Boster Rex Sox got burned in the American League on Wednesday by the . red-hot Seatile Mariners, When reliever Dave Beard struck out Boston slugger Jim Rice with the bases loaded to end the eighth inning and preserve a.5-1 lead, the Mariners never dreamed . they would face the same situation an inning later. The Red Sox had pushed across three runs and had the bases loaded once more, again with twd out. And who should step to the plate but Rice, who led the American League in 1983 with 39 home runs. This time, the Marinere- brought in Roy Thomas, the fourth pitcher of the Inning, All Rice could do was hit a fly ball. to left field and the Mariners had dodged another bullet to win 5-4, ; In Boston's first eight games, Rice has only four hits, all singles, and one run batted in after 32 at- bats. Rookie Alvin Davis and yeteran Al Cowens hit home runs and Cowens doubled home the decisive run in the eighth inning as the Mariners won their fifth straight game and sixth in seven starts. In other ©. American League games, California Angels thumped Milwaukee Brewers $-5, Chicago White Sox trimmed Cleveland Indians 6-1, and Kansas - City Royals beat Baltimore Orioles 5-2. Angels 9 Brewers 5 Rookie. right-hander ayaa ae Ron Romanick scattered nine hits for his first major-league _—-victory before needing last-out help. Romanick, who held the Brewers to one run until the ninth, was supported by Callfornia’s biggest offensive outburst of the season, including three RBI by Reggie Jackson. White Sox 6 Indians 1 Scott Fletcher drove in one run and scored another and Greg Walker hit a three-run homer to back the four-hit pitching of Richard Dotson as Chicago downed - Cleveland, Royals § Grioles 2 Jorge Orta singled for the only hit in Kansas City’s fourrun fourth inning and the Royals went on to hand Baltimore, the defending world champion, its fifth loss in six games this season, Orta'saingle ecored Pat Sheridan, who stole second alter reaching on an error by first baseman Eddie Murray. Loser Mike Hoddicker then walked Hal McKae, Frank White and Steve ‘Balboni to force Orta home with the second run and was lifted after throwing ‘two more balls to Butch Davis,; — Dennis . completed the walk to ‘Davis, forcing McRae . home, After Don Slaught - grounded into a double play by way of the plate, Balboni, who homered in the sixth, scored on a wild | pitch for a 4-0 lead. Things haven't changed for Graig Nettles and Martinez. Goose Gossage now 7 that they're playing in the National League Nettles is still hitting home runs and Gossage Js still giving them up. The former New York Yankee players © who came to San Diego this year continued to do their thing as the Padres defeated St. Louls Car- -dinals 75 in National League baseball: action Wednesday night. Nettles, who hit 333 home runs in the _ American League, hit his first one in the other league ‘with a man on base in the second inning. Gossage, who had a penchant for gopher balls despite being the No. 1 relief pitcher. for’ many years with the Yankees, nailed down the win after giving up a two-run shot to Tommy ‘Herr in the Ex-Yankee pitcher Tim Lollar bit a three-run homer for the Padres. Lollar shut out the Car- dinals through the first five innings, but left after: giving up threeruns in the | sixth, two on Darrell Porter's second homer of | the year, After Lollar lett, Craig Goss ge finished up. Reds 9-3, San Francisco Giants edged Pittsburgh Pirates 2-1 in 10 innings, ‘New York Meta defeated Atlanta Braves 641, Philadelphia: Phillies nipped Houston Astros 7- 6, and Los Angeles Dodgers turned back Chicago Cubs 2-1, NOT eh wy -better than fifth, there. “were no miracles, ; no one | Lefferts and other National | ‘League games, Montreal: ‘Expos beat Cincinnati . ‘Expos a Reds 3. ” Andre Dawson drove in four runs to pace Mon- treal over Cincinnat!: as the Expos’. Pete. Rose drew four walks, grounded out once ‘and falled: to get his 4,000th career hit. Rose walked in the first, second, fourth and elghth innings and hit a bouncer back to the mound in the ‘sixth. He scored Montreal's... first. run, drawing ‘the first ‘walk from Bruce Berenyi,: 0-2, and coming around on Bryan Little’s + double and Dawson's grounder, Glants 2 Pirates 1 ‘Jack. Clark’s bases- loaded alngle with one out in the i0th inning gave San. Francisco the win. Clark, who beat Pitt- sburgh with an elghth-. Inning homer Tuesday: s burn Boston _ night, singled” down the third-base line after the, _Glants -had loaded the bases on two walks and a single. Mets 6 Braves 1 Mookie Wilson and Hubie Brooks drove in New York Mets. have a - dream. ‘NEW YORK (AP) — New York Mets hava had fore ee ina ey've baseball seasons... They. were the World Series champion Miracle Mets of 1069, Tug MecGraw’'s “You ‘gotta believe” Mets in- their National League pennant season of 1973 and, more recently, The Magic ‘Is Back. Mets, But in the last seven seasons, during which the. ~ Mets’ have .finished _ no believed” anymore © and there wasn’t any magic — except ‘for thelr annual Rookie of the Year, may have given the Mets a new slogan. “We'va got.a drearn,” he says. “If we continue to believe In our dream, it might come true.!” | And, 80 far, they have the right to believe. With their @1 victory over Atlanta Braves on Wednesday night, ‘the’ Mets were off to a 6-1 start, the best of their .23- year history. Their aix- game winning streak — Opening fullewed: a a py loss Cincinnati — is their longest since 1976 when they put together a seven- game string in