitch live.”
Nettles became the first player
in league playoff history to get two
hits in the same inning when he
lashed two singles in the fourth.
Soccer team to host
TSU Saturday at 2
The Texas A&M men’s soccer team will host Texas Southern Uni
versity in a nonconference game Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Main Drill
Field.
The game was originally scheduled in Houston but TSU wanted to
move it.
Both programs have just recently been given varsity status at their
respective schools.
The Aggies are currently 3-3-2 for the season, 3-0-2 in conference
action.
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And the Yankees hit Oakland
foftlit early and hard in both games at
Yankee Stadium, taking a 3-0 lead
the first inning of Game 1 on
Graig Nettles’ bases-clearing dou-
On Wednesday, New York
waited until the fourth before low
ering the boom on Oakland starter
and loser Steve McCatty and a
quartet of struggling relievers.
Dave Winfield, who made a
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