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VOL. 2, No. 129 WEDNESDAY, AUG. 11, 1971 TEN CENTS

Three-by-Three, Orioles Wallop A.L. EAST W L

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

Twins into Submission, 11-5 Baltimore

New York
71
71
39
45
.645
.612
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New York
Pittsburgh
74
64
39
52
.655
.552
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Detroit 56 59 .487 17½ Chicago 61 53 ,535 13½
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — So often has earned his first career save.
Boston 55 60 .478 18½ Philadelphia 57 59 .491 18½
Orioles manager Earl Weaver espoused his A’s fireman Ron Klimkowski (3-3) was hung
Washington 49 64 434 23½ St. Louis 55 62 .470 21
baseball philosophy he would be well served to with the loss.
Cleveland 46 70 .397 28 Montreal 42 73 .365 33
print it on his business card: Yankees 3, Angels 0
“Pitching, defense and three-run homers.” NEW YORK — Stan Banhsen spun a three- A.L. WEST W L PCT. GB N.L. WEST W L PCT. GB
The strategy worked like a charm Tuesday hitter as the Yankees handed the Angels their Oakland 71 44 .617 --- San Francisco 73 46 .613 ---
night in the Birds’ 11-5 victory over the Twins. third consecutive shutout. California 61 56 .521 11 Los Angeles 65 51 .560 6½
The Angels have been blanked 12 times, sec- Minnesota 55 58 .487 15 Houston 61 54 .530 10
Last things first — Baltimore tagged a trio of
ond-most in the majors this season. Chicago 53 62 .461 18 Cincinnati 57 61 .483 15½
three-run round-trippers. Catcher Andy Etche-
Milwaukee 51 62 .451 19 San Diego 46 72 .390 26½
barren belted the first, breaking The game was scoreless after 5½ innings.
Kansas City 46 66 .411 23½ Atlanta 43 76 .361 30
a scoreless tie in the top of the Danny Cater broke the tie with an RBI triple in
second inning. the bottom of the sixth. One batter later he Tuesday’s National League Results
Tuesday’s American League Results
Center fielder Merv Rette- scored on a single, giving the Yanks a 2-0 lead.
Oakland 7, Boston 1, Gm. 1 Chicago 8, Pittsburgh 6
mund’s blast in the seventh put Bahnsen (10-7) has won his past four deci- Boston 7, Oakland 6, Gm. 2 Atlanta 7, St. Louis 3
Baltimore up 7-3. Boog Powell sions. Halos starter Clyde Wright (12-10) went New York 3, California 0 Montreal 11, San Francisco 2
applied the knockout blow in the distance and fanned seven. Kansas City 5, Washington 0, Gm. 1 Los Angeles 5, Philadelphia 3
Rettenmund
the ninth with a three-run wal- Brewers 7, Tigers 6 Kansas City 5, Washington 2, Gm. 2 Houston 3, Cincinnati 1
lop, his 21st long ball of the season. MILWAUKEE — Tommy Harper’s fourth hit Chicago 7, Cleveland 6 San Diego 1, New York 0 (12)
Baltimore 11, Minnesota 5
Defense? Orioles starter Mike Cuellar com- of the game drove home the winning run in the
Detroit 6, Milwaukee 7
mitted the only miscue of the game for his bottom of the ninth inning as the Brewers nipped
team. It caused no harm. the Tigers. Today’s Probable Starting Pitchers Today’s Probable Starting Pitchers
Pitching? Cuellar (15-6) pitched an economi- All times local All times local
The Brewers led 6-5 after eight innings. The
California (Messersmith 12-7) at New York Montreal (Renko 4-11) at San Francisco (Cumber-
cal six innings, allowing three runs. He has an 8 Tigers’ red-hot Gates Brown tied the game with (Stottlemyre 14-7), 2 p.m. land 9-4), 1 p.m.
-0 record and a 2.94 ERA in his past 10 starts. a pinch-hit single in the top of the ninth inning. Chicago (Jenkins 17-11) at Pittsburgh (Ellis 13-7),
Kansas City (Splittorff 5-5 and Wright 1-5) at
Twins’ starter Tom Hall also allowed three It was Brown’s 11th RBI in his past six games. Washington (Gogolewski 9-3 and Shellenbach 6-6), 2, 8:05 p.m.
runs in six innings. He got a no-decision. Re- Harper’s four hits tied his career high. 5 p.m. Houston (Billingham 6-6) at Cincinnati (Nolan 13-
