European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 16, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday september 16,1977 the stars and stripes Page 23 red legs pirates not giving up divisional Hopes by Barry Wilne rap sports writer despite their nearly hopeless positions in the National league divisional races Cincinnati s Sparky Anderson and Pitts Burgh s Chuck Tanner Are keeping the  s reds came from behind with six runs in the final two innings to nip los Angeles 9-8 wednesday leaving at four the no Roundup dodgers magic number for clinching the Western division. The reds Trail the Dodg ers by 12 /2 games. The pirates were rained out after Lead ing St. Louis 2-0 in the third inning but that did t Dampen Tanner s spirits. With the Phillies losing to the mets 1-0, Pittsburgh gained one half game in the standings and are7vz games Back. Elsewhere in the National league san Francisco nipped Houston 3-2, san Diego took Atlanta 6-4 and Montreal outlasted Chicago 3-2 in 12 innings. That was a courageous comeback remade Anderson said after Ken Griffey smashed a two run Homer in the ninth inning to win the game. An inning earlier the reds scored four times three on Cesa Geronimo s Home run. George Foster also belted a Homer his 48th, tops in the major leagues and knocked in his 137th run As the reds beat Tommy John for Only the second time Ever. As i said before Anderson added they won t Clinch it against us. That s satisfaction. Well just keep on  John 18-6, got Home run support from Dave Lopes Steve Yeager and Steve Garvey who had four hits and his 30thhomer. I still have a shot at 20 wins said John. It would have been Nice for us to Clinch it against the reds los Angeles needed a sweep of the two game series to do so and for me to get my 19th. But it  Pittsburgh s plight is not quite As discouraging As Cincinnati s. We re not out of it until we re two games out and there s just one to go said Tanner. A collapse has happened before. One weekend can change a season. On club can get hot and another cold. I m sure the Phillies feel they Don thave it clinched Tanner added. It sure would be Nice to put a 10-game winning Streak together. We have to ask for help from other clubs too because we Don play Philadelphia  mets 1, Phillies 0 Nino Espinosa out dulled Philadelphia Mound Star Steve Carlton to help the pirates. Espinosa hurled a three hitter struck out four and walked three. It was the second time the mets right hander was involved in a shutout Victory Over Philadel phia having combined with skip lock Wood to Blank the defending Eastern division tits tests earlier this season. They re not unbeatable said Espinosa. But they re not easy either. Why do i do Good against them i Don t know. I like to pitch against them in new York but not Here because the Mound is Flat and i have to change my  giants 3, astros 2 Rookie Lethander Bob Knepper carried a three hitter into the ninth inning for the giants but needed Relief from Dave Hea Verlo and John Curtis to hold off Houston. Willie Mccovey s run scoring single in the sixth inning knocked in the decisive tally for the giants. Rob Andrews led off the inning with a single and scored on Dar Rell Evans triple before Mccovey knocked in Evans. Enos Cabell had three hits for the astros. Padres 6, braves 4 Gene Richards Jerry Turner and Dave Roberts each collected three hits in a 12-hit