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TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 1971

VOL. 2, No. 23

Monday Night Baseball As

OF Tags Game-Winning Homer
OAKLAND The As sizzling 17-3 start to
the 1971 season stood as one of baseballs alltime great getaways. Win No. 18 overshadowed almost all that preceded it.
Down 2-1 in the bottom of the ninth inning
to the Orioles on Monday night, the As rallied
for three runs to stun the defending world
champions 4-2 on Sal Bandos tying sacrifice
fly and Rick Mondays two-out, two-strike, two
-run home run.
It was the sixth win in a row for Oakland,
which owns the best record in baseball and
leads the American League West by 8 games.
The first seven innings featured a tense
pitching duel between Oaklands Vida Blue
and Baltimores Pat Dobson. The As led 1-0
on Dave Duncans second-inning sacrifice fly.
But Blue, who blanked the Birds on one hit
with 10 strikeouts through seven frames, was
greeted with a leadoff pinch-hit home run by
Curt Motton in the eighth. The game was tied.
Don Buford and pinch hitter Jerry DaVanon
followed with singles, and Blue hit Merv Rettenmund with a pitch to load the bases. The
young left-hander fanned Frank Robinson for
his 11th strikeout, but Paul Blairs sacrifice fly
scored Buford for a 2-1 Os lead.
More drama ensued. Brooks Robinson singled to left, but Joe Rudi rifled a strike to Duncan to nail DaVanon at the plate and end the
inning. But headed into the bottom of the ninth,
Baltimore still led 2-1.
Rudi and Don Mincher sandwiched singles
around a Reggie Jackson fly out. Bando, who
came into the game tied with Monday for the
A.L. lead in RBI, drove a pitch off reliever Eddie Watt who had earned saves in each of
his first four appearances deep enough to
center field to score Rudi.
In a blink, Monday was down 1-2. He fouled
off one pitch. He knocked the next over the
right field fence for the fifth game-ending
home run in the majors this year. Monday leads
the league with eight homers and 22 RBI.
Watt (0-1) took the loss. As reliever Bob
Locker (2-0) earned the win with a scoreless
inning of work.
Royals 3, Tigers 2
KANSAS CITY Fred Pateks third hit of
the game scored Joe Keough with the gamewinning run in the bottom of the ninth inning
as the Royals handed the Tigers their 11th consecutive road loss to start the season.
The Royals entered the ninth down 2-1. Bob

Olivers leadoff walk and Keoughs one-out single set the stage for Jerry Mays tying base hit
off reliever Fred Scherman. Two batters later
Patek, whose third-inning home run broke a
scoreless tie, lined his game-winning hit.
Royals reliever Jim York (2-0) pitched one
scoreless inning for the win. Scherman (1-1) took
the loss.
Senators 10, Twins 3
WASHINGTON D.C. Tom McCraw homered for the third time in five games and drove
in four runs as the Senators trounced the Twins.
McCraws three-run blast in the first gave
Washington a 3-0 lead. Frank Howard added his
third home run for the Nats.
Jim Shellenback (1-1) went the distance for
the win. The Twins Jim Perry (1-3) dropped his
third straight decision.
Indians 2, Angels 1
ANAHEIM Chuck Hinton delivered a decisive hit for the second game in a row as the Indians edged the Angels.
Hinton, whose three-run homer broke a 7-7 tie
against the Royals on Sunday, unlocked a 1-1
deadlock Monday with an RBI double to score
Eddie Leon in the eighth inning.
Winner Steve Dunning (1-0) allowed one unearned run in seven innings. Halos reliever Mel
Queen (1-1) allowed one run in two innings in
relief of Rudy May and took the loss.

