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"V Wednesday, April 9, 1986,/The Battalion/Page 13 laught, Parrish homers let Rangers juke Jays 6-3 ARLINGTON (AP) — Don ight hit a two-run homer and try Parrish drilled an opposite three-rurt shot Tuesday night jojift the Texas Rangers to a 6-3 vic- over the Toronto Blue Jays in tmerican League opener, lexas rookie right-hander Jose zman worked out of sixth-inning able to become the first major league rookie to start and win an opener since Fernando Valenzuela of the Los Angeles Dodgers did it in 1981. Guzman, who was 3-2 after coming up from the minors last year, allowed eight hits in eight in nings. Greg Harris worked the ninth. The crowd of 40,602 was the larg est for a home opener in Rangers history, beating the old mark of 40,078 for the New York Yankees in 1978. Toronto’s Dave Stieb, the AL earned run king last year, lasted only 4 1 /s innings in taking the loss in the managerial debut of the Blue Jays’ Jimy Williams. Slaught hit an 0-2 pitch over the left field wall after Parrish had sin gled in the fourth inning. Curtis Wil- kerson then walked, stole second, and scored on Oddibe McDowell’s single for a 3-0 lead. Rookie Pete Incaviglia delivered his first major league hit, a double, Gary Ward singled and Parrish hit a three-run homer off reliever Mark Eichhorn in the fifth inning. The Blue Jays struck for three locket reserve guard stymies Sanies 109-95 HOUSTON (AP) — Reserve guard Mitchell Wig- scored a season-high 22 points and Robert Reid 3 jdded 18 more Tuesday night, to give the Houston lockets a 109-95 victory over the Seattle SuperSonics. ISeattle’s Tom Chambers also hit a season-high 32 "nts, but scoring in the second half was a problem the Sonics. he Sonics were eliminated from the playoffs as managed only two points in the first eight min- sof the third period. By then, the Rockets had a 68- lead on a 15-2 run. uring the first three minutes of the third quarter, I only scoring was on an 18-foot jump shot by Reid, and H The Rockets scored the first 10 points of the fourth ter, with Wiggins accounting for six. Seattle went y itor i’s Ti aid k Tuesd eless for the first three minutes of the final period, he Sonics led 32-26 after one quarter as Chambers le off the bench to score 10 points, he Sonics extended their margin to 39-30 before since in ice. B nnis hande i loss in er. ' toil :tion, defend fly, itp ion ;rmin« on. I us," I s US. ‘d like: ' died le first strait ve ten® Jean It maidi Akagi n Wahii eforel inspireC: happy mmyfl d wilk [os. ual V® Onl) schag*' I a <M and w the Rockets reeled off a 13-2 streak to lead 43-41 in the second quarter. Seattle regained a 56-53 margin at halftime. Warriors 129, Mavs 115 OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Despite playing without the services of three starters, the Golden State War riors used a balanced scoring attack led by Eric floyd to beat the Dallas Mavericks 129-115 Tuesday night. Floyd led six Warriors in double figures with a game-high 29 points, while backcourt mate Terry Tea- gle scored 23. Guard Derek Harper led Dallas with 23 points while Jay Vincent added 22. Mark Aguirre and Sam Perkins scored 21 points each. The win was Golden State’s seventh straight at home and ninth in its last 13 games. Since the All-Star break, the Warriors have gone 15-13. NBA Roundup Other Tuesday Scores: PHILADELPHIA 116 Detroit 112 Indiana 111 WASHINGTON 104 ATLANTA 131 Chicago 118 Boston 126 MILWAUKEE 114 L.A. Lakers 120 PORTLAND 114 runs in the sixth. Damaso Garcia sin gled and moved to third on Lloyd Moseby’s double. Ranee Mulliniks doubled both runners home. George Bell scored Mulliniks with a single to cut the deficit to 6-3. Giants 8, Astros 3 HOUSTON (AP) — Pinch-hitter Candy Maldonado hit a three-run triple in the seventh inning and rookie Will Clark homered in his first big league al-bat to lead the San Francisco Giants to an 8-3 victory over the Houston Astros Tuesday night. Maldonado hit the second pitch by reliever Jeff Calhoun down the right field line to score Chris Brown, Bob Brenly and Brad Gulden, who were put aboard by Houston starter Nolan Ryan. Maldonado’s blow snapped a 3-3 tie. San Francisco starter Mike Kru- kow was the winner, departing for a pinch-hitter in the seventh. Clark became the 53rd player , in major league history to hit a home run in his first major league at-bat with a first-inning homer, over the center field fence off Ryan. Houston’s Glenn Davis put the Astros in the lead in the Astros’ first with a two-run homer off Krukow. Bill Doran walked and stole second base prior to Davis’ homer over the Major League Baseball Other Tuesday Scores: National League New York 4 PITTSBURGH 2 ATLANTA 6 Montreal 0 ST. LOUTS 2 Chicago 0 San Diego 1 LOS ANGELES 0 American League NEW YORK 4 Kansas City 2 SEATTLE 8 California 4(10) Minnesota 3 OAKLAND 2 left field fence. The Astros added a run in the sec ond when Kevin Bass led off with a triple to center and scored on a sacri fice bunt by Dickie Thon. Bnjoy Carefree, Comfortable Living at Newport •FREE VCR w/ 9 mos. lease •Built-ins •Fully Furnished Condos •Washer/Dryer •Covered Parking •Large Commons Area •SUMMER RATES STARTING AT $299.°° •FALL & SPRING RATES 2 Bedroom as low as $425°° 3 Bedroom as low as $599°° Call or Visit Today 846-8960 402 Nagle behind Skaggs SPORT BAUSCH S. LOMB ($) Brazos Proffeslonal Opticians . SUITE 21 l?37 BRIARCREST DR. 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