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Show 2G The Sail Lake Tribune Saturday, July 7, 1984 Can Wranglers Derail Young, Express in USFL Semifinals? - run in the Express 7 win over Arizona. Michigan Panthers in the longest game in pro football history. I didn't follow him that close in college, but Young showed me somethat hes a real thing in that game Coach said Wranglers competitor, George Allen. He got hurt a couple The last TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) time the Arizona Wranglers hosted Los Angeles in a United States Football League game, the Express already had clinched a playoff spot and elected to rest $40 million rookie quarterback Steve Young. The Wranglers wont be so lucky this time. Arizona, which used Youngs absence to beat Los Angeles 0 here playJune 23 and secure a wild-car- d off berth, faces the Express for the Western Conference championship Saturday night. Ill be there and Ill be ready to play, said Young of the USFL semifinal game. This is the big game, for 24-1- to the The Wranglers, runners-u- p Pacific Division champion Express despite identical 10-- 8 records, upset the Central Division champion Hous6 last Sunday in the ton Gamblers first round of tie playoffs. Arizona won on two touchdowns in the final 6:11, including Greg Landrys scoring strike to Doug Dennison with 1:49 remaining and Frank Corrals crucial extra point. "Arizonas defense, not the heat, is much more formidable. They have the best pass rush and lead the league in sacks, Young said. The heats not going to be a problem. Its just a question of who plays the best football. pro, will be apLandry, a third-eve- r playoff pearing in only his game and second in two weeks. The veteran completed 283 of 3,534 449 passes for a career-hig- h yards and 26 touchdowns during the regular season and hit on 11 of 22 attempts for 130 yards last Sunday against Houston. 17-1- The USFL Western Conference championship will be televised at 9:30 p.m. on Channel 4. 35-1- times and he had his chances to come out and cash his check. But he stayed in and pulled it out. He was the difference. ball-clu- b Youngs a whole offensive in himself, Allen said. L.A. ranks second in rushing in the league and its all because of Young. Hes such a threat. We got to get going early this time. We can't wait until the last six minutes. said Allen. In a May 26 meeting in Los Angeles, Young completed 11 of 23 passes for 282 yards and scored on a the conference championship. Theyre playing their best football of the year now and I dont think weve lost' any momentum. It should be a good one. Young, leftthe hander out of Brigham Young University, led Los Angeles to its triple overtime victory last Saturday over the defending USFL champion 27-2- 1 Weibring, T.C. Chen Hold Western Lead - salvaged a 70 that left him at 138, one stroke off the lead. He was tied with Danny Edwards, d leaders, who one of the on the way birdies seven registered to a 71 that also included two balls in the water. George Burns, with a Scott Hoch, with a 70, were another stroke back at 139. e British Tom Watson, a leadOpen champion and this years a r, used closing money-winneing burst to produce a 69 that tied him at 140 with Dave Ogrin. Ogrin had a 71 on a course that Watson said played a good two or three shot harder in the wind. ' Loren Roberts, who shared the d lead, went 10 shots higher to a 77 and was at 144. Defending Mark McCumber was PGA champion Hal Sutton slipped to a 75 and was at 144, while Ben Crenshaw Masters was D.A. (AP) Weibring, who said he came to this event with only one thing in mind birdie winning," rolled in a putt on the 18th hole and tied T.C. lead FriChen for the second-roun- d day in the $400,000 Western Open Golf Tournament. Weibring, whose only previous vicPGA Tour catory in an eight-yea- r reer came five seasons ago, had a 69 in the mild, windy weather and completed two trips over the Butler National Golf Club course in 137. Chen, a Tour sophomore from Taiwan, matched the best round in the tournament with a 67 and shared the top spot at seven under par at the halfway point. Australian Greg Norman, a winner last week in Canada and currently the hotlest player in the game, ied his last two holes after, he said, playing rubbish for 14 holes," and OAK BROOK, 111. 