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Phillies clinch
NL East title
By 808 GREENE
AP Sports Writer
Larry Christenson got the
Philadelphia Phillies their big
victory and, like a couple of
other National League pitchers,
he did it with his bat as well as
his arm.
Christenson belted a grand
slam home run and knocked in
five runs as the Phils defeated
the Chicago Cubs 15-9 to capture
the NL East title.
J.R. Richard backed his four
hitter with a run-scoring single
as the Houston Astros stopped
the Atlanta Braves 7-5.
And St. Louis’ Bob Forsch
slammed a two-run double to go
with his eight-hit pitching to
pace the Cardinals to a 5-3 vic
tory over the Montreal Expos.
“I knew that when I went to
the plate that there were three
men on base,” said Christenson,
18-6. “But when I hit it, I had to
look again, and I said, “Wow, I
hit a grand slam.”
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Bosox can’t
do enough
By BARRY WILNER
AP Sports Writer
The Boston Red Sox are be
ginning to realize that no matter
what they do, it’s not going to be
enough.
The Red Sox swept the To
ronto Blue Jays 6-5 and 5-1
Tuesday night but gained little
ground and lost precious time in
the American League East
pennant race. While Boston was
taking Toronto twice, the divi
sion-leading New York Yankees
won their fifth straight game
with a 2-1 victory over Cleve
land. Boston picked up a half
game on New York, which leads
the second-place Red Sox by
three games. But, with just five
games remaining on the
schedule, the Yankees’ magic
number for clinching the East
dropped to three.
“Nobody on this club has any
reason to look down,” said Red
Sox veteran Carl Yastrzemski.
“We’ve had a great September
(20-7) and the Yankees just had
a better one.
“I wouldn’t mind losing a
pennant like this because we
didn’t lose it, the other team is
winning it. We just have to take
our hats off to the Yankees.
They’ve done what they had to
do to be ahead of us.”
The Red Sox, who have set all
kinds of personal and team
records this season and might
win 100 games yet finish third in
their division, haven’t exactly
conceded the pennant to New
York. But they are generous in
praising the Yankees.
“The Yankees have played
some kind of baseball,” said ace
reliever Bill Campbell, who
collected saves in both games
and has a league-leading 31 for
the season.
Yastrzemski collected his
100th RBI of the year in the
nightcap, joining Butch Hobson
After the title-clinching victo
ry, the champagne flowed, all
right, but the Phillies’ party this
time was different.
“The celebration isn’t as loud
as last year,” said Mike
Smidth, the Phillies’ slugging
uurd baseman. “The fellas are
taking it with less excitement.
We want to play in the World
Series.”
In other NL games Tuesday,
New York defeated Pittsburgh
7-1, San Diego dropped Cincin
nati 3-1 and Los Angeles downed
San Francisco 5-2.
Christenson, who has won 14
of his last 15 decisions, helped
the Phils balloon their lead to
11-2 in the seventh inning before
Chicago came back with five
runs in the eighth — three off
reliever Tug McGraw.
The Phils will be in Los An
geles next Tuesday for the
opening of the best-of-five series
for the NL pennant and a World
Series berth.
and Jim Rice in that club. And
Rice, with two safeties in the
second game, became the first
Red Sox player in 30 years to get
200 hits in a season.
In other American League
action, Baltimore stayed alive
in the Eastern Division race
with a 6-1 triumph over Detroit,
Chicago beat Minnesota 8-6,
Milwaukee topped California 7-
5, and Oakland swept a double
header from Kansas Ctiy, 4-2 in
15 innings and 3-2.
Yankees 2, Indians 1
Reliever Jim Bibby’s third
wild pitch in three innings
allowed Thurman Munson to
score with the winning run in
the ninth inning. Munson had
led off the inning with a single,
the only hit off Bibby.
Orioles 6, Tigers 1
Mike Flanagan struck out 13
in hurling a five-hitter for Bal
timore, which trails New
York by four games. Pat Kelly’s
10th homer of the season, his
first since June 17, was the key
blow for Baltimore.
“It looks bleak, very bleak at
this time,” said Manager Earl
Weaver of the Orioles chances
to win the division.
White Sox 8, Twins 6
Richie Zisk slammed two
home runs and drove in five
runs as Chicago clinched third
place in the West. Larry Hisle
upped his league-leading RBI
total to 116 with a double in the
first.
Brewers 7, Angels 5
Don Money’s two-run homer
in the 10th inning won the game
for Milwaukee.
A’s 4-3, Royals 2-2
Jerry Tabb’s two-run homer
in the 15th won the first game
for Oakland. A seventh-inning
error by Kansas City center
field Willie Wilson allowed the
winning, run to score in the
nightcap.
“Last year, we were happy
with just winning our division.
This year we won’t be happy
unless we win it all,” said
shortstop Larry Bowa, who
added four singles to the Phila
delphia attack.
