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THE SUMMER DAILY
Tuesday, June 5, 1973
Royatc ingaids B0 sx wln
KC hurler walks in
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WFromWire Service Reports
BOSTON - The injury-plagued
Boston Red Sox proved anew the
old Little League adage that a
walk is as good as a hit last
night, as they capitalized on
eight free passes served up by
Kansas City pitching and hobbled
their way to a 9-3 victory over
-- the high-flying Royals.
In a nationally televised game
which featured the sage com-
mentary of former Cleveland
pitching great Satchel Page, the
Minnesota swept the District
Four regional and middleweight
champ Carlos Manzon talks of
leaving the ring after Saturday's
fight. The full stories can be
found on Page 11.
Bosox wiped out an early Kansas
City lead in the bottom of the,
third, when they pushed across
four runs on a mere two hits.
Royals' starter Gene Garber,
noticeably parsimonious with the
bases on balls in his past per-
formances, walked the always
ailing star Reggie "The Rifle"
Smith after two leadoff hits to
load the bases, setting the stage
for two dramatic walks to Carl
Yastrzemski. and Carlton
Pudge Fisk, which forced in
two more Sox tallies.
The scoring for the inning was
- completed when Bruce Dal Can-
ton, in what was less than a
memorable relief stint, hit Or-
lando Cepeda and forced in the
fourth run for the Hose.
It was only later on in the
game that the Red Sox proved
that an assortment of bad backs,
pulled muscles, and stretched
AP Photo Achilles tendons could not still
their vaunted double-barreled
hitting attack, which proceeded
to turn a cliff-hanger into a
mashes a Tom Gorman volley typical Fenway Park slugfest.
avis Cupper, 6-3, 6-4, 6-1, and In the sixth, all-star catcher
Carlton Fisk plugged his tenth
Reds w ip NY;
Phil1s fall again
homer of the year off a light
standard high over the screen
in left-center field, driving home
three runs and upping the score
to 7-2.
Bt the Sox, ever mindful of
the fragility of big leads in Fen-
way's hitters' paradise, scored
again in the seventh.after Fisk's
mighty blow. Tommy Harper,
rnning with the Ditch, turned on
his blinding speed and scored all
the way from first on a single by
Macio Ouerrero.
The latter, acquired in what
rnv Sox fans look upon as the
disastrous trade which sent Al
"Soarky" Lyle to the Yankees
for noted benchwarmer Danny
Carter, had two hits on the eve-
ning.
In the eighth, Rick Miller cop-
ped his third hit of the game, a
triple to the deepest reaches of
the park in right-center field.
Miller later scored on a sacrifice
fly to Carl Yastrzemski. . '
Former Clemson great and
aspiring sorts writer John Cur-
tis was the winner, though he
was nicked for two RBI's by
league leader John Mayberry.
Don Newhouser provided some
clutch relief work for the Sox
and earned the save.
Major League
Stundings
American League
East
W L Pet. GB
Detroit 27 P.2 .551 -
New York St624 .5e i1
Baltimore 22 22 .500 2
Boston 22 25 .4S 4
Milwaukee 22 26 .458 4
Cleveland 20 3 .407.
Wrt
Chicago 27 18 .00 -
Kansas City 30 24 .5t 1/
Minnesota at 21 .553 2
Caifornia 25 22 .532 3
Oakiand 2t 25 .510 4
Texas 16 31 .348 ll
Yesterday's Results
Boston 9, Kansas City 3
Milwaukee at Oakland, night
Other clubs not scheduled
Today's Pithers
Minnesota Woodson 4-3 at Cleeand
Bisman 2-t.
Chieago Wood 3-4 at ealtinore
Cear 2-.
Kansas City Drago 5-4 at Boston
Pattn 4-.
New York Stottemyre 7- at Teas
Sieber 3-3.
Miwaukee Short -i at, Oakland
Hamilton 0-.
netoit Petty -3 at Caiiorna
Hand 3-3.
National League
East
W L Pt. Gel
Chicago 31 20 .t08 -
Pittsburgh 23 22 .511 5
Montreal 21 23 .47 6/
New York - 22 25 .48 7
St. Loos 22 25 .48 7
Philadeiphia 19 31 .30 1i5/"
West
SFrancisco 3820 .643 -
Los Angeles 31 21 .596 3
Cincinnati 29 23 .558 5
Houston 30 25 .545 5
Atlanta 18 32 .360 15
San ito 19 34 .35 54
Yesterday's Results
San Francisco 7, Pittsburgh 2
Cincinnati 5, New York 0
Houston 7, Philadelphia 0
Other clubs not scheduled
Today's Pitchers
Los Angeles Osteen 5-1 at Chicago
Jenkins 6-3.
