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Page 8 Thursday, August 1, 1985 The Michigan Daily
Balboni's big blast beats Tigers, 5-2
Royal first baseman hits
his 21st homer of season w
DETROIT (UPI) - Steve Balboni Detroit tied the score 2-2 in the
cracked a tie-breaking three-run eighth on Larry Herndon's two-out
home run with one out in the ninth in- RBI single following Lance Parrish's
ning yesterday to give the Kansas one-out double.
City Royals a 5-2 victory over the
Detroit Tigers. MCRAE DROVE in Kansas City's
Balboni tied a club record with his first two runs with an RBI single in
fourth homer in four games. He has 21 the first and a run-scoring groundout
for the year and six in the last seven in the sixth.
games. Lonnie Smith doubled twice and
DANNY JACKSON struck out a scored twice for the Royals.
career-high 10 batters and gave up Smith doubled with one out in the
eight hits in 81-3 innings in raising his first off Terrell and McRae grounded s j
record to 10-6 and helping Kansas City a two-out single up the middle to put
win its eighth game in its last nine, the Royals up 1-0.
Dan Quisenberry came on with two on Smith doubled, his third hit, in the
and one out in the ninth for his 24th sixth, took third on Brett's fly to cen-
save. ter and scored on McRae's short '% V '
George Brett walked to lead off the groundout to third to break a 1-1 tie. a
ninth against loser Walt Terrell, 10-6, Jackson gave up an unearned run in
and was bunted to second by Hal the fifth when Brett made a three-,
McRae. After Frank White was base throwing error on Alan Tram-
walked intentionally, Balboni belted mell's two-out grounder to third. Chet Associated Press'
his 21st home run on Terrell's next Lemon, who had singled and been Kansas City Royals George Brett, Steve Balboni, and Frank White celebrate after Balboni's game-winning
pitch. bunted to second, scored on the play. three-run homer in the ninth inning. It was the first baseman's fourth round-tripper in four days.
Stein & Goetz loses in Sanders playoff
By DAN COVEN the line. the playoffs - nobody can run with
One man alone is not a team. Roy At times it seemed that Tarpley was them. And if they have to play a half
Tarpley learned that Tuesday night in trying to win the game by himself. He court game, they'll crash the boards
the Sanders League playoffs at Con- was handling the ball the length of the and simply shoot the lights out. The
cordia College. court, hitting the outlet pass, playing quartet of Butch Wade, Fred Cofield,,
He learned it the hard way as his his best defense and never sitting B.J. Armstrong, and Carlos Briggs
team, Stein & Goetz, was eliminated out. But being Stein & Goetz' only big play a style reminiscent of the L.A.
by underdog Franklin Wright 91-84. gun, enabled Franklin Wright to shut Lakers.
THE 6-10 sure fire All-American put down the rest of the team. Eventually
in his best performance of the sum- Henderson and too much solo play WADE WAS unchallenged in the
mer season with 35 points, 16 reboun- wore out Tarpley with Wright stealing paint, where he gathered most of his
ds, and 4 blocks. Unfortunately, he the ball 14 times in the last five 24 points and 13 rebounds.
didn't have much of a supporting cast minutes of the play. But it was point guard Fred Cofield
- especially at guard. "I KNEW we could beat Stein & that stole the show. The former EMU
Tarpley's strong performance was Goetz if we kept the ball down low and star garnered 17 points, 16 assists, 11
no match for Franklin Wright's kept Henderson in the game," said steals and six rebounds. Cofield who is
balanced scoring attack and CBA veteran Herb Brooks. probably the best game-to-game
tenacious defense led by Michigan Tuesday night's first game looked player in the league, was drafted by
forward Robert Henderson and the more like a basketball-camp instruc- the New York Knicks in the sixth
three Brooks brothers (Roy, Keith, and tional on fast break offense and round.
Herb). Using his excellent position hustle-back defense because Bradley Iowa-bound B.J. Armstrong (from
rebounding skills, Henderson scored Pontiac ran a clinic on how to do it, Birmingham Brother Rice) scored a
26 points and yanked down 10 reboun- pounding a hapless Roundhaus team game high 28 points for the victors.
ds. But more importantly, he held 122-86. When Armstrong got tired of shooting
Tarpley scoreless for the last two and It was also evident why Bradley he just fed it to Baylor senior Carlos
a half minutes when the game was on Pontiac will probably waltz through Briggs who poured in 21 points.
Red Wings sign an All-American'
DETROIT (UPI)-The Detroit Red scoring with 72 points on 37 goals and defenseman Tim Friday, both from
Wings yesterday signed Ray Staszak, 35 assists in 38 games. NCAA champion Rensselaer
a first-team All-America right wing In addition to All-America honors, Polytechnic, along with left wing Dale
from the University of Illinois- he was Player of the Year in the Cen- Krent of Michigan State and right
Chicago, to a five-year contract. tral Collegiate Hockey Association, wing Chris Cichocki of Michigan
Coach Harry Neale and General made the All-CCHA team and finished Tech.
Manager Jim Devellano also announ- third in the voting for the Hobey
ced that Colin Campbell, 32, has Baker Award as Most Valuable A native of Philadelphia, Staszak
retired asa player after three seasons Player in the college ranks, attended Archbishop Ryan High
Daily Photo by KATE O'EARY to become an assistant coach for the Staszak is the fifth college free School and played Junior "B" hockey
Red Wings. agent and second 1985 first-team All- for the Buxmont Glaciers. Later he
Michigan center Roy Tarpley soars over a crowd in Sandy Sanders STASZAK, 22, one of the most- America signed by the Red Wings this went to Minnesota to play for the
playoff action Tuesday night at Concordia College. The to-be senior sought free agents in this year's summer. Earlier, the club signed All- Austin Mavericks of the Junior "A"
scored 35 points in a losing cause for Stein & Goetz. collegiate crop, led Illinois-Chicago in America center Adam Oates and United States Hockey League.