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VOL. 2, No. 63 SUNDAY, JUNE 6, 1971 TEN CENTS

Brewers Survive Pitchers Duel A.L. EAST W L

Major League Standings
PCT. GB N.L. EAST W L PCT. GB

Turned Batting Practice, 10-9 New York

Baltimore
Cleveland
38
32
25
14
17
25
.731
.653
.500
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4
12
Pittsburgh
New York
Philadelphia
35
29
28
18
20
22
.654
.592
.560
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MILWAUKEE It figured to be a Cracker- Blefary drove in two runs, and Mike Epstein,
Boston 23 29 .442 15 St. Louis 27 27 .500 8
jack pitching duel, the kind in which hits are playing his first series in RFK Stadium since
Detroit 22 30 .423 16 Chicago 24 30 .444 11
hard to come by and runs are as rare as a left- being traded by the Senators in May, completed Washington 21 30 .412 16 Montreal 19 27 .413 12
handed shortstop. the scoring with a solo homer in the sixth.
The matchup: Baltimores Jim Palmer (6-1, Yankees 10, Kansas City 4 A.L. WEST W L PCT. GB N.L. WEST W L PCT. GB
2.45) vs. Milwaukees Skip Lockwood (7-1, NEW YORK Steve Kline, backed by a pair Oakland 34 20 .630 --- San Francisco 33 22 .600 ---
2.47). But instead of stingy mound work, of five-run rallies, survived an off day as the California 26 28 .481 8 Los Angeles 29 25 .537 3
Minnesota 25 28 .472 8 Houston 27 27 .500 5
County Stadium patrons were treated Saturday Yankees ripped the Royals.
Milwaukee 21 27 .438 10 Cincinnati 25 29 .463 7
to an offensive orgy 19 runs, 34 hits, eight Jim Lyttles tie-breaking three-run homer in
Chicago 20 27 .426 10 Atlanta 22 33 .400 11
walks issued and 366 pitches served by 11 hurl- the bottom of the third highlighted the first rally.
Kansas City 18 30 .375 13 San Diego 18 36 .333 14
ers. Kline had an RBI double in the second uprising.
Time of game, which end- Kline (8-1) allowed four runs on a season- Saturdays American League Results Saturdays National League Results
ed when Brewers pinch hitter high 12 hits in his eighth complete game. California 11, Boston 2 Pittsburgh 8, Houston 1
New York 10, Kansas City 4 San Francisco 6, Philadelphia 2
Al Yates touched home plate Royals starter Bruce Dal Canton allowed sev-
Oakland 4, Washington 0 Los Angeles 4, New York 3
after his game-winning home en runs in five-plus innings and fell to 1-6. Chicago 6, Detroit 5 Atlanta 6, Chicago 4
run in the bottom of the 12th White Sox 6, Tigers 5 Minnesota 5, Cleveland 4 St. Louis 4, Cincinnati 0
inning: 3:46. CHICAGO Carlos May singled home Milwaukee 10, Baltimore 9 (12 innings) San Diego 7, Montreal 1
Al Yates They say Ernest Thayer Mike Andrews with the winning run in the bot- Todays Probable Starting Pitchers Todays Probable Starting Pitchers
didnt spend that long penning Casey at the tom of the ninth inning as the White Sox All times local All times local
Bat. squeezed past the Tigers. Oakland (Blue 7-3) at Washington (McLain 1-8), Houston (Blasingame 4-1) at Pittsburgh (Ellis 8-2),
Yates homer off Grant Jackson, the Orioles The Sox took a 3-0 lead in the third inning on 1:30 p.m. 1:35 p.m.
Kansas City (Drago 4-4) at New York (Bahnsen 4- St. Louis (Zachary 3-2) at Cincinnati (Gullett 2-5),
fifth pitcher, gave the Brewers a 10-9 win and back-to-back home runs by Andrews and Bill
2), 2 p.m. 2:15 p.m.
sent 14,117 fans home happy. He has a knack Melton. It was the second homer in two games Chicago (Hands 2-9) at Atlanta (Nash 0-6 or Kelley
California (Wright 8-3) at Boston (Siebert 5-4), 2
for the big blow. His first career homer came for Andrews; the fourth in four tilts for Melton. p.m. 1-1), 2:15 p.m.
