- Blue Jays suffer loss o Boston 8-2 .

By ROSS HOPKINS -
TORONTO (CP) — Mike
Torres was the firat to admit
- he wasn’t at his best Wed-
» neaday night. .
Yet he still managed to win
*. bis sixth game of the season
and Boston’ manager Don
Zimmer believes that’s what
makes the Si-year-old right-
hander one of baseball's
premier pitchers, ;
Torrez pitched a seven-
hitter Wednesday, while
Jack Brohamer and Carlton
Fisk .each hit two-run
homers as the Red Sox
moved et seat aeeuted
possession 0 t place in
the East Division of
baseball's American League

with an -8-2 victory’ over
Toronto Blue Jays.

“Torrez hes pitched some
games, like tonight, when he
didn't throw all that well and
still won,” said Zimmer as
the Red Sox moved a full
game ahead of Detroit
Tigers and New York
Yankees, ‘That's the sign of
8 good pitcher when he can
win, even when he’s not
sharp.”

Torre, 6-2, gave up only a.
palr of thirdinning singles
before the Biue Jaya struck

Hutton produced the first
run. Howell then scored as
Rick Cerone bounced into a
foreesout. —

“My fastball was running
about two feet at times and J
couldn’t find my release
point,” sald Torrez who
sieve a lucrative contract
with the Red Sox as a free
seeing an instrumental part

ying an
in the Yankees’ World Serica
triumph last year. “I'm just
glad the guy# could get me
some run. .

for thelr two runa in the WALKED FIVE

sixth, Slngles by Bob Bailor
and Roy Howell and walks on
eight straight balls to John
Mayberry and Tommy

Torres struggled with his
control throughout the
contest, walking five while
striking out just one—

Cardinals end losing streak _
with 2-0 on Expos

’ By THE ASSOCIATED
PRESS

pinning
selves, but nothing happened

until John Denny started _

listening.
ght” te ianky ght

en -

hander said And with that

inning, carried the Cards to a
20 win, ending thelr 11-game
losing. streak,

in the National
League, Chicago Cubs
moved past Philadelphia and
into firet place inthe East
with a l0inning, 6-4 vict
over the Phillies, San
Francisco Giants held its
coegame lead in the West
with a 2-0 win over Houston
Astros, Cincinnati Reds beat

Atlanta Braves 5-4, San.

Diego Padres defeated Los
Angeles Dodgers $3- and
Pittsburgh Pirates beat New

goes both ways,” Denny
- said, “You can win a bunch
ina row or lose. I accepted it
as that. I don’t think the guys
really got down that much. 1
think we worried too much
about other teams. Some-
dimes we got beat, other
times we beat ourselves.”
The only hits Denny gave
up en route to his second twe-
hitter of the season and
career shutout were

by Andre Dawson in

the Wixth inning and Gary: ~

Carter in the seventh. He
struck out three Expos,
walked one and helped

himself by starting two -

double plays.

In. the decisive third,
Garry Templeton was safe
on a fielder’s choice, then
Hal Dues hit Jim Dwyer with

Standings

By THE CANADIAN PRESS
NATIONAL LEAGUE

a pitch and Montreal third
baseman Larry Parrish
bobbled Ken — Reitz's
grounder to load the bases
before Simmons came
through, halting St. Louls’s .

straight defeats it auffered In
18,

Cubs 6 Phillies 4

Manny Trillo’s two-run
homer In the 10th inning,.on
Gene Garber’s first offering

ninth when, with two outs,
Steve Ontiveros and Dave

ory -Rader singled and Greg

Gross hit a triple down the
left ileld line,

Giants 2 Astros 0

John Montefuseo had a
threehit shutout going but
manager Joe Albobelli sent
Vic Harris in as a pinch-
hitter for Montefusco In the
sixth inning, even though
Harris had only oue hit in 33

ous atbate. =.
Pyercis bits two-run single.

Reds 5 Braves 4

Cincinnati stayed within a
game of San Francisco by
scoring three runs in the
eighth inning against
Atlanta, the decisive ‘one
scoring when reliever
Mickey Mahler walked Joe
Morgan with the bases
loaded.

Padres } Dodgers 3

Tucker Ashford and Oscar
Gamble each hit a homer
and combined for five hits
and five runs batted in to
lead @ 17-hit San Diego at-
tack that dropped the
Dodgers two games behin

Pirates 6 Mets 5

Willie Montanez hit a first-
inning single and home runs
in the elghth and 10th innings
to drive in four runs for the
Mets but Reanie Stennett’s
two-run single in the bottom
of the 10th won it for Pitt-
sburgh.

