European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 26, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday september 26, 1978 the stars and stripes Page 21 dodgers capture no West title for 2nd straight time dodgers manager Tom Lasorda gets a taste of Victory. Teammates pour on Champagne Beer after clincher from press dispatches los Angeles clinched its second straight National league Western division title sunday when Steve Garvey drove in three runs and Rookie Bob Welch fired a five hit shutout to Pace the dodgers to a 4-0 Victory Over the san Diego padres. The dodgers batted around and scored three runs in the fourth inning driving starter and loser Bob Owchinko 10-13, from the Mound. It was the third shutout and sixth Complete game of the season for right hander Welch 7-4, who struck out six and walked two. With two out in the third inning Reggie no Roundup Smith doubled and scored on Garvey s single. Joe Ferguson led off the fourth with a double and Davey Lopes was walked intentionally with Ferguson scoring on Bill North s single. Mark Lee then replaced Owchinko and walked Smith intentionally to Load the bases. Garvey singled to Center to score Lopes and North. The three hits gave Garvey 194 for the season. Garvey is bidding for his fourth 200-hit season with six games to go. It was also Garvey s 16th straight game in which he hit safely. While there was some Champagne spilled in the dressing room it was a much american league Roundup yanks win on Guidry two hitter by United press International Ron Guidry tossed a two hitter for his 23rd Victory and notched his ninth shutout of the season sunday in leading the new York Yankees to a 4-0 Victory Over the Cleveland indians. The Victory kept the Yankees one game ahead of the Boston red sox who beat the Toronto Blue jays 7-6 in 14 innings in the East. Both teams have six games remain ing. Guidry who had a personal seven game winning Streak snapped in Toronto last wednesday gave up a pair of singles to Duane Kuiper and fanned eight to run his strikeout total to 233. It was the 14th time this season that Guidry had posted a Victory following a new York loss. The nine shutouts tied babe Ruth s american league record for left handers set in 1916. The Yankees who had lost five of their last eight games grabbed a 2-0 Lead in the fourth inning against Cleveland starter and loser Mike Paxton 12-10, on run scor ing singles by Graig Nettles and Lou Piniella. In Toronto Jim Rice scored from third base on Butch Hobson s single in the 14th and Dick Drago 4-4, pitched 4 2-3 innings of shutout Relief to lift the red sox. Rice opened the 14th with a single to left and moved to second on Carl Yastrzemski s groundnut. An infield hit by Carlton Fisk moved Rice to third. Fred Lynn then struck out. But third baseman Roy Howell was unable to handle Hobson s hard smash As Rice scored the winning run and made Tom Buskey 0-1, the loser. Yastrzemski belted the 382nd Homer of his career a Solo shot which broke a 3-3 tie in the sixth inning. The Homer moved him into a 19th-place tie with Frank Howard on the All time list. Yastrzemski also slashed a run scoring single in the third in his 9,900th plate appearance the 15th major league player to achieve that  other american league games Minnesota Defeated Kansas City 6-4, Chicago continued on Page 23 More quiet atmosphere sunday then it was sept. 20, 1977, when they clinched manager Tom Lasorda s first division title at san Francisco. In other no games Philadelphia whipped new York 8-2, Montreal blanked Pittsburgh 4-0, Cincinnati nipped Atlanta 2 a Chicago edged St. Louis 5-4, and san Francisco toppled Houston 7-0 and 6-4. Phillies 8, mets 2 Philadelphia increased its Eastern Divi Sion Lead to four games by winning while Montreal was defeating Pittsburgh. Bake Mcbride hit the first pitch of the game for a Home run and Tim Mccarver added a three run blast in a four run sixth inning to Lead the Phillies past the mets. Steve Carlton benefited from the Long Ball support to gain his 16th Victory in 28 Deci Sions. Carlton pitched eight innings allow ing seven hits and Only one earned run. Expos 4, pirates 0 Rookie Scott Sanderson fired a three hit shutout and Ellis Valentine drove in two runs with a fielder