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THE HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28,1989 2B Giants do it again and win over Phillies 17-16 By 808 EVANS Sports Editor The Giants did it again in the HCRD Tec League. This lime they look a one run win away from the Phillies, in their three inning game on June 23 at Huckahy. The Giants look over in the first inning, scoring 10 runs to the Phillies 8. Then in the second inning both teams tied with four runs each, but the Giants still maintained the lead with the score now at 14-12. The Phillies were catching up and closing the gap between the scores of both teams. In the third inning the Phillies managed to score one more run than the Giants did in the inning, but it Braves defeat Padres in a close game 20-18 By 808 EVANS Sports Editor In the Tee Boys League of the HCRD games, the Braves look over in the first inning and stayed in that position for the rest of the game. In the first inning the Braves sent a total of 10 players across home plate to pul them in the lead over the Padres with the score of 10-8 by the lime the inning came to a close. In the second inning they went to work and added 10 more runs while the Padres could only collect 6 and the Braves commanded that inning also with a score of now 20- 14. Pirates win over Reds in a six to one game By 808 EVANS Sports Editor The Pirates and the Reds in the HCRD Midget League went into a hard fought battle at Rozar Park on Wednesday night and the Pirates clipped any chance for the Reds to come out with a win after six in nings. The Pirates went into the lead in the beginning of the game with a score of 3-0 by the time the first inning ended. Neither team could add any runs in the second inning and the score stayed the same. Then in the top of the third in ning the Reds managed to add one run and the Pirates picked up an ad ditional two more runs making the score now 5-1 Pirates. The fourth inning was a dupli Giants top the Cards on the 21st by 4 runs By 808 EVANS Sports. Editor The second game in the Tee Boys league at Ted Wright Park on June 21 had the Giants going up against the Cards. In the first inning both teams managed to send six each across home to score and they were tied at the end of the inning 6-6. The second inning the Giants fell behind by one as the Cards racked up six runs to the Giants five and the Cards look over the lead at 12-11. It was in the third inning that the Giants started a rally that put them over the lop and they added a total of ten more to their score making it 21-12. Red Sox win over the Rangers at Huckaby BY 808 EVANS Sports Editor The Red Sox and the Rangers faced off in the HCRD Mite League for a game at Huckaby and the Red Sox left the field with a winning game in the scorebook. The Rangers team stayed hilless throughout most of the game as the Red Sox racked up runs in the first inning, the second, and the fourth. It was one to nothing in the first for the Red Sox and then they picked up another two runs in the second inning. Both teams went scoreless in the third and the Red Sox added another run in the bottom of the fourth in- Now you know According to the NFL, Super Bowls have constituted eight of the ten most watched programs in television history. wasn't enough to put them in the winners circle. As the game came to an end it was the Giants winning the game by one run and the final score being 17-16 in favor of the Giants. The Giants picked up 17 runs off of 26 hits, to the 16 runs off of 20 hits by the Phillies team. Top hitters for the Giants were Philip Gentry, Paul Andrews, and Trey Cawthon going three for three at bat, and John Erwin, and Leonard Green going both two for two. Top sluggers for the Phillies were Matthew Slaughter, Kent Keener, Nathan James, and Brandon Joy with three for three, and John Maddox and Jamie Bryce going two for three each. When the top of the third inning rolled around for the Padres, they were able to pick up four more runs, but it just wasn’t enough to do any damage to the Braves scor ing position, and the Braves won the game with a final score of 20 to the Padres 18. The Padres got a total of 18 runs off 22 hits, with Jason Wade, Bronson Stubbs, and Jessten Mullis going three for three at bat. The Braves top hitters collected 20 runs off 21 hits with Rick Diebold, Sceb Lacey, and James Plaxico also going three for three at bat. cate of the second inning and no one put any runs on the scoreboard for either team. In the fifth inning the Pirates sent one more across the plate and made the score 6-1 in their favor. The top of the sixth came around for the Reds and they weren't able to do any more to their score. The Pirates walked away with the victory, gelling six runs on six hits, and the Reds got one run from three hits and two