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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1989
Page
18
Hubie Brooks hit an RBI triple to break a scoreless tie, sparking a two run seventh inning as the Montreal Expos defeated the Chicago Cubs 5-0. Dennis Martinez earned the win and Tim Raines collected his third hit with a bunt single.
In a night of dramatic baseball action, John Smiley earned his 7th win while Orel Hershiser and Sid Fernandez delivered shutouts. The Dodgers beat the Reds 10-3 behind a 10-run, 17-hit attack, Fernandez and Aguilera combined on a seven-hitter for the Mets, and SF battles saw Tony Gwynn drive in four as San Diego toppled San Francisco.
Cedar Rapids Red won 8-7 in the nightcap on Jeremy Lewis sacrifice fly after Cedar Rapids Blue fell twice to Janesville 7-5 and 12-2. Matt Donner Jason Orman and Brent Kimm each had three hits in the nightcap. Arenas added a two run homer and a single. The Red stand 12-9. Blue sits 9-11.
Allan Anderson allowed six hits in eight innings and Gary Gaetti stole home and drove in a run as the Minnesota Twins blanked the Boston Red Sox 7-0. Anderson improved to 9-4 with 2.45 ERA, and Gaetti piled up RBI across the series.
Boston and Kansas City split in a 3 game set with New York winning 2 1 and Balboni homering for the Yankees. Wally Joyner drives in three for California as Baltimore loses. Rickey Henderson shines for Oakland with three hits and three steals while Storm Davis improves to 6 3. Seattle edges Detroit on an obstruction ruling in a tight game.
Risley worked 6 2/3 innings striking out nine before McCarthy faced the loaded base in the Clinton seventh. Foster earned the save after Cedar Rapids built a 3 0 lead. Donnie Brown and Chris Schnurbusch drove runs as Cedar Rapids won to sweep part of the four game set against Clinton. The All Star break follows with Miley to manage the Southern Division team and Reds players Foster Casillas Schnurbusch Branson Colvard slated to play. Next game is Wednesday at Springfield.
Former University of Iowa wrestlers Randy Lewis and Royce Alger joined 16 American medalists at the USA International freestyle championships in Colorado Springs. Lewis lost the 136.5 pound final by injury default to John Smith of Oklahoma, while Alger claimed third by injury default over Greg Edgelow of Canada at 180.5. Joel Greenlee of Northern Iowa defeated Juraj Stech 6 2 for third at 286, and Kevin Jackson won the 180.5 title by default.
Walford hammered Fairfax 11-4 and 10-6 in Iowa Valley League action. Jerry Winter and Jerry Drahozal hit two homers each, part of Walford's nine homers on the day with contributions from Jeff Drahozal Phil Schulte Jeff Schulte Jim Arp and Tom Arp. Fairfax had Mike Spellerberg’s solo shot. In other games Amana beat Watkins 13-2 behind Matt Young six-hitter, while Watkins won the nightcap 12-1 with Scott Peters two-run homer and Denny Schreckengast seven-hit effort.
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