Page Tweve THE MICHIGAN DAILY Thursday, June 9, 1971 Page Twelve THE MICHIGAN DAILY Thursday, June 9, 191 ROGERS ON FIRE Foster HR trips Mets. NEW YORK - Jack Billing- ham pitched his first shutout of the season and George Foster hit a three-run home run as the Cincinnati Reds ended the New York Mets'hfour-game winning streak with a s-0 victory Wednesday night. Billingham. 7-3, struck out five and scattered eight hits in pitching his second com- plete game this season and posting his third straight win. Jerry Koosman, 4-6, strug- gled with his control in the opening inning, issuing two walks before Foster unloaded his homer to give the Reds all the runs they needed. Koosman pitched eight innings, allowing all nine Cincinnati hits. Tribe stalled OAKLAND - The Oakland A's ended Cleveland pitcher Dennis Eckersley's winning streak Wednesday when Mike -Jorgensen drilled a two-run donle to left field off reiever Rick Waits in the seventh inn- ing to beat the Indians 3-2. Eckersey 64shad won his last three games and alloed just one hit in his last 23 in- nings Wayne Gross blasted his 12th homer of the season to tie the score at 1-1 in the second inning. The Indians took a two- run lead in the third, when Oakland starter Mike Norris walked Buddy Bell with the bases loaded to force in a run. Rogers blazes MONTREAL - Steve Rogers threw a six-hitter to beat Andy Messersmith as the Montreal Expos ran their winning streak to five games Wednesday night with a 6-0 victory over the At- Major League Standings AMERICAN LEAGUE East W L GB New York 31 24 - Baltimore 29 26 1 Boston 2 24 1 Milwaukee 22 29 4 Cleveland 23 26 4q4 Detroit 22 28 0- Toronto 21 30 -114 west Minnesota 32 21 - Chicago 29 23 2 Texas 26 24 4%4 Oakland 26 27 6 California 25 26 6 Kansas City 25 26 6 Seattle 22 35 12 Yesterday's Results Oakland 3, Cleveland 2 Boston 14, Baltimore 5 Texas 6, Chicago - New York 9, Milwaukee 2 late games not included Today's Games New York (Gullett 4-2) at Milwau- kee (Haas 4-2), 2:30 p.m. Baltimore (Palmer 7-5) at Boston (Lee 3-1), 7:30 p.m. Chicago (Knapp 5-2) at Texas (Prry 5-5), 8:30 p.m. Kansas City (Hassler 2-1) at Min- nesota (Redfern 2-3), 8:30 p.m. Detroit (Roberts 3-7) at Seattle (Jones 0-4). 10:30 p.m. NATIONAL.LEAGUE East w L GB ' rChicago 32 19 - Pittsburgh 29 21 2 St. Louis 29 23 34 Philadelphia 29 23 31 Montreal 23 28 9 New Yok 22 31 11 west Los Angeles 37 1 - Cincinnati 26 26 94 San Diego 26 32 12. San Francisco 25 30 12- Houston 22 33 15 Atlanta 20 36 1% Yesterday's Results Los Angeles 4, Chicao 2 lanta Braves. Rogers, 8-4, stretched his scoreless inning string to 22 with his second shutout of the season. He leads the National League in complete games w ith nine, innings pitched with 117 and strikeouts iith 90. Merresmith, 4-2, lasted six innings, giving up three runs, two earned, on six hits. The Expos iced the victory with two runs in the seventh off reliever Steve Kline. Warren Cromartie's major league-lead- ing 21st double drove in the first run of the inning' and he later scored on an infield out by Andre Dawson. Pirates popped P I T T S B U R G 1.1- Rookie Jack Clark blasted a home run and doubled home the winning run to give the San. Francisco Giants a 3-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates Wednesday night. San Francisco reliever Gary Lavelle earned his eighth save as the Giants swept the three- game series from the Pirates, losers in 12 of their last 18 games. Astros agonized PHILADELPHIA - Jay Johnstone broke on 0-for-13 slump with a fifth-inning, two- run homer that gave the Phila- delphia Phillies a 3-2 victory over the Houston Astros yester- day and a sweep of their three- game series, The Phillies trailed 2-1 start- ing the bottom of the fifth when Steve Carlton, 8-3, sing- led with one out. Garry Mad- dox forced Carlton for the second out, but Johnstone slammed his second homer of the season, over