Page 18-Friday, May 8, 1981-The Michigan Daily MAJOR LEAGUE ROUNDUP Oakland homers burn Tigers, 5-3 I OAKLAND, Calif. (AP)-Tony Ar- mas led a four-homer Oakland attack with his ninth of the season, breaking a 3-3 tie in the seventh inning, as the A's defeated the Detroit Tigers 5-3 yester- day. The first three A's homers were off Detroit starter Dan Petry, 0-2. They trailed 3-1 after three innings, but Cliff Johnson homered in the fifth and pinch- hitter Mitchell Page tied the score with a leadoff homer in the sixth. JEFF NEWMAN followed Armas with another homer in the seventh. Oakland improved its record to 22-6 with some excellent relief pitching from Bob Owchinko, Jeff Jones, Craig Minetto and Paul McLaughlin, who held the Tigers to one hit over 6 2-3 in- nings. Owchinko pitched four scoreless in- nings and Jones, 2-0, got the victory with two innings of work before giving way to Minetto after walking Alan Trammell with one out in the ninth. Minetto retired Steve Kemp on a line drive to right, then surrendered a single to right by Richie Hebner, with Tram- mel going to third. Paul McLaughlin to a full count on Lance Parrish before Parrish fouled out to third baseman Wayne Gross to end the game. Matt Keough, Oakland's starter, was battered for eight hits in 2 1-3 innings. Kirk Gibson opened the game by hitting his third homer of the season, and Detroit scored two runs in the third on RBI singles by Rick Leach and Tom Brookens. Braves 4, Cards 3 ST. LOUIS (AP)- Reliever Bruce Sutter walked Brian Asselstine on a full count with the bases loaded in the eighth inning, scoring Jerry Royster as the Atlanta Braves beat the St. Louis Cardinals 4-3 yesterday. Sutter issued the walk after St. Louis starter Silvio Martinez, 0-2, yielded a one-out single to Bob Horner and walked Dale Murphy. After pinch-run- ner Royster and Murphy executed a double-steal, Sutter intentionally walked Glenn Hubbard and struck out Bruce Benedict before walking pinch- hitter Asselstine. Right-hander Rick Camp, 3-1, picked up the victory after allowing one unearned run in the final three innings. Astros 6, Cubs 0 CHICAGO (AP)-Jose Cruz hit a pair of running-scoring sacrifice flies and Terry Puhl scored three runs to back the six-hit pitching of Bob Knepper and lead the Houston Astros to a 6-0 victory over the Chicago Cubs yesterday. The triumph was the ninth in the last 11 games for the surging Astros, who knocked out starter Randy Martz, 1-1, with four runs in the first two innings. Dodgers 2, Phillies 1 PHILADELPHIA (AP)-Steve Gar- vey's RBI's single in the eighth inning gave the Los Angeles Dodgers a 2-1 vic- tory over the Philadelphia Phillies and handed right-hander Marty Bystrom his first major league defeat after seven victories. Bystrom was brought up last Sep- tember and won five games in the Phillies' drive to the National League East championship and started last night's game with a 2-0 record. Jerry Reuss, last year's NL comeback player of the year, pitched a six-hitter for his third victory this season in four decisions. He struck out four and walked none. Expos 2, Padres 1 MONTREAL (AP)-Ellis Valentine delivered the tie-breaking run with a two-out double in the eighth, leading the Montreal Expos over the San Diego Padres 2-1 last night behind Scott San- derson's four-hitter. Rodney Scott began the Expos' eighth with a one-out walk off starter Chris Welsh, 1-2. Scott then stole second and advanced to third on a fly ball. He coasted home as Valentine drilled a pit- ch to left field. Jays-6, Indians 2 TORONTO (AP)-Otto Velez ignited a four-run rally in the fourth inning with his third homer of the year apd Rick Bosetti drove in two runs to pace the Toronto Blue Jays to a 6-2 victory over the Cleveland Indians last night. Velez, who hit seven home runs against Cleveland pitching last year, collected Toronto's first hit of the game when he led off the fourth inning with an opposite-field home run just inside the right-field foul pole off Rick Waits, 3-1. Jorge Bell followed with a broken-bat single and, after John Mayberry walked, Bosetti singled to score Bell. 4 I 4 AP Photo A's right fielder Tony Armas is safe at second as the ball gets away from Detroit Tigers second baseman Lou Whitaker in second inning yesterday at Oakland. Armas had singled down the third base line, and Whitaker drew the error when the ball got away. A's won, 5-3, with Armas later getting a homer. Action SportsWear FACTORY CLOSEOUTS Swimwear, Footwear, Bodywear Discounts on Summer Sports clothing and equipment Specializes in Quantity Orders for: teams, clubs, fraternities, sororities 6 My mother wears what?! APPhoto Minnesota North Stars center Bobby Smith and Calgary Flames Phil Russell go at it briefly near the Flames bench early on in the fifth game of their Stanley Cup playoff series. Going into the game Minnesota led three games to one. The winner plays the New York Islanders in the finals. 406 E. LIBERTY 2 blocks off State Street j