t Page 16 THE BATTALION
WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 1981
Astros beat Cubs
United Press International
CHICAGO — Alan Ashby had
been trying with little success to
keep warm sitting on the Houston
Astros’ bench all game long, so
when it came time for him to pinch
hit he did all he could to prevent
his teeth from chattering.
0-2. “But as I ran around first base,
it felt good.”
► Ashby was called upon with
Houston trailing the Chicago
'Cubs 3-2 Tuesday afternoon at
windswept Wrigley Field. The
temperature was 43 degrees, the
wind was out of the northwest at
23 mph and the game was on the
line.
Ashby’s double scored Jose
Cruz, who had led off with his
third single of the game, and
pinch-runner Dickie Thon. Thon,
who ran for Art Howe after Howe
singled, had gotten into scoring
position by stealing second.
Ashby shook off a case of near
frostbite to deliver a two-out, two-
run double that lifted Houston to a
4-3 triumph over the last-place
Cubs, who lost for the 17th time in
20 games.
“I’m glad I got it. We’ve been
on a good streak lately and we’ve
played very well on the road,
something we haven’t done in the
past,” said Ashby, whose team
won for the eighth time in its last
nine games.
Ashby’s heroics rallied Houston
and got reliever David Smith off
the hook. Smith yielded a three-
run double to Chicago’s Scot
Thompson in the seventh inning.
“It was cold. My teeth were
chattering. I had frozen hands,
said Ashby, whose double came
off Chicago reliever Lee Smith,
But Smith came on to pitch hit
less baseball the rest of the way to
pick up his first win in four deci
sions.
Major League Baseball
American League
National League
East
East
Cleveland
10
5
.667
—
Milwaukee
13
8
.619
—
St. Louis 13
4
.765
—
New York
14
9
.609
—
Montreal 15
6
.714
—
Baltimore
H
9
.550
HA
Philadelphia 16
7
.696
—
Detroit
10
13
.435
4
Pittsburgh 8
8
.500
4%
Boston
8
13
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5
New York 6
13
.316
8
Toronto
8
14
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Chicago 3
17
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West
West
Oakland
21
5
.808
—
Los Angeles 16
8
.667
—
Chicago
12
9
.571
6V2
Cincinnati 11
10
.524
3%
Texas
12
9
.571
6'A
Atlanta 12
12
.500
4
California
12
14
.462
9
Houston 11
13
.458
5
Minnesota
9
14
.391
lOVz
San F rancisco 11
15
.423
6
Kansas City
6
12
.333
11
San Diego 8
17
.320
8 Vi
Seattle
6
18
.250
14
Tuesday’s Results
Wednesday’s Games
Tuesday’s Results
Wednesday’s Games
Texas 6, Chicago 1
Houston 4, Chicago 3
Houston at Chicago
Cleveland at Toronto ppd.
rain
Montreal 4, San Diego 3
Los Angeles at Philadelphia
Baltimore 3, Minnesota 2
Minnesota at Baltimore
Philadelphia 8, Los Angeles 7
San Francisco at New York
Boston 8, Kansas City 7
Boston at Kansas City
St. Louis 4, Atlanta 1
Atlanta at St. Louis
Kansas City 2, Boston 1
New York at California
San Francisco 9, New York 7
Pittsburgh at Cincinnati
California 6. New York 2
Milwaukee at Seattle
Pittsburgh at Cincinnati ppd.
San Diego at Montreal
Oakland 6, Detroit 2
Detroit at Oakland
rain
Milwaukee 4, Seattle 1
Cleveland at Toronto
Rangers take So;
United Press International
ARLINGTON — Andy Dar
win’s two greatest assets may be
his slider and his confidence.
Darwin stymied the Chicago
White Sox through five innings
Tuesday night and then frustrated
them by pitching out of jams in the
sixth, seventh and eighth innings
before giving way to Steve Comer
in the ninth.