Seaver Tops Gibson,

Mets Maintain Lead
ST. LOUIS Since his opening day shutout
win over Montreal, Mets starting pitcher Tom
Seaver had pitched well with little to show for
his effort.
Finally, on Monday, the process and results
aligned. Seaver threw eight strong innings,
outdueling Bob Gibson as the National League
East-leading Mets trumped the Cardinals, 3-2.
Seaver (2-3 with a 1.89 ERA) held St. Louis to
two runs on four hits. He struck out nine. Gibson
(3-2) was almost as good, allowing three runs in
eight innings.
Matty Alou walked and scored in the first inning to give the Redbirds a 1-0 lead. Mets catcher Jerry Grote ripped a two-run double in a threerun rally in the fourth to give Seaver a 3-1 advantage.
Ted Sizemore got one run back for St. Louis
with an RBI single in the seventh inning. But

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Edward Keith, a

wounded veteran of the war in Southeast Asia,
was paid a surprise hospital visit Monday by the
world champion Baltimore Orioles.
Keith has been a patient at Lettermens General Hospital for about a month, since losing a
leg on a helicopter rescue mission in Laos.
Brother Chan, baseball writer for the Baltimore News American, planned a visit to the
hospital while the Orioles were in nearby Oakland for a four-game series with the Athletics.
Chan asked a couple of Orioles to accompany him. Many others volunteered to go.
Manager Earl Weaver, four coaches, 21 players, the trainer, personnel director Harry Dalton,
four reporters and two broadcasters spent two
hours in the hospital, visiting Keith and other
patients, mostly wounded veterans.
LOS ANGELES The engagement of Peter
OMalley, 33-year-old president of the Los Angeles Dodgers, and Annette Zacho of Copenhagen, Denmark, was announced Monday.
Miss Zacho, a costume supervisor and designer at the Royal Theater of Copenhagen, is
the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Alfred Zacho.
The wedding is planned for July 10.

TEN CENTS

Major League Standings

A.L. EAST
New York
Cleveland
Baltimore
Boston
Washington
Detroit

W
13
11
9
9
7
4

L
3
5
7
7
11
13

PCT.
.813
.688
.563
.563
.389
.235

GB
--2
4
4
7
9

N.L. EAST
New York
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Chicago
Montreal
St. Louis

W
10
11
9
10
4
7

L
5
7
7
8
8
13

PCT.
.667
.611
.563
.566
.333
.350

GB
--
1
1
4
5

A.L. WEST
Oakland
Milwaukee
California
Minnesota
Chicago
Kansas City

W
18
7
8
7
6
6

L
3
9
11
11
12
13

PCT.
.857
.438
.421
.389
.333
.316

GB
--8
9
9
10
11

N.L. WEST
Cincinnati
Houston
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Atlanta
San Diego

W
9
11
10
10
8
5

L
7
9
9
10
9
12

PCT.
.563
.550
.526
.500
.471
.294

GB
----
1
1
4

Mondays American League Results

Mondays National League Results

Washington 10, Minnesota 3

Oakland 4, Baltimore 3
Kansas City 3, Detroit 2
Cleveland 2, California 1
Milwaukee at Boston, ppd., rain
(Only games scheduled)

New York 3, St. Louis 2

Philadelphia 9, Houston 4
(Only games scheduled)

Todays Probable Starting Pitchers

Todays Probable Starting Pitchers

All times local

All times local

Minnesota (Blyleven 0-2) at Washington (McLain 1

-2), 7:30 p.m.
Milwaukee (Pattin 2-2) at Boston (Lee 1-0), 7:30
p.m .
Chicago (Bradley 1-3) at New York (Stottlemyre 30), 8 p.m.
Detroit (Chance 0-3) at Kansas City (Dal Canton 02), 7:30 p.m.
Cleveland (McDowell 3-1) at California (Messersmith 1-2), 8 p.m.
Baltimore (McNally 2-1) at Oakland (Segui 3-0), 8
p.m.

Montreal (Morton 0-3) at Chicago (Hands 0-2), 1:30

p.m.
Los Angeles (Osteen 2-2) at Pittsburgh (Ellis 2-1),
8:05 p.m.
San Francisco (Perry 2-1) at Atlanta (Reed 1-3),
8:05 p.m.
San Diego (Arlin 3-0) at Cincinnati (Nolan 2-2),
8:05 p.m.
Philadelphia (Bunning 2-0) at Houston (Dierker 21), 7:30 p.m.
New York (Koosman 2-1) at St. Louis (Carlton 1-2),
8 p.m.

