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OR oim RIDS Unlikely Hero Makes Pirates Walk Plank Cuelar's Bat, lousy Slam Wind' Twins MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL A gusty wind that had outfielders weaving all day turned a harmless foul fly into a grand-slam homer by pitcher Mike Cuellar and blew the Baltimore Orioles past Minnesota 10-6 Saturday in the opening game of the American League's best-of-five championship play- '4 1. r-ii rl. ci-mr-J ml J. PITTSBURGH Iff) Ty Cline, a journeyman re serve outfielder who underwent abdominal surgery early In the season, succeeded where the other members of the Big Red Machine failed Saturday and triggered the Cincinnati Reds to a 3-0 victory over Pittsburgh in the first game of the National League playoff series.

Cline, who underwent exploratory surgery March 30 to determine why lie kept running out of gas from fatigue, put the gas in the Reds' tanks in the 10th inning when he came to the plate to pinch hit for pitcher Gary Nolan. yAV.AV.VA vvvv vV f. These Disgruntled Major-League Umpires Refused To Holler 'Play Ball' Ticketing At Pittsburgh Stadium, From Left, Are Tryor, Harvey, Dezelan And Landes. CALLING THE PLAYOFFS Minor Umps' Major Error? ftyrtrnsuurgeimra Sunday, October 4, 1970 SECTION Grygiel, who worked at third base in the first of the best-of-five game series between the Pittsburgh Pirates and Cincinnati Reds, admitted, however, that by saying yes to the minor league order the four might be done as umpires anyway. "At the time we had to do what we thought was right," said the seven-year veteran of minor league umpiring from South Bend, Ind.

"We hope we're doing it for everybody involved for baseball in general. It was just like a decision on the field. It had to be made in a matter of seconds." Grygiel, Fred Blandford, of Elmira, N.Y., Hank Morgen-weck, Teaneck, N.J., and John Grimsley, Wilson, N.C., replaced the six National League umpires who picked up their See Daley column, 7-C PITTSBURGH (JTI The four minor league umpires who crossed a picket line of striking major league umps to work the National League pennant playoffs Saturday said collectively they did it because they were victims of circumstance. George Grygiel, 29, the youngest of the quartet, summed up the feelings of the strike breakers when he said: "There probably will be a lot of umpires not happy with us for accepting this assignment. But we are victims of circumstance.

"We are controlled by the minor leagues and if they ask us to work the National League playoffs and we turn 'em down we might as well forget about umpiring." -J I CLASSIFIED (See UMPIRES, 5-C) off series. The wind, whistling out of the northwest at speeds as high as 29 miles an hour, carried Cuellar's bases-loaded fly ball out of foul territory, over right fielder Tony Oliva's outstretched glove and into the seats for the slam that highlighted a seven-run Baltimore explosion in the fourth inning and gave the Birds a 9-2 lead. "It was foul all the way," said Oliva, who angled after the ball and seemed to be deciding whether to catch it and risk a sacrifice fly or let It drop foul. "Then all of a sudden, it starts curving back. It went over my head and hit in the third row." The ball landed just inside the foul line and close enough to the fence to hop back out on the field but it was far enough for four big runs.

And when Don Buford and Boog Powell followed with homers, the Birds had a seven-run edge. "That lousy wind blew the Staff PhotM by Fred Vlctorin Alvarez and John Silman. I don't think we played badly but we made a lot of mistakes," he said. N.C. State's Earle Edwards had more reason to be miserable, and he was.

"I have never been so helpless on offense in all my years of coaching," Edwards said. "We reached the height of futility today. Until we start approaching the goal line, we won't beat the Sisters of the Poor." When the Wolfpack players began dressing, they discovered another affinity with the Sisters of the Poor. Someone had broken into the dressing room and stolen more than $800 worth of cash and jewelry from players and coaches in an incident that is happen- (See GATORS, W) Until then, Nolan and Dock Ellis, the Pittsburgh starter, had been locked In a score less pitching duel in a tense struggle overshadowing the unique situation created by the first umpires' strike in baseball history. Cline, acquired in a trade with Montreal in June, came to the plate knowing one thing: "You can't ever think of being a hero from the bench.

