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— Griffin Daily News Monday, July 10,1972
Page 6
Pirates demolish
McLain, Braves
\ By DAVID MOFFIT
UPI Sports Writer
ATLANTA (UPI)-The Pit
tsburgh Pirates appear to be
better now than they were last
year when they were “world
champions,” but they’re not
taking anything for granted.
“Sure we’re better," said
Willie Stargell after he helped
the Pirates beat the Atlanta
Braves, 7-4, Sunday and move
four games ahead of the New
York Mets in the National
League East.
“But we’re still going to have
to go out and win it (the title),”
Stargell added. "Nobody is
going to give it to us.
Everybody wants to beat
everybody and we’d better not
forget it either."
Stargell’s home run, his 17th
of the season, was one of four
hit by the Pirates Sunday.
“You simply can’t afford to
make many mistakes against
that team,” said Braves pitcher
Pat Jarvis who shut them out
during the 4 1-3 innings he
worked in relief.
“They’ve got about seven
guys in that lineup who can kill
you. They’re a Nemesis to the
other teams in this league.”
Braves Manager Luman Har
ris agrees.
“I don’t think there is any
doubt that the Pirates are the
best team in the major
leagues,” Harris said after
Pittsburgh took the just-ended
series with the Braves three
games to one.
“They are certainly the best
hitting club I’ve seen in more
than 15 years. That’s going
back to the New York Yankees
when they were in their
heyday. The Pirates, just like
the Yankees used to, simply
tear you apart if you make a
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ATLANTA—FeIix Millan, Braves’ second basman pulls into third standing up after bunting and
moving around on an overthrow at first by pitcher Nelson Briles. Briles was at third however to
take the throw too late to get Millan. Umpire is John Kibler. Play was in sixth inning. Pirates
dropped the Braves, 7-4. (UPI)
mistake.”
The way Harris sees the ’72
Pirates:
“Their pitching is improved;
they’ve got Gene Alley back on
a fulltime basis—and he’s a
good one; and they’ve added
(Rennie) Stennett and (Gene)
Clines.
"The only reason they
haven’t run off and left the
other teams in their division
was because they got off to a
slow start,” Harris continued.
“But, whatever their problem
was earlier, they sure don’t
seem to have any problems
now.”
Pirates Manager Bill Virdon,
who inherited the club from
Danny Murtaugh, agrees that
Pittsburgh is improved.
“It’s basically the same club
as last year with a year’s more
experience,” said Virdon.
“People say we have more
versatility and a stronger bench
than anyone else in the league
and I must agree.”
But Virdon then quickly
adopted Stargell’s tactic:
“We haven’t got this thing
won yet by a long shot. There’s
still a lot of baseball left to be
played. The slightest letdown
and one of the other teams will
pass us like a shot.”
Denny McLain, the former 31-
game winner who is trying a
“comeback” with the Braves,
simply didn’t have it Sunday.
McLain worked only 2 2-3
innings and was behind 6-0
when Harris sent Jarvis in to
relieve him.
“I’m not ready to give up on
Denny McLain,” said Harris.
“It’s no disgrace to have
Pittsburgh knock your head off.
Ryan whiffs 16
in one-hitter
By United Press International
Nolan Ryan allowed only one
hit, struck out 16 batters—
including a league record eight
in a row—and retired the last
26 Boston hitters in succession
as the California Angels beat
the Red Sox, 3-0, Sunday
evening.
An inconsistent performer
during his earlier career with
I thought he threw some good
pitches—although, I must ad
mit, he also threw some bad
ones too. I’ll try him as a
starter again.”
In addition to Stargell’s
homer, the Pirates also got
home runs from Bob Robertson,
Al Oliver and Manny Sanguil
len. The Braves hit two home
runs off Nelson Briles, one by
Hank Aaron and the other by
Oscar Brown.
Aaron’s homer was his 18th
this season and the 657th of his
19-year major league career.
That leaves Hank just 57
homers shy of Babe Ruth’s
record but he wasn’t too
pleased about it.
“That was the only home run
I hit in this home stand,”
complained Aaron. “I didn’t get
many other hits either (he was
4-for-17). That’s no way to help
my team.”
