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against old friends
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — As a
21-year-old rookie, Bob Welch
struck out Reggie Jackson to win
Game 2 of the 1978 World Series for
Los Angeles. His challenge this time
is to beat the Dodgers.
Los Angeles carries a 2-0 lead in
the best-of-seven series into the Oak
land Coliseum for Game 3 tonight af
ter beating the Oakland Athletics in
the first two games at Dodger Sta
dium.
Kirk Gibson hit a dramatic two-run
homer with two outs in the ninth in
ning for a 5-4 victory in Game 1 and
Orel Hershiser pitched a three-hitter
to beat the A’s 6-0 Sunday.
Welch, who pitched for the Dodg
ers for 10 years, will be opposed by
left-hander John Tudor.
“I have lots of friends on the
Dodgers and I was rooting for them to
win the playoffs against the (New
York) Mets,” Welch said. “1 know
them and they know me so I don’t
think there’s any advantage there.”
Welch went to Oakland in a three-
team deal last winter that also in
volved the Mets. The Dodgers ended
up with relievers Jay Howell and
Jesse Orosco and shortstop Alfredo
Griffin.
‘‘One of the things you want to do
when you trade is make a deal that
helps both clubs,” Dodgers manager
Tommy Lasorda said. ‘‘We were last
in hitting last season, last in fielding
and we needed to help our bullpen.
‘‘We hated to trade Bobby Welch.
But we helped our bullpen and Al
fredo Griffin helped Steve Sax at sec
ond. He solidified our infield de
fense.”
Welch was 17-9 for the A’s with a
3.64 earned-run average and struck
out 158 in 244 2-3 innings. The 17
victories represented a career high for
Welch.
‘T told the A’s when we traded
them Welch that we had just traded
them the AL West title,” Lasorda
said.
In Game 2 of the 1978 Series
against the New York Yankees, the
Dodgers had a 4-3 lead in the top of
the ninth when reliever Terry Forster
put runners on first and second. La
sorda brought in Welch, and the
right-hander got Thurman Munson on
a soft liner to second and struck out
Jackson swinging on a 3-2 fastball.
‘‘That all seems so long ago and it
happened so fast I hardly remember
what I felt,” Welch said.
Jackson got his revenge in Game 6
when he hit a long homer off Welch
and the Yankees won 7-2 to take the
World Series.
Welch, Tudor trying
to ditch playoff blues
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Bob
Welch and John Tudor are big win
ners with a lot of experience in big
games. Nobody would know it by
looking at the results.
Welch and Tudor, the starters for
Tuesday night’s Game 3 of the World
Series, have been among baseball’s
most successful pitchers in regular
seasons but flops in the postseason.
“I don’t think that really plays a
role,” Tudor said Friday of past
problems. ‘‘There are a lot of big
games throughout the season, and
I’ve done well in them.”
‘‘Sure, it crosses your mind,”
Welch said of his failings. “But it’s
something I can’t dwell on.”
The Oakland Athletics need Welch
to reverse the pattern Tuesday night
against his former team. Oakland tra
ils the Los Angeles Dodgers 2-0 in
the series, and no team has ever ral
lied from a 3-0 deficit.
Welch is 0-1 with a 10.39 earned-
run average in four World Series
games and 1-2 in seven playoff out
ings, giving up 13 runs in 1136 in
nings. He’s much wilder than usual,
too, walking 11 in 17 postseason in
nings.
This year, his first in the American
League after 10 seasons with the
Dodgers, Welch won a career-high 17
games. Yet in Game 3 of the playoffs
against Boston, he did not survive the
second inning and allowed five runs
on six hits.
“Bobby can’t change anything in
the past. The only thing he can con
trol is now,” Oakland pitching coach
Dave Duncan said.
“When he’s out on the mound,
he’s going in a million different di
rections,” said his former catcher,
Mike Scioscia of the Dodgers. “Bob
by’s problem has definitely been one
of keeping him under control out
there.”
Scioscia now works with Tudor,
who has won 105 games but hasn’t
been able to win the big one.
Bear killer has struck again
Richardson was A&M’s best option Saturday
Battalion file photo .
