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THE BANNERGRAPHIC, July 30,1966

Kittle helps Yankees early

By BEN WALKER AP Baseball Writer Hours before joining the New York Yankees, Ron Kittle was already helping his new team. Kittle hit a two-run homer Tuesday night as the Chicago White Sox ended an eight-game losing streak by beating the Boston Red Sox 4-1. Minutes later, it was announced that Kittle, Wayne Tolleson and Joel Skinner had been traded to the Yankees for Ron Hassey, minor league prospect Carlos Martinez and a player to be named later. Kittle’s homer enabled tthe second-place Yankees to remain four games behind the American League East-leading Red Sox. Kittle, who has hit 17 home runs this season and 111 homers in 3% seasons with Chicago, said the trade did not surprise him because rumors that he would be dealt had been floating around. “I knew I was gonzo,” he said. “I have no control over the matter. I’ll go to the Yankees and do the best I can. At least the Yankees have a bet-ter-looking uniform. ” In other AL games, Oakland beat California 4-2, Detroit topped Cleveland 6-3 in 11 innings, Texas edged Baltimore 6-5 in 12 innings, Toronto defeated Kansas City 5-2, Milwaukee defeated New York 6-4 and Minnesota beat Seattle 4-2. Blue Jays 5, Royals 2 Dave Stieb, struggling through the worst season of his career, checked

Valenzuela first N Ll4-game winner

ByDICKBRINSTER AP Sports Writer When he speaks of Fernando Valenzuela, Los Angeles Dodgers Manager Tom Lasorda spares few superlatives. “He’s a tough pitcher,” Lasorda said Tuesday night after Valenzuela became the National League’s first 14-game winner with a 2-1 victory over the San Francisco Giants. “He’s like a (Sandy) Koufax or a (Don) Drysdale,” Lasorda explained, using two of the club’s Hall of Fame pitchers as examples. “Those pitchers win the 2-1 games, and that is what you do when you are classified as an outstanding pitcher.” Valenzuela, 14-6, pitched a sixhitter and struck out 11 for the third time this season as the defending NL West champions continued to make progress in a season that has seen them beset by several crippling injuries. “This is what we need,” Lasorda said. “We have to start pushing the cart downhill instead of uphill and they are the guys we have to beat. Now we have a little momentum going.” The victory was the third straight for the Dodgers, who expect to get slugger Pedro Guerrero back next week. Guerrero has not played this season after sustaining a serious knee injury in spring training. Los Angeles moved into fourth place in the West, 7Vi games behind

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Kansas City on four hits over 6 2-3 innings as Toronto beat the host Royals. Stieb, the AL earned run average leader last year, raised his record to 3-10. A’s 4, Angels 2 Jose Canseco singled home the tiebreaking run during a three-run rally in the seventh inning, sending Oakland past California. Angels starter Ray Chadwick, making his major-league debut, took a two-hitter and 2-1 lead into the seventh. But Oakland pinned him with the loss. A’s starter Dave Stewart, 4-0, pitched four-hit ball for seven innings and won his fifth career decision

front-running Houston and four behind second-place San Francisco, which has lost three in a row. Elsewhere, it was Philadelphia 12, St. Louis 7; Atlanta 1, Houston 0, and San Diego 2, Cincinnati 1. New York and Chicago split a doubleheader, with the Mets winning the opener 3-0 and the Cubs taking the nightcap 2-1. Pittsburgh at Montreal was rained out. Mets 3, Cubs 0 Cubs 2, Mets 1 Despite his gaudy 11-3 record, New York’s Ron Darling hasn’t always pleased Manager Dave Johnson. But things are changing. “Ron’s really developed because of the split-fingered fastball,” Johnson said after Darling blanked Chicago on six hits in the opener. ‘That pitch allows him to be more aggressive in the strike zone and challenge the hitters.” Darling got all the support he needed when Len Dykstra singled in two runs in the fourth and Tim Teufel followed with an RBI double. The Cubs won the nightcap on an unearned run in the seventh when New York third baseman Howard Johnson made a pair of errors. Darling is 5-1 over is last 10 starts with a 1.50 eamed-run average, lowering his ERA for the season from 3.88 to 2.62. It was his second shutout and fourth complete game oi the season. He struck out eight and walked none. Phillies 12, Cardinals 7 Von Hayes is beginning to pay

against California without a loss. Rangers 6, Orioles 5 Scott Fletcher doubled home Oddibe McDowell from first base with two outs in the 12th inning and Texas broke Baltimore’s five-game winning streak. McDowell singled with two outs off Odell Jones, 1-1, and Fletcher followed with a drive off the left-field wall. Reliever Greg Harris, 5-9, shut out the Orioles for four innings for the victory. Tigers 6, Indians 3 Pinch-hitter Dave Bergman’s infield single with the bases loaded and two outs in the 12th inning sparked Detroit over Cleveland. Rookie Cory Snyder drove in all three runs for the host Indians. He hit a two-run homer, his ninth, and an RBI double. Brewers 6, Yankees 4 Rob Deer’s two-run homer capped a five-run first inning and Gorman Thomas added a solo home run that powered Milwaukee past visiting New York. The Brewers sent 10 batters to the plate in the first inning, knocking out rookie Scott Nielsen, 2-3. Twins 4, Mariners 2 Kent Hrbek hit a two-run homer and Kirby Puckett tripled, doubled and singled as Minnesota downed Seattle. Hrbek’s 424-foot homer, his 23rd, gave the host Twins a 2-0 lead in the first inning. Puckett had led off with a single, starting him off to his second consecutive three-hit game.