25-fo- ot first-roun- 68,-an- five-tim- first-roun- title- 2. -holder title-hold- Tribune Sports Writer MURRAY Danny Lopez of South finally ended a long drought for the West American Legion Friday night. Lopez delivered a two-ru- n single bottom of the ninth inning to give the West squad an electrifying 7 at victory over the East Ken Price Park before a packed house of more than 500. Lopez bounced a single through a drawn-i- n infield with the bases loaded to score Jimmy Paulsen of Cyprus and Ryan McDermott of South. Paulsen and McDermott both reached base after working Brightons Gary Hildebrandt for walks. Both runners moved up on a bunt by Todd Rushton of Cyprus, which loaded the bases. That set the stage for Lopez, who drove a 1 pitch from Hildrebrandt into short right field to make a winner of Jimmy Mitchell of Kearns. The East, which entered the game a slight underdog for the first time in four years, was missing three key players off the undefeated Hillcrest Legion team. Hillcrest is playing this weekend in a tournament in Nevada. The East had taken a 6 lead in the doutop of the seventh on a two-ru- n ble into the left field corner by Brian Tagge. Tagge, the only representative from Skyline, appeared at. that point to be the hero. But Hildebrandt couldn't close the door on the West team in the final Inning. The West team didn't get off to an auspicious start, as starter Jonnie g Walker gave up three hits, but escaped being scored on through a double play and a strong throw from centerfielder Bob Mur dock of Bingham to erase a runner All-Sta- rs . 8-- All-Sta- rs 7-- first-innin- e career, Friday to 69 fashioned a lead over Alice Miller take a two-shafter two rounds of the $175,000 Toledo Classic. Dailey, who turns 35 on July 22, has posted rounds of 68 and 69 for a total of 137, the best performance of her five years on the ot 36-ho- le Tour. current LPGA money list and a winner at Sarasota, Miller, 10th on the 70 to go Fla., this year, had a with an opening 69 for a total of 139. d coLauri Peterson, a leader with Dailey, did not celebrate her 24th birthday the way she wished. Peterson managed only an even-pa- r 72 and is three shots off the pace at first-roun- 140. Nancy Lopez, Patty Sheehan, Juli Inkster, Sue Fogelman, Therese Hes-sio- n and amateur Cheryl Stacy of Findlay are also in contention at 140. The event is known as the Jamie Farr Toledo Classic, named for the Toledo-boractor who starred in the All-St- ar rI TOLEDO, Ohio Dailey, making victory in her winless LPGA er West Rallies Past East For Legion Win By R.C. Roberg Dailey Leads LPGA Event By Two Shots (UPI) - Dianne the strongest bid for n long-runnin- at third. East starter Nathan Nelson of Highland didnt fare much better in the early going. Nelson walked the first batter he faced and then watched Mike Littlewood of Taylorsville launch a two-ru- n homer to left field. Walker put himself in more trouble in the top of the second and wasnt fortunate enough to escape being scored upon this time. Walker walked Sean Skannes of Judge Memorial and watched helplessly as Jeff Hiatt of East lofted a routine fly ball to right that was misjudged by Cory Snode error. grass of Kearns for a in the Rob drove May Holladays first East run on a groundout and teammate Mark Sperry drilled a 350-fosingle off the base of the center-fiel- d wall to plate Hiatt and tie the in the second inning. score at The East took its first lead of the game on an RBI double to right-centby Cottonwood's Mike Bailey. But the West came back n tie the score on a single by Wests Milt Schultz in the fifth inning. The West bats came to life in the bottom of the sixth off East reliever Danny Martinez. Martinez yielded a leadoff home run to Murrays Rob Beck and and gave up three other e hits, capped by a error by leftfielder Paul Brabiero that allowed Paulsen to reach second base. Brabiero got off to a slow start and when he finally got to the ball fell to the grass on his knees and watched the ball pop in and out of his glove. That gave the West a lead and set the stage for Easts four-ru- n uprising in the seventh for a 6 