And I don't think I'll ever be any hero with the guys we have." But Cline belied the thoughts he explained in a happy dressing room after the game by collecting a triple that was only the seventh hit off Ellis. Pete Rose then singled to end the scoreless tie and Lee May wrapped it up with a two-run double. Cline was the furthest thing from anyone's thoughts probably even those of Cincinnati Manager Sparky Anderson as four minor league umpires, headed by John Grimsley of the American Association behind the plate, worked the game in the absence of striking major leaguers. The major league umpires were on hand, but they were outside the ball park picketing, carrying signs that read: "Major league umpires on strike for wages." The umpires' strike, however, quickly took a bark seat as the pitching duel between Nolan and Ellis developed in a game replete with excellent fielding plays that cut off any opportunity to break the deadlock. Finally In the 10th, the guy who didn't think he could be a hero got things started.

The left-handed hitting Cline lined a shot to deep right center that got by Roberto Clem-ente. Cline, obtained from Montreal in a June trade for outfielder Clyde Mashore, raced around the bases, careening into third ahead of the Clemente Dave Cash Richie Hebner relay. On the next pitch, Rose lined a single to right past the drawn-in infield that enabled Cline to trot home with the game's first run. Bobby Tolan then flied harmlessly to John Jeter for the first out, but Tony Perez slammed a long drive to deep center field. Matty Alou pulled it in, but Rose tagged and went to second after the catch.

That brought up Johnny Bench, the Reds' catcher, the majors' leading home run and runs Dattea in man ana questionably the biggest gun ill liic itcuo aiaciia. Ellis got his instructions from manager Danny Mur-taugh to walk Bench. But May foiled the strategy by dou-ling down the left field line for the final two runs. The Pirates went out harmlessly in their balf of the inning as Clay Carroll came on in relief of Nolan and put a sparkling ending to it by get- ting Dave Cash on a grounder (See REDS, 7-0 CINCINNATI PITTSBURGH aD di ab Rose rf Tolan cf Perei 3b Bench LMay lb Carbo If McRae ph Carroll Uilm. 9H 1 2 1 MAlou cf 3 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 5 0 10 4 0 10 3 10 0 5 0 12 3 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 00 0 Cash 2b Clemente rf Star gel I If Jeter If AOIIver lb Sanguilln Hebner 3b Alley as Ellis Gibbon 5 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 10 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 0 10 4 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 Concepcn is 0 0 0 0 Woodwrd 4011 Nolan 3 0 10 Clin If 1110 Total 31 3 3 Total 34 0 I 0 Cincinnati Pittsburgh 101 (00 3-3 000 0 0 00 re- rT--r.

1 Hits La; 1 'v-' oft. s- PAUL BLAIR clutch catch. ball 20 feet back into the ball park," said Minnesota Manager Bill Rigney. "But we just got the heck kicked out of us. You can't play catch-up on 10 runs." The Twins made a pretty good try at it though, knocking Cuellar out in the fifth inning and shelling the Orioles' 24-game winner for six runs and 10 hits.

But they couldn't touch reliever Dick Hall, who came on after the Twins had ripped Cuellar for three runs in the fifth one of them on a towering homer by Harmon Killebrew. Cuellar and Jim Perry, a 24-game winner for the Twins, were both roughed up early and it was 2-2 in the fourth when singles by Frank Robinson and Ellie Hendricks put Orioles at first and third with none out. Brooks Robinson, Mho had three hits, delivered a sacrifice fly for the tie-breaking run. Then hits by Dave Johnson and Mark Be-langer Ioadd the bases for Cuellar. The Twins had a hunch the pitcher might be bunting and Killebrew played close at third.

But on a 1-0 pitch, Cuellar swung' away, lofting the foul ball that turned into a grandslam and keyed the seven-run rally. That looked like all Cuellar would need. However, Minnesota nicked him for a run on Tovar's two-out RBI-single in the fourth and then jolted him with a 437-foot homer by Killebrew leading off the fifth. Oliva followed with a double and Brant Alyea walked. The runners advanced on an infield out and than Mitter-wald's third hit brought home twa more runs, closing Baltimore's lead to 9-6.

