THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: WEDNESDAY, June 15, 1994 TAG: 9406150653
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: C3 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: BY TOM ROBINSON, STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: 940615 LENGTH: NORFOLK
With two gone in the sixth inning, Baez, now with the Rochester Red Wings, grounded a ball toward leftfield that shortstop Aaron Ledesma fielded in the hole and threw to first, an instant too late to get Baez.
{REST} Maybe it was still a tad early to expect a perfect game or no-hitter, as Telgheder later said. But in a Tides season short on highlights so far, the bid generated welcome anticipation.
Yielding only one other hit, a single by Sherman Obando in the eighth, Telgheder finished with a two-hitter and a 5-0 victory that comforted the Tides on a muggy night and also ended their three-game losing streak.
``It was like watching an artist paint a wonderful painting,'' Tides manager Bobby Valentine said. ``Just kind of a rocking-chair game. Sit back and watch it.''
Telgheder needed only 90 pitches and 2 hours and 17 minutes to dispatch the Red Wings and even his record at 4-4.
Masterfully controlling his pitches, the 27-year-old righthander walked nobody, struck out two and faced just one batter over the minimum of 27, thanks to Obando being rubbed out on a double play after his hit.
``The bottom line is he kept us off-balance each at-bat,'' said Baez, who said Telgheder's ability to throw breaking balls and change-ups early in the count for strikes was the key. ``He threw a hell of a game.''
While the Red Wings (27-34) hardly hit a ball hard all night, the Tides (28-37) collected 10 hits, including a two-run double by Rico Brogna in the third that snapped an 0-for-20 skid.
That hit gave Telgheder a 3-0 cushion with which to go after his second professional no-hitter. The first came May 15, 1992, when he beat Pawtucket, 1-0, at Met Park as a Triple-A rookie.
``I was really hoping to get the no-hitter, but it was only the sixth inning,'' Telgheder said of Baez's single.
``I still had to get out of the sixth and had three more innings to go, so it was kind of early to start thinking that I had a real good chance at it.''
Ironically, Obando's sharp single might have done him a favor, Telgheder said. Losing a no-hitter on an infield single, with that standing as the only hit, might have rested uncomfortably on his mind.
``It turned out it didn't matter anyway because they got the hit later on, so it makes it a little easier to swallow,'' Telgheder said. ``It that was the only single, that might have bothered me a bit.''
\ REMLINGER CALLED UP: After the game, lefthander Mike Remlinger was called up to the Mets as outfielder Kevin McReynolds was placed on the disabled list. Remlinger (2-4, 3.14) will make his first big-league start since 1991 on Thursday in Florida against the Marlins.
by CNB