advantage. two-bas- ot 2-- 2 er two-bas- 3 7-- television series g M.A.S.H. First prize is worth $26,250. A total of 73 players made the cut 151 or better after Fridays of second round. Tigers Total Six All-Sta- rs By The Associated addition of shortstop Alan Trammell to the American League team Friday gave theDe-tro- it All-St- Tigers six players on the for Tuesin San game days Francisco. Trammell, a squad slick-fieldin- .308 g hitter who fnished . second behind Bal- - ; : ' - timores Cal Rip- ken in the fan bal- loting, was among i ' Alan Trammell the reserves sen by AL Manager Joe Altobelli. Other members of the Tiin the AL East, gers, are catcher Lance Parrish, second baseman Lou Whitaker and outfielder Chet Lemon all starters along with pitchers Jack Morris and Willie Hernandez. Other AL reserves include rookie first baseman A1 Davis of the Seattle Mariners, catcher Dave Engle of the Minnesota Twins, second baseman Damaso Garcia of the Toronto Blue baseman Jays and outfielder-firs- t Don Mattingly of the New York Yanteam kees, all chosen to the All-Stfor the first time. Completing the AL list of reserves are first basemen Eddie Murray of the Baltimore Orioles and Andre Thornton of the Cleveland Indians, third baseman Buddy Bell of the Texas Rangers, and outfielders Tony Armas and Jim Rice of the Boston Red Sox, Rickey Henderson of the Oakland As and catcher Jim Sundberg of the Milwaukee Brewers. National League Manager Paul Owens chose eight reserves who will be making their debut, inrookie second baseman Juan cluding Samuel of the Philadelphia Phillies. s, NL Other first-tim- e picked as reserves, are catchers Bob Brenly of the San Francisco Giants and Jody Davis of the Chicago Cubs, shortstop Rafael Ramirez of the Atlanta Braves, third baseman Tim Wallach of the Montreal Expos, and outfielders Jerry Mumphrey of the Houston Astros, Mike Marshall of the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chili Davis of the Giants. The Expos and the Mets dominate the National League by placing four team. players each on the cho- - All-St- ar All-Star- staff Photo ov Prom Porscnont all-st- - ar 4 I unable to beat tag by Tony Phillips of As e win. Friday in Oaklands 6 7-- first-gam- Baseball Roundup Balboni, Hot Royals Say Bye-By- e To Baltimore With 2 Triumph 6-- Tribune Wire Services Memorial Stadium Friday night, Kansas City Manager Dick Howser kept his priorities in order. The lightning can strike me, but not (Steve) Balboni, Howser laughed. Howser could afford to be in a good mood. After all, continued his recent home run barrage and Dan Quisen-berr- y posted his 23rd save to spark the Royals toa 62 win over the Baltimore Orioles. The victory pulled the Royals within 2V2 games of first place in the American League West. Balbonis two-ru- n shot, his lSth of the season and his 10th in the last 14 games, came with two outs in the fourth after George Brett opened the inning with a double. That made the score and the Royals coasted from there, winning their seventh' in the last eight games. When I wasnt hitting home runs, I was hitting for average, said Balboni. I never did both at once . . .hit homers and hit for a real good average." 3-- Asked which hed rather do, Balboni had a quick answer: Hit homers, no question. Hes on a tear, but thats his track record, Howser said of Balbonis current streak. Blue Jays 9, Mariners 2: At Toronto, George Bell slammed a three-ru- n homer and Garth Iorg doubled In three runs to back the five-h- it pitching of Luis Leal as the Jays beat the Mariners. Jesse Barfield belted a pair of homers to support Leal, who tied Dave Stieb for the team lead in victories. He struck out five and walked three and parried a shutout into the ninth inning before Pat Putnam hit a two-ru- n home run. Twins lis, Kent n and capped a Curt Young pitched a nine-hittfor his first major-leagu- e shutout, leading the As to a victory over the Brewers and a sweep of their double-heade- r. In the nightcap, Young, struck out six and walked two in his second start since being recalled from the As Triple A farm team at Tacoma June 22. The loser was Mike Caldwell, making his first start since coming off the disabled list. In the opener, Rickey Hendersons