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sports Battalion/Paf April 21,l| ! f Cleveland bombs Rangers 8-3nb Be A Star! in Graham Central Station's United Press International ARLINGTON — Although it looked bad for three innings, the Cleveland Indians refused to knuckle under to Charlie Hough. Hough defeated the Indians 8-3 in the season open er 10 days ago, and for three innings Tuesday night, the 34-year-old looked like he would repeat the effort. The Texas knuckleballer retired the first 10 batters, but with one out in the fourth inning, the Indians sud denly ripped him for six straight hits and four runs. By the time reliever Paul Mirabella ended the inning, the Indians had a 6-0 lead and went on to take a 9-4 victory over the Rangers in the opener of a three-game series. Led by American League co-player of the week Andre Thorton, who drove in three runs with a home run and a double, the Indians stroked 14 hits off three Texas pitchers. The onslaught didn’t surprise Thorton, whose team has averaged seven runs a game. “We attacked him (Hough) the same way we did in Cleveland. We are just hitting better, that’s the key. We are playing better and hitting the ball,” said Thorton, whose two-run homer, his fourth of the year, gave the Wa United V° c O X Monday, May 3 Everyone Dressed Like a Star Gets in Free! Judging By Audience Participation! Super Contest Grand Prizes! Indians an 8-0 lead in the fifth inning. > “I really got in a bad groove where everythingljl should have been hit and it was,” said Hough,noJ Eight of Cleveland’s nine players had hits middle of the lineup, accounting for ten hits anil RBI L, Winning pitcher Bert Blylevin's curve baU ; bB| s |, n s ! x s Rangers off balance as he struck out sevenandstat|?2[ m 8 , * , e five hits over seven innings. hdp .' His only trouble came in the fifth inningwLMF* 16 tno . st: inn Rangers scored three runs on a walk and three hlnlH 0 senes i ersey Coach I light, after the I tarter Foots Wr two were out. LA uses Astros to halt slump with 10-2 victor; United Press International LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Dodgers turned to their favorite anti-slump formula Tuesday night and the antidote worked again. Fernando Valenzuela pitch ed a complete game and pulled the Dodgers out of a six-game losing streak, the longest they had suffered since 1969. “This was only my third game, but I felt fine,” Valen zuela said after the 10-2 victory over Houston. “I was getting men out and that’s what counts." Washington Bu jame of a best-c erence mini-: bought he had t hink Darwin (( [uard mentality Rick Mahorr he first half, sco , he Bullets dowi in offense and |e field. Walk Fri. April 23 & Sat. April 24 Brazos County Pavillion Boxing Between Dorms-Corps-Fraternities Student Organizations-TAMU Students Plenty of Beer & Food available GRAHAM CENTRAL STATION 1600B South College Ave. 2.6 Miles North of Texas AfitfM 'jT Admission: Available at Texas Aggie $2.50 presale Bookstore, Pother’s $3.50 gate Bookstore. Fight Times: Friday April 23 Saturday April 24 12 noon 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. Semi-Finals to 5 p.m. Preliminary Bouts ADMISSION FREE AT THIS TIME 6 p.m. to Midnight FINALS jpei edg< Valenzuela three-run rally in tfies nisscd the game ning with an RBI sinjM he Bu | ,ets c: finished with sevenstril w r y Friday i was his second victor) 1 igB decisions as he bested B Ruble, 0-2. The Dodgers racked J hits and 10 runs—tktl they’ve had it season. Houston took a briefl the top of the second Knight led off with his firs er of the year, but theDoJ tied it in the bottom of(i ning on Rick Monday'sli homer, his first. ■ The Dodgers went alioH the fourth when Ken H reaux singled, stole secomlThe Atlanta I scored on Dusty Baker roupe — everyl They made it 3-1 in thcElaudell Wasi when Bill Russell led of lamirez, who hi double and scored whei ieroes as the uni stop Kiko (iarcia Ini f-the-season wi: Valenzuela's hard grow jtmes by beatin •m error, allowing Russdj: Playing befor score. -37,628 — the fhe Dodgers added ileds and tie the r runs in the sixth, and threeS of a season in the eighth. MondaysiriHbrleague rec home the first run of the Iso in 1884. aucl alter Ron Ceywaiym ashi ) Y; vs sacnfice fly scorn: i^natfs Fra I homas. iikn Il,nner ifeking run in i konm kc* and pinch batterj^J p a Belanger scored the bd* He threw n Dodger runs. Washington. Alan Kntcely singled Astros’ final run in thenm, Although out! lived with the ai ning. 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