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'•!•••- PAGE 18 PRESS-REPUBLICAN SPORTS WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4,1995 1 AP Photo Rockies' shortstop Walt Weiss slaps tag on Mark Lemke to complete first-inning double play Tuesday in . Game 1 of National League playoff. BRAVES Continued from Pag* 14 the sixth during a rally that pro- duced a 3-3 tie. Dwight Smith's two-out, pin- ch-hit single in the eighth gave the Braves a 4-3 lead, but Col- orado countered on Ellis Burks' RBI double in their half. Rockies reliever Mike Munoz retired the first two batters in the eighth but surrendered a single to Ryan Klesko. Darren Holmes replaced Munoz and gave up a single to Javy Lopez. Smith, batting for Jeff Blauser, singled to right fora 4-3 lead. Dante Bichette drew a leadoff walk off Greg McMichael in the Rockies half. Walker singled to right, with Bichette taking third on right fielder David Justice's bobble. Jones made a diving stop of Galarraga's shot down the third-base line and threw out Walker at second, with Bichette holding at third. Alejandro Pena then served up the RBI double to Burks. Maddux, the best pitcher in the majors with a 19-2 record and 1.63 ERA this season, wasn't masterful. But he was artful in in escaping repeated jams thanks to 14 groundouts, including four double plays. Maddux lasted seven innings, allowing nine hits and three runs. Colorado's Kevin Ritz nursed a 3-1 lead into the sixth, when the Braves scored twice to tie. Vinny Castilla, a former Braves prospect, hit a two-run homer for the Rockies, while Marquis Grissom and Jones had solo homers for the Braves. Maddux's best feat was escaping a bases-loaded, one-out predicament in the seventh. He got pinch-hitter John Vander Wai, who set a major league re- cord with 28 pinch-hits this season, to bounce to the mound. Maddux threw home for one out, and Lopez's relay to first cut down Vander Wai. Grissom's two-out solo homer off Ritz gave the Braves a 1-0 lead in the third. The Rockies countered with three runs in the fourth, highlighted by Castilla's two-run homer. With one out, Walker walked and went to third on Galarraga's single that rico- cheted off the wall in right- center. Burks then brought Walker home on a short sacrifice fly, with Walker beating Justice's high throw. Castilla, claimed by the Rockies in the 1992 expansion draft, hit a 428-foot drive to center for a 3-1 lead. Atlanta tied it in the sixth. Jones hit a leadoff homer. Justice walked with one out and Klesko singled to center, with Justice taking third when Burks bobbled the ball in the outfield. It was one of four Colorado errors'but the only costly one. Steve Reed replaced Ritz, and pinch-hitter Luis Polonia hit a slow bouncer to third. Castilla's throw to second got one out but the Rockies couldn't turn the double play and Justice scored the tying run. Grissom led off the seventh with a pop double to short center. He was thrown out at third, however, when Reed pounced on Lemk'e's bunt down the third- base line. Both teams turned in superb plays in the fifth. Maddux's grounder to third took a bad hop off Castilla's forearm, but short- stop Walt Weiss grabbed the carom and threw out Maddux. In the Rockies' half, Blauser ranged far behind second base, speared Joe Girardi's grounder and flip- ped to second, starting a double play. Earnhardt keeps heat on Gordon CONCORD, N.C. - As long as Dale Earnhardt's around, there's no reason to consider Jeff Gor- don's quest for the Winston Cup championship a done deal. \They haven't written the check to him yet,\ Earnhardt said as stock car racing's top drivers prepared for Wednesday's opening round of time trials for the UAW-GM Quality 500. Gordon takes a 302-point lead over Earnhardt into Sunday's 500-mile event at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Even though that lead — and Gordon's momentum — seem almost im- penetrable with four races left, the simple fact remains that while this would be his first Winston Cup title, Earnhardt is gunning for No. 8. \We've been there at the end, and so have they,\ Earnhardt said. \If they continue to dodge bullets like they have all year, the championship is theirs. If they slip and can't get out of the way of one, then it will be our job to take advantage of what they give us.\ The 24-year-old Gordon has been extremely successful on Charlotte's 1.5-mile, high-banked layout in his brief career, but he's not counting on history to be worth anything Sunday. \We have to go out and do our job and try to outrun them, but •we must be smart about it, too,\ ne said. \We can't have anything fall apart or break. That's tough to do and it's a lot to ask for.