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Monday, April 11,1988/The Battalion/Page 11 -Lyle wins Masters, gets green jacket ■ AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Sandy Lyle, once teetering on the brink of Bollapse, extricated himself from a fairway bunker on the 72nd hole and then sank a 12-foot birdie putt for a one-shot victory Sunday in the 52nd Masters. ■ in addition to the famed green ■cket that goes to the winner, Lyle ■Heeled $183,800 from the total ■irse of $1 million, pushing his Rding money-winning total to ■91,821 for the year. ■Lyle, a husky Scot who won the -v 19\> British Open, was tied for the AMd with Mark Calcavecchia until N* Ke final stroke of the tournament LHM sent the putt downhill and into the Mi Hp. It finished off a 1 -under-par 71 M Bd made Lyle the first British sub- WWBttowin this storied tournament. Lyle had to come out of a yawning Rurway bunker on the 18th hole of ■e Augusta National Golf Club |course. He ran hopefully onto the |rway to follow the flight of the 11, which hit beyond the cup and Icked up toward the hole while the Tilery howled for still more roll. ILyle, who had blown a two-shot Id and trailed as late as the 15th ole, rolled the winning putt into the Ickof the cup. lit gave him a total of 281, seven ;shots under par. ■Lyle also became the only three- Itinie winner on the American PGA Tour this season and first man to win consecutive tournament titles since West German Bernhard Gan ger won the Masters and the Heri tage Classic in 1985. Lyle came into the Masters off a victory in the Greater Greensboro Open. Calcavecchia, a man from the wrong side of golfs tracks and a caddy as recently as three years ago, finished second with a 2-under-par 70 in the bright, warm sunshine. He had a 282 total, six under par. Craig Stadler, the 1982 Masters winner, once had a share of the lead, but dropped back with a 16th-hole bogey and finished third at 283. Stadler, who bolted into contention with a 12-foot eagle putt on the eighth hole, had a closing 68. Another former champion, 1984 winner Ben Crenshaw, followed at 284 after a hard-won 72. He was Lyle’s playing partner in the final twosome that played over the flow ered hills and valleys of the course Bobby Jones built. Greg Norman, the white-haired Australian who was runner-up in the last two Masters, started the day 11 shots back but burst into contention with a record-matching 30 over the front side. But the putts stopped falling with the same regularity on the back nine and, although finishing with a 64 that was the best round of the tour nament, he actually expressed disap pointment. “I thought if I could get it to five i Road not so bad for Scott, Astros ie stfow )ymiS, [an* rth inset tof exce|® lay sii’ waPj jay :m.ta are mninE it, tof gskl lucto onilif le CINCINNATI (AP) — Mike Icott’s split-fingered fastball and homers by Glenn Davis and Ke- |in Bass made the Houston As- ||os feel right at home Sunday. 1 Scott scattered seven hits, Davis hit a three-run homer and Bass added a pinch-hit grand slam as the Astros beat the Cincinnati Reds 12-3 for a happy ending to their first road series of the sea son. 1 The road was the Astros’ downfall last year, when they |erejust 13-32 in their National ,eague West rivals’ ballparks, hey won just two of nine games at Riverfront Stadium. But the Astros’ late-game hit ting Sunday gave them two wins in their three-game weekend se ries and a good feeling about leaving home. “It’s good to get off to a good start on the road because last year we played so bad on the road,” Manager Hal Lanier said. “We’ve just got to put that behind us.” The victory was particularly tisfying for Scott, 2-0, who was just 6-10 with a 4.26 earned run average in 19 road starts last year. “We got beat up pretty much by these guvs (the Reds) last year,” he said. “Basically they’re the team that made us play catch up last year.” i The Astros’ power made the Reds try unsuccessfully to play Qtch-up Sunday. The Astros batted around for iflve runs in the seventh, high lighted by Davis’ fourth homer, to snap a 2-2 tie. They batted around again in the ninth for five more runs, with Bass hitting the first pitch from Pat Perry for his second career grand slam. “I didn’t feel comfortable pitching against this team until Kevin came up and hit that one,” Scott said. The Reds’ bullpen has Man ager Pete Rose feeling a little un comfortable. Cincinnati relievers allowed 12 earned runs and 15 hits in 12 1-3 innings against Houston. Right-hander Frank Williams allowed six hits and three earned