Thursday, September 23, 1993
Lady Lions start early
Arne! 13alcitalCollegian Photo Coordinator
Maybe a 5-Iron would've worked better...: Terry Pegher, Lady Uon leftfielder, swings
and misses at a pitch low and outside.
Pennant races:
Down to the wire
by Greg Kristen
Collegian Staff
With the football season upon
us, that can only mean one thing
for baseball,"the pennant races."
This year for the first time since
1941, all four division races seem
to be going down to the very last
week.
In the N.L. East, the
Philadelphia Phillies had a
comfortable lead all year until
late August when they hit a
slump and the Montreal Expos
caught fire.
Going into last weekend, the
Phillies had only a 5-game lead,
and travelled to Montreal for the
most crucial series of the year.
The Phillies hung tough, won 1
out of the 3 games, and held a 4-
game lead at the start of this
week, the final two weeks of the
season.
Now, since this week has
started, the Expos have cooled
off, and have lost a 1.5 games in
the standings, and now trail the
Phillies by 5.5 games with 12
games left in the year. As of
Wednesday the Phillies' magic
number was 7.
The Braves remain the team to
beat in the N.L. West as they
held a 3-game lead over the
slumping San Francisco Giants
on Monday.
The Braves are showing why
they are the two-time defending
N.L. champions as they have
proven once again the second half
of the season is, theirs, Ti)cy
have gone 37-11 since the naive'
of Fled McGriff.
This, along OA 'dick ace
pitching staff, seans to, be their
formula for making ibeTplaSoffs
again. This week die" Bteves
have kept rolling • on as they
thrashed the Expos 18-5 on
Tuesday night while the Giants
were shut out by the Astros 6-0.
Going down to the last week and
a half, the Braves have a 3.5
- .
game lead, and as of Wednesday
their magic number was 9.
After a log jam at the top of
the A.L. East for the last month,
the defending World Champion
Toronto Blue Jays have put their
foot forward and have gained'a 4-
game lead over the New York
Yankees.
Last week, Toronto reeled off
8 straight wins and has a choke
hold on the division with two
weeks left. = 'Meanwhile, the
Yankees and Orioles cannot seem
to get on track against weaker
opponents.
This week the Blue Jays are
still the hottest team in the
league as they won their ninth
straight game on Tuesday. They
now control the division with a
5-game lead over both the Orioles
and Yankees. As of Wednesday,
the Blue Jays' magic number was
7.
In the A.L. West, the Chicago
White Sox had a 4.5 game lead
over the second place Texas
Rangers at week's start. The
White Sox have won 14 of their
last 21 games and will play a
crucial 3-game series against the
Rangers starting this Friday.
The White Sox have been led
by their two big guns this year,
Cy Young candidate Jack
McDowell and MVP candidate
Frank Thomas. As of Wednesday
the White Sox still had a 4.5 f :
game lead after they both lost on •
Tuesday night. The White Sox'
magic number was 9 as of
Wednesday.
In the end, I pick the Phillies
to hold onto the N.L. *lst, while
the Braves, for the thir# year in a 1 , 4*
row, will come from ;behind at
the All-Star break anti win the
N.L. West. For the A.L. East,
Toronto is my favorite because of
their timely pitching and their
big-time hitters. Finally, in the
A.L. West, Chicago is just too -
tough to pass up with their two
big stars on each side of the field.
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Penn State hosts Rutgers
On September 14, the Lady
Lions softball tuned up for the
spring season with a pair of
games with Gannon. The Lions,
coming off of last year's ECAC
championship, defeated the
Knights in both games.
In the first game Chari
Robinson, a freshman from
Strong Vincent, went the distance
to pick up the 4-3 win. Shannon
Persing, a freshman from Warren,
singled in the winning run in the
last inning to give the Lions the
victory.
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Julie Chimera, a freshman
from Iroquois, went the distance
to pick up the 4-2 win in the
second game. Marlesse Schlott, a
freshman from Seneca Valley,
had an excellent doubleheader as
she went 4 for 6 with 3 RBI.
The Lions play next on
September 26 at Allegheny.
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