two-ou- t, two-ru- n homer in the eighth inning gave the As a victory and e winsnapped the Brewers ning streak. sixth-innin- six-ru- With the lightning flashing around Yankees 4: At MinneapoHrbeks mammoth three-ru- n 9, homer capped a seven-ru- n fifth inning as Minnesota beat the Yankees. It was pitcher Frank Violas fifth straight victory. Viola scattered 12 hits for his fifth complete game. Hrbek drove in four runs with three hits, including his 11th homer of the season into the upper deck in right. Hrbek has now hit six of the 22 upper deck homers at the Metrodome since the stadium opened in 1981. AS 711, Brewers At Milwaudouble kee, Mike Heaths three-ru- n 6-- 0: ar All-St- Trlbun i 2-- 4-- five-gam- Rangers 5, Tigers 3: At Arlington, Mike Mason and two relievers combined on an eight-hitte- r and Larry Parrish hit his 13th homer, helping losthe Rangers snap a three-gam- e ing streak with a decision over the slumping Tigers. The Tigers have lost five of their last six games. Maallowed only four hits and no son, runs over over seven innings before giving way to Dickie Noles. Noles was replaced by Dave Schmidt, who got the last out in the ninth for his fourth save. 6-- White Sox 11, Indians 6: At Chicadouble go, Harold Baines three-ru- n second inning that capped a five-ru- n sent the White Sox to their fifth straight victory. The triumph was the seventh in the last eight games for the White Sox and sent them into a e virtual tie with the Twins and Angels in the A.L. West. LaMarr was the winner after surHoyt, viving a rocky start as the Indians scored four times in the first inning. Don Schulze, took the loss. Chicagos Ron Kittle finished off a homer in the night with a two-ru- n eighth. first-plac- 8-- Red Sox 8, Angels 7: At Boston, Armas extended his hitting streak to a career-hig- h 19 games with his 22nd homer as the Red Sox swept to their fourth consecutive victory over the slumping Angels. Rookie righthander A1 Nipper, picked up the victory but it took three relievers in the ninth to put down an Angel rally and end the game. Tony National League Reds At New Mets York, Kelvin Chapmans one-osingle in the bottom of the ninth inning of the second game scored Jose Oquendo and gave the Mets a doubleheade 6, 0-- 5: sweep over the Reds. Junior Ortiz opened the ninth with a single off Ted and raced to second when Power, catcher Dann Bilardello threw the ball into right field on an attempted pickoff. Oquendo ran for Ortiz and went to third on a sacrifice bunt. Chapman followed with his gamewinning single. Braves 5, Phillies 0: At PhiladelPerez pitched a six-hPascual phia, shutout and Dale Murphy hit his league-leadin- g 20th home run as the Braves beat the Phillies. Perez, nine and struck out a season-hig- h walked one in pitching his first shutout of the season and the second of his career. Perez allowed two runners on base in only two innings. Kevin Gross, was the loser. it 9-- Astros At MontreExpos al, Tim Raines had two singles, including one during a four-ru- n first inning, and the Expos mandouble-heade- r aged a split of their with a win over the Astros. In the opener, Joe Niekro tossed a for his seventh straight umph and Denny Walling and Harry 8-- 2-- 5, run-scori- twi-nig- five-hitt- Spilman delivered two-ru- n singles as the Astros cruised to an easy victory. Padres 7, Pirates 3: At San Diego. Carmelo Martinez hit his 10th homer of the year with two on in the fourth inning and Garry Templeton singled in two runs to highlight a four-ru- n fifth inning, enabling the Padres to defeat the Pirates. Ed Whitson went the distance for the first time in 16 starts this year and posted his 10th victory against four defeats. He allowed nine hits, walked none and struck out four. Dodgers 3, Cards 2: At Los Angeles, pinch hitter Mike Vails bases-loade- d single with none out in the 12th inning gave the Dodgers a victory over the Cardinals. Mike Scios-ci- a opened the 12th with a walk and took third on two wild pitches by Allen then Neil Allen, walked Franklin Stubbs and Bob Bailor intentionally to load the bases. 