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VOL. 2, No. 121 TUESDAY, AUG. 3, 1971 TEN CENTS

Spencer’s Triple Trips Twins 6-5; A.L. EAST W L

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

Angels Continue Heavenly Run Baltimore

New York
66
67
38
42
.635
.615
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1½
New York
Pittsburgh
71
58
34
50
.676
.537
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14½
Boston 52 55 .486 15½ Chicago 54 53 .505 18
ANAHEIM — Sizzling Jim Spencer lashed a Orioles 6, Red Sox 5
Detroit 51 56 .477 16½ Philadelphia 55 54 .505 18
go-ahead two-run triple in the bottom of the BALTIMORE — Brooks Robinson’s sacri-
Washington 46 59 .438 20½ St. Louis 54 55 .495 19
eighth inning Monday night, leading the equally fice fly in the bottom of the eighth inning culmi- Cleveland 45 64 .413 23½ Montreal 40 68 .370 32½
incendiary Angels to a 6-5 victory over the nated a comeback from a 5-0 deficit as the Ori-
Brewers. oles topped the Red Sox. A.L. WEST W L PCT. GB N.L. WEST W L PCT. GB
Boston took a 5-0 lead after 4½ innings on a Oakland 67 39 .632 --- San Francisco 70 41 .631 ---
The win was the 14th in the Halos’ past 16
three-run home run by George Scott and a two- California 58 52 .527 11 Los Angeles 60 49 .550 9
games. Mired in fourth place and 16½ games
run shot from Carl Yastrzemski. Minnesota 50 55 .476 16½ Houston 56 52 .519 12½
off the American League West lead on July 16,
Chicago 48 59 .449 19½ Cincinnati 52 59 .468 18
California is now second, 11 games behind the Birds starting pitcher Dave Leonhard chipped
Milwaukee 47 59 .443 20 San Diego 44 67 .396 26
division-leading A’s. away at the deficit with a two-run single in the
Kansas City 42 61 .408 23½ Atlanta 40 72 .357 30½
Spencer is one reason why. sixth. The next batter, leadoff man Don Buford,
In his past four games he is clubbed a tying three-run homer. Monday’s American League Results Monday’s National League Results
hitting .538 with six RBI. He Baltimore reliever Pete Richert (1-0) earned Baltimore 6, Boston 5 San Diego 6, St. Louis 5 (12)
had three hits Monday, only a the win with 1 2/3 scoreless innings. Tom Dukes Detroit 10, Washington 2 Cincinnati 5, New York 3
home run away from hitting got the final out to record his first save. Cleveland 7, New York 4 Atlanta 3, Philadelphia 2
for the cycle. Sparky Lyle, the third of four Boston pitchers, Kansas City 3, Oakland 2 Los Angeles 4, San Francisco 3
Jim Spencer took the loss and fell to 3-1. Minnesota 7, Chicago 5 (11) Chicago 7, Houston 0
Pitching is another reason.
California 6, Milwaukee 5 (Only games scheduled)
Since July 17, Halos’ hurlers have a major The O’s are 9-2 against the Red Sox in 1971.
league best 2.21 ERA. Royals 3, A’s 2 Today’s Probable Starting Pitchers Today’s Probable Starting Pitchers
Monday’s starter Rudy May got off to a KANSAS CITY — Fred Patek singled home All times local All times local
New York (Kekich 9-4) at Cleveland (Foster 6-5), Los Angeles (Sutton 14-7) at San Francisco (Bryant
rough getaway, falling behind 5-0 after four the tying run in the eighth inning, and Gail Hop-
7:45 p.m. 7-5), 1 p.m.
innings. But he fueled a comeback in the bot- kins’ RBI double drove home the winning run in
Washington (McLain 4-13) at Detroit (Niekro 5-6), Cincinnati (Merritt 4-6 and Simpson 3-6) at New
tom of the fifth with an RBI single in a four-run the bottom of the ninth as the Royals edged the 8 p.m. York (Ryan 7-5 and Williams 3-4), 2, 5:30 p.m.
uprising. A’s. Boston (Siebert 10-8) at Baltimore (Palmer 9-8), 8 Atlanta (Reed 5-13) at Philadelphia (Short 8-10),
There were two on and one out when Spen- Both starters — Oakland’s Diego Segui and p.m. 7:30 p.m.
