European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 15, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 the stars and stripes thursday september 15, 1977 pirates Blank Phillies 2-0 in futile Pursuit of runaway East leaders by Fred Down up sports writer the Pittsburgh pirates their Hopes of winning the National league East title All but mathematically shattered refused to give up tuesday night scoring a 2-0 Victory Over the first place Philadelphia Phil lies. The Victory moved the pirates within eight games of first place but the Phillies magic number for clinching the title re no Roundup Maine at 10. Any combination of Philadel phia victories and Pittsburgh losses which total 10 will Clinch the title for the Phillies. We re not out of it by any stretch of the imagination and we re not in it by any stretch of the imagination said Phil Garner who drove in both Pittsburgh runs with an infield out and a triple. You can t say we lost it. The Phillies just kept putting the pressure on. It is a tribute to us that we stayed As close As we did. They be played  this Ball club has had the finest Atti tude and professional manner of any team i be been associated with said manager Chuck Tanner. They never stopped being aggressive but under the circumstances of the injuries to Willie Stargell and Rennie Stennett just could t win it. We can All say we would have done better if we had Stargell and Stennett Tanner added. But i Don t blame our situation on anything. We win with 25 players and we lose with 25  Garner drove in a run with an infield out in the first inning and tripled Home a run in the sixth As Jim Rooker and Rich Gossage combined on a five hitter for the pirates. Jim Kaat suffered his ninth loss against six wins. In other National league games the Houston astros routed the Cincinnati reds 13-4, the St. Louis cardinals Defeated the Chicago cubs 3-1, the Montreal expos beat the new York mets 8-5, the los Angeles dodgers routed the san Diego padres 18-4 and the san Francisco giants scored an 8-7 11-inning win Over the Atlanta braves. Astros 13, reds 4 Cesar Cedeno drove in three runs with a Homer and three singles and Bob Watson hit a three run Homer to Lead the astros 14-hit attack which brought Floyd Bannis Ter his seventh win. The Victory moved the astros within 2mz games of the two time Aksland captures 200 Cycle race in Calif. Monterey Calif. Up skip aks land Manteca Calif., captured the Cham Pion spark plug 200 motorcycle race at Laguna Sec defeating world 750cc Cham Pion Steve Baker Bellingham Wash. Aks land won the first of two 60.8-mile heat races and finished second to Baker in theother. Baker finished third in the heat won by Aksland giving the californian the Points needed for the win. Gregg Hansford of Australia finished third Gene Romero san Luis Obispo Calif., fourth and Dave Aldana Santa Ana,Calif., fifth. Jean Francois Monnin and Edward Weber of Switzerland captured the inter National Sidecar race. West Germany s Rolf Steinhausen and Wolfgang Klaugh were second. World Champion reds in their Battle for second place in the no West. Cincinnati s George Foster increased his major league leading Homer and rib totals with his 47th Home run and two Bis to give him 135. Cardinals 3, cubs Garry Templeton singled Home two runs in a three run fifth inning to help Bob Forsch to his 17th win against six losses. Pete Falcone took Over for Forsch in the sixth inning and pitched witless Ball the rest of the Way. Ray Burris dropped his 15th decision compared to 12 wins for the cubs. Expos 8, mets 5 Steve Rogers won his 16th