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MONDAY, APRIL 19, 1971

VOL. 2, No. 15

As Keep Tormenting White Sox,

Snatch Wins in 10th, 9th Innings
CHICAGO Now theyre just being cruel.
The runaway As swept a doubleheader from
the White Sox on Sunday, extending their win
streak against the South Siders to 17. The way
they went about was enough to make Mayor
Daley cry foul.
Oakland won the first game in the 10th inning when pinch-runner Steve Hovley scored
the decisive run in a 3-2 victory on an error by
second baseman Mike Andrews. The As salvaged the second game by scoring six times in
the ninth inning for a 9-6 win.
Oakland, riding an eight-game win streak,
leads the American League West with the best
record in baseball. The ChiSox are last in the
division.
Rookie As fireballer Vida Blue took a 2-1
lead into the bottom of the ninth in the opener.
Right fielder Rich McKinney led off the frame
with a double. After a ground out and a walk,
he scored the tying run on a single by pinchhitter Tom Egan.
With one out and runners at the corners, the
White Sox chances win looked good. But Blue
got pinch-hitter Ed Herrmann to bounce into an
inning-ending double play. Hovleys run broke
the 2-2 tie, and three Oakland relievers teamed
to pitch a scoreless bottom of the 10th.
Blue (2-0) scattered nine hits and whiffed
seven in nine innings. Jim Magnuson (0-1), the
last of five pitchers for Chicago, took the loss.
Lee Mayes pinch-hit two-run home run
gave the White Sox a 5-3 lead late in the nightcap. But the first eight As batters reached base
in the top of the ninth against starter Terry Forster (0-1) and reliever Pat Jacquez. Oakland
Reliever Jim Roland (1-0) got the win.
Don Mincher extended his hit streak to 13
games, three shy of the Oakland As record.
Yankees 10, Orioles 6
BALTIMORE Ron Woods three-run
home run in the eighth inning gave the Yankees
a 7-6 lead, and John Ellis three-run blast in the
ninth provided insurance as New York beat the
Orioles for their ninth win in 10 games.
Baltimore took a 6-3 lead after four innings.
Paul Blair and Brooks Robinson tagged tworun home runs in the first, and Blair added an
RBI triple in the fourth. Mike Cuellar, however, could not hold the lead, surrendering the big
blows to Woods and Ellis.
Cuellar (1-2) yielded seven runs in eight innings. New Yorks Gary Waslewski (1-0)
earned the win with 1 1/3 innings of shutout

relief. New York first baseman Danny Cater extended his hit streak to 11 games.
Indians 2-7, Senators 1-4
CLEVELAND Sam McDowell was dominant for eight innings in the first game, and Roy
Foster won the second with a three-run home run
in the bottom of the 10th inning as the Indians
swept the Senators.
McDowell (2-1) outdueled Denny McLain in
the Tribes 2-1 triumph in the opener, holding
Washington to one run and striking out eight.
Sudden Sam lowered his ERA to 1.44. McLain
(1-2) allowed two runs in six frames.
The nightcap was tied 3-3 after nine innings.
The Senators Joe Foy broke the deadlock by
drawing a bases-loaded walk. But Ted Ford retied the game with an RBI single in the bottom of
the 10th. Three pitches later, Foster ended it.
Twins 2, Angels 1
MINNESOTA Tom Hall struck out nine
batters in eight innings and Danny Thompson
drove in the decisive run in the sixth as the Twins
edged the Angels.
Hall (1-2), tied for second in the league in
whiffs, walked six but held the Halos to three
hits.
A.L., Page 3

CINCINNATI The Reds announced Sunday that shortstop Dave Concepcion, who hasnt played since tearing a ligament in his right
hand in a spring training game March 6, will be
activated and in the starting lineup when Cincinnati hosts the Mets on Tuesday night.
Concepcion, 22, who batted .260 as a rookie
in 1970, was one of five Reds unable to answer
the bell in 1971. Center fielder Bobby Tolan
ruptured his Achilles tendon playing basketball
during the offseason and Lee May strained a
knee ligament in exhibition play. Both remain
on the DL. Pitchers Jim Merritt and Wayne
Simpson, left behind at the Reds spring training site with sore arms, have rejoined the team.
Merritt won the first game of Sundays doubleheader against Montreal.
STAMFORD, Conn. Ron Northey, who
held major league records, will be buried here
Wednesday, following funeral services in Glenshaw on Tuesday afternoon.
Northey, who had been a promotional official
for Pittsburgh Brewing, Co., since retiring from
baseball after the 1963 season, died unexpectedly of a heart attack at his home in Ross Township Friday night.

