BASEBALL MISCELLANY

Of the eight pitchers selected to the American League All-Star team last July, only Detroit reliever Willie Hernandez has any real chance of being invited to Houston for the 1986 game July 15.

Three of the eight, in fact, are on the disabled list: Angel reliever Donnie Moore, Oakland reliever Jay Howell and Detroit starter Dan Petry. All of the rest have an ailing record and/or earned-run average. The eight, with their 1986 records:

PLAYER W-L SAVES ERA Bert Blyleven 6-7 0 5.50 Willie Hernandez 2-3 13 3.65 *Jay Howell 0-4 5 5.89 Jimmy Key 6-5 0 4.64 *Donnie Moore 1-3 7 5.21 Jack Morris 7-4 0 4.49 *Dan Petry 4-5 0 4.96 Dave Stieb 2-8 0 5.64

*--Disabled list

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It may not mean anything in September, but the Angels gave the Texas Rangers something to think about with their 6-0 sweep of the season’s first home-and-home series. The Angels hit .287, fashioned a 1.33 earned-run average and outscored the Rangers, 36-10. . . . Dennis Leonard’s remarkable comeback has lost some of its early season luster. The Kansas City pitcher is 1-2 with a 7.66 ERA for five June starts, having allowed 21 earned runs in 24 innings. . . . The Houston Astros’ Phil Garner, platooning at third base, has already made 16 errors to take over the league lead from Dodger shortstop Mariano Duncan. . . . The same Seattle Mariner hitters who were striking out an average of 9.3 times a game when Chuck Cottier was fired as manager are striking out only 6.6 times under Dick Williams. . . . The Boston Red Sox are 25-6 in games started by Roger Clemens and Oil Can Boyd.

San Diego third baseman Graig Nettles had 26 singles and 12 home runs through 161 at-bats, but no doubles or triples, which may say something about Nettles’ legs at 41. . . . A still struggling Dave Stieb has given up 72 earned runs in 16 starts, including 31 in the first two innings. . . . Left-hander Dan Plesac, the rookie relief ace of Milwaukee’s brilliant young pitching staff, has faced 31 left-handed hitters since going to the bullpen and yielded only a pair of singles, to Pete O’Brien and George Brett. . . . Dan Quisenberry, demoted recently as the Kansas City stopper, seems to have regained his groove and status. He is unscored upon in his last seven appearances and emerged from each of the last four with a save.