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THE COURIER-JOURNAL, MONDAY, JUNE 23, 1980 3 Carlton notches 13th win; Pirates end Astros' streaks NATIONAL LEAGUE Rogers (9-5), who has won seven games in his last nine starts with one loss, walked two and struck out four. The shutout was his second of the year and the 22nd of his career. The Padres' Gary Lucas allowed just one run in 6 innings before he was relieved by Rollie Fingers. Lucas, A mmriA WJC thA nth cti-olnhr lafr. hander to lose to the Expos.

i nn i uiii iim.n 1 11.1 an4 lanir Mgrtlfl clgfflmoH cnld scored Omar Moreno. Milner gave the Pirates their eventual winning run in the sixth with his homer off Joe Niekro (7-6). METS 9, DODGERS 6 Claudell Washington broke out of a slump with three homers and five RBIs as New York tripped Los Angeles and snapped the Mets' seven-game losing streak. Washington hit his first two homers, his first as a National Leaguer, off loser Dave Goltz (3-6). He hit his third off Charlie Hough in the seventh to give the Mets a 9-3 advantage.

Washington, who had been mired in a 1-for-17 slump since going to the Mets on June 7 from the Chicago White Sox, added a single to go 4-for-S. Washington hit a two-run homer in the first inning. After the Dodgers field. The Giants had five hits in the inning with Rich Murray scoring Clark with a double and Joe Strain and Mike Sadek adding RBI singles. With the Phillies down 3-2, Lonnie Smith led off the seventh with a single and stole second.

He scored on a triple to right by Schmidt, and Luzinski followed with a sacrifice fly to right. PIRATES 2, ASTROS I Jim Bibby earned his eighth victory in" nine decisions and John Milner hit a solo home run as Pittsburgh ended Houston's six-game winning streak and the Astros' 14-game victory string at home. The Pirates also snapped their own six-game losing streak. A crowd of 46,213, the largest at the Astrodome this season, saw Bill Mad-lock put Pittsburgh in front in the first inning with a bases-loaded single that scored twice in the second, the Mets added three runs in the fourth, two on Jose Moreno's triple. Washington slugged a two-run homer in the fifth when New York added three more runs.

Goltz, a free-agent right-hander who signed over the winter for $3 million, has failed to win since May 11. In his seven starts since then, he has been battered for 51 hits and 34 earned runs in 34 innings for an 8.74 ERA. Washington is only the third Met ever to hit three homers in one game. Jim Hickman did it in 1965, and Dave Kingman slugged three in 1976. EXPOS 2, PADRES 0 Warren Cromartie and Bob Pate both delivered run-scoring singles, and Steve Rogers earned his ninth win, an eight-hit shutout, as Montreal blanked host San Diego.

Associittd Prl Steve Carlton won his 13th game tops tif the major leagues and registered his eighth consecutive victory yesterday as Philadelphia edged the host San Francisco Giants 4-3. "He didn't have his best stuff. That's two times in a row he hasn't, but he has tremendous concentration and, like all great pitchers, when he smells a victory he goes out and gets it," said catcher Bob Boone. Philadelphia had to come from be-hind-nith two runs in the seventh in-ningfdriven in by Mike Schmidt and GregMuzinski, to end its three-game losing streak. In.the bottom of the seventh, the Giants1 sent four batters to the plate and toree of them reached base, but they 'didn't score.

Carlton started a double play on a grounder back to the auu I'm: till uv.v. i i i nomers in me sixin inning aa uicagu downed host Atlanta. The Braves led 2-1 on Jeff Burroughs' two-run homer in the fourth but Buckner opened the sixth off Phil Niekro (5-10) with his third homer of the year, deep into the right-field seats. One out later, Martin hit his 13th homer, a blast to left. Keough ends Yanks' winning streak at Perez lifts Red Sox if lp: It, yy'r i 1 Kentucky Bourbons pitcher Steve Stewart slid cinnati Suds last night at Bishop David Field, safely into third base in a game against the Cin-.

