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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.
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