Sports Thursday, May 27, 1982 Page 16 The Michigan Daily Cards pound Giants 8-4, sweep SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Tito Lan- drum sliced a disputed two-run double and later homered yesterday as the St. Louis Cardinals pounded out 17 hits in an 8-4 triumph over the San Francisco Giants and swept the three-game series. The Cardinals, leading the National League East, also showed some flashy fielding, including four double plays. It gave them 37 hits in the series. SAN FRANCISCO rookie starter Atlee Hammaker, 2-3, lasted only one- third of an inning. He gave up singles to Ozzie Smith and Mike Ramsey, then hit Lonnie Smith with a pitch to load the bases with none out. Keith Hernandez ripped an RBI single to right, Dave Green drove in another run with a sacrifice fly and Landrum banged home two more runs with a double down the third base line. San Francisco manager Frank Robinson yanked Hammaker after a heated exchange with third base um- pire Lee Weyer, with Robinson arguing futilely that Landrum's slicing liner landed in foul territory. Fred Breining relieved and im- mediately yielded a double to Glenn Brummer. It drove home Landrum with the final run of the inning and gave St. Louis a 5-0 lead. SAN FRANCISCO came back with two runs in the bottom of the first on RBI singles by Chili Davis and Reggie Smith. The Cardinals moved ahead 6-2 in the second inning on Green's RBI single, which followed hits by Lonnie Smith and Hernandez. Consecutive homers by Reggie Smith and Jack Clark off St. Louis starter, Steve Mura, 5-3, pulled the Giants to within two, 6-4, in the sixth inning, but Landrum gave the Cards a three-run lead with his second homer of the season in the eighth. The Cardinals added a run in the nin- th on Green's single following Lonie Smith's single and two stolen bases. St. Louis reliever Bruce Sutter, who pitched the last two innings, struck out the side in ninth. He picked up his 13th save. Reds 2, Phillies 0 CINCINNATI (AP)- Cincinnati's Cesar Cedeno singled home a third- inning run and right-hander Mario Soto hurled a four-hitter as the Reds beat the Philadelphia Phillies 2-0 yesterday. Soto, 4-4, brought his major league- leading strikeout total to 87 by fanning 10 Phillies in his fourth complete game and second shutout of the season. He retired the first 10 batters and didn't allow a walk. CINCINI ATI scored off Mike Krukow, 4-3, when Herman Barranca singled with one out in the third. Krukow walked Dan Driessen with two out, and Cedeno grounded a single to right field to score Barranca. The Reds scored an insurance run in the eighth, as Dave Concepcion singled with one out, moved to second on a single by Driessen, took third on a fly ball catcher Bo Diaz. Philadelphia got only two runners as far as second base. Pete Rose collected twoof the four hits for the Phillies. series Soto struck out Mike Schmidt three times and Gary Matthews and Garry Maddox twice each. He came into the game averaging just under 10 strikeouts per nine innings, and he has struck out at least 10 batters in five of his 11 starts. The right-hander has given up two or fewer runs in eight of the 11 outings. Mets 6, Braves 4 ATLANTA (AP) - Wally Backman's three-run homer and Craig Swan's brilliant relief pitching sparked the new York Mets to a 6-4 comeback victory over the Atlanta Braves yesterday. Backman's first homer of his career, off reliever Rick Camp, 3-3, capped a four-run rally for the Mets in the fifth inning. Gary Rajsich earlier singled home a run for the Mets. SWAN, 3-1, replaced starter Pete Falcone after the Braves got two run- ners aboard in. the third. Swan then retired five batters in a row before pit- cher Steve Bedrosian reached on an error and came back to retire six straight before yielding a sixth-inning single to Bruce Benedict. Swan pitched six innings of two-hit ball before Neil Allen worked the ninth, posting his 12th save. Atlanta took a 3-0 lead in the first. Claudell Washington beat out an infield hit, took second on Glenn Hubbard's .sacrifice, stole third and scored when catcher John Stearns threw the ball into left