The Bourbons won a double-header 4-1 and 14-8. mound and also picked a runner off first base. "That pickoff really turned things around, no question about it," said manager Dallas Green. Carlton (13-2) struck out eight and walked three to win the duel with Giants left-hander Vida Blue (9-4), who failed for the second successive time to win his 10th game. San Francisco took a 3-1 lead with three runs in the fourth.

Jack Clark, who had a 2-for-2 day and now has 13 hits in his last 20 at-bats, opened the rally with a one-out triple to right AMERICAN LEAGUE Fisk yesterday and hit his first homer in the American League. ROYALS 7, BREWERS 4 U. Washington cracked a two-run homer and Rich Gale (4-7) retired 13 in a row in one stretch while, pitching a six-hitter as Kansas City, the West Division leader, downed Milwaukee. Washington's third homer of the season in the fifth followed a single by Frank White and snapped a 3-3 tie as the Royals ended a three-game losing streak. Earlier in the game, Amos Otis and Willie Aikens hit solo homers off Brewers starter Mike Caldwell (6-4).

MARINERS 7, ORIOLES 5 It was a game to remember for Larry Milbourne. Playing before his parents, who drove to Baltimore from New Jersey, Milbourne had three including a two-run triple in the ninth inning to give Seattle its victory over the Orioles. Milbourne, who entered the game with a .123 batting average, also was involved in three Seattle double plays as the Mariners defeated the Orioles for only the third time in 19 games played in Baltimore. "It's tough for me to get into the; lineup," Milbourne said. "I've got to realize my role, and mine is a utility player.

Everybody wants to play but you can't rock the boat, and they're paying me good money." INDIANS TWINS Cleveland's gain has been the Twins' loss this season where rookie Joe Charbon-eau is concerned. Charboneau, who was originally drafted by Minnesota in 1976 but never signed, slammed a two-run homer to cap a five-run rally and power the visiting Indians. "They offered me $500 or something," said Charboneau, who now has 10 homers and 32 RBIs. "I don't think they (the Twins) really wanted me." BLUE JAYS 6. RANGERS 5 -Lloyd Moseby's sacrifice fly off reliever Jim Kern in the top of the 10th gave Toronto a come-from-behind victory over Texas.

to third baseman Greg Pryor to nab Lentine, who already had crossed home and was on his way into the dugout. A television replay, however, clearly showed the ball bouncing into Baines' glove. Detroit manager Sparky Anderson argued in vain. Still, he and his Tigers had the last laugh with a 7-1 and 6-4 sweep of the twinbill. Tom Brookens hammered a pair of doubles and drove in two runs to back the seven-hit pitching of Dave Rozema in the first game.

Then the Tigers, aided by four Chicago errors, scored five unearned runs in the nightcap. Two-run doubles by Richie Hebner and Lentine keyed Detroit's attack. Associated Press Matt Keough has only been pitching for Uiree years after starting his professional career as an infielder, but the QakUmd A's right-hander is beginning 4o make up for lost time. Kepugh (8-7) snapped the Yankees', nine-game winning streak yesterday with' his 12th complete game in 15 starts as the A'S turned back New York 5-2 at Yankee Stadium, with Jeff Newman and Tony Armas contributing home runs." "I struck out a lot of guys In the late innings with fastballs, but I was hoping' that they would swing at them," said Keough, who added that he was very 'tired after his 132-pitch effort. Protecting a 3-1 lead in the fifth, Keough got a key double play on rookie Dennis Sherrill's grounder to short.

He issued three of his four walks in the inning. "I'm not satisfied with myself the last Jew games," said Keough, who has aow pitched 118 innings in his 16 appearances this season. "If they had their; super lineup with (Willie) Randolph and those other guys, it might have; been different." Randolph, the Yankees' leadoff manj missed the game with a sore left knee and outfielder Bobby Murcer wenij home due to the death of his father in Oklahoma. Nawman hit his seventh homer of the Reason after a single by Mike Heath in the first inning off Tom Underwood (7-4), who suffered his first defeat since April 30. Armas led off the eighth with his 13th homer off re liever Mike Griffin.