game and Rookie Stan papi tripled Home two runs in a five run eighth inning for the expos who dealt reliever Bob Apodaca his eighth set Back. Warren Cromartie homered for Mon Treal and Lee Mazzilli and John Stearns connected for new York. Dodgers 18, padres 4 the dodgers scored 10 runs in the second inning with Dusty Baker knocking in five with a double and a Homer and Steve Garvey knocking in two with two hits. Dennis Lewallyn went seven innings for his second Victory for the dodgers who reduced their magic number for clinching the no West title to four. Giants 8, braves 7 Bill Madlock s single with the bases filled and two out in the Lith inning follow ing three walks by Dave Campbell gave the giants their Victory. The braves had tied the score at 7-7 in the ninth with the help of an error by Short Stop John Lemaster. Randy Moffitt won his fourth game for san Francisco. Holbert icky fill race Field los Angeles a Road racing Drivers Jacky icky and Al Holbert were named to the 1977-78 International race of champions completing the Field of 12 Drivers for the series. Icky is a team Driver for the porsche factory and has won five events this season in the world manufacturers championship. The belgian has won the 24-hour be mans race four times including this year s. Holbert is the defending International motor sports association it Champion and is leading that series this year. The iroc series of four races pits Drivers from Indianapolis style racing Stock cars and International Road racing against each other in identically prepared Chevrolet Samaros. First race set for saturday the first race is saturday at Michigan International Speedway a two mile High banked Oval. Following Are two races at the Riverside International raceway Road course oct. 15 and 16. The final race is on the Daytona fla., Oval in february. Representing the United states Auto club in this year s iroc Are . Foyt Al Unser Johnny Rutherford and 1977 Usa Champion Tom Sneva. The Stock car Drivers this year Are Rich Ard Petty Gale Yarborough Benny Par sons and Darrell Waltrip. Other competitors from the International Road racing circuit include Mario Andretti and Gunnar Nilsson. Tuesday s major league Box scores Yankees 4, red sox 2 Boston Burlson is Helms do Lynn of astr i if Rice of Fisk c Gscott in Hobson 3o Doyle 2b int Glyph Dillard 2b total Boston. Be v York. Lob Boston 6, Chambliss. 3b 11. So Rivers new York b r h by 1010 Rivers of 4030 White if 4000 Munson c 4110 re Ksn of 3010 Blair of 3100 Chromis 1b 3010 Nettles 3b 4011 Pamelia do 2000 Rndolph 2o 1000 Dent is 0000 32 2 5 1 total 020 000 6 new York 7. Yas Trzenski. A 4 4 4 4 0 4 3 4 4 3 r i 0o 1 t 0i 0 0 0 1 by 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 34 4 10 000 000 130 30x 4 in White or Rivers Paxton l.9-5 Willoughby Guidry w.14-6 in h r Erbb so 41384 4 0 3 32323 0 1 4 9 52235 we Guidry. T-2 36. A-55,269. White sox 6, twins 1 Minnesota Chicago a r n by a r n by Bostick of 4000 Garr if 4020 Smaley is 4111 Lemon of 3001 Carew in 4030 Orta 2b 3121 Adams if 4000 Gamble of 4131 Wyngar c 4010 Spencer in 4011 Chiles of 4020 St Len in 4000 Bass do 4010 Kamstr is 4110 Cubage 30 4000 is engr 3b 3100 Rndall 2b 2000 Essian c 2212 Ford pm 1000 Peruo 2b 0003 total 35 8 1 total 3t 6 10 & Minnesota 001 000 000 1 Chicago 120 001 20x 6 do Minnesota i. Lob Minnesota 1, Chica go 5. Or Essian 10smalley 6gamble 29. So Garr of Lemon Orta. In h r Erbb so the sgd l.11-12 61396 6 2 1 a Linback 2310 0 0 0 to Johnson i 00002 Barrios w.u-5 9 81102 is Wynegar. T-2.32 a -11,488 Umphy c 2113 Washin of 5010 Solaita pm 1112 he pin c 1000 total 38 12 13 11 total 38 7 10 6 California 002 200 830-12 Texas. 