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Major League Baseball At A Glance AMERICAN LEAGUE '■ east DIVISION d«™ 'V, p 'i, GB » » “ I', Clevetad 11 10 524 74 Baltimor n 14 440 94 Miiwauke 9 12 429 91^ . 10 14 417 10 New Yrk 8 15 348 lHs ■ WEST DIVISION ° a *! nd 15 11 .577 - Caliform 1 6 12 571 _ 13 12 . 520 U/2 Minnesot 12 14 aao Kansas Cty 9 1, « 3 Clucag 10 13 435 3 u, Texs 9 16 . 360 s’^ Wednesday's Games Cleveland 9, Baltimore 7, 16 innings Boston 5, Detroit 4 Toronto 7, Texas 6 Chicago 3, New York 0 Oakland 7, California 6 Minnesota 8, Seattle 6 Kansas City at Milwaukee, ppd , rain Thursday's Games Boston (Ojeda 1-2) at Detroit (Morris 50) Kansas City (Gubicza 0-2) at Milwaukee (Caldwell 4-1) Minnesota (Smithson 3-2) at Seattle (Langston 1-2), (n) Only games scheduled Friday’s Games Detroit at Cleveland, (n) Kansas City at Toronto, (n) Chicago at Boston, (n) New York at Milwaukee, (n) Baltimore at Texas, (n) Oakland at Minnesota, (n) California at Seattle, (n) NATIONAL LEAGUE EAST DIVISION W I. Pet GB New York 14 8 636 Chicago 12 10 .545 2 Philadelphia 12 10 . 545 2 Montreal 13 11 .542 2 St. Louis 13 12 .520 2Vi Pittsburgh 7 15 .318 7 WEST DIVISION .. . ::.... Los Angeles 18 9 .667 San Diego 16 8 667 Cincinnati 12 13 480 5 Atlanta 9 13 409 eh Houston 8 16 . 333 BM> San Francisco 8 17 .320 9 Wednesday's Games San Francisco 4, Los Angeles 3 St. Louis 3, Pittsburgh 1 Cincinnati 3, Houston 2 Montreal 3, Philadelphia 2 New York 4, Chicago 3 San Diego at Atlanta, ppd., rain Thursday's Games Houston (Knepper 2-3) at Cincinnati (Price 2-1) San Diego (Lollar 2-2) at Atlanta (Falcone 1-3), (n) Only games scheduled Friday's Games San Diego at Chicago, (n) Atlanta at Montreal, (n) Los Angeles at Pittsburgh, (n) Houston at New York, (n) Cincinnati at Philadelphia, (n) San Francisco at St. Louis, (n) TODAY’S MAJOR LEAGUE LEADERS AMERICAN LEAGUE BATTING (40 at bats): Garbey, Detroit, .476; Upshaw, Toronto, .590; Trammell, Detroit, .384; Engle, Minnesota, .375; Garcia, Toronto, .364. * RUNS: Ripken, Baltimore, 23; Trammell, Detroit, 23; Whitaker, Detroit, 22; Upshaw, Toronto, 21; Pettis, California, • 20 RBI: Murray, Baltimore, 26; Kingman, Oakland, 26; DeCinces, California, 22; • Davis, Seattle, 20; Downing, California, 20; Lemon, Detroit, 20. HITS: Garcia, Toronto, 39; Bell, Toronto, 34; Trammell, Detroit, 33; DeCinces, California, 32; Hrbek, Minnesota, 32; Up- * shaw, Toronto, 32. DOUBLES: Boone, California, 10; Bell, Toronto, 9; Upshaw, Toronto, 9; Bell, Texas, 8; Mattingly, New York, 8. TRIPLES: RLaw, Chicago, 3; Sheridan, Kansas City, 3; 12 are tied with 2. HOME RUNS: Kingman, Oakland, 10; Davis, Seattle, 8; Ripken, Baltimore, 8; Kittle, Chicago, 7; 4 are tied with 6. STOLEN BASES: Butler, Cleveland, 13; Garcia, Toronto, 13; Bernazard, Cleveland, 11; Pettis, California, 10; Henderson, Oakland, 8. PITCHING (3 decisions): 9 are tied with 1.000. STRIKEOUTS: Blyleven, Cleveland, 36; Moore, Seattle, 31; Witt, California, 31; Sutcliffe, Cleveland, 29; Hoyt, Chicago, 28; Warren, Oakland, 28. SAVES: Quisenberry, Kansas City, 7; Caudill, Oakland, 6; Lamp, Toronto, 5; Davis, Minnesota, 4; Stanley, Boston, 4. NATIONAL LEAGUE BATTING (40 at bats): Gwynn, San Diego, .414; Ray, Pittsburgh, .363; Strawberry, New York, .363; Raines, Montreal, .359; Maldonado, Lo 6 Angeles, .353.
