European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 15, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 26 the stars and stripes wednesday june 15, 1977 2 Winter trades credited for cubs surprising position atop no East a general manager Bob Kennedy of the Chicago cubs in t Pessimist by any Means but i d be an idiot if i said i had expected anything anything like this is the position of the Chicago cubs in the National league , where they hold a 3 i game Lead Over the Pittsburgh pirates Are 17 games Over .500 and have won 29 of .19 starts since May 1.Kennedy can take quite a bit of the credit. His two big Winter trades Are Factor in the Way the cubs have been soar ing even though they have gone 11 games without a Home run and have had Only onegin their last 15 games. He swapped Bill Madlock to san fran Cisco for Bobby Murcer and Steve Ontive Ros and he traded Rick monday to Losangeles for Bill Buckner and Ivan Boeje was just a matter of numbers said Kennedy. We needed left handed hitters in the line up to help our youngsters who swing right handed. And our left handed hitters have been hitting the left handed pitching we be been Only have the cubs hit the left hand ers they have devoured them. Their Philadelphia phils first base Roan Dave Johnson reaches to lag Cincinnati reds runner Cesar Geronimo in a pick Oft play at first during monday night s game in Cincinnati. Geronimo was out As Johnson took the throw from Pitcher Steve Carlton. A Sboto record in games in which the opposition started left handed pitchers is 17-4. "1 knew that Murcer and Buckner could hit the left handers said manager Herman Franks. But i can t take creditor Larry Biittner. You might say i was forced into Buckner was unable to play at the Start of the season Franks was forced Touse Biittner at first base. Biittner has done so Well that when Buckner is Able to play first Biittner often starts in left Field. With that Trio hitting Well against left handers Manny Trillo and Jerry Morales Are feasting on both left handers and right handers. Trillo leads the National league with a .366 average and Morales climbed into the top ten with a .321 Mark As he led the attack in the recent four game sweep of the san Francisco giants. Everybody contributes everyday Franks said. But the shortstop made this shortstop is Dejesus who came with a Good Field no hit tag. Dejesus has been Brilliant in the Field and carries a .294 average and has stolen 12 of the team s total 23 bases. We were All new to each other in Spring training so we had to look at everybody and we weren t too impressive Frank said. But during the last week of Camp things started to fall together and we Veblen going great since another reason for the club s Success has been Relief Pitcher Bruce Sutler who has appeared in 30 of the cubs 55 game Sand has posted two victories and 17 saves. As of this minute. Sutler is the greatest Relief Pitcher i have Ever seen in my 45 years in Franks said. There Sno one i can think of who compares with the cubs win the Pennant hoho to laughs Franks. To. ,ho." Luzinski is selected no player of week new York a Greg Luzinski of the Philadelphia Phillies has been selected National league player of the baited .482 with 13 hits in 27 at bats he had four doubles four Home runs had 16 runs balled in and scored six runs. Luzinski edged out Cincinnati s Dav Concepcion. Who balled .500 for the second week in a Row. Gary Templ Toti of . Who is in inc midst of an eight game Hilling Streak and Atlanta s Phil n in Kronho struck out 13 batters in a so Tulous of Philadelphia. Boso take Over Lead in Al East by United press International Carlton Fisk s bases loaded single with one out in the 10th inning monday night scored Rick Burleson to give the Boston bed sox a 5-1 Victory Over the chicag White sox in a nationally televised game. Boston s fifth straight Triumph combined with the new York Yankees 8-3 loss to the Kansas City royals put the red toxin sole Possession of first place in the american league East by a has now won eight of its last nine opened the 10th with a walk off reliever Jerry Anderson 1-2, and Rick major league Roundup Miller sacrificed Burleson to second base and was Safe himself when the throw to first was too late. Designated hitter Jim Rice was walked intentionally to Load the bases and after Carl Yastrzemski fouled out Fisk rifled his third hit of the game Over the head of drawn in Center fielder Wayne Nordhagen. The red sox who fell behind 4-2 on Richie Zisk s two run Homer in the seventh tied the game in the eighth on single by Burleson a triple by Rice and Yastrzemski s sacrifice Fly. The White sox went ahead 1-0 in the first on Orta s sixth Homer off starter Ferguson Jenkins but the red sox got two run sin their half of the first on doubles by Bur Leson and Fred Lynn and a single by Rice. Chicago tied the score at 2-2 in the fifth when Jenkins was forced to leave because of a Blister on his pitching hand. Jenkins opened the inning by striking out Jim Ossian to move ahead of Sandy Koufax into 14th place on the All time strikeout list 2i h 2.397. But the next three batters singled and designated hitter Oscar Gamble nit a sacrifice Fly to score Alan Bannister. In the Only other american league game Texas blanked Cleveland 3-0. In the National league. New York trounced at Lanta 7-1. Cincinnati shaded Philadelphia 5-4 and Montreal edged Houston 54.royals 8, Yankees 3 George Brett bulled a two run Homer and Darrell Porter drove in three other runs to spark the royals Over the Yankees an Knock new York out of first place in the Al East. 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