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W wh* 1 * ■ ■ HL Sx «?/ 7 ’’•fcta- \ HM * i C \ I H 5 Mh >Mb ' m PITTSBURGH—Both benches emptied during a fight in the seventh inning of the Pirates-Phillies game Friday. The action started when Mike Schmidt of the Phillies was hit by a pitch thrown by Bruce Kison of the Pirates. Sch- Grubb on disabled list CLEVELAND (AP) - Out fielder Johnny Grubb of the Showtime Weekdays-7:00&9:00P.M. Sunday-3:00-5:00- 7:00 & 9:00 P.M. Tuesday |I.OO Night \ Silver Streak (SI COLOR JHfiw Showtime 9:15 Tuesday SI.OO Night Final Chapter* Walking Tall s Shout At The Devil Structural Systems bu "- deb Widespan™ Building System Butler Landmark™ Building System call - .-* Ms BBbCTi I** "'LZ——- _- - 4 AO A Bu,le ' Space.Grid* Building System 461 "ISZo or stop by “On the square in Fayetteville** 119 Glynn St. P.O. Box 418 Fighting Phillies Cleveland Indians was placed on the 15-day disabled list Fri day and outfielder Charlie Spikes was recalled from the minor leagues. Grubb is suffering from a pinched nerve on his right wrist. Spikes was sent to the In- 1 dians’ Toledo farm club April 23. He was batting .290 with seven home runs and 30 runs batted in. Records broken LAUREL, Md. (AP) - Records are made to be broken, the old saying goes. Angels Flight and Nobie Hanover proved that at Laurel Raceway. With Bill Herman driving, Nobie Hanover set a track record for 3-year-old filly trot ters Friday, just two races after the old mark had been put on the books by Angels Flight Nobie Hanover covered the mile in 2:023-5, a fifth of a sec ond faster than the time for An | gels Flight, driven by Syl King Jr. midt charged the mound and was followed by both teams. Schmidt was ejected as was Philadelphia pitcher Tug McGraw who hit Willie Stargell. (AP) Standings By The Associated Press American League East ..W L Pct. GB NYork 48 35 .578 - Boston 45 34 .570 1 Balt 46 37 .554 2 Cleve 38 40 .487 7% Milwkee 38 43 .469 9 Detroit 36 45 .444 11 Toronto 30 51 .370 17 West Chicago 48 32 .600 - Minn 46 37 .554 3% K.C. 44 36 .550 4 Texas 40 41 .494 8% Calif 39 40 .494 8% Oakland 34 47 .420 14% Seattle 36 50 .419 15 DRY CLEANING SPECIALS MONDAY-TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY 2 MEN’S OR LADIES’' COQQ 2-PC. SUITS V PLAIN DRESSES £ CASH & CARRY ONLY (All garments moth-proofed) WOODWARD CLEANERS COLLEGE AT BTH STREET (ACROSS FROM BIG STAR) NATIONAL LEAGUE East ..W...L...Pct....G8 Chicago 51 29 .638 — Phila 47 33 .588 4 Pitts 43 38 .531 8% S Louis 44 39 .530 8% Montreal 38 43 .469 13% NYork 31 51 .378 21 West Los Ang 56 27 .675 — Cinci 45 35 .563 9% Houston 37 47 .440 19% SFran 36 48 .429 20% S Diego 35 51 .407 22% Atlanta 30 52 .366 25% Brav es-Giants Giants outfielder Jack Clark hits winning homer in ninth SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - When he’s playing regularly, rookie San Francisco Giants outfielder Jack Clark is just an other typical mild-mannered ballplayer. But as a pinch-batter, Clark turns into superman, batting .500 with nine hits in 18 at-bats, three home runs and eight runs batted in. “I wish I could explain it,” said Clark after his run-scoring, pinch-double with one down in the bottom of the ninth lifted the Giants to a 3-2 victory over the Atlanta Braves Friday night. “I wish I knew what it takes to National League Roundup Pirates and Phillies game looked like hoekey contest By BARRY WILNER AP Sports Writer It seemed more like a hockey game involving the Phila delphia Flyers than a baseball contest with the Phillies. But Friday’s fight-filled game in Pittsburgh