on May 13 in his first major league at-bat. Sat- Detroits Norm Cash tagged a two-run round- Detroit (Coleman 7-2 and Chance 1-6 or Kilkenny 0 Philadelphia (Lersch 3-4 and Wise 3-3) at San Fran-
urdays round-tripper was his second. tripper for a 5-4 lead in the eighth. Jay Johnstone -1) at Chicago (Bradley 3-7 and Horlen 2-1 or Johnson cisco (Stone 4-3 and Reberger 4-1), 2, noon
Palmer and Lockwood usually have a knack responded with a solo shot in the bottom of the 4-6), 2, 1:15 p.m. Montreal (Morton 3-7 and Strohmayer 1-3) at San
Cleveland (Dunning 3-2) at Minnesota (Perry 4-7), Diego (Roberts 3-4 and Santorini 0-2), 2, noon
for leaving batters twisted in knots. But neither eighth to re-tie the game.
1:15 p.m. New York (Koosman 3-3) at Los Angeles (Downing
lasted the sixth inning Saturday. Mays decisive hit made a winner of reliever Baltimore (McNally 6-1) at Milwaukee (Pattin 6-5), 5-6), 1 p.m.
Palmer (six runs, 4 2/3 innings) was chased A.L., Page 2 1:30 p.m.
in the fifth after John Briggs two-run single
capped a three-run rally and gave the Suds a 6-
3 lead. Colbert Connects Twice, Kirby Hurls 5-Hitter in Pads Win
The Birds fought back with two runs in the SAN DIEGO At the outset of spring train- League. He finished third in 1970 with 150. three runs in 4 2/3 innings before leaving after
sixth, the second on Elrod Hendricks RBI dou- ing, Padres manager Preston Gomez predicted a His 11 home runs in this year are tied for a 75-minute rain delay.
ble that knocked Lockwood out of the box hav- big year for Nate Colbert with a qualification. seventh. He tied for fifth in 1970 with 38. Cardinals 4, Reds 0
ing allowed five runs in 5 1/3 frames. If he can cut down on his strikeouts, Gomez Kirby (4-4) sailed to a five-hitter and his CINCINNATI Jerry Reuss tossed a four-
Milwaukee, leading 9-8, was two outs from said, he could top the 40-homer mark this sea- third complete game. Batterymate Bob Barton hitter as the Cardinals whitewashed the Reds.
victory in the ninth when Baltimore catcher son. added a two-run home run. Cincy, blanked just once last season, suf-
Andy Etchebarren tied the game with a sacri- Colbert, the Pads power-hitting first baseman Renko allowed seven runs in 2 2/3 innings fered its seventh shutout of 1971.
fice fly. It remained 9-9 until Yates smash. still displays a penchant for swinging and miss- and fell to 2-4. Lou Brock broke a scoreless tie with a two-
Dick Ellsworth (1-3), Milwaukees sixth ing. But if that remains true, so does this: Pirates 8, Astros 1 run double in the top of the fourth inning. He
hurler, earned the win with two innings of shut- When he hits a ball, it stays hit. PITTSBURGH Steve Blass fell one in- scored later in the frame, giving the Birds a 3-0
out relief. Jackson (1-2) was the loser. Colbert slugged two home runs Nos. 10 ning short of his third consecutive shutout, but lead.
As 4, Senators 0 and 11 Saturday afternoon in San Diegos 7-1 joined the Cubs Ken Holtzman as the majors Reuss (5-6) struck out five in lowering his
WASHINGTON D.C. Catfish Hunter victory over the Expos. His two-run shot in the only nine-game winners as the Pirates eased ERA to 3.39. The Reds Tony Cloninger (2-6)
fired a four-hitter for his second shutout as the bottom of the first inning off Montreal starter past the Astros. allowed three runs in six innings. He has lost
As dealt the Senators their fourth straight loss. Steve Renko broke a scoreless tie. His three-run Not only did Blass win his sixth start in a his past three starts.
Hunter (8-2) pitched hitless ball after the round-tripper in the third gave Friars starter Clay row, his leadoff double ignited a five-run rally Giants 6, Phillies 2
third inning and retired the final 18 batters he Kirby a 5-0 cushion. in the bottom of the sixth. SAN FRANCISCO Willie McCovey,
faced. The numbers suggest Gomez will have to take Joe Morgans leadoff homer in the ninth was making his first start in six games, had two RBI
Campy Campaneris broke a scoreless tie in the good with the bad, where Colbert is con- the only blemish on Blass outing. It was Mor- in a four-run first-inning rally that propelled the
the top of the third inning with an RBI double cerned, for the foreseeable future. With 46 gans third homer in three games. Giants past the Phillies.
off losing pitcher Dick Bosman (1-6). Curt whiffs, Colbert is tied for third in the National Houston starter Larry Dierker (6-4) allowed N.L., Page 2

Around Baseball Major League Leaders Pads Staying Put

Dirty Pool? Mays Out AMERICAN G AB R H AVG. NATIONAL G AB R H AVG.
