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Astros a 2-0 victory over San Diego
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jWhile a heat wave has en-
ied much of the country, it
3ys seems to be zero for the
psition in the Astrodome.
Houston Astros’ pitchers
B become as stingy with runs
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an ° l( k Joe Niekro and Frank DiPino
Dmbined on a three-hitter
lotiday night in pitching the
it|os to their fourth shutout in
last six eames, a 2-0
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30 p.m.ijtslalls of DiPino. The Padres
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two out in the second when
_(■ baseman Knight booted
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ning. “The Astos’ pitching staff
as a whole should be com
mended,” said Padres’ first base-
man Steve Garvey. “Ryan was
overpowering yesterday. I be
lieve he was better than I’ve ever
faced him.”
Houston took a 1-0 lead
against Dravecky, 9-4, in the
First on a leadoff triple by Omar
Moreno and a single by Dickie
Thon. The Astros added a run
in the fourth when Jose Cruz
walked, stole second and scored
on Ray Knight’s double to left-
center.
DODGERS 5, REDS 1 — At
Cincinnati, Fernando Valen
zuela pitched a Five-hitter and
Steve Yeager and Mike Marshall
slammed back-to-back homers
to spark the Dodgers to victory.
Valenzuela, who struck out six
and walked three, improved his
record to 8-2.
PIRATES 4, EXPOS 3 — At
Pittsburgh, pinch hitter Richie
Hebner doubled home the tying
run and scored the game-
winner on an error by third
baseman Tio Wallach in the
seventh inning to give the Pi
rates their victory. Rick Rhoden,
3-6, picked up the victory and
Bll Gullickson, 6-7, suffered the
loss.
CUBS 7, METS 3 — At New
York, Jay Johnstone drove in
two runs with a pair of doubles,
Keith Moreland doubled in two
more runs and Bill Buckner had
a first inning homer to spark the
Cubs to their 10th victory in
their last 12 games.
PHILLIES 6, CARDINALS
2 — At St. Louis, Von Hayes
doubled in two runs and scored
on a double by Bob Dernier in
the fourth inning to lead the
Phillies to victory. Hayes, who
had driven in a total of four runs
in 33 games this season, fol
lowed two-out singles by Tony
Perez and Bo Diaz with a double
into the right Field corner off
Dave LaPoint, 4-3, to wipe out a
1-0 St. Louis lead.
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ARLINGTON — The con-
andRwBng and surprising success
liege Si He Texas Rangers this season
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it perhaps the best place to
he Battt irt is with George Wright. A
j at ago Wright was tabbed as a
ar of the future and in his
okie year was assigned the
adoff spot in the Texas batting
der.
But like the rest of the Ran
ts, who managed to lose 98
les, Wright struggled. Now,
J|ever, Wright is leading the
mire team out of a season-long
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as he produced Monday night in
the Rangers’ 5-2 decision over
the Seattle Mariners. It was
Wright’s two-run triple in the
sixth inning that overcame a
one-run deficit, helping push
the Rangers to their fourth
straight victory and into second
place ahead of Kansas City in the
American League West.
For the second time in less
than a week the Rangers beat
Seattle’s rookie sensation Matt
Young (now 7-5). Young sur
rendered eight hits, but with a
slightly tighter defense he might
have had a better fate Monday
night.
Seattle owned a 1-0 advan
tage going into the Rangers’
sixth inning, but Young walked
Bill Stein to lead off. Then Bud
dy Bell lined the ball by the head
of shortstop Todd Cruz, who
got a glove on it only to see it
ricochet into left field.
Wright then came up with
runners on first and second and
one out and he smashed a 3-1
pitch into the left-center field
alley. Wright scored moments
later on Pete O’Brien’s single. A
lead-off double by Billy Sample
in the eighth, a walk to O’Brien
and singles by Jim Sundberg
and Bucky Dent brought in two
more Texas runs.
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Conference owns 3 national titles
SWC athletic year called most
successful in league’s history
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DALLAS -— Southwest Conference offi
cials said Monday the 1982-83 school year
was the most successful athletically in the
69-year history of the league.
In addition to the University of Texas’
national collegiate championship in baseball
last weekend and UT’s second place finish
(and Houston’s third place finish) in golf,
the league wound up with two other nation
al championships, five runners-up and four
third places in the nine SWC men’s sports.