was played on a diamond with bats and balls, not on ice with sticks and pucks. The Pirates rallied from a 7-3 deficit to defeat the Phillies 8-7 on a bases-loaded walk to Jim Fregosi in the bottom of the ninth but much of the action took place between the mound and home plate. Two separate brawls in which three Phillies were ejected highlighted the contest. One out after Pittsburgh hurl er Bruce Kison surrendered a two-run homer to Garry Mad dox to put the Phils ahead 4-3 in the seventh, Kison plunked Philadelphia slugger Mike Sch midt on the back with an 0-2 fastball. Schmidt took offense to being hit and headed for the Detroit defeats Chicago in rain By TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer It was another night for the birds in Detroit, but Mark ‘The Bird’ Fidrych got his tail salted. The usual “Bird Watching” crowd of 45,993 showed up at Tiger Stadium Friday night ex pecting to see Big Bird fly. What they got instead was a tornado warning, a torrential rain storm and a 10-7 defeat at the hands of the red-hot Chicago White Sox. Fidrych delivered 97 pitches in just 5-2-3 innings and gave up 11 hits and six runs. “I just didn’t have it,” last year’s American League Rookie of the Year said. It marked Fidrych’s second straight disappointing outing. He lost to Baltimore July 4, Positively Last Week 7:30 - 9:30 Burt Reynolds “Smokey ND THE Bandit** Sally Field Jerry Reed« Jackie Gleason [ Sheriff Buford T Justice] A RASTAR Production • A UNIVERSAL Picture • Technicolor® *c*' ' ’■ Parkwood Cinema I A Comedy Delight! Woody Allen ■ Diane Keyton "ANNIE HALL” Nightly 7:15 - 9:15 Parkwood Cinema II Greatest Thriller Os The Decade... "BLACK SUNDAY” Starring Robert Shaw Nightly 7:00 - 9:45 Parkwood Cinema 111 be a .300 hitter as a regular,” added Clark who is batting .225 with five homers and 23 RBI when he’s not coming off the bench. Vic Harris walked with one out in the ninth and stole second base. Loser Phil Niekro, 8-10, walked Marc Hill intentionally before Clark delivered his game-winning blow. “I’m probably a little more aggressive as a pinch-batter,” Clark explained. “I’m up there looking for a guy’s best pitch. I watched Niekro’s knuckler for eight innings and that’s what I got.” mound, where he threw a roundhouse right that missed Kison. Both benches emptied and Schmidt was ejected. After Schmidt’s punch missed its target, massive Phillies’ out fielder Greg Luzinski tackled Kison and Pirates catcher Ed Ott, a former high school foot ball star, tackled Schmidt. In the bottom of the eighth, hostilities erupted again when Tug McGraw hit Willie Stargell on the shoulder. Stargell headed for the mound and both benches emptied again. No punches were thrown and McGraw and Philadelphia Manager Danny Ozark were ejected. The Pirates tied the game with a four-run rally in the eighth keyed by run-scoring singles by Ott, Phil Gamer and Dave Parker. Elsewhere in the National League, Cincinnati topped Houston 8-5, Chicago edged St. Louis 7-8, Montreal took a 54 decision from New York, Los when he also was unable to get through the sixth inning. Jorge Orta led the White Sox attack against Fidrych as he drove in five runs with two sin gles and a double as the Ameri can League West-leading Sox won their eighth consecutive game. After the 1:15 rain delay, the Sox jumped on Tiger relief pitcher Jim Crawford for four runs in the seventh. Lamar Johnson opened with a double and scored on Spencer’s single. Soderholm then singled and Bannister walked to load the bases. Orta followed with a bases-clearing double to give the Sox