Wednesday, May 24, 1972 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Efeven . Perry wins eighth; Tigers brewed, 3-0 By The Asocited Pe N EW Y O RK- Cleveland's Gaylord Perry outdueled New GPI,'York's Mel Stottlemyre 3-0 last nght, limiting the Yankees to four singles and igniting a three- run uprising that broke a score- less tie in the eighth inning with a double. It was the sixth consecutive vsctory for Perry, 8-2, while Stottlemyre, 4-4, had his four- game winning streak come to an end along with New York's r three-game skein. Perry's double to right-cooler / / ~,-was only the fourth hit off Stot- tlemyre, who had pitched two sight shutouts. Me moved to D rd on Del Unser's sacrifice 5i~ / ,~.~s' .and raced home when a pitch to Eddie Leon was in the dirt and - f bounced away from catcher Thurman Munson. With two out and Leon aboard via a single, Stottlemyre walked -Associated Press ri Netsan To M- ST. LOUIS CARDINAL, TED SIZEMORE, attempts to crash into Graig Nettles and Tom Mc- attepts o cash nto Craw, loading the bases. Ray Pirate shortstop Gene Alley to break up a first inning double Fosse, who struck out in the play. However, the effort was in vain as was the case for the same situation in the fourth in- entire Cardinal team, for rampaging Hues won 6-2 for their ning, then singled for two more eighth straight victory, runs. PITT ROLLS ON: Cubs end Mets' streak It was the 14th triumph in the last IS games for the Indians, leaders in the American League East. Tigers whimper DETROIT-Jim Lonberg hurl- ed a four-hitter and John Briggs smacked a home run inthe sev- enth inning off Joe Coleman to break a scoreless tie and carry the Milwaukee Brewers to a 3-0 victory over the Detroit Tigers last night. Magic Number: 131 Hot dog! With the Tigers los- ing to the Milwaukee Brewers and the Cleveland Indians blanking the New York Yan- kees last night, the magic number for the Tigers re- mained at 131. And time is beginning to run out. Loan b erg, one-time 20-game winner for the Boston Red Sax, gave up three singles the first two innings, then proceeded to no-hit the Tigers until Ed Brink- man's scratch single in the eighth. It was his second com- plete game in four starts as he raised his record to 2-1. Coleman fell to a 6-3 mark as he had a three-game winning streak snapped. George Scott, batting .130 at game time, opened the Brewers' seventh with his third successive single. Then Briggs lined a Cole- man pitch into the lower deck in right field for his second homer of the season. Billy Conigliaro's double and Ellie Rodriguez' single off re- liever Fred Scherman gave the Brewers their final run in the ninth. Orioles flop BOSTON - Rico Petrocelli's one-out single in the bottom of the 10th inning caried Boston to a 6-5 victory over the Balti- more Orioles last night, snap- ping the Red Sox' losing streak at five games. Reggie Smith drew a leadoff walk off reliever Doyle Alexan- der, 2-1, the fourth Baltimore pitcher, and Duane Josephson sacrificed him to second before Petrocelli lined his game-winning hit to center field that gave left- hander Bill Lee, 3-1, Boston's fourth hurler, the victory. The Orioles, held to one hit through six inning., scored three runs in the seventh, then went ahead 5-4 in the eighth befeore Doug Griffin's single, a sacrifice and Ben Oglivie's pinch-single boosted Boston into a tie in the ninth. Terry Harper's leadoff home run in the first, Smith's run- scoring grounder in the third and Smith's two-run homer in the fifth gave Boston a 4-0 lead against Dave McNally before Baltimore broke through againt Sonny Siebert. Terry Crowley doubled and scoredon a pair of fly balls, then Mark Belanger wslked and Don Baylor, batting for McNally, hit his third homer in his last three at-bats. The Orioles went ahead in 'the eighth as Crowley homered, Dave Johnson and Elie Hendricks walked and Griffin, the Boston second baseman, dropped Belan- ger's routine two-out pop-up that let Johnson score the go-ahead run. Rangers nipped ARLINGTON - The Chicago White Sox pushed across two runs in the first inning and Stan Bahsen and two relievers made them stand up for a 2-1 victory over the Texas Rangers last night for Chicago's fifth con- secutive triumph and 11th in the last 12 games. Carlos May doubled in Pat Kelly for the first run, then scored on Bill Melton's single. Kelly had opened the game with a bunt single. New vault record set' EL PASO, Tex. WP)-American Bob Seagren and Sweden's Kjell Issakson each set a world pole -vault record of 18 feet, 4 inches yesterday at an AAU-sanctioned pole vault competition. Seagren, vaulting f o r the Southern California Striders, first set an American record of 181/ in his competition with Issakson, who set the previous world rec- ord of 18-2 last month. Seagren and