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Padres edge by Mets, 4-3 SAN DIEGO (AP) Rollie Fingers recorded his 21st save as his San Diego Padres, held to just four hits, edged the New York Mets 4-3 Saturday night. San Diegos winning run scored in the seventh inning without the benefit of a hit. Tucker Ashford led off with a walk issued by reliever Skip Lockwood, 1-6. Gene Richards ran for Ashford and promptly stole second, then was balked to third base. He scored on Bill Almons grounder.

Dave Tomlin, 2-4, picked up the victory as six San Diego pitchers paraded to the mound, giving up nine hits. Fingers worked the final two innings for San Diego. Mets starter Jerry Koosman struck out seven in seven innings, giving him 129 for the season, second in the National League to Atlantas Phil Niekro. Rookie outfielder Steve Henderson figured in all the Mets scoring as he drove in two runs and scored the third. On Friday night, the Padres were a 5-0 victim of Met lefthander Jon Matlack, who ran his record to 5-12 with a seven- hit shutout.

It was Matlacks third shutout of the season and his second victory over the Padres this year. "Hes a good pitcher, said Padres shortstop Bill Almon. "I know hes much better than a 5-12 pitcher. Every time I thought we were right on his fastball, the result was a foul ball. It must have been moving just that little bit at the end.

Matlack struck out seven and walked two, giving him an even 100 strikeouts for the season and 1,000 in his seven-year career. The Padre he struck out for No. 1,000 was Gene Tenace. I was aware I needed seven to reach 1,000 before I started the game, said Matlack, "and when I got four in the first three innings I thought it was going to be easier than I thought. "Then I didnt strike out anybody for a long time and I started to worry, he added.

Tenace was my last chance so I went after him. I decided a curve ball was the best chance because he was fouling off my fastballs all night. Im glad it worked out. WILLIE EAT DIRT? Only when upset by a baserunner will New York's Willie Randolph taste the ground, as he did Saturday when Milwaukee's Len Sakata tried to break up a double play during the American League contest. Charlie Moore had grounded to third baseman Graig Nettles, who relayed to second baseman Randolph to begin a successful twin- killing.

The Yankees won, 3-1. Garrett leads 6-4 win Expos sweep Dodgers LOS ANGELES (AP) Wayne Garrett drove in four runs as the Montreal Expos completed a sweep of their three-game series with the Los Angeles Dodgers Saturday night by scoring a 6-4 victory. Stan Bahnsen, 6-2, shut out the Dodgers for five innings, then gave up a sixth-inning home run to Steve Yeager. Los Angeles added a second run in the sixth and two more in the eighth before reliever Joe Kerrigan came on to preserve the victory with his seventh save. Montreal jumped on loser Don Sutton, 10-5, for four runs in the second inning, keyed by Garretts bases-loaded triple.

Garrett came home on Bahnsens squeeze bunt. Ellis Valentine singled home another Montreal run in the fifth and Garrett followed a double by Gary Carter and a Twins use HRs to top Angels, 10-4 all, we re still 9V games ahead. They still have to catch us. Lasorda referred to the Dodgers lead over Cincinnati in the National League West. The Reds blew another opportunity to gain ground on Los Angeles earlier Saturday by losing to Pittsburgh 5-4.

After the Expos exploded for four runs in the second, they threatened again in the third. John Hale made a diving catch of a line drive by Chris Speier for the first out, but Valentine followed with an infield single. After Dodger catcher Yeager picked Valentine off first, Perez doubled to center but was stranded there as Sutton struck out Warren Cromartie. The Expos chased Sutton when Garrett smgled home Carter, in the sixth. (Box Score, Page B-3) Stacy holding slight lead in women open CHASKA, Minn.

(AP) Gritty Georgian Hollis Stacy fought off a slow start and survived a bad finish for a third-round 75 as she maintained a one-stroke lead in the rain-delayed U.S. Womens Open golf tournament Saturday. After bogeys on the second and fourth holes preceding a 3Vj-hour rain interruption, the 23-year-old golfer from Savannah, Ga. dropped into a brief tie with tour rookie Nancy Lopez at one-over-par. Miss Stacy, playing in her eighth open, built her lead to four strokes after 15 holes, but bogeyed 15 and 17 and finished the round with a two-over-par 218.

