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i 13 ITT7 Tt Ti 1S80 Appalachian League Schedule iLiSSOGiUi AL East race yst T-grry CTTT FT i-ieu OUA place in HERSCHEL SEN SON AP SporU Writer The Boston Red Sax an ia a rat And in case you ba-real checked today's standings they're also seamd place ia the American League East The rat the Red Sox are in ia a nice one They have rapped oat at least 10 hits in their last 10 games and have won eight of their last nine NOW OPEN The Professionals' nOffset Printing Graphics Unlimited 1 10 Commute Sew jomonCn lerniellWI 615929-2040 r- i in climbing from sixth place In second Wednesday night they cot lected 11 hits Wa win when our offense carries aaya catcher Carlton Fisk a defeating the Seattla Manners 6-2 but more important vii the seven-hit pitching of Dennis who has turned in three strong efforts since almost a month with a sore beck "1 knew it would come eventually There's Just too many good players on this said Fred Lynn who drove in three runs with a bomer and single "All the' problems we had are in the past We have nothing to look behind at Nevertheless the Red Sox seem to be on something of a treadmill Their hot streak km not enabled them to gain so much as half a game on the front-running New York Yankees AS LOW AS Daytan Brushed Outline Lettered DAYTONA sweep two games from Pirates Yankees Angela 9 Ron Guidry fired a six- 'hitter to break a personal two-game losing atreak and Bobby Brown and Gm Netties homared as the Yankees handed the Angels their eighth consecutive eetheck- Two yeers ago 1 waa pure power raw said Guidry who walked two and struck out eight "Last year I slowed down a bit and tried to learn how to pitch Tm doing the same thing this year If 1 up my velocity in the last four innings after they get used to my early fast ball likt adding another pitch The high-level velocity is always there If I need it Rangers 8 Brewers 1 A1 Oliver blasted a three-run homer and Bud Hairei-eon drilled a rare borne ran a two-run shot to back the ix-hit pitching of Doe Medich who sent Milwaukee tumbling into third place in the AL East Oliver singled a run home in the third inning then knocked in three with his fifth-inning homer his seventh of the season Harrelson hit the seventh homer of his 14-year major league career and hia first since 1977 in the sixth Royals 10 Indians 1 Jamie Quirk drove in three runs and Amos Otis two to back the eeven-hit pitching tied of Larry Gura who aw Tommy John at nine victories moat in the league The victory coupled with doubleheader sweep of Chicago made Kansas City the only team in the AL West above J500 and hiked the lead to 8Vi games over the White Sox Orioles 3 2 Pinch hitter Lenn Sakata drove in the winning ran with a one-out single the ninth inning after Ken Singleton singled and took second on a wild pitch Singleton also singled to ignite a two-run first inning Mike Flanagan allowed seven hits in pitching Baltimore to its fourth consecutive victory Blue Jaya 5-3 White Sox 4-1 Ernie Whitt hit a solo home run his first of the year and John Mayberry and Otto Velez delivered RBI singles to help Jack Kncek Just up from the minors win the nightcap hit gave him a club record 17-game hitting streak The Blue Jaya took the opener on Rick Boeettf a two run homer in the seventh inning Dave Stieb went the distance scattering eight hits and retiring the final 18 Chicago batters for Carlton 12-2 lined his double to the center field wall for two runs Two more runs scored on a double error by the Padres Tug McGraw worked the final inning for the Phillies ninth with a single off reliever Bob Shirley 5-3 and Larry Bowa bunted for a single his third hit of the night After Manny Trillo grounded out advancing the runners Moreland batting Plenty sMe HI7I series trass snsf i un B0M nee It ssy car Pin yes yst sew-srtal resist tody shielded seder Sm tread fey Ifeers-Tid bolts lif mooth ey set May add Siat flaishiay Mcfe ti lw profit year or Pairings set for BRISTOL Pairings and tee times have