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Baseball AMERICAN LEAGUE RERBBSO 44 4 cyl 2 2 6 Lube Oil Change 0 Diesel oil capacity and filter type may result in extra charges Brake Sendee Wheel Alignment Evert Jiles Tom Telle possible coverage at competitive all rated Al by the AM Best Rating DIAL OR SPORTS1900 976 1313 Telephone Company Charge 5OC BATTERY HEADQUARTERS: 0 0 0 UPTO 6 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Homeowners Commercial except sure Niekro and his AutO Bonds 3 6 8 19 27 0 0 0 92 89 86 84 73 65 89 88 87 81 77 61 549 543 537 500 475 377 2 8 1228 TQUAUTY INNOVATION All Goodyear Service Is Guaranteed Nationwide Perhaps You Need To Give Us A Call GOODriUR Guaranteed auto Senite 2 2 0 BUY ONE AT REGULAR PRICE GET THE SECOND ONE OR Includes up to 5 qts major brand motor oil Most cars many imports and light trucks Oil filter extra if needed Please call for an appointment armowners Universal Life clinched division title Saturday's Games Chicago 5 Minnesota 3 Cleveland 2 1 Detroit 0 4 Kansas City 5 Oakland 4 Toronto 3 Seattle 0 Boston 5 New York 0 Baltimore 11 Milwaukee 3 California 6 Texas 4 Games Toronto 5 Seattle 2 Boston 5 New York 3 11 innings Detroit 9 Cleveland 1 Chicago 6 Minnesota 1 Oakland 6 Kansas City 3 Milwaukee 10 Baltimore 2 California 7 Texas 6 unearned run in the top of the 13th Bull Buckner had two hits to give him 201 for the year and also had career highs of 15 homes and 105 runs batted in After the game Buckner shaved off his shaggy mustache and an nounced going all out going to grow a Buckner became the first Cub to collect 200 hits since Billy Williams did it in 1970 Ironically after the game Williams who has been the Cub batting instructor the last two seasons was fired along with bullpen coach Tom Harmon and third base coach Gordy MacKenzie regular season with a victory when Julio Gonzalez led off the 14th inning with his fourth hit of the game and first home run of the season Gonzalez went into the second game replacing Tom Herr at se cond base in the third inning as Herzog and Manager Lee Elia of the Cubs each used 25 players in the marathon The Cubs jumped to a 3 0 lead and Gonzalez helped whittle it He singled and scored one of two runs in the sixth and a doubled and scored in the eighth to tie the game Each team scored in the 13th before Gonzalez ended it in the 14th Ryne Sandberg had four hits for the Cubs to close a fine rookie season He doubled with two outs in the 13th and scored on a triple by Scot Thompson to tie the game after St Louis had scored an On Aug 13 1910 Brooklyn and Pittsburgh played to an 8 8 tie Each team had 38 at bats 13 hits 12 assists 2 errors 5 strikeouts 3 walks 1 hit batsman and 1 passed ball had been under fire by the fans most of the season for failure to repeat as NL East champions Tim Wallach cracked a three run homer in the sixth and Andre Dawson a solo shot in the fourth to support the five hit performance of Steve Rogers 19 8 It was 28th homer of the season and 23rd Al Oliver who had two singles in three at bats won his first batting title with a 331 average and second baseman Johnny Ray became the second rookie in NL history to appear in all 162 of his games Don Robinson 15 13 was tagged with the loss Astros 3 Reds 0 Right hander Joe Niekro record ed his fifth shutout and 16th com plete game in firing a three hitter against Cincinnati He struck out four and walked three in finishing 17 12 Dickie Thon scored two runs off loser rank Pastore 8 13 both after receiving walks out nine But he was removed in the top of the seventh for a pinch hitter Ron Cey hit his 24th homer a two run shot in the second Phillies 4 Mets 1 Steve Carlton 23 11 and the ma jor only 20 game winner stopped the Mets on four hits and one walk while striking out 12 He also won his fourth NL strikeout ti tle with 286 Mike Schmidt stroked his 35th homer of the season a two run shot in the fifth to give the Phillies a 4 1 lead New lone run came in the first on Ron homer his third of the season Ed Lynch 4 8 was the losing pitcher Expos 6 Pirates 1 Willie Stargell closed his 21 season career with a single in the bottom of the first He left the game later in the inning for a pinch runner to a standing ovation from the 14948 hometown fans Jim annin also stepped down as manager of Montreal to take another post with the Expos He 1 3 12 3 2 2 2 3 1 3 Tabler 3b Wills 2b letchr Is Birdp Izn 10 0 1 LeSmith 4 0 0 0 Hall ph 3 0 10 Campbel 0 0 0 0 JDavis ph 3 110 Bowa pr 6 0 0 0 Martzp 6 0 0 0 Waller ph 2 0 0 0 Kravec 3 0 0 0 Bentonc Rastprn Divicinn St Louis Philadelphia Montreal Pittsburgh Chicago New York Western Division Atlanta Los Angeles San rancisco San Diego Houston Cincinnati clinched division title Saturday's Games Chicago 8 St Louis 4 Los Angeles 15 San rancisco 2 Philadelphia 4 New York 3 Pittsburgh 2 Montreal 1 Houston 4 Cincinnati 2 Atlanta 4 San Diego 2 Sunday's Games Philadelphia 4 New York 1 Montreal 6 Pittsburgh 1 St Louis 5 Chicago 4 14 innings Houston 3 Cincinnati 0 San rancisco 5 Los Angeles 3 San Diego 5 Atlanta 1 End of Regular Season GOODYEAR AUTO SERVICE CENTERS AL Players of Week NEW YORK (AP) Dave Win field of the New York Yankees and pitcher Rick Sutcliffe of the Cleveland Indians were named as American League player and pit cher of the month for September Winfield had 19 extra base hits including 11 home runs during the month scoring 20 runs and driving in 22 He batted 294 and had 74 total bases Sutcliffe had a 159 earned run average for 45 innings pitched during the month He allowed eight runs and 29 hits and recorded 28 strikeouts lowering his league leading ERA to 290 about Atlanta see Phil knuckleball and we had much luck against Niekro just going to have to stay close to him and see what happens It Victory Bath Atlanta Braves owner Ted Turner gets a champagne shower from a member of the Braves after they won the National League West championship Sunday in San Diego (AP Laser photo) We will gladly give you a quote without any obligation We represent several companies who 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