Candelaria, Boyd Match-Up in Game 3

John Candelaria knows about adversity. He also knows about bouncing back--a number of personal and family tragedies have dotted this past year.

Tonight, Candelaria will deal with a different kind of reality. The American League Championship Series is tied 1-1, and the Angels are counting on the left-hander to put them in front of Boston again in the best-of-seven series.

It seemed an unlikely scenario early in the season when Candelaria missed the first three months because of elbow problems. But he went 10-2 with a 2.55 earned-run average after coming back in July.

His return, speeded-up because of a need for another starting pitcher on the staff, helped the Angels win the American League West.

Candelaria, who will be 33 years old next month, teamed with Mike Witt, Kirk McCaskill and Don Sutton to give California a solid rotation on a team that finished second in the league in pitching.

Witt beat Boston 8-1 on a five-hitter in the first game of the playoffs, while the Red Sox prevailed over McCaskill, 9-2, in the second game on Wednesday.

Candelaria will be opposed by Dennis "Oil Can" Boyd, who was 16-10 this season. Sutton is scheduled to pitch game four tomorrow against Roger Clemens.

Tonight's game will begin at twilight to accommodate television. That is not a hitter's favorite part of the day.

"It's tough at the time, especially picking up the ball," Boston designated hitter Don Baylor said.

Boston ace Roger Clemens, shelled in the American League playoff opener, will start game four, his first start this season on three days rest, Red Sox' Manager John McNamara announced yesterday.

Clemens, who led the major leagues with a 24-4 record, will face the California Angels tomorrow.

"I think you ought to have your best pitcher available to pitch three times in a seven-game series," McNamara said in announcing his decision. The Red Sox and Angels split the first two meetings, with the reach the economic status of Hong Kong orTaiwan. Aikman said China's economic improvementswill have to continue until the middle of the 21stcentury to be meaningful.

Predictions

"China will be the first country in the worldto abandon Marxism-Leninism as an officialdoctrine," Aikman said when asked to offer a"fortune cookie" prediction on China's future."

In response to the same question, Miao saidthat "China outlasted Confucianism and may outlastMarxism, but it will take longer than tonight.