Ws fall from first |

By THE ASSOCIATED
PRESS.
Another funny thing

happened to Oakland A's.

Wednesday night—they fell

out of Hirst place in the
American League West
Division. .
Maybe Bobby Winkles
knew something when be
quit as manager of the A’s
Tuesday, because they
continued a slide that has
seen them lose 12 of 17
games, the latest a 7-1
decision to - Milwaukee

Brewers.

Coupled with California's
41 win over Chicago White
Sox, it pushed the Angels into
first place, five percentage
polnts ahead of the'A’s, who
had heen on top since April
3.. :

“We have to

i ni, A
Winkles quit. ‘We've seen
two pretiy good pitchers the
last two nights (Caldwell and
Jerry Augustine). . Left-
handers are going to give us
trouble,"

Red Sox & Blue Jays 2
Cation Fak bit two

run

“homets and" Mike": Torrez

pitched a sevenhitter for bis

sixth victory as the Red Sox

moved inte first place in the

AL East, one

Detroit and New Hork.

Dwight Evans also drove in

two runs with an eighth-
single.

Royals ¢ Marine: §

‘The fre rbr rx3two runs in
the ninth.cn Tom Poquette's
bases-loaded grounder and
Hal MeRae’s sacrifice fly.

Kansas Cily erased: a 40°
deficit in the fifth on Amos 9

ie ahead of |

asignated hitter Willie
‘ashaw with the bases
aded, none out and one run
cross in the sixth.

8rohamer’s home run waa
5 first of the season and

‘ame after a one-out walk to
‘red Lynn. He hit a 2-0 pitch

{loser Dave Lemanczyk, 1-

- over the right field fence,

sout 340 feet away.
Lynn also preceeded
k's homer with a walk—

ve of four the Red Sox drew
{of three Toronto pitchers.

sree of those given free
ses ended up scoring.
“isk, with his fourth home
‘1 of the season, also hit a 2-
‘itch from Lemanezyk and
ve the Red Sox a 5-0 lead In
e sixth, Boston's third run
d come In the third on Rick

. irleson’s bloop double
-~oyn the right field line and
_ ary Remy's single up the
: iddle. ,
: iRST APPEARANCE

. rofessional

Boston got its sixth run in
e seventh withopt benefit

Britain tops
-- cricket

MANCHESTER, England
\P) — England beat
akistan by 192 rina in a
mited-over cricket match
. Old Trafford today.

“he Pakistanis were dis-:
350d for 85in reply to Eng-
‘nd’s score of 217 for seven
‘ednesday when play in the

-ue-day international was

urtailed by the weather.
Fast bowler Bob Willis
av four wickets for 15 runs
an 11-over stretch, -

Webb wager
VANCOUVER (CP) — In-
elder Marvin Webb has
en assigned to Vancouver
‘anadians of the Pacific
aast League, the baseball
‘am «announced Wed-
ssday,
Oakland A's. of the

_ merican League purchased

‘ebb’s contract from San
stonio Dodgers of the
2xas League. Oakland has
working agreement with
ancouver.

Webb replaces infielder
‘ike Adams on -the Van-
‘aver roster. Adams is out
definitely after suffering a
actured jaw Monday in a
ise-line collision with a
‘hoenix Giants’ player.

mateurs will take. part
ne ° $100,000~

TORONTO (CP) — Eight ‘,

Golfers
.ssociation tournament
une 1-4 at St, George's Golf
nd Country Club, They are
tarlene Streit of Stouffville,
‘at., Judy Ellis of Waterloo,

ut. Cheryll McConnell of:

iarrow, Ont, Pam Johns
ad Sue. Wiekware of
oronto, Cheryll French of
amrose, Alta., Michele
‘uibeault of Montreal and

- aula Phillips of Vaneouver. .

Ladies -

ef a hit off reliever Joe
Coleman, making his first
appearance with the Blue
Jays since belng purchased
Monday night from Oakland

‘s.

After a single to Fisk and
Brohamer's double, Evans
delivered the lnat two Red
Sox runs in the eighth with a
single up the middle.

Rick Bosettd ran the Blue
Jays out of a couple of
scoring opportunities. He:
opened the third me a

jut was caught s' »/
Bob Ballor followed bere
long single to right-centre,

In the seventh, with the
Red Sox up 6-2, Bosetth
singled with one out and
moved to second on Bailor’s

_ Lake City

base - field,

By THE ASSOCIATED

PRESS

Fireballing Frank Mac-
Cormack, sent down to the
Pacifle Coast baseball
League by Seattle Mariners
because of control problems
last year, was hia own worst
enemy with San Jose
Missions on Wednesday

night.