runs in three innings, appearing in all three games. “He’s going to have to throw better,” Rose said. “If that’s not the case, we’ll have to get him out of there. We have to have those guys hold them.” Scott reached a personal mile stone while holding the Reds. He struck out eight to reach 1,000 ca reer strikeouts. Billy Hatcher extended his hit ting streak to five games with an RBI single to snap a 2-2 tie in the seventh against Ron Robinson, 0- 1. Bill Doran followed with a run- scoring single, and Davis hit his fourth homer in five games into the second deck in left field off Williams to subdue Cincinnati. Scott’s RBI single in the second gave the Astros a 1-0 lead. Bo Diaz led off the third with a homer, his second, and the Reds went on to load the bases with one out. That’s when Scott did his best pitching of the game, striking out Eric Davis and Paul O’Neill to end the threat. ofei iyers*'! meeii Rangers take advantage of Red Sox miscues for win leeiiif I A RLINGTON (AP) — Paul Kil- ■ pitched a four-hitter over seven jf innings and the Texas Rangers ex- 11 ploited Boston mistakes in the ' fourth inning for a 4-1 victory over the Red Sox on Sunday. ^ffjjKilgus, 1-0, was relieved by Mitch E I’jHlliams after walking the leadoff ‘ batter in the eighth inning. "° l f It was Williams’ second save: rc:ir ■Boston starter Jeff Sellers, who ^.JfelltoO-1 with the loss, allowed only five hits and struck out seven but tats 1 committed two balks and issued six walks, including two with the bases loaded in Texas’ three-run fourth. Scott Fletcher and Ruben Sierra opened the inning with singles. Sellers struck out the side and didn’t allow another hit in the in ning. But a balk, three walks and a field ing error enabled the Rangers to take a 3-1 lead. Two of the runs were unearned. dli' : ia Summer Storage 45 00 (and up) Total Rent for Summer Season No Security Deposit with Aggie I.D. Reserve Now Limited Units Available (Advance Payment Required) Call 779-SAFE for details (779-7233) Security & Storage 2306 S. College Bryan Tho Advantage is yours rwith a Battalion Classified w | "Call 845-2611 under (par) the other guys might start thinking, ‘How can he shoot 62 out there?’ and worrying about my score instead of theirs,” Norman said. But he couldn’t quite make it, fin ishing in a tie at 285, three under par, with Don Pooley and Fred Cou ples. South African David Frost was at 286 after a 68. Tom Watson and Bernhard Ganger were at 287. Wat son, a two-time Masters champion, shot 71 and Ganger, a West German who won here in 1985, had a 73. Calcavecchia, Stadler, Crenshaw, Pooley, Couples and Ganger all had legitimate shots at the title, one of golfs Big Four, over the back nine. They were afforded that chance only by Lyle’s lapse on that string of three holes known as Amen Corner, the 11th, 12th and 13th. Holding a three-shot advantage at the turn, Lyle three-putted the 11th for a bogey, missing an eight-foot par putt. His margin was two strokes. The lead disappeared on his next swing. On the par-3 12th, the little horror that has swallowed the hopes of so many men over so many years, Lyle watched in dismay as his tee shot caught the bank in front of the green and trickled back into Rae’s Creek. It was a double bogey and his lead was gone. At about the same time, Calcavec chia, winner of two career titles and a sometimes-caddy for his good friend Ken Green only three years back, was making a move. He birdied the 11th from 20 feet and two-putted for birdie-4 on the 13th. In a stretch of three holes, he made up five shots on Lyle and took the lead at six under par. Stadler tied him with a short putt for birdie-4 on the 15th, then fell one behind when he flirted with the water on the 16th, missed the green and made bogey. Stadler, playing well in front of Lyle and Calcavecchia, parred home. Lyle regained a share of the lead with a birdie putt of about 12 feet on the 16th, prompting him to perform a happy little dance. By that time, the holes had run out on the other contenders and it was a two-man race. Calcavecchia parred home and the gritty Lyle nailed it down with the dramatic putt on the 18th. Seve Ballesteros of Spain, a two- time Masters winner, never really got in the hunt over the final 18 holes and finished with a 73 for 288. Jack Nicklaus, the only six-time winner of the Masters, was'at 292 af ter a 72. Larry Mize, who won the Masters last year with a pitch-in bir die in a playoff, struggled to a 79 for a 304. Incaviglia still a force in Texas despite slump ARLINGTON (AP) — Texas Rangers left fielder Pete