TORONTO” (EP) Manat Bobby ,Cox haa “: "wo mala ‘goals for: his © Toronto Blue Jays prior to ‘the 1989 American League | baseball season ms respectability - and .500 4 baseball. . | ‘It didn't ‘take long for his - qlub to gain the opposition’s : respect and, afler a 9-2 drubbing of Kansas City - ‘Royals on Tuesday night, the elusive 000 mark Js four victories, away . . We: ‘can’t ‘fet too over- confident "Cox: sald: after . the: Blue: ‘toy: fed’ a team: ~ record: with. thelr sixth - conseguive Victory. “Thess « things ‘gan’ end as -faat’ as - an : “While” the. ‘Blue jaya ft improved. their won-lost”. ° -racord to 43-47, the Royals: slipped’ to 48-42 with their ninth loas in 10: games. | Starting pitchers Larry ‘Gura‘ of the Royala and — . hometown ‘favorite. Dave Stleb each had impressive streaks heading into the contest. Lefthander Gura had: ey lifetime record against Toronto, while rghthander Stleb was 3-0 egainst the Royals this season. Stleb tossed a seven-hitter __ @f)route to his ninth victory ‘against. 10 losses, His nine-. inning: atfort' - - againat: the .- Royals: enabled him: to’take ‘the’ AL, leet In; complete - Gura, 10-7, and Bileb were : locked Ina I! until the Blue Jays broke ’.. ‘the game. open with four: _runs in the fourth inning. Designated hitter Barry Bonnell led. off -the- Inning- with the fourth Toronto base hit off Gura and promptly stole. second. Jesse Barfleld walked and, after Leon ‘Roberts struck out, Willle ‘ Upshaw loaded the base ° with a single. - Gura walked ” Buck Martinez on a full count to put Toronto ahead 14 and shortstop’ “Alfredo, . Griffin Mingle-to-left. °°: “Grlifia * -extended: ; “his: Pan ‘duel: followed with: a: ‘{wo-tun ‘ithenk at ot arvorloas games to "26,. the longest . ‘current _ Btreak by an AL: shortatop.. .- Damasco Garcia, who stretched. ‘his consecutive: game hitting streak to 13 with a lead-off slngle in the _firat. Inning, ‘collected. hia _. second hit of the game and drove in the fourth Toronto run: with # single to right. ‘Gura gave way to Mike Armstrong and the Kansas City reliever struck out pinch-hitter Garth Jorg to quell the uprising, — The Blue Jays ecored two more-runs In the seventh and three others In the - elghth. : “Rookie . Steve Hammond accounted for both Kansas - Clty: rune sith 4 two-run homer in the. fitth ‘after. | ~ Willie Alken had doubled.: ; “paltimare a ’. manager’ Ear] Weaver held a’ light-hearted news conference late Tuesday after he was suspended $2,000 by American League for striking an umpire durlng an argument ‘Weaver's fifth suspension, the longest of ‘his Myear major-league career as manager of the Orioles, resulted from his making ‘contact . with umplre Terry Cooney ina game last Saturday night. of his seven days off in the middle of what he con- tends will be his last season. “What could be Better? baseball: president Lee MacPhail . “Tloveit,” Weaver said - that the Baltimore’ Orioles win’ “some games." . Brooks Robinson, Orloles ... - geven days and- fined © erin going to relax and» Bhjoy myself, and hope _. baseman ‘turned broadcaster, interjected: “You didn't have that much fun 10 years ago.” Weaver said: ‘“‘I’ve learned to enjoy it, Brooksie." The head of the major- league umpires’ union, meanwhile, said the penalty should’have been more severe, even though - --- it was the stiffest in MacPhail’ eight years ag league president. “We ,are extremely © ‘disappointed. with the penalty that the league president chose to im- pose," said Richie Phillips, executive ’ director of the Major League Umpires. Association. . _ association feels’ it was most severe co conduct to be. dealt -with: in a. most severe penalty.” ’ Phillips said Weaver’ © . deserved to be suspended for the rest of the season. ‘The + “But Tcan see: where he -(MacPhalt)’ ‘did’ not: Wnt. ‘to hurt the players, team and fans and in light of that, I think $10,000 and a 15-day suspension would have been appropriate," he said. - In a prepared hand. written statement, which : the club mimeographed - and passed out to the media, Weaver joked that_ his vacation was unfair because the umpires are given two weeks off during the year. Weaver also -said he expected to multiply the amount of his fina flve ta - - 10 tlmes by accepting personal ~ appearances and , making ‘television. 