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Toronto, Detroit headed for final showdown
DETROIT (AP) — Baseball fans
hooked on the drama provided by
Detroit and Toronto last weekend
can only hope for another injection
of excitement this week.
There was no better baseball on
God's green and carpeted earth than
what the Tigers and Blue Jays pro
vided in four crucial games in To
ronto as they vie for the American
League East title.
When they were over, the Blue
Jays won three of them and held a
2!/2-game lead over Detroit.
The competition was so good that:
• All four games were decided by
one run.
• In the last three games, the los
ing team was three outs away from
winning.
• The team that scored first lost
each game.
• Manny Lee, the replacement
for injured All-Star shortstop Tony
Fernandez, made vital contributions
for Toronto in all four games.
• MVP candidates George Bell
and Alan Trammell had hits in every
game. Each drove in two runs in the
series.
Still, the Tigers needed 13 innings
Sunday to salvage a 3-2 victory,
keeping their hopes alive.
“It’s the most pressure-packed
game I’ve been in, from start to fin
ish,” said Detroit slugger Kirk Gib
son, who hit a home run and singled
home the winning run. “Emotions
were up and down. I feel very re
lieved it’s over. I feel like I’ve been
standing for four days.”
Gibson would like to get that feel
ing again.
The Blue Jays play three games
with Milwaukee and the Tigers play
four games with Baltimore before
the season-ending three-game series
between the Tigers and Blue Jays in
Tiger Stadium.
For the weekend in the Motor
City to be meaningful, certain things
must happen during the week:
• If Toronto sweeps Milwaukee,
the Tigers must win three of four
from Baltimore.
• If Toronto wins two of three
from Milwaukee, the Tigers must
win at least two of four from Balti
more.
• If Toronto wins one from Mil
waukee, the Tigers must win at least
one from Baltimore.
• If Toronto gets swept by Mil
waukee, the Tigers will still be alive
Friday, even if they get swept by Bal
timore.
“Milwaukee’s a very good ball
club,” Toronto Manager Jimy Wil
liams said. “We sure don’t want to
get caught looking past the Brew
ers.”
The Blue Jays and Tigers have
the best records in baseball and their
four games in Toronto showed that
they are, indeed, as evenly matched
as two such divergent clubs can be.
One major difference did emerge,
however. That is: the Blue Jays have
a vastly superior bullpen.
True, ace reliever Tom Henke
gave up a key home run to Gibson
on Sunday. But he struck Gibson out
on the same pitch Thursday earning
his 34th save.
But at least Toronto has an ace.
Detroit has none. Willie Hernandez,
who gave the Tigers their winning
edge in 1984, is struggling.
If the two teams are tied after 162
games, the AL East will be decided
by a one-game playoff Monday in
Detroit.
Dallas Sidekicks look ready to defend MISL title
DALLAS (AP) —Just three short
months after winning the Major In
door Soccer League championship,
the Dallas Sidekicks are back on the
court.
"We’re pretty set heading into
camp,” Sidekicks Coach Gordon
Jago said Monday as the team began
training camp.
“We’ve got four roster spots open
and we’re just looking for someone
to show something special before the
season starts (Nov. 4 at Tacoma).”
Over the summer, Jago and assis
tant Keith Weller kept busy signing
and releasing players to add punch
to the Sidekicks’ roster.
Jago signed free-agent goalkeeper
Joe Papaleo from the Tacoma Stars
and free-agent forward Beto from
the Los Angeles Lazers.
“Those two gave us exactly what
we needed in a couple of key areas,”
Jago said.
“We’re delighted to have them be
cause they will only make us a
stronger team and they’re so
young.”
Beto is 22, and Papaleo is 25.
With All-Star keeper Krys So-
bieski and Papaleo, Dallas owns the
best 1-2 keeper punch is the league,
Jago said.
“We couldn’t ask for a better situ
ation at goalkeeper,” Jago said.
“We’re in shape to have one of the
league’s best goalies in our nets ev
ery night.”
Dallas, which has 24 players in
camp, plays its first pre-season game
Oct. 10 on the road against the Kan
sas City Comets.
The Sidekicks must be down to a
19-man active roster by Oct. 26.
The Sidekicks brought back 14 of
last year’s 19 roster players, return
ing the experienced nucleus of Tatu,
the league’s Most Valuable Player,
playoff hero Mark Karpun and So-
bieski.
Adding Beto, a proven 40-point
scorer, to Tatu, Karpun and Willie
Molano gives the Sidekicks plenty of
scoring at forward and plenty to
look forward to in the upcoming sea
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