Page Twelve THE MICHIGAN DAILY Friday, July 1, 1977 Page Twelve THE MICHIGAN DAILY Friday, July 1, 1977 ... Rain stalls streaking Tigers By DON MacLACHLAN special Tn The Daily DETROIT - The opposing players in their respective dug- outs carried quite different views about the steady rain which fell before last night's scheduled Boston-Detroit clash. The Red Sox couldn't wait to get back home to the friendly confines of Fenway Park. But, in contrast, the Tigers weren't so sure they wanted to leave. The rain didn't stop, and both teams quickly headed for charter flights out of town after the game was postponed. The Bosox left Bengalville with a six game losing streak, three at the hands of Detroit.. Tonight, the division leaders open up a homestand of their own, battling the third place Baltimore Orioles. "We're going to get it back together," said Boston slugger Jim Rice. "We gotta get more runs, and we are capable of doing it." In tiny Fenway Park, the Bosox have won23 times against only 13 defeats. In those 36 games, the Beantown boys have belted 68 home runs, "We'll get our share of home runs," said Boston manager Don Zimmer. "But we've got to win ball gamesand we don't really care how. "You gotta pitch to win, and we just haven't been getting good pitching lately," Zimmer, added. The Boston staff has a 4.20 ERA and has hurled only 18 complete games in 72 outings. On the other hand, the Tig- ers weren't so anxious to em- bark on an eight-game road trip which opens tonight , in New York. The Bengals are riding the crest of a four game winning streak and finished the recent homestand with a 7-3 record. "I sure hope we can keep it going," said Tiger mentor Ralph Houk. "We need enough bitting to suufport our pitch- ing." JasonThompson and Ron LeFlore have been hitting real good. "Really, it hasn't been any one man, though," Houk added. "Tom Veryzer has played out- standing at short, making some defensive plays that really help- ed our pitching. And Tito Fu- entes along with Steve Kemp have been popping the ball." LeFlore has rapped safeties in each of his last seven g a m e s while the torrid Thompson possesses a six game streak, hitting .550 dur- ing that stretch. Thompson has moved amongst the league leaders in homers and RBI's with 15 and 51, re- spectively. Meanwhile, the big first sacker has also upped his average to .276. Centerfielder LeFlore has been shakyy in the field - dropping a ball one night and making a fine running snare the next - but has hit up to his potential lately. "I'm staying back and not lunging at the ball any- more," said LeFlore, who has raised his average 42 points in the last month. "I know anyone is apt to make mistakes in the field, so I don't let it bother me," add- Leflore, "Now I go up to the plate and concentrate strictly on hitting." With a four game streak un- der their belts, the Bengals musut be ready to battle the Yankees and then the Orioles in back to back four game ser- ies. "This road trip will be tough, and we will see a lot-of good lefthanded pitching," Kemp said. "We'll be facing the better teams in our divi- sion and that makes these crucial games." Amazingly, Detroit is 8-4 against the top three Eastern Division teams and only 12-13 versus the remaining trio. "You have to get them all in the win column no matter who you play," Houk said. "I don't see any sense in our team being in sixth place," Le- Flore said. "We know we have a lot of talent and the guys are giving 100 per cent. "Our pitching staff man- handled Boston," added Le. Flore, the owner of 18 base thefts. "The mistakes are be- ginning to iron out and I think we are on our way." By The Associated Press Bad luck of the Irish SOUTH BEND, Ind.