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MAKE OVER Phils beat Braves 6-2; Schmidt hits 41st HR ATLANTA (AP) Philadelphia reliever Doug Bird, getting a rare starting opportunity, threw a five-hitter and Mike Schmidt slammed his 41st homer of the season to lead the Phillies to a rain-shortened 6-2 victory over the Atlanta Braves last night. The game was called in the bottom of the sixth inning after a one-hour, 40-minute rain delay. The game was the debut of interim Manager Dallas Green, named before the game to replace Danny Ozark, the Phillies' manager since 1973. Green, a former pitcher, coach and manager in the Phillie organization, was director of minor leagues and scouting prior to his new appointment. Bird, 2-0, was in trouble in only one inning as the Phillies broke a five-game losing streak and climbed back to within one game of .500 at 66-67.

Braves rookie Tony Brizzolara, 6-9, was tagged with the loss. The Phillies scored twice in the inning to increase their lead to 3-0, With two out, Pete Rose beat out an infield grounder and took second when first baseman Dale Murphy's throw to Brizzolara covering first was wild. Schmidt followed with his hom er, tying him with Dave Kingman of Chicago for the lead in the majors. With the Phillies leading 3-0, the Braves countered in the bottom of the third when, with one out, Royster singled and came home on a long homer by Dale Murphy, bis 17th of the season. The homer extended Murphy's hitting streak to nine games and cut the Philadelphia margin to 3-2.

place during the early part of the season, opening up a four-game lead over Montreal after a 23-22 victory over the Chicago Cubs May 17. The team had a 24-10 record at that point, but stumbled with injury problems, particularly to Trillo and shortstop Bowa. On May 28, the Expos took over the division lead. By the All-Star break, Philadelphia had dropped into third place, three games out. The team has played at a 15-26 pace since the midseason break, and going into last night's game with Atlanta, the Phillies were in fifth place, two game under .500.

The 1-8 homestand was the worst since the Phillies moved into Veterans Stadium in 1971. Green ended his major league career in 1967 and the next season was named manager of the Phillies farm club at Huron, South Dakota in the Northern League. Green moved into the front office as assistant director of minor leagues to Owens and became farm director when Owens became the Phillies' general manager. Green was born in Newport, and is an alumnus of the University of Delaware where he played baseball and basketball. off years, including myself," said Luzinski.

"He's the guy in the middle and I guess he takes the blame but he has always been behind me and every other ball player. Nobody likes it but guys get hired and fired It's just one of those things." Pete Rose also stuck up for Ozark. "There's no way it's his fault. He tried everything in his power but it didn't work. It's no reflection on his ability," Rose said.

Green's promotion as interim manager-was similiar to what happened in 1972, when Owens took over the club in June after the firing of Frank Lucchesi. Owens said he was in the dugout to evaluate the team and had no intention of being the permanent manager. "Dallas is going to do the same type of thing as I understand it," said Larry Shenk, Phillies publicity director in Philadelphia. Ozark was the senior manager in the National League with a 594-510 record, the fourth best in the club's history. After three straight division titles and no luck in the playoffs, the Phillies were touted as practically a shoo-in to make it to the World Series this year with the addition of veterans Rose and Trillo.

The Phillies were in and out of first but they didn't work out," he said. "I still feel like I could do something now." Ozark, however, refused to use injuries as an excuse. Several key players were sidelined for extended periods during the season, including shortstop Larry Bowa, second baseman Manny Trillo, outfielder Greg Luzinski and pitchers Dick Ruthven and Larry Christensen. Ozark said Owens informed him of his dismissal early yesterday. The players were told when they arrived at the ball park.

"It was a shock of course but I can't fault the organization for the way we played. I hope for the best for the ball club. My interest will still be with the players," he said. Bowa and Luzinski agreed that injuries and below-par performances by many of the players were the reasons for the Phillies' poor record, not Ozark. "There were a lot of tears in the clubhouse," reported Bowa, who said he considered Ozark "not only my manager but a close friend.

He was a players' manager who always stuck up for you. Don't blame him. It was the guys on the field and the injuries. "But rather than fire the players, the manager is the scapegoat," Bowa said. "There's no question guys are having OZARK Continued From Page 1 Ozark, 55, who in his seven seasons with the Phillies had guided them to three consecutive East Division titles, saw the ax fall as his club fell 12 Vs games behind division-leading Pittsburgh.

"This change is an organizational move that owner Ruly Carpenter and I decided to make after two or three days of deliberation," Owens said. "We were disappointed in the way the club has performed the past few weeks and felt that something had to be done." Green, 45, who had a 20-22 major league record with the Phillies, New York Mets and Washington Senators in the 1960s, said he wants the team "to grind it out for the next 30 days and as pro-. fessionals take a look in the mirror and see if they can't accomplish something with pride and dignity." "1 feel disappointed in the way the players performed for me this year. I think I could have gotten more out of them but I couldn't find the answer. That's probably why they made the move," said Ozark, who ranked as the senior manager in the league before his ouster.

"I did things to try to shake up the club Standings, boxscores 38 NATIONAL LEAGUE Expos trim Reds 8-7 in 10th on pinch-hitter Scott's single games. Berra hit .325 in 55 games, all at shortstop. Hargis hit .283 in 103 games at second base. Boyland hit .247 in 29 games. He was on the disabled list three times with a hamstring problem.

Jones has a 12-8 record with a 3.59 ERA. Willoughby has a 3-3 record with a 3.09 ERA. Willoughby was signed as a free agent by Portland in June. In Buffalo, Lois hit .375 with one homer and one RBI. When Rooker went on the disabled list he had a 2-6 record wit 4.82 ERA, the team said.