Jan Stephenson, seeking her fat tour victory of the season, shot a and moved into second place at 219. The 20-year-old Miss Lopez, making her pro debut at the Open, matched the 75 by Miss Stacy and dropped into third place, two shots back, at 220. Defending champion JoAnne Camer, scrambling wildly on the back nine, fimshed with a 76 and fell four shots off the lead at 222. Mrs. Carner had a double bogey, four bogeys and two birdies on the incoming nine on the rain-toughened Hazeltme National Golf Club.

Amy Alcott was six shots back. Trevino leading by six OAKVILLE, Ont. (AP) Lee Trevino, setting the pace all the way, swaggered through a whipping wind to a one-underpar 71 and opened a commanding six-stroke lead Saturday in the third round of the 3225,000 Canadian Open Golf Tournament. Trevino, on the rebound from back surgery and gunning for his first victory in more than a year, put together a 54-hole total of 206, 10 under par on the Glen Abbey Golf Club course. Jack Nicklaus, the man who designed the hilly layout that is scheduled to be a permanent home for the Canadian National Championship, had his creation snap back at him in the gusty, swirling winds.

Nicklaus, three strokes back when the days play started, could do no better than a two-over-par 74 and was tied for second at 212 with Ray Floyd and Tom Kite. Kite had to finish birdie-birdie for a 74, and Floyd shot a 73. Tom Weiskopf, Mike Morley, George Cadle and Englands Peter Oosterhuis were next at 214, a distant eight strokes back with 18 holes to go in the chase for a 545,000 first prize. Morley had a third round 69, Weiskopf 70, Oosterhuis 72 and Cadle, playing with Trevino and Nicklaus in the last threesome, shot 74. Arnold Palmer struggled to an 81 and said he would not compete in Sundays final round.

Trevino, who required only 26 putts in each of the first two rounds, needed 30 strokes on the fast, rolling greens this windy day, but he hit the ball from the fairway with much more authority and crispness. "I played much better tee to green than the first two days, he said. Again, I was quite lucky, said the brash and brassy Trevino, who sandwiched this national championship between victories in the U.S. and British Opens in 1971. "The good Lord is on my side this week.

It seems that every time I hit a bad shot, I hit a good one to make up for it. While Nicklaus, his closest challenger, was struggling on the front side, Trevino made his biggest move. He bogeyed the second hole after driving in a fairway bunker, but birdied the next three in a row, stroking a five-iron four feet from the flag on the third and running in 20-and 15-foot putts on the next two. paign (2-11-1) is known to most as "The Nightmare Season, after Dr. Arthur Mandells book on drug use on the Charger squad.

Last seasons young team showed some promise, with exciting high-scoring victories over, Kansas City, St. Louis, Houston and Buffalo, but when the end of the season rolled around, the Oakland Raiders were seven games in front of the San Diegans in the AFC West. This season sees a new breed preparing for the 1977 season at the Chargers University of California, San Diego training camp. The defense, as usual, needs work, but a new secondary coach, Larrye Weaver, and a handful of hard- single by Del Unser with a run-scoring single in the sixth. After Yeager homered to lead off the sixth, Bahnsen walked the bases loaded and Ron Ceys grounder scored the second Los Angeles run.

Ceys two-out single in the eighth off Kerrigan produced two more runs. The streaking Expos have now won six games in a row and are now just two games under the .500 mark. The slumping Dodgers, meanwhile, have dropped nine of their last 12 games. "Its always great to beat the first-place team three straight, said Montreal Manager Dick Williams. The Dodgers are ready to explode on somebody, Im glad it wasnt us.

"Were swinging the bat a little better, said Los Angeles Manager Tom Lasorda. "Ive told our players I dont want them hanging their heads. After first and second. Bostock then hit a 3-2 pitch from reliever Tom Walker with the runners moving, lining a shot to shortstop Ranee Mullimks, who stepped on second and threw to first, completing the triple play. Bostock greeted Tanana by beating out a bunt for a hit on the games first pitch.

