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THE BATTALION Page 13
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1981
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Astros win
mother
from Braves
United Press International
HOUSTON -The Houston
stros play the Los Angeles Dod-
:rs tonight for the first time in
ore than five months and they
ipe among other things they
ow more stamina than Bob
tnepper did in picking up his
ninth pitching victory of the
lason.
| Knepper, a . 122 hitter, gets on
® )ase so infrequently that when he
werdid it with a home run and a
angle Thursday night in a 5-3 win
liver the Atlanta Braves, he rob
bed himself of pitching effective-
“I was sharp in the first few
11 finings. Then things fell apart and
I had to struggle,’ Knepper said.
. “I don’t know if it was the exeite-
* imcnt of the home run or not. I was
* i’Jriml.i out of breath from being on
* Ibase and when I tried to pitch I
I couldn’t concentrate. ’’
■ Knepper, 9-4, made it through
a 7 1-3 innings only because the
4Bistros racked three Braves pitch
er for 14 hits, and with the win
Houston increased its lead to 2V2
mes over the second-place Cin-
nati Reds, who did not play
'Ihursday.
If the Astros win the second half
and Manager Bill Virdon said in
Bs estimation his team has to win
■only five of its 10 remaining games
to do that — they would meet first
| half winner Los Angeles in a best-
of-five Western Division playoff
Bginning Oct. 6 in the Astro
dome.
Major League Baseball
National League
American League
East
East
Montreal
24
19
.558
—
Detroit
26
17
St. Louis
22
20
.524
l‘/2
Boston
25
18
Chicago
20
21
.488
3
Milwaukee
25
19
New York
20
23
.465
4
Baltimore
23
19
Philadelphia
19
23
.452
4 1 / 2
New York
22
21
Pittsburgh
17
26
.395
7
Toronto
19
21
Cleveland
21
23
West
West
Houston
28
15
.651
_
Oakland
22
18
Cincinnati
25
17
.595
2Va
Kansas City
24
19
San Francisco
23
19
.548
4V2
Minnesota
21
23
Los Angeles
23
20
.535
5
Texas
18
21
Atlanta
21
21
.500
6 l A
Seattle
19
24
San Diego
13
31
.295
15V2
Chicago
17
26
California
15
26
.605
.581
.568
.548
.512
.477
.475
.558
.550
.477
.442
.439
.395
.366
1
1 Vz
21/2
4
5V2
5V4
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5
5
7
8
Thursday's Results Friday’s Games
Thursday’s Results Friday’s Games
Houston 5, Atlanta 3
Chicago 10, New York 9
Philadelphia 14, St. Louis 6
Montreal 7, Pittsburgh 1
Los Angeles 7, San Francisco 3
Los Angeles at Houston
Philadelphia at Chicago
New York at Montreal
Cincinnati at Atlanta
Pittsburgh at St. Louis
San Francisco at San Diego
Seattle 2, Texas 1
Baltimore 5, New York 1
Cleveland 5, Boston 2
Kansas City 9, Minnesota 2
Chicago 4, California 1
Cleveland at Boston
Baltimore at New York
Milwaukee at Detroit
Texas at Minnesota
Seattle at Kansas City
Toronto at California
Chicago at Oakland
Rangers lose third straight
oipw The final 10 days of the regular
lason are a pretty fair warmup for
I ule playoffs since the Astros play
vx f six of those dates against the Dod-
orfgers, a team they haven’t played
t t-Hice April 22.
iJ “I really don’t know what to
Ipectffom the Dodgers,’ Virdon
said “It’s been so long since I’ve
Jen them that I don’t know what
they’ll be like.”
t: It will be easy for the Astros,
who beat the Dodgers in 1980 for
the West title in a one-game play
off to approach this Dodgers
series with a possible playoff re
match in mind.
iet» “w e better not be thinking of
“ that, Virdon said. “We can’t wor
ry about that. We’ve got to win
[games to get in the playoffs.
K Winning five of the remaining
te “ l| games, he said, would make
Cincinnati win eight of their 10.
>y 3: H< likes the chances.
Sports Editor
ARLINGTON — Most teams
don’t like going to the bullpen — it
usually means they are in trouble.
But the way Seattle relievers have
performed of late, manager Rene
Lachemann doesn’t hesitate call
ing for help.
Relievers Shane Rawley and
Dick Drago got the call Thursday
night and preserved a 2-1 Seattle
victory in 11 innings.
The win was Seattle’s third
straight over the Rangers, enabl
ing the Mariners to climb into
fourth place in the American
League West.
Rawley improved his record to
3-6 while Drago picked up his fifth
save. Rawley had earned the pre
vious three saves for the Mariners.
“We’ve been pitching well
since the second half began, ” said
starter Jim Beattie, who had aper-
fect game going until giving up a
walk to Tom Poquette with two
outs in the fifth.
“We’ve only been giving up
two or three runs a game, but our
hitters weren’t scoring,” he said.
Bump Wills broke up the no
hitter with a two-out single in the
sixth. Beattie left the game in the
seventh, complaining of a stiff
shoulder.
“Yes, I was thinking about it
(the perfect game). I was kinda
mad when I walked that guy. I
figured when you’re going for a
no-hitter, it may as well be a per
fect game,” Beattie said.
Dan Meyer gave Seattle a 1-0
lead in the first when he whacked
a line drive to right field for his
Second homer of the year off star
ter Doc Medich, 9-6.
Medich went 10 2-3 innings,
scattering eight hits before Seat
tle’s Tom Paciorek’s one-out sing
le scored Meyer with the winning
run.
Texas tied it in the seventh
when reliever Larry Andersen
walked in Buddy Bell with the
bases loaded. Rawley then came
on and pitched four innings before
Drago got the final two outs.
The faltering Rangers scored a
meager eight runs in the four-
game series with the Mariners.
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