\ Since June 18 at Michigan, Gordon hasn't finished worse than eighth. During that 14-race stretch, he has nine top-fives, four victories and a net gain of 308 points on Earnhardt. Fast Photo provided Gordon Oil capture'd its 11th AuSable Forks Fast-Pitch Softball League chanripionship in 14 years, beating J & J Excavating two games to one in the championship series. Gordon's also won the regular-season title. Team members are, kneeling, left to right: Jeff Hopkins, Barrie Finnegan, Kevin McCallister, John Snow, Mike Rock and Steve Jaquish. Standing: Waxy Gordon, sponsor; Stan Loya Jr., David Gordon, Roman Lopez, Tom Thomas, Mike Thomas, Stan Loya Sr, Tommy Perkett and Jon Gordon. Missing: Bill Meconi. Ticonderoga gymnasts escape PHS spell Reds work quickly to erase all doubts IvJOHMNADEL AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES - The Cin- cinnati Reds sent a quick message Tuesday night — their shaky play during the season's final month, especially on natu- ral grass, meant nothing. The Reds scored four runs in the first inning on a two-run double by Hal Morris and a two- run homer by Benito Santiago and beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 7-2 in the opener of their NL playoff series. Cincinnati had lost 10 in a row on grass and 18 of its last 31 overall during the regular season, but the four-run rally with two outs in the first and the pitching of Pete Schourek made those factors moot. Schourek, 2-0 with a 1.13 ERA .against the Dodgers this season, allowed only five hits in seven innings, walking three and striking out five in his first ca- reer postseason game. He allowed only three baserunners in the first four in- nings and was pitching with a 7-0 lead when he finally allowed a run in the fifth. The game was played before a paid crowd of 44,199 — well below a sellout. They didn't have much to cheer about by the time the Dodgers came to bat in the first. Ramon Martinez allowed one- out singles to Barry Larkin and Ron Gant to put runners on the corners before getting Reggie Sanders on a foul popup. Morris then sliced a 1-2 pitch into the left-center gap and Santiago followed by hitting a 2-1 pitch into, the left field seats. Just like that, it was 4-0, and the Reds had all the runs they would need. The Reds extended their lead to 7-0 in the-fifth, Sanders doubl- ed, took third on a single by Mor- ris — his third hit — and scored on a sacrifice fly by Santiago. Bret Boone followed with a dou- ble to knock out Martinez and Jeff Branson greeted reliever John Cummings with a two-run double. Martinez allowed 10 hits and seven runs, all earned, while walking two and striking out three in 4 1-3 innings. He was appearing in a postseason game for the first time, too, but he wasn't as fortunate as Schourek. He had his personal six-game winning streak against Cincin- nati snapped, and his 10 victories in his last 11 decisions meant as little as the Reds' 10-game losing streak on grass. After the Dodgers scored in their half of the fifth on Brett Butler's single, Schourek induced Chad Fonville to hit into a double play that ended the inning. Mike Piazza led off the sixth with a homer into the right-center seats to make it 7-2. Mike Jackson pitched a scoreless eighth for Cincinnati, getting out of a two-on, none-out jam, and Jeff Brantley pitched the ninth. John Smiley (12-5, 3.46 ERA) will pitch for the Reds against Ismael Valdes (13-11, 3.05 ERA) on Wednesday in Game 2 of the best-of-5 series at Dodger Stadium. The series then moves to the artificial surface of River- front Stadium for Game 3 on Friday night and Games 4 and 5, if necessary, Saturday and Sun- day. * TICONDEROGA - It had been 11 years since Ticonderoga last defeated Plattsburgh High School in gymnastics. Until Tuesday afternoon. Michelle DeFranco, Tara Hill and Mindy Burgey led the Sen- tinels to a narrow 130.75-130.15 victory over the Hornets in Champlain Valley Athletic Con- ference action. The win improved the Sen- tinels to 2-1 on the season. \The last time we beat PHS was back in 1984,\ Ticonderoga coach Marlene Strieker said. \What did it for us today was Michelle DeFranco, Tara Hill and Mindy Burgey in the all- around.\ DeFranco won the bars and finished first in the all-around, while Hill was third in two events and second in the all- around. Burgey tied for first in the vaulting and was tied for third in the all-around with Plat- tsburgh s Robin Frantz. Jayna DuBrey tied for first in the vaulting and won the floor exercise for the Hornets, while Kristin Smith took first on the balance beam. Tkondwoga 130.75, PUttaburjh 130.15 Vaulting 1, tie, Burgey (T), DuBrey (P), 8.0; 3, DeFranco (D, 7.9; 4, O'Connor <T>, 7.8; 5, H. Franti UP), 7.7; 6, Luck (P), 7.6. ' Bars 1, DeFranco (D. 6.0; 2, O'Connor (T), 5.3; 3, Hill (T), 5.2; 4, Mondic (P), 6.1; 5, Staepel (T>, 5.0; 6, Burgey.CT), 4.8. . Beam 1, Smith (P), 3.75; 2, Bennett (P), 7.0; 3, DeFranro (T), 6.95; 4, tie. R. Franu (P), Mill <T), 6.85; 6, Luck (P), 6.75. Fl iMM Floor wwrci 1, DuBrey (P), 8.2; 2, Bennett (P), 7.65; 3, tie, Hill (D, Smith (P), 7.55; 8, tie, Luck (P), R. Franti (P), 7.45. All-around 1, DeFraneo, (D, 28.1; 2, Hill CD, 26.80; 3, B. Franu (P), 25.4; 4, tie, Burjqr <T>, Luck (P). 24.8; 6, Bennett (P), 24.55. CARBURS RESTAURANT 4 COUPONS FOR A FREE FRENCH ONION SOUP with a meal purchase. Plattsburgh location only-$10.00 value. 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