Seaver and relievers Tug McGraw and Danny

Frisella held the Cardinals scoreless the rest of
the way.
The Mets improved to 5-2 on the road. The
Cards are 3-7 at home.
Phillies 9, Astros 4
HOUSTON Rick Wise hurled eight innings and knocked in two runs as the Phillies
knocked the Astros out of first place in the
N.L. West.
Denis Menke drove in one run and scored
another as Houston took a 3-0 lead in the first
inning. Menke is tied for second in the league
with 16 RBI.
Tim McCarvers two-run triple helped tie
the game in the second. Wise singled home
two runs in another three-run uprising in the
sixth, giving the Phils a 7-4 lead.
Wise (1-0) allowed four runs in eight innings, striking out seven. Astros starter Tom
Griffin (0-2) allowed five runs in five innings.
The Astros, who play in the majors only
dome, fell to 5-6 at home.

Major League Leaders

Around Baseball

Orioles Surprise Vets

With SF Hospital Visit

Including final
results of all ball
games

AMERICAN

AB

AVG.

NATIONAL

AB

AVG.

Johnstone, Chi.

17

64

25

.391

Woodward, Cin.

15

56

23

.411

Murcer, N.Y.

16

59

14

23

.390

Beckert, Chi.

18

79

14

32

.405

Howard, Was.

18

73

28

.384

Pepitone, Chi.

18

78

11

29

.372

Munson, N.Y.

13

47

11

18

.383

Garr, Atl.

17

70

12

26

.371

Cater, N.Y.

16

62

23

.371

Jones, N.Y.

14

54

20

.370

Mincher, Oak.

21

72

16

26

.361

Perez, Cin.

16

61

22

.361

Jackson, Oak.

21

82

20

29

.354

Millan, Atl.

17

70

25

.357

Harper, Mil.

16

74

13

26

.351

Day, Mon.

12

42

15

.357

Melton, Chi.

18

70

13

42

.343

Stargell, Pit.

18

59

18

21

.356

Carew, Min.

17

62

21

.339

Aaron, Atl.

16

12

12

20

.351

HR: Monday (Oak.) 8; Powell (Bal.) 6; Melton (Chi.) 6; Jackson, (Oak.) 5; Smith (Bos.) 5.

HR: Stargell (Pit.) 10; Aaron (Atl.) 7; Mays

(S.F.) 6; Torre (St.L) 5; four tied with 4.

RBI: Monday (Oak.) 22; Bando (Oak.) 21;

Jackson (Oak.) 15; five tied with 14.

RBI: Stargell (Pit.) 21; Aaron (Atl.) 16; Menke

(Hou.) 16; three tied with 15.

Wins: Fingers (Oak.) 5-1; Blue (Oak.) 3-0;

Stottlemyre (N.Y.) 3-0; Segui (Oak.) 3-0;
McDowell (Cle.) 3-1.

Wins: Blasingame (Hou.) 4-0; Jenkins (Chi.)

4-1; Arlin (S.D.) 3-0; Blass (Pit.) 3-0; Wilson
(Hou.) 3-0.

Strikeouts: Blue (Oak.) 56; Lolich (Det.) 39;

Fingers (Oak.) 37; Hunter (Oak.) 31; 2 tied with
30.

Strikeouts: Seaver (N.Y.) 48; Jenkins (Chi.)

35; Holtzman (Chi.) 30; Sutton (L.A.) 30; Gibson (St.L) 30.

ERA: Fingers (Oak.) 0.78; Messersmith (Cal.)

0.84; Stottlemyre (N.Y.) 1.08; McDowell (Cle.)
1.13; Wood (Chi.) 1.44.

ERA: Sadecki (N.Y.) 0.00; Wilson (Hou.) 1.06;

Billingham (Hou.) 1.15; Sutton (L.A.) 1.16; Ellis
(Pit.) 1.57.

