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-.Sports THE BATTALION Page 13 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1981 Major League Baseball American League National League Milwaukee Detroit | Boston Baltimore Cleveland New York Toronto Kansas City Oakland Texas Minnesota j Seattle Chicago California East East 29 21 .580 — Montreal 28 22 .560 — 28 21 .571 V» St. Louis 27 22 .551 Vi 27 22 .551 IV± Philadelphia 23 26 .469 4 Vi 26 22 .542 2 New York 23 26 .469 4 Vi 25 24 .510 3Yt Chicago 22 26 .458 5 24 24 .500 4 Pittsburgh 20 31 .392 8Vi 20 25 .444 6*/* West West 28 21 .571 Houston 32 18 .640 — 25 21 .543 IVk Cincinnati 30 19 .612 IVi 22 25 .468 5 San Francisco 28 21 .571 3 Vi 23 27 .460 5Vt Los Angeles 25 25 .500 7 21 28 .429 7 Atlanta 23 26 .469 8 Vi 21 29 .420 IVt San Diego 16 35 .314 16 Vi 19 28 .404 8 Results Friday's Games Thursday’s Results Friday’s Games f Baltimore 15, Detroit 4 | Kansas City at Cleveland, ppd., m California at Texas New York at Baltimore Boston at Cleveland Detroit at Milwaukee Minnesota at Chicago Oakland at Kansas City Toronto at Seattle Houston 8, Cincinnati 1 San Francisco 6, Atlanta 2 San Diego 1, Los Angeles 0 St. Louis 3, Philadelphia 2 Montreal 5, Pittsburgh 2 Chicago 2, New York 2, called, rain Houston at Los Angeles Atlanta at Cincinnati San Diego at San Francisco St. Louis at Pittsburgh Chicago at Philadelphia Montreal at New York Astros, Ryan walk to 8-1 win |emple has sights on win over No. 2 Nittany Lions than I'nited Press International ense lifter a pair of convim ing victoi ten \H and a steady climb toward the n Mm. 1 spot, the Nittany Lions of ostedBnn State look virtually unbeat- ut IDlablr ion, !■ So why do the Temple Owls mly A so confident about facing the ims wind-ranked team in the nation cDoAurday? h a ■The reason is Penn State quar- bws Alack Todd Blackledge, who re ed an mams the only question mark on land otherwise potent offense. ■ackledge has completed a mere witki 32 percent of his passes this season s tri and the Nittany Lions have relied if Cwiost exclusively on the running stydCurt Warner. ■ Temple takes to the Beaver Sta- the ifcm turf Saturday and the Owls useddvjust stack up the line of serim- Elf' pla -t! mage and dare Blackledge to crank it up. The quarterback was 4-for-13 against Nebraska last week, although one of the comple tions was a perfectly thrown 33- yard touchdown pass to Kenny Jackson. "Todd hit two or three right on the money when we needed them against Nebraska, said Penn State coach Joe Paterno. The Nittany Lions are expected to come out and unleash Warner behind thir massive offensive line led by the guard tandem of Sean Farrell and Mike Munchak. The speedy junior tailback is averaging eight yards per carry. "They’re not only really good, they’re excellent in all depart ments, said Owls coach Wayne Hardin. “They played a nice foot ball game at Nebraska. They’re a fine team and they're class all the way.’ While Paterno may appreciate the praise, he hopes it doesn’t affect his players. Temple, 2-L would appear to be a easy win on a schedule loaded with nationally ranked teams. Allen is the nation’s leading rusher with a 230.7-yard average and 692 yards gained. He ranks second among major college scor ers with 48 points, second to the 90 of North Carolina’s Kelvin Bryant. Overshadow’ed by Bryant’s sen sational start has been Tar Heels quarterback Rod Elkins’s per formance of 28 completions in 50 passes for 424 yards and four touchdowns. :ora >eonfj aroinl heed TCU hopes to ‘Stamp' out Razorbacks I'nited Press International ■i, It would seem that sooner or Jber the law of averages would cakli up with Arkansas and TCU. unc® ^ almost did two years ago whi n the Horned Frogs seeming- I ly had the game won only to ecl ipse in the final minutes. And a few years before that, TCU jumped out to a lead only to fall ■ctim to an Arkansas comeback. eckf* ^ as £ one ’ ant ^ 8 one an d gme — for 22 straight years. othei league Arkansas stretch of wins over .|j JbCU represents the longest win ning streak by a Southwest Con- . ‘ jference school over another in the 67-ycar history of the league. And Vbse two schools meet once again turday night in Fort Worth. B Arkansas, unbeaten in three M games, is ranked 16th in the coun- m th IT’IT tanH TCU has more talent and fctential than it has had in recent pars, but the Frogs are still only (■2 and a decided underdog once ore. “We have to fight for our lives ery time we go to Fort Worth,” d Arkansas coach Lou Holtz. "I irtainly remember that game Bo years ago (in which the Razor- Backs won on the final play of the iptest with a field goal). TCU is fiuch better than it was then. ” Arkansas will open its confer- inee season, as will Texas A&M and Houston games. Texas A&M, 2-1, will travel to Texas Tech, 1-2, for an evening game, while Houston, 2-1, will host Baylor, 3-1, in a regionally televised game that will start shortly before noon. Houston will embark on the SWC race with a quarterback who has started only one previous game. Lionel Wilson, forced into the lineup because of a series of injuries that have befallen the Cougars at quarterback, rushed and threw for more than 100 yards each against Utah State last week. "Lionel Wilson looked like he was a four-year starter,” said Baylor coach Grant Teaff. “It is hard to believe that he was in his first college game. He shows a great deal of poise. Things looked