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When Ripken :' 7:::irt ::":: ti ::':::::: :f::':V al4- - ::::::: 2-- 1 a:4' his ": : :: : straight game tying him with Everett Scott behind Lou Gehrig Since he started the streak in May 1982 the ::f- CI?' missed only 138 innings "It's a tremendous accomplishment" Baltimore manager Frank Robinson said "Especially today with all the travel and in an age when players are taking days off because of little ailments He just comes to the ballpark every day and goes out and does his job" Some people however wonder whether the grind of the streak has affected the way Ripken handles his excessive workload They point to his sub-22- 0 batting average and the fact that his range in the field apparently has diminished despite the fact that he had 52 straight errorless games entering the weekend Billy Williams who played 1117 consecutive games for the Chicago e Cubs — fifth on the list — later said he hurt his team by playing when he was tired Indeed the year after Williams finally sat down his batting average jumped 32 points and he had nine more homers and 29 more RBIs — in seven fewer games Dale Murphy who played in 740 straight games with Atlanta until being rested in 1986 apparently benefited from the break In 1987 his average increased from 265 to 295 his homers from 29 to 44 and his RBIs 83 - mow idv 4 :: ' 0 6 ' al 0 — '''''''''''''''k-Iliiio- ti :f?(:: : 1 ::::: 7t :r 00e- : )14ei ' 4AtM'2:F: to :7 4 !!! ! '' ': if :IN- - r 00k--:- !:-- gi ti'l 4 IliP f: ' t F ts ' : 41i' - '4::ir:sgr 04444 4 tiik:?)p d and five hits This from an OKI team that had averaged 118 runs and 142 hits a game in its seven NCAA contests Stan Payne Freshman a surprise starter limited the ) Cowboys to four hits in six innings It seemed things were going to go left-hand- r:o: ' ''''' t4'1: 0 —Associated Press Photo baserunner Keith Miller but umpire ruled it was too late Miller had already scored Canseco Undergoes Spine Tests SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Oak- land Athletics outfielder Jose Canseco complaining of a sciatic nerve underwent a CT scan of his spine Saturday at Children's Hospital Canseco has missed two straight games against the Kansas City Royals and will remain at the hospital The sciatic nerve runs be 1 0 2 k But maybe just maybe those New York Mets are finally breaking loose "1 feel like we're starting to play like we can" Darryl Strawberry said Saturday night after his third home run in two games helped the Mets trounce the Pittsburgh Pirates After getting 12 hits in Friday e night's victory over Pittsburgh the Mets came back with 15 more hits Kevin McReynolds and Orlando Mercado also homered and winning pitcher David Cone hit one of four doubles for New York which began the game batting 239 second-wors- t in the National League Mets won for the The fourth-plac- e e second time in a series that ends Sunday and pulled within 712 games of the Pirates The teams play four times next weekend in Pittsburgh The Mets have talked about turning things around before this season only fourth straight victory and seventh in eight games Baltimore had nine -base hits in reaching the 500 mark for the first time since April 24 Pete Harnisch ) retired the first 13 batters and allowed only four hits while striking out 10 in eight innings The Yankees lost for the 13th time in 14 games New York under manager Stump Merrill has lost 11 straight road games "No excuses They just kicked our butts" Merrill said "These things are going to happen you just have to put it behind you and hope it doesn't happen too often" Red Sox 11 Indians 6: At Boston Ellis Burks had six RBIs on three hits including a homer and Dana Kiecker extra- (6-2- 0-- 4 AN UP INCLUDES MITC11 EVERYTHING "'Affr- -- It )7" ' 1"- -'- handed the Indians their sixth straight loss Athletics 5 Royals 0: At Oakland Calif Dave Stewart pitched a four-hitte- r for his first shutout this season and Rickey Henderson put Oakland double as the ahead with a two-ru- n Athletics handed Kansas City its fifth straight loss 1 L i l A et lee MAACNO GLOSS AGREE Expos 3 Cardinals 1: At Montreal rookie Mark Gardner came within an out of his second shutout as Montreal beat sagging St Louis ruining Whit-- ' ey Herzog's 10th anniversary as man- ager of the Cardinals Herzog who took over for Ken Boyer on June 9 1980 saw the Cards lose their fourth straight Montreal has won five of its last seven games Astros 4 Reds 1: At Houston pitcher Jim Clancy drove in two runs with a RBIs single for his first major-leagu- e and Glenn Davis homered for the eighth time in nine games leading the Astros past the slumping Reds veteran spent 11 Clancy a years in the American League before coming to Houston last season He before had 49 previous career getting his RBI hit Saturday night Dodgers 5 Padres 4: At San Diego Eddie Murray's second home run of the game leading off the llth inning e record of Mickey tied an Mantle and gave Los Angeles a tory over the Padres Murray tied the record by homering from both sides of the plate in a game for the 10th time in his career Murray connect- Batting ed off Eric Show ) leading off the lth Murray hit his sixth homer bat:r falter Strawberry McRoynolds and Howard Johnson Those guys are good and they're like time bombs If you