Kansas City’s Paul Splittorff — went eight in- Oakland (Blue 15-5) at Kansas City (Wright 1-3), Pittsburgh (Blass 15-5) at Montreal (Morton 5-12),
cer came to the plate in the eighth. He pulled a
nings, allowing two runs. The decisions went to 7:30 p.m. 8:05 p.m.
triple into the right field corner plating the tying
Minnesota (Kaat 14-5) at Chicago (Horlen 5-5), 8 Chicago (Hands 7-15) at Houston (Dierker 8-7), 7
and tie-breaking scores. the relievers. Ted Abernathy (2-1) pitched one
p.m. p.m.
Angels reliever Dave La Roche (5-2) pitched shutout inning and got the win. The A’s Bob Milwaukee (Lopez 3-6) at California (Murphy 4- San Diego (Arlin 10-8) at St. Louis (Gibson 11-7), 8
a scoreless inning to cop the win. Milwaukee A.L., Page 2 12), 8 p.m. p.m.
fireman John Morris allowed two runs in his
only inning of work and fell to 1-2.
Twins 7, White Sox 5
Streaky Jenkins Notches 16th Win on 20th Career Shutout
CHICAGO — Rich Reese’s tie-breaking, HOUSTON — Chicago Cubs pitcher Fergu- Dodgers 4, Giants 3 Padres 6, Cardinals 5
two-run single in the top of the 11th inning ig- son Jenkins has blown hot and cold this season. SAN FRANCISCO — Willie Crawford dou- ST. LOUIS — Nate Colbert belted a tie-
nited a three-run rally as the Twins edged the He was riding high in April (4-1, 1.84 ERA), bled home the tie-breaking run in the sixth in- breaking home run in the 12th inning, his sec-
White Sox. shot down in May (2-6, 5.20). He bounced back ning, and reliever Jim Brewer navigated a har- ond round-tripper of the game, and the Padres
Minnesota took a 4-0 lead after five innings. in June (5-1, 1.72) but backslid in July (4-3, rowing bottom of the ninth as the second-place extended their win streak to six, tying a fran-
But Chicago scored twice in both the sixth and 5.80). Dodgers eked past the division-leading Giants. chise record.
seventh innings to tie the game. If Monday night was any indication, the Na- The Giants scored all their runs in the second Sparked by a three-run blast off Colbert’s
The bases were loaded with one out when tional League may be in for a long, hot August. frame, two on Alan Gallagher’s bases-loaded bat, the Padres built a 5-2 lead after 5½ in-
Reese delivered his decisive base hit. Walt Wil- Jenkins fired a four-hitter, propelling the Cubs single. The Dodgers tied it in the third, and nings. St. Louis scored twice in the seventh to
liams tagged his second home run in two games to a 7-0 victory over the Astros, notching his Crawford closed out the scoring. move within a run.
to cut the Twins’ lead to 7-5 in the bottom of 20th career shutout and becoming the N.L.’s first The Giants rallied against Brewer in the San Diego was within two outs of victory in
the inning. The White Sox subsequently put the 16 -game winner. ninth, loading the bases with one out and Willie the bottom of the ninth, but the Birds’ Lou
tying run on base, but Ed Herrmann flied out to Chicago took a quick lead on right fielder Jim Mays at the plate. On a 3-2 pitch, Mays Brock doubled to score the tying run.
center field to end the game. Hickman’s 14th home run, a three-run shot in grounded a hot shot to third baseman Steve Colbert’s game-winner made a winner of
Reliever Bob Gebhard (2-0), who got his first the top of the first inning He finished with four Garvey, who started a game-ending double reliever Tom Phoebus (5-14). Daryl Patterson,
career win Sunday, earned another on Monday, RBI. play. the last of six St. Louis hurlers, took the loss.
throwing 2 2/3 innings of relief. Joe Pepitone had four hits, including his ninth Starter Claude Osteen (12-9) went six in- Braves 3, Phillies 2
Chicago’s Rich Hinton (1-1) allowed three long ball. Jenkins (16-11) struck out six in his nings and got the win. Brewer notched his 12th PHILADELPHIA — Marty Perez broke a 2-
runs in 1 1/3 innings and took the loss. The 14th complete game. save in 13 opportunities. 2 tie with an RBI single in the top of the ninth
White Sox are a major league worst 2-8 in extra Houston’s Don Wilson (9-6) was lifted after Giants starter John Cumberland took the inning and Henry Aaron hit his second home
inning games. the sixth inning, charged with four runs. loss, snapping a personal five-game win streak. N.L., Page 2

Around Baseball Major League Leaders Rain Falls on Jones,

A One-Year Extension AMERICAN G AB R H AVG. NATIONAL G AB R H AVG.
