Wednesday, October 13, 1971
THE BATTAilC
Pirates surprise Murtaugh and Baltimore in third Series gam
By MIKE RATHET
Associated Press Sports Writer
PITTSBURGH (A 5 )—Steve Blass
surprised Pittsburgh Manager
Danny Murtaugh with a three-
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hitter and Bob Robertson stunned
him by swinging through a bunt
sign for a three-run homer as the
Pirates defeated the Orioles 5-1
in the third game of the World
Series.
It all seemed to leave Murtaugh
so happily dazed that when he
walked into the winner’s dressing
room he quipped: “I was begin
ning to think you all didn’t have
a room like this.”
For two days it had appeared
as if the cigar-chomping Irishman
never would get there, but Blass
turned Baltimore’s lethal bats
into toothpicks with a three-hitter
that ended the Orioles’ amazing
season-ending winner streak at 16.
Dave Cash scored Pittsburgh’s
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first run, Jose Pagan drove in
the second and Robertson cracked
his homer. But the day belonged
to Blass.
And he left no doubt as to how
he felt about his performance.
Asked if it was the best he had
pitched all year, Blass shot back:
“How about in my life?”
Robertson, who shared the
hero’s spotlight with Blass, said
he didn’t know he had swung
through a bunt sign on his sev
enth inning homer until he crossed
the plate and was greeted by
“Atta way to bunt the ball,”
Stargell told him.
The homer made it 5-1, giving
Blass some additional working
room as he bounced back with
an overpowering performance af
ter being shelled from the mound
in two National League playoff
starts.
And he did it against a Balti
more team that had mauled Pitts
burgh pitching for 24 hits and 16
runs in the two previous games.
The 29-year-old right-hander
kept the Orioles completely off
balance with an assortment of
blazing fast balls and roundhouse
curves and held them scoreless
until Frank Robinson homered in
the seventh.
That trimmed Pittsburgh’s lead
to 2-1, but it was the only time
the Orioles were able to break
through against Blass, a 6-foot,
170-pounder regarded as one of
the easiest-going members of the
Pirates.
And he probably couldn’t help
smiling when his teammates,
mocked for their inability to find
a crack among the Orioles’ 20-
game winners during two defeats
in Baltimore, put it away against
left-hander Mike Cuellar on Rob
ertson’s three-run homer in the
bottom of the seventh.
Blass, who had a no-hitter
working until Brooks Robinson
singled with one out in the fifth,
thus made something of prophet
of Pittsburgh Manager Danny
THE RUGBY CLUB of A&M is shown in action against
St. Edwards, with Don Barr (solid jersey) fighting for the
ball. The Aggies won, 47-6, for their eighteenth straight
victory of the season.
Aggies bombard Austin team
in rugby match last Saturday
Playing at Austin Saturday,
the A&M Rugby Club’s ‘A’ team
rolled to its 18th consecutive vic
tory this year, whipping St. Ed
wards, 47-6.
The Aggies were not up to their
usual smooth running game, prob
ably due to the absence of five
key players, but were sufficiently
in command to rout the inexperi
enced St. Edwards team.
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St. Edwards, while being de
feated, never gave up, and there
were solid attempts to stop A&M
and counter attack. However,
their tackles were generally aim
ed too high and the powerful run
ning Aggies frequently broke
through. When St. Edwards did
start an attack, it was sufficiently
stifled by the quick covering
A&M backs, particularly George
McCarroll at stand-off half.
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Scoring for the Aggies were
Captain John Gunn with a penalty
goal (3 points) and four conver
sions (8 points), George McCar
roll with three tries (12 points)
and Don Barr, Mark Anthony,
Gary Junot, Giles Fort, Rick
Jones and Randy Harju with a
try (4 points) apiece.
The Aggie ‘B’ team also played
at Austin against the ‘A’ team
of the Austin Gold Rugby Club.
After starting well, the Aggies
were unable to cope with this
more experienced team, and were
beaten 36-6.
Lack of experience caused poor
individual positioning by A&M,
thus allowing the Austin back
line more running room than they
should have had. These backs, who
would be impressive anywhere,
took their advantage with both
hands, racking up an impressive
total against the hard fighting
A&M team.
Scoring for the Aggies were
Michael Huslage with a try (4
points), and Bruce Mills with a
conversion (2, points).
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Murtaugh. Murtaugh had warned
against counting the Pirates out
until they returned to their home
base at Three Rivers Stadium.
The triumph also underscored
the critical nature of Wednesday
night’s fourth game — the first
World Series night game in his
tory. Baltimore’s fourth 20-game
winner, Pat Dobson, will go in
that one against Luke Walker,
10-8 during the regular season.
But it is doubtful that more
attention could be focused on one
man than was focused on Blass
in this one. For even as he check
ed the Orioles they weren’t out
of it until Robertson’s blast in
the seventh inning.
After a shaky start, Cuellar
seemed to have as much control
of the situation as Blass.
But Cuellar threw wildly to
first on Roberto Clemente’s lead-
off grounder. Then Willie Star
gell walked on four pitches and
Robertson tagged a drive over
the 385-foot mark in right center
field.
That made it 5-1, and all Blass
had to do was coast the rest of
the way. But just as he had done
after Robinson’s home, his sixth
hit and second homer of the
series, he bore down.
Blass stifled any thought ^
Baltimore bounce-back by ifo
ing out Ellie Hendricks
Brooks Robinson and g e (,
Dave Johnson on a soft groml
He went back to work ij
eighth and got the Orioles k
took a standing ovation froj
crowd of 50,403 when he t
to bat in the Pirates’ half 0 (
eighth, and then went out to
mound in the ninth to finish it
He struck out Merv Rett
mund leading off, got Powell
a long fly to center and
surrendered a single to his
tormentor, Frank Robinson.,
then he ended it by getting Hi
dricks on a one-hopper to
baseman Cash.
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