Page 12-Friday, July 20, 1979--The Michigan Daily BOSI slugged ring to Eckers 7-1 vict last nig Ecke was nic Dan M tripled. in the s zemski Rick Bu Wolfe injured of the s after Bt MAJOR LEAGUE ROUNDUP Bosox keep Mariners at bay, By 7hcoe a iaPrssThe Red Sox added a run in the sixth Garr's two-run smash cut the margin to eighth. TON-Light-hitting Larry Wolfe on successive doubles by Dwight Evans 4-3 in the third and Johnson hit a three- Buddy Bell, who d a two-run homer in the fifth in- and Burleson, then got three in the run homer in the fifth to put Chicago runs, singled in break a 1-1 tie and propel Dennis eighth when Butch Hobson hit his 15th ahead to stay. Texas' fifth run in ley and the Boston Red Sox to a homer, Evans walked, Fred Lynn Before leaving in the seventh, Steve Yanks 10, A tory over the Seattle Mariners doubled and Jim Rice singled. Trout, 4-3, gave up eight hits, four of NEW YORK-R ht. them in a shaky first inning. Dave two-run homer an rsley, 10-5, scattered Six hits. He Chisox 9, Rangers 6 Rajsich, 0-1, who was touched for John- in three runs to ba 'ked for a fourth-inning run when ARLINGTON, Texas-Home runs by son's homer .and two other hits in the of Luis Tiant as th eyer singled and Leon Roberts Lamar Johnson and Ralph Garr led a one-third of an inning he worked, got beat Oakland 10-21 The Red Sox had taken 1-0 lead 14-hit assault against three Texas pit- the loss. . the A's their fifth s econd on a walk to Carl Yastr- chers yesterday that gave the Chiago Garr doubled and scored on Jorge Or: Tiant, 7-4, struc , a double by Carlton Fisk and White Sox a 9-6 victory over the ta's triple off starter Danny Darwin in and walked three urleson's sacrifice fly. Rangers in the first game of a twi-night the first. Orta's double in the sixth complete game an , substituting at second base for doubleheader. brought in another run and Chet last eight starts. Jerry Remy, hit his third homer Richie Zisk singled home two runs Lemon's RBI single gave Chicago its allowed came on, eason off Floyd Bannister, 5-8, and John Ellis had two RBI singles as eighth run in the seventh. Milt May ad- homers in the se ureson hadsingled. Tovan, nA_ -, lend in the t nnd. t s ded a solo homer for Chicago in the T 7-1 scored two of Texas' Larvell Blanks for the sixth. s 2 .eggie Jackson hit a d Brian Doyle drove ck the six-hit pitching e New York Yankees ast night and handed traight defeat. k out seven batters en route to his fifth d sixth victory in his The only runs he Jeff Newman's solo cond and fourth. Yanks' boss resigns NEW YORK (AP)-AlRosen resigned last night as president of the world champion New York Yankees, the club said. ROSEN'S RESIGNATION had been rumored for several days and apparen- tly was triggered by a dispute among Rosen, owner George Steinbrenner and Manager Billy Martin. There was no further comment im- mediately, but the Yankees were preparing a statement. Ironically, only one day earlier, following conciliatory talks with Stein- brenner, Rosen had called the presidency of the Yankees "one of the great jobs in America." SCORES American League Chicago 9. Texas 6 (2nd game, inc.) SCalifornia 4, Baltimore 3 (2nd game, inc.) Boston 7, Seattle 1 New York 10, Oakland 2 National League Pittsburgh9.Houston 5 (2nd game,inc.) Atlanta 8, Chicago2 AP Photo CARNEY LANSFORD, one of the reasons why the California Angels are leading the American League West, is in pickle-with little hope of getting out of it. Lansford scooted toward the plate from third last night when teammate Don Baylor hit a ground ball to Baltimore third baseman Rich Dauer. Dauer, meanwhile, fired home to catcher Rick Dempsey, who made the tag on Lansford. .......... .. rr THE SPORTING VIEWS An All-Star game ... ... of grand old fame By TOM STEPHENS Baseball staged its 50th annual showcase Tuesday night-a sparkling golden anniversary that featured nearly every ingredient that has made the nation's pastime so entertaining for so long. The 1979 All-Star game, played in an indoor bandbox ballpark on an asphalt-like artificial sur- face, had the game's best fielders confused all night on routine fly balls they lost in the deceptive camouflage of Seattle's Kingdome. High bouncing singles off the infield "parking lot" also con- tributed to the see-saw scoring battle. For- tunately, nobody was injured as inflielders blindly staggered time after time into the path of line shots hit by goliaths Dave Parker, Dave Winfield, and Jim Rice. No sir, the "freak factors" didn't win out this time. The quirky setting couldn't hide the game's best hitters and throwers-not for a second. Starters Nolan Ryan and Steve Carlton were a classic study in contrast, though each was touched for runs in the first inning. Ryan's hopping fastball and Carlton's snapping curve were impressive, even over the tube. Only the presence of so many ~ sluggers in close proximity to the short outfield walls made the contest into the free for all it became. A classic cannon Through thick and thin I've always followed the Tigers. And if a loyal Detroit fan could enjoy watching all those first division millionaires showing off their talents, then there must be something in the midsummer classic. One play sums up the whole game, and the last decade of All-Star competition. In the bottom of the eighth with a runner on second and the score tied at six, the American League's Graig Nettles singled to right. Suddenly the TV camera flashed on runner Brian Downing, already halfway to home as National League rightfielder Dave Parker fielded the line drive on one bounce. Parker's 6-7 frame stretched, coiled and snapped out in a, classic motion that echoed Musial, Mays, and the other ghosts that were haunting the Kingdome that night. His throw home flew on a tremendous are, a per- fect strike to catcher Gary Carter at the plate; in those few seconds the four players involved created a baseball conflict which was stirring and timeless, much like a great work of art. Carter literally tackled Downing only inches short of home and the junior circuit was frustrated once again. Each hitter psyched himself slowly, stepped into the box as if he was born there, waggled his bat, and took cuts at all kinds of deliveries from the parade of imposing hurlers. In a patient game where calm repetition regularly explodes into sudden frezy (like Carter's putout at the plate), the tension hovered just below the surface, ready for spontaneous combustion. So what if the game was decided on a bases loaded walk in the ninth; a winning one-run "rally" in which the National League failed to manage even one hit. That kind of absurdity has also played a big part in the game. The American League gave it their best shot, only to come up short for the eighth straight year. For consolation, they can always summon the war cry of the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 50s and the Detroit Tigers in the 70s: Wait 'til next year. NBC's baseball brainchild, Joe Garagiola, foretold the outcome when he quoted a former All- Star: "All I know is, good pitching will stop good hitting every time, or vice versa."