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sends Astros to victory
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Michael fired after
Yanks drop twinbill
United Press International
When George Steinbrenner
heard the fans chanting “Re
fund, re-fund,” he cashed in his
manager.
“I’m going to make this quick,
I’m tired,” Steinbrenner said,
early Wednesday morning in
announcing he had fired Gene
Michael and named Clyde King
interim manager until the end
of the season.
Steinbrenner was infuriated
by 1 -0 and 14-2 losses to the Chi
cago White Sox that dropped
the Yankees to .500 and into
fifth place in the AL East.
Steinbrenner said: “I wish we
could let go a lot of players who
think they are a lot better then
they really are. I’m not blaming
Stick (Michael). I just think a
change is necessary.”
Michael has been offered a
front-office position.
Steinbrenner ordered an
announcement during Chica
go’s five-run sixth inning in the
nightcap, telling the 34,172 fans
their ticket stubs could be ex
changed for free tickets to the
six remaining games on the
Yankee home schedule.
“I heard the chant of‘refund,
re-fund,”’ said Steinbrenner.
“The fact of the matter is the
announcement was not made to
embarrass anyone. I just wanted
them (the fans) to have chance to
see the Yankees later when their
play would be different.”
In other games, Kansas City
nipped Detroit, 6-5, Cleveland
defeated Texas in the first game
of a double-header, 2-0, and
Texas took the nightcap, 5-4, in
10 innings; Milwaukee bested
Toronto, 7-4; Baltimore won
the first game of a twinbill, 7-2,
but Boston took the second
game, 7-6; Minnesota beat Cali
fornia, 5-4, and Seattle beat
Oakland, 3-2.
In the National League, it was
Chicago 5, New York 0; St.
Louis 4, Pittsburgh 2; Philadel
phia 3, Montreal 2; San Francis
co 6, Atlanta 3; Los Angeles'4,
Cincinnati 0; and Houston 7,
San Diego 6 in 11 innings.
ROYALS 6, TIGERS 5 — At
Kansas City, Frank White crack
ed a two-out triple in the bottom
of the ninth, to score Onix Con
cepcion from first base and lift
the Royals to their sixth straight
victory.
INDIANS 2-4, RANGERS 0-
5 — At Cleveland, Larry Parrish
hit a three-run homer with two
out in the 10th to give the Ran
gers a victory and a split. In the
opener, Len Barker and Dan
Spillner combined on a four-
hitter and Ron Hassey belted a
homer to pace the Indians.
BREWERS 7, BLUE JAYS 4
— At Toronto, Cecil Cooper
belted a two-run homer and Ted
Simmons and Paul Molitor
added solo shots to lead the
Brewers.
ORIOLES 7-6, RED SOX 2-7
— At Baltimore, Dave Stapleton
blasted a two-run home run in
the eighth to rally the Boston
Red Sox to a homer-filled vic
tory in the nightcap. In the first
game, Rick Dempsey drove in
three runs to help the Orioles
snap a five-game losing streak.
TWINS 5, ANGELS 4 — At
Anaheim, California, Gary
Ward smashed a two-run homer
with one out in the eighth inning
to carry Minnesota despite a
three-homer effort by the
Angels’ Doug DeCinces.
MARINERS 3, A’s 2 — At
Oakland, Calif., Richie Zisk ex
tended his hitting streak to 21
games with his 15th homer of
the season, to lead Seattle.
In the NL, Gary Matthews
looked like an Olympic gold-
medal winner Tuesday night.
“I had no play at home, he
looked like Jesse Owens,” Mon
treal first baseman A1 Oliver
said, after Matthews scored
from second base on a grounder
to highlight the Phillies’ 3-2 vic
tory over the Expos at Philadel
phia. “You have to give Gary
Matthews credit for playing
heads-up baseball.”
Manny Trillo singled home
the go-ahead run to cap a three-
run sixth inning that featured
the daring baserunning of
Matthews. Trillo’s game
winning hit followed a rare two-
run grounder by Bo Diaz, with
the bases loaded. One run
scored as Diaz was thrown out at
first but Matthews, who was on
second when the ball was hit,
never stopped as he rounded
third and scored without a
throw from Oliver.
CUBS 5, METS 0 — At Chica
go, Doug Bird hurled a three-
hitter and Leon Durham slam
med a two-run homer in the first
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inning to lead the Cubs. The
Mets turned in a triple play in
the eighth.
GIANTS 6, BRAVES 3 — At
Atlanta, third baseman Tim
O’Malley hit a two-run homer
off Gene Garber to trigger a
four-run ninth.
United Press International
HOUSTON — Houston first baseman Ray
Knight believes in streaks and thinks the Astros
are on a hot one — finally.
Tony Scott sliced a single Tuesday night in the
11th inning to score Terry Puhl with two outs and
give the Astros a 7-6 win over San Diego. Monday,
the Astros erupted for five runs in the eighth
inning to overcome a 4-1 deficit and down the
Padres 6-4.
“I have always said that teams get hot streaks
and cold streaks,” Knight said. “Our team just
waited a long time to have a hot streak. But every
thing is starting to jell now.”
The Astros slumped badly through the first
half of the season, but Knight said he thinks the
team has played well in its last 40 games.
“We are playing up to our capabilities and get
ting that key base hit,” Knight said.
Another key to the Astros’ surge has been im
proved pitching, particularly from the bullpen
which suffered earlier by the departure of injured
ace Joe Sambito.
Randy Moffitt, who pitched the final 2% in
nings Monday to pick up the victory, noted the
improvement among Houston relievers.
“We are getting a lot of breaks now that we
didn’t get earlier in the year,” he said. “Our whole
relief crew is doing so much better and contribut
ing more to the team.”
San Diego manager Dick Williams agreed.
“It is always tough to lose an extra inning
game,” he said. “We had our chances but didn’t
get that key hit. Houston’s bullpen is doing a great
job now.
“Moffitt was excellent tonight. But hey, it’s a
long season and we still play the Braves and the
Dodgers a lot of games.”
Houston took an early 1-0 lead in the second
when Phil Garner walked and was brought
around by singles by Howe and Luis Pujols. San
Diego went ahead 3-1 in the third on singles by
Garry Templeton, Sixto Lezcano and Joe Lans-
ford and a two-run double by Luis Salazar.
Howe and Pujols hit home runs for the Astros,
while the Padres’ Jim Lefebvre had a pinch-hit
homer in the ninth to send the game into extra
innings.
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