s Choice grounder and a double to Pace the expos Over the pirates. Sanderson called up from the minors by the expos in August brought his record to 4-2 As he walked one and struck out nine. He gave up a fourth inning single to Omar Moreno another base hit in the seventh to Willie Stargell and a single to Dave Parker in the ninth. Reds 2, braves 1 right hander Tom Hume tossed a three hitter and Champ Summers doubled in the decisive run to lift the reds Over the braves. Hume 7-11, permitted Only a second inning single by Larry Whisenton and a fifth inning double by Bruce Bene dict before losing his shutout in the ninth on a Solo Homer by Rookie Bob Homer his 23rd. It was Hume s second Complete game of the year and handed Jim Bouton 1-2, the loss. Cubs cardinals 4 Mike Vail and Larry Biittner singled Home runs off reliever Tom Bruno in the ninth inning to pull Chicago past St. Louis. The Victory went to Lynn Mcglothen 5-2, who worked three innings in Relief of Ken Holtzman. Pete Vukovich started for St. Louis and gave up a first inning Homer to Bill Buckner and two runs in the sixth. Giants 7-6, astros 0-4 Pinch hitter Bill Madlock doubled Home two runs in the seventh inning to give san Francisco the second game Victory and a sweep of its doubleheader with Houston after the giants won the opener on Vida Blue s eight hitter for his 18th Victory of the season and Darrell Evans Heity Cruz and Jack Clark hit Home runs. Pats Down raiders Steeles Broncos win in of by Bruce Lowitt a sports writer defensive Back Mike Haynes interception and 22-Yard return and quarterback Steve Grogan s 28-Yard run on a Roll out set up Sam Cunningham s one Yard plunge in the closing seconds giving the new eng land patriots a come from behind 21-14 National football league Victory Over the Oakland raiders sunday night. Earlier Pittsburgh s Terry Bradshaw lofted a 37-Yard touchdown pass to tight end Benny Cunningham at the end of a double reverse play with 3 43 gone in sudden death overtime giving the Steeles a 15-9 Victory Over the Cleveland Browns. In other afternoon games it was Denver 23, Kansas City 17 in overtime new or leans 20, Cincinnati 18 Buffalo 24, Balti More 17 Philadelphia 17, Miami 3 Washington 23, new York jets 3 los an Geles 10, Houston 6 Seattle 28, Detroit 16 Tampa Bay 14, Atlanta 9 Green Bay 24, san Diego 3 Dallas 21, St. Louis 12 and the new York giants 27, san Francisco 10. On monday night Minnesota was to play at Chicago. The raiders scored both of their touch nil Roundup Downs in the first Quarter on Ken Stabler s 13-Yard pass to Dave Casper and Rookie Arthur Whittington s four Yard run. Grogan pitched 25 Yards to Russ Francis for a second period to and Horace Ivory sprinted 16 Yards for new England s tying score in the third period. With about three minutes left in the game the raiders got the Ball when Willie Brown picked off a Grogan pass in the end zone. But Stabler tried for a bomb and Haynes grabbed it for the pats. Pittsburgh s Victory kept the Steeles unbeaten along with los Angeles Washington and Chicago and gave them sole Possession of first place in the american conference Central division. Cleveland s Don Cockroft and Pitts Burgh s Roy Gerela each kicked three Field goals in regulation play. Then the Steeles took the overtime Kickoff and marched to the winning score. On a second and nine at the Cleveland 37, Bradshaw handed off to running Back Rocky Bleier who handed off to wide receiver Lynn Swann who pitched Back to Bradshaw who passed to Cunningham who caught the Ball at the three a step behind defensive Back Thorn Darden. And scored. Dave Preston ran two Yards with 4 32 remaining in overtime to give the Broncos their Victory Over Kansas City. Denver tied it 17-17 with 2 56 remaining in the third period on Larry Canada s three Yard  Leypoldt s 27-Yard Field goal As time ran out capped new Orleans come Back and kept the bengals wingless. Joe Ferguson passed for two touch Downs and Curtis Brown returned a Kickoff 102 Yards for another score in the Bills Vic tory Over Baltimore. Mike Hogan ran for one to and caught a Ron Jaworski pass for another one As the eagles upset Miami. Joe Theismann threw scoring strikes of 33 Yards to wide receiver John Mcdaniel continued on Page 24