catch any of those guys at the wrong time they'll bury you" Pirates manager Jim Leyland said Cubs 4 Phi flies 3: At Chicago Mark 0 hit innings and allowed two hits over eight innings for his first major league victory as Seattle beat Detroit Swan acquired from the San Francisco Giants on May 24 lost his no-hbid when Cecil Fielder led off the e single to left eighth with a it Angels 8 Rangers 3: At Anaheim Calif Rick Schu hit a two-ruhomer and Wally Joyner added a two-ru- n fourth inning as single in a five-ru- n California moved over the 500 mark by beating Texas n READY 10 GO (0-6- ting right-hande- against Bruce: d Hurst leading off the second 11 Windshields lln (8-2- Installed As low as $75 11 M Trained auto glass technicians can install your windshield while you wait If LT White Sox 4 Twins 2: At Minneapolis Eric King and two relievers comand Carlton bined on a seven-hitte- r Fisk hit his 340th career home run as Factory Direct Windshields 1880 W1500 South 269-188- 4 or 269-188- 5 8 am - 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D-ItS- fRettsTimioEs Fit t 12-ye- 411112111NEENISIMIUMNIIIMMENISIONCIMP YEAR WRITTEN GUARANTEE 'AGAINST FADING' "464: SEE n Mariners 5 Tigers 2: At Detroit rookie Russ Swan pitched seven no Amor t 1 4 straight game beating slump-ridde- n Cleveland Burks singled home two runs in the first homered to lead off a three-ru- n sixth inning and doubled home three more in the eighth as the Red Sox rAf — GIFT V got his first major league victory as the Red Sox won their seventh LAST 3 FATHER'S DAY tiatnetmJ - r 'OD nine-hitte- first-plac- - n ' tween the hip and the calf An A's spokesman said further tests results were not immediately available Canseco batting 320 leads the A's with 20 home runs and 50 RBIs second in baseball in both categories to Detroit's Cecil Fielder who has 22 homers and 55 RBIs d -4 four-gam- '441347D0 PAP (5-2- bases-loade- Blue Jays 7 Brewers 3: At Milwau- six-ru- n ' 04 g Milligan Hits 3 Homers as Orioles Blast Yankees Tribune Wire Services Randy Milligan went to the plate looking for a piece of history He didn't get his fourth homer of the game but he still had plenty of reasons to celebrate Milligan hadthree home runs and a six RBI Saturday in Balticareer-hig- h more and the Orioles handed the New York Yankees their eighth straight loss 10-Milligan hit the homers in his first three at bats to stake the Orioles to a 10-lead after four innings Then came his final at bat in the seventh "Of course I was thinking home run" he said "I went up there with the idea of hitting the ball hard" He did hit it hard — three times — but on each occasion he fouled the ball back Finally he drew a walk from Andy Hawkins on a pitch Still he had no complaints because he is finally hitting the ball well following a slump Since his av194 on May 25 erage hit a season-lohe is (360) and has 16 RBIs in his last 12 games "He's swinging the bat real well up there" Orioles manager Frank Robinson said "He's seeing the ball really well and finally has confidence" Cecil Fielder twice Kevin Mitchell Jeff Treadway and Glenn Davis have also hit three homers in a game this season homer highMilligan's three-rufirst inning that sent lighted a the Orioles on their way to their 9-- 3 Grace's single in the Ilth inning gave the Cubs a victory over Philadelphia which tied the game when Len Dykstra extended his hitting streak to 22 games with a single in the ninth ) Les Lancaster who bailed the Cubs out of a jam in the eighth allowed Dykstra's single Entering the ninth Dykstra was with two walks Ile finished the game1-forand is batting 407 Braves 5 Giants 3: At Atlanta Chat r lie Leibrandt pitched a and had two RBI singles to lead At ta over San Francisco snapping the Giants' seven-gam- e winning streak Leibrandt ) was making only his second start having begun the season-othe disabled list with a slightly in— jured left rotator cuff He struck out three and walked none Jose Uribe had three singles for the Giants giving him seven consecutive hits in two games He reached on an error in the ninth ending the streak' Tribune Wire Services 7-- 1 1 2-- 0 "1 look over at their bench and see t With a long stretch Pirate catcher Mike LaValliere manages to apply tag to Mets' Di ing The Cowboys scored in the sixth on two singles and a sacrifice fly (7-1- to '' ox'' ii115' ''" It had been hard for anyone to stop OSIJ's offense in postseason play — until Saturday The Bulldogs used two pitchers to baffle the Cowboys and hold them to one run 9-- 3 :nii:i 0 :: :0::::1 ::: ::: ':aeaaup f4 -: 11 z'":: 1ov::: 4:: :'''''''''':::'''::''''4HAA' P ' 4''1'1? t- ''MP'i511roefft!::::t Irt(A:: 01° ::c: oks04 If -- '4§Rixkzr'no PtV:t1Vi':'''' of 4'11:44 - tiro tv Pit )14013 ' 12 VALUE r04 ' "':'?1:t ' x g well" d-but-troubled r ''''''T ''''?'4'4$:''iig::!" 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" :" (56-17- Of course it's June Early June And it's only one game Well two games now 3ziwiofc- : '4:':4P:'!'!!'