been announced for the Tri-Cities PGA Junior Golf Tournament The tournament will be held Friday at the Bristol Country Club BOYS 1S-1T YEA OLD DIVISION 30 El-Od Eric PrcsnelU Joev Hughes Ed Stewert I 31 a m' David Reynolds Jot BUI Hodges John Hawkins Mark Carver Mam Clinton French Jon Baum gardner Calvin Young Pat Danehv IHarn: Biilv Hardin Brian Sams Chio Seabott Lewis Gregg 902 am Paul Votaw Donnie Lamb Will Larklft Ed McKee 10 am: Don Gouge Tommy Hammock Dave Keller Russell Leonard 9 18 a Scott Hay Doug Duff Mark DahilL John McGowan Nash transfers to KNOXVILLE Tenn (AP) Kevin Nash starting center last season will transfer to Bowling Green University in Ohio for his senior year of eligibility in the 1981-82 season officials paid Wednesday Nash who has had several differences with Coach Don DeVoe over the past two years announced two weeks ago that he' was leaving Tennessee with the hope of Braves By KEN RAPPOPORT -AP Sports Writer When he was with the Atlanta Braves Eddie Solomon earned the reputation of a "hard-luck pitcher Now that with the Pittsburgh Pirates changed "It seemed like I was still playing with the said Solomon after losing a tough 3-2 decision to Atlanta Wednesday night in the opener of a twi-mght double-header The Braves also won the nightcap 5-4 Solomon sailed into the ninth inning with a neat' five-hitter leading 2-0 when the roof caved in thanks to faulty fielding by his teammates Dale Murphy singled and Chris Chambliss then reached base on an error by first baseman BiU Robinson After reliever Kent Tekulve entered the game Gary Matthews reached base on shortstop Tim throwing error loading the bases One out later Bill Nahorodny chased them all home with a double that fell Just fair by inches down the third base line Nahorodny called his hit a "stroke of luck" "It had to be a lucky shot" Nahorodny said "being that close to the line But I could tell it was fair and I was Just hoping the guy (third baseman Dale Berra) make the The Pirate fielding waa no better in the second game It was a wild throw by Berra that allowed the Braves to score the winning run in the seventh inning The Pirates had tied the score 4-4 in the top of the seventh with a three-run rally capped by two-run homer "I was hoping we could go Dayton mm RacmG UJHGGLS on for the said Nahorodny "We needed it bad too good a team to be where we are" The Braves are currently in fifth place In the NL West 11 games behind Houston Dodgers 8 Expos 7 Bill Russell hit a three-run homer to key a six-run seventh inning as Los Angeles came from behind to edge MontreaL The Expos built a 7-2 lead after six innings for starter Steve Rogers who left the game with a tender elbow Stan Bahnsen took over and after walking two batters in the seventh gave up a homer to Russell Elias 8osa replaced Bahnsen and gave up 9 walk and a single to pinch-hitter Jay Johnstone Rudi Law hit into fi forceout as pinch-runner Derrel Thomas scored to get the Dodgers within a run at 7-6 Successive singles by Dave Lopes Reggie Smith and Steve Garvey produced two more runs Charlie Hough the fourth Lob Angeles pitcher waa the winner Ron LeFlore hit two home runs for Montreal driving in three runs Giants 8 Mets 5 Jack Clark belted four singles and scored three runs to lead San Francisco over New York The Mets losing their fourth straight game committed four errors and had four wild pitches to help the Giants score three unearned runs Jose Moreno knocked in three runs for the Mets one with a homer in the third and two more with a double in the ninth when New York drove John Montefusco 3-5 from the game Greg Minton 'the second reliever of the in ning finally quelled the rally Cube 7 Rede 0 Jerry Martin hit grand slam homer and Dennis I jimp and Bruce Sutter combined on an eight-hitter to lead Chiicago past Cincinnati one-out blast his 12th homer of the season came in the seventh inning off reliever Doug Bair Lamp 6-6 struck out three walked none and yielded seven hits before giving way to Sutter with two out and two on in