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VOL. 2, No. 115 WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 1971 TEN CENTS

Another Monumental Game For A.L. EAST W L

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

Yanks’ MVP Candidate Murcer New York

Baltimore
65
63
38
37
.631
.630
---
½
New York
Pittsburgh
66
57
33
45
.667
.559
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10½
Detroit 49 52 .485 15 Philadelphia 54 50 .519 14½
CHICAGO — It’s been little more than a als tamed the Tigers.
Boston 48 52 .480 15½ Chicago 52 50 .510 15½
year since a frazzled Bobby Murcer squeezed Hedlund (6-10) scattered eight hits, breezing Washington 41 58 .414 22 St. Louis 52 51 .505 16
between the monuments in Yankee Stadium’s to his fourth complete game. Tigers ace Mickey Cleveland 41 61 .402 23½ Montreal 37 66 .359 31
cavernous center field in pursuit of a long drive. Lolich was chased after five innings. He allowed
six runs and fell to 9-12. A.L. WEST W L PCT. GB N.L. WEST W L PCT. GB
“I slapped (Babe) Ruth’s face as I went
Oakland 65 35 .650 --- San Francisco 65 39 .625 ---
through,” he said afterward. Angels 4, Indians 3
California 53 51 .510 14 Los Angeles 55 48 .534 9½
These days Murcer is elbowing past some of CLEVELAND — Syd O’Brien broke a 3-3 tie
Minnesota 47 53 .470 18 Houston 54 48 .529 10
the Yankees monumental with an RBI single in the top of the ninth as the Milwaukee 46 53 .465 18½ Cincinnati 50 55 .476 15½
alumni in a statistical sense. Angels slipped past the Indians. Chicago 46 54 .460 19 Atlanta 39 67 .368 27
Murcer, the Yankees’ MVP O’Brien’s game-winner came off losing pitch- Kansas City 39 59 .398 25 San Diego 38 67 .362 27½
hopeful, had his biggest day in er Phil Hennigan (3-2). Halos reliever Dave
what is turning out to be his LaRoche (3-2) tossed two shutout innings of Tuesday’s American League Results Tuesday’s National League Results
best season with a home run, relief and secured the win. Baltimore 4, Oakland 3 (10), Gm. 1 St. Louis 3, New York 2
three doubles and a career- Twins 5, Senators 1 Oakland 7, Baltimore 6 (11), Gm. 2 Chicago 3, Montreal 1
Bobby Murcer Kansas City 8, Detroit 2 Philadelphia 10, Houston 4, Gm. 1
high six RBI as the Yankees BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — Tony Oliva’s tie
California 4, Cleveland 3 Houston 13, Philadelphia 0, Gm. 2
whipped the White Sox 13-3 on Tuesday night. -breaking single sparked a four-run rally in the New York 13, Chicago 3 San Francisco 4, Atlanta 3 (10)
The homer was Murcer’s 21st. He is on pace bottom of the eighth inning and the Twins went Minnesota 5, Washington 1 Pittsburgh 7, Los Angeles 1
for 33, which would be the most for the Yanks on to beat the Senators. Boston 4, Milwaukee 1, Gm. 1 Cincinnati 9, San Diego 0
since Mickey Mantle’s 35 in 1964. He’s on a Danny Thompson added a two-run single dur- Boston 3, Milwaukee 3 (10), Gm. 2

pace for 129 RBI, which would be the most in ing the uprising which made a winner of reliever Today’s Probable Starting Pitchers Today’s Probable Starting Pitchers
team annals since Roger Maris’ 141 in 1961. Jim Strickland (1-0). Nats starter Jim Shellen- All times local All times local