field. One out later, Bob Horner walked and scored when Bob Watson hit his first homer of the season. Blue Jays 7, Yankees 0 NEW YORK (AP) - Barry Bonnell scored twice and drove in four runs to back Dave Stieb's four-hitter as the Blue Jays routed New York 7-0 yester- day snapping the Yankees' six-game winning streak. Stieb, 3-5, struck out five and walked one while pitching his fifth complete game and third shutout of the season. AFTER YIELDING a double to Oscar Gamble and a walk to John Mayberry with two out in the first in- ning, Stieb retired 14 in a row until Willie Randolph doubled with one out in the sixth. The other Yankee hits were singles by Dave Collins in the eighth and by Oscar Gamble in the ninth. Alfredo Griffin started Toronto's third-inning rally with a bunt single. One out later, Garth Iorg singled to left, with Griffin going to third. Bonnell doubled home both runners and later scored on Wayne Nordhagen's double. After Jesse Barfield was walked in- tentionally, Willie Upshaw singled off the glove of Mayberry at first base, loading the bases and knocking out loser Rudy May, 1-3. Nordhagen scored on Buck Martinez's sacrifice fly. Rangers 5, Orioles 3 ARLINGTON, Texas (AP)- John Grubb clubbed his first home run of the season and rookie Mike Richardt smacked three hits yesterday to lead the Texas Rangers past Baltimore 5-3 and hand the Orioles only their second loss in their last eight games. AP Photo RoyaI Return Tennis star Billie Jean King returns a shot during her match with Leigh Ann Thompson yesterday. King, seeded 10th in the tournament, won 6-4, 6-4 to advance to today's third round where she will face Lucia Romanov. " Thinclads shoot for individual AAWtitles By RON POLLACK Usually a coach stresses team goals over individual ones. But Michigan women s track coach Francie Goodridge is doing the exact opposite for the AIAW National Championships which are being held today through Saturday. Michigan had several performers qualify for this meet, but rather than compete in the team competition, the Wolverine participants will try for in- dividual titles instead. "THERE WAS a shot for us to do well as a team in the meet, but we made the decision to go individual and try for in- dividual titles in the different events," said Goodridge. "All our entries have a good shot at winning the title. Not only do (Penny) Neer and (Debra) Williams have an excellent chance, but Sue (Frederick) has improved all season and (Joanna) Bullard was the high jump champ in the Big Ten for both in- doors and outdoors. "I think Melanie (Weaver) is definitely one of the best at 10,000 and Lisa (Larsen) has been coming on real strong, so we'll have a good shot at some titles. We decided to go individual championships instead of team because some of the girls would have had to have run in several events instead of just their specialty event." Of the Michigan participants in the AIAW's, four individuals and one relay team took first place finishes at last week's Big Ten Championships. IN THE discus, Neer took first place with a throw of 178'6". She also came in fourth in the shot put. She will compete in both events at the AIAWs. Another conference champion for Michigan was Williams, who won in the javelin competition with a toss of 157'1". This was her fourth straight Big- Ten title, making her the only woman ever to do so. The Wolverines got yet another first- place finish in the field events from Bullard in the high jump. The Ann Ar- bor native took the title with a jump of 5'10", a new Big Ten record. MICHIGAN GOT its other individual title in the 10,000-meter run, where Weaver won with a time of 35:14.2. The only relay victory garnered by Michigan took place in the 4x100-meter relay. The quartet of Renee Turner, Brenda Kazinec, Lorrie Thornton and Catherine Sharpe won in a new Big Ten record time of 45.99. These four runners will team up to run both the 4x100 relay and sprint medley. Michigan's other entrants in the AIAW National Championships include Melody Middleton (heptathalon), Frederick (1,500 meters), Larson (3,000 meters) and Kazinec (200 meters).