!'OX''Vila"ki''' - viiel :ii:tiolowe'417' :f: !i'''''' egii-0'- 10 1990 according to form for OSLI when the Cowboys put runners at first and second base with only one out in the bottom of the second But two straight fly balls erased the scoring threat and for the first time in the NCAA the Cowboys failed to score in the first two innings In the top of the fourth Georgia began to make its move The Bulldogs loaded the bases with no outs on a walk a single and a hit batter Right fielder Bruce Chick lofted a fly ball into short left field and Jeff Cooper tagging at third headed home Left' fielder Steve Dailey's throw to thp plate was right on target but went' through catcher Michael Daniel's legs allowing Cooper to score No was charged But with Bulldog runners at secon0 and third with one out OSU starter' Dennis Burbank got a strikeout and a groundout to end the inning In the top of the fifth Georgia again put runners on second and thircl with one out Cooper singled to left to score one but Burbank got IR Showalter to hit into a double play and the Cowboys escaped again trail- - 7 '""'"k?'1SieMK!I etik :: Then there was the time in September 1933 when Gehrig was excused after four innings He left the ballpark — and got married v '' op : :: r 4to: '' -- ' f o - :I games to Wichita State in April going 33-from that point to Saturday Oklahoma State ) entered the championship game having outscored its opponents 35-in three College World Series wins and hitting 390 "Oklahoma State is a great team as you saw through the first few games of the series but we were just fortunate enough today to have two great pitchers and stopped their hitters" Bulldogs coach Steve Webber said "That's what happened today" Three of the Cowboys' title losses have come under coach Gary Ward who hasn't had a national champion "We have no excuses" Ward said "The bottom line is they made quality pitches got people out made the plays on defense and played awfully 2-- Showing Signs of Life Beat Pirates IVIlets ': It would be shocking if Robinson rested Ripken for a day or two "There's not a manager alive who would take him out now" Baltimore first base coach Johnny Oates said One option is to use Ripken the way the Yankees used Gehrig during his amazing streak of 2130 straight games Gehrig was removed early 42 times during his first 1308 games and nearly 70 times overall When the streak reached 1426 games in July 1934 the "Iron Horse" was removed after experiencing sharp pains as he rounded first base after a single He started the next game in the leadoff position singled and was immediately removed for a S3999 Press Photo —Associated Georgia players celebrate school's first national baseball title by piling on after winning Saturday's championship game st surprise" 1 s ' to 105 s14A :‘ oiro14 vogastro all-tim- Ripken 29 dismisses the notion insisting he is not a prisoner of his streak "During the course of a game there is not continual movement" he said "There are certain rest periods Nine innings is not so grueling that you can't do it every day There has never been a time when I felt so tired that I couldn't function There are times when I don't feel as strong as other days but some of those days you end up getting three or four hits and a couple of home runs" He cited the day in which during a recent road trip in New York when his wife and new daughter joined him in his hotel the child wouldn't go back to sleep after someone pulled the fire alarm at 1 am "I had a day game the next day and I drove in the tying run" Ripken noted Those days have been rare this season Ripken was (160) since with the bases May 18 and was loaded Yet Robinson continues to place Ripken third in the batting order and has no intention of moving him If there's one thing Robinson appreciates it's Ripken's consistency "All I do is write his name down in the lineup" Robinson said "I don't have to check with the trainer or check with him to see if he needs the day off If he asked for a day off I'd think he was kidding" Robinson scoffs at the theory that Ripken's play has been hampered by the streak "His hitting is off but that has nothing to with taking a day off" Robinson said "And I don't even have to think about him in the field If he makes an error you're caught by "'vow - Baltimore Orioles' shortstop has rest-isbe- McMillen Newspapers Neb — It was only one d Yankees it will be Jr r little run For a team that had shown the kind of brute offensive force that Oklahoma State had during the NCAA Basedeficit ball Tournament a one-ruwould have seemed a surmountable obstacle But not this time Fourth-seedeGeorgia shut down the OSIJ offensive powerhouse Saturin the day to defeat the Cowboys championship game of the College World Series clinched the The Bulldogs 52-1- 9 first national 'baseball title for Georgia and the first title for the SEC The loss Oklahoma State's first in the tournament made the Cowboys a loser in the title game for a record fifth time "Nobody gave us a chance" said Georgia catcher Terry Childers who had two of the Bulldogs' six hits "I think it helped us relax We were loose Oncc we got the lead our confidence seemed to soar" Oklahoma State had advanced to the championship game unbeaten through the West II Regional and the College World Series The Cowboys had been on a roll since they lost two :: 4k' Lauretta OMAHA L :' ' Sunday June Oklahoma State Loses 5th Title Game :A takes the field Sunday against the New York Cal Ripken pinch-runne- 4 to:: The Salt Lake Tribune Georgia Wins College Series ' By ' long should he i '4ittao- - 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