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ak ks mt we’re going ment, wk old peoplt lid. “That! f Texas i , Kenyon, credibililt ing the lat “Her cam- ng rumon ■ staff felt <e political Ties. rlic is more :he kindoi ig on here :e reminds sand in King's X. ard >at P) -A faces a y violat- red Spe- Coast i p s rid- e man’s re, but it D. Cole, 5. Coast hole in cs in the ad been ran, 37, Monday found i rig nets xcluder i violat ed Spe- i e Coast 50-foot i les east a.n Don « turde the tur- e? boats ater to L sherios . <rate a ►n P r0 ' Neal the tan, ■■here’s done _ it was but to- Hope; lems. The Battalion SPORTS 7 Wednesday, April 25,1990 Sports Editor Richard Tijerina 845-2688 Last inning heroics Rangers rally for dramatic 5-4 win Track & field team signs three top runners; another to attend on academic scholarship By ALAN LEHMANN Of The Battalion Staff ARLINGTON — The Texas Rangers saved the best for last Tuesday night. They used a pair of two-run home runs in the ninth inning to overcome a 4-0 defe- cit and beat the Chicago White Sox, 5-4. The Rangers improved to 8-6, and the Sox dropped to 5-5. The five-run rally started and ended with one out, long after most of the 13,092 fans had headed for the exits. First baseman Rafael Palmiero started the rally with a double off Chicago reliever Don Pall. Julio Franco followed with a grounder through the legs of shortstop Oz- zie Guillen that scored Palmiero. Pall was removed in favor of the Sox stopper Bobby Thigpen. Ruben Sierra greeted him with a massive homer to right-center that nar rowed the defecit to one run. “I knew he would give me a fastball,” said Sierra, who had struck out twice against Chicago starter Eric King. *Tt was right in my power zone. I knew when I hit it that the ball was gone.” The blow must have shaken Thigpen, who walked Harold Baines on five pitches to set the stage for Pete Incaviglia’s game winning blast. Incaviglia lined Thigpen’s first pitch just over the leftfield wall to end the game. “I was just thinking of driving the ball into the gap,” Incaviglia said. “Thigpen made a bad pitch and I drove it out of the park.” In the space of those five hitters, the Rangers erupted for more offense than they had managed through eight innings. Although all eyes were on Texas pitcher Jamie Moyer, Chicago’s King stole the show early. Trade rumors surrounded Moyer, and scouts from at least four major league clubs were in attendance to see him pitch. Moyer, who was 1-13 stretching back to last season, didn’t make a good impression in the first inning. Although he retired the first two Sox batters, his two mental errors allowed the Sox to score three first-inning runs. Moyer fielded Ivan Calderon’s grounder, but double-pumped and threw late to first base, allowing Calderon to reach. Calderon tried to help out as he broke toward second, giving Moyer a chance to pick him off. However, Moyer’s throw to first was in the dirt and Calderon slid safely into second base. Designated hitter Ron Kittle followed with an RBI single, and scored on Carlton Fisk’s double off the centerfield wall. Carlos Martinez brought Fisk home with a single between third and shortstop to cap the scor ing. The Rangers had a chance to get on the board in the third inning, as third baseman Scott Coolbaugh ripped a two-out single off the left-centerfield wall. But he was thrown out by Calderon trying to stretch it into a double. In the seventh, Chicago added another run to chase Moyer, as Martinez scored on a Scott Fletcher single. Fletcher tried to score on a Sammy Sosa single, but was thrown out at the plate by Incaviglia to end the inning. Fletcher and Sosa were both Rangers un til they were traded to Chicago in a deal for Baines last July. Moyer gave up four runs — three of them unearned — and seven hits in 7.1 in nings. He was replaced . by lefthander Kenny Rogers, who held the Sox scoreless and picked up his first win of the season. King shut out the Rangers for seven in nings, allowing only two hits, one walk and striking out seven. Pall was not so fortunate. He cruised through the eighth, but ran into the Ranger buzzsaw in the ninth. Thigpen suffered the loss. Fisk led Chicago at the plate with a 3-4 night. The Sox got their four RBI from four different players. Ranger manager Bobby Valentine said he was pleased with his team’s comeback. “This was a wonderful way to win,” Val entine said. “With Pete and Ruben up, you expect them to rise to the occasion. They came through tonight, and we chalked up a big win. . ... “This should give us momentum.” From Staff and Wire Reports The Texas A&M men’s track team signed three of the state’s top high school track athletes to letters of intent while an other will attend on an academic schol arship. George Mills, from Trinity Valley in Fort Worth, is a National Merit Scholar, and will attend A&M on an academic scholarship. Mille scored a 1440 on his SAT and had a 3.8 grade point average. In 1989, Mills won the Southern Prep Conference cross coun try title.. “George is a great addition to our dis tance program,” A&M coach Charlie Thomas said. “He should be able to contrib ute as a freshman.” Long distance runner Marc Stokes from Richardson’s Pearce High, won The Athlet ics Congress Southwest regional title in the 3,000-meter run in 1987, and captured the TAG southwest regional cross country crown in 1989. “Marc is one of the top distance pros pects in the state and will also help upgrade our distance program,” Thomas said. Kevin Dozier, a sprinter from South Oak Cliff in Dallas, said he chose A&M because there was more emphasis on academics than athletics. jc “I want to graduate from the university I attend,” Dozier said. The 5-9, 135-pound runner was the lead- off leg on SOC’s 1989 state champion 400- meter relay and was an all-district and all area performer in both the 100 and 200- meter dashes. Richard Murphy, a 6-0, 160-pound hurdler from Longview, earned all-state, all-region and all-district honors in 1989. He qualified for the state meet in high hur dles and intermediate hurdles as a junior and senior. “Richard is an exceptional athlete who can contribute to our program immediatly in a variety of events,” Thomas said. BRYAN/COLLEGE STATION’S LARGEST BOOK L • T ■ T • T4| [ • ^ 1 • JIB m md* | • J 1 | Pub, R8t3ll lisai Pub, Retail^ Pub. Retail $19.95 sair ■ $14.95 *5 SSir $9.95 NOW g* NOW «€ Mr NOW W_ mjmmM Pub. 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