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Trillo going for errorless-game mark tonigh
Ryan whiffs 13; records
career victory No. 200
United Press International
HOUSTON — It was a special
game for Nolan Ryan and the
staid, steady Houston Astros
pitcher admitted he was a little
emotional about registering his
200th career victory with a 3-2
decision over the Cincinnati
Reds.
“I wanted to pitch a good
game for my 200th win,” Ryan
said Tuesday after he struck out
13, marking the eighth time this
season and the 143rd time in his
career he’s had 10 or more
strikeouts in a game.
“As a veteran I don’t get on
emotional highs that much, but
getting 200 was nice.”
It also was a little difficult, by
Ryan’s own admission.
“I was struggling earlier,” he
said. “I gave up both runs on bad
fastballs. My change-up was ter
rible tonight.”
Houston didn’t score the win
ning run until the bottom of the
eighth after the two teams had
traded leads.
Cincinnati took a 1-0 lead in
the first when Eddie Milner
singled, moved to second when
Ryan threw wildly trying to pick
him off first. Milner came
around on a double by Cesar
Cedeno.
But the Astros got the run
back in the bottom of the inning
when Tony Scott’s double
scored Dickie Thon, who had
singled and stolen second.
Houston took a 2-1 lead in the
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second and advanced to third
when catcher Alex Trevino
threw the ball wildly into cen
ter field for an error. He scored
on Ray Knight’s double t^right.
The Reds tied the score 2-2 in
the fourth on a one-out single to
right by Paul Householder and
an RBI double by Ron Oester.
The winning run came after
Knight singled off loser Charlie
Leibrandt, and moved to second
on a throwing error. Art Howe
walked two outs later and Terry
Puhl singled off reliever Jim
Kern to score Knight.
“Nolan really battled because
he wanted this game,” Puhl said.
“He is a real competitor.”
Houston manager Bill Vir-
don also knew what the game
meant to Ryan.
“If we hadn’t scored in the
eighth, Nolan would have stayed
in if the game had remained
tied, although it would have
been hard not to pinch hit,” he
said.
Reds manager Russ Nixon
lauded Ryan’s effort, but took
issue with the Houston pitcher’s
claim that he struggled in the
early innings.
“If that’s struggling I’d hate to
see him on,” Nixon said. “I’ve
got nine guys that would outvote
him.”
The two teams will play again
tonight at 7:30, with the Astros’
Joe Niekro, 9-7, slated to face
the Reds’ Mario Soto, 8-6.
United Press International
Manny Trillo spun a couple of
records Tuesday night but
Wednesday he’ll be going for
the solid gold.
The Philadelphia second
baseman will seek the major-
league record for consecutive
errorless games after tying that
record and breaking two others
in the Phillies 4-0 loss to Pitt
sburgh.
He broke the National
League record of 86 straight
games without an error set by
Ken Boswell of the New York
Mets in 1970. He also has not
made an error in 459 consecu
tive chances, breaking the old
mark of 458 set by Baltimore’s
Jerry Adair from July 22, 1964
through May 6, 1965. He easily
handled three ground balls in
Tuesday’s game and broke
Adair’s record while turning a
double play.
“The pressure was on tonight
but the big one will be tomor
row,” he said. “After that, I hope
it all just goes away.”
Trillo’s only error this season
came on opening day, April 8,
on the first ball he touched.
Pitcher Steve Carlton picked
George Foster of the New York
Mets off base and Trillo’s throw
to third hit Foster in the back.
In other National League
games, Houston tripped Cincin
nati, 3-2, Montreal edged Chica
go, 4-2, St. Louis mauled New
York, 9-4, Atlanta swept a dou
ble-header from San Diego, 9-2
and 8-6, and Los Angeles
trounced San Francisco, 7-3.
In American League games it
was: Toronto 3, Boston 1; New
York 6, Detroit 5; Milwaukee 8,
Texas 2; Kansas City 8, Cleve
land 1; Baltimore 5, Chicago 3;
Seattle 9, Minnesota 7; and Cali
fornia 8, Oakland 7, in 13 in
nings.
CARDINALS 9, METS 4 —
At St. Louis, Darrell Porter’s
two-run homer capped a five-
run sixth that carried the Car
dinals to their fifth straight
triumph.
BRAVES 9-8, PADRES 2-6
— At Atlanta, Glenn Hubbard
hit a two-run homer with one
out in the bottom of the 10th
inning to give the Braves a
sweep of their double-header.
In the first game, Dale Murphy
had three hits, including a two-
run third-inning homer and a
double to lead the Braves. Mur
phy, who now has 25 homers, hit
his homer off Padre loser Tim
Lollar, 10-5.
The Padres’ two runs in the
opener came on a two-run hom
er by Garry Templeton, his sixth
of the season, in the sixth inning.
Harvey Kuenn, the replace
ment for the Brewers’ Manager
Bob Rodgers, has sympathy for
the man who soon will become
No. 4 in the season’s managerial
firings.
“I never like to see anyone get
fired,” Kuenn said Tuesday
night after his Milwaukee Brew
ers downed the Texas Rangers
8-2 and after Texas Manager
Don Zimmer had been told of
his imminent dismissal. “He
(Zimmer) and I are good
friends. He’s a very good base
ball man.”
