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    Page 12 THE BATTALION
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1981
Sports
Sutton posts 55th shutout
in Astro win over Braves
United Press International
HOUSTON — Don Sutton’s 55th career shutout
started the Houston Astros final Domestand of 1981
powerfully, and it seemed to give manager Bill Vir-
don hope the Astros could sack up the division
second-half title before going on the road for the final
time.
Sutton, a master of National League hitters in the
second half, three hit the Atlanta Braves Tuesday in
the opener of an eight-game series in the Astrodome,
and the win assured the Astros of maintaining at least
a three-game lead in the Western Division with 12
games to play.
On the road, however, loomed two games against
the second-place Cincinnati Reds and then three
games against the Los Angeles Dodgers to end the
regular season.
The Braves, who barely scratched Sutton for three
singles, were pushed 6V2 games back of Houston.
They’ve all but been eliminated, but Virdon said it
wasn’t his plan to knock off teams one at a time from
the bottom.
“All we’ve got to do is win more than we lose,” he
said. “Of course, it’s going to go down to the last
three days in Los Angeles anyway. I hope not.
Maybe it won’t. What it will come down to is we ll
have to beat the Dodgers to beat Cincinnati for
second place.”
If he could find a way to rotate in Sutton, 10-8,
more than twice the rest of the season, his chances
would be brighter. The 36-year-old righthander is
6-1 with a 1.75 earned run average since the strike
break. He has pitched the last 26 innings without
allowing an earned run.
“I didn’t think I pitched that well tonight, ” Sutton
said of his no-walk, three-strikeout performance.
Catcher Alan Ashby said Sutton came to him after
the fifth inning and complained his back was hurting.
“He wanted to make sure we had somebody
ready,” Ashby said.
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Astro Howe injured
sburgh’s Bill Robinson.
But Howe said he plans to
suffer through the rest of this
season, including the playoffs
and world series, if necessary.
Injuries are not unknown to
Howe, 34, who has had broken
jaws, chipped teeth, hamstring
pulls and the Achilles problem.
He has to ice down his ankle
before and after each game and
must walk with special or
thopedic shoes.
“It’s on both sides now. I just
hope I don’t tear it anymore the
rest of the year than it already is
torn. The worse you tear it, the
longer the rehabilitation
period,” he said.
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United Press International
HOUSTON — Houston
Astro’s best hitter in 1981 Art
Howe will undergo surgery to
repair a torn Achilles’ tendon,
but will wait until the end of this
season.
“With a tear, you’re looking
at about six weeks in a cast, plus
rehabilitation to get ready for
next year,” Howe said Monday.
“It’s just something that I have
to have done in order to play
again. No way I could play next
season without an operation.
Howe said the operation will
probably be perfomed in Phi
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who operted this year on Pitt-
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Tuesday’s Results
Wednesday’s Games
Tuesday’s Results
Wednesday's Cm
Seattle 3, TexasZ
Seattle at Texas
Houston 3 y Atlanta 0
Atlanta at Houston
Oakland 3, Toronto 2
Milwaukee at Boston
Chicago 4, St. Louis 3
Cincinnati at San Diet;
Oakland 4, Toronto 2
Detroit at Baltimore
Pittsburgh 5, New York 3
Los Angeles at San Fna
Milwaukee 10, Boston 8
Oakland at Toronto
Montreal 6. Philadelphia 2
New York at Chicojo
Detroit 6, Baltimore 3
Cleveland at New York
Cincinnati 3, San Diego 2
Philadelphia at St. Lai
Cleveland 6, New York 4
Minnesota at Kansas City
San Francisco 5. Ixis Angeles 2 Pittsburgh at Monlrtil
Kansas City 2, Minnesota 1
Chicago at California
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United Press International
ARLINGTON — Seattle Mariners pitcher Ken
Clay won his first game of the season, and it could not
have come at a worse time for the Texas Rangers.
Suddenly finding themselves back in the race for a
spot in the American League West Division playoffs
this week, the Rangers were hoping to gain addition
al ground on division-leading Kansas City.
But Clay, who entered the game with a 0-6 re
cord, scattered six hits over seven innings as the
Mariners came from behind to take a 3-2 victory
Tuesday night.
Coupled with Kansas City’s 2-1 win over Minne
sota, the Rangers dropped four games hack with 11
games remaining.
“I go out and do the best job I can no matter who
I'm pitching against," said Clay. ‘Those guys (Texas)
winning the pennant doesn’t put any money in my
pocket. In fact, if we play the role of spoiler for the
rest of the way, I’d be happy."
Clay, traded to Seattle by Texas last season, en
tered the game with a 4.74 earned run aventej
had little difficulty as he struck out a career-
batters.
He gave up a run in the fourth inning,
retired 11 straight batters until Leon
reached base on an infield hit in the eighth
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“It got to be more of a mental thing,' Clay^ xas ^ 1 ‘ ^
his earlier losses. “I’ve been pitching welle
out except maybe once. But since the secoatB
began, I haven’t had anything to show for it
thing that has kept me going was the realizafa
was pitching well and keeping the team
game.”
Texas took a 1-0 lead in the fourth when Fall
nam singled home Buddy Bell, whohaddoi Ij i
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Seattle pushed across three runs in the sew Uch the
putting together a walk and three singli
lead.
Cougar QB out for year
United Press International
HOUSTON — University of
Houston quarterback Audrey
McMillian has undergone surgery
to repair a dislocated shoulder,
fulfilling a recent and disturbing
trend among Cougar field gener
als — injuries.
McMillian is sidelined for 1981
after injuring his right shoulder in
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another year,” Yeoman said.
Yeoman now has had four start
ing quarterbacks injured in two
seasons. The Cougars run from a
veer option offense which exposes
their running quarterbacks to in
jury.
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look for bigger kids like we used to
have,” he said. “From 1965 to
1977, we had only one quarter
back hurt. Now, nobody doesn’t
get hurt. One of the reast
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runners.”
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