European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 03, 1980, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 the stars and stripes tuesday june 3, 1980 braves crush dodgers 9-5, As Homer blasts 2 homers by Fred Mcmane Dpi sports writer the los Angeles dodgers found out sunday what the Atlanta braves manage ment has known since the season started it s difficult to make Bob Horner knuckle under. Horner who refused to adhere to management s order that he report to the minor leagues earlier this season after open ing the season in a horrendous slump demonstrated the form that had produced 56 Home runs in his first two big league my Roundup seasons by belting a pair of Knuckl balls for Home runs in leading the braves to a 9 5 Victory. The 23-year-old third baseman batting Only .120 with one Homer prior to the game belted a knuckle curve off Dave Goltz for a two run Homer in the third inning and hit a Knuck Leball off reliever Charlie Hough in the seventh for another Homer. He also drove in a run with a Sacri fice Fly in the fifth. The pitchers made two big mistakes said Horner. Golgi Hung a knuckle curve in the Middle of the plate and Hough put one in the same place. They were two very fat pitches. Any time a Pitcher makes a mistake that s Why i m up there to take advantage of  Horner bothered by a bad Back which has limited his contribution to the braves was appearing in Only his 16th game of the season and was playing for the first time in 13 Days. He was taken put of the game after six innings when his Back stiffened and manager Bobby Cox indicated he would continue to follow that procedure for the next five games until Homer s Backwash healed. It was stiff this morning and stayed stiff All through the game Homer said. When i came out in the seventh i had no complaint. It was getting real tight. You never know How you will come Back after a Layoff. I m just fortunate 1 came out of the Box swinging real  Horner however still bears some hard feelings against the braves management for their actions last april and is continuing his request to be  still believe a Trade would be a Good thing said Horner but that s out of my hands. I try not to think about it on the Field. I concentrate Only on catching a Ball hit to me and hitting a bait thrown to me. The rest is out of my  Horner s hitting and two Bis by Dale Murphy withstood a two run Homer by los Angeles Steve Garvey and a three run shot by Dusty Baker. Elsewhere in the National league reds 7, padres 6 Johnny Bench hit a three run Pinch Homer with two out in the eighth inning to give the reds their Victory. Bench s seventh Homer came on an 0-2 pitch off re Liever Bob Shirley the third of four padre pitchers following a double by Ray Knight and a walk to Dan Driessen. The three Bis raised Bench s career total to 1,210 and moved him into the no. 2 spot on the All time list for catchers. Yogi Berra. With 1,430. Is the Leader. Expos 7, cardinals 6 Warren Cromartic singled Home Andre Dawson with two out in the 12th inning As the expos handed the cardinals their 17th loss in their last 20 games. Dawson who was 4-for-s with three doubles and two Bis doubled off loser George Frazier 0 2, with one out took third on John Tamar go s groundnut and scored the winning run As Cromartie got his first hit in six trips to the plate. Pirates 13. Met 3dale Berra s first major league grand slam capped a seven run fifth inning that paced the pirates. Jim Bibby 6-1, scattered eight hits walked three and struck out five in registering his fourth Complete game. Two of the mets runs were unearned and Mike Jurgensen accounted for the final run with his fourth Homer. Cubs 5, Phillies 4 Scot Thompson s run scoring single in the seventh inning carried the cubs past the Phillies. Thompson s hit scored Dave Kingman who singled and advanced to second on a wild pitch by loser Ron Reed 3-1. Kingman Ana Larry Biittner homered for Chicago and Mike Schmidt hit his major league leading 17th Homer for the Phillies. Giants 6, astros 2 Bob Knepper pitched a six hitter and doubled in two runs during a three run eighth inning to spark the giants. Keep per 4-6, struck out six and did not walk a Batter in going the distance for the third time. Take 2 games out of 3 at Cleveland mariners sail .500 course by Mike tul Lupi sports writer for the first time in their four year his tory the Seattle mariners Are sailing a successful course. They be even steered past Cleveland. When we win 2-of-3 in Cleveland it s great because we be really struggled herein the past manager Darren Johnson Al Roundup said sunday after the mariners scored an8-7 Victory Over the indians. Johnson knew the history Only too Well. The mariners have had their problems against the indians going 12-25 against them including a 5-13 record in Cleveland. But then again the mariners have had trouble with everybody. But suddenly they have won 7-of-ll, have a 24-24 record and a .500 percent age Good enough for a tie for fourth place in the West division. Overall our pitching has been real Good Johnson said. That has been the key All season because our hitting is a