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The Fresno Bee from Fresno, California • 6

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The Fresno Beei
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Fresno, California
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i i tih tiff Joe Gibbon McCormick Sh ut Out Mets 7-0 5-0 Cincinnati Next Perry (4-4)' Juan Marichal (9-4) and Bob Bolin (3-4) as the third place Giants enter Field four games behind the red-hot Reds Bristol is scheduled to counter with Milt Pappas (5-3) Gary Nolan (4-1) and Sammy Ellis (5-2) Rookie sensation Nolan of course is one of the Cincinnati along with converted bleheader sweep of the New York Mets The surprising route going performances gave the Giants an 8-3 record for their home stand and definitely left them in pennant contention going into Tuesday night's opener of a three game series in Cincinnati Manager Herman Franks is expected to go with his right-handed "Big of Gaylord SAN FRANCISCO be In pennant says Cincinnati Reds' Manager Dave Bristol "you need a few unexpected bonuses" The San Francisco Giants dis-ilayed a pair of "unexpected Sunday when left-landers Joe Gibbon and Mike McCormick registered complete game shutouts in a 7-0 5-0 dou- Giants to a 4-0 lead in the second inning of the opener Me-Covey's belt a 450-foot drive that almost cleared both light field fences concluded the scoring in the fifth inning Gibbon now 2-0 had a 2-hitter going Into foe ninth when the Mets collected their final two hits The surprise starter struck out six and walked one Tom Haller's' single and Brown's groundout staked Me-1 Cormick to a 2-0 first inning lead in the second game Brown's homer in the sixth ended the scoring and gave the young outfielder four runs batted in McCormick now 4-2 allowed two hits in the first fourth and eighth innings but was pulled out of trouble by all featuring the fine pivots of second baseman Fuentes bats really came to life in foe 11-game homestand as the club averaged 68 runs and 95 hits per game Bring on the Reds outfielder Mel Queen (6-1) and reliever Ted Abernathy The double shutouts against the Mets were the first for foe Giants since May 17 1964 when ew York was two-timed 6-0 -0 Furthermore whitewashes were the first complete games of foe season for dcCormick and Gibbon who was making his first start "I have asked for more from either of offered Franks "Our pitching staff is well rested We are in pretty good shape for this road The Giants who have won 18 of 24 games bunched their hits in the twin bill collecting runs on 12 hits including 3-run homers by Tito Fuentes 1 1 1 1 1 McCovey and Ollie Brown They also played errorless ball and recorded five double plays four of them in support of shaky 8-hit 4-Walk effort in foe nightcap Fuentes' homer helped the Lil Giants Drop Pair To Bees Modesto Tonight Contreras blanked Fresno on two-hits in the nightcap while San Jose was scoring in every nning except the third off Giant hurlers Ron Welsch and )ave Varvel Ryerson Loss winningest pitcher Gary Ryerson was tagged for Ive runs in the first two inn- The four straight losses dropped Fresno from third to fourth behind Modesto in the CL race and eight games off San fast pace Lack of batting punch and superb San Jose hurling led to downfall in the Prune City The Lil Giants managed only 16 hits and three runs in four games and San Jose got route-going performances from Ken Tatum Alonzo Olivares and last night Cito Contreras Special to The Bet MODESTO After a disastrous four-night stand in San Jose Giants hope for a more successful engagement here tonight when they launch a three-game series with the Modesto Reds Manager Dave Fres-nans dropped a double header to San Jose last night 7-2 and 7-0 giving the California League leading Bees a four-game series sweep League Standings GB BOOB 2 6 I 9 94 )2V4 13 Son Jew 30 15 M9 Santa Barbara 29 II 617 Modaito 24 21 J33 FRESNO 23 24 419 Reno 21 24 Ml Bakersfield 21 25 457 Stockton II 21 J91 Lodi II 29 JU Sunday's Results San Jose 7 FRESNO 2 (1st) San Jose 7 FRESNO 0 (2nd) Modesto 6 Bakersfield 3 (2nd) Reno 5 Stockton 1 (1st) Stockton 20 Reno 5 (2nd) Santa Barbara 4 Lodi 2 (1st) Lodi 5 Santa Barbara 4 (tad) Monday's Games Santa Barbara at Reno Stockton at Lodi FRESNO at Modesto (Only games scheduled) UPI Telephoto SPOILER A fan ruins Jesus chances of