That brought on Hall and he got out of the inning quickly, getting Thompson to bounce into a double play. After that, he mowed the Twins down, allowing only a seventh-inning single by Oliva, who also had three hits. Oliva's single was followed by the defensive play of the game by center fielder Paul Blair. Alyea sent a towering (See ORIOLES, 7-C) BALTIMORE ab bl Buford If 3 111 Blair cf 5 0 0 0 JPowell lb 5 12 2 FRobinsn rf 4 1 1 0 Hendrcks 5 2 2 0 BRoblnsn 3b 3 1 3 1 DJohnson 2t 3 1 1 0 Belanger ss 4 111 Cuellar 2 114 RHall 2 110 MINNESOTA ab Tovar cf 5 12 1 Cardenas ts 4 0 0 0 Killebrew 3b 5 1 3 2 Oliva rf 4 13 0 Alyea If 3 1 0 Reese lb 4 0 0 0 Mitterwld 4 2 3 2 Thompsn 2b 10 10 SWiliami 0 0 0 0 moit ci Perry Zepp Allison ph RWoodsn Qulllci ss Care ph 1000 10 0 1 00 00 1000 0 0 0 0 1000 10 0 0 0 00 0 Perrnoskl Total 3 10 13 Total 37 11 1 Baltimore Minnesota 020 701 tO lit 1 tt ttt -it Thompson, Killebrew. Baltimore 1.

Minnesota 1. DP- LOB Baltimore 4. Minnesota Ttnum Oliva 2, B.Robinson. HR Cuellar (1, Buford (1), J. Powell (1), Killebrew (1), 9 laruenas.

ar D.Kooinson. IP Cuellar 4 13 10 ER BB SO 4 R.Hall 4 3-3 1 0 1 1 ota i i i 1 9 1 Perry (L.O-I) 31-3 1 Zepp J-3 1 1 R.Woodson 11-3 2 1 S.willlams 2 2-3 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0J perranoskl 1 HBP-bV J.Prrv(D Jnhnuu.1 A-2M47. Emphasis On Defense: Gators' Harvin Clark Steals Pass. Wolfpack's Bill 01 Iff a1firs nsov outshuffled North Carolina State 14-6. It was a hot, agonizing afternoon of mistakes and missed opportunities as the Gators staggered to their third victory with a strong de- By TOM KELLY Timet Sporti Editor GAINESVILLE Any resemblance between football and the proceedings on Florida Field was strictly coincidental Saturday as Florida Nasty Fans Boo Mere Mortal Reaves Miller Wraps Up measly points set up by a curious penalty in the last minute of play.

The seven interceptions set a Florida record that had stood since 1952, when a Gator team that included current coach Doug Dickey intercepted six Clemson passes. Dickey look pains to accentuate the positive after the disappointing game had ended. "This was just a solid win. I'm proud of our defense, especially Clifford, Taggart fensive effort that barely made up for the skis of the offensive unit. Ah impatient and progressively nasty crowd of 53,068 fans endured the blunders for three quarters before disgracing itself with volleys of boos for Florida quarterback John Reaves, who played like a mere mortal for a change.

Reaves, who led the nation in passing last season as a sophomore, had one of his poorer days with only 21 completions in 52 attempts as Florida's offense failed to function for the fourth straight game. Junior tailback Tommy Durrance was an exception to the rule. He ran 30 yards on a draw play for Florida's first touchdown in the first quarter and then threw the first pass of his career four yards to Carlos Alvarez for the sec- ond and last touchdown with three minutes left to play. Fortunately for the Gators, N.C. State was even more inept with the football.

The Wolfpack passers couldn't pass, its runners couldn't run, its receivers couldn't catch and its linemen couldn't block. The result was seven Florida interceptions including three by sophomore safetyman John Clifford and two by junior linebacker Erick Taggart and six OP Pittsburgh 1. LOB Cincinnati 9, Pittsburgh 1. 2B M.Alou, Perez, Stargell, L.May. 3B Cline.

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