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ally in 7th gives Mets World Series crown id industry estinu lire general avian, | have transponlii t models that do ni | : information. jnforcement toasi er restricted aiM rization or witi)] lent, and increastJ all violators. A J erly in a TCA m ninimum 60-ds j ould have to unile:| etrieving hisorktj rsk force also reti;. he agency hireat el to monitor isnii adar for ait J investigate lheinir ( l said thenervemp, \ lecessanlv I NEW YORK (AP) — Ray Knight gnited a three-run rally in the sev- nth inning with a home run, cli maxing another New York :omeback and sending the Mets to their second World Series Rhampionship with an 8-5 victory Monday night over the Boston Red Sox. |i The Mets scored three runs in the sixth inning, two on a single by Keith Hernandez, to chase two-game Se ries winner Bruce Hurst and tie the 3-3. Then Knight, voted most player in the series, led off the seventh with his third hit of the game, a homer to left-center that started the Mets to their first World Series title since 1969. Hernandez capped the inning with a sacrifice fly for a 6-3 lead. The Mets still had one last obsta cle to overcome as the Red Sox ral lied for two runs in the eighth on Dwight Evans’ double, and had the tying run on second with no one out. But Jesse Orosco came out of the bullpen and got Rich Gedman on a line drive to second, struck out Dave Henderson and got pinch-hitter Don Baylor to ground out to short. He pitcned a perfect ninth for his second save of the Series. Darryl Strawberry led off the eighth with a homer off Boston re liever A1 Nipper. Orosco, batting for only the fourth time this season, sin gled in Knight with the eighth New York run. Winners of a major league-lead ing 108 games during the season, the big question about the Mets was how they would hold up under pres sure. They had never been tested. But they won their third National League pennant in a tense six-game playoff with Houston, culminating in the longest postseason game in history, a 7-6, 16-inning victory in the Astrodome. The Red Sox came back with Hurst on three days’ rest, taking ad vantage of a rainout of Game 7 on Sunday night. He worked six in nings and gave up three runs on seven hits in Game 5 of the Ameri can League playoffs. The Red Sox won that game 7-6 in 11 innings to begin a comeback from a 3-games-to-l deficit against California. This time, the Red Sox couldn’t quite make it all the way back. And thus continued the sad saga of the Red Sox, losers of four straight seven-game World Series — 1946, 1967, 1975 and 1986. In fact, the Red Sox have not won a Series since 1918, when Babe Ruth was still with the club. In Game 6, they were one out away from winning it all, leading 5-3 with two outs in the 10th inning. But the Mets came back to score three runs on three straight hits, a wild pitch and an error by first baseman Bill Buckner. Knight’s homer came off Calvin Schiraldi, the Game 6 loser who had come in to start the seventh for Hurst. The Mets started poorly in the seventh game as Evans and Gedman hit consecutive homers in the second inning and Boston jumped to a 3-0 lead off Ron Darling. The Mets finally got to Hurst in the sixth inning and tied the score 3- 3 with three runs, two on Hernan dez’s bases-loaded single. Hurst had retired 11 in a row and had allowed one hit when the Mets sent up pinch-hitter Lee Mazzilli, who singled and scored the tying run in the eighth inning of Game 6. Mazzilli singled with one out, and Wilson followed with a single that sent Mazzilli to second. Hurst then walked Tim Teufel on five pitches to load the bases, bring ing up Hernandez, who had only one RBI in the previous six games. Hernandez took one strike, then hit a slicing line drive into left-center, easily scoring two runs and sending Teufel to third. Hurst came out for a pinch hitter in the seventh. He worked six in nings, giving up three runs on four hits. The winner of Games 1 and 5, he worked a total of 23 innings in the Series, giving up five runs on 18 hits. dais said no dear e on how many ai_ might be needec |? aju come from i f$ ■drug law grains and (211 a tment. s as passed Oct!' oponents caved ir or a death pern: •s related to dnip. itill provides ton;' r dni£-te(ite<fc . new penalitn particularly (lie cocaine, “crad' . in spring lest hit region ol the Southwest v •w bv just 0.8 pei- nd quarter Am weakness on v: ffs in the odand; used bv slump;'., Mets’ Knight gets series MVP award NEW YORK (AP) — Ray Knight, the man the New York Mets didn’t want, turned out to be