Show The Herald Journal Logan Utah Tuesday July 28 1987 All good things BILLINGS Mont- (UPI) -The Salt Lake City Trappers n unable to overcome a first inning fell to Billings 5 Monday night snapping pro - six-ru- 7-- baseball's longest winning streak at 29 games Ed Taubensee’s three-ru- n n homer sparked the in the Pioneer League outburst at Billings Salt Lake game six-ru- which entered with a 16 lead over Idaho Falls dropped to 32-- 4 on the season The Trappers had beaten Pocatello Saturday night 13--3 to break the record of 27 straight victories by a professional team held by the 1902 Corsicana Oilers of the Texas League The mark was tied by the Baltimore Orioles of the International League in 1921 The 1916 New York Giants hold the league record of 26 Salt Lake City managed by Jim Gilligan is comprised of college players who were not drafted this season Top players include Frank Colston a catcher out of Louisiana Tech who is hitting over 400 and reliever Tim Peters from Arkansas who has eight wins six saves and a 199 ERA “They’re Just kids who have been bypassed for one reason or another" Gilligan has said of his players I: “As a plaver it’s just a nice but It means a lot to us ' feeling as a team because this record will do nothing but help every one of us turn some heads and maybe get a shot at the big said Colston who leagues leads the league in hitting “I'm sitting here with the LA Times on my lap and we’re on the front page Two of our players were (ABC) Wide World of Sports players of the week — Colston and Jimmy Ferguson’’ Gilligan said “It's e team unreal for a to get the exposure we’re getting right now It’s been great free-age- nit Wc llsHtrald Journal By any stretch of imagination — or of a sliding Jonathan Howell's arm or Sandor Schiess's leg (below) — Cache was better than Bountiful Monday Under control: Legion with defense nt ’ minor-leagu- for the Pioneer Eublicltv By Mike Ingraham sports editor How much control did Sandor Schiess have Monday night? So much that he even controlled his coach which as anybody who has witnessed the excitable Stu Howell will say is quality control “Sit down coach” said Schiess to Howell when the latter was out protesting a call on the basepaths “I had a good angle on the play” explained Schiess blandly following the Cache Legion’s 3 win over Bountiful at Worthington Park “And he (Howell) wasn't going to do us any good outside the fence So I figured I'd help keep him 4-- in the game” Schiess didn't do the same for Bountiful pitching his best game in weeks But the team that had just waltzed past league leader Woods Cross and had clubbed Cache 1 on July 8 defied Schiess’s newfound control and stayed in contention until the last The game's tightness made triumph all the sweeter “This was a big win” Howell told the team afterwards (and after he admonished Schiess — “Don't ever tell me to sit 5-- good-humored- ly down again”) big win was right The rubber-matc- h triumph — the teams had split 1 going into the game — enabled Logan even at 6 to claw to e a tie with Woods Cross and Roy Bountiful left the field 8 Wednesday the Legion closes out the regular season with a doubleheader against lightly regarded Clearfield at Worthington “We won this game on defense" said Howell and pointed to three key plays during the errorless outing Centerfielder Bart Peterson’s “400-foforce play” as coach Larry Gittins put it precipitated an dustup between Bountiful A 1-- 13-- The Trappers defending Pioneer League champs struggled early in the season before the streak Gilligan beginning “We started out 3 1 didn’t see a lot of courage in the eyes of my pitchers” said the Bayside NY native He said what really fired up the Trappers was a July 5 series at Medicine Hat Alberta “I think the Medicine Hat series was a good one for us because they had what I consider to be one of the great ballclubs we've played We had to come from behind we got the runs going the last inning and we came back and beat them’’ he said Twelve of the victories came on tjie road and 16 at home On Saturday night all 10000 seats in Derks Field were sold out with people standing in line starting at 1 pm for the 7:05 pm game Fans jockeyed for spots on nearby roots “It has put a lot of pressure on them" Gilligan said “But pressure — a ot of players can’t excell wit tiout that pre ssure — I think it's been a very positive thing” and my “I'm a player-agebusiover is the taking partner ness for the summer I just thought it would be a good experience to get back into playing ball” he said 3-- 2-- nt first-plac- 12-- ot early-innin- gs coach John Edwards and the junior partner in the father-so- n umpiring team of Vic and Kurt Bodily Peterson’s peg to third base from the chain link fence had nipped a Bountiful rally in the bud Then in the top of the fifth and Cache leading 3 catcher Scott Elliott performed that rarest of feats actually throwing out a would-b- e thief Ryan Jacobs at second base Schiess took it from there retiring the next two hitters The free spirited righthander had been vulnerable early allowing two runs in the second and another in the third But from there on he was in command shutting down the 4-- visitors Not only was Schiess -2 3-- 4-- two-bas- 3-- 1-- ut Puckett ‘saves’ Twins win By United Press International That save next to Jeff Reardon's name in the box score rightfully belongs to Kirby Puckett Puckett preserved Minnesota's 3 victory over the Mariners Monday night by throwing out the potential tying run at the plate to end the game 4-- After Steve Lombardozzi and Gary Gaetti hit home runs in the ninth to put the Twins ahead Reardon started the bottom of the inning and retired the first two batters Needing only one more out for his 21st save Reardon yielded a double off the field wall to Dave Valle Rey Quinones then hit a sharp single to center and Puckett who was playing shallow charged the ball and threw Valle out at the plate by a wide margin Gaetti hit a strike for his homer on a 2 count from Nunez after fouling off seven pitches “He kept coming at me with his best stuff” Gaetti said “It's a situation where you don't want to walk anybody” left-cent- er one-ho- p game-winnin- g 3-- Prep football High school