4-- 3. Cubs 5, Giants 4: At San co, pinch hitter Dave Owens two-ru- n single in the seventh inning gave the first place Cubs a victory over the Giants. Tim Stoddard got the victory with 1 innings of relief to boost his Stoddard gave up one record to run on one hit and struck out one. Lee Smith pitched the last two innings to notch his 16th save. 6-- front-runne- ar Taylorsville shortstop Mike Littlewood makes the putout at second against sliding Kirk Goddard in Legion game. st 9-- For Tuesday Press The Associated Press Laserphotc Brewers Aobin Yount goes head-firinto second base on attempted steal, but was All-St- - - J- V- Trappers Rally Past Gulls, By Ray Herbat Tribune Sports Writer Seldom has the adage if at first you dont succeed try, try again proved more accurate than by Edmonton's shortstop Craig Gerber Friday night at Derks Field. Gerbers 10th inning, g single in the Trappers 11-- 7 victory over the Salt Lake Gulls before 3,467 fans followed a classic pitcher-hitte- r duel between himself and reliever Robert Long. With the score tied at 7 and pinch-hitte- r Rick Adams perched at third base following an g walk, sacrifce and passed bail, Gerber worked the count to He then fouled off six straight pitches before Long threw ball three. Gerber then proceeded to foul off five more on the 17th pitch pitches before lining a triple over leftfielder Renard Browns head to knock in Adams with the winning run. Edmonton, which won for the first time in this series after dropping a pair Thursday night, was not finished, however. Karl Best relieved Long and served up a double to Reggie West and singles to Tim Krauss and Chris Clark. Include a wild pitch and passed ball, and the Trappers had three more runs to cement the victory. The Gulls took a lead by the fifth inning, but the'Trappers finally knocked out former BYU righth- game-winnin- Inning-openin- 2-- 3 J ander Joe Whitmer with a three-ru- n seventh to get into a 7 tie. Whitmer, who pitched well in his maiden start in Las Vegas, couldnt hold on to get his first victory. A four-ru- n Gulls rally off Rick Steirer in the second inning overcame a first inning Trapper tally. In Salt Lakes first of two big innings (the Gulls scored three in the fifth), Danny Tartabull and Dave Valle k cracked homers and Vance McHenry continued his hot hitting with an RBI triple. back-to-bac- In the fifth, McHenry, who claims he has cut down on his swing and is trying to use a quicker rip at the pitch, picked up his second triple of the game. Darnell Coles infield single scored McHenry. Ivan Calderon hornered for his first roundtripper in a couple of months following a broken wrist, and the Gulls led 7-- 3. James Randall's third inning triple pushed across two Trapper runs and Darrell Miller doubled home the first run of the game in the opening frame. After the 3 start for the Gulls, Edmonton began pecking away. Randall doubled to begin the sixth and Pat Keedy singled him home. Singles by Krauss, Clark, Randall and Joe Simpson the first three off Whitmer and the fourth off Long -accounted for three Trapper runs in the seventh and Edmonton had a tie game and was on a roll. 7-- 11-- 7 Adams was sent in to pinch hit for start the 10th and Long walked him on a full count. Keedy had to leave the game because of an injured wrist. Catcher Steve Liddle sacrificed Adams to second, and Valles passed ball moved him to third. Keedy to Then came the classic duel between Long and Gerber, and the Trapper won out. The gamer was Gerbers first of the season. GULL NOTES: In the series fin Saturday at 7:30 p.m., Jim Lewis v take the mound with only three di rest. He will be opposed by K McCaskill Lewis is hav won his last three starts I last year w Stoddard, who was the Mariners and 3 in 1984 with Mariners, has reported, but is feeling well. He was scheduled start Saturdays game . . . Also, Mariners are continuing their revc ing door policy. The latest Seal player to be sent down is catcher Nahorodny . . . Saturdays game be Sperry Univac Night. Max Pat also will be on hand to entertain . Outfielder Renard Brown left af Fridays game and was returned The Gulls ho Salinas, Calif attendance for 43 games is just o 74,000 . . . Reliever John Sempi has not been scored upon in his 11 Vs innings, and he has allowed j three runs in the last eight games 9-- (3-7- ). ... 9-- 1 ... |
