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by Jeff Millar & Bill Hinds
Sutton’s pitching carries
Astros past Padres 6-1
SAN DIEGO — A lot of people think Houston has
one of the best pitching staffs in baseball and you
won’t get any argument on that point from the San
Diego Padres.
Don Sutton, who lost six games with virtually no
support from his offense, moved his record to 4-6
Wednesday night as the Astros downed San Diego
6-1. In their last four games against Houston, the
Padres have scored a grand total of two runs in 36
innings.
“You have to be impressed with their pitching,”
said Padre manager Frank Howard. “I think from the
standpoint of depth these guys have the most pitch
ing and the best pitchers. Houston historically and
traditionally always has had good pitching. They get
these everyday hitters hitting a little bit and they’re
going to be reckoned with yet this year.”
Sutton went the distance, scattering seven hits
and striking out six. He hasn’t lost to San Diego since
1979. “He pitched a strong ballgame,” said Howard.
“You can’t give a club that many opportunities and
not have it come back to haunt you. It was just a case
of not getting good enough pitching, not getting good
enough hitting and not doing the job in the field.”
In four of Sutton’s losses the Astros gave him only
two total runs and he asked for a little help
Wednesday.
“I asked them to get me four (runs) and in the
eighth inning I said, ‘OK they got me my four, I’ll do
my job now. ’
“I really felt we were going to break it open in the
third or fourth, we had so many hits early (seven in
the first three innings). In reality, my job should not
change regardless of the situation. My job is to stop
them from scoring runs. That’s what I do most of the
time.
“I can’t pitch like a guy 24 or 25 years old (he’s 36)
but I think I can do the job. I told Bill (Virdon) in
spring training T think I can keep you in the ballgame
for 7, 8 or 9 innings. With our type of ballelub we’re
not going to awe anyone with power but we 11 run
people ragged. If you’re pitching against our club,
it’s really not any fun.”
Denny Walling drove in three of the Astros’ runs
with a pair of singles and Terry Puhl’s two-out double
in the seventh provided the tie-breaking run.
“We’ve been hitting spotty,” said Puhl. “We can’t
give our pitchers just one or two runs every night.
We were due. Don’s really become very stingy in his
old age. I don t ever remember him throwing so
many curve balls. He had those bombers (the Dod
gers) behind him before but we really make him
pitch. ”
Rangers
beat Twins 6-3
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BLOOMINGTON, Minn. —
Buddy Bell, whose solo home run
in the second inning started the
Texas Rangers on their way to a
6-3 victory over the Minnesota
Twins, came up with a few words
of encouragment for the hapless
losers.
“It’s no picnic playing the
Twins,” said Bell. “They have a
good pitching staff. They’re going
through a tough streak right now
but tbey have too good a pitching
staff to keep on losing like this.”
H is assessment, however,
wasn’t enough to cheer Minnesota
manager Billy Gardner. “We
don’t seem to be able to get any
thing going,” he said. “Something
has to go right pretty soon.”
Bell, meanwhile, said he was
pleased by the overall perform
ance of the Rangers Wednesday
night, who won their second
straight in the three-game series.
“We all did a good job,” said the
veteran third baseman. “We all
played well defensively. Personal
ly, I didn’t think that I did well at
the plate. I had opportunities to
drive in runs, but I didn’t and I’m
not happy about that.”
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In addition to his home run.
Bell had a double, a strikeout, a
fly-out and was safe on an error in
his five appearances at the plate.
“We won and that was the big
thing,” said Bell. “Things are
starting to go well for us. Every
body is contributing, everybody is
getting key hits, and we are doing
well on defense. The starting
pitching has kept us in ball
games.”
After Bell’s solo home run, the
Rangers got an RBI single from Al
Oliver in the third inning and
added another run in the fifth on
an RBI double by Mickey Rivers.
Bump Wills tripled in a run in
the sixth inning and knocked in
two more in the eighth when he
slapped a bases-loaded single.
The Twins got a run in the third
inning when Danny Goodwin
scored from third base on a double
play. They added runs in the
seventh and ninth on RBI singles
by Ron Jackson, who had three of
the Twins’ eight hits off winner
Rick Honeycutt, 5-1.
The loss went to Roger Erick
son, 1-6, who worked the first six
and one-third innings.
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Martin charged with assault
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TORONTO — Oakland A s
Manager Billy Martin, who has
had his share of problems with
baseball owners, players and offi
cials, is in trouble again.
This time it’s with the law.
Martin, known for his hot tem
per both on and off the field, was
charged with common assault
Wednesday by umpire Terry
Cooney, who ejected the Oakland
skipper during a game with the
Toronto Blue Jays last Friday, af
ter Martin disputed Cooney’s
pitching calls. A civil action could
be mounted within a week, also.
Apparently not satisfied with
the $1,000 fine and one-week sus
pension handed Martin by the
American League following the
incident, Cooney appeared before
Justice of the Peace Patrick
Deacon and swore out a private
complaint.
Maximum penalty on convic
tion is six months’ imprisonment
and a $500 fine.
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umpires, Richie Phillips, said he
was sifting through the legal re
quirements to mount a civil suit
against Martin.
“We will file a civil action
against Martin here in the United
States,” Phillips said. “I’m still
wading through on the jurisdic
tional problem. When I get
through, I will file suit. It’ll prob
ably be within a week.”
Deacon issued a summons
ordering Martin to appear in court
for a hearing Sept. 22. Court offi
cials said the summons would be
served on Martin when Oakland
A s next play the Blue Jays in
Toronto on Sept. 21.
Phillips said the amount of com
pensation that would be sought
from Martin in the civil suit had
not been determined and would
have to await consultation with
Cooney today or Friday.
“That’s difficult to ascertain,”
he said. “Cooney has received
some medical treatment, and I
think before we decide what to do,
we have to determine the full ex
tent of his injuries.”
Martin was ejected from the
game in the fourth inning Friday
after he questioned Cooney’s
home-plate calls on pitcher Matt
Keough.
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Cooney ejected him, then
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kicked and threw dirt on him be
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