Page 16 THE BATTALION
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1981
Sports
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Rangers find A s tough customers
United Press International
ARLINGTON — Pitcher Dan
ny Darwin of Texas didn’t have
any luck with Oakland’s Dwayne
Murphy in the eighth inning, but
fared somewhat better in the
fights that followed.
At least 225-pound catcher Cliff
Johnson couldn’t get his hands
free to slug the Texas hurler as
they wrestled on the ground later
in the eighth inning of the A’s 2-1
win over the Rangers.
Darwin hadn’t given up a run
Wednesday night until he faced
Murphy with a runner on first
base in the eighth. But a pitch he
aimed at the inside corner broke
over the heart of the plate, and
Murphy hit it over the fence 400
feet away to account for the only
two A s runs in the Oakland vic
tory.
The next batter was Johnson,
who had been hit in the side by a
Darwin fastball in the sixth inning.
They appeared to exchange
words, Darwin started off the
mound, Johnson started toward
him and both benches emptied.
However, no fights ensued, and
order was restored a few minutes
later.
Johnson grounded out and cros
sed the infield behind Darwin in
returning to the Oakland dugout.
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Again, the two exchanged words
and suddenly the pitcher and
catcher were wrestling in the
grass.
Players streamed out of both
dugouts and fights broke out all
over the infield. The Rangers’
John Ellis was involved in several.
Surprisingly, there were no in
juries, although Darwin received
a bright red bruise on the right
side of the cheek. He was struck
by the mask of umpire Dave Phil
lips, who was trying to separate
the players.
“I was just lucky he didn’t get
his hands loose,” Darwin said of
the muscular Johnson. “He’s pret
ty strong. I’ll have to work out of
the Nautilus (muscle-building
equipment) this winter if I’m
going to take on those big guys.”
Johnson was reluctant to discuss
the fight.
“I’m not a fighter. I didn’t come
here to fight. The fight’s in Las
Vegas tonight. I just came here to
play ball.”
Darwin called Johnson into the
Oakland clubhouse after the game
and the two agreed there would be
no hard feelings.
Darwin said the first exchange
developed from a misunderstand
ing. He heard Johnson say some
thing, but thought the words came
from the umpire. Darwin walked
in a couple of steps to hear better.
But instead of the umpire, he
heard Johnson.
“I wanted to tell him that he had
invitation if he wanted to
accept,” Johnson said later.
After the fight Darwin was re
moved for a relief pitcher.
“I was tired,” Darwin said. “We
wrestled on the ground for what
seems like an hour.”
One player not involved in the
fight was winning pitcher Mike
Norris, 11-7. He had gone back to
the Oakland clubhouse and re
turned to the dugout while the
fight was in progress.
“I saw all those colored uni
forms out there on the field and I
didn’t know what was going on,”
Norris said.
Norris allowed only five hits in
pitching his 11th complete game.
He threw 89 pitches and said he
used his screwball about 30 times.
“That screwball’s the same
pitch he had last year, but he’s
getting a little sharper with it,”
said Oakland manager Billy Mar
tin, who once coached the Ran
gers.
Texas scored its run in the third
inning when catcher Jim Sund-
berg scored from third on a suicide
squeeze bunt by shortstop Mark
Wagner.
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Houston 5, San Diego 2
Los Angeles 3, Atlanta 2
San Francisco 12, Cincinnati 7
St. Louis 7, Montreal 1, 1st
Montreal 4, St. Louis 3, 2nd
Philadelphia 3, New York 1, 1st
New York 5, Philadelphia 4, 2nd
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SAN DIEGO — Houston pitch
er Don Sutton lifted weights and
jogged during the players’ strike
to stay in shape, but it wasn’t just
to pass time.
“I don’t have the luxury of eight
or 10 more years,” Sutton said.
But in Wednesday night’s game
against the Padres, Sutton didn’t
look like a pitcher who had to wor
ry about his age — he held the
Padres to four hits and picked up
another win to boost his season
record to 9-8.
The Padres, who dropped a 5-2
decision to the Astros, probably
wish Sutton had stayed on strike.
“He’s a professional pitcher, he
knows how to pitch, said Padres’
manager Frank Howard. “The
Seavers, the Suttons, the Carltons
do all the things, besides just
throwing.”
Sutton retired for a pinch hitter
in the eighth with the Astros lead
ing 4-2. Joe Sambito finished up to
record his 10th save.
“I was working out with
weights and running the whole
time we were on strike,” Sutton
said. “I don’t think I’ve had better
control than
back.”
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The Astros scored three runs in
the sixth off loser Tim Lollar, 1-8,
to take a 3-2 lead. Phil Gamer
opened with a walk and went to
second on a single by Gary
Woods. After Jose Cruz forced
Woods at second, Art Howe lined
a double to score Gamer, and
when Alan Wiggins let theM:
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