Page 14-Saturday, June 6, 1981-The Michigan Daily MORRIS GETS EIGHTH WIN Tigers I By MARK BOROWSKI Special tothe Daily DETROIT - TIger pitching ace Jack Morris con- tinued his flurry of strong performances as he held the Minnesota Twins to three hits in Detroit's 2-0 shutout triumph last night at Tiger Stadium. It was the seventh ' consecutive vctory for the righthander, who improved his record to 8-3 on the season. The victory puts Morris well ahead of the pace he set lart season when he won 16 games for Detroit. OVER 23,000 FANS showed up for Polish-American Night, and besides witnessing plenty of pre-game festivities, they saw Morris send seven Twins back to the dugout on strikes. Minnesota's Brad Havens, a Royal Oak Kimball graduate making his debut in the major league, suf- fered the loss after giving up only two hits, leaving his record at 0-1. lank Twins, 2-0 Detroit opened the scoring in the sixth when shor- tstop Alan Trammell cracked a two-out line shot into the lower deck in left field. It was the first round trip- per of the season for Trammell and all Detroit needed to post its 26th victory of the season, moving them one game over the .500 makr. THE BENGALS SCORED again in the seventh, as both Lance Parrish and Al Cowens drew walks from pitcher Don Cooper, who took over for Havens after the latter developed a blister on his, finger.. Designated hitter Kirk Gibson then followed with a two-out single up the middle to bring Parrish in from second and move Cowens to third. But then Lou Whitaker ended the inning by grounding out. Neither team was able to get anything going in the early innings. The Tigers' only hit through five frames was a single by Trammell in the first inning. It was a routine ground ball to Minnesota shortstop Pete Mackanin that he just dropped - but the official scorer ruled ita hit. The Twins' only threat was started by designated hitter Hoskin Powell, who opened the fourth with a double off the wall in the right field corner. One out later, centerfielder Mickey Hatcher was safe at first on a Tom Brookins error, but Morris got Butch Wynegar to strike out and Ron Jackson to ground out to end the inning. AFTER THE FOURTH, Morris only allowed two singles, one to Wynegar in the seventh and another to Mackanin in the eighth, with neither runner advan- cing. Morris' seven consecutive victories is the longest streak by a Tiger pitcher since Jack Billingham won nine in a row in 1978. The last-place Twins will return to Tiger Stadium today at 2:15. Dan Petry (2-5) faces Pete Redfern (3- 5). 4 Brewers belt Kansas City, 6-2 KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP)-Robin Yount's leadoff triple and a two-run double by Ben Oglivie keyed a four-run eighth inning as the Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Kansas City Royals, 6-2, last night behind the six-hit pitching of Moose Haas. The victory was the seventh in 11 games for the Brewers, who entered the contest one game behind New York and Baltimore in the American League East. This would have been their sixth already this season, but Willie. Aikens walked with one out in the Kansas City eighth and Amos Otis hit a two-run homer to spoil the shutout bid of Haas, 5-3. THE BREWERS were leading, 2-0, on Don Money's sacrifice fly in the second and Yount's home run in the third when Yount tripled leading off the eighth. One out later, Gorman Thomas groun- ded to George Brett at third, with Yount scoring when Brett's throw to the plate struck him in the back. Ted Simmons was hit by a pitch from Larry Gura, 4-5, and Oglivie doubled both runners home and scored on a single by Money. The Royals stranded eight runners. While winning the American League pennant last year, the Royals were blanked only five times all year. Cubs 4, Dodgers 3 CHICAGO (AP) - Ken Reitz' two- run double capped a three-run fourth inning yesterday, enabling the Chicago Cubs to snap a four-game losing streak with a 4-3 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers. RICK REUSCHEL, 3-7, yielded 10 hits but was aided by three double plays. Reuschel left the game in the eighth in favor of Dick Tidrow, who earned his fourth save, although he gave up Reggie Smith's two-run pinch homer in the ninth. Jerry Reuss, 4-2, took the loss, the Dodgers' third straight. Steve Dillard opened the fourth with a double and held second when center- fielder Ken Landreaux nearly caught Bill Buckner's single. Jerry Morales forced Buckner at second, but Hector Cruz singled to score Dillard, and Reitz followed with his double. Astros 3, Mets 0 HOUSTON (AP)-R.ighthander Nolan Ryan of the Houston Astros set a major league record for career.walks last night, but also struck out 11 and allowed but five singles en route to a 3-0 decision over the New York Mets. Ryan's fourth-inning pass to Lee Mazzilli gave the Houston hurler 1,776 walks in his career, one more than Early Wynn. Ryan walked Frank Taveras in the first inning to tie the record. RYAN RAISED his record to 5-3 while recording his 46th career shutout. Ryan extended his own major league record with his 134th game with 10 strikeouts or more. It was walks that got the Mets in trouble. Art Howe drew a second-inning walk from loser Randy Jones, 1-6, moved to third on Gary Woods' hit-and- run single and scored on Louis Pujols' base hit to left field. Reds 6, Expos 3 CINCINNATI (AP) - Dave Concep- cion slammed a pair of home runs, the second one snapping a 3-3 tie in the six- th inning, and the Cincinnati Reds went on to defeat the Montreal Expos, 6-3, last night. Cincinnati's Mario Soto, 5-6, gained his fourth victory in his last five decisions by scattering -five hits in his fifth complete game. Concepcion, trailing teammate George Foster by one RBI for the National League lead at gametime, knocked in three runs with his second two-homer game of the season, giving him 43 RBI. The shortstop led off the Reds' sixth with a solo homer, his four- th of the season, after the Expos tied the game, 3-3, in the top of the inning. SCORES Aterican League Detroit 2, Minnesota 0 Milwaukee 6, Kansas City 2 National League . Chicago 4, Los Angeles 3 Cincinnati6, Montreal 3 Houston 3, New York 0 Atlanta 4, Philadelphia 1 4 I AP Photo MONTREAL EXPO base runner Willie Montanez nimbly eludes the desperate tag attempt made of Cincinnati Reds' catcher Joe Nolan to score his team's first run in action last night at Cincinnati's Riverfront Stadium. The efforts-of the fleet-of-foot Montanez proved to be in vain, however, as the Reds prevailed, 6-3. The winning pitcher for Cincinnati was Mario Soto (5-6), who allowed but five hits en route to his fourth victoiy-in the last five decisions.