very natural for him in is first start.” The only other game involving a SWC club has winless Rice, 0-3, at home against Tulane. The TCU-Arkansas game will feature the nation’s leading passer in the Horned Frogs’ Steve Stamp. He has completed 50 of 78 pas ses and in the system used by the NCAA has a rating of 165.5. “Steve Stamp is a good quarter back, but we can’t really worry about just one player, ” said Arkan sas middle guard Richard Richard son. “When we played TCU two years ago and they almost beat us we weren t prepared for them." United Press International CINCINNATI — Houston’s magic number is two, but the Astros are figuring on more hard work — not a magic gift — to win the National League West second- half title. Any combination of Houston wins and Cincinnati losses totaling two this weekend gives the title to the Astros. Houston plays three at Los Angeles, while the Reds en tertain Atlanta for three. “But I don’t figure Cincinnati will be beaten here,” said Hous ton manager Bill Virdon. “So, I figure we’ve got to win two out of three from Los Angeles. “Our work is cut out for us, because we’ve always had a tough time in LA. It won t he easy, hut we re in first place right now and that’s what it’s all about. Houston is in first today by vir tue of Thursday night’s 8-1 victory over Cincinnati. It was a critical win because it gave Houston a IV2- game lead over the Reds going into the final weekend. A Cincin nati victory would have put Hous ton a half-game back. Astros’ ace Nolan Ryan went the distance, surrendering just one run and seven hits. He struck out nine and walked three. Meanwhile, a bevy of Cincinna ti pitchers gave up 11 walks — three with the bases loaded. "Walks,” said Reds manager John McNamara, "killed us.” Houston was leading just 1-0 until Cincinnati pitchers began scoring runs for the Astros in the seventh inning. Joe Price, brought in to relieve with the bases loaded, offered no relief. He walked Phil Garner. Then he walked Jose Cruz. Price argued with home plate umpire Joe West about the final pitch to Cruz. All that did was get Price kicked out of the game. Then McNamara took issue with West and also got the boot. But at least that meant McNamara wasn’t around for the embarrassing ninth inning when Houston poured it on with five runs. Pinch-hitter Denny Walling slammed a two-run homer. Tony Scott’s single and two more walks loaded the bases and then yet another walk issued by Charlie Leibrandt forced in another run. Singles by Art Howe and Craig Reynolds wound up the Houston scoring parade. “Too had that ninth inning de tracted from the way our team played," said McNamara. “I was very proud of them. ” AGGIES! Douglas Jewelry 10% AGGIE DISCOUNT ON ALL MERCHANDISE WITH STUDENT ID (Cash Only Please) We reserve the right to limit use of this privilege. Downtown Bryan (212 IN. Plain) and Culpepper Plaza games ifyafote* NOW OPEN AT NORTHGATE GRAND OPENING SPECIAL SIX TOKENS FOR $1.00 Good: Fri., Oct. 2 thru Thurs., Oct. 8 at both locations The Newest and Finest Electronic Games *Centipede *Super Cobra *Vanguard *Venture *Quix *Omega Race *and more Remember. Wednesday is always DOUBLE TOKEN DAY Eight tokens for $1.00 1 1:00 a.m.-midnight 4-. Open. . . Sun.-Thurs. Fri.-Sat. 11:00 a.m.-l :00 a.m. CULPEPPER PLAZA 693-7711 & NORTHGATE, 315 UNIVERSITY 846-3059 But not any prouder than the Astros were of Ryan, who certain ly wasn’t in no-hit form, but still was superb in a key game. Ryan had pitched a record-setting fifth no-hitter in his previous start. “A no-hitter was the farthest thing from my mind tonight, ” said Ryan. “With the pennant race, I was just hoping for a shutout, trying to get the win. I enjoy these (big game) situations.” The only run the Reds managed off Ryan came when Joe Nolan scored on a wild pitch in the seventh. Ryan calmly put down Cincy’s biggest threat in the fourth inning, when Ken Griffey and Dave Con cepcion led off with singles and the Reds’ power came to the plate. But Ryan struck out George Foster on a high pitch, got Johnny Bench to pop up and retired Nolan on a bounce out. “The biggest outs of the game were Foster and Bench, said Ryan. “Those guys are capable of busting a game open.” Bench testified to Ryan’s mas terful pitching. “The first time up, we saw the ball,” said Bench. "But the next two times, whooo. He did the job. We were up for this one, we knew how important it was. Now we just have to hope for the best.” “It hurts," Reds’ third baseman Ray Knight said of the loss. He could say the same about his up per lip. He caught a cleat just above his lip early in the game that drew a lot of blood, hut he stayed in the game. “We played hard, said Knight. “We were pumped up. We had chances to win, hut we just couldn’t get the big hit off Ryan.” If the Astros make the playoffs. Ryan is expected to start the open ing playoff game Tuesday against the Dodgers. But first, the Astros need to beat Los Angeles this weekend to guarantee making post-season play. “If we can’t win two out of three^ in LA, then we don’t deserve toT make the playoffs,” said Houston’s^ Art Howe. “And, if we’re going to*/. play the Dodgers in the playoffs, ^ we might as well start beating, j- them right now. ” DIETING? Even though we do not prescribe diets, we make it possible for many to enjoy a nutritious meal while they follow their doctor's orders. 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