April One of the niost “im. . pressive things about the Mets’ streak is that it has come entirely onthe road. Last year, the Mets didn’t win their sixth road game - until June 3. NEW MANAGER - “I can understand the reasons for. riding the ‘Mets,"" says Strawberry, hitting '.38$ through seven games with three homers. “But we've got a lot of good, young players anda - new manager (a rookie himself, Dave Johnson). ’ “] think we can-change all. that stuff from the past. | Although ” Mookie Wilson, the Mets centre . fielder, warns, “It's not ww, time for anyone to start running up the pennant yet,” he says tie Mets have made thelr move _ with sound defence “and our pitching should make us even better.” “We've got a winning attitude, says Wilson, off to a .375 start. “That's something you must have- ; from Day. One. . “We have a lot of eagerness. When . you have have guys with that attitude, positive things “will happen.” The enthusiasm and leadership that men like - Strawberry. and Wilson have brought to the Meta bave played a hig part in their fast start, but perhaps even more im- portant has been a sur- _ prisingly poised group of youag pitchers. . Five of the Mets’ first six victories belonged to four pitchers, none older ‘than 25 and none with more than 24 games experience in the major Jeagues, In fact, among them, they have made only 32 major-league appearances. YOUTH ON MOUND . They are. right-hander ‘alt Terrell, 25, : who pitched in three games in 1942 and 21 last season with an 8-8 record; Ron Darling, 23, who was 1-3 in five games at the endof -last © year; Dwight Gooden, 19, who made the jump. from Double A last “season, and Tim Leary, 25, whose four-year hattle ; sear. odt ONT Beet ae at oe wie cals at 14 9 noe ni ‘Ou a gente ensionet ce uM ner Pane Pay The Government of Canada Taxpayers who do not take needs the participation of all Canada’ advantage of the RRSP deduc- ‘Canadians, help bulk senior (i ada's senior tions that they are entitled —_citizens, to help bul d for the citizens have to in a given year, will be future. madeand allowedtocarry{orwardthese . Get involved. <>" continuetomakea — inused deductions and take A number of simplé-to- Valuable contribution tothe —_ advantage of them in future. read brochures have been quatity of Canadian life. years. prepared to help you. __ Budget 84 introduces These ancl other provisions Finance new initiatives to provide contained in Budget 84 wil WW Gants nine meee increased security for our substantially increase security coe _ elderly and to allow all for elderly Canadians. * .., Canadians an equal oppor- ee tunity to substantially improve Be Tae ely reurement savings Find out more about Budget 4 sendi contributions, . “e by ng the coupo n Below, “Improved Pension Benefits | detralwhetababetatadaten lla - ‘The Guaranteed Income Mall to: Budget 84, |, Department of Fi _”» Supplement (GIS) for single fi gin Street, Ottawa, Onfario KIAOGS 3 | pensioners will be increased r Please send me the following brochure(s): oe -. by $50 per month in 1984, The Budget arid a ol a oP | Women C1 Pensions C1 Small Business Tax Assistance | Cl Taxpayers ChProfit.' : Homeowners and > for Methrement | 4 Farmers _ Participation «Homebuyers - | “The new maximum limit of tax Name — ‘* deductions for RRSP contri, -§f . &§ - butions will be £8% of earnings Address — = up to a maximum of $10,000 | Postal Code-- Ca we in 1985, rising to $15, ,000 for a na d - all pension plans by 1988, . beeen with arm trouble had limited him to just three major-league appearta- neces, _ Terrell, the © Mets’ winner Wedneaday night with 72-3 innings work, 1s 2-0 with a 1.09 earned-run average in 162-3 Innings. Darling is 1-0 with a 1.50 ERA in two starts. Gooden, who struck out $00 batters in 191 innings at Lynchburg last season, is 1-0 with a 1.60 ERA in omkad Leary who mad , made his first start with the Mets in 1990 andhas been - ‘recovering from arm problems ever since, pitched 11-3. innings of scoreless relief for his victory, waiting his turn to enter the rotation... | They have allowed only five earned runs in thelr five victories, "“T'‘don’t want to sound cocky, but we've gat to have confidence to bring” a& winner back to New © York," Strawberry sald during spring training “Losing bothers me a lot. ° “It. should, bother everybody. We can't go through another season like last year — and we won't.'” Now, with six victories in hand, Strawberry says! “We've got that. (losing) out of our minds. . .We know we are not golng to op tals ap day oe LE we “‘titude they hed, but I do know we. now: shave a. winning attitu J Tensacton | el BASEBALL Kopnans Gliy Royals send plicher Frank Wills lo Omaha of the American New England Pairlots sign wide receiver irving Fryar fo a four- USFL Chicago Blitz trade carmeroack Charles Armstead to San Antonia Gunslingers for an undisclosed - 1985 draft pick. San Antonio Gunslingers an: nounce the retirement of tight end Richard Osborne. Washingten Faderats waive kicker Greg Porter; sign kicker 4 ' . . . G.c. Lions son defensive backs oendell Willlams and Kelth Gooe! NBA Standings | BASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division “WoL Pct. GBL ¥-Boston ow 73 — Mi Philadelphia 50 30 .625..11 New York % MOS 15 wNew Jersey 45 35 “t af) % Washitigton 35 48 438.96 Central Divisen x-Deirolt #22 6 — xAlllwaukeg = 48 32.600 x Atlanta 5, 38 42.495 10 Chicago. a 53 3% 21 Cleveland - 27 33.339: '21 Indiana 25 55 313 23 . 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