liever Stan Williams allowed three runs in two- Suds reliever Ken Sanders (3-3) earned the Oakland (Blue 16-5) at Boston (Siebert 10-8), 7:30 11), 8 p.m.
thirds of an inning and fell to 5-2. p.m. Atlanta (Kelley 1-2) at St. Louis (Zachary 7-5), 8
win. Starter Bill Parsons got no decision despite
Twins right fielder Tony Oliva had three hits, Detroit (Niekro 6-6) at Milwaukee (Lockwood 11- p.m.
clubbing a home run (his second of the year) and New York (Seaver 14-7) at San Diego (Roberts 6-
8), 8 p.m.
including two home runs, raising his hit streak a double. He left after an 88-minute rain delay. Baltimore (Dobson 14-6) at Minnesota (Perry 6-14), 12), 7:30 p.m.
to 17 games, tying his career high. Detroit fireman Tom Timmerman (1-3) took Philadelphia (Reynolds 6-8) at Los Angeles
8 p.m.
A’s 7-6, Red Sox 1-7 the loss. Cleveland (Lamb 8-4) at Chicago (Horlen 5-6), 8 (Alexander 6-0), 8 p.m.
BOSTON — Catfish Hunter became the ma- A.L., Page 2 p.m.
jors’ first 18-game winner of 1971 in the first
game, and Reggie Smith capped a big day with
four RBI in the second as the A’s and Red Sox
split a doubleheader.
Streaking Williams Leads Cubs to Eighth Straight Win
Smith connected off Hunter in the bottom of PITTSBURGH — The Billy and Willie show nings. Pirates starter Bruce Kison was lifted in first inning. Dodgers catcher Tom Haller retied
the first inning of the opener. Hunter (18-4) hit the Iron City on Tuesday night in a game that the second frame, charged with five runs. the game with a two-run single in the bottom of
then retired the next 20 batters in a row. He had fans raving and pitchers running for cover. Padres 1, Mets 0 the frame.
finished with a three-hitter and six strikeouts as
Cubs left fielder Billy Williams had four hits, SAN DIEGO — Ed Spiezio’s RBI double Wes Parker’s RBI single in the second put
his teammates built a 7-1 cushion.
extending his consecutive hit streak to 19 games. in the bottom of the 12th inning scored the the Dodgers up for good.
Smith’s homer was his 34th. Red Sox starter
And Pirates left fielder Willie Stargell clubbed winning run as the Padres outlasted the Mets. Singer (11-7) fanned eight in his third win-
Gary Peters (11-10) allowed five runs in 6 2/3
his 49th home run, putting himself eight games Both starters pitched scoreless ball — the ning start in a row. Philly’s Barry Lersch al-
innings.
Smith ripped a three-run homer in the first ahead of Roger Maris’ record pace of 1961. Pads’ Clay Kirby through eight innings, and lowed five runs in 6 1/3 innings and fell to 6-9.
inning of the nightcap. A’s starter John Odom The game? The Cubs won their eighth in a the Mets’ Gary Gentry, through seven. The Dodgers trail the Giants by 6½ games.
walked in two runs in the second frame, giving row, 8-6, and moved to within two games of the Spiezio’s hit made a winner of Tom Phoe- They’ve cut three off the lead in four days.
Boston a 5-1 lead. second place Bucs. bus (6-14) and a loser of Ron Taylor (7-4). Expos 11, Giants 2
Reggie Jackson homered twice to help get Williams had an RBI double in the first inning Dodgers 5, Phillies 3 SAN FRANCISCO — Bill Stoneman fired a
the A’s even at 6-6 in the top of the seventh. and singled, later scoring, in the second, to help LOS ANGELES — Bill Singer threw eight two-hitter with 10 strikeouts as the Expos rout-
But the Red Sox’ Joe Lahoud broke the tie Cubs starter Juan Pizarro to a 5-1 lead. Stargell’s strong innings and Jim Brewer earned his ma- ed the Giants.
with an RBI single in the bottom of the frame. two-run blast in the fifth pulled the Pirates to jor-leading 15th save as the Dodgers inched Stoneman (10-13) took a no-hitter into the
Ray Culp (8-10) went 7 1/3 innings, allowing within 6-4. That was as close they got. closer to the N.L. West-leading Giants. seventh, losing it on a double by Al Gallagher.
six runs, and got the win. Rookie Roger Moret Pizarro (3-1) allowed five runs in eight in- The Phillies took a 2-0 lead in the top of the N.L., Page 2

