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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1987
Page
7
The Lakers, led by a 65-17 rebound from a season marked by intensity and grit, prep in Santa Barbara amid talk they are heavy favorites to reclaim the NBA crown. Star players praise the team’s depth and conditioning, while coach Riley weighs rest versus rust ahead of the postseason tests.
Tom Brunansky and Dan Gladden homered as the Minnesota Twins surged in the seventh, breaking a 3-3 tie with two-out hits from Kirby Puckett and Kent Hrbek. Gary Gaetti added a 13th homer to force Clemens from the mound, Frank Viola earned his fourth win, and Dwight Evans hit his 300th career homer for Boston.
In the men’s fourth round Ivan Lendl Boris Becker Mats Wilander Yannick Noah and Jimmy Connors win with top seeds Graf Sabatini and Evert in quarterfinals and upcoming clashes noted leading Friday. Also American League standings show New York leading East while Milwaukee and Toronto chase in crowded tables with multiple games listed.
The list covers top hitters and pitchers based on 140 at bats. Highlights include Boggs and Puckett sharing high averages, Tabler and Trammell strong in hits, and GBell leading in home runs and RBIs. Pitching leaders show Saberhagen and Schmidt with 4 decision leaders and several tied at .750.
Two games from a Sunday twin bill show Minnesota defeating Detroit 9 to 5 in the first contest with Gaetti and Hrbek homering for Minnesota and Bergman for Detroit. The second game ends 11 to 7 in favor of Minnesota as Laudner belts two homers and Brunansky adds another. Tanana takes the loss for Detroit.
EB CHICAGO WHITE SOX activated Ivan Calderon outfielder from the 15 day disabled list and placed Donnie Hill infielder on the 15 day list. CLEVELAND INDIANS outrighted Ernie Camacho pitcher to Buffalo and recalled Mike Armstrong from Buffalo. DETROIT TIGERS activated Willie Hernandez from the 15 day list and placed Darnell Coles on the 15 day list, sent Billy Bean to Toledo, and purchased Jim Walewander from Toledo. MILWAUKEE BREWERS purchased Len Barker from Denver. NY METS placed Rick Aguilera on the 15 day disabled list and recalled.
Major league teams announced multiple player moves across baseball and hockey. The Pittsburgh Pirates purchased contracts of Mike Dunne and Butch Davis from Vancouver while sending Houston Jiminez and Hipolito Pena to Vancouver. Edmonton Oilers signed Ivan Matulik. Chicago White Sox placed Ron Hassey on the 21 day injured list and called up Pat Keedy from Hawaii. Kansas City Royals recalled Anderson and sent Gumpert to Omaha. Cubs purchased Paul Noce and sent Chico Walker to Iowa. Phillies placed Luis Aguayo on the 15 day injured list and recalled Chris James. In the NFL, Rams agreed to terms with John Robinson for four years and named Paul Younger as admin assistant. Dolphins waived Dan Benish and signed several players. Steelers signed George Cimadevilla and released multiple players. Cardinals released Doug Marsh.
A men’s double elimination softball tournament is set for June 6 7 in Bland Virginia. Entry fee is 65 dollars and teams must furnish soft balls. Individual trophies will be awarded to members of the top three teams while team trophies go to first and second place. For more information call 703 928 1732 or 703 928 1312.
The BDD district alone runs a Region D softball program with an automatic state bid. The Council-Castlewood winner faces the Region A winner at McIntyre Park Friday at 7 30 p m. Group A is expected to start Ann Harris 5 1 or southpaw Tina Johnson 4 2.
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