TEN CENTS

Major League Standings

A.L. EAST
New York
Cleveland
Baltimore
Boston
Detroit
Washington

W
9
6
6
5
3
3

L
2
3
4
5
8
9

PCT.
.818
.667
.600
.500
.273
.250

GB
--2
2
3
6
6

N.L. EAST
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Montreal
St. Louis

W
6
8
6
6
2
3

L
3
5
4
6
6
9

PCT.
.667
.615
.600
.500
250
.250

GB
----
1
3
3

A.L. WEST
Oakland
California
Milwaukee
Minnesota
Kansas City
Chicago

W
12
6
5
5
5
4

L
2
6
6
7
8
9

PCT.
.857
.500
.455
.417
.385
.308

GB
--5
5
6
6
7

N.L. WEST
San Francisco
Houston
Los Angeles
Cincinnati
Atlanta
San Diego

W
9
8
7
5
5
3

L
4
6
6
5
6
8

PCT.
.692
.571
.538
.500
.455
.273

GB
--1
2
2
3
5

Sundays American League Results

Sundays National League Results

New York 10, Baltimore 6

Boston 10, Detroit 4 (13 innings)
Cleveland 2, Washington 1, 1st gm.
Cleveland 7, Washington 4, 2nd gm. (10 innings)
Oakland 3, Chicago 2, 1st gm. (10 innings)
Oakland 9, Chicago 6, 2nd gm.
Minnesota 2, California 1
Milwaukee 8, Kansas City 4, 1st gm.
Kansas City 2, Milwaukee 0, 2nd gm.

Todays Probable Starting Pitchers

New York 7, Pittsburgh 3, 1st gm.

New York 9, Pittsburgh 5, 2nd gm.
Cincinnati 3, Montreal 1, 1st gm.
Montreal 3, Cincinnati 3, 2nd gm.
Philadelphia 6, Atlanta 5 (11 innings)
Chicago 8, San Francisco 4, 1st gm.
San Francisco 1, Chicago 0, 2nd gm.
Houston 11, Los Angeles 1
San Diego 9, St. Louis 2

Todays Probable Starting Pitchers

All times local

All times local

Cleveland (Foster 1-0) at Boston (Nagy 0-0), 11

a.m.
Kansas City (Rooker 0-2) at Minnesota (Kaat 1-1),
1:15 p.m.
(Only games scheduled)

St. Louis (Reuss 0-2) at San Francisco (Reberger 10), 1 p.m.

Los Angeles (Sutton 1-1) at San Diego (Roberts 01), 7:30 p.m.
(Only games scheduled)

Cubs, Giants Split Twin Bill, Series; A Postseason Preview?

SAN FRANCISCO If this was a playoff
series and whos to say it wont come October? baseball fans would be in for a treat.
With the Cubs clubbing their way to an 8-4 victory in the first game Sunday and the Giants
claiming a tense 1-0 win in the second game, the
teams split a doubleheader and, by extension,
their four-game weekend series.
Both teams left the series as they entered it:
The Giants leading the National League West
and the Cubs tied for first in the East. Under
league championship series protocol, a similar
four-game split would be a prelude to a climactic
Game 5 in the postseason.
That dream scenario is at least five months in
the future. But the weekend series gave each
sides fans plenty to talk about.
The Cubs pounded Giants ace Juan Marichal
in a 10-2 win Friday night. San Francisco responded with a draining 19-inning win Saturday.
Milt Pappas strong arm and a 14-hit fusillade
resulted in an 8-4 Cubs win in Sundays opener,
which featured Willie Mays 632nd career home
run a three-run shot in the bottom of the
eighth inning that cut the Cubs lead to 5-3. But

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Concepcion Returns

Including final
results of all ball
games

the Giants got no closer.

Pappas (2-1) earned the win, allowing three
runs in 7 2/3 innings. Steve Stone (0-1) gave up
three runs in seven frames and took the loss.
Giants starter Rich Robertson (1-1) not only
threw seven shutout innings in the nightcap, he
scored the games only run on George Fosters
sacrifice fly in the third inning. Relievers Steve
Hamilton and Jerry Johnson completed the
shutout.
Loser Bill Bonham (0-1), who allowed one
run and struck out eight in six innings, deserved
a better fate.
Mets 7-9, Pirates 3-5
NEW YORK Lashing 14 hits in both
games, the Mets swept a doubleheader from the
Pirates and moved percentage points ahead of
the Cubs atop the N.L. East.
Gary Gentry (2-0) scattered eight hits in a 73 New York win in the opener. A two-run single by major league RBI leader Willie Stargell
gave the Bucs a 3-1 lead in the top of the third.
But Cleon Jones tying RBI triple fueled a fourrun Mets rally in the bottom of the frame.
Luke Walker (2-1) allowed six runs in 3 1/3

Major League Leaders

AMERICAN

AB

AVG.