The other firings were New
York’s Bob Lemon and Cincin
nati’s John McNamara.
Gorman Thomas drove in
five runs with his 24th and 25th
home runs of the season and
Ted Simmons added a two-run
double to lead the Brewers over
the hapless Rangers, in the
midst of a 3-13 slump that sealed
Zimmer’s fate.
Ron Cey
straight games, is now 8-7. Red
Sox loser John Tudor had
beaten Toronto twice this sea
son, but watched his record fall
to 6-8.
run eighth inning to power! igi 1
Royals.
DODGERS 7, GIANTS 3 —
/ t San Francisco, Joe Beckwith,
inserted into the game after
starting pitcher Vicente Romo
injured his left leg, pitched 5%
innings of hitless relief and Ron
Cey and Steve Garvey had two
RBI each in leading the Los
Angeles Dodgers.
“I do know I’ll be here tomor
row,” Zimmer said when asked if
he had been told by Ranger
owner Eddie Chiles that a
change was planned.
EXPOS 4, CUBS 3 — At Chi
cago, Steve Rogers scattered
nine hits and Gary Carter hit a
three-run homer in the first in-
BLUE JAYS 3, RED SOX 1 —
At Boston, Luis Leal continued
his hex over the Red Sox by tos
sing a four-hitter to lead the
Blue Jays. Leal is 2-0 against
Boston this year with a 1.08
ERA. Leal, who has won three
YANKEES 6, TIGERS 5 —
At New York, Jerry Mumphrey
blasted a three-run homer and
Oscar Gamble added a two-run
shot to power the Yankees.
Gamble’s homer came after a
two-out single by Mumphrey in
the first inning. Mumphrey also
scored the winning run on a sac
rifice fly by Rick Cerone in the
seventh inning.
ORIOLES 5, WHITE SOS
— At Baltimore, Cal Ripkei
two-run homer with one
the bottom of the ninth it
gave the Orioles a victory
the White Sox.
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At Seattle,
two home
grand slam,
Mariners.
Dave Edler
runs, including
to lead
ROYALS 8, INDIANS 1 —
At Cleveland, Lee May belted
his 353rd career home run, a
two-run shot, and George Brett
hit a two-run blast to cap a four-
fesio
ANGELS 8, A’s 7 - .ferest
Anaheim, Calif., Don Baykftvei
singled to right with twooutijei
the bottom of the 13th todraluch
in Bob Boone from second lelici
for his 15th game-winningRi tsai
of the year, lifting the 1 ‘
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dales for softball, and baseball
games, and injured a couple of
people.
Two cases of electric shock
were reported at Eagle Creek
Park, where the canoe-kayak
events were being held.
Marty Risch, 28, a park em
ployee working as a venue coor
dinator for the festival, got a
shock when he unplugged an
amplifier in a tent during the
storm and suffered a small burn
on his right hand.
Roxanne Barton, 25, of
Homer, Mich., gold tnedalist in
the women’s 500-meter kayak
race, suffered secondary shock
when Risch bumped into her.
Wayman Tisdale of Oklahonf
in the South’s 119-94 win owBNI
the West. Ian,
The top scorer of the day" the \
Gerald Wilkins, who had llillk
points for the North. Wilkinssitma
transfer to Tennes5«f Ri
Chattanooga after a year at HtBfici
berly, Mo., Junior College. Tax!
In the women’s games, the ache
They were treated and re
leased from Methodist Hospital.
One baseball game had to be
played at 2 a.m. EST Wednes
day because of the fain delay.
It drove thousands of specta
tors to indoor events, but the
fans foind it hard to stay long at
the basketball games where
there was no air-conditioning.
After the rain, the temperatures
were still high and the gymna
sium was like a sauna.
“It was tough. The humidity
really got you down,” said
Ronald Harper, Dayton, Ohio,
whose North team lost to the
East, 116-109, in opening-
round action.
“You got drained after play
ing for a while .” said North
Carolina recruit Curtis Hunter,
who scored 17 points along with
vored South clobbered theWd
115-84, and the North edjfi
the East, 83-81.
At the much-cooler Indian
Convention Center, bantacl
weight Floyd Favors, the woiij
amateur champion, took a c
puted 3-2 split decision ovJ
Herb Bivalacqua of Manwfjr,
La., to win the gold medapich
Flyweight Jesse Benavides, I H
Golden Gloves’ champio:*! n
bloodied the nose of NorPeni
American champion StetMer
McCrory en route to a unait he h;
mous decision. final
Other unanimous winnel I
were Pernell Whitaker at Main
pounds, Jerry Page at 139aiir>n
Nathan Houser at 165. rfirst
The coolest places Tuesdal Hi
were Market Square Arenaant he p
the Carmel Ice Skadium, wteP'vei
the figure skating and icehodNmi
ey events were held. AVT M»5 r
ket Square, Vikki deVries, li| Da
Colorado Springs, Colo., peiiler
formed a brand-new program
well enough to win the
medal in the ladies’ figure ska
ing competition.
“I’m super happy,” deVries,!
native Californian, said. T'f
shining again.”
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