If Murcer maintains his .374 average, it
would trump every Yankee batsman since Joe
DiMaggio batted .381 in 1939.
Mel Stottlemyre (14-6) went the distance and
added three hits to New York’s total of 15. Chi-
cago starter Tommy John (9-10) lasted just
three innings, allowing five runs.
Orioles 4-6, A’s 3-7
BALTIMORE — Merv Rettenmund doubled
home the winning run in the 10th inning of the
first game, and Campy Campaneris powered the
A’s to victory in the second as Baltimore and
Oakland split a doubleheader.
The Birds staged two late rallies in the open-
er. With his team down 3-1 in the ninth inning,
Dave Johnson tagged a tying two-run homer off
Oakland starter Catfish Hunter, his second
round-tripper of the game.
Rettenmund’s double made a winner of O’s
reliever Tom Dukes (4-1), and a loser of A’s
fireman Rollie Fingers (8-5).
Campaneris had three hits (one a home run),
stole two bases and scored twice in the night-
cap. But it took Dick Green’s sacrifice fly in the
top of the 11th to provide the margin of victory
for the A’s.
Ron Klimkowski (3-2) notched the win with
two scoreless innings of relief. Orioles reliever
Dave Leonhard (1-1) took the loss.
Royals 8, Tigers 2
DETROIT — Mike Hedlund went the route
and belted his first career home run as the Roy-
back took a 1-0 shutout into the seventh. He al-
lowed three runs in seven frames and fell to 5-6.
Red Sox 4-4, Brewers 1-3
MILWAUKEE — Jim Lonborg threw eight
strong innings in the first game, and Luis Apari-
cio’s RBI single broke a 3-3 tie in the 10th in-
ning of the second game, as the Red Sox swept a
twin bill from the Brewers.
Lonborg (3-7) allowed one run on five hits in
A.L., Page 2
Healy Delivers in a Pinch as Giants Edge Past Braves
SAN FRANCISCO — If baseball wasn’t so
much fun, Francis Xavier Healy could run for
mayor of San Francisco.
Healy, the Giants’ pinch-hitter deluxe added
another chapter to his local legend Tuesday
night, lacing a bases-loaded single in the bottom
of the 10th inning to give San Francisco a 4-3
win over the Braves.
It marked Healy’s 14th pinch hit this season.
He is batting .412 in that role, with 12 RBI and
nine walks, both major league-leading figures.
Giants starter Juan Marichal took a 3-0 shut-
out into the ninth inning, but yielded a two-run
home run to Hank Aaron, his 29th of 1971 and
the 621st of his career. Steve Hamilton relieved
Marichal only to serve up a game-tying homer to
Mike Lum.
The Giants loaded the bases with no outs
against reliever Ron Herbel (7-9) in the bottom
of the 10th. Healy’s single off Bob Priddy scored
California (May 4-7) at Cleveland (Lamb 8-3), 7:45
p.m.
Oakland (Odom 4-4) at Baltimore (Cuellar 12-6), 8
p.m.
Kansas City (Splittorff 4-4) at Detroit (Cain 5-5), 8
p.m.
Washington (Thompson 0-2) at Minnesota (Perry 6-
13), 8 p.m.
Boston (Peters 10-8) at Milwaukee (Slaton 3-6), 6
p.m.
New York (Peterson 12-1) at Chicago (Wood 9-7), 8
p.m.
Willie McCovey with the winning run.
Don McMahon (2-0), the last of three Giants
hurlers, earned the win.
Cubs 3, Expos 1
MONTREAL — Ken Holtzman notched his
14th win and Billy Williams hoisted his 18th
home run as the Cubs trimmed the Expos for
their sixth consecutive triumph.
It marks the Cubs’ longest win skein since
April of 1970. Montreal has lost six in a row.
Williams’ two-run shot in the top of the third
gave Holtzman (14-5) a 3-0 lead. Holtzman
scattered nine hits in eight innings.
Expos starter and loser Ernie McAnally (7-5)
allowed three runs in seven frames.
Phillies 10-0, Astros 4-13
PHILADELPHIA — Woodie Fryman scat-
tered 11 hits in the first game and Wade
Blasingame fired his fourth career shutout and
belted his third career homer in the second as
Atlanta (Kelley 0-2) at San Francisco (Cumberland
8-3), 1 p.m.
Houston (Wilson 9-5) at Philadelphia (Wise 8-8),
7:35 p.m.
St. Louis (Carlton 7-6) at New York (Matlack 2-0),
8:05 p.m.
Chicago (Jenkins 14-11) at Montreal (Morton 5-12),
8:05 p.m.
Cincinnati (Grimsley 3-5) at San Diego (Kirby 7-8),
7:30 p.m.
Pittsburgh (Walker 9-5) at Los Angeles (Singer 8-
7), 8 p.m.
the Phillies and Astros split a pair of blowouts.
The Astros scored twice in the third inning
of the opener, but the Phils answered with five-
run rallies in the fourth and eighth. Bobby Pfeil
homered and had four RBI for Philly.
Fryman (7-3) fanned eight in his third com-
plete game. Houston starter Larry Dierker (8-
7) allowed five runs in six innings.
Blasingame (10-5) fanned six and walked
none in winning the nightcap. In addition to
helping himself, he was supported by Joe Mor-
gan, who tied career highs with two home runs
and four RBI.
Philadelphia starter Ken Reynolds (6-6) did-
n’t last the second inning, allowing five runs
on five hits.
Cardinals 3, Mets 2
NEW YORK — Chris Zachary outdueled
Mets ace Tom Seaver as the Cardinals edged
N.L., Page 2

