Show Sunday June r Standard-Examine- 5 1983 9B Sports Graf crushes Zvereva in French final PARIS (AP) — Quick and deadly Steffi Graf tightened her grip on the top rung of women’s ten- - nis Saturday j - Lashing out her always powerful forehand Graf retained the women’s championship at the French Open in a blowout of historic proportions and unusual quickness beating Natalia Zvereva 0 0 “I’m very sorry it was so fast” Graf told the cen-- ter court crowd who cheered Zvereva on trying to help her avoid the worst final defeat in the tournament’s history “I saw her in the locker room and I said Tm sorry about it and I hope you get better’ " Graf said ' If Graf deprived the fans of a classic match such as the tense in which she beat Martina Navratilova for her first Grand Slam title a year ago she gave them one that will take its own place in tennis history Only once before in 1911 had a women’s Grand Slam final ended without the loser taking a single game Never had it happened in Paris where the 0 defeat adworst previous drubbing was the 1 ministered by the legendary Suzanne Lenglen to American Mary K Browne in 1926 The match lasted 32 minutes just over half as rainstorm that interrupted long as the one-hofirst set Officially shorter the halfway through play Grand Slam finals have been played but single have taken almost as long The time on a points court might have been the quickest ever 6-- 6-- 6-- ‘ -- three-sett- er 6-- 6-- ur 4 thing" she said “Last year was my first win for a Grand Slam championship I was tired and exhausted and it took me longer to realize it” Graf said “But this one wasn’t routine It’s a Grand Slam final OK it’s 0 0 and it’s a different dimension from last year but it still means a lot to me” After her victory in the Australian Open last January the second consecutive French Open triumph kept Graf on course to be the first woman since Margaret Court Smith in 1970 to win all four Grand Slam tournaments in one year Today Mats Wilander tries to keep his own hopes of sweeping the Grand Slam alive The men’s winner in Australia he plays for his third French championship against France’s Henri Leconte Zvereva just turned 17 came out after the rain break wearing a new shirt but facing the same old problem Graf was on the other side of the net and the West German’s forehand was as blistering as it had been throughout the tournament When the final point — fittingly on a forehand cross-cou- rt winner — fell in Graf jumped for joy then ran over to the stands and hugged her father Peter Graf The quickness and completeness of the defeat left Zvereva numb Last year’s junior women’s champion in Paris playing in only the third regular tournament final of her career declined the traditional chance to address the crowd and turned down requests for television interviews “I knew what to say but I couldn’t say any The architect of one of the biggest upsets of a tournament filled with surprises a fourth-roun- d victory over Navratilova Zvereva finished her news conference in tears Graf said she never expected 6-- it to be so easy “On clay courts you always lose a couple of games” said Graf who lost only 20 games in the tournament She did not drop a set for her second consecutive Grand Slam tournament With her own game in such good form and Zvereva 14 spots below her in the women’s rankings friends told Graf she had nothing to worry about She tried her best not to believe them and that may have been the final factor in the Soviet teenager’s undoing “Everybody was telling me ‘It’s so easy’ They were saying ‘You can’t lose’ ” Graf said “So I told myself ‘You better watch out’ She beat Martin-aan- d she’s a good player” Numbers tell the dominance of Graf on a blustery day in Paris Playing in her fifth consecutive Grand Slam final the West German lost just 13 points only four on her serve She allowed Zvereva to reach game point just once at 0 in the second game and she promptly broke with a forehand winner down the line and two Zvereva errors That forehand has become Grafs trademark and it was as dominant as ever Saturday The final point was her 21st winner off the forehand not 40-3- Steffi Graf off short lobs counting a pair of forehand into the open court And all this on a day when Grafs serve was not particularly potent She hit on only 54 percent of her first serves had three aces and double-faulte- d twice It was a small flaw in an otherwise overwhelming performance against an opponent who looked intimidated by the occasion put-awa- Mets hit their spots to beat the Cubs 5 6-- Associated Press The New York Mets aren’t hitting on their current homestand just hitting their spots Kevin McReynolds homered leading off the bottom of the 13th inning Saturday to lift the Mets over the Chicago Cubs 5 On Thursday night Howard Johnson also homered in the 13th inning to beat the Cubs “The way Mac’s (McReynolds) been swinging he was due” Mets manager Davey Johnson said “He was the least likely candidate to hit it out of the park but maybe this will get him going “I had been thinking of giving Mac