022 003 300 7 a Kingman Chalk Mullinix. Do Texas 1. Lob California 2, Texas 11. 2bhum pure Bosley. 3b-Bondi, wills. Or King Man 2 2solaita 13bevacqua 2 5horton 14. So Baylor Harrah wills Washington. S campanes Sundberg. In h r Erbb so Moore 52-397 5 4 3 Barlow w,3 2 31-310 0 0 0 Perry 61-397 7 2 8 Unbarger l.1-6 1-301 1 1 0 Devine 0 33300 Cuellar 21-311 1 3 2 hip by Moore Hargrove. T3 00. A 5,922. Brewers 6, mariners 5 Milwaukee Seattle a r h Biao r h by Joshua of 5000 Collins if 5020 Yount is 5113 Baez 2b 5010 Cooper in 3120 Cut or 0000 Lezcano of 4121 runes of 5110 Money 2b 5121 Stanton of 3111 Bando do 3001 Delgdo of 1000 Davis or 0000 me Erib 4011 Kirk pts if 4120 Bernhut 3b 4111 Wohld if 0000 Braun do 3000 Gantner 3b 5120 Pasley c 3110 Moore c 3000 Fosse c 1000 Wynn pm 1000 cry lds is 4112 Haney c 0000 total 40 6 11 6 total 38 s 9 5 Milwaukee 010 010 003 16 Seattle 010 121 000 0 5 lob Milwaukee 8, Seattle 5. 28 Gantner Cooper 2, Meyer Bujones Kirkpatrick. Or Stanton 24creynolds 3bernhardt 7yunt 3money 24. Of Bando. In h r Erbb so Salon 51385 5 2 3 Beare w.3-3 4 10000 Mcclure 2-300 0 0 0 Abbott ill id 91-311 6 6 2 6 Romo 2300 0 1 0 save Mcclure 6. T-2 45. A-/.595. Baldwyn p 0000 Frias is 0100 Mangu Alph 1000 Rogers p 2 0 j 0 Apodca p 0000 White if 1111 Vail of 0000 total 31 5 5 5 total 37 8 13 7 new York 103 000 3015 Montreal 000 201 05x 8 a Stearns 2, Flynn Youngblood Lockwood. Do new York 1. Lob new York 3, Mon Treal 11. 2bcarter, papi Perez. 3bpapi. Or Mazzilli 6cromartie 5stearns 12. So Dawson Cash 2. A Jackson Rogers Cash. In h r Erbb so Jackson 52-363 3 3 6 Baldwin 1-300 3 0 0 Apodaca l,3-8 1 43301 Lockwood 2-332 1 0 0 Siebert 1-300 0 0 0 Rogers w.16-13 8 44436 Stanhouse 1 11101 hip by Jackson Cromartie. T3 03. A 7,675. Cardinals 3, cubs 1 Chicago St. Louis a r h by a r h by Dejesus is 4000 Brock if 3110 Gross of 2100 Bosetti if 0000 Jerls of 1000 Mummy of 4111 bucker 1b 4010 to plan is 4022 Biittner if 4020 Simons c 3010 ontivers 3b 3000 Khan do in 4020 Murcer of 4000 Reitz 3b 4000 Trillo 2b 3000 Cruz of 3000 Swisher c 3010 Phillips 2b 3120 Burris p 1000 Forsh p 0000 Clines pm 1000 Falcone p 1000 lamp p 0000 total 30 1 4 0 total 29 3 9 3 Chicago 000 001 000 1 St. Louis 0 030 Fox 3 a Mumphrey. Do Chicago 1. Lob Chica go 5, St. Louis 6. 2bbiittner. So Mumph Rey. A Forsch 2, Burris. In h r Erboso Burris l.12-15 6 73324 lamp 2 20001 Forsch w.17-4 % 41021 Falcone 4 00002 save Falcone 1. We Burris. T2 11. A 10,353. Angels 12, rangers 7 expos 8, mets 5 astros 13, reds 4 new Yor California Texas Bosley if Remy 2b Gurrero 2b a links is Bonds of r Tores of Baylor do Chalk 3b Kingman in Briggs in Ledeux of a r h by a r h by 5121 a drive in 2000 Putnam in 2030 pm prs is 4100 Sundog c 5112 Harrah 3b 0000 Horton do 5121 a smile if 3211 May if 4224 be qua of 0000 Hendon of 4230 wills 2b 1001 1000 5010 3110 3100 5112 4110 1000 4222 1000 5131 St re re iriv  a r n by Randle 3b Mazilli of Boise in of locked p Siebert p Hendon if Milner in Stearns c in Gold 2b Flynn is Hodges pm Jckson p 4010 Cash 2b 3211 papi 3b 3100 Dawson of 0000 Perez id 0000 Unser in 4012 Evite of 4011 Mejias of 4111 Carter c 4000 to mrs c 2100 or mate if 1000 St nose p 1000 Speier is a r h by 4121 5122 4000 5031 0000 4010 0000 4110 0000 4222 0000 4110 Houston Cincinnati a r n by a r h Bip Uhl if Cabell 3b Cedeno of Jcruz of Watson in Walton in Howe 2b Herrpm c a meter is is Chen is ban str p Pentz p 3210 Rose 3b 5221 Griffey of 5443 inc pc is 5233 Fostr of 4224 Knight if 0000 Dressen in 5001 Werner c 400 Arbach 2b 4110 Moskau p 0000 Murray p 2010 arb str pm 2000 Sarto p 5020 5121 5021 3122 5000 4010 4000 4110 0000 0000 1000 0000 Plumer pm 1000 stores p 0000 Bailey pm 1000 Dumolin p 0000 Sumers pm 1103 total 39 13 14 13 total 39 4 10 4 Houston 160 000 10513 Cincinnati 000 100 1024 a Walton. Lob Houston 5, Cincinnati 10. 