The Prince George Citizen - Friday, May 10,1991 - 21 WELLS, Red Sox Expos’ sophom ores WARD still scary m aking their m arks by Canadian Press MONTREAL (CP) — One going to be one of the best o u t-* Just wait until the Boston Red month into the National League fielders in this league for a long ROLLING Sox start to hit, says Mike baseball schedule, the perform ance t i m e . ” G r e e n w e l l . of two Montreal Expos sopho­ The quiet Grissom is allowing “ It shows that w e’re the kind mores earns a thumbs-up rating, his bat to speak for him. He has FOR JAYS of team that can fall behind by but it’s been thumbs down for maintained an above .300 average three, four or five runs and come a n o t h e r . and in one recent stretch, homered TORONTO (CP) — David back and w in,” the Boston left Second baseman Delino De- in three straight games. His four W ells has shaken off some early fielder said after his two-run Shields and outfielders Marquis homers are already one more than problems and Duane Ward con­ double keyed a five-run seventh Grissom and Larry W alker drew he hit all of last year. tinues to stop American League in the Red Sox’s 8-4 triumph plenty of attention as rookies last DeShields, whose athletic ability hitters in the late innings. Thursday night over the Texas year. When the 1991 season and work ethic are what strike Together, they stymied the Chi­ R a n g e r s . started it was felt by many M on­ most baseball observers, matched cago W hite Sox. “And we haven’t really treal’s fate m ight be determ ined by last season’s home-run output of The two Toronto pitchers com­ started to hit the way we can.” whether the trio could avoid the four in his 26th game. His on-base bined on a three-hitter and struck In the only other American sophomore jinx. percentage from the lead-off spot out nine as the Blue Jays squeezed League games, it was: Toronto So far, DeShields and Grissom is a respectable .362 and his 12 past the W hite Sox 2-0 Thursday 2, Chicago 0, and Detroit 3, have met or exceeded hopes. stolen bases trail only Vince night. Joe Carter drove in both Minnesota 0. Coleman of the New York Mets. W alker is another story. His bat­ Toronto runs, marring an 11- In the only scheduled National ting average is still a few points But is DeShields becoming a strikeout performance by Chicago League contest, Philadelphia shy of .200 and he has en­ victim of his own success? right-hander M elido Perez. Luis Rivera of Boston gets Brian Downing of Texas at seond. downed San Diego 9-6. countered frustration, as evidenced “ Ever since he hit the home run Perez overpowered Toronto hit­ Texas reliever Rich Gossage by the number of batting helmets the other (M onday) night, it seems ters for most of his 6 2-3 innings. three innings and were down 4-3 hom e the tying run. walked Jack Clark with the bases he has tossed in anger. as though he’s been trying to pull He scattered six hits and struck out when Luis Rivera doubled off loaded to force in the go-ahead the bail every time,” noted at least one in each of the first six Scott Chiamparino to open the “ Grissom is playing the best run in the Red Sox seventh. The Tigers visit Minnesota Rodgers. “ He’s not a home-run innings. But he was plagued by a seventh. M ike Jeffcoat (1-1) re­ baseball I’ve seen him play, both Greenwell followed with a two- at 5 this afternoon on W D IV h i t t e r . ” lack of support from the White lieved, threw a wild pitch and offensively and defensively,” re­ run double to lock up Boston’s walked Wade Boggs. Gossage (cable 22). The Tigers visit marked Expos manager Buck Sox batsmen. eighth victory in 10 games. Minnesota at 5 p.m. Saturday Rodgers. “ If he keeps playing like “ The thingis, we’ve got to get came on and Jody Reed singled The M ontreal Expos visit the The Red Sox trailed 4-0 after o n W D I V . that, learning to take the ball to the San Diego Padres at 1 p.m . Sun­ hits,” said Perez (1-2). “I felt opposite field when he has to, he’s day on TSN. good today, and I felt good in C hi­ cago but lost 4-0 (last Saturday