Astros 7, Braves 5
Right-hander J.R. Richard’s
run-scoring single capped a
four-run Houston inning as the
Astros defeated Atlanta.
Richard held the Braves to
just four hits despite giving up
five runs, including a three-run
homer to Jerry Royster. Cesar
Cedeno hit a three-run shot for
Houston.
Cardinals 5, Expos 3
Bob Forsch backed his eight
hitter with a two-run double to
post his 20th victory of the sea
son as St. Louis defeated Mon
treal.
Mets 7, Pirates 1
Steve Henderson drove in
three runs with a homer and a
double to back Nino Espinosa’s
four-hitter as New York
snapped a seven-game Pitts
burgh winning streak.
Padres 3, Reds 1
George Hendrick’s solo
homer paced San Diego to its
victory over Cincinnati as Rol
lie Fingers got his 35th save of
the season. Johnny Bench hom
ered for the Reds’s lone run.
Dodgers 5, Giants 2
Home runs by Steve Garvey
and Rick Monday powered Los
Angeles over San Francisco.
Garvey’s homer, his 32nd, tied
the Los Angeles record set by
Jimmy Wynn in 1974.
Mitzi Edge
takes lead
in tourney
PEACHTREE CITY, Ga.
(AP) — A pair of birdies on the
back nine gave Augusta’s Mitzi
Edge a two-stroke lead going
into today’s second round of the
three-day Georgia Women’s
Golf Association championship.
Edge, the Georgia junior girls
champion, dodged thun
derstorms to card a 76 on the
6,000-yard, par-74 Flat Creek
Country Club course Tuesday.
Women’s Southern Golf Asso
ciation champion Ceil Maclau
ren of Savannah was second at
78, followed by Elanor Walker
of Atlanta, 80; Harriet Crutch
field of Atlanta, 81, and Mary
King of Rome, 83.
The 54-hole medal play tour
nament winds up Thursday.
Mary Reed
bowls 202, 550
Mary Reed bowled a 202 game
and a 550 series Tuesday in the
Dundee Bowling League.
Margie Perdue rolled a 179
game and a 510 series. Patsy
Perdue had a 182 game and a
503 series and Betty Parkerson
rolled a 172 game and a 502
series.
Other high game bowlers
included: Jerry Vaughn 182,
Bernie Zuberer 173, Marlene
Chafin 169, Louise Knight 178,
Sylvia Crumbley 186, Susie
Clark 187, Bonnie Taylor 187,
Rita Pitts 179, Bobby Vaughn
167, Debbie Strickland 172, May
Foster 177, Lila Williams 177,
Barbara Quick 164, Eleanor
Nauck 164 and Ann Cubbage
164.
Team 4 defeated Team 5,3-1;
Team 8 blanked Team 9, 4-0;
Team 10 zipped Team 1, 4-0;
Team 3 stopped Team 2, 3-1;
and Team 6 downed Team 7,3-1.
Soviets deny
work to exclude
Israel in ’BO
MOSCOW (AP) - A top So
viet Olympic official has dis
missed as “baseless” allega
tions that the Soviet Union is
working to exclude Israel from
the 1980 Summer Games here.
In a letter last week to the
U.S. Olympic Committee, 72
congressmen accused the So
viets and third-world nations of
trying to make Israel ineligible
for the Olympics by campaign
ing for its ouster from 26 sepa
rate Olympic sports feder
ations.
An Olympics participant
must be a member of at least
five of these federations, each of
which is formed around one or
more athletic events.
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Braves lose
SPORTS
Montanez, Bristol
ejected from game
ATLANTA (AP) - Maybe it
was the pressure of the losing
season or maybe it was the
frustration of seeing a four-run
lead go down the drain.
Atlanta Braves first baseman
Willie Montanez said later the
reason he threw five bats, a ball
and a glove onto the field was
that umpire Frank Pullie
compounded a poor call with
some nasty words.
The result was that both
Montanez and Braves Manager
Dave Bristol were ejected from
the game and the Houston As
tros went on to win 7-5 behind
the arm and bat of pitcher J. R.
Richard.
Despite yielding five runs, all
in the second inning, Richard,
17-12, allowed only four hits, re
tiring 13 batters in a row fol
lowing the shaky second.
Richard also capped a four
run Houston comeback with a
run-scoring single in the sixth.
The blow chased Braves’ losing
pitcher Micky Mahler, 0-2, from
the mound.
“He did real well after the one
bad inning,” Astros skipper Bill
Virdon said after the game,
adding, “Os course, you’re a
good comeback pitcher only if
your teammates get some runs
for you.”
Cesar Cedeno’s three-run
homer in the fifth brought the
Astros within one. Cedeno’s run
scoring single in the eighth, his
fourth hit of the game, provided
Richard with the two-run lead
that held.
“J. R. Richard and Cesar Ce
deno killed us,” Bristol said lat
er.