football players will dust off their cleats for the first time this season tonight as the annual Cache Valley Passing League opens action at Worthington Park Teams from Logan Mountain Crest Sky View Preston and Bear River will compete in scrimmages tonight Thursday Saturday and Aug 4 and 6 single-eliminatio- n playoff is scheduled Aug 8 The prep warmup schedule officially begins Aug 28 when Mountain Crest hosts Preston Logan hosts Box Elder West Side hosts North Fremont and Sky View travels to Pocatello to battle Madison in the ISU Minidome Malone honored Karl Malone was named last week the Louisiana Basketball Coaches Association Pro Player of the Utah Jazz forward Year com- moving to At the plate Schiess supplied a clutch two-ru- n single giving Cache a 2 lead ' But he was in quicksand in the top of the sixth ahead 3 Travis Smith had just shaken himn e with a poke to the fence in left field sending Clark Stnngfellow to third With one out and in spite of Stringfellow’s slowness afoot Bountiful elected to squeeze with pinch hitter Ken Muir The bunt jumped straight up in the air Schiess sped in off the mound swallowed it up and then alertly fired to third catching Stringfellow off the bag for the double play Cache third sacker Eugene Baron in the third inning broke open a 3 game taking Tony Smith’s 2 delivery: to right center field The two-odouble drove across Baron’s Sky View teammate Ron Thurgood who had doubled down the right field line and advanced to third when rightfielder Mitch Frye missed the handle Gaetti's 20th homer came one out after Lombardozzi hit a three-ru- n homer to tie the score 3 Mark Langston had entered the ninth with a before Greg Gagne led off with a single Dan Gladden walked before Lom bardozzi knocked Langston out with his fourth homer In other games Detroit defeated Chicago 1 Texas edged Milwaukee 4 Toronto outslugged Boston and Oakland tounced California 1 3-- two-hitt- er 4-- 5-- 10-- 8 Dodgers Giants 5 blast deep over the right-centcame off Scott Garrelts 9-- er 7 field fence Tim Leary who pitched one inning improved to 6 Tigers 4 White Sox 1 At Detroit Bill Madlock lined a single with none out in the eighth inning ana n Alan Trammell followed with a single for the Tigers’fourth straight triumph Frank Tanana 10--7 pitched his fourth complete as Detroit moved within game of the idle in the ALEast Yankees Malone 24 in his second year with the Jazz played at Louisiana Tech for three years before electing to join the NBA He averaged 217 points per game last season and 104 rebounds He was one of just two Utah players to play all 82 games and the only one to start every game In other Jazz notes Utah will open its 1987-8- 8 schedule in Dallas Nov 6 and play its first home game the following night against Bill Russell’s Sacramento Kings The Jazz in their 14th NBA season open on the road for the fourth time in five years and against the Mavericks for the third time Utah finishes its schedule at home for the first time since 1981 hosting Houston April 23 Softball tournaments a Classic Play in the Logan softball tournament begins Thursday at the city softball complex A total of 16 Coca-Col- 6 6-- At Los Angeles Franklin Stubbs led off the 12th inning with his 14th home run Stubbs’ Sports report A in command mented coach Dennis Udy but he was also in control which had not always been the case in recent weeks Monday he walked one batter in the first inning and another in the second and then threw strikes allowing six hits while Former Aggies agree to terms By United Press International 2-- two-ru- SAN ANGELO Texas Houston - The Oilers announced Monday they have signed former Utah State linebacker A1 The NFL Smith thinking about football and not Details of the deal were not contracts made available Marino 25 has thrown for Earlier this week Mark 16177 yards and 142 touchdowns Mraz a former Aggie defensive in four seasons He walked out end agreed to terms with of training camp in 1985 for 37 Atlanta days returning without a new The Oilers also said they have deal and threatened to leave signed veteran defensive end again last year before signing a Men's C and D teams will compete for a Jesse Baker and contract worth more than $8 kicker Florian Kempf and million berth in the national tournament In Wellsville the Twin Peaks Tournaagreed to contract terms with “I guess it is a little bit ment an affair begins at 5 pm four draft choices not different" any conBaker 30 enters his ninth tract worries having Friday with four games and continues all Marino said day Saturday Combatants include teams NFL season all with the before taking part in the from Twin Falls Pocatello Preston Houston Oilers except for sev- Dolphins' afternoon practice “I eral games with the Dallas Logan Hyrum Wellsville and Salt Lake to be tough to it's going guess He has 65 career Meanwhile several other tournaments Cowboys find things to talk about” sacks are looking for teams The USSSA Utah State women’s Kempf 31 was with the FREDONIA NY The tournament will be played Aug 8 at the Oilers for three seasons 1982-8- 4 Buffalo Bills began their first Logan complex The tournament is open to He converted 25 of 32 field-gofull week f B and C teams Class D teams may also camp attempts and 63 of 66 extra Monday wit: all training their 1987 draft participate points Veteran Tony Zendejas choices d signed except All teams that have previously qualified was the only other kicker in the Shane Conlan B pick for the and C women's national Oilers camp Conlan a linebacker from tournament are required to play in the Penn State has been penciled in state event The winner of this tournament MIAMI — Veterans involved as a starter by Bills Coach will also receive a berth to the national in the passing game reported to Marv Levy He became Buffinals Entry deadline if noon Monday cost is the Miami Dolphins' training falo's lone draft holdout after a 1150 For additional details call the Logan camp Monday and quarterback defensive end Leon Seals selection from 1 or Byron Dan Marino said he was looking fourth-roun- d Recreation Center at forward to a summer spent Jackson State signed Sunday 3 Rawlins at one-ha- lf free-age- nt le - 7-- al first-roun- 752-322- 245-678- |