Darwin’s pitching and Leon
Roberts’ three-run homer po
wered Texas to a 6-1 victory.
Darwin gave up nine hits in 8
1-3 innings, but countered with
nine strikeouts and no walks. It
was his second consecutive strong
performance, following last
week’s one-hitter against Boston.
“Actually I felt sharper tonight
than I did against Boston,” Dar
win said. “I was moving the ball
Vol. 74
well and throwing the sliderwel
“I was getting strikes witb |
slider and that made it easier,"b
said. “When you are a startiuj
pitcher you’ve got to have thee*
fidence to throw it when yoiir’n
behind. I can tell in the first innin:
if I’ve got a good slider an
it was good.”
Darwin was the Rangers’ tij;
late-inning reliever last seas* 32 P3Q (
but when Don Zimmer (
as manager he said he wanted^
young righthander in the stai
rotation.
Bump Wills started the sixtlljS
Texas with a single, followedijl
Mickey rivers’ ground out. Ad
on orders from manager Toi|
LaRussa, Baumgarten pitclit
around Al Oliver, walking liiii|
Roberts then homered overt!
left field wall.
Celtics take first game,
98-95 behind late rally
United Press International
BOSTON — Calvin Murphy,
the elder statesman of the Hous
ton Rockets, said “it’s a good ques
tion” why his team lost the open
ing game of the NBA champion
ship series Tuesday night to the
Boston Celtics.
For an explanation of the Rock
ets’ 98-95 defeat, the veteran
guard said, “Like in a fight, if you
don’t knock (the opponent) out, he
thinks he can come back . We are
not excited about staying close
with the Celtics, either you win or
lose.”
Coming back was what Boston
did after trailing throughout most
of the game. The Celtics didn’t
take the lead for good until Larry
Bird popped in a jumper with 4:30
left in the fourth quarter for a 92-
91 lead.
“We controlled the tempo of
the game. If you can hold a good
running team below 100 points,
you did well defensively. If you
take away the offensive rebounds
we could have held them in the
80s,” said the 5-9 Murphy, who
tossed in 16 points.
Center Moses Malone, got 15
rebounds to show for his league
leading specialty, but was shack
led offensively and ended up with
just 13 points.
“They had five guys going to
the boards and Bird (21 rebounds
and 18 points) did a good job, ” said
Malone who was so frustrated he
nearly came to blows with Boston
reserve center Rick Robey when
both went for a rebound late in the
third quarter.
“Had we reduced their offen
sive rebounding game by five re
bounds, we would have won the
game,” said Houston Coach Del
Harris who was unhappy that his
team allowed Boston a 54-42 re
bounding edge, including 25
under Houston’s basket.
Forward Billy Paultz said it was
“very depressing” watching Bird
getting all those rebounds. “He
made the ball bounce to him.
Well have to make the ball
bounce to us more. Taking care of
the ball is very, very important to
us,” said Paultz.
“We are still very confident if
we can play our brand of basket
ball we can win. There are just a
few basic things we ll have to do
better,” said Paultz.
And Harris knew what the most
basic two are. The Hoston coach
said, “When we knew we were
going to play Boston, I told (the
players) to print this indelibly in
their brains ‘b-l-o-c-k-i-n-g o-u-t.
Another thing is we have to get
back on defense. We have to con
trol the transition game and stop
(Boston guard Nate) Archibald
from running. Still true
Thursday.”
Lacrosse
team awards
The Texas A&M lacrosse team,
having recently finished its sea
son, announced its captains and
awards for the 1981 team.
Elected captains for the team
were Matt Matthews, Guy
Grosgebauer and Ken Foultz.
Carl Hayes was voted best
attackman for the team. Grosge
bauer best midfielder and Most
Valuable Player, and Brett Evans
best defensive man.
In addition, Matthews was
awarded the C.F. Hall Sport
smanship award for the year.
The lacrosse team would like to
thank “Doc” Hall for his time and
great contributions he has given
the team this year.
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