Celtics eliminating shots and Knicks at same time
BOSTON (AP) Larry Bird played basketball like a football player. Cedric Maxwell played it like a hockey player. And if New York doesn’t play it any better it will have plenty of time to watch baseball. Summer vacation could start Monday for the Knicks, whose most potent weapons Bernard King and a pressing defense have blown up in their faces.
Indians one of 13 By The Associated Press The American Association baseball season is less than a month old, but already it’s beginning to look like a long summer awaits the Wichita Aeros, who dropped a 5-1 decision to Indianapolis Wednesday night for their 13th loss in 15 games. While the Aeros, 7-15, are swooning, the Indians are surging. Roy Johnson’s threerun homer in the first inning was all Indianapolis needed to get the Indians rolling for their third consecutive victory Chris Welsh won his fourth game without a loss for the Indians, and Dick Grapenthin picked up his fourth save. The Indians, 12-10, trail first-place Louisville by l*/i games. In other games, Evansville edged Oklahoma City 5-3, lowa stopped Denver 6-4 and a double-header between Louisville and Omaha was postponed by rein.
RUNS: Raines, Montreal, 19; Wiggins, San Diego, 19; Gwynn, San Diego, 18; Samuel, Philadelphia, 18; Sax, Los Angeles, 17; Schmidt, Philadelphia, 17. RBI: Carter, Montreal, 24; Marshall, Los Angeles, 23; Garvey, San Diego, 20; Wallach,Montreal, 20; Schmidt, Philadelphia, 19. HITS: Gwynn, San Diego, 36; Raines, Montreal, 33; Sax, Los Angeles, 30; 5 are tied with 29 DOUBLES: Carter, Montreal, 9; Davis, San Francisco, 8; Little, Montreal, 8; Francona, Montreal, 7; Strawberry, New York, 7 TRIPLES: McGee, St. Louis, 4; Foley, Cincinnati, 3; 14 are tied with 2. HOME RUNS Marshall, Los Angeles, 8; Washington, Atlanta, 7; Brock, Los Angeles, 6; 5 are tied with 5. STOLEN BASES: Samuel, Philadelphia, 15; Redus, Cincinnati, 12; Milner, Cincinnati, 11; Wiggins, San Diego, 11; VHayes, Philadelphia, 9 PITCHING (3 decisions): Honeycutt, Los Angeles, 4-0, 1.000, 1.38; Hawkins, San Diego, 3-0, 1 000, 4.85; Hudson, Philadelphia, 3-0, 1.000, 3.86; Lynch, New York, 3-0,1 000,1.89;4are tied with .800 STRIKEOUTS: Soto, Cincinnati, 40; Ryan, Houston, 39; Valenzuela, Los Angeles, 38; Gooden, New York, 36; Berenyi, Cincinnati, 34. SAVES: Gossage, San Diego, 8; Sutter, St. Louis, 7; Holland, Philadelphia, 5; Smith, Chicago, 5; 4 are tied with 4. NBA Playoff Glance Conference Semifinals (Best of Seven) EASTERN CONFERENCE Boston vs. New York Wednesday, May 2 Boston 116, New York 102, Boston leads series 2-0 Friday, May 4 Boston at New York Sunday . May 6 Boston at New York Wednesday, Mays New York at Boston Milwaukee vs. New Jersey Tuesday, May 1 Milwaukee 98, New Jersey 94, series tied 1-1 Thursday, May 3 Milwaukee a t New Jersey Saturday. May 5 Milwaukee at New Jersey Tuesday, May 8 New jersey at Milwaukee WESTERN CONFERENCE Los Angeles vs. Dallas Tuesday, May 1 Los Angeles 117, Dallas 101, Los Angeles leads series 2-0 Friday, May 4 Los Angeles at Dallas Sunday, May 6 Los Angeles a t Dallas Tuesday, May 8 Dallas at Los Angeles Utah vs. Phoenix Wednesday, May 2 Phoenix 102, Utah 97, series tied 1-1 Friday, May 4 Utah at Phoenix Sunday, May 8 Utah at Phoenix Tuesday, MVAY Phoenix at Utah. TBA National Hockey League Playoffs At A Glance Conference Championships Best-of-Seven Wales Conference Tuesday, May 1 N Y. islanders 3, Montreal 1, series tied 2-2 Thursday, May 3 N Y. Islanders at Montreal Saturday, Mays Montreal at N Y. Islanders Tuesday, May 8 N Y. Islanders at Montreal Campbell Conference Tuesday, May 1 Edmonton 3, Minnesota 1, Edmonton wins series 4-0 Stanley Cup Finals Thursday, May 10 Edmonton at New York-Oontreal winner, TBA Saturday, May 12 or Sunday, May 13 Edmonton at New York-Montreal winner, TBA Tuesday, May IS New York-Montreal winner at Edmonton, TBA Thursday, May 17 New York-Montreal winner at Edmonton, TBA Saturday, May 19 or Sunday, May 20 New York-Montreal winner at Edmonton, if necessary Tuesday, May 22 Edmonton at New York-Montreal winner, if necessary Thursday, May 24 Edmonton at New York-Montreal winner, if necessary