NATIONAL

AB

AVG.

Kenney, N.Y.

28

13

.464

Beckert, Chi.

13

59

11

25

.424

Harper, Mil.

11

49

21

.429

Williams, Chi.

13

56

11

22

.393

Murcer, N.Y.

11

40

10

16

.400

Doyle, Phi.

31

12

.387

Cater, N.Y.

11

43

17

.395

Johnson, Phi.

10

39

15

.385

Howard, Was.

12

49

19

.388

Pepitone, Chi.

13

61

23

.377

Kosco, Mil.

10

31

12

.387

Aaron, Atl.

11

42

16

.372

Johnstone, Chi.

13

47

18

.383

Jones, N.Y.

35

13

.371

Fosse, Cle.

37

14

.378

Grote, N.Y.

27

10

.370

Blair, Bal.

10

38

14

.368

Watson, Hou.

14

57

21

.368

Jackson, Oak.

14

55

13

20

.364

Cash, Pit.

33

12

.364

HR: Monday (Oak.) 6; nine tied with 3.

RBI: Monday (Oak.) 15; Bando (Oak.) 13;
Howard (Was.) 12; Fosse (Cle.) 12; two tied
with 11.
Wins: Fingers (Oak.) 3-1; nine tied with 2-0.
Strikeouts: Blue (Oak.) 34; Fingers (Oak.) 27;
Hall (Min.) 27; John (Chi.) 25; Lolich (Det.) 24.
ERA: Bunker (K.C.) 0.60; Messersmith (Cal.)
0.75; Fingers (Oak.) 0.95; Foster (Cle.) 1.06;
Stottlemyre (N.Y.) 1.06.

HR: Stargell (Pit.) 8; Aaron (Atl.) 4; Mays

(S.F.) 4; Robertson (Pit.) 4; eight tied with 3.
RBI: Stargell (Pit.) 16; Menke (Hou.) 14; Santo (Chi.) 13; Williams (Chi.) 13; four tied with
11.
Wins: Jenkins (Chi.) 3-0; Blasingame (Hou.)
3-0; seven tied with 2-0.
Strikeouts: Seaver (N.Y.) 29; Holtzman (Chi.)
23; Jenkins (Chi.) 20; Singer (L.A.) 20; Kirby
(S.D.) 20.
ERA: Holtzman (Chi.) 1.04; Wilson (Hou.)
1.08; Jenkins (Chi.) 1.33; Billingham (Hou.)
1.44; Perry (S.F.) 1.44.

innings and took the loss.

The Pirates jumped to a 4-0 first-inning lead
in the nightcap, but the Mets scored four in
their half of the inning, three on a home run by
Ed Kranepool
New Yorks Dave Marshall untied the game
with a three-run blast in the second. Rich Hebner and Bob Robertson slammed homers for
Pittsburgh.
Winner Jim McAndrew (1-0) got the win
despite allowing five runs in eight innings.
The Bucs Bob Johnson (0-1) surrendered seven runs in 1 2/3 innings.
Astros 11, Dodgers 1
LOS ANGELES Jesus Alou tied his career high with five RBI as the Astros beat the
Dodgers for the fifth time in six meetings this
season.
Alou doubled home the games second run
in the fourth inning, then tagged a three-run
home run during a six-run rally in the fifth.
His ninth-inning RBI single put Houston on
top 11-0.
Jack Billingham (2-1) went the distance for
N.L., Page 2

Senators Owner Sees

Possibilities in Toronto
TORONTO (AP) The owner of the financially troubled Washington Senators says his
American League baseball team probably
could be shifted to Toronto for about $10 million if the city agrees to build a domed stadium.
Bob Short said in a recent telephone interview that the Senators have been suffering
from low attendance and a change of ownership is necessary.
He said the sale price of the team would be
in excess of $9.4 million.
Short was commenting on a proposal made
by a six-man Metropolitan Toronto committee
that a domed stadium be built on Downsview
Airport land at a cost of $45 million.
Baseball commissioner Bowie Kuhn said
there were three reasons why the Senators
would appear to be an attractive opportunity
it would provide an invaluable platform for
business, it would put the company near the
seat of government and it would make the
purchaser the savior of baseball for our nations capital.
Kuhn said the discussions had stemmed
from his position as a member of the commitSENATORS, Page 3

