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P.etwle H MCIGNDAL
Royals edge Tigers
By DAVE RENBARGER
Special to the Daily
DETROIT "- The Detroit
Tigers learned what it is like to
play catch-up baseball last
night against the Kansas City
Royals at Tiger Stadium.
All night long, for 12 whole
nnings, the Tigers chased the
Royals, only to lose by a 5-4
count on a 12th inning home
run by Al Cowens.
T H R O U G H O U T the
entire contest, the Tigers never
once led. In fact, over the first
eight innings, their entire of-
fense amounted to a pair of hits
by Rusty Staub, plus two
walks.
Royal starter Dennis Leonard
befuddled the Tiger bats and
appeared to be headed for a
two-hit shutout going into the
ninth inning. Then the slum-
oering Tiger - bats began to
awaken.
MiltMay's two-out ninth-inn-
ing single capped the Tiger
rally which sent the contest into
extra innings.
TITO FUENTES led off with
a long triple into right-center-
only the Tigers' third hit all
night. On the next pitch, Rusty
SPOIUTS
NIGHT EDITOR:
GARX KICINSKI
in 12th,
parked his 16th homer of the *margin
year and his second of this ser- The
es into the upper deck in left, ed thr.
off loser John Hiller, to de- facing
tide the game. minimi
Tiger starter Fernando Arro-
yo pitched nine strong innings WITI
to keep the Tigers within 1lying
striking distance. In the 10th, clubi
Arroyo ran out of gas, per- victori
mitting the two runs before sight s
giving way to Hiller. Star i
the la
THE GAME was scoreless won 15
until the 4th inning, when the to mov
Royals pushed a run across. the fro
Leftfielder Hal McRae led off Sox.
with a double and scored on The
LaCock's single, theirn
On his next at-bat McRae hit ateTie
a solo homer to give Leonard 5th co
what appeared to be an ample ions.
turday, July 23, 1977
5-4
n.
Royal righthander cruis
ough the first 8,innings,
only 4 batters over the
um.
H THE victory, the high.
Royals tied an all-tmle
record for tansecative
es. The team has Wasov
traight games in an All.
nterrupted streak. Over
st three weeks, KC has
of their last 18 games
ve within two notches of
nt-running Chicago White
Royals also continued
mastery over the Beneals
ger Staditim with their
nsecutive win without a
Ste b singled him home to
break up Leonard's shut-out
bid
Larry Gura took over on the
mound and Steve Kemp bunted
into a force at second.
After Jason Thompson fan-
ned, Ben Oglivie beat out a
slow roller down the third base
line, setting up May's clutch
THE ROYALS regained the
lead in the tenth on a George
Brett single, a sacrifice, and
I2BI singles by designated hit-
ter Pete LaCock and John May-
berry.
Royal bullpen ace Mark Lit-
tell was the first of three pitch-
ers used by manager Whitey
Herzog in the Tigers' two-run
10th.
Trailing 4-2, Tiger Chuck
Scrivener and Tito Fuentes
walked in-between a Ron Le-
Flore strikeout. Rusty Staub
fhen capped a 4-for-5 effort with
7asingle to left to load the
bases.
STEVE ,MINGORI came on
to pitch and Steve Kemp's
sacrifice fly put the Tigers
within one. Jason Thompson
followed with a broken bat
Nlooper over second off event-
"al winner Doug Bird, to dead-
lock the score at 4 apiece.
An inning later, Cowens
SCORES
Late Baseball
AMERICAN IEAGUE
Teras, 5. tBaltimore I
Chicage i, Toronto3
Boston 3, Cleveland 0
Milwaukee 6, New York 3
Trevino smokes with hot putter
By The Associated Press
OAKVILLE, Ont. - Lee Tre-
vino benefitted from what he
called "a couple of lucky
breaks" and continued mastery
of the fast, rolling greens for a
four under par 68 and a three-
stroke lead yesterday in the
recond round of the $225,000
Canadian Open Golf Tourna-
ment.
"It should have been an-
other 72," Trevino said. "It
was a lot like yesterday -
only this time I didn't make
any bogeys. That's not be-
cause of the way I hit the
ball. It's because of the way
I scrambled.
"I had 26 putts again today.
"My short game and my put-
ting is what saved me."
He also holed a bunker shot
for a birdie, chipped close on
what he called "an impossible
shot" to save par and once
skipped a low shot off the sur-
iace of a pond safely onto the
bank.
"If I can start hitting the
ball, I've got an excellent
chance to win," Trevino said
after posting his 135 total,
nine under par for two trips
over the hilly, 7,090 yard
Glen Abbey Golf Club course.
"I've, got to start hitting the
hall better. I can't keep on put-
'ing and chipping like this. I
can't figure on 52 putts for the
.ast two rounds. Usually I'm
pretty good tee to green and
have trouble with my short
game. Now I'm putting and
chipping great and hitting the
ball awful."
Jack Nicklaus dropped a 15-
loot putt for an eagle on the
!8th hole and, tied Tom Kite
For second at 138, six under par
and three behind Trevino. Each
'hot a second round 70.
