Page 16-Wednesday. May 10, 1978-The Michigan Daily CA LIFORNIA WINS IT WITH LA TE RALL Y: Angels trim tfielder Don Baylor. DETROIT - The Detroit Tigers The Tigers got that run back in the fought off Frank Tanana and a 5-2 bottom of the inning when John deficit to tie the Angels only to see their Wockenfuss lofted his first round- comeback hopes dashed 7-5 by two late tripper of the season just out of the Angel runs. reach of Angel centerfielder Lyman The 21,089 fans who welcomed the fir- Bostock in left center. st-place Tigers back home were disap- california regained the lead with a pointed by a Ron Fairly two-out single three-run outburst off the beleagured in the eighth that broke a 5-5 tie, scoring Slaton in the top of the fifth. After one Rick Miller from third. out Bostock doubled off the wall in left Steve Foucault entered the game in center, taking third on the bobbled the seventh, keeping the Tigers in the carom by Ron LeFlore. Ron Fairly then game while the Bengals were battling singled him home and one out later back off two Angel hurlers. came home himself on designated hit- Miller reached base on a leadoff ter Tony Solatta's long home run to walk, took second on a sacrifice and third on a bounce out, before Fairly drove him in. The final nail in the Tigers' coffinr came in the ninth when third baseman Carney Lansford doubled and came0 around on a ground out and sacrifice fly. Jim Slaton started for the Tigers, and once again was ruffed up for early runs. After escaping disaster in the first three innings the Bengal right-hander gave up a monstrous home run into the upper deck in left field to Angel lef- Catfish looks" u.inlk Tigers, 7-5 right. The Tigers got one back in the bottom of the inning when Mark Wagner's triple over Bostock's head scored LeFlore from first. The Tiger's leadoff man had reached first on a throwing error by Angel shortstop Dave Chalk. Slaton's undoing came in the sixth when he walked former Tiger Terry Humphrey. Humprhey was forced at second on a Miller bunt attempt, but Miller later came home on a single by Fairly after he stole second. Slaton was replaced by Jim Crawford, who was in turn replaced by Foucault. sharp in 3-1 Yankee win NEW YORK (AP)-Catfish Hunter allowed just one hit in six innings-a leadoff single by Willie Norwood-for his best outing in almost three years and Graig Nettles and Reggie Jackson homered as the New York Yankees beat the Minnesota Twins 3-1 last night. THE 32-YEAR-OLD right-hander walked two, struck out three and retired the last 10 batters he faced before giving way to Sparky Lyle after throwing 87 pitches in six innings. Lyle recorded his fifth save although he yeilded a triple to Butch Wynegar and a single by pinch-hitter Jose Morales. Norwood poked a soft single to short right field to start the game and moved to second when Roy Smalley sacrificed. Hunter walked Rod Carew but retired Mike Cubbage on a fly ball and fanned Dan Ford. Carew's line drive to deep left field in the fourth was the only ball the Twins hit hard off Hunter. The Tigers rallied to tie the score in the bottom of the seventh. Hot-hitting Auerilio Rodriguez doubled, took third on a wild pitch by Tanana, the Angel starter, and scored on LeFlore's single to right. LeFlore stole second as Dave LeRoche, who relieved Tanana, threw his first pitch to Rusty Staub. Staub then singled on the next pitch, scoring LeFlore and closing the margin to one. The speed of Staub came into play when Jason Thompson lined a LeRoche curve ball up the gap in left field moving the Tiger designated hitter from first to a crawling slide at the plate, tying the game. The Tigers play Cincinnati in an exhibition game tonight before they conclude the two-game set with the Angels Thursday evening. Tonight's exhibition gameb'egins at 7p.m. Habs blank Leafs, head to finals TORONTO-Next victim, please. The Montreal Canadiens, seeking a third straigh Stanley Cup, cruised into the finals by beating battered Toronto 2-0 last night and clinched the semifinal series between the two teams by four games to none. THE RELENTLESS Canadiens have now won eight of nine playoff contest this year, their only defeat coming from Detroit in quarterfinal play. Toronto played a more cautious game than it had in the first games of the series, hoping they could overcome in- juries to Borje Salming, Daryl Sittler, and Dave (Tiger) Williams by forcing Montreal into making mistakes. The strategy slowed the defending champions down, but didn't stop them. In the first period, Jacques Lemaire gathered in a pinpoint pass from Rejean Houle three strides ahead of the Maple Leaf defense and scored a breakaway goal into the upper corner of the net behind Mike Palmateer. LEMAIRE RETURNED the favor in the second period, dropping a nifty backhand pass to oule right in front. But Houle chose to deke his man and slipped a pass to Steve Shutt, who drilled the puck past a hopelessly supine Palmateer. The Canadiens then turned up the forechecking dial on their hockey machine, and goalie Ken Dryden shut the door completely to earn his second shutout in post seson play this year and the tenth of his career. The Canadiens will rest briefly, waiting to see whether Philadelphia or Boston will survive the other semifinal. the Bruins take a 3-1 lead into the fifth game Thursday in Boston. -Daily Sports SCORES Baseball Toronto4, Oakland a Boston 4, Kansas City Cleveland5, Seatte4 Texas 4. Milakee 1 california Detroita New York 3, Minnesota National Leage Houston&, Phllaelphia StanleyCup Playoffs Montreal 2,Torontoe FLYER'S MEL BRIDGMAN takes it to Boston's Terry O'Reilly and knocks him down in a skirmish that occurred in the second period of last night's game. Both players made their way to the sin bin for five minute penalties following the fight. Rice gets hit, then hits homer as Red Sox nudge Royals, 4-3 BOSTON (AP) - Boston slugger Jim Rice gave Kansas City's Jim Colborn a verbal warning after being hit with a pitch in the fifth inning, then belted a two-run homer in the seventh last night as the Red Sox extended their winning streak to seven games with a 4-3 victory over the Royals. Rice was hit on the left arm by a pitch- from Colborn with one out in the fifth. He went to the mound and warned Colborn but no punches were thrown, even though both dugouts emptied. After the Royals tied the score on Amos Otis' two-run homer with two out in the seventh, Jerry Remy led off the Boston half with a triple. Houston nails Phillv PHILADELPHIA - J. R. Richard pitched a four-hitter and struck out 11 as the Houston Astros used a four-run outburst in the seventh inning to defeat the Philadelphia Phillies 5-1 last night. Bake McBride, who hit his first home run of the season in the sixth and beat out an infield single in the-eighth, had two of the Phillies' hits. Richard, overpowered Philadelphia batters with his fastball and a wicked curve, and struck out the side in the fir- st and third innings. Vail avails CLEVELAND - Mike Vail's two-out single in the bottom of the ninth inning drove in Larvell Blanks with the winning run as the Cleveland Indians nipped the Seattle Mariners 5-4 last night. Blanks singled with one out in the nin- th and went to second on a walk to pin- ch-hitter Ron Pruitt. After pinch-hitter Ted Cox flied deep to center for the ,second out, Vail, who had entered the game as a pinch-hitter in the seventh and doubled, laced a single down the left field line to drive home Blanks.