Atlanta Niekro 3-2 at Montreal
Stoneman 1-2
New York Koosman 5-4 at Cincin-
nati Grimsley 5-4
San Francisco Bryant 8-3 at Pitts-
burgh Brits 3-4.
Philadelphia Twitchell 3-2 at Hous-
ton Wilson 4-5
San Diego Greif 4-5 at St. Louis
Fster 3-3
A Nasty smash
Illie Nastase, the sometime clown and sometime bad boy of the courts, s
in yesterday's French Open semi-final match. Nastase outlasted the Da
will face Nikki Pilic in today's final.
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the Big World beckons
Two former Michigan football stars are going to try their
luck in the pro ranks. Tom Coyle, Michigan's great offensive
guard who was totally ignored by the pros in March's draft, is
going down to Houston as a free agent. There he will try to
gain a spot on the front line with old linemate Guy Murdock, now
the number one center on the floundering Oilers. Former half-
back Alan "Cowboy" Walker is heading north to Hamilton, On-
tario, where he will vie for a backfield spot with the Tiger-Cats.
Walther: stable
According to a spokesman at the University Hospital's Burn
Center, David "Salt" Walther, the injured Indy driver, is in
serious but stable condition. Walther, who has burns over 40
per cent of his body, could spend two months or more in the
burn unit. Swede Savage, burned in the actual running of the
race, remains in critical condition.
Qops
Four misplays over this weekend made fielding news in
Major League Baseball. Davie Lopes, the Los Angeles Dodgers
second sack sensation, tied a record held by two others playing
his position by committing three miscues in one inning. Lopes
rode two boots and a bad throw to his record ineptness . . .
Oakland's Mike Hegan saw his 178 consecutive games without
an error streak tops among active first sackers, go by the
boards Sunday as he bobbled a ground ball against the New
York Yanks.
Icing the puck
Hockey, the winter sport that was supposedly finished a
month ago, continues its newsmaking ways. The Rangers got a
new coach, former center Dennis Popein . . . Guy Charron inked
a contract with the Red Wings, ending speculation he might
jump to the rival WHA . . . The Bruin's Mike Walton did just
that, going to the Fighting Saints of Minnesota, who, by the
way, denied that the Detroit group was going to buy them and
move the franchise to Motown . . . Got all that?
By The Associated Press
CINCINNATI-Dave Concepcion
and Bobby Tolan delivered run-
scoring singles in the sixth inning
for Cincinnati's first two hits fol-
lowing an intentional two-out
walk to Tony Perez and the Reds
went on to score four times en
route to a 5-0 victory over the
New York Mets last night.
Jack Billingham, 8-2, pitched
a three-hitter to hand the Mets
their eighth setback in 10 games
and drop them behind Montreal
into a fourth-place tie with St.
Louis in the National League
East.
It was the fifth consecutive de-
feat for Matlack. The National
League's Rookie of the Year in
1972 hasn't won since April 28.
The Reds added a run off
Harry Parker in the seventh on
a walk, Concepcion's single and
an error.
Astros exolode
HOUSTON-Dave Roberts fired
a six-hitter and Jim Wynn hit
his 12th home run, leading the
Houston Astros to a 7-0 win over
the Philadelphia Phillies last
night.
The triumph ended Houston's
losing streak at four games and
extended Philadelphia's to seven
in a row.
Wynn's shot, a two-run blast,
came in the seventh. The Astros
scored their first five runs sn
the fourth inning against rookie
Larry Christenson, 1-4, and Dar-
rel Brandon.
Pirates sunk
PITTSBURGH - Tito Fuentes
and Garry Maddox drove in three
runs apiece while Tom Bradley
hurled the San Francisco Giants
to a 7-2 victory over the Pitts-
burgh Pirates last night.
The Giants nicked loser Bob
Moose, 4-5, for their first run in
the fourth inning on a walk and
singles by Gary Matthews and
Chris Speier.
They extended their lead to 3-0
in the fifth when Bobby Bonds
singled and scored on a triple
by Fuentes. M a d d o x brought
Fuentes home with a sacrifice
fly.
Fuentes ripped a two-run sin-
gle andtMaddox drove in two
more with a triple in the ninth.
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