Despite Problems
One Billiards Table Carew, Min. 48 182 38 70 .385 Aaron, Atl. 51 169 42 64 .379
By IAN MacDONALD
Johnstone, Chi. 41 136 22 50 .368 Stargell, Pit. 48 155 52 54 .348
SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) Giants star of the Montreal Gazette
Willie Mays court hassle over furniture pre- Cater, N.Y. 50 188 19 69 .367 Alou, St.L 52 220 34 76 .345
SAN DIEGO Periodically, talk around
sumed to be included in the deal for an Ather- Epstein, Oak. 49 153 28 56 .366 Sanguillen, Pit. 48 191 25 65 .340 National League haunts dwells on the attend-
ton home he purchased finally has been settled. McMullen, Cal. 53 197 37 70 .355 Jones, N.Y. 48 183 21 62 .339 ance problems of this citys Padres.
Willie had to give up a pool table. Far from the scene where things are going
Murcer, N.Y. 52 202 37 70 .347 Perez, Cin. 53 204 22 69 .338
Attorneys for both Mays and Kennedy Kid- better, wise men discuss the imminent move of
Howard, Was. 51 200 27 66 .330 Beckert, Chi. 53 225 27 75 .333
wuell, president of the Federal Savings and this franchise to a more lucra-
Loan Association, reported to presiding Munic- Blair, Bal. 43 177 28 58 .328 Oliver, Pit. 50 180 23 60 .333
tive or appreciative area.
ipal Judge Gerald J. OGara that settlement of a Fosse, Cle. 48 185 22 60 .324 Johnson, Phi. 49 178 28 59 .331 Its never mentioned around
$1,575 legal suit had been reached. Tovar, Min. 53 219 33 71 .324 Garr, Atl. 55 233 35 77 .330 the Padres.
But Mays lost his pool table as part of the To be perfectly honest,
HR: Smith (Bos.) 15; Nettles (Cle.) 15; Petro- HR: Stargell (Pit.) 23; Aaron (Atl.) 18;
deal he made when he bought the house in July, says E.J. Buzzie Bavasi, the
celli (Bos.) 13; Powell (Bal.) 13; 4 tied with 12. Johnson (Phi.) 13; Robertson (Pit.) 13; May
1969. former chief executive with the
RBI: Petrocelli (Bos.) 43; Smith (Bos.) 43; (Cin.) 13. Buzzie Bavasi
LOS ANGELES Three Cy Young Award Royals who is now president
McMullen (Cal.) 42; Bando (Oak.) 40; White RBI: Stargell (Pit.) 48; Aaron (Atl.) 46; Bench
winners and guys with nicknames like The and majority owner of the Padres, we have
(N.Y.) 40. (Cin.) 38; Torre (St.L) 38; 2 tied with 37.
Barber, Moose, and Possum are set for an never given one thought to moving.
old-timers baseball game today prior to the Los Wins: Stottlemyre (N.Y.) 8-1; Kline (N.Y.) 8-1; Wins: Blass (Pit.) 9-1; Holtzman (Chi.) 9-2;
We figured when we moved here that it
Angeles Dodgers-New York Mets game. Hunter (Oak.) 8-2; Wright (Cal.) 8-3; Lock- Sutton (L.A.) 8-2; Ellis (Pit.) 8-2; Walker (Pit.) 7-
would take four or five years to make this a
wood (Mil.) 7-1. 2).
The pitchers, Don Newcombe, Don Drysdale major league operation. Frankly, I dont think
and Sandy Koufax will pitch briefly as the stars Strikeouts: Blue (Oak.) 130; Lolich (Det.) Strikeouts: Seaver (N.Y.) 111; Jenkins (Chi.) weve done as good a job as we should.
of Dodger teams of the 1950s are pitted against 105; Coleman (Det.) 83; Blyleven (Min.) 76; 94; Sutton (L.A.) 81; Stoneman (Mon.) 80; 2
Made Mistakes
the Dodger teams of the 60s. Hunter (Oak.) 75. tied with 78.