San Jose was leading Salt
Gulls 42 in the
third inning when Mac-
Cormack fielded a potential
double-play grounder, He
threw the ball into center
resulting in two
un runs that enabled
the Gulls totie the score. The
final score was Salt Lake 6,
Sah Jose 5. :

games,

Tn
Albuquerque Dukes over-
came Tacoma Yankees 8-6,
Phoenix Giants squeezed

ground out, Roy Howell -past Hawaii Islanders 4-3

followed with a single, but
Bosettl ran through third-
base coach Jackie Moore's
atop sign, was caught in a

‘rundown and eventually

tagged out by shortstop
Burleson.

?

and Portland Beavers

dumped Vancouver

Canadians 7-9. Wet grounds
resulted in postponement of
Tucaon’s game at Spokane.
SMITH HITS WINNER

' Tommie Smith’s two-run

and less filling.

light heer

THE HERALD, Friday, May 26, 1978. PAGE 7

PCL Gulls dump Missions

single in the fifth inning pro-
vided Salt Lake with what
proved to be the winning
margin. Andy Dyes hit a sole
home run for San Jose.
Albuquerque remained

half a game behind first:
place Phoenix in the Eastern
Division by downing
Tacoma, top team in the
West, .

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Monday, LA =--122: 23 «42 344] pings, Boston Red Sox Clint Hurdle’s two-run
Burroughs, Atl 129 16 44.3411 defeated Toronto Blue Jays double, but the Mariners
Puhl, Hou 148 22 50 .338]5.9 and Detroit Tigers took a 6-4 lead in the bottom
Baker, LA 133 17 44 331] downed Baltimore 3-2 in the of the fifth on Juan Ber-.
Buckner, Chi = 106 13.-« 35.330 | Firat game of a doubleheader mhardt's homer.

Griffey, Cin 176 26 58.330) hefore the Oriolescame back Rangers 3 Twins 2:

Smith, LA 154°29 $0 .3251 to take the nightcap 1-0. The Al Oliver, who singled
Driessen, Cin- 151 27 4? 325] CieyelandNew York game home the first run in the
Clark, SF 150 26 47 313] Chris Knapp. pitched a pinch’ runner Bobby

Doubles: Simmons, St, Louis,
15; Rose, Cincinnati, 13: Howe,
Houston, 13,

Triptes: Gross, Chleago, 5;
Muréer, Chicago, 4; Randle,
New York, 4; Garner, Plits-
burgh, 4; Foster, Cincinnafl, 4;
+f Clark, San Francisco, 4.

Home Runs: Monday, Los An-
gees; 11; Kingman, Chicago, 9.

Runs Batted In: Morgan, Cin-
cinnatl, 33; Monday, Los Ange-

fourhitter and Don Baylor Thompson
and Bobby Grich bomered to Texas ended Minnesota
lead the Angels over the relief ace Mik
White Sox on the field and string of successes. In his
over the A’sin the standings. 4
“We struggled to get since joining the Twins last §
here,” said Baylor, “Weloat week, Marshall had carned'a &
seven of 11-on the road. The win and four saves.
thing wa have to do is turn = Tigers 3-0 Orlotes 2-1 ;
that around and start win- Andres Mora's first home
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have to take advantage.of from the minor leagues May [|
tes, 33; Foster, Cincinnatl, 317 | things. Kansas City is not 15 and Jim Palmer's six-hit B
Smith, Los Angeles, 31. playing well and Texas is pitching highlighted &
Stolen Bases: Moreno, Pitts: | playing .600 bali. We know Baltimore's victory in the
§ burgh. 21; Cedeno, Houston, 16. |Kansas City will start nightcap, The Tigers, who
4 Pitching (5 Decisions): Bon-j playing well sconer or had lost 11 straight games in
ham, Cincinnatl, &-0, 1.000; Rau, | later,” -Baltimore since July 31,
Los Angeles, 5-0, 1.000; Blue]: “This is a pretty good 1976, won the opener on a
San Francisco, 6-1, 857... bunch of boys,” sald ninth-innning single by
Strikeouts: Richard, Houston, | manager Dave Garéla, Aurelio Rodriguez. —

74; P. Niekro, Atlanta, 44. whose job was —————
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Cubbage, Min 112 14 38 .339| problems,” Say New York cost £15 (about
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