Hodges Relationship
Is OK by Phils’ Lucchesi Murcer, N.Y. 106 394 86 147 .373
1
Jones, N.Y. 94 347 50 129 .372
Rettenmund, Bal. 90 312 55 109 .349
2
Beckert, Chi. 103 437 59 154 .352 NEW YORK (AP) — The strained relation-
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Frank Lucchesi ship between manager Gil Hodges and star out-
3
got a new one-year contract as manager of the Tovar, Min. 105 441 73 148 .336 Sanguillen, Pit. 97 374 50 129 .345
fielder Cleon Jones of the New York Mets ap-
Philadelphia Phillies and immediately said he Cater, N.Y. 95 335 36 112 .334
4
Brock, St.L 106 440 81 151 .343 parently has taken a turn for the worse after
was changing his method of managing in 1972. 5
Jones was held out of the start-
Cash, Det. 96 326 61 105 .322 Pepitone, Chi. 86 340 51 116 .341
“I’ve been experimenting and developing 6 ing lineup for Sunday’s game
these first two years,” Lucchesi declared. “Next Carew, Min. 97 389 59 125 .321 Stargell, Pit. 101 346 98 116 .335
7
against Chicago.
year we’re going for all the marbles. The name White, N.Y. 101 368 72 118 .321 Torre, St.L 109 416 63 139 .334 Hodges said Jones didn’t play
of the game is winning.” Blair, Bal. 89 359 57 114 .318
8
Oliver, Pit. 98 354 50 117 .331 because the sore throat that kept
Lucchesi wasn’t disturbed because Phillies Oliva, Min. 90 346 55 109 .315
9
Alou, St.L 101 416 65 137 .329 him out Friday night still was
owner Bob Carpenter gave him only a one-year 10 bothering him. Gil Hodges
Powell, Bal. 85 290 57 91 .314 Clemente, Pit. 90 360 51 117 .325
vote of confidence. He pointed out that Walter Jones said the throat was OK, that he could
HR: Cash (Det.) 35; Smith (Bos.) 33; Nettles HR: Stargell (Pit.) 46; May (Cin.) 34; Aaron
Alston of the Los Angeles Dodgers had been play.
(Cle.) 26; Melton (Chi.) 26; Petrocelli (Bos.) 23. (Atl.) 31; Colbert (S.D.) 25; Robertson (Pit.) 24.
working on one-year agreements for 18 years. “Jones has had a bad throat,” Hodges said.
“If it’s good enough for Walter Alston it’s RBI: Murcer (N.Y.) 87; Smith (Bos.) 86; Cash RBI: Stargell (Pit.) 98; Aaron (Atl.) 84; May
“With this kind of weather I thought it best to
good enough for me,” said the dapper, little (Det.) 79; White (N.Y.) 77; Nettles (Cle.) 74. (Cin.) 82; Torre (St.L) 77; Williams (Chi.) 73.
keep him out.”
manager from San Francisco. Wins: Hunter (Oak.) 16-4; Blue (Oak.) 15-5; Wins: Jenkins (Chi.) 16-11; Blass (Pit.) 15-5; It was raining off and on all weekend in New
LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers activated Kaat (Min.) 14-5; Stottlemyre (N.Y.) 14-6; Dob- Holtzman (Chi.) 14-5; Seaver (N.Y.) 14-6; Sut-
York. Jones pinch-hit for Tom Seaver against
catcher-infielder Bill Sudakis on Monday and son (Bal.) 14-6. ton (L.A.) 14-7.
the Cubs on Sunday and popped up with a man
placed infielder Bill Grabarkewitz on the disa- Strikeouts: Blue (Oak.) 240; Lolich (Det.) Strikeouts: Seaver (N.Y.) 205; Stoneman on first base.
bled list. 178; Coleman (Det.) 174; Blyleven (Min.) 153; (Mon.) 165; Jenkins (Chi.) 161; Sutton (L.A.) However, Jones said, “I can play. I’m all
Sudakis has been on the disabled list since McDowell (Cle.) 141. 153; Kirby (S.D.) 144. right.”