padres attack. Turner singled in Richards with the tie breaking run in the seven thinning. Dave Winfield smashed his 25th Homer for the padres. Jeff Burroughs had no 38 and Gary Matthews hit his 14th Homer of the year for Atlanta. Expos 3, cubs 2 Andre Dawson tripled Home Dave Cash with the winning run in the 12th inning for Montreal. The expos other runs came on a steal of Home by Gary Carter on the front end of a double steal and Chris Speier s bases loaded sacrifice Fly. Larry Biittner s 10th Homer of the season accounted for one of the cubs runs. Wednesday s major league Box scores tigers 5, indians 3 royals 5, a s 2 first game Detroit Cleveland a r h by a r h by Lesire of 5130 Dade of 4221 whiter 2b 4100 Kuiper 2b 3010 staub do 5000 Blanks 3b 3013 to pin 1b 5121 Thorn in 4011 Oglivie of 4241 Carty do 3030 Corcran if 4022 Bochte if 4000 May c 4010 Pruitt of 3110 Manski 3b 5010 Kendall c 2000 Tramel is 4000 own san in 1000 Duffy is 2000 total 40 5 13 4 total 29 3 6 2 Detroit 022 000 100 5 Cleveland 120 000 0003 a Trammel Thornton Duffy. Do Detroit 1, Cleveland 1. Lob Detroit 12, Cleveland 5. 2b-Oglivie, Corcoran. Or Oglivie 19. So Dade Leflore 3, Whitaker. A Kuiper Blanks Kendall Duffy Oglivie. In h r Erbb so Sykes w,5-5 71-363 2 2 2 Taylor 12-300 0 0 2 Bibby l,12-12 6 1-3 10 5 5 2 5 Monge 22-330 0 1 0 save Taylor 2. Balk Bibby. T2 33. Tigers 2, indians 1 second game Detroit Clevela dab r h by a r h by Lesire of 4111 Dade of 5020 funtes 2b 4021 Kuiper 2b 4120 staub do 4000 Blanks 3b 5090 to pin in 4000 Thorn in 2000 Parrish c 4010 Bochte if 2021 May c 0000 Carty do 4000 is Only of 4000 Norris of 2000 we kiss if 3000 Duffy is 2000 Corcran if 1110 waning of 4030 Arr go is 4000 Kendall c 4000 Scriver is 2000 balms pm 1000 Tramel is 0000 Oglivie pm 1010 Manaki 3b 0000 total 36 2 6 2 total 34 1 6 1 Detroit 000 000 010 1 2 Cleveland 000 100 000 0 1 a Dade. Lob Detroit 7, Cleveland 9. 2b Parrish Bochte Fuentes. So Leflore Dade. A Kuiper. Of Leflore. In h r Erbb so Wilcox 71-351 1 3 5 Taylor 1-300 Oil 0 Hiller w,7.14 12-310 0 1 0 Foucault 2-330 0 0 0 Hood 9 41118 Kern l,8-10 1 21111 save Foucault 12. Pm Parrish. T2 54. A-4,151. Giants 3, astros 2 Houston san fran a r h by a r h by Howard if 4000 Thomas cd 4000 Cabell 3b 4230 randers 2b 4110 Cedeno of 4020 Evans 3b 4121 Watson in 4000 Mccoy in 4011 Howe 2b 4012 James in 0000 a Gaziz or 0000 Clark of 4 0 3 0 Jcruz of 4000 the Assn if 2100 Hermn c 2000 Sadek c 2311 a meter is 2000 Lem str is 2000 Fergson pm 1000 Kipper p 3010 is Chen is 0000 Verlo p 0300 Niekro p 2000 Walton pm 1000 Mcl Gln p 0000 total 32 2 6 2 total 29 3 6 3 Houston 000 100 001 2 Sanfrancisco 000 012 Fox 3 lob Houston 4, san Francisco 5. 2b Sadek Knepper. 3b-Evans. So Thomas son. A Lemaster. In h r Erbb so Niekro l.12-6 7 63324 Mclaughlin 1 00001 Knepper w,9-8 81-352 2 1 3 Heaverlo 1-310 0 0 0 Curtis 1300 0 0 0save-Curtis 1. Pm Herrmann. T-2 13. A-1,033. Oakland first game Kansas City Scott 2b Piccolo is Page if org non 1b Wollams do Sanglyn c Gross 3b Tyrone of armas of total a r h by 5032 5010 4220 4 1 4 0 2 1 3 1 4 0 4 0 a r h by 4010 Porette if 4020 Mcrae do 2110 Brett 3b 4112 Cowens of 4000 Maybry to 4000 Porter c 3010 Otis of 4000 patek is 3010 White 2b 32 2 7 2 total 35 5 11 5 Oakland 002 000 0002 Kansa City 220 000 lox 5 a Scott White. Do Oakland 1, Kansas City 1. Lob Oakland 6, Kansas City 9. 2b Picciolo White. 