Sports
Thursday, June 17, 1982

The Michigan Daily

Cubs win third in a row

CHICAGO (AP) - Ryne Sandberg
singled with one out in the bottom of the
11th inning to drive in the winning run
as the Chicago Cubs beat Philadelphia
7-6 yesterday for their third straight
victory over the Phillies, whose losing
streak went to five games.
Sandberg's hit came off reliever
Warren Brusstar, 2-3, the seventh

Philadelphia pitcher, and made a win-
ner of Cubs reliever Dick Tidrow, 2-1,
who pitched the 11th.
WITH ONE out, Jody Davis doubled
off the left-field wall, Larry Bowa
singled him to third and Sandberg
stroked his single past the drawn-in
shortstop, Ivan DeJesus.
The Phillies had rallied to tie the score

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with four runs in the ninth. With one
out, Garry Maddox singled off reliever
Bill Campbell. He went to third on
Manny Trillo's single and scored on De-
Jesus' sacrifice fly. Bo Diaz then
singled and Bob Dernier walked to load
the bases and chase Campbell.
Pete Rose greeted reliever Mike
Proly with a one-run single and Gary
Matthews followed with a two-run
single to tie the score.
Bill Buckner collected three hits for
Chicago, including a two-run single in
the seventh inning when the Cubs took a
3-2 lead.
The Cubs added three runs in the
eighth on an RBI single by pinch-hitter
Scott Thompson, an RBI single by Gary
Woods and Buckner's sacrifice fly.
The Cubs' .first run came in the sixth
when Buckner doubled, then third on an
error by right fielder Dernier, and
scored on Keith Moreland's sacrifice
fly.
Tigers, Indians postponed
^ CLEVELAND (AP) The American
League baseball game between the
Detroit Tigers and the Cleveland In-
dians scheduled for last night was post-
poned because of rain and wet grounds,
Indians officias said yesterday.
No makeup date for the game was
immediately announced.
... As are Pirates, Mets
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Last night's
game between the Pittsburgh Pirates
and the New York Mets was postponed
due to rain. No makeup date was an-
nounced.
The Pirates are scheduled to return
to action tonight in Pittsburgh against
the Philadelphia Phillies.
Steinbrenner defen'd Yanks
NEW YORK (AP) - New York
Yankees principal owner George Stein-
brenner, who has often openly
criticized his team, yesterday defended
its poor showing by blaming injuries.
"There is no reason for me to take
issue with this team with them being as
injured as they are," Steinbrenner said.

"Any other team would be 22 games
out by now. I haven't seen as many in-
juries on one team in all my years in
sports."
STEINBRENNER noted that in-
fielders Graig Nettles and Butch Hob-
son, catcher Rick Cerone, pitchers Rick
Reuschel and Rudy May, and outfielder
Dave Winfield have all spent time on
the disabled list this season.
"I don't usually harp on injuries,"
Steinbrenner added, "but this is just so
unbelievable and so unreal."
Going into last night's game against
Boston, the Yankees, defending cham-
pions in the American League, were 28-
29, and in fifth place in the AL East,
eight games behind the first-place
Red Sox.
STEINBRENNER held out hope that
the club would rebound in the remain-
der of the season.
"I think this team is going to come
together. I just have a feeling. If we
get it together," he said, "I think we're
going to hase the most exciting July
and August this town has ever seen.
And don't think the other guys don't
know that."
The Yankees' owner, earlier this
season, disappointed at the team's poor
start, fired Bob Lemon as manager for
the second time. and named Gene
Michael his replacement. that was the
eighth managerial change since Stein-
brenner put together a group to buy the
team in 1973.
Steinbrenner has been conspicuous
by his absence from Yankee Stadium
since shortly after he was the target of
an obscene chant by spectators at the
park following a home run by Reggie
Jackson, the former Yankees star now,
with the California Angels, late in April.
"I have not been in seclusion," he
said yesterday as he met with newsmen
at his stadium office. "It's all a matter
of timing. I thought it was a good time
for me to be away from the team."
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High Jiyer
West Germany's Rummenigge, light shirt, leaps high amongst the players of
the Algerian team- during yesterday's World Cup Soccer match. Algeria,
making its World Cup debut, pulled off one of the biggest surprises in the
history of the world's major soccer competition by defeating West Germany,
2-1.

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Malone

earns NBA MVP
SAN DIEGO (AP) - Moses Malone of the Houston Rockets was named the
National Basketball Association's Most Valuable Player for the 1981-82 season
yesterday after being the league's top rebounder and second leading scorer.
Buck Williams of the New Jersey Nets was voted the league's Rookie of the
Year, beating out Kelly Tripucka of the Detroit Pistons.
THE BALLOTING WAS done by a panel of media members.
Gene Shue of the Washington Bullets was named Coach of the Year for the
second time in his career, and Gus Williams of the Seattle SuperSonics was chosen
Comeback Player of the Year by a narrow margin over Washington's Spencer
Haywood.
Balloting was done by 69 media members, three from each NBA franchise city
after the conclusion of the regular season.
Malone averaged 14.7 rebounds to lead the league for the third time, and his 31.1
scoring average was second only to George Gervin of San Antonio, who had 32.3.
Malone was also named the league's MVP in 1979.
MALONE HAD 507 points in the voting to 406 for runnerup Larry Bird of the
Boston Celtics. Malone landed 40 first-place votes to 20 for Bird.
Julius Erving of the Philadelphia 76ers, last year's winner, finished with 203,
followed by Robert Parish of Boston, 131, and Gus Williams, 115.Y
Detroit's Tripucka and Isiah Thomas finished lith(tie) and 17th (tie) in MVP
voting. New Jersey's Williams finished in a tie for 21st.

Bird
... MVP runnerup

Malone
... MVP for second time

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