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3 TACOS 996 ^ You get three crisp fried ^jtaco shells filled with deli cious spiced meat, fresh lettuce, American cheese and taco sauce for only 99 cents. 3 TACOS 99C Offer valid through December 31, 1989 at our 2906 E. Texas Ave. and 1504 Texas Ave. locations. One offer per customer. Please present coupon when or dering. One offer per coupon. Not valid in combina tion with any other offer. No limit with coupon. Page 12 The Battalion Friday, September 15, It Great Scott! Fr Astros ace becomes year’s first 20-game winnef" LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mike Scott has been called a lot of things in his career. But never a 20-game winner — until now. Scott became a 20-game winner for the first time in his 11-year ca reer Thursday, leading the Houston Astros over the Los Angeles Dodg ers 11-3 on a day the World Series champions were mathematically eliminated from the National League West race. “It’s something that when you’re done playing, you can look back and say, ‘Yeah, I had one 20-game sea son,”’ said Scott, 20-8. “But I don’t really look at goals during the sea son. Ever since I’ve been playing, the only goal I’ve had is to get into the playoffs and World Series.” Craig Biggio drove in six runs with two homers, including his first grand slam in support of Scott. Scott, an 18-game winner in 1985 and 1986 — seasons in which he was accused of scuffing baseballs — al lowed five hits over seven innings with four strikeouts and two walks. He held the Dodgers without a hit after allowing consecutive doubles to Eddie Murray and Mike Marshall with no outs in the fourth. “I’ve had better days,” said Scott, who clinched the 1986 West title with a no-hitter. “But when you get 11 runs, you throw strikes. If it’s a close game and you throw the same pitches, you’re probably going to get knocked around. But when I get that big of a lead, I just try to throw strikes and let them hit the ball.” “You don’t go out there and say I’m going to win this many games or that many games, because pitchers don’t win games,” Scott said. “I haven’t won 20 games. It takes nine guys out there to win a ballgame. We won 20 games when I was pitching, but I’m not out there striking out 27 guys or hitting the home runs.” Scott’s victory made him the ma jors’ first 20-game winner this year and the fourth in Astros’ history fol lowing Larry Dierker, J.R. Richard and Joe Niekro, who did it twice. The Dodgers’ defeat, coupled with first-place San Francisco’s vic tory, officially ended Los Angeles’ hopes of winning another championship. No World Series champion has repeated since the 1977-78 New York Yankees. Rookie John Wetteland, pitching before a season-low crowd of 13,026, lost his fifth straight decision. “I was throwing slop,” he said. “I wasn’t pitching my game. I’m a fast ball pitcher, but I’m trying to learn to use different pitchers and 1; my butt kicked. I’m trying to becoi a complete pitcher, and I’m takij my lumps. I know I’m going to b bad days, and some worse thanthii Rafael Ramirez scored three rm and broke out of a 4-for-40 slut with four hits, including an ru scoring double in the second inui and an RBI single in the fifth. The Astros, who totalled 17 against five Dodger pitchers, ch; Wetteland, 4-8, after 1 2-3 inniuj They got six runs and five hitsol him in the second, includingBiggif slam with two out. Singles by Glenn Davis, Ken Cat! initi and Craig Reynolds pulled Astros into a 1-all tie and Ramiro double put them ahead for goot Biggio, fighting a 5-for-36 slut; when the game began, increased[i margin to 8-1 in the fourth withat other two-out homer. Gerald Young, who walked on 3-2 pitch in front of Biggie’s gran: slam, capped a three-run fifthwitln two-out, two-run double. The Astra scored eight of their runs with tut out. s o V afte sive ate bill par 1 It was Biggie’s first multi-homt performance in 170-major lea® games. Walker’s Cowboys’ future uncleai sup his i 1 gro vidi and l for Phil con: Nor tex: T pen up t usee each bloc IRVING (AP) — Because of Hers- chel Walker’s uncertain role in the Dallas Cowboys’ offense, 1990 could be his last year with the team, says the talented running back’s agent. “We don’t know what free agency will be like in two years, but it will certainly be different from what it is today,” Johnson said Wednesday. Jones has expressed interest in ex tending Walker’s contract but John son said no more discussions will take place until Walker becomes more comfortable with his role. at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Johnson said the Cowboys pn posed a new contract in the spring an apparent attempt to appeas Walker once the franchise signs rookie quarterback Troy Aikman a much more lucrative pact. Peter Johnson hinted that Walker has no plans to accept owner Jerry Jones’ offer to extend Walker’s con tract. Walker will be 28 when his five-year, $5 million contract expires after next season. “Herschel wants to figure out what his role is going to be and we won’t even talk about it until then,” said Johnson. “I think what Herschel is saying is that he doesn’t want to be a fullback, nor does he want to be a wide receiver. He wants to run with the ball.” Walker will play football in his home state for the first time since 1982 when the Dallas Cowboys meet the Atlanta Falcons at noon Sunday Walker said he won’t involve hk self in negotiations. “That’s why I pay my agents alo of money,” said Walker. “I haven; even thought about my contrar. Dallas is the place I want to finish' career. If they want to talk aboul new contract, that’s fine with me," Walker, who will make almost i: million in the final two years of b present contract, is entitled to a in; pay increase because he was them tional Football League’s semi leading rusher and the only Con boys player in the Pro Bowl last set son, said Johnson. Rice is Wolverine’s big worry ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — There appears to be some confusion about who will play whom in college foot ball’s early-season game of the year Saturday. The schedule says second-ranked Michigan will entertain No. 1 Notre Dame. But, to hear the Wolverines’ coaches and players talk, it sounds more like it will be Michigan against Tony Rice. Here is a sample of what they’re saying about the Notre Dame quar terback: — “He’s the most dangerous quar terback in the country.” — Michigan coach Bo Schembechler. — “He’s the threat offensively.” — Michigan assistant coach Gary Moel ler. — “Tony Rice is the man who makes them click. If Tony Rice does not have a good day, that takes a lot of their offense away.” — Michigan free safety Vada Murray. broke a collarbone. He has ta there ever since. Last season he rushed for' yards, the most ever lot a l\oi Dame quarterback, and passed I 1,176 yards and eight touchdown: mou aftei Rice took over the Fighting Irish quarterback job four games into the 1987 season when Terry Andrsiak Rice started the 1989 season: leading Notre Dame to a 36-13 tory over Virginia in the Kiclcj Classic. The triumph was so i sive it helped the Irish climb cj Michigan in The Associated poll. 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