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the win. Joe Morgan scored

four runs for the Astros. Denis Menke had three RBI and
ranks second in the N.L. with
14.
Dodgers starter Claude
Osteen (2-1) was roughed up
for eight runs in 4 2/3 innings.
Reds 3-2, Expos 1-3
MONTREAL Jim Merritt won in his belated season
debut in the first game, and
Bill Stoneman threw eight
sharp innings in the second as
the Reds and Expos split.
Merritt, a 20-game winner
in 1970, battled a sore arm
during the spring and was left
in Florida when the season
started. He held Montreal to
one run on three hits in six
innings in the opener.
Second baseman Tommy
Helms had two doubles and
two RBI for Cincy.
Stoneman (1-0) allowed
two runs and struck out eight
as the Expos won the nightcap 3-2.
Losing
pitcher
Jim
McGlothlin (1-2) allowed
three runs in six innings. He
clubbed his second homer of
the season to tie the game 2-2
in the top of the third.
An RBI double by Jim
Fairey in the bottom of the
inning plated the decisive run.
Padres 9, Cardinals 2
SAN DIEGO Clay Kirby fired a three-hitter and
drove in the games first two
runs with a second-inning
double as the Padres topped
the Cardinals.

Kirby (1-1), who fanned

seven and walked six, took a
no-hitter into the seventh inning. He was supported by
Clarence Gastons two home
runs and five RBI both
career highs.
St. Louis starter Mike Torrez (0-2) lasted just four innings, giving up three runs.
The Cardinals have a 2-5 road
record.
Phillies 6, Braves 5
PHILADELPHIA Byron Browne singled home Joe
Lis in the bottom of the 11th
inning to give the Phillies a
win over the Braves.
Atlantas Ralph Garr had a
two-run RBI triple and a solo
homer as the Braves built a 51 lead after six and a half innings.
But the Phils plated four
runs in the bottom of the seventh and there was no further
scoring until Brownes heroics.
Reliever Darrell Brandon
(1-1) earned the win with four
shutout innings of relief.
Braves stopper Cecil Upshaw
(1-2) took the loss.

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The loss snapped Californias five-game win streak.

Clyde Wright (2-2) took
the loss, allowing two runs in
six innings.
Red Sox 10, Tigers 4
DETROIT Reggie
Smiths second career grand
slam, one of his four hits,
capped a six-run 13th-inning
rally as the Red Sox pounded
the Tigers.
Willie Hortons three-run
home run gave Detroit a 3-0
lead in the first. Boston battled back, in part on a two-run
double by starting pitcher
Sonny Seibert, to lead 4-3.
Dick McAuliffes RBI double
in the bottom of the fourth
tied the game 4-4, and there it
stayed for eight innings.
Reliever Bill Lee (1-0) got
the win with two scoreless
innings. Detroits Mike Kilkenny (0-1) absorbed the loss.
Brewers 8-0, Royals 4-2
MILWAUKEE The
Brewers hit three consecutive

Senators
From Page 1

tee selected to solve the problems of the Senators. The

other members of the committee are Short and American League president Joe
Cronin.
Kuhn pointed out the committee had talked to the Armory Board and the board
had indicated it would make
lease concessions in the area
of rent, concessions and advertising in the park.
Kuhn said that even with
the Amory Board making
such
concessions
Short
seems to think its doubtful
he could operate the club because of past debts unpaid.
Short had to borrow money to
get started or he would be
doing well.
For an operator not in
debt the club could be a good

investment.
Kuhn noted that despite the
teams shortcomings average
attendance for Shorts three
years, including the 1971 season, would average more than
825,000 a year.
Kuhn said he also had been
approached by several individuals about purchasing the
club, but again declined to
make the names public. He
also did not rule out the possible move of the club to another city.
Its obviously a requirement of keeping the team in
Washington that we find a
responsible operator, Kuhn
said. If a responsible operator werent there we would be
faced with possibly moving
the team.
In 10 seasons, the expansion Senators have averaged
94 losses and have never finished higher than fourth.

home runs in the first game,

and Wally Bunker hurled his
sixth career shutout in the
second as the Brewers and
Royals split.
Consecutive longballs by
Tommy Harper (a two-run
shot), Mike Hegan and Dave
May in the third inning of the
opener gave Milwaukee a 4-2
lead. Bill Voss added a threerun home run in the fifth.
Brewers starter Bill Parsons (1-0) struck out seven in
eight innings and got the win.
Mike Hedlund (1-2) gave
up seven runs in six innings
and took the loss for K.C.
Bunker (2-0) lowered his
ERA to 0.60 with his four-hit
whitewash in the nightcap.
The only extra-base hit in the
game was a solo home run by
Royals third baseman Paul
Schaal that broke a scoreless
tie in the fifth inning.
Lew Krausse (1-2), who
allowed one run in eight innings, was the loser.
Royals shortstop Freddie
Patek had his 12-game hit
streak snapped.