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PAGE B1 [email protected] / 564-5256 MONDAY,SUNDAY, AUGUSTJUNE 23, 5, 2019 2019 SANTA BARBARA GOLF CLASSIC FormerTaggart, Gaucho Michael Young to haveForesters number retired by Texasstymie Rangers ichael Young was just PERFECT 10 five years out of UCSB when he won the job CLASSIC Batas the Opening Cats Day Msecond baseman of the 2002 Texas By NICK MASUDA Rangers. DIRECTOR OF NEWS And then he lost his jersey number.It’s no secret that pitching Veteran outfielder Carl Everett, obtainedwins in championships.a trade with the Boston Red Sox,If wanted the first Young’s two games No. 2. at the “TheyNational gave me Baseball a list of new Congress Schaeffer and Crawford use final-round 61, including an ace, to win SB Classic in a playoff numbersWorld to choose Series from, are any and indication, COMEBACK nothingthe looked Santa terribly Barbara appealing,” Foresters Youngshould recalled. be the odds-on favorites But tothen defend the perfect their nationalnumber title. jumped Lukeout at Taggarthim: 10. recovered from Vernona rough Wells, first the buddyinning that to retire 16 he’d rolledconsecutive with throughout batters, hisstriking out first three10 of years them in to the lead Toronto the Foresters Blue Jays’to a farm6-1 win system over – thefrom Great Bend St. Catharine’s to Bat Cats. Hagerstown to DunedinSanta – had Barbarabeen starters have No. 10.given up only one run over 12 “So inningsI rolled withthus far in Wichita, 10,” Youngwhile said. the bullpen has worked “Vernonsix Wells scoreless had innings. been myCarson best friend.” Carter, Clayton Beeter Thatand will Brad tell you Demco surrendered everythingonly ayou single hit to closeMark Pattonthings need toout. know about the formerThe Gaucho Foresters offense got shortstop.going As in an the old second inning, with saying goes, blood may make you Zach Presno smashing his sev- related, but loyalty is what makes you family.enth home run of the summer Youngto tiemight the as game well andhave Blake worn Hall that onfollowing his back. with a ground-rule He stayeddouble, with eventually the Rangers scoring on for a dozenQuentin seasons, Selma’s even infield as his single mentorto on shortstop. the 2002 club – All-Star shortstopSanta Alex BarbaraRodriguez added – bolted a run a year laterin the for third the bigger on a moneybases-loaded and brighterwalk lights by Rossof Yankee Cadena. Stadium. YoungJacob took over Katzfey at short, drove and home he two stayedwith there a long.triple in the fourth in- “Loyalty,ning, that’sscoring a two-way moments street later on when you play with a team for a Nick Bellafronto sacrifice fly. “ such a long time,” he said. “You experienceSanta really Barbara good times, will complete and youpool butt play heads on occasionally,Tuesday against whichthe is natural Gameday in a Saints,competitive at a time environment.yet to be determined. “I signedThe five-year Foresters contracts sit atop the with themPool twice, B standings, and I gave one them game Of all the individual honors I’ve everythingahead I hadof the on Batmy end. Cats I and playedSaints. through A injuriesvictory onthat Tuesday might have otherwisewould give sat Santa me down, Barbara but I an gotten, this one takes the cake thoughtautomatic I owed them berth my into best. the And quar- it wentterfinals both ways, on too.” Thursday. The Rangers’ ultimate payback came in an announcement this “ week thatemail: they [email protected] will retire Young’s No. 10 during their Aug. 31 game against the Seattle Mariners. They’ll never let anyone take his number again. “Of all the individual honors I’ve gotten,Muncy, this one takes the Dodgers cake,” Young said. “Only four others in the history of the franchise (Nolan Ryan, Ivan Rodriguez,rally Adrian past Beltre, and former manager Johnny Oates) have had their numbers retired, soPadres, it really does mean 11-10 a lot to me. TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE NICK MASUDA / NEWS-PRESS PHOTOS “I played here a long time, had Bobby Schaeffer hits a gap wedge into the green on the first playoff hole, sticking it to about eight feet, setting up a putt that he would drain to secure the Santa Barbara a good time,LOS and ANGELES now I’m working— Max Muncy Classic title with partner Tyler Crawford, below. Crawford would catapult the duo with a clutch birdie at No. 11 and an ace on No. 13 at Santa Barbara Gofl Club. struckPlease the see final PATTON blow inon aB3 slug- fest Sunday afternoon at Dodger By NICK MASUDA Stadium, as his double to right DIRECTOR OF NEWS field off Kirby Yates walked off the Padres 11-10 in the ninth