European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 9, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday september 9, 1978 the stars and stripes Page 23 dodgers nip astros 3-2, pad Lead to 4 games As giants lose to braves Byke Rappoport a sports write the los Angeles dodgers have stopped fighting among themselves. Now they repeating everyone else s brains out. The notorious clubhouse Battle betwee Steve Garvey and Don Sutton Long behind them the defending National league champions appear to be pulling together now in the september stretch  after thursday night s 3-2 Triumph Over the Houston astros the dodgers moved into a four game advantage in the no West race their biggest Lead since they took Over first place for Good on aug. 15.for this Victory the dodgers eighth in 10 games the heroes were Burt Hooton an Dusty Baker. Hooton won his 17th game despite lacking his Best stuff and Baker hit his Lith Home run and later scored the win Ning  had trouble the whole game said Hooton. But i threw Good pitches when had to. That s the key to Success. In the Houston Astrodome you can get away witha few More things because it s so  Hooton who has won six in a Row an last lost on aug. 1, became the third Pitcher in the National league to reach 17 Victo Ries this season. Atlanta s Phil Niekro and Ross Grimsley of Montreal Are the , meanwhile after clubbing his Lith Homer in the fifth inning scored the winning run in the eighth on a sacrifice Fly by Vic  had some things on my mind that did t help my concentration this year Buti can t Tell you what they were said Baker who is suffering through a subpar season after hitting 30 homers last year. But i got my thinking straight right no Wand that s been the biggest thing. I remember talking to Doug Rau after he had a death in the family and i could t understand How he kept going on. He told me you be got to list your priorities in life and go on. I remembered that and it helped me get things Back in the proper perspective. I be been praying a lot and i was determined not to give up. If you give up you never can come  the other National league games the Atlanta braves beat san Francisco 6-5, the no Roundup Cincinnati reds stopped the san Diego padres 6-2, the Philadelphia Phillies stopped the Chicago cubs 5-3, the St. Louis cardinals nipped the Pittsburgh pirates 5 4 and the new York mets Defeated the Montreal expos 9-4. Baker whose Homer in the top of the fifth had Given the dodgers a 2-1 Lead before the astros tied it in the Bottom of the inning walked to Lead off the eighth was sacrificed to second by Rick monday and went to third on a single by Joe Ferguson. Dava Lillo s sacrifice sailed into Shal Low left Field but Dennis Walling s throw to the plate was Well behind Baker s  6, giants 5 Glenn Hubbard broke a tie with a run scoring single in the eighth to Lead Atlanta Over san Francisco As Vida Blue failed for the sixth time to record his 17th  score was tied 5-5 and Dale Murphy was on second base when Hubbard grounder off John Curtis barely eluded the reach of shortstop Roger Metzger allow ing Murphy to score the winning run. Craig Skok the fourth Atlanta Pitcher picked up his third Victory in four Deci Sions. Reds 6, padres 2home runs by Ken Griffey Johnny Bench and Pete Rose powered Cincinnat Over san Diego. Griffey s Homer a three run blast in the third inning was the third hit off padre starter Bob Owchinko. It was followed by a Solo shot by Bench his 21st of the season. Rose s fourth inning shot was an inside the Park Home run a line drive Down the left Field line that bounced Over the head of Gene Richards. Phillies 5, cubs 3larry Bowa s run scoring double capped a three run rally in the seventh and Ted Sizemore s sacrifice Fly in the eighth drove in the winning run As Philadelphia Defeated Chicago. The Phillies completed a 15 game five City Road trip during which the won nine games. When we left Home i Don t think any body gave us a Chance to return to Phila Delphia with the division Lead said Philadelphia manager Danny Ozark. The Media thought we d just go through the motions and fold. We had t been playing Well at Home but we got our pitching and hitting going in the los Angeles series. I think the Chal continued on Page 24 Bouton recalled from minors by Atlanta Atlanta a the Atlanta braves have recalled Knuck Leball specialist Jim Bouton from their Savannah farm team and have named him the probable starting Pitcher for sunday s game against the los Angeles dodgers the National league team announced thursday. Bouton 39, was 12-9 with Savannah a double a team this year including a recent two hit Victory Over Orlando in the second game of the Southern league playoffs. Bouton compiled a 61-60 record in nine years with the new York Yankees the Seattle pilots and the Houston astros. He ended his major league career with the astros in 1970. His Best season was 1963, when he went 21-7 with the Yankees. The sportscaster and author of the Best Selling Ball four an irreverent look at the lives of major league ballplayers was a world series hero with new York but he flopped a year ago with Knoxville of the Southern league and was released. Bouton was signed in May by Savannah to a $l,000-a-Rnonth contract. I be had a really wonderful and satisfy ing summer totally apart from whether or not i get called up by the braves Bouton said thursday night. I be Learned a lot about myself. Most of what i be Learned Are internal things like growth. I have More Confidence in myself and in my views of the world. 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