The latest explosion came Wednesday night when the Boston Celtics crushed the Knicks for the second straight game, 116-102, and grabbed a 20 lead in their National Basketball Association playoff series. If Boston wins the next two games in New York Friday night and Sr.nday, the best-of-seven Eastern Conference semifinal will be over. “I’m not crazy,” said Dennis
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Lady luck finally comes calling on San Francisco
By KEN RAPPOPORT AP Sports Writer Frank Robinson finally got rid of Excedrin Headache No. 9. ‘‘The way we’ve been going, we couldn’t breath easy until we were back in the clubhouse with the win,” the San Francisco manager said after the Giants snapped a nine-game losing streak with a 4-3 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers Wednesday. “But this should help us relax and play like we’re capable of playing.” Unable to cash in on breaks during their losing streak, the longest ever for the Giants in San Francisco, Robinson’s team finally took advantage of the other team’s mistakes and got some lucky hits as well. Three Los Angeles errors helped the Giants score two unearned runs, and A 1 Oliver remarked, “It was a good feeling to capitalize on the Dodgers’ mistakes because they don’t make many mistakes.” In other National League action, it was New York 4, Chicago 3; Montreal 3, Philadelphia 2; St. Louis 3, Pittsburgh 1, and Cincinnati 3, Houston 2. Rain washed out the San Diego-Atlanta game. The Giants came from behind twice, the second time on a pinch RBI single by Oliver in the eighth inning. The eighth-inning rally was off relievers Tom Niedenfuer, 0-2, and Carlos Diaz
Johnson, the sparkplug of a decisive Boston surge. “I enjoy being up 2-0. You won’t hear me talk against it.” In Wednesday night’s only other game, Phoenix beat Utah 102-97 to even their series 1-1. Tonight, Los Angeles is at Dallas and Milwaukee at New Jersey. The Lakers lead the Mavericks 2-0 and the Nets and Bucks are tied 1-1. In the Knicks-Celtics game,
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The Dodgers’ Mike Marshall broke a 2-2 tie in the sixth with his eighth homer of the season, giving him the NL lead in homers. But the Giants tied the score 3-3 in the seventh with an unearned run off Los Angeles starter Rick Honeycutt. “I’ve always been an aggressive hitter. I’m not much of a spectator at the plate,” said Oliver, who swung at the first pitch thrown by Diaz. A broken-bat bloop single by Bob Brenly was the only other hit in the winning rally. Earlier in the game, Brenly had two infield singles. “If we hadn’t lost nine straight games, this wouldn’t feel nearly so good,” Oliver said. “Everyone was frustrated during that long drought, but no one was losing confidence. ’ ’ Mets 4, Cubs 3 Keith Hernandez’s sacrifice fly with the bases loaded snapped a tie in the ninth inning, leading New York over Chicago. The Mets had loaded the bases with none out on a leadoff triple by Danny Heep off Lee Smith, 1-2, and intentional walks to Wally Backman and Rusty Staub. Ed Lynch, 3-0, who relieved Tim Leary in the sixth inning, was the winner. George Foster’s two-out homer, his fourth of the season in the bottom of the seventh, climaxed an uphill battle by the Mets to tie the score at 3-3.
Bird led all scorers with a career playoff high of 37 points, including 21 in the first 13:50. King, who scored more than 40 points in each of the last four games in his previous playoff series against Detroit, was held to 13, tying his second lowest total for the year. “You have to be like a hockey player. We try to eliminate as many shots on goal as possible,” said Maxwell.