a 16-5 lead. Steve Kemp’s hit his 11th home run of the season for the Tigers. Griffin Daily News Saturday, July 9,1977 Page 9 Niekro offered no excuses. “I was having trouble with the knuckler early. But then the wind helped me after that. But I got one up to Clark and he hit it.” Reliever Gary Lavelle, 64, blanked the Braves in the ninth for the victory. He took over for starter Jim Barr, who pitched eight strong innings before his right knee stiffened. Bill Madlock opened the first with a single, stole second and scored when first baseman Willie Montanez made two er rors on the same play giving the Giants a 1-0 lead. Angeles beat San Diego 5-3 and San Francisco defeated Atlanta 3-2. Reds 8, Astros 5 George Foster slammed his 24th homer and knocked in his 80th run this season in the Reds’ triumph. Foster’s 80 RBI have come in 80 games, a pace that doesn’t impress the Cincinnati star very much. “There’s no special feeling about having 80 RBI in 80 games,” said Foster. “I did it quicker this year but the main thing is to go out there and help the team win.” Cubs 7, Cardinals 6 A three-run eighth inning ral ly brought the Cubs from behind against St. Louis. The eventual winning run scored on Cardinal second baseman Mike Tyson’s throwing error but the key play of the inning was a balk call against St. Louis reliever Clay Carroll. Carroll came on with the bases loaded and one out and St. Louis ahead 54. With a 2-2 count on Manny Trillo, third base umpire Bruce Froemming called a balk on Carroll and the tying run crossed the plate. Expos 5, Mets 4 The Expos survived a ninth inning uprising by the Mets to Picnic Wish COLONEL SANDERS’ RECIPE Kmtudcy fried tfkidten* Keep Mom & Pop out of the kitchen....it’s too hot! With Your Purchase of a BARREL or a BUCKET of KENTUCKY FRIED W CHICKEN get a FREE FRISBEE BUCKET BARREL 15 pieces of 18 pieces of KFC with the KFC with the Trimmings Trimmings Feeds 5-6 Feeds 7-8 $099 $1Q 49 MONTH OF JULY SPECIALS (As long as supply lasts) Kentucky Fried Chicken. OF GRIFFIN 131 East Solomon SL 1477 West Mclntosh Road Phone 227-3678 Phone 228-2432 Montanez redeemed himself with his 12th homer, a two-run shot in the third. Darrell Evans’ single, Gary Thomasson’s walk, their double steal and Harris’ run-scoring grounder produced a 2-2 tie in the sixth. Barr, who retired 15 in a row after the homer, said he had no alternative but to abandon his three-hitter after eight innings. “It’s been bothering me for a couple weeks now,” said Barr. “It’s a strain behind the knee and, if I keep pitching on it, it becomes more aggravated.” hand New York its ninthjoss in a row, the longest winless streak for the Mets since 1965. After Bruce Boisclair got the Mets within a run with a pinch hit, two-run homer in the ninth, Santo Alcala and Bill Atkinson combined to walk the bases loaded. Atkinson then got John Steams to fly to left to end the game. Dodgers 5, Padres 3 Dusty Baker and Steve Yea ger slammed home runs to back the five-hit pitching of Burt Hooton. Hooton, 8-3, won his fourth straight game despite surrendering a two-run homer to Dave Kingman. A crowd of 52,851 fans saw the Dodgers maintain a 9%game lead over Cincinnati in the NL West with their sixth win in the last seven games. Giants 3, Brave? 2 Pinch-hitter Jack Clark belt ed a one-out double in the bot tom of the ninth to give the Gi ants their victory. The hit raised Clark’s average as a pinch-hitter to .500. The Giants beat nemesis Phil Niekro, 8-10. Niekro has beaten the Giants 16 times in his ca reer. Willie Montanez hit his 12th homer for the Braves.
