2033-WS G 1

WEDNESDAY OCT., 19  2033                          PAGE  A1

MARLINS SLIP BY YANKS
EARLY RUNS KEY IN GAME ONE AFFAIR

BY LEE GANNON

SPORTSWRITER

MIAMI MORNING SUN

MIAMI - A ONE-RUN PITCHERS' DUEL IN THE OPENING GAME OF THE WORLD SERIES WOULDN'T HAVE SURPRISED ANYONE.

AFTER ALL, FLORIDA ACE TOMMY SULLIVAN WAS MATCHED AGAINST YANKEES STAR GIL PADILLA. SULLIVAN'S POSTSEASON STATS INCLUDED A 2-0 RECORD WITH A 1.75 ERA, WHILE PADILLA HAD A 1.74 ERA BUT ONLY A 1-0 RECORD TO SHOW FOR QUALITY STARTS IN EACH OF HIS  FOUR STARTS.

ALL THIS DID LEAD TO A ONE-RUN GAME, JUST A SURPRISING RUN AND HIT TOTAL.

"PADILLA'S OUR TOP DOG," SAID NEW YORK MANAGER PAUL MOLITOR. "FLORIDA SHOWED MORE PATIENCE THAN WE THOUGHT THEY WOULD AGAINST PADILLA'S OFF-SPEED STUFF."

BUT THE TEAMS COMBINED FOR 23 TOTAL HITS ON THE NIGHT AND FIVE RUNS OVER THE FIRST TWO INNINGS AS THE MARLINS TOOK A 1-0 SERIES LEAD WITH A 5-4 WIN, KEYED BY THREE RUNS DRIVEN IN FROM NO. 8 HITTER JOHNNY NEWHAN.

MARLINS MANAGER GRADY SIZEMORE ADMITTED HE HAD THOUGHTS OF JUGGLING HIS LINEUP PREGAME AND NOT STARTING NEWHAN.

"HE HADN'T LOOKED ALL THAT GOOD THE PAST FEW DAYS IN BATTING PRACTICE, BUT HE'S ALSO OUR BEST DEFENSIVE OUTFIELDER, SO I THOUGHT IT BEST TO LEAVE HIM IN CENTERFIELD," SIZEMORE SAID.

GOOD MOVE.

FLORIDA LEADOFF HITTER SHINGO SHINJO OPENED THE MARLINS HALF OF THE FIRST INNING WITH A LINE DRIVE TO CENTER AND STOLE SECOND TWO PITCHES LATER. SHINJO MOVED OVER TO THIRD ON JIM KENNEDY'S OPPOSITE WAY GROUNDOUT AND SCORED WHEN AARON CONNER SINGLED PAST FIRST BASE.

DAVE McCLELLAN AND TOBIAS BARBER OPENED THE YANKEES SECOND WITH BASE HITS, AND NEW YORK WOULD PARLAY THE HITS AND AN ERROR BY KENNEDY FOR A 2-1 LEAD.

FLORIDA TOOK THE LEAD IN ITS HALF AS PEDRO MORALES RIPPED A PADILLA CHANGEUP TO CENTER AND MOVED TO THIRD ON A DOUBLE TO RIGHT BY JOVANNY MONTANEZ.

NEWHAN'S RBI SINGLE BROUGHT MONTANEZ HOME BUT SULLIVAN GROUNDED INTO A DOUBLE PLAY AND SHINJO STRUCK OUT TO END THE INNING WITH FLORIDA AHEAD 3-2 AFTER TWO FRAMES.

NEWHAN BEAT OUT A BUNT TO START THE FIFTH AND WAS MOVED  AROUND TO THIRD, ALLOWING CONNER TO DRIVE HIM IN WITH A TWO-OUT SINGLE TO CENTER, 4-2 IN THE FLORIDA'S FAVOR.

THE SIXTH INNING BROUGHT IN SINGLE RUNS FOR BOTH TEAMS.  ONE OF BARBER'S FOUR HITS MADE IT 4-3 BEFORE NEWHAN DOUBLED IN MONTANEZ AS THE MARLINS EDGED AHEAD 5-3.

BARBER'S RBI SINGLE IN THE EIGHTH ENDED THE SCORING AND KEVIN ALVAREZ PICKED UP THE SAVE.

SULLIVAN WENT SEVEN INNINGS, GIVING UP THREE RUNS ON EIGHT HITS, WALKING NONE AND STRIKING OUT SEVEN. PADILLA GAVE UP ALL FIVE FLORIDA RUNS OVER SIX INNINGS ON 10 HITS AS HIS POSTSEASON ERA ROSE TO 2.68.

THE TEAMS PLAY AT 7:05 TONIGHT.


GAME ONE     1 2 3  4 5 6  7 8 9  R  H  E
YANKEES        0 2 0  0 0 2  0 0 0  4  10  0
MARLINS        1 2 0  0 1 1  0 0 0  5  13  2

76 DEGREES, CLEAR
WIND: 8.1 MPH, BLOWING OUT TO CF