3bgbrett. Or Cowens 22jorgensen 3. So Page. In h r Erbb so Langford l.8-17 a 11 5 5 3 5 Colborn w.1m3 7 72222 Gura 2 00000 save Gura 10. Hip by Colborn Page. T-2 21. Royals 6, a s 2 second game Oakland Kansa City a r h by a r h by Piccolo is 4000 Porette if 3112 Perez 2ti 3020 Zdyb if 2000 Page if 4033 Mcrae do 4131 org non 1b 3000 Wilson or 0003 armas of 2000 Brett 3b 5120 Luray of 1000 Cowens of 3010 Crwford pm 1000 Maybry 10 5132 Mallory of 0000 Porter c 5010 Sanglyn do 3010 Otis of 4011 Hosley c 1010 patek is 2100 Gross 3b 4000 White 2b 4110 Tyrone of 4010 Newman p 4000 total 34 0 8 j total 37 6 13 6 Oakland 000 000 0000 Kansa City 131 100 oox6 do Kansas City 1. Lob Oakland 9, Kansas City 12. 2bmcrae, Otis Page. 3bpo Quette Mcrae. So patek Mayberry in h r Erbb so Keough l,0-2 32-310 6620 Lacey 31-320 3 2 2 Newman 1 10000 Leonard w,17-11 9 80023 hip by Newman Mcrae. T-2 31. A 16,791. Reds 9, dodgers 8 Cincinnati los Angeles a r h by a r h by Rose 3b 5120 Lopes 2b 5231 Murray p 0000 Russell is 6140 Griffey of 5 2 2 2 Smith of 1000 inc pc is 5120 Lacy of 3210 Fostr if 5222 Simpsn of 0000 Bench c 5121 Mota pm 1000 Dissen in 3000 Cey 30 602 Geronimo of 4123 Garvey in 513 Aurbach 2b 3000 Baker if 500 Knight 30 1000 Burke of 510 Normn p 1100 Yeager c 412 Larinto p 0000 John p 2000 arb str pm 1000 Sosa p 0003 Borbon p 0000 Davilo pm 1000 Morgan 2b 0300 total 33 9 12 8 total 44 8 1i 8 Cincinnati 210 000 042-9 Losangeles 101 301 200-8 Erussell. Do los Angeles 1. Lob Cincinnati 5, los Angeles 14. 2b-Concepcion, Lacy Burke. Or Foster 48lopes i Garvey 30yeager 15geronimo 9griffey 11. In h r 31-39 5 223 1 1 2 42 1 2 0 31311 9 2-3 1 0 Norman Sarmiento Borbon w.9-4 Murray John l,186 Sosa save Murray 4 $0,203. Erbb so 5 4 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 8 3 we John. T-2 56. A twins 7, White sox 0 Minnesota Chicago a r h by a r h by Smaley is 2001 Garr if 4010 Norwood of 4010 Lemon of 4000 Chiles pm 1011 Orta 2b 4010 Rndall 2b 0000 Gamble of 4000 Carew to 5131 a Johnsn do 4010 Ford of 5120 Spencer in 4300 Kusick do till ban str is 4020 Wilfong or 0100 is engr 3b 3310 Adams do 1010 Essian c 3010 Gorki if 4012 Wyngar c 4100 Terrell 3b 5111 Pelzo 2b 3000 Bostick of 1100 total 36 7 11 7 total 34 0 7 0 Minnesota 300 000 0407 Chicago 000 000 000 0 a Kessinger Lemon Adams. Lob Minne Sota 11, Chicago 7. 28carew, Garr Adams. So Norwood. A Gorinski. Of Smalley. In h r Erboso Goltz w.18-9 9 j 0 0 0 4 Kravec l.8-8 71-386 6 6 5 Kirkwood 12-331 1 1 0 we Kravec Kirkwood. T2 50. A15,633. Orioles 6, Blue jays 5 first game Baltimore Toro Toab r h by a r h by bumby if 5120 Staggs 2b 4001 Bsmith 2b 4000 Awoods if 4010 Pally if 4100 Rader pm 0001 Maddox of 0000 stores is 0000 Singlan of 3120 Ault in 5010 dime of 0100 Velez do 4130 crowly pm 1000 Howell 3b 5110 Harlow of 0000 goods of 5111 May do 2213 bowing of 2110 Murray in 4001 Ewing of 1000 dec pcs 3b 3000 Cerone c 4122 Belner is 4011 Nordbak is 2010 Dympsy c 3000 fairly pm 0000 Jscott if 0000 total 33 6 6 5 total 36 5 11 5 Baltimore 000 200 040 6 Toronto 010 000 040 5 a Awoods Ault. Do Baltimore 1, Toronto 1. Lob Baltimore 7, Toronto 10. 