I think Ive made mistakes and I think Pres-
Gil Hodges, manager of the Mets, will pilot ERA: Fingers (Oak.) 1.54; Kline (N.Y.) 1.99; ERA: Holtzman (Chi.) 1.64; Seaver (N.Y.) ton (manager Gomez) has made mistakes. We
the older unit. Old-timers Beans Reardon, Wood (Chi.) 2.21; Dobson (Bal.) 2.21; Foster 1.72; Wilson (Hou.) 1.90; Ellis (Pit.) 1.90; Billing- just have to dig in harder and eliminate those
Jocko Conlan, Art Passerella and Pat Orr will (Cle.) 2.26. ham (Hou.) 2.06. mistakes. Then well judge what this city can
umpire. PADRES, Page 2
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National League Boxscores
American League Boxscores
N.L. New York jumped to a 3-0
lead on first-inning homers
From Page 1
by Art Shamsky and Ed
McCovey, hobbled by a bad
Kranepool.
left knee, cracked a two-run
The Dodgers Steve Gar-
double his first time up. Three
vey ripped a two-run single in
batters later, recent call-up Ber-
the second, and Sutton tied
nie Williams singled home two
the game with a two-out RBI
more runs.
single in the fourth. Willie
Giants starter Ron Bryant
Davis double knocked in
protected the lead into the
Maury Wills with the deci-
eighth, earning his fourth win.
sive run in the seventh.
Phillies starter Ken Reynolds (2
Mets reliever Ray Sadecki,
-1) lasted just 1 2/3 innings,
who served up Davis double,
allowing five runs.
fell to 3-1 with the loss.
Dodgers 4, Mets 3
Braves 6, Cubs 4
LOS ANGELES Don
ATLANTA George
Sutton fanned nine over eight
Stone struck out nine in a
innings, improving to 8-2, as
route-going effort, chipping
the Dodgers edged the Mets.
in two hits and an RBI as the
Braves upended the Cubs.
Ron Santos 10th home run
gave Chicago a 2-0 lead in
the first inning. Atlanta
fought back with three runs in
the second to assume the lead
for good.
Stone (4-2) turned in his
third complete game. The
Cubs Bill Bonham (1-2) was
yanked after allowing six
runs in 3 2/3 innings.
The Braves Henry Aaron
was out of the lineup for the
third straight game, nursing a
sore right knee.
A.L.
From Page 1
Bart Johnson (4-6). Detroits
Bill Zepp (2-2) was the losing
pitcher.
Twins 5, Indians 4
BLOOMINGTON, Minn.
Leo Cardenas stroked a go-
ahead two-run single in the
bottom of the eighth inning as
the Twins tripped the Tribe.
Cleveland had taken a 4-3
lead on an RBI single by pinch
hitter Gomer Hodge in the top
of the eighth.
Tom Hall (3-6) pitched two
Padres
From Page 1
stand. Were not going to make
judgment on two years.
With season attendance to-
tals of 613,327 and 633,439 for
their two years of existence, the
Padres are far behind the oth-
ers. The figures are less than
half what the Expos have
drawn to the much smaller Jar-
ry Park. This year, the Padres
are 40,000 behind the figures
for 1970.
The crowds are commensu-
rate with our record, says Ba-
vasi about his 18-36 Padres.
Weve played badly and were
drawing badly.
No Doubts
Bavasi was asked whether he
had doubts now about the Pa-
dres policy in drafting for
young players of the future
Page 2
scoreless frames for Minneso-
ta to get the win. Cleveland
starter Ray Lamb (five runs in
7 2/3 innings) fell to 4-2.
Angels 11, Red Sox 2
BOSTON Tom Murphy
won for the first time in 11
starts and walloped his second
career home run as the Angels
routed the Red Sox.
In addition to his homer,
Murphy (2-7) lashed two dou-
bles. The complete game was
his first of the season.
BoSox starter Jim Lonborg
allowed seven runs in three
innings and fell to 1-3.
rather than grabbing a few
names as the Expos did.
Absolutely not, said
Buzzie. We feel certain we
made the right decision.
Montreal is a different
city. The people in Montreal
go be entertained. They dont
demand a winner not just
yet anyway.
No Comparison
Look, said Bavasi, we
have 750,000 people to draw
from. We have Los Angeles
and Anaheim to the north,
Mexico to the south, the ocean
to the west and the desert to
the east.
No, we have never given a
thought to moving, says Ba-
vasi. If someone came along
and offered twice as much as
we put in, I dont know what
wed do. But no one has even
made a suggestion.