dividends on a 1982 trade which saw Philadelphia send five players tc Cleveland to get him. “I’m definitely a lot more con fident hitter than I’ve ever been,” Hayes said after he hit his seconc career grand slam and drove in five runs as the Phillies ended the Car dinals’ seven-game winning streak and climbed to the .500 mark. Braves 1, Astros 0 Atlanta managed only three hits off Mike Scott, and David Palmer was happy one of them Dale Murphy’s 15th homer, in the seventh inning went just far enough to make him a winner. “Games can’t get any closer than 1-0 with a home run that scrapes the top of the fence, the only run,” said Palmer, 7-8, who allowed just four hits in 7 2-3 innings. Gene Garber got the last four outs for his 13th save. Scott, 10-7, retired 16 straight batters before Glenn Hubbard singled with one out in the sixth for the Braves’ first hit. Scott struck out 10 in eight innings to increase his major-league leading total to 197. Padres 2, Reds 1 Garry Templeton, who said he’d been hitting as if he had a hole in his bat, found one in the Cincinnati defense. He hit it where they weren’t, lining a two-out single for a game-winning hit in the ninth inning. “I’ve been struggling lately,” said Templeton, who entered the game with a .225 average.

Baseball Major League Baseball At A Glance By The Associated Press AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W. L. Pet. GB Boston 59 40 .596 New York 56 45 .554 4 Baltimore 55 45 .550 4% Cleveland 52 46 .531 6% Detroit 53 47 . 530 6% Toronto 54 48 .529 6% Milwaukee 48 50 . 490 10% West Division California 53 46 .535 Texas 5! 50 .505 3 Kansas City 46 55 .455 8 Chicago 43 56 .434 10 Oakland 44 58 .431 10% Seattle 44 58 .431 10% Minnesota 43 57 .430 10% Tuesday’s Games Detroit 6, Cleveland 3, 11 innings Chicago 4, Boston 1 Texas 6, Baltimore 5, 12 innings Toronto 5, Kansas City 2 Minnesota 4, Seattle 2 Milwaukee 6, New York 4 Oakland 4, California 2 Wednesday's Games New York (Drabek 2-2) at Milwaukee (Higuera 12-7) California (Candelaria 3-1) at Oakland (Rijo 4-8) Detroit (King 7-2) at Cleveland (Butcher 1-6), (n) Boston (Clemens 17-2) at Chicago (Allen 7-2), (n) Baltimore (Boddicker 13-5) at Texas (Guzman 8-10), (n) Toronto (Johnson 0-0) at Kansas City (Leonard 6-9), (n) Seattle (Morgan 7-10) at Minnesota (Heaton 4-9), (n) Thursday's Games California at Oakland Detroit at Cleveland, (n) Only games scheduled NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division W. L. Pet. GB New York 66 31 .680 Montreal 49 47 .510 16% Philadelphia 49 49 . 500 17% St. Louis 45 53 .459 21% Chicago 43 54 .443 23 Pittsburgh 40 56 . 417 25% West Division Houston 56 45 .554 San Francisco 52 48 .520 3% San Diego 49 51 .490 6% Los Angeles 48 52 .480 7% Cincinnati 47 51 .480 7% Atlanta 46 53 .465 9 Tuesday's Games New York 3, Chicago 0, Ist game Chicago 2, New York 1, 2nd game Pittsburgh at Montreal, ppd., rain Philadelphia 12, St. Louis 7 Atlanta 1, Houston 0 San Diego 2, Cincinnati 1 Los Angeles 2, San Francisco 1 Wednesday’s Games Pittsburgh (Bielecki 6-6) at Montreal (Martinez 0-3), (n) Chicago (Eckersley 4-6) at New York (Fernandez 12-3), (n) St. Louis (Forsch 9-6) at Philadelphia (Hudson 6-9), (n) Atlanta (Acker 1-0) at Houston (Deshaies 5-3), (n) Cincinnati (Denny 7-9) at San Diego (Whitson 0-2), (n) San Francisco (Mulholland 0-3) at Los Angeles (Welch 4-9), (n) Thursday's Game Atlanta at San Francisco, (n) Only game scheduled TODAY’S MAJOR LEAGUE LEADERS By The Associated Press AMERICAN LEAGUE BATTING (235 at bats) —Boggs, Boston, .345; Mattingly, New York, .341; Puckett, Minnesota, .335; Rice, Boston, .333; Fletcher, Texas, .325; Yount, Milwaukee, .325. RUNS—RHenderson, New York, 94; Puckett, Minnesota, 75; Mattingly, New York, 72; Phillips, Oakland, 69; Bell, Toronto, 68; McDowell, Texas, 68. RBl—Canseco, Oakland, 82; Bell, Toronto, 77; Joyner, California, 74; Barfield, Toronto, 72; Mattingly, New York, 72. HlTS—Mattingly, New York, 146; Puckett, Minnesota, 145; Fernandez, Toronto, 136; Bell, Toronto, 128; Rice, Boston, 127. DOUBLES—Mattingly, New York, 35; Rice, Boston, 29; Boggs, Boston, 27; Buckner, Boston, 26; RHenderson, New York, 26; Ripken, Baltimore, 26. TRIPLES—ButIer, Cleveland, 8; Fernandez, Toronto, 8; GWalker, Chicago, 6; Owen, Seattle, 6; Wilson, Kansas City, 6. HOME RUNS—Barfield, Toronto, 25; Canseco, Oakland, 23; Hrbek, Minnesota, 23; Pagliarulo, New York, 23; Bell, Toronto, 22; Kingman, Oakland, 22; LNParrish, Detroit, 22. STOLEN BASES—RHenderson, New York, 60; Cangelosi, Chicago, 41; Pettis, California, 26; Wilson, Kansas City, 23; Moseby, Toronto, 22; Reynolds, Seattle, 22. PITCHING (9 decisions)—Clemens, Boston, 17-2, .895, 2.50; Rasmussen, New York, 12-2, .857, 3.30; Schrom, Cleveland, 11-3, .786, 3.96 ; 5 are tied with .778. STRIKEOUTS—CIemens, Boston, 161; Morris, Detroit, 151; McCaskill, California, 140; MWitt,