June 14 after injuring his right knee June 6. ERA: Blue (Oak.) 2.05; Wood (Chi.) 2.53; ERA: Seaver (N.Y.) 1.77; Grimsley (Cin.) Asked about the weather, he simply said,
Grabarkewitz has been hampered by a sore Messersmith, (Cal) 2.61; Wright (Cal.), 2.73; 1.79; Sutton (L.A.) 2.58; Sadecki (N.Y.) 2.60; “He’s the manager.”
shoulder since spring training. He had been on Dobson (Bal.) 2.75. Holtzman (Chi.) 2.80. However, the outfielder did not tell Hodges
the disabled list in mid-May but returned to he was ready, and Hodges did not ask Jones,
active duty in late June. METS, Page 2
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American League Boxscores
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Who’s Hot - Spencer, Cal.: Batting .538 with 0 HR, 6 RBI in past 4 games
Who’s Not - Campaneris, Oak.: Hitless in 22 at-bats since July 30
Pitching Swell - Abernathy, K.C.: 1-0, 4 saves 0.63 ERA in 12 appearances
Not So Well - Broberg, Tex.: 0-3, 10.29 ERA in 4 appearances since July 9
National League Boxscores
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Who’s Hot - Colbert, S.D.: Batting .333, 5 HR, 13 RBI during 13-gm hit streak
Who’s Not - Bonds, S.F.: Hitless in 13 at-bats since Aug. 1
Pitching Swell - Frisella, N.Y.: 2-1, 5 saves, 1.59 ERA in 11 appearances
Not So Well - Carlton, St.L: 0-4, 5.30 ERA in 6 starts since July 9
Mets
From Page 1
who is hitting .372.
“I won’t tell the manager,”
Jones said. “I usually tell the
trainer. If the manager wants to
find out, the trainer gives him a
report.”
Trainer Tom McKenna said
Jones “had a sore throat, but
he’s all right now. But I don’t
tell the manager. I tell Dr. Peter
Lamotte and he tells Gil.”
Jones did admit that he had
asked to be taken out of the
lineup Friday night when he
wasn’t feeling well.
N.L.
From Page 1
run in as many games as the
Braves downed the Phillies.
The teams were tied 2-2 after
eight innings, with three of the
runs coming on solo homers —
by Aaron (his 31st of the sea-
son and 623rd career), Braves
rookie Earl Williams (No. 13)
and the Phils’ Byron Browne
(his first of the year).
Perez’s single made a winner
of Atlanta George Stone (7-7)
who tossed a five-hitter.
Phils starter Rick Wise (8-9)
turned in his 10th compete
game.
Reds 5, Mets 3
NEW YORK — Lee May’s
tie-breaking single sparked a
three-run rally in the eighth
The troubles between Jones
and Hodges first surfaced dur-
ing the Mets’ miracle 1969
championship season when
Hodges, in the middle of a
game, took a long walk to left
field and took Jones out of the
game.
Later he said Jones’ leg had
been bothering him.
Jones, however, thought
differently about the action.
“I thought then that maybe
he tried to belittle me,” he
said. “I was very embarrassed.
If it happened again, I don’t
know what I’d do.”
inning and the Reds went on
to snap the Mets’ five-game
win streak
Starters Ross Grimsley of
the Reds, and Jon Matlack of
the Mets dueled to a 2-2 draw
after six innings. May’s clutch
hit was followed by an RBI
single by Johnny Bench and a
sacrifice fly by Buddy Brad-
ford.
The Mets loaded the bases
and scored a run in the bottom
of the ninth. But Cincy fire-
man Clay Carroll retired Bud
Harrelson to end the game and
earn his fourth save.
Reds reliever Wayne
Granger (5-0) threw a score-
less inning to earn the win.
New York reliever Danny
Frisella allowed three runs in
one inning and fell to 3-1.
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A.L. five runs.
Indians 7, Yankees 4
From Page 1
CLEVELAND — Chris
Locker allowed the decisive Chambliss walloped a three-
run and fell to 5-1. run homer that highlighted a
Tigers 10, Senators 2 five-run first inning as the In-
DETROIT — Joe Coleman dians beat the Yankees for the
fired a four-hitter and fanned
second time in 10 tries this
10, winning his first start since
season.
June 26 as the Tigers mauled
John Ellis launched a two-
the Senators.
Don Mincher gave Wash-
run shot in the second frame
that trimmed the Tribe’s lead
ington a 2-0 lead with a home
to 5-3. New York drew to
run in the top of the first. It
within one run in the fifth, but
was all Detroit after that.
Eddie Leon’s two-run double
Bill Freehan’s two-run triple
gave Cleveland starter Mike
keyed a five-run rally in the
Paul all the cushion he would
second. The Tigers scored four
need.
more in the sixth inning, two
Paul (2-2) turned in his sec-
coming on a single by Willie
ond complete game. The
Horton.
Yanks’ Fritz Peterson who
Coleman (13-5) hurled his
came into the game with a 12-
ninth complete game. Wash-
1 record, surrendered seven
ington starter Pete Broberg (2-
3) was knocked out of the box runs in 5 2/3 innings and took
in the second, charged with his first loss since June 18.