catching Mets Don long foul fly in the ninth inning of second game in Candlestick Park Bullpen Mets watch the action MtMMHHHHMWHIHWMIl Major League Standings ings of the opener and absorbed his third loss against six wins Fresno took a 2-0 lead in the first inning of the opener when Dave Pflasterer Chris Amok and Gary Bowman walked to load the bases and Bob Holbert singled to right But the Bees came back with three in the first two of them on Rick triple then added two in the second for comfortable 5-2 lead Bill Harrelson hurled six innings of two-hit relief to win the opener In other CL twin bills Modesto took a pair from Bakersfield 7-2 and 6-3 Lodi edged Santa Barbara 5-4 after losing the opener 4-2 and Stockton hi miliated Reno 20-5 in the nightcap after dropping the first game 5-1 Ed Sprague and Andy Martin posted the wins for Modesto but both had relief help from stead Felix Roque who appeared in his 23rd and 24th games of the season Sprague retired the first 13 batters he faced and Martin the first 12 Bill Grochett singled home Jim Atterbury in the ninth to give Lodi its split with the Dod ers In the first game playe( at Rio Vista Chuck Bohling of Santa Barbara went- the dis- See Fresno Page 8-A Maloney Whips Braves Cards Hold 2nd Place By Dick Couch Associated Press sports writer The Cincinnati Reds are going fishing today but Manager Dave Bristol may have to make another trip to his comer barbershop If he does you can bet he ask for a dose shave National League-leading Reds ran up a 5-0 lead against Atlanta Sunday then held off the Braves 5-4 for their fourth straight victory It was the 14th Bird Blast Beats Senators In 19th By Mike Recht Associated Press sports writer Andy Etchebarren unable to bunt summoned enough energy to launch the high-flying Baltimore Orioles into the air taking along a couple of patient young baseball fans who must have been flying even higher Etchebarren after failing to bunt twice cracked a two-run home run in the 19th inning that lifted the Orioles over Washington 7-5 Sunday ending the longest game of the baseball season Beside bringing the Orioles their 14th triumph in 20 games it sent them winging toward Friendship Airport where two boys about 15 years old had waited through the marathon to fly with the players on a trip of a lifetime for a youngster Dick McAuliffe did not wait as long to send the Detroit Tigers back into first place in the American League as he blasted a grand slam homer in the 13th inning for an 11-7 victory over the New York Yankees in the nightcap of their twin bill New York won the opener 2-0 Fall Out Chicago took first place by beating Kansas City 2-0 in the opener of their doubleheader and then fell back by losing 5-4 Elsewhere in the league Minnesota topped California 8-7 in 10 innings and Cleveland blanked Boston 3-0 The two boys in Baltimore were the only other passengers on the Orioles scheduled flight to California to play the Angels tonight When they discovered they would be traveling with the Orioles they waited patiently through almost hours of departure delays until Etchebarren got them airborne "I have much strength said the Baltimore catcher Etchebarren who was supposed to have the day off entered the game in the fifth inning He ended the 5-hour and 18-minute game by connecting off Bob Priddy after Brooks Robinson singled The Orioles who squandered a 4-0 lead tied the game 5-5 in the seventh on double by Russ Snyder and a single by Curt Blefary Wally Bunker Eddie Watt Eddie Fisher and winner Stu Miller blanked Washington after the Senators scored five times in the third McAuliffe unloaded his ninth season homer and fifth career slam with two out after Bil Freehan doubled and loser Dooley Womack walked two Pitcher Hank Aguirre hat helped Detroit to an early 7-i lead with a three-run triple but a homer by John Kennedy started the Yankees back and Jake Gibbs tied it in the ninth with pinch hit solo clout A1 Downing 6-3 hurled the Yankees to the first game victory with a five-hitter and got enough runs in the first inning on Joe two-run homer off Mickey Lolich Win For Nash The White Sox fell one game back of Detroit when pitcher Jim Nash capped a four-run fourth inning with a decisive run-scoring single that put Kansas City ahead 5-1 in their nightcap Nash picked up the victory but left in the eighth inninj when Tommie Agee closed die