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The Putnam County Banner-Graphic, August 6,1984

Leonard gets Ozark good start; Cubs edge Expos

By JONATHAN VITTI Associated Press Writer For now, Danny Ozark is a genius thanks to Jeff Leonard. Ozark succeeded the embattled Frank Robinson on Sunday as San Francisco manager after Robinson was dismissed Saturday night. Leonard’s ninth-inning grand slam gave the Giants a 7-3 victory over the Atlanta Braves Sunday and made Ozark a perfect 1-0 as San Francisco manager. According to Leonard, his ex-manager was gone but not forgotten. “My motivation was to dedicate that game to Frank Robinson,” said Leonard, who hit a 3-2 pitch from Donnie Moore over the fence in right-center field.“As a manager, he made me a better ballplayer.” Ozark, a .538 manager in seven seasons with the Philadelphia Phillies, is so-far an invincible field captain with the Giants. He was at a loss to explain his successful start. “I don’t know what he would have done differently in this game,” Ozark said, referring to Robinson. “Everybody manages about alike. “I feel good about it, naturally, being able to manage again. But I just feel bad for Frank.” For Leonard, who batted in another run in the third with a double, the home run was the 16th of the season. The grand slam was the third of his career. The Giants entered the ninth trailing 4-3. With one out, Dan Gladden singled off reliever Gene Garber, 1-2, and Bob Brenly doubled him to third. Donnie Moore was called in to pitch and Chili Davis was walked intentionally to set the stage for Leonard. Gary Lavelie, 4-4, pitched three innings in relief of starter Jeff Robinson to pick up the win. Greg Minton pitched the final inning for his 12th save. Elsewhere in the National League, Chicago defeated Montreal 4-3, San Diego outscored Houston 9-5, Cincinnati edged Los Angeles 2-1 in 11 innings, New York went 10 innings in beating Pittsburgh 3-1, and Philadelphia topped St. Louis 6-3. The Dodgers, Pirates and Cardinals all played giveaway, committing crucial late-inning mistakes that decided their fate.

Detroit lead drops to eight, as Toronto wins its fifth straight

By HERSCHEL NISSENSON AP Sports Writer The Detroit Tigers seem determined to put a little excitement back into the American League East. “The day’s gone by. I can’t bring it back,” Manager Sparky Anderson said Sunday after the Tigers dropped a 5-4, 4-0 doubleheader to the Kansas City Royals and found themselves with a four-game losing streak for only the second time all season. “What is true about this game is that there are no cakewalks in it. For every good thing that happens, bad things happen. This game has a way of evening itself.” Detroit’s lead over Toronto in the American League East, which stood at 12V2 games a week ago, is down to eight because the Blue Jays have won five in a row, including Sunday’s 4-3 victory over Baltimore on Cliff Johnson’s recordsetting 19th career pinch-hit homer. “Thank God we had that (lead) as a bonus,” Anderson said. “We haven’t been hitting. We’ve been pitching well, though, until this weekend.” The Tigers will need all the pitching they can muster with doubleheaders on tap in Boston tonight and Tuesday. “We’ve got five games in three days; there’s no sense in talking about it because we’ve got to play it,” Anderson said. Detroit catcher Lance Parrish said the Tigers must keep a positive attitude even if the fans don’t. Blue Jays 4, Orioles 3 Johnson's record-setting homer came off Tippy Martinez in the eighth inning and snapped two ties. It broke a 3-3 tie with Baltimore as well as the tie that existed between Johnson and Jerry Lynch, who hit 18 pinch homers for Cincinnati and Pittsburgh from 1957-66. Johnson, who also has played with Houston and Chicago in the National League and New York, Cleveland and Oakland in the AL, hit five pinch homers in 1974, one in both 1975 and 1976, three in 1977, two in 1978, one in 1979, three in 1980, one in 1981 and again last year. “There wasn’t any doubt about that