Incaviglia drew waves of jeers and boos while going hitless in the first three games of the season. Then he was benched for the next two games. But General Manager Tom Grieve says the 1985 college player of the year “absolutely” continues to figure prominently in the Rangers’ plans. “I don’t think anyone should read anything into his sitting out a couple of days,” Grieve said Saturday. “He didn’t play yesterday or to day, but if you want to make a pretty safe bet, it would be that he will play 150 to 155 games this year, hit 25 to 35 home runs, knock in 80 to 100 runs, and average between .250 and .280,” Grieve said. “He’s struggling a bit at the begin ning of the year, but when you’re a powerful hitter, you work out of it.” The fans booed Incaviglia at vir tually every turn in the Rangers’ sea son-opening 3-game series with Cleveland, when he went 0-for-12, struck out six times and got only one ball out of the infield. Sunday, when Incaviglia reap peared for the first time since Thursday, he got a mixture of cheers and catcalls. He finished the day 0-for-3 with two strikeouts, but drew a bases- loaded walk that scored Texas’ first run in a 4-1 victory over Boston. He also drove a ball to deep right field that probably would have been a home run except for Sunday’s stiff breeze. Incaviglia said he can tolerate the fans’ boos but felt Rangers manager Bobby Valentine singled him out for the team’s hitting slump by benching him Friday. In its first five games, through Saturday, Texas was l-of-32 with runners in scoring position. After winning their first game, the Rangers got a total of just three runs over their next four games. “Bobby has to hang with me when I’m going good and bad, just like he does with the others,” said Incavig lia, who starred at Oklahoma State before coming to the Rangers. He is one of only three active play ers to never have played a day of mi nor league baseball. While Incaviglia was going 0-for- 12, two other big bats in the Texas lineup — Ruben Sierra and Larry Parrish — were both only 1 -for-11. After five games, Texas hitters were l-for-32 with runners in scor ing position — 0 for 25 in the last four games. “L.P. and Ruben aren’t sitting. Why am I? It seems I am the one who has to take the (blame),” Inca viglia said. “It would be nice for someone to show a vote of confidence in me. They act like I’m a rookie. They for get what I’ve done my first two years.” Valentine said he took Incaviglia out of the lineup on Friday not be cause he lost confidence in him, but because the Boston pitcher was Den nis “Oil Can” Boyd, against whom Incaviglia is hitless in 11 at-bats. Saturday, Valentine went with mostly left-handed batters against Boston right-handed ace Roger Clemens. However, with Texas trailing 2-1 in the bottom of the ninth, Valentine sent Incaviglia to the on-deck circle as a pinch-hitter. But Incaviglia never made it to the plate because Boston promptly turned a double play, ending the game. Incaviglia set a rookie record at Texas with his 30 homers and 88 RBIs in 1986. In 1987, he set an other club record with eight home runs in the month of April. As for the hole Incaviglia has dug himself into with Rangers fans. Grieve said Incaviglia has only him self to blame. In mid-season of last year, some fans got on Incaviglia’s case when he hit a slump, striking out several times in key situations. He reacted by telling sports writers that the fans were drunk and obnoxious. An army of Incaviglia baiters soon de veloped. In the future, Grieve said, “I’d like to think he would use a little more P.R. and think a little more be fore he says what he does. “But at the same time, he’s 23 and should be able to say what he wants. If what the fans say doesn’t matter to him, then it doesn’t matter what he says,” Grieve said. “But fans will respond to what a player says. If you care about what they think, you can’t just pop off and hold their respect. You have to choose your words carefully,” Grieve continued. “Sometimes, that means just not saying what you feel. That doesn't mean saying what you don’t feel. Sometimes it means just not saying anything at all. Incaviglia said his batting prob lems this spring stem from adjust ments to his swing, recommended by Rangers coaches during spring training. PEKWG EXPRESS Anniversary Special April 11 -17 All Day Buffet (over 20 selections & salad bar) All You Can Eat! $3 25 plus Free Pepsi (reg. $3 39 for lunch, dinner $4.19) 606 Tar row 764-8960 Hours: 11 am - 8 pm Not valid with any other offer. .. 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