gap to one run with a two-run homer -Tommy John had started the White Sox off right with his first shutout of the year a five-hitter that protected two runs driven home by Ken fourthinning single Jim Hunter took the loss Steve Hargan 7h stopped Boston with his fourth shutout of die season also five-hitter He got homer help from Ledn Wagner who hit his eighth leading off the fourth Chuck Hinton and Fred Whitfield singled in the other runs APWIraphoto END OF Pitcher Steve Barber of the Balti-' more Orioles hangs his head in disgust as manager Hank Bauer lifts him during the third inning of a marathon game with the Washington Senators Later in foe day Barber walked away from foe jet plane as it took off for California Barber 'Quits' Birds Changes Mind Later a WWWWWWWMWMWW By TM AiiociaM Praia National League Woa Last Pet Bahlsd Cincinnati 34 11 654 St Louis 27 17 A14 San Francisco 21 2D JD 4 Pittsburgh 25 20 556 9A Chicago 21 22 511 7Vk Philadelphia 21 21 419 lh Atlanta 22 25 Los Angelas 20 27 434 11 Vi Houston 17 31 354 15 NSW York 15 30 J33 15V4 Results Cincinnati 5 Atlanta 4 Philadelphia 6 Houston 1 Pittsburgh 4 Los Angelos 1 St Louis 4 Chicago 3 San Francisco 7-5 New York Today's Gaines Chicago (Niekro 0-21 at Phlladslphla (L Jackson 2-5) night Los Angeles (Osteen 4-4) at Atlanta (Clonlngor 1-1) night Houston (Giustl 25) at St Louis (Jester 1-1) night Only games scheduled Tuesday's Genies Chicago at Philadelphia 2 twlnlght New York at Pittsburgh twtnighf Los Angeles at Atlanta night San Francisco at Cincinnati night Houston at St Louis night American League Pet GB Detroit 21 II J09 Chicago 24 II 591 1 Baltimore 23 20 535 3VV Boston 24 22 522 4 Cleveland 23 22 Jll 4Vb Minnesota 23 23 JOO 5 Kansas City 22 25 Mt 64 New oYrk 20 24 455 7 Washington 20 25 435 I California 19 30 JU VOW Sunday's Results Minnesota I California 7 10 Innings Chlcaqo 2-4 Kansas City 0-5 Cleveland 3 Boston Baltimore 1 Washington 5 19 innings New York 5-7 Detroit 0-11 Today's Games Cleveland (McDowell 3-2) at Minnesota (Chance 9-2) night Washington (Bertalna 1-1) at New York (Tiiiotson 2-0) night Detroit (McLain 5-6) at Kansas City (Seoul 0-1) night Baltimore (McNally 3-2) at California (Wlllhlte 0-2) night Only games scheduled Tuesday's Games Baltimore at California twlnlght Detroit at Kansas City twlnlght Cleveland at Minnesota 2 twlnlght Boston at Chicago night Washington at New York night The' newspaper quoted Barber as saying he had wanted to go to Twin Bluff and did not feel like going to Los Angeles with foe team The 28-year-old left-hander was knocked out of the box during a five-run rally by the Washington Senators in foe fifth inning Sunday The Orioles eventually won 7-5 in the 19th inning on a two-run homer by Andy Etchebarren Flood Finall Drops A Ba BALTIMORE (AP) Pitcher Steve Barber left the Baltimore Orioles Sunday night just before they flew to the West Coast but there was an indication today he might rejoin foe team The Orioles said Barber walked away from foe world jet about three minutes before it took off from Friendship International Airport for Los Angeles Harry Dalton director of player personnel confirmed that Barber had left the club The Baltimore News American reported however that Barber said by telephone today from Twin Bluff Wis that he had no thought of quitting foe team and was leaving to rejoin the Orioles in Los Angeles lanta allowing one Cincy hit He did not figure in the decision The Reds scored twice in the third inning and Leo Cardenas capped a three-run burst in the fourth with a two-run homer Lou Brock smacked his third homer in three games leading off the first inning then broke a 3-3 tie with a run-scoring single in the eighth as the Cards topped Chicago behind the three-hit pitching of rookie Dick Hughes Orlando sacrifice fly pulled St Louis even in the sixth after the Cubs took a 3-2 lead in the fifth with the help of center fielder Curt first error in 227 games The Phillies extended their winning streak to six games by rallying for six runs in the ninth after being blanked on three hits by rookie Don Wilson over the first eight innings Johnny Callison's leadoff double ignited the rally and Johnny three-run homer off reliever Carroll Sembera finished the Astros ST LOUIS (AP) Center fielder Curt Flood of SL Lou committed his first error in games Sunday dropping a ball in the fourth inning