Chadwick Still Unable to Win, Chased in 4th : Reggie Hits Pair of Homers, but Angels Handed 7-4 Loss

The Angels’ Not-So-Great Experiment took another turn for the worse Friday evening and that can mean only one thing:

Ray Chadwick still hasn’t won since he left the comforts of Edmonton and the Angel Triple-A affiliate July 22.

Actually, Chadwick’s last victory came July 16 against Portland, which is nice for the scrapbook, but doesn’t do much good for the Angel pennant drive. This time, as a replacement for the injured John Candelaria, Chadwick was gone by the fourth inning, followed later by the Angels, who lost, 7-4, to the New York Yankees at Anaheim Stadium.

The loss puts a hold on all this title talk, what with the second-place Texas Rangers winning and the Angels’ lead shrinking by one, to 6 1/2 games.

There was no middle ground for Chadwick Friday evening. At times, such as the first and second innings when he retired six consecutive Yankee batters, you wondered why Chadwick had ever spent time in Edmonton.

In the third inning, you found out.

After striking out Mike Pagliarulo and retiring Joel Skinner on a line drive to left (for the eighth straight out), Chadwick walked Wayne Tolleson. Up came Claudell Washington and his .224 batting average for another try at Chadwick. This time, Washington singled to right.

Tolleson went to second on the hit while Chadwick went to pieces.

Willie Randolph followed Washington and singled to right, scoring Tolleson and moving Washington to third. Don Mattingly was next, but for reasons unknown, Washington wandered off third and got thrown out by catcher Bob Boone.

Even with Boone’s inning-ending play, Chadwick merely received a reprieve. In the fourth, Mattingly led off with a single to center. That made three hits in a row. Then Chadwick walked Dan Pasqua to put men on first and second.

A fly ball to center allowed Mattingly to move to third on the tag, and Mike Easler’s single to center gave New York a 2-1 lead. Pagliarulo grounded to Chadwick for the second out but also moved the runners to second and third with the slow chopper. Skinner singled to center for two more runs.

Chadwick, still without his first major league win, left in favor of reliever Chuck Finley. In less than two inning’s time, Chadwick had allowed four runs, five hits and two walks.

The Angels, which generally meant Reggie Jackson Friday night, did what they could.

Jackson began the second inning with an opposite-field single to left. He moved to second on Doug DeCinces’ grounder to first and appeared ready to settle for third when Ruppert Jones singled to right-fielder Dave Winfield.

Winfield, who has one of the strongest throwing arms in the league, sent the ball toward Skinner at home plate. But the ball skipped off Skinner and caromed away enough to allow Jackson to score.

After the Yankees took their 4-1 lead into the bottom of the fourth, Jackson was at it again. With one out, he homered to right. It was his first home run since Aug. 15 and only his 12th of the season.

Later, in the sixth when the Yankees had built their lead to 6-2, Jackson sent another Doug Drabek pitch beyond the fence, this time with Wally Joyner on base. Jackson last had two homers in one game July 11 against Tom Seaver.

Angel Notes Reliever Donnie Moore, who has 18 saves and a 2.91 earned-run average despite nursing a sore right shoulder this season, said he’ll use rest rather than cortisone shots to help heal his injury. “I don’t know if the worst is over, but I ain’t taking no more (shots),” he said Friday evening. “I think three is enough. I’m not in love with them.” Does he think the fans and Angel management appreciate his efforts? “I don’t care if they appreciate it or not, it’s me,” he said. “I’m not out to satisfy anybody. I’m just out to help the team as much as I can. Whether they appreciate it or not is their business. Whether they think I should throw more or I should throw less, or they think I’m lying or faking it, I don’t know, that’s their problem. I’m worried about myself and my career. If I can help us win a pennant without destroying my arm, ruining my career--great. But I’m not going to ruin my arm, my career for a (championship) ring. You have a 10-man pitching staff . . . a 40-man roster, and if one man can’t go, you have to replace him with someone else. I’ve had complaints of, ‘He makes all that money and now he doesn’t want to pitch.’ But people don’t realize that money don’t take away the pain. I can’t go out there hurt. I’m not helping myself and I’m not helping my team. I tried doing that earlier in the year and that’s why I had to go on the DL (disabled list). The more I pitched, the worse I got.” Moore said his pitching status remains uncertain. “Last Sunday, I felt great,” he said. “The next day I didn’t feel good. I never know how I’m going to feel. It’s tough not to feel good two days in a row. You go out and pitch one and two-thirds and get ready for the next day. Now I wonder if I can pitch them one good inning. You just have to suck it up and do the best I can. I’m not going to jeopardize my career and a chance to win a pennant when you got some other guys who can pitch and get people out.” . . . Devon White replaced center fielder Gary Pettis in the starting lineup Friday night. “Just a night off,” Pettis said. . . . John Candelaria, who would have pitched Friday evening had it not been for a tender left elbow, said he’s unsure when his next start will be. The Angels are hoping for Wednesday against the Cleveland Indians. “And it’s too bad not to have a left-handed pitcher against the New York Yankees,” Manager Gene Mauch said, “but that’s the way it is.”. The Yankees are 11-21 against left-handers.