Cubs 4, Dodgers 1 Reprinted fronT7esterday's (ate editions) LOS ANGELES AP) Larry Biittner tripled home two first-inning runs and Dennis Lamp, Dick Tidrow and Bruce Sutter combined on a six-hitter as the Chicago Cubs edged the Los Angeles 1 Dodgers 4-1 Thursday night. Steve Macko, whose defensive play in the bottom of the eighth on a sharp grounder by Steve Garvey prevented the tying run from scoring, singled home 2 Biittner in the ninth with the Cubs' third run and Steve Ontiveros eventually sin- gled home Macko. Lamp, 10-7, left in the sixth inning because of a blister on his pitching hand, Sutter came on in the eighth to put down a Los Angeles threat with his 35th save. Garvey hit a solo homer, his 22nd, in the third for Los Angeles' only run. Scot Thompson started the Cubs' first inning with a one-out walk and Bill Buckner followed with a single.

Biittner, who also singled and doubled, then drove his triple to right, scoring the two Chicago runs. 5 Burt Hooton, 11-10, took the loss de- spite allowing only four hits through seven 4 innings. two ninth-inning Chicago runs came off reliever Bobby Castillo, who surrendered his first runs in 11 ap- co pearances. threat of the game, but the next two batters, John Starnes and pinch-hitter Elliott Maddox flew out to end the inning. Doug Flynn singled off Niemann in the eighth inning with one out, but pinch-hitter Alex Trevino hit into an inning-ending double play to kill the threat.

Sambito, Houston's ace reliever, pitched the ninth for the Astros, gaining his 18th save of the season. Sambito retired the side in order, getting Joe Youngblood on a line drive, Taveras on a popup, then struck out Mazzilli to end the inning. Pirates call up 8 PITTSBURGH AP) The Pittsburgh Pirates yesterday added eight players from farm teams to their September roster. Seven of the players are to report to San Francisco in time for today's game, the team said. Another is to report to Pittsburgh in time for Monday's doubleheader against the Philadelphia Phillies.

Catcher Harry Saferight, pitchers Rod Scurry, Rick Jones and Jim Willoughby, outfielder Dorian Boyland, second-baseman Gary Hargis and shortstop Dale Berra were' to be available to play in today's game, a team spokeswoman said: The players were recalled yesterday from the Pirates' Portland Club in the Pacific Coast League. The Pirates also recalled outfielder Alberto Lois from their Buffalo Club in the Eastern League to be available for Monday's game, the team said. "We are also activating left-handed pitcher Jim Rooker Sept. 2," the spokeswoman said. Rooker, on the disabled list since Aug.

16 with a lower back problem, will be a starting pitcher Monday. Saferight hit .265 with 1 1 home runs and 81 RBI in 128 games. Scurry, a lefthander, has a 5-5 record with a 4.20 ERA in 35 stra ight batters over five innings last night as the Astros defeated the New York Mets 2-0 on a combined three-hitter by three pitchers. Forsch, who pitched the season's first no-hitter on April 7, had been sidelined with a sore shoulder. Relievers Randy Niemann and Joe Sambito combined to allow only two hits the last four innings.

Forsch allowed a single to Frank Taveras in the first inning and retired the next 14 Mets before leaving for a pinch-hitter in the fifth. Forsch, 9-6, was only scheduled to pitch five innings and was relieved by -Niemann to start the sixth. Sambito came on in the ninth to get his 18th save. Houston took a 1-0 lead in the second inning when Jeff Leonard doubled with two out and scored when Mets right fielder Dan Norman bobbled a fly ball by Houston catcher Bruce Bochy. The Astros scored again in the third when Forsch wa Iked, went to third base on Cesar Cedeno's single and a throwing error by Norman, and then scored on Craig Reynold's sacrifice fly.

Mets starter Craig Swan, 12-11, took the loss despite allowing only three hits before leaving for a pinch-hitter in the eighth. The Mets didn't get their second hit of the game until the seventh inning, when Lee Mazzilli clubbed a single to deep left field oil Niemann then walked Richie Hebner with one out tor the Mets' first scoring MONTREAL (AP) Pinch-hitter Rodney Scott cracked a one-out single to right field in the bottom of the 10th inning to drive in Larry Parrish and give the -Montreal Expos an 8-7 victory over the Cincinnati Reds last night. Parrish led off the 10th with a double oil Tom Hume, 9-7. Jim Mason then bunted and Parrish apparently scored when first baseman Dan Driessen fielded the ball and threw it wildly down the right field line. But Mason was called out for running outside the base path and Parrish was sent back to second.

Scott then hit for winning pitcher Woody Fryman, 3-5, and singled home Parrish. The Expos had tied the ga me 7-7 with two runs in the ninth on a run-scoring triple by Andre Dawson and a sacrifice fly by Gary Carter. The Expos' fifth run scored on Warren Cromurtie's eighth homer of the season leading off the seventh inning. They also scored three runs in the fifth on an RBI double by Dave Cash and Dawson's 19th homer of the season, a two-run shot. Cincinnati had taken a 5-4 lead on George Foster's two-run double in the -sixth and increased its margin to 7-4 in the top of the seventh on RBI singles by Mario Soto and Joe Morgan before Montreal began its comeback.

Astros 2, Mets 0 HOUSTON (AP) Houston's Ken Korsch, pitching for the first time since Aug. 7, allowed one hit and retired 14.