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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1994
Page
20
Michael Jordan went 2-for-4 to lift his average to .304 as the Birmingham Barons beat the Carolina Mudcats 4-3 at Five County Stadium. He added his fourth stolen base and batted seventh in front of a crowd of 8,045 in Zebulon North Carolina.
Brad Seaton drove in two with a first game double and pitched a four hit shutout in game two as Cedar Rapids Red swept Fairfield 9-1 and 13-1 at Veterans Memorial Stadium. Seaton aided by Iowa City High teammates Brian Mitchell and Dan Heefner who had two hits. Neil Davis and Jeff Leonard added multi hit efforts in the opener.
Seven innings from Kevin Appier pace the Kansas City Royals to an 83 victory over the Cleveland Indians, their fourth straight win and third sweep in Cleveland since 1973. Bob Hamelin homered and drove in three, lifting his RBI total in recent games. McRae added four hits as KC evened its record at 5-5.
Span, two time Late Model points champion, finishes third after 20 MASCS cars started at the Downs. Hoffman wins ahead of Lambie with Guckenberger crashing out. Practice delays and oil spill hampered the program before the Dirt Devil 30 lineup, with Siefken and Hite also winning support features.
Michigan edge Iowa 5-1 in the opener with Chad Chapman delivering the Wolverines lone hit and a two run single. Kurt Berger earned his sixth save for Michigan while Iowa later won 6-0 in the nightcap behind strong hurling and timely hitting. Casey Tauber led Mount Mercy with a pair of hits in both games and a complete game seven hitter in the night cap as Mount Mercy swept St Ambrose 5-3 and 6-2. Rich Flynn and Bob Myer powered Kirkwood past Iowa Central 16-3 and Southwestern 14-4 in six innings. Wartburg beat Grinnell 6-3 as Bruce Wall homered late.
Cedar Rapids reliever Brooks Drysdale struck out the first batter he faced and fanned five more over 2 2% innings to save the Kernels 4-3 victory. Tony Meeder led off the sixth with a homer breaking a 3-3 tie as Darrin Doty and Jovino Carvajal put Cedar Rapids up 2-0 early. Doty added an RBI groundout in the third as the Hatters tied it in the fifth. Cedar Rapids pitchers totaled 15 strikeouts.
Geronimo Pena homered from both sides of the plate as St. Louis beat San Diego 5-0. Rene Arocha earned the win with two strong starts and the Padres dropped to 2-11, while the Cardinals moved to 4-1 in their latest action. Pena had contemplated dropping switch hitting this spring but kept it, batting 313 right-handed last year and 211 left-handed.
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