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The Baseball Once-Upon-A Times.: Cardinals' Triple Comeback, Brock's 6 Hits Topple Pirates
The Baseball Once-Upon-A Times.: Cardinals' Triple Comeback, Brock's 6 Hits Topple Pirates
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Fits, We Print The Baseball Once-Upon-A Times. Including final
results of all ball
games
A.L. less tie in the top of the sixth Johnson with the left fielder.
inning with an RBI single. Johnson eventually won the
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Fred Pateks RBI single in the title with a .329 mark but nev-
in four innings and fell to 0-5. with the club resulted from his
eighth re-tied the game. er commented publicly about
Orioles 5, White Sox 3 being black.
Tom Burgmeier (2-1), his relationship with Phillips.
BALTIMORE Don Bu- Hell, yes, Im bitter. Ive
K.C.s fourth pitcher, earned Early this season, Johnson
fords two-run home run in the been bitter since I learned I was
the win with two scoreless hit a batting slump and after a
bottom of the ninth inning black, he was quoted. The
innings. Ken Brett (2-1) took 5-for-33 slump in early May,
broke a 3-3 tie, giving the Ori- society into which I was born
the loss, yielding one un- was benched by Phillips on
oles a victory over the White and in which I grew up and in
earned run. May 21 for not hustling.
Sox. which I play ball today is anti-
Angels 3, Senators 1 Two days later he was
Chicago pinch hitter Walt black. My attitude is nothing
ANAHEIM Teenager benched again and then asked
(No Neck) Williams smashed a more than a reaction of their
Andy Hassler hurled 7 1/3 Phillips for another talk.
three-run homer to tie the game attitude.
strong innings to earn his first But they dont keep the He came back to the lineup
in the top of the ninth. major league win as the An- May 26 and in the next five
hatred to themselves. They go
Birds starter Pat Dobson (7- gels dealt the Senators their games, collected nine hits in
out of their way to set up barri-
3) went the distance to win his 20th loss in 26 games. 23 at-bats. But when he failed
ers.
third consecutive start. Vicente Hassler, 19, won in his to run out a groundout on June
Johnson is an introvert and
Romo (1-2), who served up third big league start, holding 4, he was benched and has
rarely made extensive com-
Bufords game-winner, was the woeful Washington to one run since appeared only three
ments to reporters, and almost
loser. on four hits. never about his relations with times as a pinch hitter and
Royals 2, Red Sox 1 Dave LaRoche pitched 1 teammates or the club. Last once as a pinch runner.
KANSAS CITY Bob 2/3 shutout innings to earn his season, when his batting aver- Throughout the row with
Olivers single scored Cookie third save. age was dipping below .320 Phillips, Johnson has been
Rojas in the bottom of the 12th Dick Bosman limited the and there was still a chance silent.
inning as the Royals edged the Halos to two runs in seven Johnson could earn the bat title, A small minority of the
Red Sox. frames, but took the loss and manager Lefty Phillips admit- white ones are good people,
George Scott broke a score- fell to 1-7. ted he had a man to man talk he was quoted as saying.