The Braves, who have played
22 games in the past 17 days
and haven’t had a off day
since June 22, play the AAA
International League All-Stars
tonight in Norfolk, Va., and
then are on a nine-game road
trip before returning to Atlanta
July 20.
the New York Mets, Ryan, a
fast-balling righthander, has
suddenly developed into the
new pitching sensation of the
American League with five
straight complete game victo
ries, two consecutive shutouts,
and 16-strickout performances
in two of his last three games.
Ryan, who said he threw fast
balls 70 to 80 per cent of the
time, opened the game at
Anaheim by walking Tommy
Harper on four pitdies. He then
struck out Doug Griffin before
Carl Yastrzemski singled to
right. Ryan proceeded to strike
out the next eight men to set an
American League record, whif
fing the side in the second
inning on nine pitches.
While Ryan has boosted his
record to 11-5, Vida Blue, last
year’s sensation with Oakland,
is struggling along at 2-5.
Mickey Lolich became the
first 14-game winner in the
major leagues as Detroit beat
the White Sox, 4-2, in the
second game of a doubleheader
after Chicago had taken the
opener, 5-4. The split enabled
the Tigers to move into a first
place tie in the East Division
with the Baltimore Orioles, who
dropped their fourth straight
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BASEBALL
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By United Press International
National League
East
w. 1. pct. g.b.
Pit 48 27 .640 -
New York 44 31 .587 4
St. Lou 40 35 .533 8
Chicago 41 36 .532 8
Montreal 32 43 .427 16
Phil 26 50 .342 21%
West
w. 1. pct. g.b.
Cinci 45 31 .592 —
Houston 45 33 .577 1
L.A. 40 36 .526 5
Atlanta 36 42 .462 10
San Fran 34 48 .415 14
San Diego 29 48 .377 16%
Sunday’s Results
San Fran.s Montreal 1
L.A. 2 New York 0
San Diego 5 Phil 4
Pit 7 Atlanta 4
Chicago 5 Cinci 0 (Ist game)
Chicago 10 Cinci 5 (2nd game)
Houston 12 St. Lou 6
Today’s Probable Pitchers
(All Times EDT)
San Diego (Arlin 7-8) at Mont.
(Moore 0-3), 8:05 p.m. San
Fran. (Barr 2-2) at New York
(Gentry 3-6), 8:05 p.m. L.A.
(Downing 5-5) at Phil (Rey
nolds 0-4), 5:35 p.m.
Tuesday’s Games
Houston at Chicago, 2
L.A. at Phil
San Fran, at New York
San Diego at Montreal
Pitt at Cinci
Atlanta at St. Lou.
American League
East
w. 1. pct. g.b.
Balt 40 34 .541 —
Detroit 40 34 .541 —
New York 35 36 .493 3%
Boston 34 36 .486 4
Cleve 31 42 .425 8%
Milwa 29 43 .403 10
West
w. 1.7 pct. g.b.
Oakland 48 27 .640 -
Chicago 43 33 .566 5%
Minn 37 36 .507 10
K.C. 38 37 .507 10
Calif 35 42 .455 14
Texas 33 43 .434 15%
Sunday’s Results
K.C. 6 Cleve 4 (Ist)
K.C. 8 Cleve 5 (2nd)
Chicago 5 Det 4 (Ist)
Det 4 Chicago 2 (2nd)
Oakland 3 Milw 1
Texas 3 Balt 2 (10 innings)
Calif 3 Boston 0
Today’s Probable Pitchers
(All Times EDT)
New York (Kekich 8-6) at Calif
(Wright 8-4), 11 p.m.
Boston (McGlothen 1-1) at
Oakland (Holtzman 11-6), 11
p.m.
Texas (Stanhouse 0-0) at
Detroit (Coleman 10-7), 8:15
p.m.
Chicago (Lemonds 1-1) at
Cleveland (Perry 13-7), 7:30
p.m.
Kansas City (Drago 7-9) at
Baltimore (Cuellar 7-65, 7:30
p.m.
Milwaukee (Stephenson 2-1) at
Minnesota (Perry 6-8), 1:15
p.m.
Tuesday’s Games
Chicago at Cleveland
K.C. at Baltimore
Milwa at Minn
Texas at Detroit
Boston at Oakland
New York at Calif
game to the Texas Royals, 3-2,
in 10 innings.