He scored from first on a double by Dan Ford, who eventually came home on a sacrifice fly by Carew. Bobby Bonds, who drove in seven runs in the three-game series, knocked in Ranee Mullimks, who had singled with two outs in the third, and Tony Solaita tied the game at 2-2 with a single to score Bonds. The Twins broke the game open in the fourth, scoring five runs off Barlow. After Hisle was hit by a pitch and advanced to third on a bunt single by Craig Kusick and a throwing error by Barlow, consecutive run-scoring singles by Butch Wynegar and Smalley gave Minnesota a 4-2 advantage. Pinch-hitter Rich Chiles made it 5-2 with a ground out, scoring Wynegar, and Bostocks home run gave the Twins an insurmountable 7-2 cushion.

the backfield and receivers, look strong. Rickey Young will be back after a 1.243-yard rushing and receiving year, Joe Washington appears healthy after sitting out 1976 with a bum knee, and Don Woods (1,162 yards as a'74 rookie) hopes to return to peak form. These solid runners, along with an impressive (so far) rookie fullback named Larry "Bad News" Barnes, give the Chargers a-depth-filled backfield. And dont think Garrison's departure vastly depleted the receiving corps. Charlie Joiner caught 50 passes for 1,056 yards last season, a 21.1 average per reception Joiner and Dwight McDonald thrilled many San Diego fans with SWINGING JUNIOR John Ashworth of Escondido has proved to be one of the better golfers in the North County Junior Golf Association's summer tounament.

Competing in the boys' 15-17 division, Ashworth will be back in action Tuesday in a tournament at Meadow Lake Country Club, sponsored by the Times-Advocate. BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) -Lyman Bostock capped a five-run fourth inning with a two-run homer, and three other Twins also homered as Minnesota ripped California 10-4 Saturday in a game that featured a triple play and a two-hour, 14-minute rain delay. Bostocks blast came off loser Mike Barlow, 0-1, and gave the Twins a 5-2 lead. California starter Frank Tanana was touched for two runs in the first inning and did not return after the rain delay following the inning.

Along with his big hit, Bostock had the distinction of lining into a triple play in the sixth inning: Minnesota also got solo homers from Rod Carew, Roy Smalley and Larry Hi-sle in an 11-hit assault against five California pitchers. Carews was his seventh, Smalleys his fourth and Hi-sles his 22nd. Pete Redfem, 3-5, gained the victory for the Twins, his first since May 31. He pitched six innings, allowing three California runs before Tom Johnson came in to pitch the seventh. After Smalley homered leading off the Twins sixth, Jerry Terrell singled and Mike Cubbage reached on left fielder Don Baylors error, putting runners at nosed rookies could give the Chargers a strong defense sooner than some folks think.

But all eyes are on the San Diego offense. On paper, it looks to be one that could easily fit into the category of "awesome. Quarterback James Harris is hopeful he left all of his problems behind with Los Angeles Rams owner Carroll Rosenbloom, and maybe now he can concentrate on throwing a football, something he does quite well. Whether or not the San Diego offensive line can give Harris the time he needs to perform his specialty remains to be seen, but the other two factions of the offense, Rodgers.high on Chargers hopes for 77 Amazing catches, but the talented duo has an impressive foursome to deal with right in the Chargers own camp. Larry Dorsey and Artie Owens are a pair of up-and-comings, and Chip Meyers, acquired in March from Cincinnati, is bringing nine years of pro experience to San Diego.

And then theres Johnny Rodgers Who could forget Thanksgiving Day, 1971, when Rodgers squirmed and slithered through what seemed like 25 Oaklahoma Sooners en route to one of the most amazing punt returns the game of football has seen. It was the key play in Nebraska's victory in the game Cont. On Page B-2, Col. 4 merger with the big boys over in the established National Football League. The days of one Western Division crown after another, and of 51-10 American Football League championship scores over Boston.

Whatever happened to the point-a-minute San Diego Chargers? With Gary "The Ghost Garrison waiving his farewells to the San Diego faithful, Russ Washington remains the only player left from the AFL Chargers. And even Washington, with his 10 years pro experience, was not around during the Balboa bombing days. San Diego had not posted a winning record since 1969, and the 1973 cam By RICK HOFF T-A Sports Writer LA JOLLA Ah, the good old days when they used to have the same trouble with incoming rookie air-traffic controllers at Lindbergh Fields airport tower. You remember, the veterans always I had to explain to the newcomers that all 'those blips above Balboa Stadium every Sunday afternoon were not unidentified flying objects. Just another John Hadl-to-Lance Alworth bomb.

They were the days of a new professional football league, an exciting league with exciting players who after only six years of existance forced a.