Around Baseball Major League Leaders Wilhelm Sharp in

Johnson to Restricted AMERICAN G AB R H AVG. NATIONAL G AB R H AVG.
Comeback Attempt
List; Union Not Happy Murcer, N.Y. 100 374 81 140 .374 Jones, N.Y. 90 335 48 126 .376
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — “I couldn’t care
Rettenmund, Bal. 86 296 53 103 .348 Sanguillen, Pit. 92 355 50 125 .352
ANAHEIM (AP) — The Angels, with the less what Atlanta thinks now, I’m pitching and
Tovar, Min. 100 417 69 139 333 Stargell, Pit. 95 326 94 114 .350
aid of commissioner Bowie Kuhn, have taken that’s what matters,” said knuckleballer Hoyt
the next step in penalizing Alex Johnson. Carew, Min. 92 364 54 120 .330 Beckert, Chi. 98 419 56 146 .348 Wilhelm on Tuesday, out of the majors after
Kuhn announced Tuesday that Johnson, Cater, N.Y. 90 314 34 103 .328 Pepitone, Chi. 82 322 47 109 .339 1,045 games and 19 years.
suspended June 26 by the Angels for his lazy Wilhelm, 48, said he signed with the Spo-
White, N.Y. 95 341 67 110 .323 Oliver, Pit. 93 336 49 113 .336
play, has been placed on the restricted list. kane Indians of the Pacific
A player can only be suspended 30 days Blair, Bal. 87 351 56 113 .322 Torre, St.L 103 394 61 132 .335
Coast League in mid-July be-
and by placing him on the restricted list it will Cash, Det. 90 305 58 97 .318 Brock, St.L 100 415 73 139 .335
cause Atlanta “just wouldn’t let
not count against the club’s 25-man roster. Howard, Was. 99 387 55 123 .318 Alou, St.L 96 404 64 133 .329 me prove I can still pitch and I
Marvin Miller, executive director of the Oliva, Min. 85 326 48 102 .313 Clemente, Pit. 86 345 50 111 .322 knew I could.
Major League Players Association, said that the
HR: Cash (Det.) 34; Smith (Bos.) 32; Nettles HR: Stargell (Pit.) 44; May (Cin.) 33; Aaron “If I had been pitching a lot
action against Johnson is “another example of Hoyt Wilhelm
(Cle.) 26; Melton (Chi.) 25; Petrocelli (Bos.) 23. (Atl.) 29; Robertson (Pit.) 24; Colbert (S.D.) 23. down there and then got
the finagling that goes on between the clubs and
RBI: Smith (Bos.) 83; Murcer (N.Y.) 82; Cash RBI: Stargell (Pit.) 95; Aaron (Atl.) 81; May bumped, I’d have hung ’em up, he said.
the commissioner’s office.”
(Det.) 78; Nettles (Cle.) 71; White (N.Y.) 71. (Cin.) 77; Torre (St.L) 74; Jones (N.Y.) 71. Since joining Spokane, Wilhelm has gone 20
PHILADELPHIA — The Astros sent first
Wins: Blue (Oak.) 15-4; Hunter (Oak.) 15-4; Wins: Blass (Pit.) 15-5; Holtzman (Chi.) 14-5; innings, has an ERA of 2.70 and a 2-0 record.
baseman John Mayberry to Oklahoma City of
Kaat (Min.) 14-5; Stottlemyre (N.Y.) 14-6; Dob- Seaver (N.Y.) 14-6; Jenkins (Chi.) 14-11; Sutton In his 1,045 games in the majors, Wilhelm
the American Association and brought up
son (Bal.) 13-6. (L.A.) 13-7. amassed 143 wins, 120 losses and a 2.51 ERA.
catcher Larry Howard from the same club.
Mayberry appeared in 22 games for Hou- Strikeouts: Blue (Oak.) 231; Lolich (Det.) Strikeouts: Seaver (N.Y.) 203; Stoneman The chance that Wilhelm will be called up by
ston, hitting .222 with two homers. 169; Coleman (Det.) 159; Blyleven (Min.) 147; (Mon.) 152; Jenkins (Chi.) 150; Sutton (L.A.) the Indians’ parent club, Los Angeles, depends
SAN DIEGO — The Padres announced McDowell (Cle.) 141. 149; Kirby (S.D.) 136. greatly on the Dodgers’ bid to catch San Fran-
they have turned over the contract of veteran ERA: Fingers (Oak.) 1.95; Blue (Oak.) 2.07; ERA: Seaver (N.Y.) 1.84; Walker (Pit.) 2.51; cisco in the National League.
left-handed pitcher Danny Coombs to their Ha- Wood (Chi.) 2.20; Messersmith, (Cal) 2.60; Sutton (L.A.) 2.54; Wilson (Hou.) 2.64; Sadecki While Wilhelm declined to say whether he
waii farm club of the Pacific Coast League. Wright (Cal.), 2.63. (N.Y.) 2.66. would remain in the minors if the call-up
Coombs, 32, had compiled a 2-8 record and doesn’t come, he said he would be interested in
a 7.51 ERA in 42 games for the Pads in 1971. the “right coaching situation.”
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National League Boxscores
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Who’s Hot - May, Cin.: Batting .317, 9 HR, 14 RBI in 16 games since July 10
Who’s Not - Kendall, S.D.: Hitless in 27 AB since June 26
Pitching Swell - McMahon, S.F.: 1-0, 1 sv, 0.84 in 10 appearances since June 25
Not So Well - Dierker, Hou.: 0-2, 6.12 ERA in 4 starts since July 2

