European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 22, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 the stars and stripes april 1977 Rescue Mackinney rescues As with 3rd Homer by Ken Rappoport a sports writer Early in the Spring Rich Mckinney had to make a Choice Between driving a truck in Ohio and driving a baseball for the Oak land but when it came Down to making up his it was no Choice at Finley called me and told me it would be the Best Chance i had since t came to Oakland and i would be foolish not to said or Emley is Charles Kinley unpredictable owner of the and Mckinney is glad he was a nine year the 30yearold Mckin nay was ready to quit baseball after spend Al Roundup in three straight years at the As to plea farm club in the Pacific coast with Only Brief stints with the a cant club in 1974 and i was going to quit this season because i haunt had a real shot with Oakland in three said since putting on Oakland colourful uni form late in Spring Mckinney has been hitting with and wednes Day he slugged his third Home run of the leading the As to a 42 Victory Over the Milwaukee he also drove in a run with a helping the As break a three game losing Yankee catches a Fly hit by a Bird second Bastman Willie Kund Zilph of the Yankees bounces off right fielder Reggie Jackson while going after a soft Fly Ball off the Bat of Toronto Blue Jay Pedro Garcia in wednesdays game in new although he lost his Cap and his Randolph held on to the the new yorkers broke a five game losing Carter of expos clouts 3 in 86 loss a sports writer the Montreal i expos latest loss cannot be blamed on Gary Carter i if shimmer three Home runs list they Wren t enough to prevent the Pittsburgh pirates from Siraj Fiina their Thuv game Luming Streak with Ait 8 i Triumph Tednes Day we lost and i hit Donl Nike it a mid Carter said hut think Chi about his he added in very thrilled ii but my Effort and thin kill for a lot of tilings its a no Roundup Dii and its probably kit to come Wick for a Long in by Sirij to unit fora two run homers by foul Garner Grid have Parker led the pirates in the Oiler National league los Angeles edged Cincinnati Louis downed new York Atlanta blanked san Diego 20 and san Francisco nipped hous ton 10 the game Between the Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago cubs was rained out Oiler innings with the phils leading there were no cheap pirates manager Chuck Tanner said of Carters Iii hers and his they were All cannons the me he hit at third in the eighth i Don i know How Garner made the play there Arent Many third basemen who Are 14011115 to come up with the he hit that tiling As hard As he hit the other if he had been Able to get in up he he would have had Tanner was referring to the eighth Ini ainu after Tuny Iem two run Homer Cut Pittsburgh Lead to two with a runner on Carter smashed a line shot that gamer knocked Down and recovered in time to throw out Carter at first i hit it Carter All i was trying to do was get up there and hit the Tail hard some i want really going up there thinking about a fourth Home i was trying to Settle Down and logo up then and hit the dodgers reds 1 for pile her Don beating Cincin Nati was like being an Over matched Boxer who had won the 1 fell like Carmen Basilius Waltzing my Way past Muhammad said Sutton after scattering seven hits and defeating the reds for the first time since july Home runs by Darcy Lopes and Hon Coy provided All of the runs Sutton needed he weathered several Cincinnati threats in pitching the dodgers to their seventh straight it was the world Champi on i owls eighth loss in their last 10 games and dropped their record to 48 cardinals mets 2 Ted Simmons drove in All four St Louis runs to Nail Down the Victory for Eric Lias Mussun it was Beautiful to get some said who had lost earlier games by 3iand 40 Simmons clobbered a three run Homer and a no scoring single off Jon Bruce Boisclair hammered a two run Homer in the ninth for new Bra ves padres 0 a Home run by Jeff Burroughs was enough to give Atlanta its Victory and pin the loss on san Diego by Young award winning Lethander Handy the braves added an insurance run in the sixth continued on Page 23i Mckinn cys Homer came off Jerry Augustine in the sixth inning and broke a 22 he had got the As off to a Good Start with his rib single in the first inning when the As scored Mike Torcz increased his record to 30 with a Mckinney did it to us said Mil Waukee manager Alex Hes got Power and if Hes Given a pitch to he can hit it Mckinney had a Pinch hit two run Homer in tuesdays loss to Mil Mckinney is As surprised As anybody about his Quick he Doest Start hitting homers until he had 22 last year with in other american league the Texas rangers beat the Seattle mariners the Chicago while sox edged the Cali fornia Angels the Minnesota twins stopped the Kansas City royals the de troit tigers nipped the Boston red sex the Baltimore orioles whipped the Cleve land indians 72 and the new York Yan Kees outscored the Toronto Blue jays rangers mariners 2 Dave May and Toby Harrah smashed Home runs to Lead Texas Over May hit a two run Homer in the third he got a Chance to play when Claudell Washington was sidelined by the who broke up a scoreless tie tuesday night with a three run shot in the ninth collected his fourth Homer of the Seattle Juan bpm hard also smashed his fourth Homer of the a Solo drive in the while sox Angels z Eric soderholm reached base four straight times against Nolan Ryan on three hits and a leading Chicago Over who Sal out the 1978 season with a knee collected two singles and Homer and drove in a Ryan walked seven As did White sox starter Chris twins royals 2 utilizing five double plays and Solo homers by Larry Dan Ford Craig Minnesota nipped Kansas i Lisle and Ford tagged Star tar Paul split Orff with successive homers in the third giving the twins a 20 Mark relieved split Orff in the eighth with two Kusick lofted a shot Over he Loftfield tigers red sox 2 Veteran Rusty staub and Rookie Sieve Kemp lined Solo homers off Luis helping Detroit beat the red right hander Vern earned his first Victory Over the red sox since when he was a he needed help in the High la inning from Steve Foucault and John orioles indians 2 Doug Decinces rapped a two run first inning Homer off Wayne a former teammate who defected to Cleveland for a lucrative free agent and Balti More went on to defeat the Rookie Scott making his first Start of the season against his More celebrated needed eighth inning Relief from Dennis Martinez As the orioles notched their fifth straight Victory and completed a three game sweep of the Indi Yankees Blue jays 5 Willie Randolph hit his first Home run in More than a year and Don Guilott notched Tus first american league Triumph As new Ork snapped a f i Vega me losing who signed with the Yankees for 8 million after playing Oul his option with the world Champion Cincinnati Al Lowed three runs and six hits in the first three but then held the Blue jays gutless until they chased him with two runs on three hits in the Saginaw gears Perry is Ihl coach of the year Detroit t a International hockey league general managers have voted Don ferry of the Saginaw gears the Ihl coach of the perrys gears won the league championship this year and have been in the playoffs each year in the last