Little below  Tom Paciorek however has made the hitting better in recent games. He has 23 hits in his last 47 at bats after going 0-for 12 to Start the season. He had an rib single in a five run fourth sunday. Paciorek has made a big difference said Johnson. He s been swinging real Well lately. We be been Plato Ning him but he will play both ways now because he s Bitting  Larry Cox also delivered for the Mari ners collecting an rib single in the fourth and a game winning Home run in the ninth. When you can contribute the game winning Home run and most of your family is Here to see it it gives you a great feel ing said Cox whose family hails from Lima Ohio. I was just trying to get a base hit. All the Lead off hitter tries to do Isget on  Seattle May not win a Pennant this year but the club u getting respect. In other Al games Brewers 8, red sox s Ben Oglivie i bases loaded double capped an eight run seventh. Gorman Thomas and Cecil Cooper each singled in a run and Don Money tingled in two. Re Liever Tom Burgmeier 2-1, took the loss while John Flinn 1-0, was the Winner. Carlton Fisk drove in three runt for bos ton with a Homer and sacrifice Fly. Yankees 11, Blue jays 7 Bobby Brown greeted reliever Tom bus key with a three run Homer in the fourth Pinch hitter Craig Nettles added a two run shot in the fifth and Eric soderholm went 5-for-5 to Back Tom Underwood 5-3. New York played without Reggie Jackson who was involved in an incident in which three pistol shots were fired in his direction Early sunday morning. John Mayberry drove in four Toronto runs but it was not enough to keep former Yankee Paul Mirabella from continued on Page 25 John a Haffer. Studies Birdie putt on is Mahaffey is Kemper Winner Bethesda my. A John Mahaffey shot a steady round of 2-Undcr-Par 68 sunday won the Kemper open Golf tournament and extracted $72,000 from the course that almost Cost him his career Mahaffey tears glistening in his eyes u he marched up the 18th Fairway had to turn Back a number of challenges the most notable by Lee Trevino and Craig Stadler before acquiring his fifth pea tour title with a 275 total. That was 5 under Par and a course record on the Hilly 7,054-Yard congressional country club layout where Mahaffey in the 1976 pea National championship suffered an Elbow injury that threatened to end his career. I be never been this excited in my life said Mahaffey who finished with a Birdie Birdie flourish on one of the toughest courses the touring pros encounter. He won this one by three strokes Over Stadler who barged out of the pack with a final round 67 and had a share of the Lead until he bogeyed the final Hole for a 278total. The Only other Man under Par on the punishing course in the Northern suburbs of the National capital was or. Gil Morgan a non practising optometrist. Morgan matched Par 70 in the hot humid hazy weather and was third at 279. Trevino who held the Lead alone with nine holes to play slipped to a 3-Over-Par 38 on the Back that finished off a 72 and put him at Par 280. He was tied with austra Lian open Champion Jack Newton who hada7l. Tom Watson the season s leading Money Winner saw his bid for a sixth Victory of the year fall Short at 281. He had a closing68. Dips lose shootout to Cosmos in wild clash by Fred Lief Dpi sports writer the North american soccer league gave it a touch of the old world on Sun Day. In a game played with uncharacteristic intensity and fan involvement the new York Cosmos 2-1 shootout Victory Over the Washington diplomats was perhaps better suited for the stadium to of Europe. Played before a record Frk stadium crowd of 53,351 the largest Ever to watch a soccer game in Washington the afternoon a highlighted by hard tack Ling and Short tempers. There were also Tome of the lop names from world soccer s Honor Roll Jonan Ruyff Franz Becken Bauer and Johan Neskens. And at an added touch there was an attempted As Nail Roundup Tault on a Linesman a european custom cultivated through the years. The game was settled in a most Ameri can Way however the shootout. Vladis Lav Bogicevic beat goalkeeper Bill Irwin for the Only goal in the five rounds As the Cosmos escaped with a Victory. And the diplomats angered Over a disallowed goal with four minutes left in regulation were howling mad. There Are 50.000 people in the stands the whole country u watching on television two Good teams playing and what Apponi said Ruyff who sat out the second half with a muscle injury. These Guys officials Haven t got any idea what s going on. It was a  in a game played under oven like conditions with on Field temperatures reaching 105 degrees the diplomats took a 1-0 Lead on a first half penalty kick by Bob Lar Sci. The co Moi evened it in the second half when Giorgio Chinaglia headed in a Loop ing pass from Carlos Alberto. Then with regulation time winding Down Washington s Alan Green broke in on the new York goal and curled a soft shot beyond outstretched goalkeeper Hubert Birkenmeier. As the Ball bounded to Ward the vacant new York net Jeff Dur Gan of new York and Ken Mok Gjoa of Washington rushed toward the play. The continued on Page 25