dail CHICAGO (AP) Baseball is a game filled with superstitions, but “Jack Morris defied them | ali while pitching a no- hitter, 7" | Morris, 28, a right- handed starter who won 2 games with Detroit Tigers of the American League last season, laughéd at the fans who tried to jinx him in the process of tossing his 40 masterpiece . Saturday against Chicago White Sox. ‘They started leaning Page ‘, The Herald, Monday. April 9, 1984 Jack Morris defies. super saying, ‘Mortis, you got a no-hitter going,’ said Morris. “I guess they ‘were trying to jinx me. “But I’m not stper- stitious, eo [ hollered back at them and said, ‘I know It. ae Then Mortis, backed by Chet Lemon's two-run homer In the second in- ning, went against the very core of all baseball superatitions. He not only mentioned the no-hitter in the dugout, but told pit- ching coach Roger Craig, “Roger, I’m going to get | out of the stands and it.” , Perez SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican (AP) — Atlanta Braves charge released Perez was convicted Republic March 23 on a reduced of cocaine pitcher Pascual Perez possession, the equivalent was released today from of @ misdemeanor, and. Fort San Luis prison in fined $1,000. The con- Santiago, where he had Viction was upheld April 5 been held since Jan. 9. His release came after Santiago, by the appellate court in but Perez the prosecution decided Temained in jail pending not to. appeal his con. 4 prosecution decision on viction possession Supreme Court. “Tm all choked up, on to cocaine Whether to appeal to the the Supreme Court. The prosecution had 1 gq asked that the felony tearful Perez said @ as he trafficking charge be left the prison. “I fmew J] restored and a minimum wouldn't belet down and] two-year jail sentence be won’t let down the peaple im who supported me,” Perez already had left Perez said he would for Cibao Stadium, where . visit,the U.S. embassy in he has been working out Santo Domingo on every day for the last Tuesday, with Dominican Week, when the release’ baseball, commissioner: order was recelved at the Reynaldd Bisono, to apply prison. fora yiag:, He said he . He was taken to hopéd to leave for Atlanta Prosecutor Miguel Garcia on Wednesitay. or Thur. Cordero’soffice for a five-- sday to - “rejoin the minute, closed-door National League. baseball meeting and. then to the team. . In_ Atlanta, Braves spokesman Wayn prison for his formal 1, . Angeles 0, San Francisco release, ‘I hold no grudge Minshew said the club is ®8#inst the prosecutors in making arrangements have Perez flown to the ‘ United States, to, Santiago, they were just doing their job,”’ Perez Said after leaving the. Minshew added that “'ptison. But he said he felt: baseball commissioner Bowie Kuht has asked for * “an ‘immediate ‘audience’ the case had dragged on for a long time.” “Pye never used drugs with Pascual” upon his and 1 never will,” Perez arrival in the U.S. “He probably won't said. Perez had an envelope even unpack,” Minshew police sald contained one-. said of Perez, who will half gram of cocaine in meet Kuhn, along with his wallet when he was - Braves general manager arrested Jan, 9 outside a That was after’ he ha’ gotten through the elghth- ‘inning, when & great play by first baseman Dave Bergman on a smash by pinch’. hitter Jerry Hairston helped preserve the no-hitter. “When I said it,” said: Morris, “I was half cocky trying to break the ten- sion,” Mortis, who walked six and struck out elght, said © Chicago | Cubs * are taking advantage: of © every opportunity early. in the National League baseball season. In Sunday’s 10-inning 8-, 5 victory over the previously unbeaten San Diego Padres; the Cubs took a 5-3lead in the top of the ninth on bases-loaded walks to Keith Moreland and Ron Cey only to have the Padres tie it up in the “bottom of the inning. But a fielding error, a triple by Ryne Sandberg and his subsequent steal ofhome in the 10th put the . Padres away. In other NL games Sunday, Atlanta stopped Montreal 6-2, -Cincinnati came from behind in the lith inning. to beat Philadelphia 8-7, FPitt- sburgh tripped Los Angeles 5-2, St. Louis belted San Francisco 9-3 ‘and New York topped Houston 31. - . On Saturday it was — Philadelphia 9 Cincinnatt ’ Pittsburgh. 