Wednesday, May 25, 1983/The Battalion/Page 7
by Jeff Millar & Bill Hinds
1
pubs defeat Astros 5-4
despite late comeback
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■ HOUSTON — Dick Ruthven, who pitched his
j first game in a Chicago uniform Tuesday night,
M'e the Cubs some quick dividends after he was
I j : acquired from Philadelphia.
|1( j igW Rut liven, who joined the Cubs Sunday, scat
tered six hits in 6/1-3 innings to notch his second
, I victory in five decisions and lead the Cubs to a 5-4
victory over the Houston Astros.
beatlwB ^ 1,1 rea * happy with my performance tonight
■own 1 hope to pitch in regular rotation here with
the Cubs,” said Ruthven, who also added an RRI
single in the f ifth. “1 probably didn’t throw more
75 pitches in any game with the Phillies.
Pitchers need to work hard and consistently to be
1 ! jStronger and pitch more innings.”
-■Chicago manager Lee Elia said he was also
ple.tsed with Ruthven’s performance.
““■‘Coming to a new team with new faces and fans
H make a guy reach back for that little extra,”
Elia said. “Dick goes hard every time out and we
will use him in the regular rotation. Not being
. regularly hurt him in Philadelphia this year
and we hope that after two or three starts that he
u.|pBl possibly fie able to go the distance for us.
ictioniB ^ thought everyone contributed tonight. (Bill)
Campbell came in and got those two big outs at the
end He fias been going real well.”
Klia also had praise for third baseman Ron Cey,
who hit his fif th home run of the year.
S Bdey got the Cubs started by drilling a 1-0 pitch
Ji)fl loser Mike Scott, 0-2, for a homer in the
l|p)nd. In his last six games, he has 1 1 hits in 24
at-bats, including two doubles, four homers, nine
RBI and five runs scored.
“There are those who say that Ron Cey got off
to a slow start but he was hitting the ball hard at
the beginning of the season,” Elia said. “The bad
weather situation that we endured early in the
season hurt not only Ron, but our whole team. But
Ron has really been going well the past two weeks.
We need that big bat of his.”
Houston manager Bob Lillis said the Astros
had some bright spots.
“(Kevin) Bass had two solid hits and has been
outstanding off the bench,” Lillis said. “We had a
chance to come back and win. We’ve done that so
many times this year.
“But it wasn’t meant to be tonight. Ruthven
pitched well for the Cubs, but he has always been
tough on us for some reason. He’s consistent,
always around the plate, and you earn any runs
you score off him.”
Chicago added three runs in the fifth on a
single by Ryne Sandberg, Ruthven’s RBI single
and a triple by Larry Bowa. With two outs in the
sixth, Keith Moreland walked and scored on
Davis’ hit-and-run single to left field.
In the seventh, Ray Knight singled to right and
scored on Bill Doran’s triple. Bass, pinch-hitting
for Luis Pujols, singled to score Doran. Lee Smith
relieved Ruthven at that point, but surrendered
two more Astros runs in the ninth on Bass’ two-
run double.
Campbell came on to get the final two outs and
register his third save.
ieror
LU tops
amar for
NCAA bid
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lONROE, La. — Northeast
lisiana University has earned
unenviable task of facing
verhouse Texas in the NCAA
ional baseball playoffs
iursday night in Austin.
iThe Indians’ Matt Dornier
Htihed a two-hitter Tuesday to
hut out Lamar 5-0 and give
Sbrtheast the Southland Con-
en nee baseball title and a berth
Bhe playoffs opposite Texas.
■ Northeast, 32-19, won the
championship series 3-2 in its
first year in the Southland Con-
erence. Lamar, winner of five
sfthe previous seven league li
fe, closed out its season 38-32.
■ Dornier allowed only two
ingles, one to designated hitter
fee Romano in the third inning
tnd the other to third baseman
-this Zink in the sixth. The
tophomore righthander, claim-
ng the first shutout of his col-
efe career, walked seven and
tek out three.
Northeast will play 56-13
exas in the opening round of
e six-team central region
|!AA tournament. It will be
rtheast’s first NCAA tourna-
Int appearance, although the
dians played in four NAIA
yoffs.
*‘It will be the No. 1 team play-
ng a nobody,” said Northeast
ch Lou St. Amant. “But I
just as soon play No. 1 as
itl'body.”
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Rangers, Royals washed out
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Hal
McRae of the Kansas City Royals
has numbers that would make
any leadoff hitter proud — a
.348 average, 27 runs scored
and 20 RBI.
There’s only one problem —
McRae is the cleanup hitter on
the Royals.
“My stats are like a leadoff
hitter’s,” McRae said. “I’d rather
get one hit and knock in two
runs a night than go 3-for-4 with
two runs scored and no RBI’s.
Everybody’s role is different;
the Nos. 3, 4 and 5 hitters are
supposed to be RBI guys.
“I’ll take more RBI’s and less
average any day. I’d be happier
hitting .290 with 35 RBI, six or
seven home runs and a few more
extra base hits than with what
I’ve got now. Let someone else
score the runs. My job is to
knock them in.”
McRae has taken extra bat
ting practice every day since
Kansas City began a 10-game
homestand last Friday night. His
fifth-inning triple Tuesday
night forced a 2-2 tie with the
Rangers’ Larry Parrish
hit his ninth home run
Texas Rangers in a game that
was eventually washed out in the
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“I’ve been getting one hit a
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