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Battalion/Page 11
June 22, 1982
; Teenager on Dodger farm
earn: another Valenzuela?
United Press International
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — When the
ioss goes around talking about you, tell-
ig everyone you’re the greatest looking
toung pitcher he’s seen since Bob Feller,
just like the song says, “Oh Lord, it’s hard
f Q r to be humble.”
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e way they did with the left-handed
lastballing Fernandez two weeks ago.
What else were the Dodgers going to
o with their pudgy prodigy from
lawaii who was still going to high school
ist year and may turn out to be another
ernando Valenzuela for the world
hamps?
Fernandez just was too much for the
itters in the Florida State League. After
ikching two no-hitters for Vero Beach,
etting a league record by striking out 21
tatters in a game with Lakeland, fanning
(nother 16 in a contest with Miami and
riking out 16 more in a 1-0 victory over
r i brt Lauderdale, Fernandez was in-
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In his two starts with the Dukes, he has
struck out 13 batters against Phoenix,
working only six innings because he had
thrown enough pitches, and then added
10 more strikeouts in his second start
against Tucson.
Even though he has been with Albu
querque only two weeks, Fernandez is
beginning to attract the same kind of
attention Valenzuela did when he first
showed up with the Dodgers two years
ago. He isn’t letting all the fuss get to him,
though.
“I’m trying not to get a swelled head,”
says the rookie, sitting in front of his
locker in the modern big league-like
clubhouse the Dukes have. “I never was a
cocky person. Basically, I’m quiet and try
to mind my own business.”
Pat McKernan, president and general
manager of the Dukes, oversees one of
the best minor-league clubs in baseball, a
club that has been extraordinarily suc
cessful artistically as well as financially.
The Dukes won the first half of their
division title by 10 games Monday night
and they’ve played 231 games since they
were last shut out.
The Dodgers have some of their finest
young talent playing with the Dukes,
players like first baseman Greg Brock
and outfielders Mike Marshall and Can
dy Maldonado. Brock hit one a couple of
miles over the center field fence Monday
night against the Tucson Toros for his
24th homer. He’s hitting .342 and has 79
RBI.
Marshall, who was minor-league play
er of the year with Albuquerque last year,
with his .373 average, is doing even bet
ter now with .390 and Maldonado, who
hit .335 here a year ago, is sailing along
nicely at .321.
Del Crandall, the manager of the
Dukes, handled pitchers like Warren
Spahn and Lew Burdette when he
caught for the Milwaukee Braves. He
knows what makes a good pitcher and
says the 6-foot-1, 220-pound Fernandez
is on the way to becoming one.
“He has a unique delivery,” Crandall
says. “The ball doesn’t come up at the
hitters the way it does with most pitchers.
The ball comes up at you and then has a
tendency to tail off a little.
“You know who comes to my mind
looking at him? Robin Roberts. Fernan
dez gets under the ball when he delivers
and has good extension.”
Padres apply knockout
punch; rally past Astros
United Press International
HOUSTON — Few teams
look forward to making long
road trips. Of course, winning
2-of-4 in the first series makes it
a lot easier.
“It really is nice to win 2 out of
4 here,” said San Diego catcher
Terry Kennedy, who drove in
the winning run in the Padres’
7-4 victory over the Houston
Astros Monday night. “Hey, this
is the way we have been playing
all year. We have a bunch of
young guys who love to win and
don’t know when to quit. This is
a great way to start a long road
trip.”
Kennedy cracked a two-run
double to highlight a six-run
eighth inning.
San Diego manager Dick Wil
liams agreed the good start was
important.
“Anytime you can win 2-out
of-4 on the road, you have to be
happy,” said Williams. “Our
young pitchers did a good job
tonight, holding them down un
til we could catch up. Don Sut
ton is doing a good job for Hous
ton. He pitched well enough
tonight, but we just didn’t give
up.”
Houston manager Bill Vir-
don said it was a bitter loss.
“Sure this is a tough way to
lose a game,” he said. “Sutton
pitched very well for seven in
nings tonight. Unfortunately,
the bullpen couldn’t hold them
and you saw the results. It is still
a long season and there are a lot
of games to play.”
Sutton took a 4-1 lead into the
eighth inning before Tim Flan
nery and Garry Templeton sing
led. George Cappuzzello re
lieved Sutton and walked Rup-
pert Jones to load the bases.
Flannery then scored from third
on a passed ball to cut the mar
gin to 4-2 as the other runners
moved up a base.
Mike LaCoss came on for
Cappuzzello and was greeted
with a run-scoring infield single
by Sixto Lezcano. Kennedy fol
lowed with his double down the
left-field line to score Jones and
Lezcano and give the Padres a
Don Sutton
5-4 lead. Luis Salazar then
bunted and Kennedy raced
home when LaCoss threw wildly
past third for an error. Salazar
wound up on third and scored
on Broderick Perkins’ single.
“brew’s streak hits 25 games
Angels’ big inning tops Texas
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United Press International
1NAHEIM, Calif. — The
|ak continued for Rod
|rew, but it seemed much
|re important to the fans, his
ilifornia teammates and the
lia covering the game than it
I to the seven-time American
jlgue batting champion.
5arew lined a Charlie Hough
Buckleball to center for a single
■the eighth inning Monday
Jht in California’s 10-2 rout of
■ Texas Rangers, extending
I hitting streak to 25 games,
the longest in the major leagues
this season.
Pretty exciting, huh Rod?
“No, not really,” the soft-
spoken first baseman said. “It’s
not nearly as big a thing as 1977,
when I was pressing .400 near
the end of the season. That was
really exciting.”
Carew, who struck out against
Hough’s knucklers his second
and third times at the plate,
started the eighth with his sing
le. Before the inning ended, the
Angels had scored seven runs
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and sent 13 batters to the plate.
On Carew’s second at-bat of
the inning, and his last of the
game, he was intentionally
walked.
Despite Carew’s nonchalant
appearance, he wants desper
ately to keep the streak alive.
Doug DeCinces — who led the
Angel attack with four RBI and
two runs scored — said he saw
the determination in the eighth
inning.
“I went up to him on the on-
deck circle and talked to him to
try to take his mind off it,” De
Cinces said. “I don’t remember
what we were talking about, but
as soon as we were done and it
was time for him to go up, you
could just see the concentration
on his face. I knew he was going
to get a hit.”
Rangers’ center fielder Terry
Bogener, who came within ab
out one foot of snaring the sink
ing liner, said he wasn’t even
aware of Carew’s streak.
“It was a line drive and you
don’t have time to decide what
you should do,” said Bogener,
who was called up by the Ran
gers June 12. “I knew Billy
(Sample) was behind me, so I
gave it a try.”
While the Angels were
pounding Texas pitching, Steve
Renko was shutting down the
Rangers’ bats. Renko, 37, won
his seventh game and his fifth in
a row since a loss to Seattle April
21. He struck out three and
walked one while pitching his
fourth complete game.
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