errors. Final score was on the winning side for the Pirates with it ending at 6-1. Top hitters for the Reds were Shane Klepko, Tony Glasco, and John Carman. For the Pirates it was Stephen Thomas and John Mohn. The Cards tried their best and they could only come up with five more runs and it wasn't quite enough to do any harm to the Gi ants. By the time the inning came to a close the Giants had clinched a vic tory for their team and the final score at the end of the game was Giants 21, the Cards 17. The Giants had a total of 26 hits and the Cards a total of 23 hits. The leading hitters for the Giants were Luke Meens, Kris Wright, and Philip Gentry going three for three. Leading the hitters for the Cards were David Lynch, Bruce Crabb, David Branch, and Scott Street also making three for three. mng. The Rangers were finally able to get onto the scoreboard with a run in the top of the fifth, but that was the only one they would get for the game and the Red Sox finished out with the win with a score of four to one. Top hitters for the Red Sox were Kevin DeHart- one for two, Matt Davis- one for two, Josh Lee with one for one, and Oshauna White hirst with one for one also. For the Rangers one player took top billing, and that was Cleat Bai ley who had one for two at bat. Final score Red Sox four runs off six hits, and for the Rangers it was one run for six hits. Now you know The Utah Jazz had the heaviest squad in the NBA in the 1988-89 season. The Jazz averaged 224 pounds per person. Crossroads defeats Bulls /< nr ~ HHJ photo by J.J. COOPER A Crossroads batter takes a mighty swing at a Brahma pitch in Monday night action ...Crossroads prevailed 21-11 to finish in second place In the Jr. League Orioles win in game with the Mets' team By 808 EVANS Sports Editor The Orioles took to the air in their recent game against the Mets and bombarded the scoreboard with runs. The birds chalked up a total of 17 runs in the game to add a victory to the team record book. In the first inning the birds took over and were in first place with a score of 4-1. In the second inning they added a total of eight more runs to their score, and the Mets added two, making the score 12-3. No one was able to cross the plate at home in the third inning and the score remained 12-3, and in the fourth inning the Mets short rally added three runs making it 12- 6. The Mets kept the Orioles from scoring across home plate until the fifth and final inning, when the birds grabbed another five runs and the game was part of baseball his tory in their favor. Top hitters for the Orioles were Darrell Darsey with two hits, Scott Andrews with two hits, and Freder ick Marshall with two hits. The leading hitters for the Mets were Kevin Clements with two hits and one home run, Kyron Fran cisco, with two hits and one home run, and Ryan Simpson with three hits. Pirates win 13-6 against Cubs in Rozar Park game By 808 EVANS Sports Editor The Pirates of the HCRD Midget League turned up a win for the team in the game with the Cubs that they played at Rozar Park on Friday. The Pirates were in command of the game from the very first inning and stayed that way until the final out was called. The first inning ending score was Pirates 4, Cubs 0. Then in the second inning the Cubs racked up one run and couldn't develop anything more in the inning for their team. The Pirates added five runs in the inning to their score and they were on their way to the win. The Cubs surprised the Pirates in the third inning and picked up three runs while holding the Pirates to a no inning score. It was in the fourth inning that the Pirates sent four more runs across the plate to lead at 13-5. In the top of the fifth inning the Cubs added one more, but that was about all they could muster in the inning and the win went to the Pi rates at 13-6. Leading hitters for the Pirates were Jason Niederkorn with three for three, Alando Simon with two for three, and John Morion with one for one. For the Cubs it was Brandon Lewis with one for two, and Chris Hayes with one for three and one home run. Now you know The L.A. Lakers began the 1988-89 season with 11 first-round draft picks on their roster, the most in the NBA. Now you know The 1988 Yankees played to a total of 2,561,395 fans in road games, setting a record. 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A third bascrunncr came around to apparently score but was called out for running over the catcher. Crossroads got seven more in the second. Jake Stfcwarl scored on a walk. Chris Stewart then knocked Bryant Bledsoe and Michael Davis in. Stewart later scored as Crossroads took a 9-2 lead. Crossroads pitcher Michael Davis struggled in the bottom of the second as he walked the first four batters. A botched play at the plate scored another as Brahma rallied to close the score to 9-7.