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California, 134; Langston, Seattle, 133. SAVES—Aase, Baltimore, 27, Righetti, New York, 23; Hernandez, Detroit, 19; Harris, Texas, 15; Henke, Toronto. 15. NATIONAL LEAGUE BATTING (235 at bats)—Brooks, Montreal, .337; Backman, New York, .336; Raines, Montreal, .336; Gwynn, San Diego, .334; CBrown. San Francisco, .332. RUNS —Gwynn, San Diego, 64; Hayes, Philadelphia, 61; EDavis, Cincinnati, 60; Schmidt, Philadelphia, 60; Murphy, Atlanta, 59; Raines, Montreal, 59. RBl—Schmidt, Philadelphia, 76; Carter, New York, 73; Parker, Cincinnati, 73; GDavis, Houston, 71; Brooks, Montreal, 58; Hayes, Philadelphia, 58; Wallach. Montreal, 58. HlTS—Gwynn, San Diego, 130; Sax, Los Angeles, 123; Raines, Montreal, 122; Bass, Houston, 115; Parker, Cincinnati, 112. DOUBLES—Hayes, Philadelphia, 28; Dunston, Chicago, 26; RReynolds, Pittsburgh, 26; Sax, Los Angeles, 24; Strawberry, New York, 24. TRIPLES —Raines, Montreal, 9; Samuel, Philadelphia, 8; Coleman, St. Louis, 7; McGee, St. Louis, 7; Dykstra, New York, 6; Moreno, Atlanta, 6. HOME RUNS—Parker, Cincinnati, 23; GDavis, Houston, 22; Schmidt, Philadelphia, 22; Stubbs, Los Angeles, 19; Marshal], Los Angeles, 18. STOLEN BASES—Coleman, St. Louis, 68; EDavis, Cincinnati, 56; Raines, Montreal, 45; Duncan, Los Angeles, 37; Doran, Houston, 34. PITCHING (9 decisions)—Ojeda, New York, 12-2, .857, 2.21; Fernandez, New York, 12-3, .800, 3.02; RRobinson, Cincinnati, 8-2, .800, 2.36; Darling, New York, 11-3, .786, 2.62; Gooden, New York, 10-4, .714, 2.97. STRIKEOUTS—Scott, Houston, 197; Valenzuela, Los Angeles, 158; Ryan, Houston, 126; Welch, Los Angeles, 118; Youmans, Montreal, 115. SAVES—Reardon, Montreal, 22; Worrell, St. Louis, 20; DSmith, Houston, 18; LeSmith, Chicago, 18; Gossage, San Diego, 17. Transactions BASEBALL American League CHICAGO WHITE SOX—Traded Ron Kittle, outfielder, Wayne Tolleson, infielder, and Joel Skinner, catcher, to the New York Yankees for Ron Hassey, catcher, Carlos Martinez, infielder, and a player to be named later. TEXAS RANGERS—Reactivated Ricky Wright, pitcher, from the 21-day disabled list. Reassigned Mickey Mahler, pitcher, to Oklahoma City of the American Association. National League MONTREAL EXPOS—Optioned Dan Bilardello, catcher, to Indianapolis of the American Associd tion PITTSBURGH PIRATES-Placed Rafael Belliard, shortstop, on the 15-day disabled list. Recalled Sammy Khalifa, shortstop, from Hawaii of the Pacific Coast League. SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS—Placed Roger Mason, pitcher, on the 21-day disabled list retroactive to June 26. Recalled Terry Mulholland, pitcher, from Phoenix of the Pacific Coast League. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association

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