2bgriffey. 3bcedeno, Jcruz. Or Watson 17foster 47cedeno 13. So Puhl. A Bannister. In h r Erbb so Bannister w,7-b 6 61126 Pentz 3 43101 Moskau l,4-6 12-356 6 3 0 Murray 11-321 1 1 0 Sarmiento 2 00001 Torres 11110 Dumoulin 2 65503 save Pentz 1. We Bannister. T-2 35. A18,594. Dodgers 18, padres 4 san Diego los Angeles a r h by a r h by or hrs of 4121 Lopes 2b 3120 Tomlin p 1000 a Nasty 2b 2100 Almon is 5011 Washin is s 2 2 1 Turner if 5020 Smith of 2210 Hendre of 2000 Lenard of 2000 us thurld 1b 2011 Cey 3b 0201 win fld of 4010 Lacy 3b 2211 or arts 3b 3000 Garvey 1b 3333 Champn 2b 2010 Goodsn 1b 2111 Davis c 2000 Baker if 3125 Ashford 2b 4210 Simpsn if 1000 Shirley p 0000 Burke of 5244 Sawyer p 0000 Yeager c 0000 Greer pm 1000 Oates c 4010 Griffin p 1000 Lewllyn p 3101 who to p 0000 Hough p 1 0 1 0 a tend of 2121 total 38 4 11 4 total 38 18 18 17 san Diego 001 000 210-4 Losangeles 0 10 0 350 Oox-18 a Richards Washington. Do san Diego 2, los Angeles 1. Lob san Diego 9, los an Geles 4. 2bbaker, Richards Smith Burke. Or Baker 27. So Burke 2. Sle Wallyn. In h r Erboso Shirley l,9 18 12-357 7 3 0 Sawyer 1-323 3 1 0 Griffin 2 5 3 3 1 2 Whimster 2 45421 Tomlin 20002 Lewallyn w,2 0 7 10 3 3 2 3 Hough 2 10001 we Hough. T-2 32. A-19,442. Moore Burghs Montz it this Murphy Bonnell rocket Mahler Capra Davey Pacorek Leon p Gaston Cmpbell total 3b lib if c of is p p p pm pm p 3 5 5 5 6 5 5 i 0 0 1 01 1 47 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 2 1 2 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 James in Clark of Elliott Hill c if Sadek c the Assn Lem str Moffitt Evans Barr p Lavelle Foli is total pass p pm p 1 3 5 3 1 1 3 0 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 01 0 0 0 40 8 01 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 01 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 two out when winning run scored. Atlanta 300 101 011 00 7 san Francisco 101 140 000 01-8 a Lemaster 2. Do Atlanta 2, san Francis co 1. Lob Atlanta 11, san Francisco 8. 2b Mahler Murphy 2, Andrews Moore. 3b Murphy Matthews Thomas Elliott. Or Thomas 8clark 13. So Evans. In h r Erbb so Mahler Capra Davey Leon Campbell l,0-6 Barr Lavelle Moffitt w,4-8 32-343 3 2 3 1323 3 1 0 1 11111 2 10001 32-321 1 3 0 5 95510 31-362 1 2 2 22-310 0 1 6 hip by Mahler Clark. T-3 20. A-1,029. Pirates 2, Phillies 0 Pittsburgh a r h by Tavoras is 4113 Garner 2b 4012 Parker of 4000 Bra non 1b 4000 Oliver if 3010 Macha 3b 3000 Mendza 3b 0000 Dyer c 3010 Moreno of 3010 Rooker p 3110 Gosage p 0000 total 31 2 6 2 Phi la Martin of Bowa is Schmdt 3b Ruziski if duh non in Mcbee pm Maddox of Boone c Jas the pm Simre 2b Kaal p Garber p Obrn pm Mcgrew p total a r h by 4000 4010 3000 3010 3000 1000 4020 30101000 30002000 0000 1000 0000 32 0 s 0 giants 8, braves 7 Pittsburgh 100 001 000 2 Philadelphia 000 000 000 0 do Philadelphia 2. Lob Pittsburgh 2, Philadelphia 7. 28maddox, Boone Bowa. 38taveras, Garner. So Dyer. Atlanta san fran a r h by a r h by Royster 2b 5121 Thomas of 5231 ass the pm 1000 randers 2b 3210 Gilbeth 2b 0000 Madlock 3b 6133 office of 3000 Mccoy 1b 4010 Rooker w.12-9 Gossage Kaat l,6-9 Garber Mcgraw in h r Erboso 723 5 0 0 1 6 11-300 0 1 0 71-362 2 0 2 2-300 0 0 1 1 00001 save Gossage 21. Balk Rooker. T-2 06. A-42,638