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Friday, May 4,1990
The Battalion
Page 9
Valenzuela working on comeback
LOS ANGELES (AP) — After a
rapid rise and a fast fall, Fernando
Valenzuela is working his way back
to the top.
Valenzuela, one of baseball’s best
pitchers before going into a three-
year slump, pitched his second
straight complete game Wednesday,
scattering eight hits in the Dodgers
6-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Pi
rates.
The left-hander, just off a four-
hit, 5-0 victory over the Chicago
Cubs, hadn’t pitched consecutive
complete games since September
1987.
“He seemed to be in real good
command of both sides of the plate
and he changed speeds,” Pirates out
fielder Andy Van Slyke said. “Those
are the three things you need to do
to win, and he did those three.”
Valenzuela, whose career was
threatened by a 1988 shoulder in
jury, doesn’t throw as hard as he
once did. But Dodgers pitching
coach Ron Perranoski said it doesn’t
matter.
“I don’t think velocity means a
thing,” Perranoski said. “John Tu
dor’s pitching great for St. Louis
with, what, a 76 mph fastball.
“Fernando’s arm is getting
stronger. He’s throwing in the mid-
80s. You can throw the ball 84 mph
and have nothing on it. He’s throw
ing 84 with something on it.
“These two back-to-back are his
best games since before he got hurt.
He was outstanding in both games.”
From 1981 through 1986, Valen
zuela was 97-68 with 84 complete
games.
He fell to 14-14 with a 3.98
earned run average and 12 complete
games in 1987; 5-8 with a 4.24 ERA
and three complete games in 1988,
and 10-13 with a 3.43 ERA and
three complete games last season.
Some thought Valenzuela was fin
ished after he missed nearly half the
’88 season with an injured pitching
shoulder. But he never lost faith.
“I listen to me,” he said. “The in
jury is in the past.”
Valenzuela, known for throwing a
lot of pitches, needed just 113 to
beat the Pirates and 119 in his shut
out of the Cubs.
He’s 2-2 with a 2.83 ERA this
year.
“He’s pitching crafty. He’s getting
them out with his know-how,” Dodg
ers manager Tom Lasorda said. “He
doesn’t have the velocity he once
did.”
The 29-year-old Valenzuela said
he feels stronger because he’s throw
ing fewer pitches.
“I’m trying to throw more strikes,
throw a strike on the first pitch,” Va
lenzuela said.
Valenzuela said that pitching only
three complete games and 196 2-3
innings last season is helping him
now.
“That’s why I’m stronger this
year,” he said.
Dressendorfer
suffering from
hurt shoulder
AUSTIN (AP) — A prelimi
nary examination of the jitBior
All-America pitcher Kirk Dres-
sendorfer’s right shoulder indi
cates no tear to the rotator cuff*
Texas Longhorns coach Cliff
Gustafson sard.
The injury, however, will keep
Dressendorfer out of this week-:
end's Southwest Conference se
ries with Texas Christian.
Dressendorfer experienced
13, and had to come out in the
first inning of a. loss last week to
I “We are going with the original
diagnosis of tendinitis,'’ said hase-
baiFfrainer Eddie Day.
“We will have two more spe-
daiists look at the pictures, but
irighi-.:ijpw - there is no appaient
tear,” ' '
Dressendorfer is 11-3. Inst
year.he was 18-2. • '
Fifth-ranked Texas is one-half
^am^f : : behind Arkansas • in'. the;
' Gustafson said he was confi
dent Dressendorfer would be
able tb pitch in time for the SWC
tournament May 23-
UT expected to appeal
Penders’ suspension
DALLAS (AP) — Texas is ex
pected to appeal the one-game sus
pension next season of basketball
coach Tom Penders, who openly
criticized Southwest Conference of
ficiating last season.
Texas plans to appeal the ruling
by SWC Commissioner Fred Jacoby
before the SWC Compliance Com
mittee May 16 in Dallas.
“We are appealing the commis
sioner’s ruling, and it would be inap
propriate to comment further until
it is resolved,” Texas athletic direc
tor DeLoss Dodds said in a
statement.
Under SWC regulations, the com
mittee’s decision is final. The sus
pension applies to the Longhorns’
first SWC game next season against
Texas A&M on Jan. 2 in Austin.
If the ruling is upheld, Penders
“cannot be present in the playing
arena for the suspended game, but
may conduct practice sessions,”
according to Jacoby’s report, a copy
of which was obtained by The Dallas
Morning News.
Penders and assistant coach Jamie
Ciampaglio have been placed on
probation for the entire season and
further criticism of SWC officials
could result in future suspensions.
J [acoby informed Dodds of the
ing in a four-page report dated
April 9. It focused on actions of Pen
ders and Ciampaglio, pertaining ba
sically to two Texas losses, a March 5
regular-season game at Houston and
a March 10 game against Houston at
Reunion Arena.
Jacoby’s letter said Penders was in
flagrant violation of the SWC
Sportsmanlike Conduct Rule 21.02.
Penders was cited for being “un
duly critical of game officials” after
the loss to Houston on March 10
when Penders “berated the officials”
in a post-game news conference. Ja
coby also cited Penders for “working
the officials with verbal abuse and
demonstrably giving hand signals
and gestures from the bench area to
‘show up or upstage’ the officials in a
negative manner.”
Penders received three technical
fouls and was ejected from the
game.
Jacoby cited Penders’ actions after
the loss March 5 at Houston as rea
sons for his suspension: “Coach Pen
ders, acting in an extremely belliger
ent manner using a combination of
profanity and negative comments,
began accusing Mr. (Mike) Tanco (a
conference official) of cheating his
team out of a win over Houston.”
The report said that Penders had to
be “physically restrained” by Univer
sity of Houston police.
The Texas Artisians
^ Sixth Annual Membership Exhibition
presented by
The MSC Visual Arts Committee is proud to have as distinguished quests the Mayor
and city officials of Kazan ; U.S.S.R., at an opening reception in honor of The Texas
Artisians.
5 p.m. - 7 p.m.
May 7,1990
Visual Arts Cattery
located on the first floor of the
Memorial Student Center