Elsewhere, the Kansas City
Royals swept a doubleheader
from the Cleveland Indians, 6-4
and 8-5, the Oakland Athletics
beat the Milwaukee Brewers, 3-
1, and the New York Yankees
beat the Minnesota Twins, 9-6.
California scored all three of
its runs in the fourth inning off
Sonny Siebert. Vada Pinson,
Bob Oliver, Ken McMullen and
Leo Cardenas each singled and
Boston threw in an error.
Tom Haller, who had tripled
and doubled earlier, hit a two
run homer in the ninth inning
to give Lolich his victory and
the Tigers their split. Chicago
had taken the opener when
Rick Reichardt singled over a
pulled-in outfield with the bases
loaded in the ninth.
Joe Lovitto, who had tripled
home the tying run in the
eighth inning, doubled home
Toby Harrah with two out in
the 10th as Texas surprised the
Orioles once again. Baltimore
had taken a 2-1 lead in the
seventh on Boog Powell’s pinch
hit single.
Amos Otis drove in five runs
with five hits, including a two
run homer in the first game
and a solo blast in the second,
and Richie Scheinblum knocked
in four runs in the nightcap
with a bases-loaded double and
a sacrifice fly as Kansas City
beat Cleveland twice. Schein
blum raised his league-leading
batting average to .327.
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Alston expected
to retire after ’73
By MILTON RICHMAN
UPI Sports Writer
NEW YORK (UPl)—Walt
Alston feels 20 is a nice round
number.
When he finishes managing
the Los Angeles Dodgers next
season, October of 1973, it will
be 20 years he had the club,
and that will be enough, he has
confided to a few of those close
to him.
The Dodgers will be hard
pressed to find another Walt
Alston, a man who has guided
them to six National League
pennants and four world
championships and who certain
ly ranks as the finest manager
in baseball today.
Fortunately for the Dodgers,
they have plenty of managerial
candidates among them. More
perhaps than any other major
league club.
Potential Managers
For starters, they’ve got
Frank Robinson and Maury
Wills.
They also have Danny Ozark
and Jim Gilliam in their
coaching ranks along with Tom
Lasorda, managing for them at
Albuquerque.
There’s no doubt in my mind
about the ability of any of these
men to manage in the majors,
and when the day comes that
Walt Alsto tells the Dodgers
he’s going back to his farm in
Darrtown, Ohio for good,
there’s equally little doubt in
my mind they will ask him for
his recommendation as to who
should succeed him.
Walt Alsto isn’t the type to
toss names around at a time
like this, primarily because he
doesn’t care to gloss over
anyone and cause hard feelings,
but I’d have to say when the
Dodgers do ask him whom he’d
recommend as his successor,
he’ll say either Maury Wills or
Danny Ozark.
There always is that chance,
of course, that one of these two
men or both may be tapped for
a managerial job before the
end of next season.
One major league club I
know of already is talking
about Ozark as its next
managerial possibility.
Which brings up the case of
Maury Wills.
This is his 14th season in the
majors and unquestionably his
poorest one.
Some say he’s all through as
a player. They cite his .117
average, the fact he has stolen
only one base this season and
his age, which is the same as
Jack Benny’s—39.
Wills Thinks Otherwise
Maury Wills doesn’t believe
he is through.
“My statistics are very
poor,” he says. “I know that,
but that’s because I haven’t
played regularly. When I’m
through, I’ll know it. I won’t
kid anybody. Certainly not
myself.”
Wills has a lot of pride. He
has so much, it sticks out all
over him.
“I’ve always earned my
keep,” he says, “and I always
will. Some players will gladly
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Stan Musial came back and had
a good year after a poor one.
He came back and hit .330 I
believe and then quit. I don’t
want to quit on a year like this
one.”
Maury Wills isn’t playing coy.
Ask him whether he’d like to
manage a major league club
and he says sure, why not?
But he doesn’t go around
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stumping for a manager’s job.
Neither does Frank Robinson,'
whom I’d hire in a minute if it
was my big league club.
The old order changeth and
that augurs well for men like
Robinson, Wills, Lasorda, Ozark
and Gilliam. Perhaps it chan
geth not as quickly as they
would like, but the fact that
people like Frank Quilici, Don
Zimmer, Chuck Tanner, Frank
Lucchesi, Sparky Anderson and
Earl Weaver were given a
chance to manage in the
majors means that there will
be other new ones, too.
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