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“This is my best start ever, as I’ve never been 2-0 before,” said Lynch. “I’m not throwing the ball any differently. It’s simple we’re a better team. If this were two or three years ago we would lost this 3-2. All I have to do is keep every game close, and wait for the guys to make contact. It’s not a bad job to have.” Reds 3. Astros 2 Mario Soto pitched a threehitter and Dave Parker and Dave Concepcion singled in runs in the seventh inning to send Cincinnati past Houston, the Reds’ sixth straight victory. Soto, 3-1, struck out a seasonhigh 13 and walked four in his second complete game of the year. No other Reds pitcher has gone the distance this year. The only runs off Soto came on a homer by Ray Knight in the fifth inning, and an error by the pitcher with the bases loaded in the ninth. Soto had to pitch out of a one-out, bases-loaded jam in the final inning to gain the victory. Cardinals 3, Pirates 1 Willie McGee lined a two-run single in the seventh inning as St. Louis, behind the combined eight-hit pitching of Dave LaPoint and two relievers, beat Pittsburgh. The loss was the fifth in a row for the Pirates, who have dropped all six of their meetings against the Cardinals this season.
“It’s hard to score when you don’t get the ball,” said King. “Part of the reason I didn’t get the ball was the Celtics’ defense.” Maxwell and Kevin McHale, who scored 24 points, held King to four field goals in 13 attempts. Bird hit 16 of 22 field goals and grabbed 11 rebounds. He also had four steals and two blocked shots.
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Hoyt near perfect
By HERSCHEL NISSENSON AP Sports Writer It was a perfect pitch . . . but it cost LaMarr Hoyt a perfect game. It came with one out in the seventh inning Wednesday night after Hoyt had mowed down the first 19 New York Yankee batters. “He jammed me, that’s all,” Don Mattingly said. “All his pitches were working good. I think I hit a slider.” Mattingly popped it up to short left field where a 14-mile-an-hour wind carried it just out of the reach of diving shortstop Jerry Dybzinski for a fluke single, the Yankees’ only hit and only baserunner. Steve Kemp followed with a doubleplay grounder and Hoyt faced the minimum number of 27 batters in hurling Chicago to a 3-0 victory over the Yankees, the team that traded him to the White Sox in 1977. “If the wind isn’t blowing, it’s a running catch,” Dybzinski said. “But I knew I was going to have to dive to make the play. I wasn’t thinking about anything else, but I kept running and running and couldn’t catch up with it.” Nor could the Yankees, who have lost seven of their last eight games and were shut out for the sixth time, catch up with Hoyt. “This game is played by humans, not machines,” said Chicago Manager Tony Laßussa, “so I’m always surprised that a man can go from the first inning to the ninth without a mistake and he did.” In other American League games, the Boston Red Sox edged the Detroit Tigers 5-4, the Cleveland Indians outlasted the Baltimore Orioles 9-7 in 16 innings, the Oakland Athletics nipped the California Angels 76, the Toronto Blue Jays shaded the Texas Rangers 7-6 and the Minnesota Twins downed the Seattle Mariners 8-6. The Kansae City-Milwaukee game was rained out. Hoyt, who struck out eight, seemed to be the only member of the White Sox who wasn’t up-
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set that he lost his bid for baseball immortality. “I don’t think when you throw a one-hit shutout you should be disappointed,” said the burly 29-year-old right-hander. “The chances of throwing a perfect game aren’t very good anyway. You’ve got to be lucky. One guy got a hit. So what? It’s no big deal. I got 27 outs. That sounds like a pretty good game to me. ” Hoyt was in such command that he threw a strike on the first pitch to 19 of the 27 batters and never went to a three-ball count. The White Sox scored all their runs in the second inning off 18-year-old Jose Rijo, making his first major-league start. A walk to Ron Kittle, Harold Baines’ single, a sacrifice and Scott Fletcher’s single produced the first run and the others scored on a balk and Rudy Law’s single.
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Red Sox 5, Tigers 4 Dwight Evans and Jim Rice hit two-run homers as Boston handed the Tigers only their third defeat in 22 games. Evans connected in the first inning and Rice homered in the third, both off Juan Berenguer. Mike Easier walked in the Boston sixth, stole second and scored what turned out to be the decisive run on a single by Reid Nichols. The Tigers scored three of their four runs off Boston relief ace Bob Stanley Indians 9, Orioles 7 Brook Jacoby, who hit a three-run homer in the eighth inning to pull Cleveland into a 66 tie, drove in the winning run with a 16th-inning sacrifice fly as the Indians snapped Baltimore’s six-game winning streak. The winning run scored off Jim Palmer, making only the 36th relief appearance of his long career.
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