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Reds 2, Dodgers 1 Steve Sax’s throwing error in the bottom of the 11th inning allowed Cesar Cedeno to score the winning run. With one out, Cedeno on second and Skeeter Barnes on first, Dave Van Gorder grounded to shortstop Dave Anderson, who flipped to Sax at second for the force. Barnes took Sax out with a hard slide and Cedeno sprinted for home. Sax threw wildly to the plate and Cedeno scored easily. Barnes had taken Sax out hard on a nin-th-inning force play after Barnes’ single had tied the game. “I thought about that before the pitch,” Sax said. “I knew he was going to be on me if we didn’t hold him (on first base). He was there when I got the ball.” Dodger starter Fernando Valenzuela took a 1-0 lead and a one-hitter into the bottom of the ninth. Mets 3, Pirates 1 Dale Berra fumbled an apparent doubleplay grounder by Mookie Wilson with one out in the top of the 10th inning, and a walk to Keith Hernandez loaded the bases. George Foster followed with a two-run single. Mets starter Sid Fernandez had blanked the Pirates on two hits until Lee Lacy tied the score with a one-out home run in the eighth. Wes Gardner pitched two hitless in-

one,” Johnson said of his long homer. “I had all of it. I had time to admire it a little bit.” Twins 4, Angels 2 Tom Brunansky drove in three runs, two of them with his third home run in as many games, and Ken Schrom scattered six hits over 7 1-3 innings to lead Minnesota to a half-game lead over California. Brunansky tagged Ron Romanick for an RBI single in the first inning and slammed his 20th homer in the third. “I’m a straak home run hitter and right now I’m in a streak,” said Brunansky. “The homers I’m hitting this year mean more because we’re in the race.” White Sox 7, Brewers 0 Greg Luzinski ran his RBI streak to eight consecutive games with two runscoring singles and Richard Dotson pitched 7 1-3 innings as Chicago closed within two games of the West lead and handed Milwaukee its eighth straight setback. Luzinski’s first RBI triggered a threerun first inning off Mike Caldwell, who hasn’t won since April 27 and tied a club record by losing his ninth successive game. Luzinski also singled a run across in the second inning while Julio Cruz contributed a two-run double. Red Sox 4, Rangers 2 Rookie A 1 Nipper allowed three hits over eight innings and Tony Armas and Rich Gedman belted solo home runs as Boston won for the 20th time in 29 games. The Red Sox scored twice in the third off Charlie Hough on Jim Rice’s double, Armas’ RBI single and Mike Easler’s double. Gedman homered in the fourth and Armas, who

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nings for his first major-league victory. Phillies 6, Cardinals 3 St. Louis reliever Neil Allen walked John Wockenfuss and Ozzie Virgil with the bases loaded in the eighth to force in the tie-breaking runs. Jeff Lahti, 3-2, issued the first of four eighth-inning walks allowed by St. Louis. Bill Campbell, 4-3, pitched the seventh inning and was credited with the victory, while A 1 Holland gained his 24th save. Cubs 4, Expos 3 Keith Moreland’s grand slam and onehit relief pitching by Rick Reuschel, 5-5, led first-place Chicago to its eighth triumph in 10 games. Tim Wallach hit his 16th homer off starter Rich Bordi in the second inning before the Cubs rallied in the third against Montreal starter Dick Grapenthin, who was recalled from Indianapolis to replace the injured David Palmer. Lee Smith finished for the Cubs to gain his 24th save. Padres 9, Astros 5 Steve Garvey slammed three hits, including a two-run homer, and Kevin Mcßeynolds drove in three runs as San Diego increased its Western Division lead to 9*6 games, the largest bulge in the majors. The victory was the Padres’ 10th in their last 12 games.

leads the majors, hit his 30th in the seventh. Yankees 4, Indians 0 Ray Fontenot pitched hitless ball for 5 13 innings before Brook Jacoby’s scratch single and Mike Armstrong and Phil Niekro completed the one-hitter as the Yankees posted their eighth consecutive victory. Fontenot left after 5 2-3 innings with stiffness in his left shoulder. Rookie Vic Mata hit his first major-league homer and Brian Dayett drove in two runs with a double and sacrifice fly. Athletics 5, Mariners 4 Mike Heath, Carney Lansford and Jim Essian homered while Lary Sorensen recorded his first victory since July 8 as Oakland completed a four-game series sweep. Ken Phelps homered for Seattle, his 19th. One of the Seattle runs came when Sorensen wasn’t looking as catcher Essian returned the ball following a pitch and it sailed past him with a runner on third. “I’ve never seen that happen before,” said A’s Manager Jackie Moore. “Lary has a habit of walking out in front of the mound to take the throw. This time he walked out there and hung his head.”

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