RED SOX ANGELS Tony Perez said the Boston Red Sox will miss injured slugger Jim Rice, but he doesn't feel any greater pressure to produce to make up for Rice's absence. 'tl don't think I can do much better thain I'm doing," Perez said after driving in three runs with a two-run homer and a single to lead the Red So)f past visiting California. Perez now has 10 homers and 51 RBIs. fltice suffered a chip fracture of his left wrist when he was struck by a pitfch in Saturday's 4-2 loss to the An-gel and was placed on the 15-day disabled list. Catcher Carlton Fisk and thifd baseman Butch Hdbson also are sidelined.

Dave Rader filled in for Gatti enlivens Bourbons sweep Girds belt 15 hits, rip Reds 122 McJSamara upset over pitching Associated Press CINCINNATI The rarity of a rout by the St. Louis Cardinals made their. 12-2 pounding of the Reds even sweeter yesterday for manager Whitey Her-zog. "That's the first game we've had that hasn't gone down to the last out," he said. "Yeah, I'd like to see more of those." The Cardinals unleashed a balanced 15-hit attack against four of five Reds pitchers to support the four-hit pitching of starter Pete Vuckovich (7-5).

Every St. Louis starter except right fielder Bobby Bonds had at least one hit. Vuckovich, leading the Cardinals' pitching staff 4n victories, gave up a first-inning single to Junior Kennedy and a two-run homer to Ken Griffey. After that, the Reds managed just three base runners. "All I know is, I go out there and try to get the ball to do what I want it to," said Vuckovich.

"If it does it, I'm tough. If not, I get hit like any other pitcher." Reds manager John McNamara rested George Foster for the day, batting Griffey third and Dan Driessen in the cleanup spot. But he was more upset by the pitching than the lack of offense. "We've been getting poor, inconsistent pitching," said McNamara, whose team has lost 13 of its last 21 games. "That's where it all lies." The Cardinals chased Cincinnati starter Mike LaCoss (4-7) in the fourth inning when they scored three runs.

Ted Simmons and George Hendrick singled in runs, and Ken Reitz doubled in another. Left fielder Terry Kennedy singled home two more runs in the fifth off reliever Joe Price for his eighth and ninth RBIs in the three-game series. The Cardinals put the game out of reach by sending 10 men to the plate in the sixth. Garry Templeton drove in two runs with a single off Dave Tomlin, the second of four Reds relievers, and Hernandez followed with a three-run homer. Reitz's sacrifice fly brought in the sixth run of the inning.

Hernandez's sacrifice fly scored Vuckovich with the final run in the seventh. The Reds will be idle today before beginning a two-day series at home against the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday. Ettago Chickie takes Los Alamitos feature LOS ALAMITOS, Calif. (AP) Et-. tago Chickie, with Steve Treasure aboard, won Saturday's $423,242 Kin-' dergarten Stakes for quarterhorses at Los Alamitos.

Ettago Chickie, the 3-2 favorite, took the lead early in the 350-yard" dash for 2-year-olds and held off a' late charge by Queen for Cash and Special Cash Miss to win by a half-length. The winner was clocked in 17.96 seconds, as all in the nine-horse field carried 122 pounds. Ettago Chickie paid $5, $2.60 and $2.40. Queen for Cash returned $4.60 and $4.60, and the show payoff on Special Cash Miss, who finished a neck! back in third, was $3.80. Staff Photo by Kathy Anderson heave-ho only six homers in 26 games this year after belting 54 two years ago and 20 last season.

Bill was so upset last night that he even had the nerve to use a wooden bat in his first at-bat of the second game. "I figured if they're going to use a he said. "I might as well use a bat." If you think the fans were confused when the ball was ejected, you can imagine their consternation when Bill chose timber over aluminum. Though the Suds and Bourbons agreed last night to use the Dudley in their two double-headers at Cincin nati's Riverfront Stadium next Saturday, the problem is far from being settled. Will Gatti and Cobbie Harrison the Bourbons' other chief home run threat Jump to the North American league? "That ball's awful disgusting, but I don't think I'll leave," Harrison said.