Nicklaus' effort, fashioned
in the afternoon when swirl,
ing winds were at their trick-
iest, was wildly erratic.
"Five bogeys, five birdies
and an eagle. Need I say any
more?" asked Nicklaus, the de-
signer of this course that is
scheduled to be the permanent
site ofthe Canadian national
championship.
Ray Floyd, with a 67 that
ranked as the day's best round,
was alone at 139. George Cadle
was next at 72-140.
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'By The Asswciated 'ress
Bird's test flight set
DETROIT - Pitcher Mark "The Bird" Fidrych of the De-
troit Tigers is schedted to test his ailing shoulder withsose
light throwing Monday.
Manager Ralph Ifouk said Thursday he doesn't have any
rehabilitation program for his ttarrighthander yet .how-
ever, he said, doctors think Fidrych's sore shoulder "is a
little better."
"They seem to think it's an inflammation of a small mscle
in the shoulder area," Houk said.
He said he would not consider using Fidrych as a reliever
for a brief test.
Ex-Spartan AWOL
PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. - All-Pro linebacker Brad Van Pelt
failed to report with the veterans to the New York Giants' NFL
training camp yesterday. The ex-Michigan State star, who re-
mained at his home in Owosso, Mich., said "the main reason I'm
not there is the contract."
The Pro Bowl linebacker is believed to be demanding
that certain performance clauses be written into his contract.
A Giant for the past four season, Van Pelt played out his
option last year. However, he dfcided to remain with the Giants
and attempt to work out a new long-term contract.
Andy Robustelli, the Giants' general manager, said Van Pelt
must report to camp "or get fined."
Cubs nip Braves, 1-0
CHICAGO -- Rick Reuschel set up the game's only run with
his second single andimited the Atlanta Braves to five hits 'es-
terday while hurling the first-place Chicago Cubs to a 1-0 victOry.
Manny Trillo opened the seventh inning with a single and
went to second on . sacrifice bunt by George Mitterwald.
Reuschel then sirgled sharply to left as Trillo stopped at third
and then scored when Ivan Dejesus hit into a force play.
Reuschel upped his recsrd to 13-3 and Atlanta starter Dick
Ruthven, 3-6, took the loss.
Reuschel has nos won nine straight in Wrigley Field without
a loss, and the Cubs hive nose beaten the Braves nine straight in
Wrigley dating back to June, 1976.
1tjor League Sftandin1
AMERICAN LEAGUE
West
W I. Pet. GB
Baltimore 53 39 .576 -
Boston 52 39 .571 .
New York 51 43 .543 3
Cleveland 42 48 .467 10
Milwaukee 42 50 457 11
Detroit 41 51 .446 12
Toronto 34 58 .370 19
West
Chicago 54 36 .600 -
Kansas City 52 38 .578 9
Minnesota 51 42 .548 4,.
Texas 46 44 .511 8
California 42 47 .47 ii%
Seattle 42 54 .438 15
Oakland 39 52 19 i1'
Late games not included
Today's Games
Chicago (Barrios, 9-4) at Toronto
(Lemanczyk, 8-8).
Texas (erry, 8-8) at Baltimore
(Palmer, 10-8).
Milwaukee (Travers, 3-4) at New
York (Guidry, 6-5).
Cleveland (Eckersley, 9-7) at Bos-
ton (Cleveland, 7-6).
CataiornatTanana, 12-6) at Min-
nesota (Thoramoadsarnd, 7-6).
Kansas City (Colborn, 11-9) at
Detenite(Rozemna, 8-4).
Oaklaad (Coleman, 1-1) at Stattle
(Wheelock, 4-6).
NATIONAL LEAGUt
East
w L pt.(
Chicago 54 35 .il -
Philadelphia 53 38 .582
Pittsburgh 51 42 .548 ti
St. Louis 48 45 .510 5
Mootresi 43t 47 .470 12
New York 37 55 .402 t
west
Los Angeles 59 34 .634 -
Cincinnati 48 42 .533
Houston 43 51 .457 ii
San Francisco 43 52 .453
san Diego 41 55 .4? 0
Atlanta 34 58 i
Late games not included
Yesterday's Result
Chicago, , Atlanta 0
Today's Games
Cincinnati (Capilla, 2-1)a it
burgh (Kison, 6-4 or Rooker, 7-5i
Atlanta (Solomon, 1-1) at ChicaS
(Krakow, 7-7).{ris
Philadelphia (Lerch, 6-2 or CS
tiansen, 8-5) at San frati
(Knepper, 4-3).
Houston (Forsch, 4-7) at St. 1,0
(Urreea, 2-3).
Montreal (Bahnsen, 5-2) at
Angeles (Sutton, 184).
NewYork (Koosman, 7-10) at
Diego (Griffin, 548).
"SUPER MEX' Lee Trevino watches as his ball flies from the sand trap and into the hole yes-
terday on the 13th hole of second round play in the Canadian Open at Oakville, Ontario. Tre-
vino's chip-in helped him to a two-round total of nine-under par to earn him a three-stroke lead
at the halfway point of the tournament.