Issakson reached the world record height in their second attempts at 18-4. By The Associated Press CHICAGO - Paul Popovich's run-scoring double in the eighth inning broke a tie and gave the Chicago Cubs a 2-1 victory over New York yesterday, snapping the Mets' 11-game w i n n i n g streak. Popovich's decisive hit off los- ing reliever Tug McGraw, 2-1, scored Carmen Fanzone, who had singled with one out in the eighth. The Mets had tied the score 1-1 in the seventh on a walk to Bud Harrelson, Ken Moswell's sacrifice and consecutive singles by Tommie Agee and Rusty Staub. Staub had four of the six hits off Ferguson Jenkins, 4-4. Staub's fourth hit was a double with two out in the ninth. But Jenk- ins retired Cleon Jones on a grounder for the final out. The Cubs had nicked Mets' starter Gary Gentry for a run in the fourth. on a walk to Jim Hickman and singles by Popov- ich and Ken Rudolph. The Cubs collected 11 hits off Gentry and McGraw, and left 10 runners on base, including two in the first, second and fourth innings. It was the Mets' first loss since May 11, when they were beaten by Los Angeles 6-4. Bucs breeze ST. LOUIS - The Pittsburgh Pirates capitalized on St. Louis errors for a pair of three-run innings and beat the Cardinals 6-2 last night for their eighth consecutive victory. St. Louis shortstop Ed Crosby opened the gates in the second inning by booting Manny Sanguil- len's potential d o u b e play grounder, after which Pittsburgh pushed across runs on singles by Gene Alley, Dave Cash and Yic Davalillo. Braves scalp CINCINNATI - Marty Perez cracked a tie-breaking double off relief pitcher Jim McGlothlin with one out in the eighth in- ning, giving Phil Niekro and the Atlanta Braves a 2-1 victory over the Cincinnati Reds last night. Niekro, 6-4, aided his cause with the sixth home run of his career in the third, offsetting a first-inning run by Cincinnati. The Reds scored when Pete Rose led off with a triple and came home on Joe Morgan's sin- gle. Niekro allowed only four more hits. McGlothlin, taking over from Ross Grimlsey in the eighth, was touched for three straight hits with one out. Dusty Baker started the winning rally with his third hit of the game, moved to second on Darrell Evans' sin- gle and scored on Perez' double. Phillies f lounder MONTREAL-- Mike Jorgenson drove in three runs with a homer and a single and Ron Fairly knocked in two more as the Montreal Expos handed Phil- adelphia its eighth straight de- feat, beating the Phillies 6-2 last night. The Phillies took a lead in the top of the first when Tim Mc- Carver reached on an error by Bob Bailey and scored on a sin- gle by Willie Montanez. But the Expos came right back as Boots Day singled with one out and Jorgensen socked his fifth homer of the year. Philadelphia tied the game at 2-2 when a throwing error by Bailey on an infield hit by Deron Johnson permitted Greg Luzin- ski to score. Fairly put the Expos ahead 3-2 in the bottom of the fourth with his third homer of the year. The Expos added three runs in the bottom of the fifth and knocked Dick Selma, 1-5, out of the game. Hector Torres, who started at shortstop in place of the sus- pended Tim Foli, led off with a triple and scored on Selma's second wild pitch of the game. Bill Stoneman, 4-4, walked and eventually scored on Jorgensen's single. Jorgensen then stole sec- ond and came in on Fairly's single. ProfessionaI League Standings American League National Leagne East East v i Ps. GLx w L It. G CL Pcti 8 0 . 3 -New York :_'S 8 .758 - Ctvlnt 10 .64 3 2-tittsbo-rgh 19 12 .613 5 De'trot16 13 .55? ' rhiato 16 1 516a Baltimore 15 14 .5173 o to . o Ne York 12 16 .429 6 I'hi Ul phi 15 18 .455 10 ioston 10 17 .370 7 rMontr ll5 19 .441 10x> Milwaukee 9 17 ,346 8, t Loti;. 12 22 .353 13%N Rest Houston 21 12 .636 - Chicao 2 10 .667 - Los Angeles '0 14 .588 1t> Oasikad 18 10 .643 1 C5incintati 18 16 .529 3 jaix,5ota 17 11 .607 2 San Diego 15 2 .429 7 T-ias 15 17 .469 6 Atlanta 13 20 .394 8 Kansas City 12 18 .400 8 San Frarcisco 12 25 .324 1 California 11 20 ,355 9 Yesterday's Results Yesterday's Results Chicago 2, New York 1 Boston 6, Baltimore 5, 10 innings Montreal 6, Philadelphia 2 Cleveland 3, New York 0 Pittsburgh 6, St. Louis 2 Milwaukeee3, Detroit 0 Atlanta 2, Cincinnati 1 Chicago2, TesasISanFracco at Los Angelesinc. ins esota at Kansas City, postponed Hoston I, San Diego 5, ,st California at Oakland, inc. Houston at san Diego 2nd, inc. -Associated Press IN ONE OF THE BRIGHTER MOMENTS for the titanic Tigers, second sacker, Dick McAuliffe finds he has forced out the Brewers' Billy Conigliaro (9) in the first inning of last night's Milwaukee- Detroit confrontation. But in the end, the lowly Brewers behind Jim Lomberg, blanked the power- laden sluggers from Motown 3-0. Billy Martin, what's the excuse?