Around Baseball Major League Leaders Dying Boy Meets

Pads Reliever Miller AMERICAN G AB R H AVG. NATIONAL G AB R H AVG.
Giants’ Tito Fuentes
Happy to Join Pirates Murcer, N.Y. 113 420 93 156 .371 1
Jones, N.Y. 102 381 56 139 .365
SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) — “I’m very hap-
Rettenmund, Bal. 96 338 61 119 .352 2
Brock, St.L 114 474 88 170 .359
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Relief pitcher Bob Mil- py today … because Tito came.”
3
ler, handed his walking papers by the Chicago Tovar, Min. 113 476 80 160 .336 Beckert, Chi. 110 470 65 165 .351
Those were the last words Otto Christo, 13,
Cubs at the beginning of the season, redeemed Cater, N.Y. 100 354 38 118 .333 4
Sanguillen, Pit. 105 410 58 141 .344 said from his bed at San Francisco General
himself on a last-place club and is now in a posi-
Oliva, Min. 97 373 59 122 .327 5
Oliver, Pit. 103 372 55 127 .341 Hospital.
tion to share in some playoff money at the ex-
Cash, Det. 102 349 65 112 .321
6
Pepitone, Chi. 92 361 54 123 .341 He was talking to his mother, Mrs. Lily
pense of the Cubs.
Christo, just minutes after Tito
Miller, a 32-year-old right-hander in his 15th Blair, Bal. 91 360 58 115 .319 7
Clemente, Pit. 98 391 57 132 .338
year of pro baseball was traded by the fifth-place
Fuentes, second baseman for the
Carew, Min. 105 423 64 134 .317 8
Torre, St.L 117 447 69 148 .331
San Diego Padres to the Pirates on Tuesday. San Francisco Giants visited him
White, N.Y. 108 397 78 125 .315 9
Stargell, Pit. 109 375 107 123 .328 on July 28.
“It makes me very happy that a club as good as
Pittsburgh is interested in me,” Miller said after May, Mil. 105 370 56 116 .314
1
0 Alou, St.L 109 454 71 148 .326 Otto went to sleep that day and
the trade was announced. HR: Cash (Det.) 36; Smith (Bos.) 35; Nettles HR: Stargell (Pit.) 49; May (Cin.) 36; Aaron was dead the next morning — a
In a separate transaction, the Pirates sold the (Cle.) 28; Melton (Chi.) 26; Jackson (Oak.) 25. (Atl.) 34; Robertson (Pit.) 27; 2 tied with 26. victim of leukemia.
Otto Christo
contract of relief pitcher Jim “Mudcat” Grant to RBI: Smith (Bos.) 94; Murcer (N.Y.) 92; Cash RBI: Stargell (Pit.) 106; Aaron (Atl.) 97; May Mrs. Christo on Wednesday
the Oakland A’s for an undisclosed amount. (Det.) 82; Bando (Oak.) 80; 2 tied with 79. (Cin.) 87; Torre (St.L) 81; Williams (Chi.) 80. recalled the visit of Fuentes and her son. She
LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers purchased 48 said it was arranged by a Roman Catholic priest
Wins: Hunter (Oak.) 18-4; Blue (Oak.) 16-5; Wins: Jenkins (Chi.) 17-11; Blass (Pit.) 16-5;
-year-old Hoyt Wilhelm on Tuesday from their who felt the meeting would “cheer up” Otto.
Kaat (Min.) 15-5; Cuellar (Bal.) 15-6; Coleman Holtzman (Chi.) 14-5; Sutton (L.A.) 14-7;
Spokane farm team in the Pacific Coast League. “Baseball was everything to him,” the wom-
(Det.) 14-5. Seaver (N.Y.) 14-7.
Wilhelm will join the Dodgers prior to an said. Next to his dog Tina, he loved the Gi-
Strikeouts: Blue (Oak.) 260; Lolich (Det.) Strikeouts: Seaver (N.Y.) 209; Stoneman
Wednesday night’s game with Philadelphia in Los
193; Coleman (Det.) 188; Blyleven (Min.) 163; (Mon.) 182; Jenkins (Chi.) 166; Sutton (L.A.) ants best.
Angeles.
McDowell (Cle.) 146. 157; Kirby (S.D.) 151. Of the meeting, Mrs. Christo said:
Pitcher Mike Strahler was optioned to Spokane
ERA: Blue (Oak.) 1.97; Wood (Chi.) 2.44; ERA: Grimsley (Cin.) 1.88; Seaver (N.Y.) “My son was eating watermelon. He didn’t
by the Dodgers.
Messersmith, (Cal) 2.49; Wright (Cal.), 2.75; 1.95; Sadecki (N.Y.) 2.57; Ellis (Pit.) 2.76; Sutton know about it. He was surprised. He looked up
Wilhelm holds major league relief records for
most games, 993; most victories, 123; most saves, Shellenback (Was.) 2.77. (L.A.) 2.76. and smiled.
223; innings pitched, 1,827; and most strikeouts, “I said, ‘Who is that, Otto?’ and he said,
2,235. FUENTES, Page 2
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National League Boxscores
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Who’s Hot - Williams, Chi.: .434 avg., 9 HR, 22 RBI in 19-game hit streak
Who’s Not - Dietz, S.F.: Hitless in 19 at-bats since Aug. 5
Pitching Swell - Forsch, Hou.: 5-2, 2.95 ERA, 3 shutouts in 8 starts since July 4
Not So Well - Reuss, St.L: 0-6, 7.95 ERA in 12 starts since June 14

