Just call me “Punchy.” . . .The...

Just call me “Punchy.” . . .

The last three days at Dodger Stadium, during six games that lasted 19 hours 27 minutes, I saw 92 singles, 16 doubles, four home runs, 25 stolen bases, 33 runs, 110 runners left on base, 13 errors, 11 double plays, one hidden-ball trick, three hit batters, two balks, one passed ball, two wild pitches, 41 walks, 63 strikeouts and four waves. . . .

Shucks, I even thought I saw five men in the Montreal Expos’ infield at one time Wednesday. . . .

Actually, it was what didn’t happen that took so long. . . .

The Dodgers and Expos fiddled their way through nine scoreless innings in 3 hours 35 minutes during the first game Wednesday. The major league record for the slowest nine-inning, 1-0 game is 3 hours 7 minutes. . . .

What could save the Dodgers from last place is the Houston Astros’ 26-game trip July 27-Aug. 23. . . .

Thumbs down on Pittsburgh Manager Jim Leyland, who must have been unaware of the economy when he criticized fans for not coming out to see the Pirates at Three Rivers Stadium. . . .

The Cincinnati Reds and Toronto Blue Jays completed the first half of the season on a pace to win 100 games. . . .

Midseason award winners--most valuable players: Kirby Puckett of Minnesota and Fred McGriff of San Diego. Cy Young Awards: Tom Glavine of Atlanta and Dennis Eckersley of Oakland. Rookies: Moises Alou of Montreal and Dave Fleming of Seattle. Managers: John Oates of Baltimore and Leyland of Pittsburgh. . . .

The Orioles’ fortunes seem to rise and fall with the performance of relief pitcher Gregg Olson. . . .

More often than not, a pitcher throws a strike after he is visited on the mound by the pitching coach. . . .

Montreal’s uniforms are the most improved in the major leagues. . . .

After the revelations in the Freeman McNeil-NFL antitrust case, don’t hold your breath waiting for baseball owners to open their books. . . .

The Orange Crush, coached by former major leaguer Mike Epstein, won its second consecutive Continental Amateur Baseball Assn. state championship and will compete in the world tournament next month in Ohio. . . .

What do you think about the Strings’ playoff chances? . . .

Three of the four participants in the Wimbledon men’s doubles final--John McEnroe, Jim Grabb and Richey Reneberg--will play in the Volvo Tennis/L.A. tournament Aug. 3-9 at UCLA. Unfortunately, Michael Stich won’t be joining them. . . .

Andre Agassi is trying to bring an ATP tour event to his hometown of Las Vegas. . . .

Lee Trevino, with $739,499, has nearly doubled the earnings of Mike Hill, the second-leading money winner on the Senior PGA Tour. . . .

Anyone who saw Litterial Green light up the scoreboard for Georgia against UCLA last season has to like his chances of making the Orlando Magic, which traded a 1993 second-round draft pick to the Chicago Bulls for his rights. . . .

Paid attendance for the Evander Holyfield-Larry Holmes bout at Caesars Palace was a disappointing 9,013, and the gate $3,917,793. . . .

Lennox Lewis, the 1988 Olympic Games super-heavyweight gold medalist, finally will be tested Oct. 31 when he fights Razor Ruddock in London. . . .

Joey Gamache is expected to make the first defense of his World Boxing Assn. lightweight championship against Tony Lopez at Sacramento in October. Gamache is the pride of Maine, but Lopez is the pride of Sacramento, where the bout will draw better. . . .

I would like to see Rafael Ruelas vary his attack, jab more often and utilize his reach advantage. . . .

Robert Strub, chairman of Santa Anita, will stop by his office next week after undergoing heart bypass surgery June 29. . . .

Eighteen past or present USC athletes and four coaches will participate in the Olympic Games at Barcelona. . . .

USC’s nonconference basketball games at the Sports Arena next season will be against Nebraska and, surprise, Gonzaga, South Carolina State and San Francisco State. . . .

Even if you want the Olympic Games triplecast--and early reports are that not many people do--you can’t get it unless you are serviced by a certain cable system. . . .

Nobody’s perfect: The Team USA starting guards were outscored by their opposition in three of their six games in the Tournament of the Americas. . . .

If Greg (Cadillac) Anderson plays well in Italy, will his nickname be changed to Ferrari?