3 Los 11 St. Louis 0, Montreal 7 Atlanta 2, New York 3 Houston 2, San Diego 7 Chicago 5. The tenacious Padres, who had won their first four games, came from Cubs away: . With the score tled 55 in the l0th, Steve’ Lake opened the Cubs half of the inning with a single and went to second on a one-cut bunt by Bob Dernier. Rookie Henry _that.one. and half joking and I was. Barker, te iiew from ‘the titty. inning on that hehad a no- hitter going. . “Usually, 1 don’t get that far into a game with © ‘a no-hitter,” said Morris, who in 1990 pitched a one. ‘hitter against. Minnesota’ Twins, “Yes, » Eremember’ “Rob © ‘Wilfong got a bloop hit in the first in alng.” AWARE OF NO HITTER . " Morris ‘almoat Jost. his no-hitter in. the : ‘firat-in-- ning Saturday when Rudy . deep short and Garry Templeton kicked ihe bal bal into left : field, allowing Lake to score the 60°. ahead run. Sandberg followed with his bases-clearing smash” to the centre field wall, then stole home easily oft - Padre reliever Mark Thurmond, 0-1, . Braves.6 Expos 2 0.8 ‘Right-hander.° Len Wel, “geattered four hits over 61-3 innings and Glenn Hubbard came up with his first two hits. of the season, including ¢ a solo homer, to. ‘spark Atlanta. -Leadoff hitter. Claudell Washington. reached base four times, stole two bases; advanced . two bases. on. an infleld’ out, scored twice. ‘and drove in a'run for the Braves. Washington's steals allowed the Braves to score their first two runs without benefit of.a° hit. . Reds 8 Phillies 7 Philadelphia staked” three-time Cy © Young “winner Steve Carlton to « 6-1 lead, but the Reds toak advantage of three Phillie errors to get back in the game and eventually win it on Eddie Milner’s RBI single. The Phillies pounded out 19 hits in the ._ behitid “three” ‘différent '‘gainé;* ‘but’ ani 8 Soya ‘: ‘times but couldn't put the. “Reds'< to’: “score ‘three CFY9 Law hita ling shot toward the right field wall, but - Kirk Gibson made‘a "tine, one-handed running “ catch. - : “It was a mistake pitch oc» he_hit it: good,” said Morris. “At that ‘time, -I ‘wasn't: thinking of a no a: ae Morris “went. trough the. first: three ‘innings in perfect fashion, then ‘ran ‘inta- trouble in the fourth when he walked the bases “tour ies sis Pittsburgh completed a three game sweep. . | Cardinals: 9 Gilaints 3 David Green drove in a pair of runs with a homer and single’ and Ozzie ‘Smith added two RBI for the Cardinals, who pounded ont 16 hits and ss garnered 11 walks. Mets 3 Astros 1 . George Foster’s two- run single in the eighth inning won ai game marted by the beaning of Houston inflelder Dickie Thon. The bone over his ‘left eye was fractured when Thon was struck in the third inning by a pitch from Mets! starter Mike Torrez. Last year, - Chicago ‘White Sox coined the phrase Winning Ugly en route :to. the American League .West. cham-.. pionship. But it was Losing Ugly during the Friday-Sunday weekend. The Whité Sox lost. three games to Detroit Tigers, including ano-hitter Saturday anda 7-3 decision Sunday. Sunday’s -poor. per- formance included an off- aby Sine ‘Tom Seaver,. 39, aking: his ,. AL debut, . an dives bottom of the fifth for a é- ; € tie. Pirates 5 Dodgers 2 + Lee Lacy, who drove in « only ¢wo runs in the lasts: three months of the .1983 Season, knocked :in' three «- John Mullen Santiago bar. Catto then grounded to - “age! the Dodgers with: F MONDAY Som-2am_ TROIS- RIVIERES, a 5-kilo bantamweight, . * Que. 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"Luzinski drew a walk to open the séventh, and one out: later, Tom" Paciorek hit a Hine drive on which. ‘Bergmian “made -a ‘one- handed stab for the out. : NERVY SEVENTH - -“l wag more nervous in ’ the seventh inning than I full with none mut. But he. waa in the ninth," Morris admitted _ poorly.’ ” The . victory - was the fifth. straight for the “T Bltehed: - Tigers; the league's only : unbeaten team. Meanwhile, the defending World Series , Champion. Baltimore Orioles: ‘and Milwaukee . _ Brewers are -winless 60. ’ far. The Orioles extended — their losing streak to four with a 7-3 loss Sunday to Minnesota, while the Brewers dropped to 0-5 after a 54 defeat by Seattle. . Elsewhere, New York Yankees tripped Texas Rangers 43 in 13 innings, Kansas City Royals hipped Cleveland Indians ° ‘Bd, Oaldand .A’s rolled: past Boston Red Sox 14-2, and California Angels: trimmed : Toronto Blue Jays 4-3. . - On Saturday, . ‘it. was Toronto’ 3 California 1, Minnesota 13 Baltimore 4, Detroit 4 Chicago 0, Texas 8 New York 5, Boston 3 Oakland 0, and Seattle 3 Milwaukee (2. : The Cleveland at Kansas City game was postponed by - rain. Rookie Barbaro Garbey sae in three runs with a Hot has lie 1 aly ea 5 ini isaue ie Nno- -hitter_ conceded. “] stil had three innings to go.” ‘Morris got Cariton Fisk on a grounder to first, then threw out Harold Balnes. After ‘Luzinski | walked, Morris struck out -Kittle to end the game and complete the firat no- ‘hitter by a Detroit pitcher since Jim Bunning ac- complished the feat in 1958. ° It algo was the second no-hitter suffered by the _ two-run, pinch shot ot reliever Juan Agosto in the fifth Inning. He also ‘doubled to drive In a run in a two-run seventh. The White Sox, who . were victims of - Jack Morris' _ . no-hitter Saturday, got solo homers from Ron -Kittle and Harold Baines. Twins 7 Orioles 4 Mickey Hatcher collected four hits and Imocked in three runs as Minnesota rallied to beat Baltimore..