Battalion/Page 15 September 8, 1982 sports TANK MCNAMARA by Jeff Millar & Bill Hinds IN Flf&T NFL TtlE &X-NCAA COOCU Wfifi, ^U^TEP BV Uie PIAVE^ KJF^ UlS? APTOXCP W£'g& MOT COU£G£ I AMV MORE. WE'RE \ GROWN! MEN, INI A FRGEEEOIONJ, AMP EXPECT TO Tf?6ATEP L I HE ^ G03WKJ MEM. BUT NOW rm THE COACUING 9TAFF IG PREPARING THE FINAL CUTS*..; Giants lying low in fourth Dodgers back in first stros’ PiDino gains victory in first start ts, thtj leprtist " him on« | wid sc: : United Press International I I nt*r HOUSTON — Pitcher Frank PiDino says the Houston Astros started him against the San Diego Padres because they W r wanted to see what he could do. Uol showed them he could win. 1 PiDino, recently obtained ^ C from Milwaukee in the Don Sut- i-U ton deal, struck out 10 batters in live innings in his first major ■gue outing to lead the Astros to a 4-3 victory over the Padres Tuesda V n ‘K ht - whotaKt"! no special pressure , ^ ^ pitching tonight," he said. “The ; f dub wanted to see what I could do It is a thrill to get my first big cut s . league win, expecially in my first sJed k stai 1 * hope I can pitch and help this team for a long time.” recur; try. „ . seven hits in five innings. w “It really pumped me up n when I struck out the side in the Dickie Thon leads Houston with two RBI in 4-3 victory i PiDino allowed two runs and ^ inning ” he said. “My con trol was real good tonight and I just concentrated on throwing strikes.” ^ritcnmff coach was ito. ^ CU Shired by A&M ckjon, HEd Stacey has been named ^ graduate assistant coach for base- Imebtt ball, Associate Athletic Director Charles J. Thornton said Tuesday, j badG‘,*Stacey will join Coach Tom Chandler and assistant coach Mark inebaarJohnson 0 n the Aggie baseball staff. Stacey was an undergraduate assistant coach (IfPy-SO), a graduate assistant (1981) and as an n plact-assistanf toach (1982) at Bowling Gr^eh UrtivePsity.' Stacey also ishtngW worked with the summer baseball camps held at Bowling Green in 1981-82. liWhile at Bowling Green, Stacey earned two varsity letters in Iseball and was a batting practice pitcher for the Cleveland In- Astros manager Bob Lillis was impressed. “PiDino did his job tonight,” he said. “He hadn’t been in a game for 10 days. He threw 82 pitches tonight in five innings and we felt that’s all we could reasonably expect after his layoff.” San Diego manager Dick Wil liams was still optimistic about his team. “Wejust didnt get the key hits tonight,” he said. “PiDino pitch ed well for them, but our guy pitched a good enough game to win. We will be out there battling tomorrow, because the pennant race is a long way from over.” Dan Boone picked up his first save of the year, giving up one hit and an unearned run over the last four innings. United Press International While the Los Angeles Dod gers and Atlanta Braves battle for center stage the San Francis co Giants wait in the wings ready to steal the show. The Dodgers regained first place by a half-game in the Na tional League West Tuesday night by beating the Cincinnati Reds, 8-4, while the Braves were losing, 3-2, to the Giants. Los Angeles and Atlanta be gin a two-game series tonight at Atlanta and while those two clubs continue their fight for first place the Giants hope to sneak into the pennant picture before the week is out. “I definitely think we can still win this thing,” said Giants’ pitcher Jim Barr, who held the Braves to six hits over 7'/s in nings Tuesday night. The Giants, in fourth place, are 5'/2 games behind the Dod gers but have won five in a row. “We may not be in striking distance yet, but we are still there and we are moving tip,” Giants’ Manager Frank Robin son said. Reggie Smith hit a two-run homer and rookie Chili Davis added a solo shot to help the Giants hand the Braves their fourth straight loss. Dusty Baker drove in four runs with a double and his 21st homer in helping the Dodgers defeat the Reds. A five-run third put the Dod gers ahead to stay, 5-3. Ken Landreaux had an RBI single, Tommy Lasorda’s Dodgers move ahead in NL West Steve Garvey an RBI double and Mike Scioscia a run-scoring sing le in the inning in addition to Baker’s two-run double. “We’re going into Atlanta with the lead and that makes a difference,” Dodgers’ Manager Tom Lasorda said. “But we still have to win.” Dave Stewart, 8-7, pitched 5% innings of four-hit relief for the victory. Elsewhere in the NL, Phi ladelphia downed Chicago, 7-5, Montreal trimmed St. Louis, 7- 4, Pittsburgh beat New York, 9- 5, and Flouston edged San Diego, 4-3. In American League games, Milwaukee blanked Detroit, 4-0, Baltimore beat New York, 7-2, Cleveland edged Boston, 5-4, in 10 innings, Minnesota whipped Texas, 8-1, Seattle defeated Kansas City, 5-2, Chicago downed California, 7-4, and Toronto nipped Oakland, 2-1. PHILLIES 7, CUBS 5 — At Chicago, Garry Maddox deli vered a two-run pop fly single with two out in the ninth inning to help the Phillies win for the first time at Wrigley Field this season. EXPOS 7, CARDINALS 4 — At St. Louis, Bryn Smith scored on a wild pitch to break a 3-3 tie and pitched four innings of three-hit relief to lead the Expos. PIRATES 9, METS 5 — At Pittsburgh, the Pirates got home runs from Richie Hebner, Jason Thompson and Mike Easier to defeat the Mets. In the AL, Ted Simmons brought the blueprints Tuesday night and Don Sutton provided the tools to get the job done. “I just followed Ted Sim mons,” Sutton said, after pitch ing a seven-hitter for his first American League victory in the Milwaukee Brewers’ 4-0 shutout of the Detroit Tigers. “I know he knows the hitters. I gave him what he wanted.” Cecil Cooper’s three-run homer in the eighth inning was the key blow as the Brewers maintained their three-game lead over the Baltimore Orioles in the American League East. A run-scoring single by Robin Yount snapped a scoreless duel between Sutton, 1-1, and Dan Petry, 14-8, before Cooper deli vered his 28th home run. Petry had been working on a three-hitter through seven in nings before Ed Romero beat out a grounder to deep short and moved to third on Paul Molitor’s bloop single to right. Yount singled home the tie breaking run and Cooper fol lowed with his homer. TWINS 8, RANGERS 1 — At Arlington, rookies Randy Bush, Kent Hrbek and Tom Brunans- ky drove in two runs each to back the six-hit pitching of A1 Williams and Ron Davis. MARINERS 5, ROYALS 2 — At Seattle, Bruce Bochte and Richie Zisk belted two-run hom- ®®*Bians during the summers of 1981-82. ■“He will add a lot to our program,” Chandler said. “He has been at a good program and worked under an outstanding coach — Don £S 21 Furvis.” BStacey will assist in all phases of the game with an emphasis on _ - T the pitching staff. [J 1 H Johnson, hired during July to replace Jim Sampson, coached at [111 Arizona and Mississippi State before accepting the position here. As an assistant at Arizona between 1972 and 1076, he helped the IVildcats compile a 232-71 record. 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