to B o s t o n ) . ” The W ells-W ard duo felt a little better. W ells (3-3) won his second straight decision, tossing eight tidy r * innings with eight strikeouts and 10 ground-ball outs. “ The strikeouts are nice, but I’ll take those ground balls and double plays,” said Wells, who has lowered his eamcd-run average to 3.26 from 5.16 in his last three s ta r ts . “ I had to look back at last year and see how I was pitching,” C K D E A L S added W ells, who has been con­ cerned about his low strikeout total (seven in his first four outings of 1991). “ I’ve been happy with my curveball the last two outings. You can’t rely on your fastball and you 1991 FORD F150 4X4 PICKUP can’t get behind the hitters because they’re too damn good. ” 300 - 6 cyl. engine Speed CTL/tilt steering Ward jokingly tossed some Cloth seat trim credit to his decision to shave off Deluxe wheels his moustache before beating Tachometer Kansas City last week. Rear step bumper “You gotta find something Skid plates when you lose three in a row ,” he P275/75R15XL tires said, grinning. 5 Speed manual transmission Wells ran into trouble in the Stock #T8289 eighth as Chicago put runners on Limit slip rear axle first and second with two outs. But he threw a third strike past Lance SUPER LOW PRICE Johnson for his third strikeout of the inning. “ That smooth delivery of his is deceptive,” said White Sox manager Jeff Torborg. “ He has the knack of reaching back and really popping the ball. “ He made some guys look fool­ ‘ Includes ish tonight.” Factory Ward has made an impressive case as the American League’s Cash Back best stopper to date. Tom Henke went down with a pulled groin April 12 and W ard has since col­ OR *1,000 lected a league-leading nine saves in 10 opportunities. “ I’m enjoying the heck out of CASH BACK it,” said W ard, known as a quick starter who has faded down the SIM s tr e t c h . 1 9 8 9 F O R D 1 9 8 9 F O R D 1 9 8 8 1 9 8 8 G M C But the six-foot-four reliever has blamed his second-half collapses SPECIAL F 1 5 0 4 X 4 F 2 5 0 4 X 4 CHEV E X T R A on being overworked early. Even with Henke down and out, Ward SUPERCAB SUPERCAB SILVERADO CAB has only pitched 16 innings in the first five weeks of the regular sea­ BANK V8, 5 speed, XLT, V8, 5 speed, Short wheel base V8, s o n . Captain Chairs Custom Cab V8, auto. automatic “This isn’t as taxing,” said N6767B A772 T6308C-1 T6308C-1 W ard, who had accumulated 38 in­ RATES nings in April and May last year. “ I had 70 or 80 innings going into the all-star break last season. That’s taxing.” ON Carter continued his hot start, driving a Perez slider into the left- field seats w ith two out in the first SELECTED for his fourth homer. Carter’s one- out single to left in the sixth scored Roberto Alom ar. “ I’ve never had a better start in USED the big leagues,” said the Toronto 1 9 8 8 F O R D outfielder, who leads the Blue Jays 1 9 8 8 F O R D 1984 DODGE 1 9 7 9 F O R D in batting average (.336), hits (37), B R O N C O homers (four) and RBIs (19). F 2 5 0 D 1 5 0 F 2 5 0 4 6 0 , 4 X 4 X L T The W hite Sox visit Toronto at XL PICKUP XLT 4:30 this afternoon on TSN 4x4, V8, V8, auto, 6 cylinder, V8, auto., (cable 16). The W hite Sox visit black/silver Toronto at 10:30 a.m. Saturday auto, two-tone auto., canopy two-tone on B C TV (channel 12, cable 11). N6050G A699B A845A R3090A Banned putter signs CHARLESTON, W .Va. (AP) — Suspnded shot putter Randy Barnes, a 1988 silver medallist, signed a two-year contract as a free agent with the San Francisco 49ers, the Charleston Daily M ail reported Thursday. Barnes, six-foot-four, 300 pounds, is trying out as a defen­ sive lineman, the newspaper said. <^|FORD He is reported to have signed with San Francisco on Friday. THE FORD STORE ON CENTRAL Barnes, a world record-holder, decided to try football during his . fA i ? f . The appeal of a two-year drug suspen­ §1 Presidents® sion issued by the International Amateur Athletic Federation and | Inner J endorsed by The Athletic Con­ Circle gress, the governing body for track in the United States.