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Thursday, April 10, 1986 /The Battalion/Page 13 oubles power iants’ victory ver Astros, 4-1 -~-iBHOUSTON (AP) — San Francis cos Will Clark and Bob Melvin hit run-scoring doubles and Jeff Leon ard scored two runs, leading the Gi- anis to a 4-1 victory over the Hous ton Astros Wednesday night. ■The victory placed the Giants within one game of a season-open- ing sweep in the Astrodome. They’ve won —- oily three of NL Roundup their last 15 games in the Astrodome. |Clark, who hit a home run in his 1st major league at bat Tuesday night, doubled to right field in the Jtcui; th d inning, scoring Dan Gladden, who doubled to center, vith 5:lB Leonard singled to open the todotHjrth inning, stole second and B>red the Giants’ second run on a double by Melvin to right field off Uesj Houston starter Mike Scott, 0-1. ^{■Leonard led off the sixth with a letsi, single to Dickie Thon, who fielded fljjjeball deep at shortstop and threw j er q lai to first base. Leonard advanced ^ third on singles by Chris Brown ( h e (j | ||i(l Melvin, loading the bases and whenl asin g Scott - 12'4iBR°b Thompson then grounded ini ) a double play, scoring Leonard. nyaioBSan Francisco starter Scott Gar- jjjjjBts, 1-0, blanked the Astros on two hi 1 through live innings. He lost the 12-11J utout * n ^e sixth on a leadoff di tble by Thon and a run-scoring 5oal m single by Craig Reynolds, lod. The Giants added a run in the ninth when Astros reliever Frank Di- Pino walked Giants pitcher Greg Minton, who advanced to second on a single by Gladden. A long fly out by Clark sent Minton to third and he scored on a sacrifice fly by Chili Da vis. Phillies 5, Reds 3 CINCINNATI (AP) — Glenn Wilson broke a 1-1 tie with an 11 th inning sacrifice fly and John Russell followed with a two-run homer Wednesday night to give the Phila delphia Phillies a 5-3 victory ovex ; the Cincinnati Reds. T he Phillies scored four times in the 11th off Ted Power, 0-1, the third Cincinnati pitcher. Garry Mad dox led off with a single and Juan Samuel also singled. Both runners advanced on Mike Schmidt’s long fly out, and Wilson snapped the 1-1 tie with his lly ball to center. Dodgers 1, Padres 0 LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bob Welch shut out San Diego on three singles and Mike Marshall singled home the game’s only run in the fourth inning Wednesday night to give the Los Angeles Dodgers a 1-0 victory over the Padres. In fashioning his 17th career shutout, the 29-year-old Welch struck out five and walked just one. Slide of Hand Texas Tech’s Dan Spencer, left, is missing a vital element if he plans to make a tag on Texas A&M’s Don Wren at third base — the ball Photo by Bill Hughes that’s on his shoulder. A&M, which stands alone atop the SWC at 7-2, travels to Waco this weekend for a 3-game series with Baylor. ruin Ranger pitcher’s big league debut, 3-1 (ARLINGTON (AP) - Toronto’s Jiyle Alexander scattered seven hits nS'/s nnings and posted his 150th Bjor-league victory Wednesday night as the Blue Jays beat Texas 3-1 n spoiled rookie Edwin Correa’s pabutwith the Rangers. (Correa, at 19 the youngest player g the b i g AL Roundup on ns at 6:OSo 'oddub hoscorti ! a po»p Tom li Chicjt' 8 ues > was ’■uck in the lei leg by Ranee Mulliniks’ line drive ilthe fourth inning and came out of 31$ 1 ittegame after the fifth. He yielded t-har Rivehits, struck out eight and walked leftii ’two. the^mTcronto took a 2-0 lead in the fifth inning on singles by Damaso b ' :4|rua and Lloyd Moseby and a two- ' run double by Tony Fernandez. The ivals » ar’s Mil Blue Jays roughed up Dave Rozema for a run in the sixth on Jesse Bar field’s single and a double by Cecil Fielder. Alexander gave up a leadof f dou ble in the first inning to Oddibe Mc Dowell but worked out of trouble and took a five-hit shutout into the ninth. But Pete O’Brien opened the ninth with his first home run of the season and one out later Gary Ward doubled. Tom Henke took over and notched his first save. Brewers 4, White Sox 3 CHICAGO (AP) — Robin Yount stroked four singles, scored once and knocked in a run as Milwaukee edged the Chicago White Sox 4-3 Wednesday. Brewers’ righthander Tim Leary, 1-0, gave up just five hits and two runs in seven innings. Ray Searage got the save as the Brewers beat the White Sox for the second straight game. Chicago starter Richard Dotson, 0-1, was tagged for five hits and four runs in six innings, in his first regu lar season appearance in 10 months. Tigers 6, Red Sox 5 DETROIT (AP) — Dave Berg man’s pinch-hit single with the bases loaded in the 10th inning drove in the winning run as the Detroit Ti gers beat the Boston Red Sox 6-5 Wednesday. Boston had taken a 5‘-4 lead in the top of the 10th. With two outs, De troit reliever Willie Hernandez, 1-0, walked Glenn Hoffman and Ed Ro mero ran for him. Romero went to second on a single by Dwight Evans and scored on a single by Wade Boggs to snap the 4-4 tie. Kirk Gibson started the two-run Tiger 10th with a single and went to second when Bob Stanley, 0-1, walked Lance Parrish. Steve Craw ford took over for Boston and was greeted with a single by Darrell Evans that scored Gibson to tie it 5-5. Royals 7, Yankees 4 NEW YORK (AP) — George Brett hit two solo home runs and Steve Farr pitched 4% innings of near-perfect relief as the Royals de feated the New York Yankees 7-4 Wednesday night. Brett’s first homer led off the third inning against Ed Whitson,. 0- 1, and snapped a 2-2 tie. It was the 194th home run of Brett’s career, breaking the club record he shared with Amos Otis. Whitson, who struggled through a 10-8 season in 1985 during which he was berated by Manager Billy Martin and threatened by fans, left the game later in the third inning to a shower of boos. Twins 5, A’s 4 OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Kent Hrbek broke a 3-3 tie with a run scoring, eighth-inning double off Oakland reliever Jay Howell, and eir lost ofA ns D FOf (EL: [SOU il ppingd ty Drive incn’ 0091 arver nviW Great seats still available for the Houston Ballet. Some of the best seats in Rudder Auditorium are still available for the Houston Ballet s April 10th performance of "Giselle". This is a special presenta tion of MSC OPAS and is the culmination of a two-day residency in Bryan-College Station. Under the artistic direction of Ben Stevenson, the Houston Ballet has won international acclaim for its presen tation of this enchanted myth of unre quited love. "Giselle" is your chance for the best seats in the house. 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