Perry Vows Aaron

Must Earn No. 600
ATLANTA (AP) If Hank Aaron hits his
600th (home run) off me, hes going to have to
earn it, says Gaylord Perry.
But the big San Francisco right-hander, who
opens a three-game series against the Braves
in Atlanta Stadium tonight, is quick to
acknowledge that the Hammer takes that kind
of earning power with him every time he
walks to the plate.
Aaron has done pretty good against me
over the years, said Perry on Monday. You
have to respect a great hitter like him.
He is the type hitter who can hit even the
good pitches.
A peek at the record books indicates that
Perry has done pretty good against Aaron, too.
Since Perry joined the Giants in 1962, Aaron
has dug in against him 97 times. He has 26 hits
in 89 official at-bats for a .292 average.
But Hank has hammered just one home run
off Gaylord No. 355 in Milwaukee on July
16, 1964. For his career, Aaron has homered
once every 16.7 official at-bats.
Aaron, who was temporarily hobbled by a
bad knee Sunday, will be ready to go after Perrys pitching for No. 600 tonight. Watching
will be a crowd of increasingly excited Braves
fans and a Giant with special interest.
That will be Willie Mays, one of two players in baseball history to hit 600 career home
runs.
When Aaron cracks his next four-bagger he
will join Babe Ruth, who had 714, and Mays,
who has 634, in baseballs most exclusive circle of power hitters.
The mounting excitement among the fans
about Aarons impending milestone was reflected Sunday, after the Hammer struck No.
599 in the opening game of a doubleheader
against San Diego. Aaron sat out the second
game.
The Braves have offered $600 to the fan
who comes up with the ball and returns it, so
that it can be presented to Aaron in special
ceremonies.
If the 37-year-old superstar is excited, however, hes hiding it under his characteristic
calm.
I hope I dont wait long, he said, but added, You just dont go out and hit a home run.

TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 1971

Sc000 000 000reboard

National League Boxscores

Unprofitable Baseball Has

NBC Execs in a Quandary

American League Boxscores

HOLLYWOOD,
Calif.
(UPI) Viewers who watch
the major league baseball
games on NBC-TV each
weekend undoubtedly are
grateful to see them free, and
network spokesmen say they
wish gratitude were enough to
pay for the costs of the telecasts.
According to the spokesmen, the network is losing a
good deal of money broadcasting baseball, and is frankly in a quandary over what to
do about it.
NBC-TV really has little
interest in weekly games.
They are not considered exceptional events because there
are so many games during the
year.
But these contests come
with the baseball package
and that package contains
what NBC-TV is really after:
The World Series primarily,
and also the All-Star game.
The World Series is considered by many to be the top
attraction in sportscasting, and
of course the All-Star game is
rather prestigious too. And as
much as NBC-TV would like
unload the weekly contests, it
hates to lose the prestige
games.
One of the reasons the network lacks interest in the
weekly contests is it considers
baseball to be watched chiefly
by an audience that many video executives feel is not the
young adult target group
they prefer for sales reasons.
The network people also
are known to feel that many
sponsors are not too excited
by this baseball audience for
the same reason.
What NBC-TV executives
are saying, in short, is that
football audiences undoubtedly are more the kind of viewers that are believed desirable
not to mention the fact that
there are fewer gridiron
games, and they arouse greater interest. It was also felt that
pro basketball audiences were
growing.
The NBC spokesman maintained that when you consider
the huge cost of football pack-

ages in relation to potential

profits, the baseball situation
becomes magnified.
He added that this huge
cost is at a point where networks just may decide they
dont want to foot the bill.
According to the spokesman, the matter of cost for
televising many top sports
events had reached a critical
point.
One NBC-TV executive
said that while his network
might very well continue its
relationship with baseball,
Dont be surprised if ABCTV manages to grab it off.
ABC-TV, known as the
sports-oriented network, is in
a better position to pre-empt
its prime time shows for athletic events.

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