SPObRT Sunday, October 3, 1982 The Michigan Daily Page 7 .Orioles blast Brewers; Angels clinch AL West BALTIMORE (AP)- Reliever Sammy Stewart checked Milwaukee on two hits over the final 5 2-3 innings as the Baltimore Orioles again shelled the sliding Brewers 11-3 *yesterday and forged a tie in the American League East with one game remaining in the season. Milwaukee's Don Sutton, 3-1, will face Baltimore ace Jim Palmer, 15-4, in Sunday's game to decide the division cham- pion. THE ORIOLES, who have beaten the Brewers five straight in the last eight days, pounded out 17 hits to give them 45 for the first three games of the series. A crowd of 47,231 watched Saturday's victory after 51,833 saw Baltimore sweep a double-header from Milwaukee Friday night. Jim Dwyer, who has reached base 13 consecutive times on eight hits and five walks, doubled to launch a four-run rally in the fourth inning, snapping a 3-3 tie. Consecutive run-and-hit singles by Rick Dempsey and Rich Dauer scored Dwyer and finished starter Doc Medich, 12-15. Al Bumbry singled off reliever Moose Haas to make it 6-4. THIRD BASEMAN Paul Molitor then just missed grabbing Glenn Gulliver's sacrifice bunt in the air, bobbled the ball and therthrew wildly past first and two unearned runs scampered home. Medich also balked a run home in the first following an RBI double by Eddie Murray and a run-scoring single by John Lowenstein. R Baltimore added four runs in the eighth on Gary Roenicke's two-run singles and RBI singles by Dauer and John Shelby. Angels 6, Rangers 4 ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - The California Angels captured the American League West championship yesterday by beating the Texas Rangers 6-4 behind homers by Fred Lynn, Reggie Jackson and Bobby Grich. California will now face the winner of today's Milwaukee- Baltimore game for the AL championship that starts here Tuesday. The victory brought California its second division title in its 22-year history and was the first flag of any kind for Manager Gene Mauch in 23 years as a major-league skipper. No big league manager had ever gone so long without a title. Lynn's two-run homer in the fifth inning gave California a 5-4 lead and relievers Dave Goltz and Luis Sanchez made the margin stand up. California had begun the day needing either a victory or a loss by Kansas City to wrap up the division. Kansas City beat Oakland, 5-4, earlier in the day. California wrapped up the title as Lamar Johnson groun- ded back to Sanchez for the final out of the game. Jackson and Mauch embraced as many of the crowd of 33,405 ran onto the field. Lynn blasted his 21st homer of the year off Charlie Hough, 16-13, following a walk to Rod Carew. The Rangers had taken a 4-3 lead in the fourth on Pete O'Brien's third homer, off Goltz, 8-5. Goltz relieved starter Ken Forsch in the second inning and pitched 41/3 innings before giving way to Sanchez, who held Texas hitless over the final three innings to pickup his fifth save. The Angels took a 2-0 lead in the first inning. Brian Downing led off with a double and scored on a single by Carew. After Carew was out stealing, Jackson belted his 38th homer. Dodgers 15, Giants 2 SAN FRANCISCO (AP)- Ken Landreaux, Ron Cey and Mike Scioscia hit home runs as the Los Angeles Dodgers en- ded the title hopes of the San Francisco Giants 15-2 yesterday and moved to within a half-game of the lead in the National League West. The first-place Atlanta Braves were scheduled to play last night in San Diego, where an Atlanta loss would create a Dodgers-Braves tie for first. The regular season ends today and if a divisional play-off game is necessary it will be in Los Angeles on Monday. THE DODGERS banged out 17 hits and recorded their season-high run total as they eliminated the third place Gian- ts, who dropped 2 1-2 games behind Atlanta. Bob Welch, 16-11, pitched five innings of one-hit baseball for the victory and Dave Stewart finished up, earning his first save. SPOR TS OF THE DAILY: Strike talks broken off WASHINGTON (AP) - Talks aimed at ending the 12-day National Football League Players strike broke off yester- day with no resumption in sight. But the union said if owners came to the bargaining table, the playes would con- sider mediation. For the third consecutive day, both sides emerged from the talks angry and frustrated, and accusing each other of responsibility for