—The Daily Collegian Thursday, Aug. 26, 1993 Milwaukee and Oakland players mix it up between the ninth and tenth innings of game two of a doubleheader in Milwaukee early yesterday. American League Blue Jays and continue winn TORONTO (AP) One of Paul Molitor's jobs as the Toronto Blue Jays' No. 6 hitter is to protect No. 5 John Olerud in the batting order. The strategy is working so well that Olerud and Molitor are Nos. 1 and 2 in the American League batting race. They each had four hits yes terday, keying a 17-hit attack that carried Toronto to a 10-7 win over the Cleveland Indians. "We stayed aggressive and had some good hits on good pitches. Like the old cliche says, hitting is con tagious," Molitor said. You could say that again, Paul. Olerud went 4-for-4 with two doubles and four runs scored, boosting his major league-leading average to .392. It was the third time this season the Blue Jays' first baseman had at least four hits in a game. Molitor, the AL's second-leading hitter with a .331 average, went 4- for-5 with a double, triple, three RBIs and three runs scored. Pat Hentgen (15-7) added to his team-leading victory total despite allowing six runs and nine hits in 7 1-3 innings. Reliever Tony Castillo pitched 1 1-3 innings before yield ing to Duane Ward, who got the final out for his 36th save. Toronto went ahead to stay in the third, scoring four times against Jose Mesa (9-10) to take a 6-3 lead. Roberto Alomar opened the inning with a single, took third on Olerud's sin gle with one out and scored on Molitor's single. After Tony Fernandez walked to load the bases, Sprague doubled for two runs and Fernandez also scored when Carlos Baerga bobbled the ball at second base. DETROIT 7, SEATTLE 4 DETROIT (AP) —Travis Fryman had four hits and four RBIs as the Detroit Tigers beat the Seattle Mariners 7-4 yesterday and extended their winning streak to five games. Bill Gullickson gave up three homers, but improved his lifetime record against Seattle to 9-0. "Everybody's good," Gullickson said. "There are only a few that are lucky." Ken Griffey hit two homers for the Mariners, his 36th and 37th of the season, and Dave Valle added a two run shot for Seattle. But the Tigers scored four runs in the sixth to overcome a 4-3 Seattle lead. "They came right back on us," Seattle manager Lou Piniella said. Gullickson (11-6) won his fifth straight decision despite giving up four runs on seven hits in six innings. Joe Boever held Seattle to one hit over the next two innings and Storm Davis pitched the ninth for his second save. "When you play good defense and score lots of runs, it makes pitch ing a whole lot easier," Gullickson said. "I'll give up home runs all day if we keep on winning." Loser Tim Leary (8-6) lasted 5 1- 3 innings, giving up seven runs on 10 hits. The Tigers rallied to take a 7-4 lead in the sixth on RBI singles by Dan Gladden and Cecil Fielder, and a two run single by Fryman. Fryman's 18th homer, a two-run shot, gave Detroit a 2-0 lead. Griffey homered for Seattle in the fourth, but the Tigers increased their lead to 3-1 on Fielder's 29th homer of the season. Valle's two-run homer tied it in the Tigers ing ways fifth, and Griffey's second shot of the day put put the Mariners ahead 4-3 in the sixth. It was the fourth, two-homer game for Griffey this season. "The only left-handed hitter we've got that's productive is Junior," Piniella said. "I've been concerned about it for quite a while." CALIFORNIA 2, BALTIMORE 1 BALTIMORE (AP) Mark Lan gston allowed one hit over eight innings to outduel Mike Mussina as the California Angels beat the Baltimore Orioles 2-1 last night. The only hit Langston allowed was a single to center by Cal Ripken leading off the seventh. Langston then committed a throwing error and subsequently lost the shutout. Mike Butcher allowed one hit as he got the last three outs for his seventh save. Langston (13-6) struck out nine and walked three. With the exception of the seventh inning, he did not allow a runner past first base. Baltimore, which managed only two hits off Chuck Finley on Tuesday, has only four singles over the last 18 innings. Mussina (12-5) had his three-game Please see AMERICAN, Page 28 Ak Cr y~ ~1 Mead Box Envelopes 2/ 51.00 MELIIIMHiIiff STUDENT STORE • PENN STATE ROOM 414 E. College Avenue (Across from South Halls) Open 7 a.m. -- 12 midnight MOVIES Weeke T n he d Page Fridays National League Phils lead by 11, Reds eliminate Mets PHILADELPHIA (AP) Todd Pratt likes day games after night games. As the Philadelphia Phillies' backup catcher, that's when he gets to play. He doesn't waste the opportunities when he gets them. Pratt hit a two-run homer Wednesday and caught eight solid innings by Curt Schilling, leading the Phillies to an 8-S victory over the Colorado