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The Baseball Once-Upon-A Times.: Alou at Heart of Yankees' Win They Beat Bosox, Gain On O'S
The Baseball Once-Upon-A Times.: Alou at Heart of Yankees' Win They Beat Bosox, Gain On O'S
a two-run double in the sixth inning, and Roy White Sox 6, Twins 2 Boston (Moret 1-1) at New York (Stottlemyre 15-7), New York (Sadecki 13-3) at Montreal (Strohmayer
2 p.m. 8-9 or Morton 9-13), 8:05 p.m.
White drove in two runs with a triple in the CHICAGO — Steve Huntz’s two-run double
Detroit (Niekro 7-8) at Washington (Broberg 5-5), Chicago (Pappas 13-9) at Pittsburgh (Blass 19-6),
eighth. in the bottom of the seventh inning gave the 7:30 p.m. 8:05 p.m.
Heading to the ninth, New York led 7-2. But White Sox the lead for good, and Twins pitcher Milwaukee (Slaton 5-10) at Kansas City (Fitzmorris Cincinnati (Gullet 8-8) at San Diego (Kirby 8-10),
Boston’s Carl Yastrzemski lined an off-field Jim Perry was saddled with an undesirable dis- 6-11), 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m.
two-run double, sending Yanks starting pitcher tinction as the White Sox tripped the Twins. Minnesota (Kaat 16-9) at Chicago (Wood 16-9), 8 San Francisco (Marichal 14-11) at Los Angeles
Fritz Peterson to the showers. Two batters later, Starting pitchers Perry and Tommy John p.m. (Singer 13-9), 8 p.m.
California (May 8-8) at Oakland (Hunter 19-8), 8 (Only games scheduled)
Rico Petrocelli walloped a two-run homer to pitched to a 1-1 draw through six innings. Har-
p.m.
make it a one-run game. A.L., Page 2 (Only games scheduled)
New York’s Lindy McDaniel eventually re-
tired the side, collecting his fourth save. Peter-
son upped his record to 15-4.
The 7-6 triumph, along with the Orioles’ 12-
Bonds Batters Dodgers, Perry Puts Them Away, 8-7
LOS ANGELES — During the 1971 season, scored four times and drove in three runs. Phillies 2, Cardinals 1
inning loss at Cleveland, sliced the Yankees’
Gaylord Perry has filled several key roles for the Perry, summoned to dispatch the Dodgers in PHILADELPHIA — Ron Stone slugged a
deficit to 3½.
Giants. bottom the ninth, retired them in 1-2-3 fashion. game-winning homer in the bottom of the 10th
Seibert (10-13) took the loss. But he hit his
He has established himself as the team’s win- San Francisco’s Steve Stone (7-6) was the inning to lift the Phillies past the Cardinals.
eighth homer of the year, one short of the rec-
ningest starting pitcher with 17 triumphs. winner, retiring the only batter he faced. The game was scoreless through six innings.
ord for homers hit by a pitcher in one season.
He has tagged two homers. One beat the Dodgers fireman Hoyt Wilhelm, 49, allowed A wild pitch by Phillies starter Ken Reynolds
A’s 7, Angels 0
Dodgers 1-0 in May. The second, a two-run shot, one run in two innings and took the loss. put the Cardinals on the board in the top of the
OAKLAND — Vida Blue fired a two-hitter
put the Giants ahead to stay against the Pirates in Padres 3, Reds 2 seventh. A Cardinals error allowed the Phils to
and climbed ever higher on the single-season
July. SAN DIEGO — Steve Arlin hurled a stout knot the score in the eighth.
strikeout parade as the A’s blanked the Angels,
spoiling California’s seven-game win streak. Tuesday night, Perry, with the Giants clinging eight innings and became the first Padres pitcher St. Louis starting pitcher Reggie Cleveland
Blue (21-5) allowed a double to Ken Berry in to a one-run lead over the Dodgers and the San to win 15 games in a season, as the Friars tied his season high with 11 strikeouts, but got
the first inning, and a single to pinch-hitter Syd Francisco bullpen full of weary arms, worked a snapped the Reds’ eight-game win streak. no decision. The Cards’ Joe Torre established a
O’Brien in the sixth. He issued three walks. scoreless inning to close out Los Angeles, 8-7, Arlin (15-11) limited the Reds to two runs career high with five hits.
Oakland scored twice in each of the first two and nail down his first save in three years. (both unearned) and four hits. Stone’s third home run made a loser of Moe
innings. Sal Bando blew the game open with a The game was the second of a three-game se- The game was 2-2 in the eighth when the Pa- Drabowsky (5-4) and a winner of Darrell Bran-
three-run home run in the seventh inning. It was ries. The Dodgers won the first, 8-3, cutting the dres’ Nate Colbert singled home the tie- don (9-5)
his 24th round-tripper of the season. Giants’ division lead to seven games. breaking run. Mets 7, Expos 2
The only drama after Bando’s blow was how Tuesday, Giants manager Charlie Fox had to Al Severinsen set down the Reds without in- MONTREAL — Ed Kranepool homered and
many whiffs Blue would accumulate. The final cast his faith to a patchwork pitching corps. cident in the ninth to collect his seventh save. drove in two runs, and Gary Gentry snapped a
total was 11, giving him 330 strikeouts, fourth- While Fox was attempting to match and mix his Cincinnati’s Gary Nolan (16-12) went the dis- personal four-game losing streak as the Mets
best for a single season behind Sandy Koufax pitchers, Bobby Bonds belted two home runs, tance, allowing three runs on eight hits. N.L., Page 2