Show 4B r Ogden Saturday April 26 1986 Sports Yankees stretch winning streak Aooociatcd 'Wr £ 1 ' £J£'s v 4s fXJ ''? £' '"' t "' ' ' 5?'' Vsf - ' 5$ ' r 4 ££"££ y "' Cubs’ passed i': Associated Chicago Press shortstop Shawon Dunston has the ball but can’t make the tag on Montreal Expos’ Tim Raines Press Dwight Gooden fired a and Ray Knight hit two home runs leading the New York Mets to their seventh straight victory Friday night a triumph over the St Louis Cardinals in St Louis Gooden struck out five and walked none for his third complete game in four starts The while saddling St Louis with its fifth straight loss worked past the Cards’ lone threat with the aid of a double play in the second inning It was Gooden’s 12th career shutout and his first of 1986 For the Cards it was their third shutout loss during their current slump Loser Ricky Horton held the Mets to three hits before Knight led off the fifth with his towering shot to left New York got its second run in the seventh when Rafael Santana sin- - National League glcd with one out moved to second on Gooden’s sacrifice' and scored on Kevin Mitchell’s double The Mets added five runs in the eighth two scoring on an error and Knight added a homer in the ninth Astros 3 Reds 1 At Houston Nolan Ryan scattered five hits and Dickie Thon slammed an RBI double leading the Houston Astros to a victory over the Cincinnati Reds Houston took a lead in the first after Bill Doran led off with a double and scored when Thon doubled down the left field line Glenn Davis then singled in Thon The Reds cut the Astros’ in the seventh after lead to Buddy Bell doubled and came home on an RBI single by Eddie Milner In the Houston eighth Tony Walker walked stole second and went to third on an infield hit by Ryan Walker then scored on Doran's bunt Expos 4 Cubs 2 At Chicago Hubie Brooks and Tim Wallach hit successive home runs leading off the 1th inning to power Montreal and e snap the Chicago Cubs’ winning streak Brooks led off with his third homer and two pitches later Wallach hit his second homer Both blows came off loser Matt and made a winKeough ner of reliever Jeff Reardon Phillies 6 Pirates 3 At Pittsburgh Luis Aguayo and Mike Milt Thompson Schmidt drove in two runs each balls American League Blue Jays 2 Orioles 1 At Baltimore Jesse Barfield’s’ double off Baltimore sec- ond baseman Alan Wiggins’ glove drove in Tony Fernandez in the”’ 10th inning giving the Toronto Blue Jays their victory over the Orioles Fernandez opened the inning with a single off reliever Don Aase and advanced to second on a groundout After Willie Upshaw walked Rich Bordi re- lieved Aase George Bell struck out before Barfield blooped with his gamewinning double Brewers 11 Rangers 1 New York clinched the victory runs in the eighth inning off Kern Scott Bailcs and Rich At Arlington Texas MilwauYett Rickey Henderson had an kee’s Teddy Higuera shackled RBI double Ken Griffey delivTexas on five hits and Paul Moli-tered a single and Mike drove in four runs with three Easier capped the outburst with a doubles and a single powering double the Brewers past the Rangers “ The Brewers who had lost White Sox 9 Tigers 7 eight of their last 10 games At Detroit Harold Baines hit snapped a losing his second home run of the game streak as Higuera improved his a shot that broke an record to Higuera struck out tie and the Chicago nine and did not walk a batter White Sox beat the Detroit A’s 11 Mariners 2 Tigers After Chicago rallied for five At Oakland Moose Haas beruns in the seventh to tie the came the first e winner score 7 Wayne Tolleson drew a in the major leagues giving up one-owalk from Randy one run in five innings as' the O’Neal in the eighth and Oakland A’s beat the Seattle Mar- -' Baines followed with a drive deep iners Haas into the left the game after field upper deck for his fourth homer of the five innings because of stiffness in his right elbow The season White Sox reliever Gene Neloff to the best start of his career struck out six son hitless pitched three and allowed four hits including innings for the victory Alvin Davis’ home run in the third inning Royals 6 Red Sox 0 with six Mets sail to seventh straight victory Associated Press Bobby Mcacham’s single drove in the tying and runs in the sixth inning and the New York Yankees stretched their winning streak to six games Friday night with a victory over the Cleveland Indians in New York Meacham who had only one RBI in the first 15 games of the season put New York ahead with his single off Jim Kern Mcacham’s single which gave him three RBIs in the game decided a knuckleball battle between the Yankees’ Joe Niekro and the Indians’ Tom that included 19 walks three wild pitches and four as the Philadelphia Phillies roughed up Pittsburgh starter Rick Reuschel for five runs in the first three innings and beat the skidding Pirates with a 704 Kevin Gross earned run average entering the game scattered six hits and held the Pirates to just one run before being relieved by Steve Bedrosian in the eighth inning Braves 4 Dodgers 1 At Los Angeles Joe Johnson fired a and Claudell Washington and Dale Murphy hit home runs to lead the Atlanta Braves to their victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers a Johnson in his first full season with the Braves struck out a nine batters and retired 19 of the last 24 batters He lost his bid for his first major league shutout when Greg Brock hit his third homer of the season with one out in the sixth inning At Kansas City Charlie and got tossed a support from George