prolonging the strike. Jack Donlan, chief negotiator for the 0 Qwners said flatly that he saw no way talks could continue without an outside mediator, a concept the players have consistently refused in the past. "WE'RE AT A terrible impasse," Donlan said "we've asked them every way we know how - publicly and privately - for mediation. We obviously need a third party.' ,This time, union negotiator Ed Gar- vpy stopped a bit short of refusal. He *said that if club owners appeared at the table with their designated negotiators, the players would consider consenting to' a mediator. "We want the owners to meet with their full committee and our full com- mittee for two days at a neutral site," Garvey said. "If that doesn't work we'll entertain . a proposal for a mediator. *Snipes Surprises Berbick ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - Renaldo Snipes surprised Trevor Ber- bick, ranked No. 2 by the World Boxing Association, and captured a 10-round unanimous decision yesterday to thrust himself back into title consideration. After the bout at the Sands Hotel and Casino, World Boxing Council cham- pion Larry Holmes said he would like to give Snipes, ranked seventh by the BC, a second shot at the heavyweight crown, HOLMES, expected to defend his title against Randall "Tex" Cobb in November, defeated Snipes in a world title defense last November. Snipes of Yonkers, N.Y., abandoned his circling, jabbing style against Ber- bick as he waged an inside battle to score the victory. Judge Richard Murry scored the fight 7-1-2 for Snipes. William Kostrub had it 6-3-1, while referee Arthur Mercante awarded Snipes the verdict, 45-44 on points after scoring it even in rounds. Snipes who weighed 2161/2, took ad- vantage of Berbick's clowning to score a first-round knockdown. Berbick of Miami, dropped his hands, imploring Snipes to fight. Snipes responded with a right to the jaw that staggered Berbick, and followed with a right that floored him for a count of three. S BERBICK. WHO weighed 2221. lan- Snipes in turn nearly knocked Ber- bick down with two left hooks at the end of round three. "I wanted to be the reindeer and run around the ring," said Snipes, who is now 23-2-1 with 11 knockouts. "But Trevor wouldn't let me. He cut off the ring. It made me fight. I don't like that toe-to-toe stuff at all." After the brisk pace slowed in the middle rounds, Snipes inserted the moving style into his plan in round seven. Berbick waited, often answering a Snipes' right to the head with a body punch flurry. "My hands were hurt so I couldn't spar for a coupletdays," said Berbick, 21-3-1 with 17 knockouts. "But I'm not going to take anything away from Snipes." Potter upsets Austin PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Fourth- seeded Barbara Potter shocked top- seeded Tracy Austin 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 last night in the $125,000 U.S. Women's In- door Tennis Championships to advance to today's finals against another upset winner, Pam Shriver. In the other semifinal at the Spec- trum Saturday, Shriver, the third seed, edged second-seeded Wendy Turnbull of Australia 7-6, 7-6. "IT WAS A good day at the office for me," Potter said after blasting 14 aces mwmo i num past Austin, the 1980 champion who lost her title last year to Martina Navratilova. "I hope I have another tomorrow Sunday." Strange leading Texas Open SAN ANTONIO, Texas (AP) - Curtis Strange compiled a 4-under-par 66 and tied his former teammate and frater- nity brother at Wake Forest, Jay Haas, for the lead yesterday in the third round of the $250,000 Texas Open Golf Tour- nament. Haas, who hasn't made a bogey in the tournament and led through the first two rounds, and Strange completed 54 holes in 197, 13 strokes under par on the friendly little 6,525-yard Oak Hills Country Club course. HAAS, A WINNER of the Hall of Fame Classic in his last start, played the third round in 67. "Still no bogeys. It's getting scary out there," Haas said. "I keep weaiting for the wheels to come off." Leonard Thompson, who preceded Haas and Strange at Wake Forest, moved into third alone at 199, two shots back, with his best effort of the season, a 6-under-par 64. "THE LAST seven or eight weeks is the first time this season I've felt like I was making any progress, or even could make any progress. It's been a tough year," said Thompson. sm ~m...=.me I- ==