Thursday, April 10, 1986 /The Battalion/Page 13
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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
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lei leg by Ranee Mulliniks’ line drive
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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
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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
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Hrbek, who also had the game
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Puckett opened the inning with a
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sacrifice.
Orioles 4, Indians 3
BALTIMORE (AP) — Pinch flit
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