the sixth Sutter shut the door on the Reds and went on to record his 14th save "I hit the bail pretty said Martin "I waa thinking that I wanted to drive in at least Astros 3 Cardinals 0 Joe Niekro pitched a six-hitter to lead Houston over St Louis The Astros took a 1-0 lead in the 1 first with a runscoring single by 'Enos Cabell off Jim Kaat 1-4 They made it 2-0 in the third on Cesar RBI grounder and 3-0 in the fourth when Niekro hit into a double play Niekro 7-5 said he threw mostly fastballs Wednesday night instead of knuckle- The Cardinals are a good hitting team that makes contact and strikes out very he said "I was getting them out on fastballs and curves and threw only one knuckler in the Phillies 5 Padres 1 Pinch-hitter Keith Moreland belted a two-run double in the ninth inning to snap a 1-1 tie and trigger Philadel- Ehia over San Diego as hot-anded Steve Carlton won his 12th victory of the year Garry Maddox led off the HOURS: 7AM 6PM Daily 7AM 5PM Saturday Junior PGA BOYS Ml YAR OLO DIVISON 34 am Chris Dibble Chris Lamb Don lardy John Boinngton 42 a Andv Yonr Lee Skelton Jas-son Thom ley Paul Rittar 9 50 a Pat Gilmar Bobby Bliss Michael Keee SENIOR GIRLS DIVISION 9 59 em Karen Socha Juita Thacker 4Cailv Keefe Amii vail BOVS 44 YEAR OLD DIVISION 10 04 a Steven Smith Brian Pardua Todd Grillis Wavne Norman JUNIOR GIRLS OIVISION to 14 a Julia Socha Chaia Nicola Williams BOVS 1M4 YEAR OLD DIVISION Start fram middle tees I 30 a-m John Chapman onn Harkins Bucky Wright Bobov Hudson I 38 a Brad Taylor Kevin Gregory Bryan Ricker Jot Meade I 44 a Ben Parley Tim Dibble Will Gioe John Hunt IHarn Drew Vermillion Mark Mutter Gene Reynolds Robbie Samnaon 9 02 a Sean Miller Bobby Leonard Jeff Booher 9 10 a Garth King Charles Stewart Mika Ritter Bowling Green attending Tennessee Tech where former DeVoe aide Tom Deaton is the new head coach "The change of mind has nothing to do with Tennessee Nash said Tve just decided to get out of the state of Tennessee I just need the Nash a 6-foot-10 junior from Trenton Mich said he finalized the deal Monday night with Bowling Green Coach John Weinart 1 sMzuzty £prs -it: 1 3 if Irnz crc XE ts tehSsl Se mn IT III )V fjf 2fi (70 2 1 7vt IS HZ wc Sfin rH zJgyTfa IMWht TUpei ir ac 3 PUi Montefusco Bristol in office fight SAN FRANCISCO (AP) San Francisco Manager Dave Bristol and pitcher John Montefusco reportedly engaged in a physical altercation following the Giants 8-5 victory over the New York Mets Wednesday Montefusco held an 8-2 lead over the Mets In the ninth inning of the game After walking Claudell Washington and giving up a single to John Stearns Montefusco fell behind 2-0 on the count to Mike Jorgensen Bristol visited the mound at that point and removed Montefusco from the game much to the dislike Montefusco and Bristol then had a lively discussion before the pitcher headed for the dugout to the cheers of 5035 fans Montefusco tipped his hat to the fans then tossed his glove into the dugout in disgust According to an unnamed source in editions of the San Francisco Chronicle Bristol and Montefusco resumed their argument with blows In the office after the game never Brisol said when asked if the pair came to blows "He did come in and say a lot of things I like so I ran him out of my office He was pretty mad and so was Montefusco who got the win could not be reached for comment about the incident but after the game he carefully answered questions was angry being taken out with a six-run lead It showed Bristol had no confidence in me I needed to go all the Last Saturday Montefusco had a 6-0 lead against the Mets in New York when he was removed in the eighth The Mets went on to win Bristol in the immediate post-game session defended his removal of Monteftisco 3-5 saying "He was tiring I made the right After A1 Holland took the mound from Montefusco the Mets scored three runs Montefusco had openly aired his desire to be traded before the June 15 deadline Bristol added the incident 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