American League Boxscores

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Who’s Hot - Oliva, Min.: .370 avg., 5 HRs, 16 RBI during 17-game hit streak
Who’s Not - Harrah, Tex.: .133 average in 19 games since July 16
Pitching Swell - Cuellar, Bal.: 8-0, 2.94 ERA, 2 shutouts, .294 in past 10 starts
Not So Well - Odom, Oak.: 0-3, 10.07 ERA, 24 BB in 22.1 IP, in past 6 starts

N.L. Reds starter Wayne Simp-

From Page 1
Stoneman turned in his ninth
complete game.
Giants starter Juan Marichal
(11-10) was roughed up for sev-
en runs in 6 2/3 innings.
Astros 3, Reds 1
CINCINNATI — Bob Forsch
and Fred Gladding teamed on a
four-hitter as the Astros contin-
ued tormenting the Reds.
Forsch (9-10) allowed one
run in eight innings. Gladding
earned his seventh save.
son allowed three runs in
eight innings and fell to 4-7.
Houston is 10-1 against the
Reds this season.
Braves 7, Cardinals 3
ST. LOUIS — George
Stone went the distance and
Henry Aaron had three RBI as
the Braves topped the Birds.
Stone (8-7) also had three
hits and scored three runs.
Cards’ starter Reggie
Cleveland (12-10), who had
won four straight decisions,
lasted only four innings.

Fuentes Fuentes told Otto that the Gi-

A.L.
From Page 1
White Sox 7, Indians 6
CHICAGO — Steve Huntz’s
RBI single in the bottom of the
ninth pushed the White Sox
past the Indians.
The game marked the return
to the diamond of Sam
McDowell, who jumped the
Indians on July 29 over a con-
tact dispute. He allowed three
runs in six frames and got no
decision. Tribe reliever Phil
Hennigan (4-3) took the loss.
Chicago’s Bart Johnson got
the win and improved to 8-9
Royals 5-5, Senators 0-2
WASHINGTON — Al Fitz-
morris fired his first career shut-
out in the opener and Ted Aber-
nathy nabbed his 10th save in
the nightcap as the Royals swept
the Senators.
Fitzmorris (5-8) scattered
nine hits in his second complete
game. The Senators’ Dick
Bosman allowed all five K.C.
runs and fell to 3-13.
Mike Hedlund (7-10) threw
eight solid innings in the sec-
ond game before Abernathy
took over.
Washington starter Mike
Thompson, coming off his
first major league win, lasted
three innings, allowing four
runs and issuing five walks.
He fell to 1-3.
From Page 1
‘Tito Fuentes.’
“They were talking about
baseball. Otto could always tell
the amount of bases and the
amount of hits. His locker in
his room was full of baseball
cards.
“I took out some baseball
cards. Otto said, “Tito, Tito, I
got your picture here!”
Later during the visit,
ants would win the afternoon
game for the boy. They did,
beating Atlanta 3-0.
But Otto did not know
about the victory.
Mrs. Christo said, “Would
you like to listen to the Giants
game?”
“No,” he said. “I want to
sleep.”
“I cried,” his mother said.
“We didn’t know he would die
the next day.”