In all, SWC men’s and women’s teams won
five of 18 national titles, had 17 teams finish
in the top four of their sports and 21 among
the top ten in those sports.
“NCAA records show no other compara
ble one-year domination by any conference,
based on number of sports sponsored by
conferences,” a spokesman for the SWC
said.
SMU set a record that may be unpre
cedented among representatives from any
conference to NCAA play: Mustang teams
won two national titles and had three
second-place finishes while competing in
only seven SWC men’s sports. SMU claimed
both men’s indoor and outdoor track and
field championships, while Texas capped
the year Saturday by completing an undefe
ated sweep of the College Baseball World
Series.
Texas and Houston Finished second and
third, respectively, in the NCAA golf tour
nament Saturday, as four SWC. players
Finished among the top 11 individuals. SMU
football, swimming, and tennis teams also
gained national runner-up honors after
being strong contenders for champion
ships. The SMU football team was the only
unbeaten Division 1-A squad in the country,
though a 17-17 tie with Arkansas apparently
knocked the Cotton Bowl champs down to
second place behind once-beaten Penn State
in the UPI poll. Arkansas was eighth in the
final UPI vote.
The SMU tennis team, ranked first most
of the season, finished second in the NCAA
tournament after No. 1 player Rodney Har
mon suffered an injury late in the season.
The swimming team also Finished strongly
to beat out SWC champion Texas for second
in the NCA championships.
The first season of women’s competition
in softball, although the conference doesn’t
sponsor competition in the latter. SWC
teams came closest to dominating men’s out
door track and field in the NCAA cham
pionships held in early June at the Universi
ty of Houston’s Robertson Stadium. SWC
teams claimed three of the first nine
Finishes, five of the top 15 and seven of the
top 28 as Arkansas Finished seventh, Texas
ninth, TCU 13th, Houston 15th, Rice 21st
and Texas A&M 28th.
The track strength was obvious in the
indoor championships as Arkansas Finished
third and Houston sixth behind the cham
pion Mustangs.
Individually, SWC athletes have been re
sponsible for seven of the last 14 NCAA
indoor and outdoor records.
Nearest miss of a national championship,
though, was in basketball, where a shot at
the buzzer gave North Carolina State a 52-
50 victory over No. 1-ranked Houston in the
title game. Houston and Arkansas both won
spots in the NCAA tournament and TCU
played in the National Invitation Tourna
ment.
Miller eager for battle in U.S. Open
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OAKMONT, Pa. — Johnny
Miller says a golfer can either
choke on all the history and gla
mour surrounding a U.S. Open
or use them as inspirational
springboards to greater
achievements.
“The Open makes you do one
of two things,” Miller said Mon
day after shooting 10 practice
holes for the 83rd U.S. Open,
which begins Thursday at Oak-
mont Country Club.
“Either you’ve always
dreamed of winning an Open
and you try harder than ever, or
you do like a lot of guys who
don’t even show up,” Miller said.
“They say it’s too hard. Or that
the course is too tricked up.
They cop out.” Miller, obvious
ly, falls into the former category.
He said “no” to surgery prop
osed after a gall bladder attack
forced him out of last week’s
Westchester Classic and checked
himself out of a hospital
Saturday.
“I told them I had to go to the
U.S. Open,” Miller said.
Miller loves the Open —
almost as much as he loves Oak-
mont, site of one of his greatest
and most meaningful golf
triumphs.
Miller scorched the 6,972-
yard Oakmont course in a final-
round, eight-under par 63 to
win the 1973 Open and establish
himself as a force on the PGA
Tour.
“That win got me out of the
ranks of the young lions,” Miller
said. “The next year, ’74, was a
huge year for me. It (winning
the Open) was like somebody
said to me, ‘You’re better than
you think you are.’ It was a good
kick in the rump.”
Miller’s 63 still stands as the
Open’s record-low final round,
although U.S. Golf Association
and Oakmont officials still belit
tle it as having stemmed from
rain-softened greens. Oakmont
members, in particular, were
embarrassed to see such a scod
on a course touted as among the
toughest in the nation.
Their contention rankles Mil
ler as much as his score rankles
them.
“It’s ridiculous to make ex
cuses for a great round,” Miller
said. “I’m proud of that round.
It was a great round. I don’t care
who shot it.”
Miller said his recent health
problems have left him unpre
pared for the Open, but he’s
optimistic anyway.
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