Player of the Week
Bucky Richardson
By Doug Walker
Assistant Sports Editor
It was only a matter of time.
As the third quarter drew to a close in Texas
A&M’s 28-14 victory over the Baylor Bears, it be
came clear that the only way Texas A&M was
going to win was to wear down the Bear defense.
It was a similar situation to the one that oc
curred the previous week against the Houston
Cougars.
In both situations the Aggie offense suc
ceeded. And, in both situations, the reason was
the same —A&M quarterback Bucky Richardson
made a big play and led his team to an important
win.
Helped in great part by an impressive offen
sive line, Richardson engineered two scoring
drives in the game’s crucial moments to lead
Texas A&M to a sloppy victory over Baylor.
Richardson keyed the drive to the go-ahead
touchdown midway through the fourth quarter
by racing 39 yards on the option. He then scored
the touchdown himself on a 15-yard keeper
around the right side of the Aggie line with 4:43
remaining.
Richardson’s leadership and a stern talk from
A&M head coach Jackie Sherrill aroused the Ag
gies out of an uninspired performance after the
emotional game against Houston last week.
A&M rushed for 318 yards against a defense
that was allowing only 83.5 yards rushing per
game.
In rushing for 86 yards on 16 carries and com
ing through in the clutch, Richardson reaffirmed
what Sherrill has been saying all season long —
Bucky’s greatest asset is his will to win.
“Bucky always finds a way to win,” Sherrill
said. “And, he did it again this week.”
In light of the problems A&M has experienced
in the kicking game this year Sherrill didn’t want
the outcome of the game to hinge on a field goal
attempt. Thus, he decided to attempt to go for a
first down on fourth down plays five times Satur
day.
When asked of his feelings about the kicking
game in his post-game press conference Sherrill
quipped, “We haven’t kicked very many field
goals. We might let Bucky kick ’em.”
According to Richardson, he’s got enough on
his hands trying to run the offense. He couldn’t
pinpoint a reason for the team’s lackluster first
half performance.
“The thing about today is we probably played
the worst first half we’ve played this season and
we were still in the ball game at halftime,” Rich
ardson said. “It was encouraging to me that, as
bad as we played mentally, we were still in the
game.”
An intentional grounding call on Richardson
and a nullified touchdown run by running back
Keith McAfee were two big mistakes that epit
omized the first half for A&M.
The grounding call pinned A&M deep in their
own territory and set up Baylor’s first touch
down.
Bucky Richardson acrobatics play a big
part in his success at running the A&M
On a third down at the A&M 25, Richardson
set up to pass and then scrambled to the sideline
under pressure.
He threw the ball out of bounds and incom
plete in the direction of wide receiver Gary Oli
ver. The penalty was left A&M facing a fourth
down at their own five yard line. After Sean Wil
son’s punt was fair caught at the Aggie 36, Baylor
needed only six plays to tie the score.
Richardson wasn’t happy with the officials.
“It was really a horrible call,” he said. “I think
he called it because I turned around right before
I threw it, but I had a receiver over there.”
The nullified touchdown run would have
moved A&M back into a tie at 14-14. As it turned
out, the drive ended with a missed field goal by
Scott Slater from 43 yards out.
Richardson felt the team experienced an emo
tional letdown.
“Sometimes it takes us a while to get things
offense. Here he dives for yardage in last
year’s win over Louisiana Tech.
going. We were clearly beating ourselves,” Rich
ardson said. “They weren’t stopping us — we
were stopping ourselves.”
Richardson’s attitude and perseverance are
proving to be valuable assets to a team that many
believe has nothing to play for. Richardson has
proven his value in the last three games after see
ing little action in the Louisiana State game and
not playing at all against Oklahoma State.
Richardson showed why he is the catalyst for;
the Aggies with a comment after Saturday’s
game.
When asked if the NCAA probation had
caused the team to lack motivation for the rest of
the season he said, “I really don’t think it’ll be a
problem. It’s something you can’t control. We
just have to make it a positive thing and not give
up. Besides, we’ll probably get more recognition
by winning the title this year than if we won it
and were able to go to the Cotton Bowl.”
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