tomorrow off before he hit the home run I still might” The Mets conclude a 6-- 13-ga- homestand today against the Cubs During the homestand the New York has hit under 200 McReynolds hit rookie reliever Mike Capel’s first pitch of the ind fence for ning over the his sixth homer The Mets are 0 in extra inning games this season and it was their 10th victory in their last “It was a slider up” Capel said left-fiel- 5-- i I 4 if Vi at-b- at the sixth inning Burks missed the catch and was charged with an error on the play Boston Red Sox centerfielder Ellis Burks tries for a slid- ing catch of a drive hit by Jesse Barfield of Toronto in Baltimore labors to Associated Press A throwing error by third baseman Mike Pagliarulo on Cal Ripken’s grounder in the 14th inning with two outs and the bases loaded scored three runs as the Baltimore Orioles defeated the New York Yankees 6 Saturday night The game which lasted 5 hours and 46 minutes was the longest in the major leagues this season and in the history of the Baltimore franchise It was the first Baltimore win this season against an East Division team after 13 losses Doug Sisk 2 the fourth Baltimore pitcher was the winner despite allowing two runs in the top of the 14th Rick Schu led off the Orioles’ 14th against Hipolito Pena 1 by reaching first on an error by shortstop Bobby Meacham Rene Gonzales followed with a single and Billy Ripken walked to load the bases Pena struck out Mickey Tettleton and Fred Lynn before being replaced by Cecilio Guante the fifth New York pitcher On a 2 pitch Ripken lined the ball to Pagliarulo who made a diving stop but threw wildly past first baseman Gary Ward scoring all three runners The Orioles asked for one of their bats to be confiscated and later in the night New York reciprocated having one of Baltimore's black bats taken away Both will be sent to the American League office for inspection 7-- 2-- 0-- American League allowed four hits and one unearned run in g seven innings He dropped his ERA to 178 and increased his strikeout e total to a leading 125 Nelson Liriano had four hits for Toronleague-leadin- major-leagu- to Jays 10 Red Sox 2 out Boston for Vh innings and Kelly Gruber hit a three-ru- n homer in Toronto's seven-ru- n At Boston Jim Clancy shut ninth to beat the Red Sox Clancy 6 beat Boston for the first time since 1984 Duane Ward got his fourth save Roger Clemens 3 struck out nine and 3-- 8-- Stanford At Chicago Gary Redus hit his second grand slam of the week in the bottom of the ninth inning to lift the Chicago White Sox over the Texas Rangers Redus’ homer to left field off Dale 3 was his third of the season He e had hit his first grand slam Tuesday at Detroit e The victory snapped a losing streak for the White Sox who had won only three of their previous 17 games Bobby Thigpen 5 the fourth Chicago pitcher worked the ninth Mo-horc- ic 2-- major-leagu- three-gam- 2-- Tigers 5 Indians 2 Frank Carey had three hits including a homer and Ron Witmeyer drove in three runs to lead defending champion Stanford to a 10-- 3 victory d over Fresno State Saturday in a game at the College World Scries at Omaha Neb Carey had a single and triple in addition to his homer for the Cardinal 2 who advanced to Monday’s game against Cal State-Fufirst-roun- 42-2- l- Buckner’s single Kurt Stillwell’s single scored Thurman and Wilson followed with a liner into left Jim Eisenreich that scored pinch-runn- er At Minneapolis Ron Hassey’s tie and single broke an eighth-innin- g hoDon Baylor followed with a three-ru-n mer as the Oakland Athletics beat the Minnesota Twins Storm Davis 2 allowed eight hits and one run in seven innings Dennis Eckersley got the final three outs for his 19th save in 23 appearances despite allowing an RBI single to Tom Herr and a sacrifice fly to Kirby Puckett Oakland which has won nine of its last 10 had 15 hits and increased its American League West lead to 1 1 games Carney Lansford had three singles to raise his batting average to a 402 run-scori- ng 5-- major-leagueleadi- At Detroit Pat Sheridan homered and drove in two runs to back the five-hpitching of Doyle Alexander to lead the Detroit Tigers over Cleveland Alexander 4 struck out five and e walked two to snap a personal fourth his was streak It complete losing game Julio Franco went to end his hit21 streak the at ting longest in the games major leagues this season it 5-- two-gam- Royals 4 Mariners 3 At Kansas City Mo Willie Wilson’s RBI single capped a two-ru- n rally in the bottom of the ninth as the Kansas City Royals defeated the Seattle Mariners Brewers 1 Angels 0 Chicago manager Don Zimmer added “He’s supposed to keep it low This was a very very tough loss We had it won twice but gave it away” Jeff Innis pitched two innings for his first major-leagu- e victory “I’m not interested in personal records" Innis said “I’m glad I pitched and that we won I wanted to prove that I can contribute and that I belong with the rest of these guys” 1- -1 Reds 5 Dodgers 2 At Los Angeles Paul O’Neill's homer with two outs in the top of the ninth gave the