THE MICHIGAN DAILY Thursday, July 8, 1976 Detroit rallies in eighth to beat Rangers, 2-1; Royals nip ARLINGTON, Tex. - Bert Blyleven hit Ben tgtiie with a pitch with the hases loaded and Rusty Stauh folltvd with a sacrifice fly in the eighth inn- ing to give the Detroit Tigers a 2-1 victory over the Texas Rangers last night. Dave Lemanczyk and winner John Hiller, 7-4, blanked the Rangers until the ninth when rookie Steve Grilli pitched out ofta bases loaded jam with only one run scoring. That, however, was the first run the Rangers scored for Blyleven, 6-10, during the first nine innings in any of his last four starts. He pitch- ed a pair of 1-0 10-inning victories but was blanked in turn 1-0 in his last outing. Pinch hitter Dan Meyer sin- gled to open the Tigers' eighth in a scoreless duel and Ron LeFlore's sacrifice bunt was booted by first baseman Mike Hargrove. Blyleven then hit Tom Veryzer and Oglivie with pitches to force one run across before Staub's sacrifice fly drove in what proved to be the winning run. . With one out in the ninth, Hiller walked Gene Clines, Tom Grieve and Jim Fregosi. Dave Moates hit a sacrifice fly off Grilli to account for the Rang- ers' run but Lenny Randle grounded into a forceout to end the game. Yanks edged NEW YORK - Amos Otis de- livered a sacrifice fly to score Frank White with one out in the ninth inning, giving the Kansas City Royals a 2-1 vic- tory over Catfish Hunter and the New York Yankees Wednes- day night. After Andy Hassler, making his first appearance for Kansas City, matchwd seven scoreless Yanks, 2-1 iYaings writh tittnter. both f-aw sored in the eighth, the kovals o -Tay McRae's fsorth homer anl the Yankees getting '. tiatt- run in the bottom of !,), i, ing. White opened the Royals' ninth with a single. One out lat- er he stole second and contin- tied to third when Thorman Msison's throw got away from rookie shortston Mickey Klutts, waking his major league debut. Otis followed with his decisive sacrifice fly. With one oat in the bottom of the eighth, Kansas City short- stop Fred Patek and left fielder McRse allowed Sandy Alomar's nop fly to fall safely and Patek was charged with a two base error. After Klutts grounded out, Mickey Rivers got Alo- mar home with a single. Phil ies phlounder P lIltL A D E L P H I A - Mike Schmidt's two-base error, his second of the game, let in the winning run last night as the Los Angeles Dodgers rallied for a 6-5 win over the slumping Philadelphia Phillies. Ron Cey's leadoff homer in the sixth cut a Phillie lead to 5-3. In the seventh, a walk and Lee Lacy's pinch hit double knocked out Phil's starter Jim Kaat. Davey Lopes looped a single off reliever and loser Ron Reed, 6-3, for one run and Steve Garvey's sacrifice fly tied the game. Lopes stole second and scored when Schmidt fielded Cey's easy grounder and threw wildly to first base. Defending champion Michigan, Michigan Tech, Brown and Bowling Green will compete in the Great Lakes Hockey Tour- nament scheduled Dec. 28-29 in Detroit's Olympia Stadium. AP Photo DODGER DUSTY BAKER kicks up some dust as he slides into the tag of Philadelphia's Dave Cash. Baker was trying to stretch a single into a double. The Dodgers won, 6-. - IOC split over China solution; USOC renews its threat to quI t By The Associated Press MONTREAL - The Interna- tional Olympic Committee is likely to be divided over the issue of going on with the Mon- treal Games in light of the Tai- wan dispute, the Associated Press learned yesterday. IOC members said most of the 70 strong committee are expected to disagree with Count Jean deBeaumont, a former WMmmmmmmmenessam Tigers'LeoreStaub wilsatfor All-Stars From wire Service Reports NEW YORK--The Detroit Tigers were the only team to place two starters in the American League All-Star lineup as outfielders Ron LeFlore and Misty Staub each earned a starting spot. Joining LeFlore and Staub in the AL outfield will be top vote-getter Fred Lynn of the Boston Red Sox, who was named on 2,953,664 ballots. American League manager Darrell Johnson will also field catcher Thurmon Munson of New York, first baseman Rod Carew of Minnesota, second baseman Bobby Grich of