American League Boxscores

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Who’s Hot - Murcer, N.Y.: Batting .404 with 39 RBI in 42 games since June 13
Who’s Not - Bevacqua, Cle.: Hitless in 21 at-bats since July 10
Pitching Swell - Jackson, Bal.: 3-0, 1.35 ERA in 5 starts since June 30
Not So Well - John, Chi.: 3-5, 4.75 ERA in 8 starts since June 29

N.L.
From Page 1
New York.
The game was tied 2-2 when
St. Louis pinch hitter Joe
Hague connected for a tie-
breaking single in the eighth.
Zachary (7-4) allowed 10
hits in eight innings. Seaver
(14-6) allowed three runs on 11
hits and is 2-2 in his past five
starts.
Pirates 7, Dodgers 1
LOS ANGELES — Dock
Ellis hurled a strong eight in-
nings as the Pirates subdued
the Dodgers.
Ellis (11-7) limited the
Dodgers to one unearned run
while striking out four. L.A.
starter Al Downing allowed
three runs in seven innings
and fell to 10-10.
Reds 9, Padres 0
SAN DIEGO — Jim
McGlothlin fired a six-hit
shutout with 11 strikeouts as
the Reds spanked the Padres.
Cincy blew open a 3-0
game with a six-run rally in
the seventh inning.
McClothlin improved to 10-
6. Pads starter Tom Phoebus
(4-14) allowed eight runs in 6
2/3 innings.
A.L.
From Page 1
the opener and won for the sec-
ond time in 11 decisions.
Reggie Smith and Carl
Yastrzemski clubbed back-to-
back homers to give Lonborg a
3-0 lead in the first inning.
Skip Lockwood (11-6) took
the loss, allowing three runs in
six innings.
Aparicio had three hits in
the nightcap. His tie-breaking
single enabled BoSox starter
Ray Culp (7-9) to improve to
4-1 in his past nine starts.
Suds reliever Lew Krausse
surrendered the game-deciding
run and dropped to 5-9.
The Red Sox have won five
games in a row.