Path: utzoo!telly!ddsw1!lll-winken!uunet!looking!clarinews From: clarinews@clarinet.com Newsgroups: clari.sports.baseball,biz.clarinet.sample Subject: Orioles 9, Tigers 2 Keywords: baseball, men's professional Message-ID: <1Rbba-orioles:23@clarinet.com> Date: 21 Sep 89 05:09:52 GMT Followup-To: biz.clarinet.sample Lines: 40 Approved: clarinews@clarinet.com ACategory: sports Slugword: bba-orioles Priority: regular Format: regular X-Supersedes: ANPA: Wc: 424; Id: s0289; Sel: ns--s; Adate: 9-21-115aed Codes: ysbprxx. Note: alternate lead BALTIMORE (UPI) -- Mention pennant pressure and Oriole designated hitter Mickey Tettleton smiles. ``What pressure?'' Tettleton said after driving in four runs Wednesday night in Baltimore's 9-2 win over the Detroit Tigers. ``We weren't even supposed to be here in the first place,'' said Tettleton, who had two singles and his 25th home run. ``This is fun. How many times are you going to be here as a player in your career?'' The victory, coupled with Toronto's 10-3 loss to Boston, moved the Orioles to within a game of the first-place Blue Jays. Tettleton, who missed six weeks due to knee surgery, had only two hits in his past five games. ``I don't know if my swing is back because I didn't know where it was before,'' added Tettleton. ``I'm going after good at-bats to help the club any way I can, but I feel good up there.'' Tim Hulett collected four of the Orioles' 17 hits to back the pitching of Jeff Ballard, 18-7, who allowed five hits over seven innings. ``I got out of a jam in the fourth inning and once again, our team scored a lot of runs for me.'' ``It would be an incredible year for me to win 20,'' added Ballard, 7-1 over his last nine starts. ``Team goals come first, but if I win 20, that means the team won the two games I was pitching and that's why I'm out there.'' Frank Tanana, 9-14, was hammered for ten hits and four runs in three innings. ``You have those ball games where you seem to do everything right,'' said Tanana. ``That was one of those nights for them. ``The truth is this is one of my best seasons,'' he added. ``I've had good control, but don't have much to show for it. When you lose 96 games it's hard to get a lot of wins.'' Tettleton's home run in the third inning gave the Orioles a 3-1 lead. ``He (Tanana) was rough on us the last time,'' said Tettleton. ``He's the type of pitcher who keeps you in the game. You scrape for every run you can get off him.'' The Orioles host New York Friday for a three-game series, then play their last six games on the road in Milwaukee and Toronto. ``I hope it does come down to the last three,'' said Tiger manager Sparky Anderson. ``Let them settle it. They're the only two involved. That's the way it should be.''