"But I'm sure Bill is thinking about it." What about it, Bill? "No comment. I can't Comment. If my dad didn't own the team, I'd make a comment." The Bourbons, who split with the Suds on Saturday night, will take a 20-6 record into next Saturday's four-game extravaganza. Since the rent for Riverfront Stadium reportedly is $5,000 a day, the Suds (9-14) will entertain Kentucky in back-to-back double-headers on one day instead of the usual Saturday-Sunday format with the first game set for 4 p.m. Until then, the words will continue to fly about the balls.

"A fan can go out and see an amateur game for 50 cents or free," said Bill Gatti. "We charge $3 and should be giving them something different." ball gets SOFTBALL teams combined to explode for 17 runs and 26 hits over the remaining 3 innings. "Some of the guys in the league are ready to quit and go to that new league (the North American Softball League) if we don't get a decent ball in here," Larry Gatti said after the Dudley ball came on in relief. "You can see for yourself how they're hitting it now. It has a psychological effect on the batter." One man who found his hitting touch was Bill Gatti, who clouted a three-run homer to highlight a five-run Bourbons' uprising in the sixth inning.

"That just shows you the difference between balls," he said. "I hit it too high for it to go out, but it just cuts through the air so much better that it went out." The MacGregor ball has taken a lot of heat all year. Larry Gatti says one problem is weight. "It's supposed to weigh six ounces, but we've had some 5'2 ounces, some 5 and some He says another shortcoming is that it flutters. "It dies when you hit it." But the major problem, says Gatti, is the way it's changing the pro game from a fan-pleasing display of offensive fireworks to a dull, get-on-with-it affair of defense and singles.

A year ago, for example, the Bourbons averaged 9.1 runs through 78 games. This year, they've pushed across 7.2 runs a game. Bill Gatti, one of the MacGregor ball's most outspoken critics, has hit as Slo- By DAVE KOERNER Courier-Journal Staff Writer When was the last time a Softball was thrown out of a game? It happened twice last night during the Kentucky Bourbons' 4-1 and 14-8 double-header sweep of the Cincinnati Suds at Bishop David Field. The first occurrence came between the second and third innings of- the second game. The Bourbons' Bill Gatti, visibly frustrated that his towering drive to left field turned into an inning-ending out instead of a two-run homer, disgustedly rifled the infield warmup ball over the stands behind first base from his third-base position when the team took the field for the third inning.

Larry Gatti, Bill's father and co-. owner of the Bourbons, was sitting in the press box at the time. Though he shared his son's criticism of the Mac-Gregor ball which the American Professional Slo-Pitch Softball League is using this season, Papa Gatti vowed, get a $50 fine for that. I've done it before, when he left an uniform in Fort Wayne." The MacGregor ball. a target of more verbal abuse than bat abuse all year because of its bathroom-tissue softness finally got the thumb from the four-man umpire crew in the top of the fourth inning.

The action came after Larry Gatti and Suds' owner Larry Luebbers -r- who is another vocal critic of the MacGregor ball mutually agreed -to change brands. And it Just so happened that someone associated with the Bourbons had several Dudley balls in the trunk of his car. Kentucky led 4-1 when the MacGregor went to the showers and had six hits to four for the Suds both amazingly low totals for a game built on a cornerstone of long-ball power. Using the Dudley ball, however, the Pitch White Sox pull odd triple play, but Tigers take double-header i Associated Pross CHICAGO Triple plays in baseball are a rarity, but the one the Chicago White Sox engineered yesterday in the first game of a double-header against the Detroit Tigers caused plenty of controversy- Jim Lentine opened the Tigers' eighth with a double and went to third on a bunt single by Lou Whi-tfiker. Duffy Dyer then hit a short Ny to right that Harold Baines apparently trapped, but second-base umpire Steve Palermo called a catch.

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