the one they needed the most, and was named most valuable player of the World Series on Monday night. Knight, who batted .391 with nine hits in 23 at-bats, hit the sev enth-inning home run that broke a 3-3 tie and sparked the Mets to an 8-5 victory over Boston in the seventh game. Knight was being fitted for goat horns in Game 6 after his throwing error gave Boston a lead that could have ended the Mets’ season. But he came back to score the winning run in the bot tom of the 10th inning of Satur day night’s 6-5 victory, and then played the hero in Game 7. “I was so down the other night because of the error,” Knight said. "Just goes to show you, if you keep fighting, anything can happen. I don’t hit too many home runs but I knew that one was gone.” In spring training, the Mets tried hard to trade the veteran third baseman, who was coming off a disappointing, injury- plagued season during which he batted only .218. The only reason he stayed with the club was that General Manager Frank Cashen could find no takers for a 33- year-old infielder whose best days seemed behind him. “I’m a positive thinker,” Knight said. "But the last two years, I did nothing to think I could be an integral part of this club, especially after spring train ing. My wife kept saying, ‘You can win the third-base job.’ I said, ‘no way.’ It shows you that hard work and diligence paid off. I thank Davey Johnson. It’s unbe lievable that I’m up here.” Red Sox say they’re hurt, but not ashamed NEW YORK (AP) — Wade Boggs’ face said it all. As the New York Mets cele brated their World Series championship on the field at Shea Stadium, the American League batting champion sat in the dugout and cried. The 8-5 loss to the Mets in Game 7 Monday night left the Boston Red Sox hurt and disap pointed, but not ashamed, they said. “There’s nothing to be sorry about, it was a great Series,” Bos ton first baseman Bill Buckner said. “We gave it a good shot, but those guys hit when they had to,” slugger Jim Rice said. “We don’t have anything to hang our heads over,” said utility man Dave Stapleton. “I don’t feel as if we lost the Series tonight, anyway. Coming so close and then losing the other night was what did it.” Boggs, Boston’s third baseman, appeared to be taking the defeat the hardest. He sat in the dugout, tears streaming down his face, for several minutes after the game, then showered and declined com ment in the crowded clubhouse. “It’s real frustrating,” said catcher Rich Gedman, who lined out in the eighth inning with the score 6-5 and the tying run on second. Morris lifts Giants past Washington EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Joe Morris rushed for 181 yards and two touchdowns, including a 13- yard sweep of right end for the win ning points with 1:38 to play, as the New York Giants defeated the Washington Redskins 27-20 Monday night, creating a three-way tie for first place in the NFC East. Morris, who carried 31 times, fol lowed big blocks by Chris Godfrey and Maurice Carthon and then side stepped the final five yards into the end zone. It capped a 10 play, 81- yard drive, with Morris carrying five times for 66 yards. The victory gave New York a 6-2 mark and put the Giants in a first- f dace tie with Washington and Dal- as. It also nullifed a great comeback for Washington and outstanding performances by quarterback Jay Schroeder, who completed 22 of 40 passes for 420 yards, and wide re ceiver Gary Clark, who had 11 re ceptions for 241 yards. However, Schroeder missed on his last attempt of the game after driving the Redskins to the Giants’ 35 in the final minute. The Redskins rallied for 17 straight second-half points against the NFL’s best-rated defense to tie the game 20-20 on a 29-yard field goal by Max Zendejas with 4:20 left. The field goal, like all the Redskins points in the rally, was set up by a big play. This time it was a 47-yard pass from Schroeder to Art Monk. In the third-quarter, the Giants defense blew a deep coverage and Schroeder hit Clark on a 42-yard touchdown pass on a third-and-19 play. On Washington’s previous se ries, Schroeder hit Ricky Sanders on a 71-yard pass play to the New York 1, setting up a short touchdown run by George Rogers. The Giants had opened a 20-3 lead midway through the third quar ter as Raul Allegre booted field goals of 37 and 44 yards, Morris scored on an 11-yard run and Phil Simms hit Bobby Johnson on a 30-yard scoring pass. ns states enjoiw | nine gain, .uipcu] Dil-welllire oday, the peopt- j rying to continiif ' | as planned. 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