-The loss of halfback Al Hunter, suspended for violating dormitory visitation rules, is "obviously going to hurt," Notre Dame Football Coach Dan Devine said Thursday. "When you lose a 1,000-yard gainer, it's always hard to find a replacement." THE IRISH, 9-3 last year with a victory over Penn State in the Gator Bowl, lost only two starters through graduation and were considered contenders for a national championship this fall, Devine had molded his backfield around Hunter, a 5-foot-11, 195-pound senior from Greenville, N.C., the first Irish runner ever to gain 1,000 yards in a, single season. He had 1,160 yards and 13 touchdowns a year ago. But the suspension came Wednesday following a long ordeal in which Hunter and five other players were charged with violat- ing rules regarding visitation by women in the men's dorm. It apparently involved a series of visits over a period of time. Jazz pick up truck NEW ORLEANS Free agent Leonard "Truck" Robinson, who played out his option with the Atlanta Hawks, has been signed by the New Orleans Jazz, the National Basketball Association citb announced Thursday. The team did not disch-se any details of Robinson' sctract However, the New York Post reported in its Thursday afternoon editions that Robinson received a forr-year, $1.6-million contract IN ADDITION, the Jaz will have to compensate the Mltkh and if the two teams can not agree ron something, NBA ('mmir sioner Larry O'Brien will mike the determination. Robinson is the first free agent in the NBA to switch teams this summer and only the second since the NBA and Americen Basketball Association merged last season. Coincidentalty, he .an also signed the other, Gail Goodrich, formerly of the Los Angeles Lakers, and it cost them two No. 1 draft picks in compensation Kenyan eclipses distance mark HELSINKI-Samson Kimbombwa, a virtually unknown 21-year- old long-distance runner from Kenya, set a new world record in the 10,000 meters at the Internatkooal Track and Field Games in Helsinski's Olympic StadiumT hursday night. KIMOMBWA WAS timed in 27:30.47 which j st beat Briton Dave Bedford's record of 27:30.8, set in London in r73. Kitnornbwa, a student at Washington State University, was named the best athlete of the competition. Mnjor" League Stauding AMERICAN LEAGUE East w L GtB Boston 41 31 - New York 42 33 Y Baltimore 39 36 3 Cleveland 36035 41, Milwaukee 36 38 6 Detroit 34 38 7 Toronto 29 44 13i West W L Pet. GB Minnesota 42 32 .568 -r Chicago 40 32 .556 1 Kansas City 38 35 .521 3'. California 36 35 .507 4%a Texas 35 37 .486 6 Oakland 32 41 .438 9' seattle 34 45 .430 10%' Yesterdays Games Boston at Detroit, postponed, rain Cleveland 4, Baltimore 2, 5 inn., rain New York 11, Toronto 5 Late games not included, Today's Games Balatimore (Palmer 8-8) at Bos- ton (Cleveland 6-3), 7:30 p.m. Texas (Alexander 6-5) at Toron- to (Byrd 0-1), 7:30 p.m. Kansas City (splittorff 6-5) at Cleveland (Waits 5-0), 7:30 p.m. Detroit (Hiller 4-8) at New York (Torrez 8-6), 8 p.m. Minnesota (Butler 0-1) at Chi- cago (Knapp 6-4), 8:30 p.m. Oakland (Mitchell 0-2) at Cali- fornia (Ross 2-5), no:s0 p.m. iwaukee (Haas 4-5) at Seattle (Wheelock 4-4) 10:35 p.m. Chicag Philad St. Lo Pittsbi New Y Montrf NATtONAL LEAGUE East w I.GB a , 47 23 - elphia 40 32 8 uis 40 33 g. urgh 39 4 lork 31 4' itt eal 30 42 18 Los Angeles Cincinnati San Francisco Houston san Diego Atlanta West 60 26 - 40 :3 ' 34 43 161, 33 43 17 32 4619 28 47 2 Yesterday's Games Cincinnati it, San Francisco 5 New York 4, Montreal 3 Los Angeles 4, Atlanta 5 Pittsburgh 1, Philadelphia 8 Late tames not included Today's Games New York (Matlack 3-8 and T dd 2-2) at Montreal (Bahnsen 1-a and Stanhouse 4-7), 2, 6:05 p.m. Pittsburgh (Candeleria 8-3) Philadelphia (Kaat 3-5), 6:05 P" Chicago (Bonham 8-6) at it Louis (Forsch 9-4), 8:35 pm. Atlanta (Collins 1-6) at Hoost (Richard 6-6), 8:35 p.m. Cincinnati (Norman 8-3) at S Diega (Shirley 6-8), 10 p-m. Los Angeles (Ran 3 t-)at: o Francisco (Williamsn 3-1), 10:35 P"0 .Win*ner at Wimbledon Jimmy Connors leaps to return a shot off thle racquet of his 18-year old semifinal opponent John McEnroe. Connors beat the young amateur 6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 to advance to the finals against the defending champion Bjorn Borg. Borg reached Saturday's title match by outlasting Vitas Geru- laitis 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, 3-6, 8-6. See related story on page 11.