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Indians: Ramirez was Cleveland’s offensive star ■ Continued from Page 7 1995. New York lost to Seattle that year. Cleveland’s offensive star was Manny Ramirez, who ended slides of O-for-13 and 2-for-18 in the series with a two-run, ground rule double off Pettitte in the third. Wright, who beat Pettitte and New York at Yankee Stadium in Game 2, struck out five in 5 1-3 in nings with the whole place stand ing on every two-strike count. He allowed eight hits — seven sin gles — and walked three. Pettitte, a road warrior in the playoffs, ran into trouble in the third. Ramirez’s double and a sin gle by Matt Williams made it 3-0. Sandy Alomar, who tied Game 4 with an eighth-inning homer, led off the fifth with a double to left-center and scored on a sac fly by Tony Fernandez. Pettitte retired eight straight af ter that, but the Indians had done enough damage. By eliminating the Yankees, the Indians perhaps lifted a 40-year curse in which New York held them spellbound. Cleveland finished second five times in the 1950s to New York, and the Yankees were 15-5 at Ja cobs Field before dropping two of three in the series this weekend. In 1954, the Indians won a record 111 games, but got swept in the World Series by another New York team, the Giants. The defending World Series champions would not go quietly, and that was fitting in this series that saw only one two-game win ning streak — the one that clinched it. Wright appeared to be losing velocity in the sixth and didn’t make it through the inning. Mike Stanley, replacing Cecil Fielder at DH, led off with a wicked double to the gap in right-center. Wade Boggs, left out of the starting line up again in favor of Charlie Hayes, lined a single up the mid dle to make it 4-3 and chase Wright. Vizquel was right in the middle of the Indians’ big inning, stealing second uncontested and scoring on Ramirez’s double. And Jim Thome, moved from third to first this season, made perhaps the defensive play of the series to snuff out a New York ral ly in the seventh. “If he doesn't make that play, we might still be out there play ing, or might be out of it,” Cleve land manager Mike Hargrove said. Derek Jeter beat out an infield single — although the replays seemed to show he was out. Indi an-killer O’Neill hit a hot smash to Thome, who dove to his right and threw out Jeter from his belly. Orioles take Seattle with teamwork Baltimore capitalizes on its team strength to advance to the ALCS By David Ginsburg The Associated Press BALTIMORE—The Baltimore Orioles dispatched the Seattle Mariners in their AL division se ries by incorporating a concept not often associated with base ball these days — teamwork. In a sport known for individ ual greatness, the Orioles this season have thrived with an all for-one, one-for-all mentality. Baltimore has no viable candi date to win the league’s most valuable player award; why, it’s tough enough just trying to deter mine the team MVP. Cal Ripken? Why not? He played every game in the regular season, hit .270 and drove in 84 runs. B.J. Surhoff hit .284; short stop Mike Bordick was sensa tional in the field; Rafael Palmeiro had 38 homers and 110 RBIs; and Brady Anderson hit .288 despite playing hurt for much of the season. ‘‘Everybody’s contributed. You can make a case for Cal, you can make a case for B.J., Bordick, Raffy, Brady. This is the kind of year that maybe it should be shared,” manager Davey John son said. Randy Myers had 45 saves in the regular season and added an other in the clincher Sunday, capping a 3-1 victory with a per fect inning of relief. Yet he’s merely one of several relievers who has enjoyed a stellar season. “You could give it to the pitch ers. We didn’t get a career year from two or three guys. It’s been more of a joint effort,” Johnson said. And so it was against Seattle. Mike Mussina was the obvious hero, beating Mariners’ ace Randy Johnson twice to give Bal timore the best-of-5 playoff, 3-1. (( You could give it to the pitchers. We didn't get a career year from two or three guys. It’s been more of a joint effo>-t. Davey Johnson Orioles Manager But there were plenty of other stars, including several players who weren’t on the roster a year ago when the New York Yankees unceremoniously ousted the Orioles from the AL champi onship series. After that humbling defeat, the Orioles gutted the team that set a major-league record for home runs. General manager Pat Gillick shored up the starting ro tation with Jimmy Key and added Bordick and Eric Davis. Gillick also signed reserve catch er Lenny Webster and utility in fielder Jeff Reboulet. Not quite content with what he had wrought, Gillick worked a trade with Oakland in June to get Geronimo Berroa, then added Harold Baines to the mix via a trade with the Chicago White Sox. All seven of the those players had a significant role in getting Baltimore to the AL champi onship series for the second straight year. Reboulet, part of a mostly right-handed lineup de signed specifically to beat Randy Johnson, started the offense Sun day by driving a 3-2 pitch into the left-field seats for a 1-0 lead. Despite starting the game with Palmeiro, Surhoff and Roberto Alomar in the dugout, the Ori oles won anyway. “You win by receiving contri butions from everybody on your 25-man roster,” Ripken said. “Reboulet did that early in the year. It’s not totally surprising.” The Orioles are now in posi tion to see if this year’s blend of players is better than last sea son’s group. In 1996, Baltimore ended a 12 year playoff drought, and now the franchise would like to take the next step — returning to the World Series. “Last year, when we got beat by the Yankees, it didn’t sit well with a lot of people from owner ship on down,” Johnson said. “It didn’t sit well with me or any of the players. From Day One the players have looked at this year to make amends.” BEEN THERE. DONE THAT. AND MORE! RICK REECE DEGREE: Graduate Student, Asian Studies, the University of Oregon. COUNTRY OF SERVICE: Philippines, 1992-95 ASSIGNMENT: Water and sanita tion -1 helped initiate an agricultural development/irrigation project designed to make the small island seir-reuant in rice production. HOUSING: Two-room limestone house with a typhoon-proof thatched roof - complete with an open-fire kitchen used to cure garlic, onions, tobacco and to keep the pig warm! LANGUAGES SPOKEN: Itbayaten, Ivatan and Tagalog MEMORABLE MOMENT: Holding the newborn daughter (my god daughter) of my host family in my arms for the first time. LESSONS LEARNED: Extreme flexibility, tolerance and persistence, persistence, persistence! PEACE CORPS, THE TOUGHEST JOB YOU'LL EVER LOVE! Come Meet Campus Representative Rick Reese at our ... Information Table Tuesday and Wednesday, October 7th - 8th EMU Lobby, 10:00 am - 2:00 pm Video Presentation "Completely Alive" - Tuesday, October 7th Friendly Hall, Room #106, at 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Campus interviews are held Oct 21st to 23rd. For info & appointments, call Rick Reese, 244 Hendricks Hall, 346-6026 or rick@career.uoregon.edu You must provide a completed application to the Career Center prior to interviews! restour^mt Korean & Japanese Cuisine • low Fat • low Calories • Brown Rice Available 1219 Aider St. Across the Street from Sacred Heart Hospital 50 Off all dishes over $3.99 and a FREE DRINK with coupon 'Excluding special menu. Expires Oct. 13, 1997. UO CULTURAL FORUM PRESENTS DAR WILLIAMS Monday Oct 13, 1997, 8P.M. EMU Ballroom $12 uo Students $15 GENERAL Public Tickets Available at: EMU Tickets House of Records Baladeer Music Mother Kali’s Record Garden CD WORLD Check out Rhythm & Reviews in the Emerald every Friday for the latest in local entertainment!
