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'Quiz 7 in Game 2 loss
By HAL BOCK
AP Sports Writer
KANSAS CITY, Mo. —It was the
start of the ninth inning in Game
Two of the World Series and, as
usual, Dan Quisenberry was warm
ing up in the Kansas City Royals’
bullpen.
This is almost automatic. In a
close game, if you have a stopper —a
Quisenberry, a Goose Gossage, a
Jeff Reardon, a Willie Hernandez, a
Tom Niedenfuer — you get him up
and throwing. It’s almost like a
warning to the other guys. Make a
move, threaten my lead, and I’ll go
right to my terminator and finish
you off.
So “Quiz” went on display.
There was no real reason for con
cern. Charlie Leibrandt was sailing
along on a two-hit shutout. He had
retired 13 consecutive St. Louis bat
ters in nursing a 2-0 lead. Three
more outs and Kansas City would tie
the best-of-seven World Series at 1-
1.
Willie McGee opened the ninth
with a double. In another time, Qui
senberry might have come in right
then. He has, after all, had 212 saves
in the last six seasons, 37 of them in
1985. With the tying run at the plate
in the ninth inning, you go for the
terminator.
On the Kansas City bench,
though, Manager Dick Howser
never moved.
“I thought Charlie was in com
plete control,” Howser said. “His
stuff was good. His control was
good. We decided it was his game to
win or lose.”
So Quisenberry kept right on
warming up, and, Leibrandt kept
right on pitching.
The KC starter got the next two
hitters, bringing up Jack Clark.
Somewhere, Los Angeles Manager
Tom Lasorda, burned by Clark’s
pennant-winning home run in a sim-
diar situation last week, must have
been shouting advice.
Lasorda didn’t walk Clark and
aid for that. Howser wouldn’t walk
im either. He paid, too.
The count went to 3-0 and Clark
poked an RBI-single to left, making
it 2-1.
Quisenberry kept warming up
and Leibrandt kept pitching.
Next was Tito Landrum. The
count went to 2-2 and Landrum
dumped a double to right, sending
Clark, the tying run, to third.
Still, Quisenberry stayed on dis
play and, still, Leibrandt pitched.
Howser, a considerate man, never
suggested that his faith in Quisen
berry might be wavering. But that
possibility does exist.
In Game 2 of the American
League playoffs, Quisenberry gave
up a game-deciding single to Toron
to’s A1 Oliver. In Game 4, Leibrandt
took a shutout to the ninth but, after
walking the leadoff batter, turned
the game over to “Quiz” and saw the
victory evaporate into a disheart
ening 3-1 loss.
In the Series opener Saturday
night, Quisenberry surrendered
three hits and an important insur
ance run in the ninth inning of St.
Louis’3-1 victory.
Was Howser spooked by those re
cent failures?
“Not at all,” the manager said. “I
don’t think of one outing. Quisen
berry is going to give up a run occa
sionally. It had nothing to do with
‘Quiz.’ Leibratidt was throwing
good.”
An intentional walk to Cesar Ce-
deno loaded the bases and then
Terry Pendleton cleared them with a
double fora 4-2 Cardinal lead.
Finally, Howser came to the
mound and waved for his fireman.
The house, however, already had
burned to the ground.
Quisenberry said he understood
Howser’s reluctance to lift Lei
brandt. “He’s pitched great in jams
all year, so why not let him win or
lose on his own?” Quisenberry said.
The answer, of course, is because
you have a finisher, a terminator, a
Quisenberry, who is supposed to
take care of that nasty business.
“It’s happened before,” Quisen
berry said about the call that came
too late. “It happens a few times a
year. It happened in my best year,
1983. It doesn’t happen often, but it
happens.
“I’m here to pitch. I anticipate
pitching every night. That’s my job.”
Why didn’t he get a chance to do
that job Sunday night?
“I think he has a lot of faith in
Charlie,” ‘Quiz’ said. “If he’s lost
faith in me, why would he get me
up?”
A lot of people are wondering the
same thing today.
Owls’ QB
learning
from errors
Roper to start first
gome against A&M
Associated Press
HOUSTON — Rice University
freshman quarterback Quentis
Roper gave himself a grade of C
minus for his first collegiate perfor
mance but he hopes it will improve
by Saturday when he starts for the
first time against Texas A&M.
“I made a million mistakes but I’m
sure the coaches will point them all
out to me,” said Roper, who re
placed starter Mark Comalander in
the first quarter and directed the
Owls to a 29-27 victory over Texas
Tech over the weekend.
Roper, a
true freshman
from Dallas
Pinkston, had
been working
at cornerback
earlier this
season, but
Rice Coach
Watson Brown
had brought
him back to
the quarter- •
back position as a precaution.
“I fell we’d better get a third guy
ready,” Brown said.
When Comalander was lost for
the season with a shoulder separa
tion against the Red Raiders, Brown
sent Roper into the game.
“I suppose in some of my wildest
dreams I saw myself starting as a
freshman,” Roper said. “But I don’t
think I even looked at the defense
on my first play. I just concentrated
on getting the snap.”
Roper thinks he’ll be ready for
Saturday’s game in Rice Stadium
when the Owls, 3-3, will uy achieve
their first three-game winning streak
since the 1981 season.
Roper rushed 86 yards on 16 car
ries and completed six of 18 passes,
including two touchdowns to Darrell
Goolsby.
Prior to being recalled to the
quarterback position, Roper had
been the Owls regular kickoff re
turner and still ranks in a tie for 14th
place nationally.
Roper is only 5-foot-10, 165-
pounds, but he’s not concerned
about the size of the Aggie defensive
line.
“They can hit me pretty hard if
they can catch me,” he said. “That’s
up to me and I have to take advan
tage of my speed to stay out of their
way.”
Told that he could be facing a
300-pounder in A&M defensive
lineman Marshall Land, Roper
asked, “How fast does he run the 40-
yard dash?”
Comalander suffered his second
injury in as many seasons; As a
freshman last season, Comalander
set a Southwest Conference fresh
man passing record 357 yards
against Houston.
Brown thinks Roper has similar
capabilities.
“His arm is actually stronger than
Mark’s,” Brown said. “The first time
I saw him throw the ball, I loved
him. Quarterbacks in our offense
have to be good athletes and he is.
“I don’t feel bad playing him Sat
urday.”
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