European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 25, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 22 the stars and stripes Friday August 25, 1978 Don t give him any Back talk san Diego Smith sails Phi file Ted padres shortstop Oss Leover flattened Philadelphia saw snore during a double play in the third inning of their contest wednesday in Pluy. Pitcher Jim Kaat grounded to Smith who then collided at second with Alzemore just after tossing Kaat out at first. San Diego went on to flip the first place phils 6-5. A photo umps i no Cork Mcrae j Chicago a Hill Hersial baseball Bat we while sox claimed was i was Cut open wednesday l found sox manager Larry Ido by said he Kansas r Ager Whitey Herzog Crew of Pat Maloney Kosc and Jerry Neudecker Bat before the Royat wednesday night at count we sawed it into five no Cork was found said tested the royals 6-3 it on tuesday after sox Bern asked umpires to i Bat following Mcrae s in the fourth inning. Neudecker said he did thing wrong with the Bat til ordered it thrown out of the Doby acknowledged to look any different from hear rumours sometimes."-3 it s no doubt that son their bats said Doby guess we just had the a Doby said bats Are Hole in the fat end Wood Back into i Bat is said to make a 1the Pittsburgh stops Atlanta 4-3, in 12 olympic i i i .1. In n j a seeks rurtr8worried phils nipped by padres 6-5 by Bill Madden up sports writer while the surging Pittsburgh pirates Arenow entertaining Hopes the National league East Pennant race turns out like something like 1973, the front running but slumping Philadelphia Phillies Are looking warily Over their shoulders hoping it winds up nothing like 1964.remember 1973? that was the year the new York mets won the no East by finish ing just two games Over .500. The pirates no Roundup finished third that year but they have goo reason to Hope this year s Pennant Winner won t be too much better than .500.that s because by beating the Atlanta braves 4-3 in 12 innings wednesday nigh for their ninth straight Victory they have just reached the .500 Mark for the firs time since june. It was a must win situation and we Roseto it said Dave Parker who tripled with one out in the 12th and scored the winning run on de Oil s single. We know what s at stake we have to play this kind of baseball the rest of the Way out. We have a Good Chance to win it Phillies have a rough West coast trip coming up now. There s been no East Ern division team that s had any Success on the coast this year so it s a Good Chanc Ethey can get knocked off a few More times out there. It s a prime Opportunity torus Topick up a lot of ground. Who knows we could come Back Home in first re definitely in the Pennant race said pirates manager Chuck Tanner. Pecan t worry about what anyone in front of us does now. We have to just keep As for the Phillies even though the faces have All changed since then they 1 probably never be allowed to forget that disastrous 1964 season when they lost 12 out of 13 games Down the final stretch to blow the Pennant to the St. Louis cardinals. Those dark memories Are beginning to Drift Back in the Wake of the Phillies recent slump. Wednesday s 6-5 loss to Thesan Diego padres was the phils seventh in the last 10 games and Cut their Lead to fou games Over Chicago and 4 z Over the i re still out in said Phillies manager Danny Ozark after Der Elthomas singled Home Ozzie Smith from first base with the deciding run in the padres 6-5 win. But 1 am annoyed with the play of the team. However i feel my overreacting would do More harm than Good. I d rather talk about things the next Day. They re trying but maybe trying to hard in certain situations. I would rather be where we Are than chasing at this Tim of the Ozark employed six pitchers in an Effort to pull the game out. Smith singled with two out off Ron Reed the fifth Philadel phia Pitcher and scored on Thomas shot jets Deal Caster to oilers Houston a the Houston oilers have acquired Veteran wide receiver Rich Caster from the new York jets for Undis closed future draft choices. In nine seasons with the jets Caster from Jackson state caught 245 passes for 4,434 Yards and 36 touchdowns ranking sixth among Newyork s All time leading scorers with 36 broke a hand in preseason last year and had a season record for 10 games of 10 receptions for 205 Yards and one touchdown. Down the first base line As reliever Rolli fingers picked up his fifth win. Elsewhere in the no san Francisco shaded new York 2-1 los Angeles put away Montreal 4-2 and Houston Downe Chicago 3-0. Dodgers 4, expos 2hurt Hooton scattered nine hits Over eight innings and the dodgers took advantage of four expo errors to maintain their half game Lead Over the san Francisco inthe no West. Steve Garvey and Rick monday each singled Home runs for the dodgers while Charlie Hough came on in the ninth to retire the Side and get his sixth save. Giants 2, mets 1marc Hill ripped a two out Pinch hit double in the ninth inning to drive in Pinch runner Johnnie Lemaster with the winning run in the san Francisco Victory. Bobinc ppr with Relief from Gary Lavelle picked up his 13th win against nine skip Lockwood who has lost eight straight games started the ninth for new York and walked John Tamargo with one out. Lemaster ran for Tamargo was sacrificed and scored on Hill s single off Dale Murray. Astros 3, cubs 0 Ken Forsch making his first Start Indore than a year combined with Joe Sam Bito on a six hitter and the astros parlayed our gab errors into three unearned runs. Forsch. 7-4, struck out five and allowed four hits through seven innings before giving Way to Sambito. The loss was the cubs sixth in the last eight games. To carry Toi Lake Placid. . Aizers of the 1980 Wintek wednesday they Are runners to help carry i from Virginia to the stains to open the games Tali George Christian director said the t from Greece to by runners to Lai games opening Day on Fathe mid Winter run through cities and Rural isaid and past the birth " of eight presidents. Ruhig ways through outly pass through sections of 1york and Philadelphia. He said the Road through the hearts of i and our Rich farmlands to the people than would allow. The route has been