Cincinnati Reds the victory Barry Larkin led off with a single off Orel Hershiser 3 One out later Kal Daniels grounded to first baseman Mike Marshall who touched first then threw late to second in an attempt to get Larkin three-ru- n 7-- After Hershiser hit Eric Davis in the helmet with a pitch O’Neill drove his third homer of the season over the 360-fosign in right field Frank Williams and Jose Rijo combined for three scoreless innings of relief with Rijo picking up his sixth victory against one sixth allowing Alan Ashby’s single the Astros’ fifth hit LaCoss walked three and struck out three Joe Price allowed two hits over 3 Vi innings for his third save two-o- two-ru- n ut Nolan Ryan 5-- struck out 3 10 batters for the 177th time in his career but also allowed both homers It was the first homer of the season for both Aldrete and Williams It was also the first career grand slam for Williams who was recalled from the minors Friday Cardinals 8 Phillies 1 At Philadelphia Tony Pena Ozzie Smith and Curt Fonl drove in two runs each and the St Louis Cardinals scored six runs in the eighth inning to win their fifth straight Cris Carpenter 0 allowed seven hits struck out three and walked one in seven innings Ken Dayley pitched the eighth and ninth Shane Rawley 6 allowed six hits in 7Vi innings as he lost for the first time in seven starts since May 1 Tom Brunansky was hitless in with two walks three 2-- 4-- at-ba- ts snapping his hitting 19-ga- streak the longest in the National League this season for Chris James went Philadelphia which has lost three straight Expos 7 Pirates 3 At Pittsburgh Andres Galarrag 14th ga hit his home run giving him five homers and 13 RBI in his last 12 games Consecutive singles by Galarraga Hubie Brooks Tim Wallach and Tom Foley to start the fourth made it 0 and knocked out Doug Drabek 4 Dennis Martinez 6 allowed six hits and three runs in 6 innings as he won his second straight decision after losing four straight Bob McClure pitched l'i innings for his first save Bobby Bonilla had three hits for the Pirates league-leadin- 4-- 5-- 5-- Padres 6 Braves 5 ot At Milwaukee Ernest Riles playing for the injured Dale Sveum broke up Dan ’s perfect game with a home run in the sixth and Teddy Higuera pitched a three-hittas the Milwaukee Brewers defeated the California Angels Petry 5 retired the first 16 batters but then allowed Riles’ first homer since Sept 14 1987 Petry struck out six walked one and allowed only three hits Paul Molitor and BJ Surhoff singled following Riles’ home run but failed to score as Petry got Robin Yount to ground Pe-try- er defeat fourth-innin- 3 who had made Whitson scoreless instarts pitched Lance McCullers and nings pitched the final two innings for his fourth save 4-- 1 2-- out At San Diego Tony Gwynn g broke a tie with a home run and Ed Whitson won in his first relief appearance of the season Giants 8 Astros 2 At San Francisco Mike homer in the fourth inning and Matt Williams’ two-ru- n n fifth led grand slam in a San Francisco past Houston Mike LaCoss 4 left in the six-ru- 4-- 3- 1 -j Gwynn homered off Charlie Puleo 2 Gwynn’s second home run of the season and first since April 9 0-- Fullerton win in College World Series lerton whichdefeated Miami Fla two-ru- n 5-- er Athletics 6 Twins 4 White Sox 10 Rangers 8 Cal-Sta- te Associated Gary Thurman in his first game since being recalled Friday from Omaha drew a one-o5 walk from Mark Langston Bill and went to second on pinch-hittut ho- mered on “I wanted it down but I just didn’t get the location” win over NY 7-- 6 3-- Blue of the pitch McReynolds National League after 9-- 3 in the nightcap will meet Miami Fresno State 56-- 1 in an elimination game Monday afternoon Stanford which lost two regular-seaso- n meetings with Fresno State took a lead in the first on Troy Paulsen’s RBI grounder which scored Carey home run his second Carey’s two-ru-n homer of the year made it 0 in the third 1 1- -0 3-- homer his Mike Burton’s two-ru- n 11th of the year made it 2 in the fourth but Stanford got a run in the bottom of the inning when Paul Carey doubled and later scored on Witmeyer’s grounder Fresno State’s Eddie Zosky had an RBI single in the fifth but Stanford came back with three runs in the bottom of the inning on Doug Robbins’ sacrifice fly off John Salles 15-- 1 double off re and Witmeyer’s two-ru- n scoreless after allowing an RBI single to liever Eric Schullstrom 3-- bases-load- ed n Cal Miami Fla 3 State-Fullerto- 9 homer and a Keith Kaub’s three-ru- n g Jim Osborn slam by grand backed the six-h- it pitching of Longo n downed Garcia as Cal MiamL ninth-innin- State-Fullerto- Garcia 10-- 5 found his rhythm after a rocky start holding the Hurricanes John Viera in the fourth inning Mike Fiore singled in the fifth for Miami's last hit but was thrown out trying to steal second Trailing 1 the Titans scored four times in the fifth when Mike Ross doubled in a run and Kaub followed with his 20th homer of the season off loser Joe Grahe 13-- 5 Osborn broke the game open with his sixth homer of the season 3-- |