Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012, October 21, 1992, Page 12, Image 12

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    Cox says he earned
boot from game two
TORONTO (A!*) — Bobby Cox wiis ejoctod und dojoctod In
the ninth inning of the Atlanta Bravos' 3-2 loss to Toronto
Tuesday night. Cox became the sixth manager tossed in a
World Series game
"I probably deserved it." Cox said after Joe West ejected
him "He should have I threw the helmet and it went on the
Bold So I guess I should have freon thrown out."
With the score tied at 2. Sid Bream led off the ninth with u
single and Brian Hunter run for him With the count 2-2. Jell
Blausor took a pile h from reliever Duane Ward and Hunter
was thrown out at second After the play at second, the Blue
Jays appealed to first umpire Dan Morrison, who ruled
Blausor laid swung (or a double play
Cox tossed a helmet onto the field in disgust and began ar
guing with West from the dugotll West then ejected Cox
wtio came onto the field to argue
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Candy a big hit for Blue Jays
TORONTO (A!*) - Candy
Maldonado and thu Toronto
Blue Jays turned Atlanta upside
down and moved on top after
throe games of the first World
Series played In Canada
Maldonado singled over the
drawn-in outfield with one out
in the ninth inning, giving the
Blue Jays a 3-2 victory Tuesday
night for a 2-1 lead
The hit came with the bases
loaded on an 0-2 pitch from Jefl
Reardon, who also served up
pinch-hitter lid Sprague's win
ning two-run homer in the
ninth inning Sunday night in
Atlanta
"Ho made me look had with
two great sliders, so I figured
he'd try again and I was wail
ing.'' Maldonado said.
Maldonado was 2 for 13 life
time against Reardon when
they faced each other in the
pust, and Braves munnger Bob
by Cox liked tin* matchup
"We're needing strikes in
that situation," he said "Jeff
threw two great sliders, and
then lui hung one "
Reardon again offered no ex
cuses
"I haven't done the job I
would have hoped to." he said
Though Ihe result was the
same us Sunday, the atmos
phere was much different At
Atlanta, Ihe game was marked
by an incident in whirh the
Canadian (lag was curried up
side-down in pre-game ceremo
nies
This time, thousands of red
muple leafs were sent swirling,
all of them righl-sido up by
Maldonado's single
"The past is the past,'' said
Maldonado, who begun this
postseason with one of the
worst butting averages in histo
ry "I'm grateful 1 hud the
chance tonight to turn it
orou nd "
A tight game featuring home
runs by Joe Carter and slump
ing Kelly Cruber. a near triple
pl,iy and a rare election came
down to tlie bottom ol the
ninth
Rofrerlo Alnmur began the in
ning with n single off Sieve
Avery, (ltd stole sec ond while
rollover Murk Wohlers was
pitching to Garter
After un intentional walk to
Curler .ind Dave Winfiolil's sec -
ond sacrifice hunt of the sea
son. lofty Mike Stanton was
summoned to face John Olorud
Sprague pinch hit and was
intentionally walked, and Mal
donado met Reardon with a
drive over Otis Nixon's head in
center field
"I can manage, I can set it up
for them, hut they are the ones
who have to do it." Blue Jays
manager Clio Gaston said
“Candy was the: man tonight."
Duane Ward pitched one in
ning for the victory, and ex
tended the Blue Jays' bullpen
streak to 7 2-'S scoreless Innings
In the series He relieved Juan
Guzman, who allowed one
earned run in clghl innings.
Avery was the loser
Thu victory mude homu
teams in domes 9-0 in World
Series play. Minnesota had the
other eight victories. It also was
the eighth one-run decision in
the last nine Series games.
The Blue Jays, playing In
their first World Series, will try
to make it three In a row
Wednesday night when Jimmy
Key starts against Game ) win
ner Tom Glavine
"The fans, they really wanl
to win the World Series." Mal
donado said "I’ve never heard
them that loud
Umpire Boh Davidson, how
ever, said Sanders was safe.
The Blue Jays and their funs
screamed after being robbed,
they thought, for the second
time in two games On Sunday
night. Rohorlo Alomar ap
peared to dive in safely to the
plate, but he was called out.
“To win games, you have to
play good defense." Alontar
said. "That's why he won the
Gold Glove: because he's the
best in center field “
There had been just one tri
ple play in the World Series, un
unassisted one by Cleveland's
Hill Wambsganss in 1920
Carter caused the crowd to
yell again, this time in a posi
tive fashion, when lie homerod
to left field with one out in the
fourth.
Carter was one of the few To
ronto hitters to have (ire iously
fared Avery - ho wont 1 for 0
against him in 1990 while in
Son Diego Carter's second
homer of the series was a 405
fooi shot into the lower deck in
loft.
Carter's connection also gave
the Blue Jays home runs in nine
straight postseason games this
year, un all-time record Balti
more (1970) and Milwaukee
(1982) did it in eight games.
Sunders, again in left held in
place of the benched Ron Cant,
double I with one out in the
sixth for his third hit He raced
to third on Pendleton's infield
hit and scored on Justice's sin
gle.
While Sanders had the dis
tinction of getting the first hit
in a World Series game outside
of the United States, Winfield
was the first to do it for a non
American team. He gut a huge
cheer for his infield single in
the second inning, quite the op
posite reaction he got from
Canadians several years ago
when hi- was arrested lor kill
ing u sea gull with a warmup
throw in the outfield at Exhibi
tion Stadium while playing lor
the Yankees
The game begun with the
public address announcer ut
the Sky Dome urging Canadian
fans to pay respect to the their
neighbors to the south Outside
the ballpark, T-shirts depicting
upside-down American flags
wore sold, but it was all good
spirited A U S. Marine color
guard carried in the Canadian
flug und Royal Canadian Maun
tics presented the slurs und
stripes.
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