the right field fence, The Phils had taken a 1-0 lead in the second on Larry Bowa's two-outRBI single. The Astros did not get a hit off Carlton until the fourth, went ahead 2-1 in the fifth in- ning. Willie Stargell, slugging first baseman for the Pittsburgh Pi- rates, is a native of Earlsboro, Okla. the aii By The Associated Press This way out NEW YORK - Three players, Larry Moffett of Nevadaa Vegas, Freeman Williams of Portland State and Earl Holmes Los Angeles Mission Junior College, formally withdrew their name from the National Basketball Association college draft Wednesday Their decision to remove their names from the list left eight undergraduates still eligible to be drafted. They are Kenny Carr of North Carolina State, Brad Davis of Mary land, Ray Epps of Norfolk State, Brad Holland of UCLA, Ber- nard King of Tennessee, James Redwine of Eastern Wash. ington State, Frank Sanders of Southern University and Ray Tatum of Malone. Prep vaulter remains 'serious' SAGINAW - An 18-year-old high school pole vaulter remained in serious condition Wednesday with injuries sustained in a fall during a state high school track meet last Saturday. Jim Frohmader of Michigan Lutheran Seminary School was making his first jump of the day in the Class D meet when the wind carried himo off course and he hit his head on the front of the vault stand. Paul Kuske, father of another athlete on the Michigan Lutheran team, reported doctors said the youth is paralyzed from the waist down. 'Slew' cited citizen OLYMPIA, Wash. - Seattle Slew became an "honorary ciai zen" of Washington State Wednesday. The state's most famous non-resident gained honorary citi zen status in a proclamation issued by Gov. Dixy Lee Mra desti nating Saturday as Seattle Slew Day in Washington. That is the day the Kentucky-bred thoroughbred goes aftel the third jewel in horse racing's Triple Crown - the Belmo Stakes. "Seattle Slew, by virture of his name, has focussed world wide attention to the Pacific Northwest and specifically to the state of Washington," said the governor in her proclamation, Russell weds beauty queen MERCER ISLAND, Wash. - Bill Russell, 43, former coach general manager of the Seattle Supersonics, married Didi An stett, 29, a former Miss USA, Wednesday. Consistent with Russell's desire to keep his life private, the wedding was not formally announced and the precise Mercei Island location for the ceremony was not disclosed. The Seattle Times said Russell, who stepped down fron his position with the National Basketball Association club earliet this year, and Miss Acstett have been acquainted about secei years. She was Miss USA in 1968 and was fourth in the Miss Universt competition that same year. The marriage is his second and her first. Seldfen, Karzen gain- in AIAW consolation Special To The Daily Selden and Karzen face their BATON ROUGE - Michi- toughest opponents of the gan's lone remaining doubles tournament today when they team of Kathy Karzen and Barb square off against Jody Apple- Selden remained alive yester- basm and Terry Solgonik of day with two consolation vic- Miami, Fla. Applebaum and tories in the AIAW National Solgonik won the USTA -tour- Championships. nament earlier this spring but The Wolverine pair gained were bumped into the consola- their third consolation victory tion bracket here when they in the morning, besting Gon- were upset by a team from zalez and Goeltz of Mary Bald- Texas. win College, by scores of 6-4, 2-6. 6-0. USC continues to lead the IN THE afternoon, Selden week-long tourney with 19 1/4 and Karzen were scheduled to points. Stanford has taken over face Daksa and Fotopoules of second with 16 3/4, while Rol- Kansas. But the Jayhawk duo lins slipped to third with 141 was forced to default, moving points. Michigan, with only one the Michigan pair into the final entry left competing, is in 26th 16. place with 1 3/4 points.