2bvelez, Cerone. Or May 23. So goods. Of Rader. In h r Erbb so Flange v,12-10 7 10 4 4 3 3 Drago 1-311 1 00 Martinez 0 00020 Mcgregor 12-300 0 0 1 Jeffryn l,8 16 71-356 2 6 7 Vuckovich 12-310 0 1 2 save Mcgregor 3. T-2 47. Orioles 4, Blue jays 2 second game Baltimore Toronto a r h by a r h by Maddox of 3110 Staggs 2b 4120 Dauer 2b 4111 Awoods if 4020 Singlan of 4000 Ault in 4010 bumby if 0000 Rader 3b 3011 May to 4311 Howell do 4 11 Belner is 0000 goods of 3010 Murray do 4000 Velez pm 1010 Mora if 4110 Jscott pm 0000 Dimel of 0000 bowing of 3010 of incs 3b 4010 Ashby c 2000 Grcia is 4111 stores is 3000 Muser 1b 0000 Skaggs c 4011 total 35 4 7 4 total 31 2 10 2 Baltimore 110 100 100-4 Toronto 000 Oil 000-2 a Staggs. Do Baltimore 5. Lob Balti More 5, Toronto 5. 2b-Maddox, May Mora Garcia Skaggs. Or Howell 7dauer 2. In h r Erbb so May 16 9 7 4 4 0 a save Mcgregor 4. Pm Skaggs. Hip by Garvin Maddox. T-2 24. A-19,048. Expos 3, cubs 2 Chicago Montreal a r h by a r h by Dejesus is 6010 Cash 2b 6010 Biittner if 6121 papi 3b 6103 bucker in 5000 Dawson of 6021 Murcer of 4010 Perez in 4010 ontivers 3b 6000 Evite of 2000 Gross of 4110 Unser of 1110 Trillo 2b 5000 Frias or 0000 Gordon c 3000 Mejias of 1000 Wallis or 0000 Carter c 4120 Swisher c 0000 or mate if 3010 Krukow p 3011 Speier is 3011 Pruhl p 0003 dues p 1000 Clines pm 1000 Mcneny p 0030 Sutler p 0000 White pm 1000 Cardnal pm 0000 Kerin p 0000 Giusti p 0000 to mrs pm 1000 St nose p 0000 Mckinin pm 1000 Atknson p 0000 total 43 2 6 2 total 40 3 9 2 one out when winning run scored. Chicago Oil 000 000 000-2 Montreal 000 000 200 001 3 a Speier 2. Lob Chicago 13, Montreal 11. 28gross. 38dejesus, Dawson. Or Biittner 10. So Dawson Murcer Cromar tie Carter. A dues Cromartie Buckner. Of Speier. In h r Erbb so Krukow 6 52223 Preuschll 2 00002 Suiter 2 13023 Giusti l.0-2 11-331 1 1 2 dues 61-352 3 3 2 Mcenaney 2-300 0 0 0 Kerrigan 2 00012 Stanhouse 00021 Atkinson w,7-2 1 10011 t-3 25. A-5,235. Rangers 2, Angels 1 California Texas a r h by a r .1 by Bosley if 4000 wills 2b 4300 Remy 2b 3100 Hendon of 4110 a links is 4000 Sundog c 4020 Gurrero is 0000 Harrah 3b 1001 Bonds do 4010 Horton do 3020 Baylor of 3011 be qua of 3010 Chalk 3b 3010 May of 0000 Kingman 1b 3000 Jellis in 3111 Andrex it 3000 Hargves in 0000 Umphy c 1000 Smith if 3310 Goodw Mph 1000 Alomar is 2010 Echirn c 0000 Mason is 0000 total 29 1 3 1 total 27 2 9 2 California 000 000 100 i Texas 001 301 Fox 2 be Dalexander. Do Calif Jornia 2. Lob California 3, Texas 4. 28alomar, Hender son. Or Jellis 3. A Alomar. Of Harrah. In h r Erbb so Brett l,12 12 3 92212 Alan or w,15-10 � 31024 to 52. A-4.538. Mets 1, Phillies 0 new York Phila a r h by a r h by Randle 3b 2000 Mcbee of 4023 Mazilli of 4010 Bowa is 4000 Hendon if 3000 Schmdt 3b 3000 Vail of 3000 Ruziski it 3000 in Gold of 0000 Hebner in 2010 Stearns c 4010 Maddox of 3 00 Rosado 10 4110 Mccur c 3000 Lfoster 2b 4010 Simre 2b 3000 Flynn is 3000 Carlton p 2000 Esposa p 3011 Jas the pm 1000 Mcgrew p 0000 total 30 i 5 1 total 28 0 3 0 Newyork 000 010 000 1 Philadelphia 000 000 000 0 e-hebner2. Lob new York 6, Philadelphia 4. 2b-Mcbnde, Lfoster. So Randle. In h r Erbb so Espinosa w,8 12 9 30034 Carlton Atlanta 100 110 100 4 san Diego .031 000 Llx-6 a Sutherland Richards Murphy Gil breath. Do Atlanta 1. Lob Atlanta 10, san Diego 6. 2b-Droberts, Ashford Murphy Gilbreath Turner Richards. Or Bur roughs 38matthews 14winfield 25 so Winfield Richards. In h r Erbb so Hanna l.2-5 7 10 5 4 1 8 Leon 1 21101 Owchinko 6 63326  ,7-5 11-3 2 1 0 i fingers 12-32 0 0 s save fingers 33. Pm Roborts. R 2 2 a-12,478. Brewers 8, mariners 5 Milwaukee Seattle a r h by