Rockies. Pratt now is 9-for-15 with three home runs and four doubles in his last five starts, all games in which Phillies' manager Jim Fregosi gave Darren Daulton the day off because the game followed a night game. "Basically, all I get is day games," said Pratt, who was drafted out of the Baltimore Orioles' system in 1991. "I work hard every day in batting practice. I take BP serious." Pratt, still learning the nuances of catching, said it's easy to accept backing up Daulton, who's recognized by many as the best catcher in baseball. "I'm not yet ready," Pratt said. "I'm still a few years away. I've always been a real productive hitter, but I've got a lot to learn before I'm ready to play every day. I have to be great defensi vely. I'm improving." Schilling (11-6) pitched eight strong innings, allowing four runs and nine hits and matching his career-high with nine strikeouts. He won for the first time since Aug. 10, and for only the third time since the All-Star break. "I'm not really happy with the way I threw," said Schilling. "but we won. The offense picked me up after I put us in a hole. I had to get in a groove before I let the game get away early." Mo Sanford (1-1) worked five innings for the Rockies, allowing eight hits and five runs, four earned. AP Laser Photo Philadelphia took the lead for good in the fourth inning when Milt Thompson walked leading off and Pratt homered an out later, making it 4-3. Kevin Stocker followed with a single and scored on Dykstra's double, and the Phillies put it away with three more runs in the sixth. Schilling struggled early, allowing a run in the second inning on Roberto Mejas' second home run of the season and two more in the third. Singles by Alex Cole, Joe Girardi and Daryl Boston produced one run, and Charlie Hayes doubled home another. The Phillies took a 2-0 lead in the first when Dykstra walked leading off, stole second and scored on Kruk's single. Kruk then stole second and scored on a single by Wes Chamberlain. - Daryl Boston's 10th home run in the eighth supplied the Rockies' fourth run, and they scored again in the ninth against reliever Bobby Thigpen. REDS 4, METS 1 NEW YORK (AP) Jose Rijo pitched eight shutout innings and Reggie Sanders drove in three runs as Cincinnati beat New York 4-1 Wednes day, eliminating the Mets from title contention at the second earliest time in team history. Rijo (11-7) held the Mets to three hits in eight innings. Rob Dibble pitched the ninth, and gave up a one-out homer to Bobby Bonilla. After giving up a questionable second-inning single to Jeff Kent, Rijo retired 14 of the next 15 batters before Bonilla led off the seventh with a single. The Mets, who are 43-83, fell 36 1 / 2 games behinc first-place Philadelphia in the National League East. They haven't been eliminated this early since their first season in 1962, when they were eliminated on Aug. 11. Loser Eric Hillman (1-7) went 7 1-3 innings, giving up four runs on nine hits. Although Bonilla hit his 29th homer for the Mets, n 4 THIS ittne ymtp past it:s ropy FuThre Ifs Yaw- fin9et: °Ate 11.-- Today through qiB fri elO - Pivl Tenn State Boon tore on campus QS enS he also made three errors at third base PADRES 2, CARDINALS 1 SAN DIEGO (AP) One day after scoring 13 runs in the first inning, the San Diego Padres needed Brad Ausmus' bases-loaded single in the bottom of the 10th to beat the St. Louis Cardi nals 2-1 Wednesday. With one out in the 10th, shortstop Ozzie Smith bobbled Jeff Gardner's grounder and over threw first base for a double error, giving him three for the game. Tony Gwynn was inten tionally walked with two outs and Phil Plantier also walked to load the bases. Ausmus followed with a single to center off Lee Guetterman (2- 3). The Cardinals extended their longest losing streak of the year to six games. Gene Harris (5-5) allowed two hits in one inning to snap a personal five-game losing streak. San Diego took a 1-0 lead when Gwynn hit a two-out double in the first inning and scored on Plantier's single. St. Louis tied it 1-1 with two outs in the fourth. Whiten singled and scored on a double into the left-field bullpen by Bernard Gilkey, who had been in a 2-for-24 slump. The Padres blew three big scoring chances. Kevin Higgins singled leading off the sixth, took second on Tim Worrell's sacrifice bunt and third on Gardner's single. But Craig Shipley popped up a bunt to Arocha, who doubled off Higgins. The Padres left the bases loaded in both the eighth and ninth innings. Smith reached third base in both the eighth and 10th innings but was stranded both times. ASTROS 3, MARLINS 2 MIAMI (AP) Mark Portugal, Todd Jones and Xavier Hernandez combined on a three-hitter Please see NATIONAL, Page 28.
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