Show Page 14 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Thursday October 3 1996 Braves win pitching duel in LA LOS ANGELES (AP) — John Smoltz has been a pitcher with wonderful stuff for years a potential big winner waiting to blossom He came of age this season moving ahead of four-tim- e NL Cy Young Award winner Greg Maddux and one-tim- e recipient Tom Glavinc as the ace of the Atlanta Braves staff Smoltz 29 did just what an ace is supposed to do Wednesday coming through with a dominating performance as the Braves beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 2-- 1 in 10 innings to get the jump in their NL playoff series Smoltz the major league leader in victories and strikeouts allowed only four hits in the first nine innings and Javy Lopez hometed off Antonio Osuna leading off the 10th to provide the margin of victory Mark Wohlers who had a dub-recor- d 39 saves worked around a one-osingle by Greg Gagne in the bottom of the 10th to pre- It's a game just about everyone in the Dodgers clubhouse said they have to win “We don’t want to go to Atlanta with them Dodgers catcher Mike Piazza who had a sinalter finishing the season in gle in four ts slide a Smoltz 24-- 8 this year retired his final 13 batters including Piazza on a long fly to right to end the eighth “I thought 1 hit it pretty welt" Piazza said “I hoped it would go out for me but it obviously didn't” Smoltz struck out seven walked two and threw strikes on his last 17 pitches in improving his lifetime postseason record to 6-- 1 "The only difference I see in John this year is probably that his control has been better than it’s ever been" Glavine said “But whether he won 24 games this year or what John Smoltz has still been a great pitcher for serve the victory for the defending World Maddux (15-1whose streak of four straight Cy Young Awards will likely be stopped by Smoltz will pitch for the NL East 5 champion Braves in Game 2 of the 1) best-of-- Wdes Offers pouring 1 in for Leyland PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jim Leyland wanted be wouldn’t get enticed into a (adding war The Florida Marlins Chicago White Sox and Boston Red Sox and California Angels apparently didn't listen The former Pittsburgh manager baseball’s hottest free agent talked with the Madias and Red Sox on Wednesday and will likely choose his next team by the end of the week The Angels dropped out of the race Wednesday “California and I have decided that we don’t have a match" Leyland told the The Palm Beach Post in Florida “We couldn’t reach an agreement so we’re both moving in different ct near-perfe- thi organization M Perhaps so but Smoltz had never won more than 15 games in a season until this year “This truly was a big game for me" Smoltz said “I enjoyed being in this situation I really felt good all game Even in the Series champions i As expected the matchup between the teams with the top two ERAs in baseball was pitching duel There were a total of just nine hns — four by Atlanta “We both have good pitchers" Dodgers manager Bill Russell said “It will probably be the same way tomorrow Hopefully we'II be one run better” Ramon Martinez matched Smoltz for eight innings giving up just three hits before being removed after throwing 131 pitches But his relievers didn’t do the job as the Dodgers lost their fifth straight game They’ve scored just six runs in those five games and only one — in the fifth inning Wednesday — in their last 27 innings Martinez who struck out six and walked three said he knew be had to be for the Dodgers to win “Every time you go out there you go with the pressure that you can’t give anything to the other team” he said “That's the way I AP photo- looked at it when I went out there today Javier and left center Award Atlanta's Grissom winner you Lopez Marquis Chipper Jones Against the Cy Young don’t expect to get too many runs” congratulate each other after beating the Dodgers Wednesday needing only one victory" said slumping ut series tonight against Ismael 10th inning I felt I could go out (and pitch)" Smoltz threw 125 pitches — 85 for strikes Orioles take 2-- 0 lead into Cleveland BALTIMORE (AP) — The Baltimore Orioles won many a game this year with a home run or two Their biggest win however came as a result of a play that began with a soft bouncer back to the mound Cal Ripken saved the tiebreaking run on a disputed play in the eighth inning and the Orioles beat foe Cleveland Indians 7-- 4 Wednesday for a 2-- 0 lead in their best-of-- 5 AL playoff series Baltimore moved within one win of becoming foe team to advance while pushing foe first wild-car- d AL defending champions to foe brink of elimination Game 3 will be Friday in Cleveland “We were looking for a split but now we’re up 2--0 Our dunces look good now” said Baltimore second baseman Roberto Alomar surrounded by controversy since spitting in foe face of umpire John Hirschbedt last Friday A hearing on the is scheduled for Thursday appeal of his five-d- directions now I am down to three teams” The Marlins assured him in a face-to-fameeting they won’t be outbid A Red Sox delegation led by chief executive officer John Harrington arrived later in the day and was to talk to Leyland again today before returning to Boston to interview other candidates No matter where Leyland goes his next contract will likely be worth as much or more than St Louis manager Tony La Russa’s 115 million-a-ye- ar deal currently the richest among mance ay This time though another Alomar was the center of attention in a play involving an umpire Brady Andenon bomered for foe second straight day helping the Orioles take a 4-- 0 lead Albert Belle bomered as foe Indians rallied tying it with a run in foe eighth Then Baltimore bounced back in a controversial bottom of foe eighth Bobby Bonilla drew a leadoff walk from Eric Plunk and Cal Ripken in his first playoff series in 13 years hit a ground-ral- e double Eddie Murray was given an intentional walk to load the ager i Leyland made nearly SI million with Pittsburgh Not bad money for a man who once said “I was happy when 1 had a pack of cigarettes and a buck in my pocket” “We knew there would be a lot of interest” Marlins general munagw Dive Dambrowski sail “We didn't know what the numbers would be” bases Paul Aswaimarhcr relieved and B J Surhoff hit a tapper back to the mound Assenmacher threw borne for a forceout but — with Surhoff running on foe wrong side of foe baseline — foe throw from AP photo Baltimore's Cal Ripken Jr is tagged out at home plate by Cleveland catcher Sandy Alomar Jr during the fifth inning of Wednesday AL playoff game catcher Sandy Alomar Roberto’s brother bounced off foe glove of first baseman Jeff Kent and drib- bled away “He definitely blocked my view” Sandy Alomar said “1 was trying to aim the ball but couldn't see Jeff clearly Either (Surhoff) was running dose to the grass or inside foe line” The wild throw allowed Ripken to score for a 5--4 lead and brought Indians manager Mike Hargrove ' out of the dugout to discuss foe play with plate umpire Greg Kusc “Obviously Sandy did not make a good throw but our contention was he had to alter his throw because Surhoff was running inside’ the line” Har-grove said “In the umpire’s judgment they said that it didn’t have anything to do with foe way foe' play turned out” Replays cleared showed Surhoff to foe left side of the baseline as he approached foe bag “The fact that the baserunner is inside foe line doesn’t in and of itself constitute interference” first base umpire Tim Tschida said “His being inside the line has to prevent whoever is covering the bag from catching foe ball In our judgment it was simply an errant throw” Once play resumed Anderson hit a sacrifice fly and Roberto Alomar added an RBI single The loss left the Indians in foe position of trying to become only the third big league team to rally from a 2-- 0 deficit in five-gaplayoff series Geveland led the majors with 99 wins this season “It’s going to be difficult" Hargrove said “It was obviously a huge win for us” Anderson then I’d say that said “if we go in Geveland 1they have the advantage It’s good we put foe pressure on them early on” Mike Mussina will pitch for Baltimore against Jack McDowell on Friday before another edioutr-crowd -1 af2 at Jacobs Field The crowd of 48970 Camden Yards was foe largest ever at the young ballpark SCOREBOARD Motor Uoggf Boika 1 OMSK! 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