Brett and Darryl Motley leading the Kansas City Royals over the Boston Red Sox Leibrandt held the Red Sox hitless until Rich Gedman’r opposite-fieldouble leading off the sixth The who employs savvy and control in place of raw power had one strikeout and three walks as the Royals snapped a losing streak Brett drove in a run off loser with a sacrifice Dennis Boyd fly in the first and hit a homer in the third home-ru- Twins 7 Angels 4 At Minneapolis Minnesota’s Roy Smalley tried to downplay the significance of beating his uncle and California Manager Gene Mauch after the Twins’ victory over the California Angels Smalley the designated hitter delivered a homer in the third inning and drove in another e run in the seventh with a double off the fence to spark the Twins’ win “It’s nothing special to beat California and their manager r Smalley said ' Smalley feels he’s in the' groove at this early stage ofihe ’ 'T season Astros reported looking at Washington DC location HOUSTON (AP) — The Houston Astros may be looking at Washington DC as a relocation site for the 1987 season the Houston Chronicle reported Friday The Chronicle said their sources also said the Astros may just be sending out feelers and that baseball Commissioner Peter Ueberroth almost certainly would frown on a franchise shift Also in an interview with the Washington Post on Thursday Astros owner John J McMullen said he has considered moving his team “only in the way you would consider anything You stop and think about any situation at one time or another “Am ten the I satisfied? No We haven’t gotattendance we want and I’m do Hoyt given probation ing every thing I can to increase it We’ve had only six games at home this year so it’s too early to tell” he said McMullen said his only contact with the the DC Baseball Commission group attempting to bring baseball to Washington has been as a member of the owners’ Long Range Planning Committee the group that deals with fran chise relocation and expansion Although he repeatedly avoided questions about moving the Astros to Washington he would not deny that it might happen the Post said “I won’t know anything until the end of the year” he said McMullen’s business is headquartered in New York he lives in New Jersey and he owns the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League He was not at his New York office Friday and a secretary said he could not be reach'ed Rob Matwick public relations director for the Astros in Houston said Friday that general manager Dick Wagner did not want to comment on McMullen’s remarks to the Post fined Pitcher pleads guilty to a lesser charge of public nuisance DIEGO (AP) — San DiePadres pitcher LaMarr Hoyt given three years probation and fined $375 Friday after pleading guilty to a public nuisance charge which was substituted for weapons drug and traffic violations The plea for the former American League Cy Young Award winner who did not appear in court was entered by his attorney Howard Frank Frank said afterwards that Hoyt who spent March in an alcohol and drug rehabilitation center “has an appreciation for the fact that a wrong was committed and he knows he has to be held accountable for it” The conviction stemmed from an incident Feb 18 when Hoyt was stopped by police for allegedly running a red light and was found to have a knife and marijuana in his possession Just eight days earlier he had paid a $620 fine to the US Customs Service after agents found him with Quaaludcs Valium and 3 grams of marijuana as he tried to enter the United States from SAN go was Mexico On Feb 28 Hoyt checked into Haclden Foundation Facility Center City Minn for rehabilitation of a problem he later said stemmed primanly from althe in cohol LaMarr Hoyt is the first time in my life I feci like Fxe had the opportunity to be in touch with my true emotions and feelings I really like myself right now” the said April 2 after being released “I'm happy for the first time that I can excr remember and I'd like to stay this “This w jy“ ihe charge to which Hoyt pleaded carries a maximum penmonths in jail and a It was substituted for misdemeanor charges of possession of less than one ounce ot manjuinj possession of a alty of six $1(CXJ fne switchblade knife and a traffic ticket The maximum penalty for the public nuisance charge is the same as the maximum penalty for possession of a switchblade knife Possession of less than ounce of marijuana carries a maximum fine of $100 in California The jail sentence and balance of the fine could be imposed if Hoyt violates the terms of his probation Under the terms imposed by Municipal Court Judge William D Mudd Hoyt is prohibited from carrying any drugs or medication or a switchblade knife which is legal in some states “He accepts responsibility for what he did and now that the court proccdings are over with it's history and he just wants to get on with his career” Frank said with a 347 earned 8 Hoyt run average last year and 0 in his Cy Young season of 1983 with the Chicago Shite Sox has pitched just 2 innings for the Padres this season He has retired all eight batters he has faced Mudd who handles nearly misdemeanor cases a week said he gave no special consideration to Hoyt’s celebrity status and noted that plea agreements hke Hoyt’s are typical l() Sendee® featured daily in the Ogden Standard-Examiner- ’s For brakes to engine overhauls When you need Auto repair work-gby an expert! it done TURN TO TODAY'S CLASSIFIED AUTO SECTION FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF OFFERINGS I |