7 -one weeks and’ fined him andra Fadlo spo during bis “time: off. ; , MacPhail, did not quite . "see “tia humor “in. the situatlon when he took his | action against. Weaver earlier’ in the day. The league president maid Cooney reported being struck twice in the face by Weaver, and the manager acknowledged there had been: unin- tentlonal contact. ‘A close review of the | film shows that there was _ - contact by Weaver's right { ‘+ hand or fist to umpire Cooney's face at- least once," Phillips said MacPhail “failed to take into consideration not only the act but Weaver's record +~ 64 ejectiona-— which ts” probably: greater than all’ the other active managers- combined.” Last season, MacPhail suspended Oakland A’s manager Billy Martin for $1,000 for throwing dirt at Cooney... during : an- _ argument in. a ‘game at Toronto, Martin.appealed the. ruling, then later withdrew .his appeal, served thesuspension and -apologized to Cooney. a “ _ Expos get clobbered 10- 1 in LA. ” Los ANGELES (AP) —- Pedro Guerrero knocked in - five runs with a homer and two doubles to lead a 13-hit - Los Angeles attack as the Dodgers routed Montreal . 10-1 behind the. four-hit pitching of Jerry Reuss in a National League baseball game Tuesday night. Reuss,’ 10-7, siruck out eight and did not walk a batter in hurling his fifth complete .game of the season. The only run be , surrendered came in. the fourth inning and ‘was — unearned. The Dodgers took a. 2-0. “lead in the first inning of — Charlie Lea, 7-6. Steve Sax sitigled and Guerrero belted his’ t0th homer “of the _BEBEON, Mike Scioscia homered in: the second off Lea, his-third of the season, to make it 3-0, and the Dodgers added two more-runs in the third on. Ron Cey’s twoout, two-run single. -Los Angeles broke the - ‘game open In the sixth in- ning, batting around to score five runs off Ray Burris. Only one run in the _inning was earned because of an error by Expos’ third baseman Tim Wallach. Steve Garvey singled to ~ lead off the big inning, and two outs later, Ruess “singled. Sax got an infield” single to load the basea and Bill- Russell singled home the first run. Wallach then . _mufied _Dusly Baker's grounder, allowing the second run to score and Guerrero doubled to left centre to clear the bases. In other Natidnal League games, it was San Diego Padres 2 Philadeiphia Phillies 0; Chicago Cubs 5 Houston Astras 3;. Pitt- sburgh Pirates 3 Cincinnati —Reds 1; Atlanta Braves 8 St, ~ Louis Cardinals 6; and San ‘Francisco Giants 5 New York Mets 1... Padres 2 Phillies 0 John Montefusco knew - San Diego Padres had been _ Playing badly since the ‘baseball all-star break and he decided to do something about it. There was only one . thing that stood In his way: vet ne Steve Carlton. E Ex Park § survives. on ‘Sweep Six. _ A> willlngness to change ’ with, the times is . aiding ‘ management and horsemen . at Exhibltton Park in Vancouver. Prior. to the start ‘of the. _current'meeting, director of racing Merv. Peters somewhat reluctantly announced the introduction . of Sweep Six wagering. The hierarchy at Ex Park was: . not.100 per cent sure the wager would prove suc-- - cessful, but noticing. ‘the “suecess:of the. bet at. * Cloverdale. Raceway ~ ‘ins Surrey, was smart enough: to adjust with the times. * exotic wagering have not ~ gone over-in other -purts of the country and ln the U.S.,: ‘the chance of making a big score is certalnly-attractive to B. C. residents. ~ Moat tracks dn North Amerléa are struggling during these financially tough times. , An extreme example is Assinibola Dawns in Win- nipeg, which went into | " receivership Jast week and - -is to re-open Friday under the- direction -of the - provincial government and ‘Jim ‘Wright, who sold. the’ * track to Michael Gobuty in’ May of 1881. At the time of ‘the closure, atténdarice was down 14.6; per cent and total) out of the. dollar. on* } Sweep Six. and _trlactor ~ While some ‘forms. of - --handle 12:9 per cent from a year ago. The, Sweep Six. wasn’t the boost it might ~ ‘have’ been as the Manitoba - government takes: an “ad- - ditional five per” cent: (22.17 wa _ the’ story is quite dit. ‘fererit in Vancouver as the © Sweep Six ig responsible for 4 surge in handle and at- tendance of lale. Before the het caught on, ifigures were’ -dowi froma year ago. With a flourish: during the recent carryaver _ - which . lasted now uf. Ab hate’ goers are well rr . _ aware, tendance. records. were - established as the Sweep Six: - ., pol: grew to more than, §2.2° million. By the time the pot was distributed, the year's average handle improved from minus .54 per cent to. plus -6.92 per cent. Atten- dance, which was up for the - Firat time in four years In 1981, went from minus 1.4 to. plus §.52, — ‘Sweep Six at Ex Park Is that dt can get:too big. With 2 - couple of million on the ling, -. {t’é only natural for jockeys - and horsemen to-feel added Agriculture Canada for a five-day. catryover limil. Another alternative might be to lower the bet from $2 to $1. That would give’ the punter twice the -com- binations for'his money and the chances of the bet running for more than... week would ‘be greatly reduced, handle and ate on ‘One concern” With the. pressure.--The track is. -considering applying ta’. ‘Montefusco. ” combined hitter as snapped a fivedgame losing streak with a 2-0 National~ League victory over Carlton and Philadelphia Phillies. Montefusco (8-5), wha left after seven innings becayse | of a blister on his right the Padres Left-hander Vida Blue, & 7, will-try to stop the Blue Jays tonight: in the final. game of the three-game _terles, against righthander a Jim Clancy, 8-7, In- other American: League actlon Wednesday night, it was: Minnesota’ Twins § Milwaukee Brewers 3; California Angels 7 Baltimore Orioles 4; Detroit Tigers 1 Chicago White Sox 0; Oakland A's 6.Cleyeland Indians 4 and Seattle Marineré 6 New York “Yankees 5. Texas Rangers and Boston Red Sox were. rained o out. Twins 5 Brewers 3 s i . Kent - Hrbek © called ‘hie “glide: “good, aggressive : ~ Baseball. To Jim Gantner patter: and’ his manager, Harvey Kuenn, it was cause for revenge. : ‘The result was. a 1d. minute brawl Wednesday night that marred Min- nesota’s 5-3 American. League victory” over Milwaukee Brewers. “The fight didn't oceur until the elxth inning, but tempers started to flare in the fifth when Hrbek, who drove In two runs for the Twins, slammed his knee - into Hrewers' second baseman Garitner, knocking hint out of the game with. a - don schatfer, i “ne ‘net ‘inning, Robin ° Yount crashed into Twins | shortstop Lenny‘Faedo, and both benches cleared, When ° the fight wad over, umpire: . Ross Goetz ejected Hrbek- and Bob McClure ‘of Jthe® Brewers. - McClure, a pitcher, was not Playing. Mariners 6. Yankees 5 Seattle ghapped. New . York's: five-game winning streak despite four. RBI,” three-run ~ Including .a_ homer, by Graig Nettles. 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