of the game against the Chicago Cubs Flood had handled 553 chances without an error before muffing pitcher Rich fl in left center He broke foe National League record for consecutive errorless games earlier this season Radio-TV Sports TONIGHT Radio 7:55 dju Baseball (Dregs me 7:40 P-m) Cal Angels vs Batlimore KNGS (620 la) TOMORROW Radio 5 pm Baseball (orogamt 4:45 Dm) San Francisco vs Cincinnati KMJ 5:55 p-m Baseball (pregame 5:40 pm) Cal Angels vs Baltimore kNGS (620 kc) San Jose Track Crash Kills Hardtopper Rogalsky one-run game for the Reds their last 15 had a haircut the other day and had all the gray hairs cut the 33-year-old Cincinnati pilot cracked after giving all the Reds a day off today Cincinnati's third one-run verdict over Atlanta in three days protected the Reds three-game lead over second place St Louis which nipped the Chicago Cubs 4-3 Third place San Francisco swept a doubleheader from the fading New York Mets 7-0 and 5-0 Pittsburgh trimmed Los Angeles 4-1 and Philadelphia overcame Houston 6-1 in other games The string of squeakers only by a 6-1 victory at Pittsburgh two weeks ago began on May 21 with a 2-1 loss to Philadelphia in 18 innings They have broken even in the 14 one-run games which include four overtime struggles Reliever Bob Lee newly acquired from Los Angeles stopped the comeback Sunday preserving Jim fifth victory in seven deci sions Lee came on in the eighth after Hank 15th homer closed the gap to one run against Maloney in the seventh Bristol had kind words for both starter Jim Maloney who left in the eighth inning and newcomer Bob Lee who pitched two perfect innings to save the game for the Reds thought Maloney pitched a very good game against such power hitters as Atlanta has He gives all the young manager said "Lee's got a good fast bal and he certainly has filled a gap here Lee a big right-hander who dief well with the California An-geis but had spent most of this season on the bench for the Dodgers said the most enjoyment I ever got out of these days Since his debut May 31 he has worked in four games and has one win and a save to show for "I believe this is going to be air enjoyable Lee said after game Fresno-product Maloney was tagged for 12 scattered hits in his seven-inning stint He walked only two struck out five Fresnan Wade Blasingame buried the fifth inning for At Rogalsky who lived in Mountain View was a super modified driver for seven years competing weekly in San Jose Clovis and Fresno A moment of silence for Rogalsky was observed at Clovis Speedway last night and fellow I driver Marshall Sargent took the checkered flag around for one lap in a final tribute A1 Pombo won his second straight 20-lap main by a wide See Rogalsky Page 8-A GABOR says SAVE MONEY at AAMC0 AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SPECIALISTS! Special to The Bee Hardtop racing fans today were mourning foe loss of veteran driver Cliff Rogalsky who was fatally injured during heat race Saturday night at foe San Jose Speedway Rogalsky formerly of Reed-ley suffered severe head injuries when he was involved in a three-car accident during the third heat race He died en route to San Jose Hospital It was foe first hardtop fatality in the 21-year history of the San Jose track Rogalsky 29 whose parents reside in Reedley tangled with Johnny Brazil of Manteca and Cliff Yiskis of San Jose on foe front straight-away Rogalsky's head apparently struck the roll bar when his car slammed broadside into foe other two hardtops Sports Car Racer Brennan Wins Two At Cotati COTATI Calif (AP) -Merle Brennan of Reno Nev took two of the eight events Sunday in the national races sponsored by the Sports Car Club America Brennan won the race for production cars driving an MG-B and the contest for A and production cars and and sports racers piloting Genemkle special The first race for production and spoils racers was won by Lyle Forsgren of Seattle driving a Foregrini The production event went to Lee Herbert of Granada Hills Calif in a Datsun specia 311 Other winners: and production and Ron Grable San Jose Dart production and and sedans Perry Hall Pomona CaliL Porsche 111 Formula A and Stephen Griswold Berkeley Calif La Grand Alfa formula Bequette Car michael Calif Crusader Air Conditioning rood tests observed by the VS Auto Chib prove outcools all! 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