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y .ESportWaterloo Tigers bunched two runs In the third. sixth and eighth and three In the fourth to overcome the deficit Terry Whelan. the second St Thomas pitcher. suffered the loss. Sunday Klgins had only eight hits off loser Rick Williams 14-4! as he pitched magnificently for 14 innings after reliew Schnurr also helped his own cause with two hits but the batting celebrity was Dan Colhson who socked a triple. dou- ble and two singles and chalked up four rbls Brian Schnurr and Mike Blake also had two hits while Dave Dix. Jim Tay- lor and Mike Yosuraek rounded out the Waterloo attack against three St Thomas pitchers Matt Gooding had three hits for St Thomas “Yeh. they hit me hard when I first came in and I knew I'd have to hold them without many more runs if we were to have any chance at all." said Schnurr, “But we came fight- ing back. that's the best I've seen our guys play this year both hitting and in the field with their double plays and all And Gary tl)ixi really helped me out. he did a good job of calling the game But the whole team dug in and I Just tried to be as careful as I could be .. But what appeared to be a major gamble for Payne turned out making him look like a genius. Schnurr said he didn't do anything special to fool the Elgins. and in fact it was his lack of variety that worked to his advantage in the late going, “I had never even seen Bob pitch but I heard he had done pretty well before." said Payne. “I tell you, without a super effort from him we're 9-10 instead of 10-9 right now." “I didn't realize our tpitchingl staff was that tight." said a happy Schnurr almost apologetically after his four-star ef- fort Saturday. “I even expected they'd put Mike (Yosurackl in before me." The victory stopped Tigers losing streak at three which had been extended to that number last Wednesday when Toronto Maple Leafs came to town and whitewashed them 3-0, And the local club's one-run miseries continued Sunday back in St. Thomas when the Elgins got a homer from Jamie Hodge in the bottom of the 15th inning to steal a 7-6 victory. evening Waterloo's record at IO-IO, Schnurr experienced only e bad inning. the fourth when sc Thomas bunched two hi d a Waterloo error into two runs From that point the ar-old hurler allowed only two harmless singles Serious enough that Schnurr found himself on the mound for the first time this year to start the third. and he respond- ed in magnificent fashion by dismissing the Elgins for the duration on just four hits.as Tigers won 10-7 "When he (Schnurr) came into the dugout at the bottom of the first I told him he would be first relief for me and he just laughed, but I told him I was serious," related Payne. By Rick Campbell Chronicle Sports Editor Waterloo Tiger field manager Alfie Payne has a great sense of humor, but when his team is down 5-1 after two in- nings. he's notusually kidding when he opens his mouth.' Bob Schnurr found that out Saturday night. Playing before their second largest home crowd of the season, Tigers performed miserably in the first two innings as St. Thomas rocked Waterloo starter Mickey Collison for five runs off eight hits. And with his mound staff in a state of disarray due to a streak of Tiger and Expo games. Payne was faced with a perplexing dilemma of who to put in as reliever. The answer -- Bob Schnurr. P.10-M100 fl.tt...todtt92lA1tleCeh1tyie" Payne throws Bob Schnurr a curve BOB SCHNURR who me? On Wednesday, the unpredictable Leafs playedimpec- cably ermrless baseball and rode the shutout pitching of Gary Dix was the hitting hero for Tigers with a double and three singles Brian Schnurr had four singles. Jim Taylor two. and Collison a single plus a two-run homer In the first inning when he got the green light on a three and nothing count Single hits went to Dave Byers. Dave Dix. Tim For- syth, Mike Blake and Mike Yosurack Each team scored two In the first and then see-sawed until they recorded one each in the ninth to force the extra sessmn “I thought it was a good pitch." Williams said of his game-winning offering. "It was a slider in on him (Hodge). but he hit it to straight-away centre and it just fell over the fence w. ing Mike Arundel in the first. But two of those hits were home runs by Hodge. including the game-winner on a three- and-two pitch. "('hamp offered me free admission to the game tonight and the rights to Tigers pitcher Greg Walton If the guy has any kind of a curve ball, lie made a steal'" So tell us Jack. what did you two settle on" Dave Ryan of Carling O'Keefe presented Waterloo Tigers with Piayer-of-the-month awards at last Wednesday's game. Winning the award for May was pitcher Scott Bailey (left) while Dave Dix (right) was the June recipient. By Rick Campbell Chronicle Sports Editor What were Waterloo Tiger GM Champ Glass- ford and Toronto Maple Leaf owner-GM Jack Do minim talking about be- hind the ticket booth at last Wednesday/s base- ball game" ("moo guys. fess 'up "When I walked into the park tonight Champ was wearing a New York Ranger hat and I said that won't do. here wear this Leaf cap." said Do minico "We were behind the ticket booth haggling about the price I wanted $7 95 for the hat and 24 dollars for the mileage to bring it here, based on 19 I 2c a mile Champ said] should pay him to wear it' That is the capper 1 Toronto Maple Leaf owner Jack Dominica (left) and Waterloo Tiger GM Champ Glassford close the deal on the Lost cap. Tigers are at home tonight against Brantford. venture to London for a Friday encounter and then will entertain Guelph Oaks Sunday in a rare 7 30 start The game was a stark contrast to the two clubs' June 17 encounter in Toronto's Christie Pits when Tigers won a three-hour marathon 184r With his infield solid as a rock behind him. Gillis scat- tered nine Tiger hits, Brian Schnurr and Dan Collison had two singles each. Bob Schnurr and Dave Dix doubles. and Dune MacDonald. Gary Dix and Mike Yosurack singles. Mike Sanford's double was the only extra-base hit for Toron- to, Rick Williams went six innings on the mound for Tigers and was tagged with the loss, Mike DeClara scored in the third on a sacrifice fly to give the visitors the only run they needed but ninth inning hits by Brian Walters and Vince Chiaramida gave Toronto the three-run buffer, Bob Gillis (5-2t to tum back the Tigers Chronicle Sports Line 886-2830