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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1989
Page
18
Tony Gilmore doubled in the go ahead run in the eighth after an umpire ruled out a hidden-ball trick. Arkansas improved to 51 15 and remained alive in the College World Series with a 7 3 win over North Carolina in Omaha Nebraska Sunday night.
North Carolina 41 18 1 loses its opener to Florida State and is eliminated as the Ra zorbacks advance to Tuesday's elimination game in the College World Series.
In Omaha Clyde Keller pitched a four hitter and Bob Reboin drove in the go ahead run in the seventh as top-seeded Florida State beat Wichita State 4-2. The win lifts Florida State to face the Tuesday winner of Wichita State and Arkansas in the next round.
Andy Ford went 6-for-8 driving in six runs and Kendall Akers delivered the game winning single in the ninth as Cedar Rapids Legion Blue swept Davenport Dodg ers 12-10 and 5-4 in American Legion baseball at Prairie Diamond. Blue 5 4 roster limited by graduation ceremonies. Ford had four doubles and four RBI in the opener. Casey Tauber hit a two run homer for Washington. Jason Kelly of Regis earned the win. Joe Denny of Regis scored four times and went 2-for-2. In nightcap Jon Sefton of Linn-Mar pitched a complete game with eight hits allowed. Also at Nevada Iowa Cedar Rapids Red beat Nevada 23-5 in five innings and edged Conrad 21-18. Chris Arenas of Jefferson got the Nevada win and was 3-for-3. Matt Anderson hit a grand slam with five RBI. Vic Cloudy of Urbana and Matt Donner of Jefferson had no slams but 11 RBI together against Conrad. Tony Vasquez of Jefferson was the winning pitcher.
Jody Hennigar hurled a one hitter and slammed a two run homer as Teleconnect defeated Kent Feeds of Waterloo 2 to 1 to win the men's fast pitch softball tournament. He was named MVP and MVP Pitcher for the event and also earned the semifinal win over Waterloo 6 to 5 in eight innings. Teleconnect improved to 26 and 6 and opened with a 6 to 0 win over Fleck's Miller.
Andy Ehresman age 15, a Marion freshman, placed second in three events at the Iowa AAU state track meet held at Des Moines East High School. He ran the 400 in 56.20 seconds, the 800 in 2.14, and long jumped 18 feet 10 inches, earning a spot at the regional meet July 13-14 in Iowa City.
The Houston Astros defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-4 in 22 innings, the longest night game on record, then beat them again 7-6 in 13 innings the next afternoon. Glenn Davis slept in the Astrodome trainer’s room to rest after the marathon. Dodgers used 16 pitchers, Astros seven. Orel Hershiser started for L A.
SkyDome in Toronto leaked during the opening ceremony after a $350 million shelter was opened. Rain drenched about 55,000 spectators as officials opened the roof and crowds fled for cover. The downpour lasted over an hour and thousands departed early.
Dave Stewart became the AL's first 10-game winner by allowing three hits in seven innings as Oakland defeated Cleveland 4-0. After the seventh, Stewart and catcher Andy Allanson exchanged punches, both ejected, in a bench clearing brawl. Oakland pitchers limited the Indians to four hits.
Deion Sanders and Jesse Barfield homer in a six run third inning marred by four Milwaukee errors as the New York Yankees built a 10 run lead and held on. Barfield added a ninth inning homer for his 10th of the season. Sanders notched his first major league homer in the third off Bryan Clutterbuck.
Reds pitcher Jeff Myers dominated Waterloo, striking out five and allowing one hit as Cincinnati completed a sweep. The game featured ex Padres affiliate ties with Candy Sierra compensation and Waterloo’s manager Jaime Moreno. The Diamonds scratched four late runs, but Myers still earned the win while Economy, 3-0, notched the victory in relief in the prior at bat.
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