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HOUSTON (AP) — Houston’s
anny Darwin had been looking
Borward to Monday night’s start
Higainst the New York Mets.
I Last Wednesday, the Mets beat
Biim 8-0 in New York and he
■vanted to show he was a better
| .pitcher.
He did.
Darwin pitched a seven-hitter
nd Kevin Bass had three hits
nd drove in a run as the Astros
eat New York 6-2 to snap the
lets’ five-game winning streak.
Darwin, 2-2, struck out seven
n route to his first complete
ame, retiring 14 of the last 15
alters.
“I was really happy it was
gainst the Mets,” Darwin said.
‘There is a redeeming factor that
takes you want to get back at a
earn that knocks you out.
“When I was in New York I
:ouldn’t seem to get the third
trike. Tonight I was more cau-
ious when I got two strikes and I
tade the pitenes when I had to.”
“Danny didn’t tire,” Astros
anager Hal Lanier said. “He
ad a good fastball and a good
reaking ball until the end.”
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Jimproved control for the winning
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Houston moved ahead 2-1 in
the second against Sid Fernan
dez, 1-2. Bass led off with a dou
ble and Jim Pankovits then
grounded a single up the middle
that got by center fielder Ten
Dykstra for a three-base error
and rolled all the way to the warn
ing track, allowing both runners
to score.
“After the third inning 1 got
stronger,” Darwin said. “I got in a
groove and a rhythm where I felt
real comfortable. I felt in com
mand.”
The Astros took a 3-2 lead in
the fourth when Glenn Davis
reached on a Fielding error by
shortstop Kevin Ulster, moved to
second on Bass’ single, and
scored on a single by Rafael Ram
irez.
Bill Doran and Bass added RBI
singles in the fifth.
The Astros added a run in the
seventh when Gerald Young led
off with a single, stole second,
went to third on a throwing error
by catcher Gary Carter, and
scored on a fielding error by sec
ond baseman Tim Teufel.
The Mets made four errors in
the game and the Astros stole five
bases.
Bad luck plaguing
Texas hitters in ’88
Mets beat Astros 5-2
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HOUSTON (AP) — Gary Car-
ler’s run-scoring single snapped
4ui eighth-inning tie and the New
York Mets went on to beat the
louston Astros 5-2 Tuesday
hight.
With the score tied 1-1, Darryl
Strawberry led off the eighth with
a walk off reliever Ernie Cama
cho, 0-3. After Camacho balked
jStrawberry to second, Kevin Mc-
leynolds reached on an infield
[single to third. Carter then sin
gled to center, scoring Strawberry
from second.
After a sacrifice bunt and an
intentional walk to Kevin Elster to
load the bases, pinch-hitter Lee
Mazzilli hit a sacrifice fly. Mookie
Wilson then singled in Carter to
give the Mets a 4-1 lead.
The Metsjumped on the board
first when Keith Hernandez led
off the sixth with a double. Two
outs later, Carter lined a double
into the gap in left center v
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ARLINGTON (AP) — How do
you explain all the bad things that
seem to happen to the Texas Rang
ers, the American League team the
baseball gods seem to hate?
Their namesakes never had such
bad luck 100 years ago — and they
had to fight Indians, outlaws, flash
floods, dust storms and rattlers. Be
ing an old Texas Ranger in the wild
West was a picnic compared to the
bad luck that keeps turning up at
Arlington Stadium.
The team that has never won a
pennant apparently isn’t going to
break that long-standing tradition in
1988.
That streak of ice crystals in the
stratosphere you see is the Oakland
A’s, who have blended a combina
tion of speed, power, defense and
pitching into a club record game-
winning streak.
Even Rangers general manager
Tom Grieve admitted the other day
that “Oakland will be very difficult
to catch. Even though it’s May, you
can see it will be very tough.”
The Rangers, who were last in the
AL West in 1987, had high hopes in
’88 based on the ability to score a lot
of runs. Last season’s Rangers had
ample firepower, setting a club re
cord in homers.
So what happened this year was
that the Rangers’ hitters cratered
coming out of spring training. And
not even adequate pitching, which
the Rangers were getting, can make
up the difference. A power outage
in April put Texas in a deep, almost
unrecoverable deficit.
The Rangers had an awful April
in 1987, losing 10 of 11 games in one
stretch.
At one point, the Rangers’ run
production was under that of the
Baltimore Orioles, who lost 21 con
secutive games.
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out against the New York Yankees as
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they swept a weekend series, but the
damage may have already been
done.
