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C4 ALDUQUKRQUE JOURNAL Monday, Octol.er 18, 1993 Patient Philadelphia Wins To Even Series TT 1 i one bad inning, but five runs in the third cost him. This was the second time in his career that the Phillies have given Stewart rude treatment. They abruptly released him in early 1986, a move that made Stewart consider 77 4 another line of work before the Oakland Athletics signed him two weeks Yi. f' i 4 i i 0 later. i SLt Stewart predicted that the Phillies' plan of patience would 77 f' 4 i V.

work to his advantage because he throws strikes. Instead, Philadelphia, which walked five times in an 8-5 loss in Game 1, made him pay. Dykstra and Mariano Duncan began the third with walks on full- CONTINUED FROM PAGE C1 The split sent the series to Veterans Stadium, where the Phillies could have a big edge starting Tuesday night when Danny Jackson faces Toronto's Pat Hentgen. The Blue Jays lose their designated hitter for the next three games, meaning Paul Molitor must either be moved perhaps sending AL batting champion John Olerud to the bench or become a pinch hitter. "It was just a big win," Dykstra said.

"Toronto is a great ball club. This team over here in Philadelphia has all the heart and all the character you could ask for." Terry Mulholland, coming off a loss in his lone start in the NL playoffs, held off the Blue Jays for 575 innings, surviving a two-run homer by Joe Carter. Williams had two wins in the playoffs and pitched VA innings for a save. The biggest out he got came without a pitch when Alomar broke off second base early with two out for whatever reason and was easily thrown out by Williams. "Normally, he doesn't do things like that," Blue Jays manager Cito Gaston said.

Stewart, MVP of the AL playoffs, had his worst game ever in 17 postseason starts. Actually, it was only Gil Miranda (top), a 70-year-old rookie, hit a grandslam homer and a triple and went 3-for-4 in helping the Arizona 70s team win the championship. Albert Baca (left) poses during the recent Senior World Series in Scottsdale, Ariz. count pitches, and they set up RBI singles by John Kruk and Dave St Hollins. 1 I With one out, up stepped the Phillies' hitter most familiar with Stewart.

Eisenreich, who faced Stewart for six years in the AL, fell behind 0-2 before homering over the right-field fence for a 5-0 lead. Softball Talents Improve With Age The loss was Stewart's third straight in the World Series, a streak that started with two defeats in 1990 for Oakland against Cincin Baca, Miranda Star In Senior World Series nati. Stewart's record of 8-0 makes him the best playoff pitcher in history, although he is only 2-4 in the World Series. By Mark Smith JOURNAL STAFF WRITER In a game they have loved all Eisenreich Surprise Star their lives, Albert Baca and Gil Miranda recently had the game of their lives. Baca, an Albuquerque native now transplanted to Mesa, thought he had seen his best days as a standout second baseman for the University of New Mexico senior circut the past 15 years.

Those connections are what landed him a spot of the Mesa-based roster of the Arizona 70s. "I had played against a lot of these guys in Denver and Arizona over the year," Miranda said. "They asked me to play, and this is my second year with them." Miranda, who plays with two teams locally, including the regionally prominant Duke City Seniors. But while Miranda has been active in softball for years, until recently Baca thought the game had passed him by years ago. "I was driving around with my wife one night, and I saw these lights," Baca said of a warm Arizona evening in 1991.

"We were curious to see what it was. We found it was the senior softball World Series, and I asked how to get in. "The next day I resigned from my job and started softball practice. It was the first time I had played in 30 years, but some of the old ability came back quicker than I expected." Baca had a good excuse for not playing the sport for three decades, as he and wife Rosemary were busy raising 11 children. His 30-year hiatus from softball wasn't his first layoff from the diamonds.