-It was Hat- cher’s first four-hit day in _the majors. Hatcher went 4-for-5, with three singles, a triple and three rins batted in. His flyout to right in the seventh ended a..streak of five con- secutive hits over two games, Angels 4 Blue Jays 3 ‘Reggie ‘Jackson and Doug DeCinces homered on consecutive pitches in the eighth inning io rally California. Jackson hit . his secorid homer of the year, a two-run shot to score Rod Carew ahead of him and tie the game at 3- 3, and DeCincea hit the next pitch off losing reliever Roy Lee Jackson’ over the left field fence to Snap the Angels’: four- ik, 1-1, ate iil to, Ba siigane losing streak. ‘elgucti? ;To os ntti hd aan ras ack Rercontéhit ibrieess a nae . singles, drove, in ‘ne run . before Suri ay i Canada’ Ss Olympic v ‘The ninth was easy. g Oakland A’s ‘no-hit : the defending Amer League West ° That, however,. i nota! record, The White.Sox of. 1917 wereno-hit by Ernest Koab and Bob” Groom : ‘Of: St, Louls Browns: sMay- B: and May 6. That year was ' the last time the . White::. Sox won.a Wort: Serie 7 antage of opportunities — es and scored three. aa handed * * Tew . “manager” Seattle Milwaukee Rene Lachemann his fifth . straight loss. Seattle’ scored three runs in. the botiom of the fifth to take. a4-3lead and added a run’ in the seventh on an’ RBI* single - by Gorman” Thomas, the eventual winning run. Royals 5 Indians 4: Orlando : dumped a pop double‘ between second base and’ centre field with the bases loaded in the eighth in- ning, scoring two rung’ and lifting Kansas City’ over Cleveland. Losing 4" 2 entering the inning, the Royale cut Cleveland's lead to: one run- belore Sanchez delivered’ his” game-winner in his first league at-hat. Yankees 4 Rangers 3 Don Mattingly’s pop-fly double down the left-field . . line, his fourth hit of the, . game, scored Omar Moreno in the top of tie” 13th inning and New York | salvaged the finale of ‘a, three-game series with’ Texas, Mattingly doubled off reliever Odell Jones, with two _olits aftes Moreno had singled . and, stole second with. Day “A's 14 Red Sox 2 a Davey Lopes _ singled. "home a run during a aix-' ".. ¢Un first inning and hit.a. _ two-run homer in the fifth a9 Oakland rolled past. fighting ‘well, but: my ‘coach has always had . faith in me," said Lewis, - referring to Arnie Boehm, whom he credits as .a large influence, along with his © mother, - who wakes him: up for’ his running .every morning, ' in his blossoming career, Dunlop was also: brimmimg with con- Anne fidence after his vietory over Ricky. Rannelli of. -Sudury, Ont. He delivered ‘an apatr of stinging righta in the opening. round, twice forcing Rannelli to take Standing-elght counts. In the second round, Rannelli was disqualified for- butting Dunlop, who said he came to the nationals “with the in- tention of winning, and - lookiiig good while doing it, so I can nail down an: Glympie berth. I want to to the Olymples badly.” So - does ‘Walters, who hopes to have a career az A Sporticaater once ‘his boxing days are over. He ‘pounded . a’ unanimous decision over Daniel Paul of Hull, Que., but expects both, Paul and Robert Fortuna of Welland, Ont., whom he beat Friday; , 6 challenge him in boxotts, T the first of which is jn Sesto Halifax, May 4-6, with the second In Burnaby, B.C., May 25-26, Under CABA Yuléd;"a-" challenger must defeatin “champion twide to caipl Te M neste ‘ture the tte” Laurente “Rotten! of. ja Vantowber Ru detested Randall. 'Thoripsth vege" Halifax © ty? tangugiie: ay * Hightamid~"- O'Sullivan’s - dleweight crown, ‘while: Wade Parson of "Halifax: stopped Toronto's Doug MeDohald in : deWit's heavyweight division, Other boxers with a chance of Olympic team selection, based on. thelr weekend . performance, were Sylvain Thibeault. of Hull, Que., and Denis Lambert at ‘Montreal, winners In thé 60 and 63.5- kilo . categories. resptc- tively. . , San Francisco , Boston. The ’s, held to our hits in a shutout loss _- : Jaturday, erupted for 16 Sunday. Lopes had three, . o lead the attack. 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