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Show 1 Thursday, April 23, 1981 -- p, t Salt Lake Gull Games Provide Exciting Action By JOHN EIGENAUER Most people don't know that some of the best, most exciting, cheapest, most informal and downright funnest baseball is played right here in Utah, just a few minutes past Point of the Mountain. The team that provides all this at such a great price is the Salt Lake Gulls. The Gulls are a minor league baseball club whose major league affiliate is the California Angels. Every mayor league club keeps at least three minor league clubs ranging from A to AAA ball. AAA baseball is the highest form of minor league ball - the one closest to the majors. The Salt Lake Gulls Year-- book reads: "The players you watch at Derk's Field are at the top rung of the minor league baseball ladder, and just a notch below the major leagues. They've survived a complex 'weeding out' process that makes up the professional baseball system." Derks Field in Salt Lake, home of the Gulls is a beautifully kept ballpark in which the stands prac-tically meet the baselines. Players freely chat with fans before the games and are willing to give autographs to all. The coaches often spend their time between innings conversing with the fans near the dugout. This casual, relaxed at-mosphere makes for an enjoyable experience that turns out to be more than a ballsame. When vou leave the The story on opening night, however, was Toro righthander Gordy Pladson. The big Canadian went the distance to shut out the Gulls 5-- Pladson even surprised himself with the shutout. "My wife just had a baby, and I haven't touched a baseball for a week." he said. Even baseball players have babies. Hoping for better things on Wed-nesday, the Gulls started Ralph. Botting. The Gulls were down 2--0 in the fourth, but Fernando Gonzalez singled and Big John Harris ham-mered a changeup over the leftfield wall for a two run homer and a tie game. In the fifth, the Gulls went ahead on a double by Jeff Bertoni and a single by Scott Moffitt. Scrappy Steve "The Brat" Lubratich bunted for a hit, barely beating the throw by diving head first into firstbase and the fans wanted more. However, a doubleplay quickly ended the inning with the Gulls up, 3-- In the sixth inning, the Toros rallied for four runs sparked by a three run homer by shortstop Burt Pena, his second in two games. The Toros scored two more in the eighth and the game ended 3 Tuscon. The third game of the season on Thursday night gave Gulls fans a bit more to cheer about. Steve Brown, the tall right hander, shut out Tucson on two hits before being forced to leave in the seventh inning. Tucson secondbaseman Johnny Ray belted a ballpark after the game, you have the feeling that you've participated. When you yell, "Good hit Fer-nando!!" Gonzalez politely nods his head. He is saying, "Thank you for the compliment." You feel good because he heard you. The majority of these players will see or have seen major league action. The Gulls have five players on their roster who have seen extensive major league duty: Fernado Gonzalez, Pepe Mangual, Mickey Mahler, Dave Frost and Chris Knapp. Many others have seen end of the year action for the parent club. A game at Derks Field is a good learning experience for any youngster. One can see everything from how to turn a double play to how to properly execute a bunt. Many youngsters would do well to have these players as their boyhood heroes -- - emulating their style of play. The Gulls opened their season Tuesday night against the Tuscon Toros, the AAA club to the Houston Astros. One could feel that it would be an exciting year when the first hitter of the PCL (Pacific Coast league) season, Joe Pittman, hammered a leadoff homerun for the Toros. Dave Schueler, the Gulls pitcher who yielded the homerun said, "I changed my grip in the middle of my windup. I was going to throw a fastball and changed to a sinker and didn't get much on it. It was a real Hail Mary pitch." After a rocky first two in-nings, Schueler settled down to pitch a good seven innings, giving way to Mike Walters in the eighth. wicked line drive up the middle that caught Steve on the right hip, bringing on reliever Craig Eaton. Brown, who worked 12 innings for the Angels in spring training, pitched the perfect pitchers game. He said, "I had both the slider and the fastball working well tonight. I just tried to keep them off balance, changing speeds and working in and out." The Gulls scored four runs on the evening to the Toros one. The first run came in the second when Scott Moffitt walked with the bases loaded. John Harris made it 2--0 when he doubled in Daryl Sconiers in the third. When the Gulls got two more in the sixth on singles by Steve Lubratich and Jeff Bertoni, the game was on ice. Lubratich, a very personable in-dividual who hails from the Bay area in California, cracked three hits to lead the Gulls' attack. Lubratich, who leads the team in getting dirty, is the type of player who gets the job done, day in and day out. "Sometimes I don't get the recognition that some players do," says Steve, "but I quietly get done what needs to be done." That is a very accurate description of how the blond second-basema- n will beat you any way he possibly can. - All in all, the Gulls are a very fine ball club composed of excellent in-dividuals. So spend an evening with the Gulls; it will be an evening well spent. The Gulls will be at home April 11. Weekend games start at 7:30 p.m., Saturdays at 7 p.m. and Sun-days at 2 p.m. Tri-Cit- y Courts Form Racquetball Leagues Tri-Cit- y Supreme Racquetball Courts are forming mens and ladies spring racquetball leagues. Men's Leagues are all held in the evenings at 9 p.m.; Mens Novice (beginning) is Monday; Mens "A", Tuesday; Mens "C" Wednesday; and Mens "B", Thursday. Women's leagues are as follows: Womens "C" (played approximately three months) Monday and Friday at 9 a.m.; Womens "B" (played ap-proximately one year) Monday and Friday at 10 a.m.; Womens "C" (played approximately six months) Monday and Friday at 11 a m p information on womens leagues. eveni-- Included in the leagUes struction, playing time, roJ tournaments, and lots of f ; exercise. Call 4 to sb the leagues or for more inform? I; Mens leagues are free to m 1 or $2.50 per night for non-- 5 Ladies leagues are free to m or cost $2.00time or $i2 w f times. Beginning classes anri classes will start in aDDrnv one month ' ' r ' ; V'v I ( : . v ', . I A v , I ' X - - j f -' PETER KENDRICK fires a fastball in his no-h- victory over Air Force. It was Kendrick's second of the year. Clayton, Kendrick Lead BYU In Winning Season The BYU baseball team is doing things that have never been done before. Starting out the season with a miserable 5-- , record, the Cougars have bounced back to a 34-1- 8 record. They have done so mainly behind the strong pitching of Peter Kendrick and the big bat of Kenny Clayton. Clayton is one of the nation's top baseball prospects, hitting at a torrid .425 pace (.536 in WAC play) with 18 homers and 61 RHI's in 51 games. Clayton has broken virtually every lifetime batting statistic. He now holds the career mark in at bats, runs, hits, RBI's, doubles, homers and average. His season mark of 18 homers is second only to Murphy Sua's 22; but Kenny has lots of games left to play. In the pitching department, Peter Kendrick, the 5'8" lefty from Hawaii is 10--2 this year with a 1.08 ERA, giving up only 11 earned runs in his 12 starts this year. The big stories came on March 13 of this year and on April 7. 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HI GAME: Steve Adams, 231; Orin Pitt, 228; Owen Farley, 227; JoAnn Farley, 222; Trena Campbell, 210; Sheila Turner, 203; Lorraine Adams, 203. |