hrough 28 holes of the Santa Barbara Classic, things weren’t exactly looking up for inning. Bobby Schaeffer and Tyler Crawford. To that point, both teams had held the lead twice and were AFORESTERS bogey on the par-3 BASEBALL 10th at the Santa Barbara Golf Club was undoubtedly deflating. HORSE RACING tied once in the middle. Four “It was almost time to throw the white towel up,” Crawford said. times, one scored and the other T answered in the next half-in- But,Foresters it also allowed the fall duo to throwto cautionOaks; into the wind. Another horse death at ning. “Don’t leave anything short, just let it rip and it just so happened that everything started fall- The Dodgers went up 3-0 in ‘but,ing,” Crawford we helpedsaid. a little heart’ Santa Anita; trainerthe bottom of thebanned second; the Padres scored five in the top of TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE “Individuals who do not embrace ByAfter NICK Crawford MASUDA drained a 12-footerester manager for birdie Bill Pintard Schaeffer said. “We beat one of his former caddies, as the third. The Padres added a on No. 11, he followed with an ace on the par-3 Pavletich met him when he was 14 and carried the new rules and safety measures DIRECTOR OF NEWS lost on the ballfield, but not as peo- LOS ANGELES — Hall of Fame run in the fourth; the Dodgers 13th and then the duo went birdie-birdie-eagle his sticks early on. that put horse and rider safety ple we didn’t.” trainer Jerry Hollendorfer was scoredabove allthree else in will the have inning’s no place — the latter a 35-footer that Schaeffer drained “I don’t like to lose, but losing to Bobby isn’t Yes, the Santa Barbara Foresters The Foresters’ magic did run out ruled off the Santa Anita track af- bottomat any Stronach half to tie Group it 6-6. racetrack,” The seven-gamefrom thewinning front streak of the came green to — onceto fire inside a 9-under the lines, asanything a pair of erto -be ashamed of,” Pavletich said. ter a fourth horse in his care died Dodgersthe company went that up owns 7-6 in Santa the Anita an abrupt61 to halt go onfrom Saturday four shots evening, back atrors the in beginning the second inningCrawford’s allowed hole-in-one wasn’t heard any- while racing or training. bottomand Golden of the Gate sixth; Fields, the in Padres Albany, courtesyof theof the day Conejo to into Oaks. the clubhousethe at visiting 13 under, Conejo Oakswhere to score on five the course, almost by design. Facing American Currency on Saturday tookCalif., back said the in alead statement. in the top of But sharingthe entire the squad lead was with already Mark Pavletichtimes, a lead and they’d Ste- neverjust relinquish, a 98-yard shot, the stock sand wedge did suffered a life-ending leg injury to the“We seventh regret and that added Mr. Hollendor two runs- a firmphen winner Hale. even before a single beating Santa Barbara,exactly 8-5. what it was supposed to, go a bit long his left-front fetlock (ankle) while infer’s the record eighth. in recent months at pitch was thrown. The Foresters dropped to 11-4 Schaeffer, a former UCSB player and stand- and right, working its way back into the hole. running over the training track, ac- bothCraig Santa Stammen Anita and stranded Golden theGate The Foresters honored their of- overall and 9-4 in California Coast- cording to Rick Arthur, chief equine out on the local amateur circuit, would bird- “I’m the only one that saw it go in, no one runnerFields onhas first become base increasingly he inherit- ficial Hugsie the for first Cubs playoff kid for thehole sea with- alhis Collegiate sidesaddle League play.in the group saw it,” said Crawford, 45, who veterinarian for the California Rac- challenging and does not match the son, Jill Mott, before the game — “We didn’t execute on a couple of ed from starter Chris Paddack putting style, putting his bright-yellow ball into has six aces in his standout amateur career. “I ing Board. It was the first fatality level of safety and accountability we with Mott lighting up while tossing critical pitches in key situations to- this meeting on the training track, with no outs in the fifth inning the heart of the hole from eight feet. knew it was in.” demand. Effective immediately, Mr. out the game’s first pitch, as well as day,” Pintard said. “But there wasn’t which sits between the turf course andHollendorfer allowed A.J. is no Pollock’s longer welcome solo spending“We the didn’tfirst pair play of inningsour best in early a man on, thatbut wedidn’t think weYet, wouldn’t despite the fast finish, the duo wasn’t and infield area and is not used homer in the sixth. After Trey hung in there,” Schaeffer said.