Balti- more, shortstop Toby Harrah of Texas, and third baseman George Brett of Kansas City. The top players were announced yesterday by baseball com- missioner Bowie Kuhn after a record 8,370,145 ballots were cast. LeFlore, the Tigers' centerfielder-who had a 30-game hitting streak earlier this season and is currently hitting .334-was second in the outfield voting with 1,911,335. Staub was third with 1,573,703 votes, 140,000 ahead of New York's Mickey Rivers. Staub is leading the Tigers in RBI's and has a .310 average. Brett, the AL's leading hitter at .354, was an easy winner at third, beating runner-up Don Money by half a million votes. The closest race was at catcher where Munson, a .322 hitter, edged Carlton Fisk of Boston, 2,284,577 to 2,218,875. At first base, Carew carries a .320 average. Grich, at .282, has the lowest average of the starters. Harrah, a .289 hitter, out- polled Baltimore's Mark Belanger by 240,000. The Tigers have a chance to start three players, since pitcher Mark Fidrych could very well get the starting nod. vice-president, who wants the Games cancelled or moved else- where if Taiwanese athletes are not given free and unqualified entry into Canada. There was no sign of a set- tlement of the dispute between the Canadian federal govern- ment and the IOC. Canada said the Taiwanese will not be allowed in unless they un- dertake not to compete in the Olympics under the name of the Republic of China. The IOC has scheduled to meet next week, before the opening of the Games July 17. Few members of the IOC have arrived thus far. Lord Kil- lanin, the president, is waiting to consult his nine-man execu- tive board before making any new approach to the Canadian government. In Chicago, Phillip Krumm, president of the United States Olympic Committee said the organization might have to re- consider U.S. participation in the Games if Taiwan decides .a1t:4:.. } :%-.n.4 to withdraw. "We would have to recon- sider our position mainly be- cause of the positions of a number of other countries who are already at the point where they may be thinking of withdrawing," Krumm said in a telephone interview from his home. Krumm flies to Montreal early today for crucial meetings on the Taiwan issue with offi- cials of the Games and repre- sentatives from other countries. The IOC recognizes Taiwan's National Olympic Committee as the Republic of China. Mainland China is not recognized at all, but has applied for admission to the Games. The IOC released the text of letters between Killanin and of- ficials of the Canadian External Affairs Ministry. These made it clear that Communist China made a di- rect demand to Canada that Taiwanese athletes be banned from the country altogether. .:-s;::::a-si ->::. 's a:as ss tt:--:: S~ t-1 Major League Standings AMERICAN LEAGUE East W L Pt. GB New York 47 30 .610 - Cleveland 38 '37 .507 8 Boston 38 38 .500 8'? Detroit 37 39 .487 9y=; Baltimore 36 41 .468 11 Milwauke 29 44 .397 16 west Kansas City 49 30 .620 - Tesas 40 33 .371 4 Oakland 40 40 .500 9'S. Minnesota 37 42 .468 12 Chicago 36 42 .462 12V> California 34 49 .410 17 Yesterday's Results Chicago 6, Boston 3, 10 innings Kansas City 2, New York I Minnesota 8, Milwaukee 2 Detroit 2, Texas I Cleveland at California, n Baltimore at Oakland, a Today's Games Minnesota (Goltz 7-7) at Boston (Jones 1-0), n. Chicago (Gossage 5-6) at New York (Boltzman 6-6), n. Baltimore (Garland 9-1) at Oak- land (Norris 2-2), n. Only games scheduled NATIONAL LEAGUE East W L Pct.C . Philadelphia 52 25 .675 - Pittsburgh 44 33 .571 8 New York 44 40 .524 11% St. Louis 34 45 .430 19 Chicago 34 46 .425 19E Montreal 25 48 .342 25 West Cincinnati 51 31 .622 - Los Angeles 46 37 .55. 5 San Diego 42 40 .512 Atlanta 38 43 .469 12; Houston 38 44 .463 13 San Francisco 34 50 .405 18 Yesterday's Results Chicago 10, San Diego 0 Pittsburgh 9, Atlanta 7 Los Angeles 6, Philadelphia 5 Cincinnati 4, Montreal 3 San Francisco 3, St. Loots 2 New York 12, Houston 4 Today's Games San Diego (Jones 15-3) at Chi- cago (Bonham 6-6). New York (Seaver 8-5) at Atlanta (LaCorte 0-2), n. Montreal (Fryman 8-6) at Hous- ton (Cosgrove 3-4), n. Only games scheduled KUSty )taub c. ig 2 gm :::gi sm m