Texas appears at least another
year away from a title. The Rangers
admirably are trying to develop their
own talent, and it appears owner Ed
die Chiles isn’t ready to jump into
the free-agent market where big
bucks prevail.
The morale of the team got a big
boost when manager Bobby Valen
tine’s contract was extended through
1991. What Chiles was saying to the
club was that the ownership is com
mitted to the youth movement.
“I don’t blame Bobby for the slow
start because he doesn’t have all the
talent in the world,” Chiles admitted.
“We compete on limited resources in
this franchise. We can’t spend the
big bucks and buy the high-priced
players like some other teams can.”
The Rangers have the lowest pay
roll in the major leagues.
So what do the Rangers need to
shakeoff 16 seasons of sadsack base
ball?
— They need to become more
fundamentally sound on the base-
paths.
— They need a catcher who can
throw out baserunners.
— T hey need at least one more
power hitter (remember Jack Clark
was a free agent and the Yankees got
him).
— They need another dependable
starter.
That shopping list would carry at
least a $2 million tag or more on the
free-agent market.
For now, Rangers’ fans must be
content with watching the young
sters from the farm team grow into
their big league jobs. They showed
in the series against the Yankees
they can have their moments.
But a pennant probably isn’t in
the cards for them until the early
1990s.
Can Valentine last that long?
Incaviglia powers
Rangers past O’s
ARLINGTON, Tx. (AP) — Pete
Incaviglia hit a two-run homer and
two doubles, and Steve Buechele
had four hits, leading the Texas
Rangers to a 13-5 victory Tuesday
night over the Baltimore Orioles.
Larry Parrish, hitting .137 enter
ing the game, also had three hits, in
cluding a two-run homer, as Texas
won its fourth straight, its longest
string of successes this season. The
Rangers set season highs for runs
and hits with 13.
Charlie Hough, 4-4, overcame
early wildness for the victory, allow
ing eight hits in eight innings. Balti
more starter Mark Thurmond, 0-6,
lasted only 1 2-3 innings, allowing
five runs.
The Orioles were 4-5 in their pre
vious nine games after opening the
season with 21 straight losses.
The Rangers took a 2-0 first-in
ning lead when Incaviglia hit a 1-0
pitch down the right-field line for
his sixth homer of the season after
Ruben Sierra doubled.
The Orioles got a run back in the
second on Eddie Murray’s leadoff
homer, his third.
Texas padded its lead to 5-1 in the
second, chasing Thurmond. Thur
mond, winless since since August
1986, saw his ERA swell to 8.26.
Parrish led off the second with an
infield single and moved to third on
Buechele’s double. Geno Petralli’s
infield out drove in Parrish and ad
vanced Buechele to third. Buechele
scored on Jerry Browne’s sacrifice
fly, and Scott Fletcher doubled, scor
ing Oddibe McDowell, who had
walked and stolen second.
The Orioles scored three in the
third to cut the Rangers lead to 5-4
with the help of Hough’s wildness. A
single, error and walk loaded the
bases, then a wild pitch let one run
in. Murray knocked in two runs with
a single.
Parrish hit a 420-foot two-run
homer in the third, driving in Inca
viglia, who had doubled. Parrish hit
it off reliever John Habyan, who
hadn’t allowed a run in 10 1-3 pre
vious innings against the Rangers.
Texas added runs in the fifth and
sixth. Buechele had an RBI single in
the fifth, and Habyan balked in a
run in the sixth, giving the Rangers a
9-4 lead.
Nuggets down Mavs
DENVER (AP) — Guard La
fayette Lever scored 30 points and
added 11 rebounds and eight assists
Tuesday night, sparking the hot-
shooting Denver Nuggets to a ^fi
lls NBA playoff victory over the
Dallas Mavericks.
The Nuggets, who edged the
Mavericks for the Midwest Division
title in the final week of the regular
season, neutralized Dallas’ height
advantage with their passing game
and fast tempo.
Denver moved to a 12-point half
time lead, thanks to a solid off-the-
bench performance by Mike Evans
in the second period.
Denver then outscored the Mav
ericks 10-1 early in the third quarter
to open a 21-point margin.
Mark Aguirre and Derek Harper
brought the Mavericks within eight
points in the final period, but
Denver withstood the rally.
Alex English added 22 points and
Jay Vincent 17 for Denver.
Aguirre had 26 and Rolando
Blackman 20 for the Mavericks.
Denver outshot the visitors 58
percent to 45 percent.
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