After graduating from Albuquerque High School in 1941, he joined the service, and waited 10 years before attending UNM, where he played under George "Stormy" Petrol in 1951-52. "Stormy didn't know how old I was," said Baca, then 29. "I told him later, but it was too late for him to do anything by then, I had already made the team." Baca spent seven years as an APS school teacher before becoming part of the New York Life team for 22 years as an insurance agent. He moved to Arizona 10 years ago to buy into a small business. He sold that four years later, then attended Mesa Community College, where he later worked as a recruiter of minority students.

the first inning, and added a single and a triple in his 3-for-4 performance. Baca went 2-for-3 at the plate, had two RBI and turned a pair of double plays while going errorless at second base in the title game against the arch nemesis San Diego Silvers. To top it off, he was called in for a relief appearance with the bases loaded and one out in the bottom of the sixth and final inning. "The thrill of my life," is how Baca described the feeling when the final out was made. "It really was the best feeling I've ever had playing softball or baseball." Miranda, who spent 35 years with the Albuquerque Public Schools system as a principal and director of athletics, agreed.

"I have a lot more fun playing now than in the past. The game is just as exciting, but it's more fun because of the friendships I've made." And Miranda has made many acquaintances during his softball days, especially since playing the baseball team in the early 1950s. Miranda, who still lives in Albu querque, thought his prime times were when he was a standout base ball and softball player in the Marines during World War II. reich said. "Fortunately for me and our team, I put the bat on the ball and it was good enough to go out." It was the second hit of the series for Eisenreich, who went l-for-4 with a walk in Game 2.

He also drove in a run in the Phillies' 8-5 loss Saturday night. At age 34, Eisenreich was one of those players nobody wanted who found a home with the Phillies' other castoffs. Picked up as a free agent last January for only a $600,000 guaranteed salary, he started 77 games, mostly in right field, and hit a career-high .318 with 54 RBI. It was a sweet season for Eisenreich, who was out of baseball for almost three years because of a rare neurological disorder he was born with. Tourette Syndrome forced him to quit the Minnesota Twins early in the 1984 season because the disorder caused uncontrollable twitching and jerky movements.

CONTINUED FROM PAGE C1 said. "The first couple of at-bats I felt like I could hit the ball." He even told teammate Curt Schilling he thought he could homer, something he's done only 32 times in a major-league career marked by illness and frustration. But when he stepped to the plate in the third with one out and runners at second and third, Eisenreich needed only a sacrifice fly to score John Kruk from third to put Philadelphia up 3-0. Eisenreich, who hit only seven homers during the regular season, did much more than that. He took an 0-2, middle-of-the-plate pitch from Stewart and drove it over the wall in right-center field.

The 391-foot shot quickly silenced the SkyDome's crowd. "All I was trying to do was hit a fly ball and get that third run in," Eisen- They were mistaken. At the recent Senior World Series in Scottsdale, Baca a 70- year-old "rookie" and Miranda, 71, had standout performances as they led the Arizona 70s to the championship. Miranda ripped a grand slam in 30 YEAR FIXED RATE HOME MORTGAGE I A Plus 70 Hi I till SPECIAL PLAYS FREE MONDAY NITE WINNER RAIDERS vs BRONCOS CALL 1-800-748-5295 6.883 APR PCA MORTGAGE 4300 Carlisle NE 8800505 U.S. SAVINGS BONDS The investment that Jets you count your chickens before they hatch.

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But they botched a field goal attempt when Ralph Tamm's snap was mishandled by holder Klaus Wilmsmeyer. The Cowboys then produced Murray's fourth field goal, an 18-yarder to put the game away. "That was a game we let get away from us," said Young. "We go from almost getting a touchdown to no field goal, then losing the game. We've got to fight our way out of it somehow.

We still have a good team." Tony Casillas recovered Marc Logan's fumble at the 49ers 39 to position Dallas for the Aikman-to-Irvin touchdown pass. "That's how you win games," Casillas make big defensive plays." "We made some big mistakes," said 49ers coach George Seifert. "But I'll say that Dallas is all it's publicized to be. "Irvin is a heck of a player. We fix (Dont woxr you didnl miss I'M i I Okay.

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