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SUNDAY, APRIL 25, 1971

VOL. 2, No. 21

Fueled By Blasingames 4th Win,

Astros Blast Off into First Place
HOUSTON The Astros are in uncharted
territory. And thats saying something for a
team that plays in the Eighth Wonder of the
World.
With Wade Blasingame improving to 4-0,
the Astros topped the Expos 6-2 in the Astrodome on Saturday and took over first place in
the National League West.
It marks the latest in the season 18 games
to be exact that Houston, a franchise established in 1962, has been atop of the standings:
* In 1962, the then-Colt .45s led the league
the first three games of their inaugural season.
* In 1964, The Colt .45s were in first place
after their season opener.
* In 1967 the renamed Astros led the league
after four games.
* In 1968, the Astros led after seven games.
Blasingame lasted just six innings in his
shortest outing of the season, holding Montreal
to two runs on six hits. George Culver hurled
three shutout frames to earn his first save.
The Astros scored twice in the first inning,
once in the third, and knocked Montreal starter
Steve Renko (0-3) out of the box with a threerun rally in the fourth to lead 6-0.
Houston leadoff man Roger Metzger had
two hits and scored twice.
Pirates 3, Giants 2
PITTSBURGH The Pirates rallied for
three runs in the bottom of the ninth, scoring
the winning run on an error by left fielder Ken
Henderson as they stunned the Giants.
Pittsburgh starter Bob Johnson matched zeroes for eight innings with Ron Bryant and two
Giants relievers. Hendersons solo home run
broke the deadlock in the top of the ninth. Hal
Laniers double gave the Giants a 2-0 lead.
The Bucs loaded the bases with nobody out
in the bottom of the frame. One run scored on
Roberto Clementes ground out. Two batters
later, Bob Robertson singled to left. The hit
scored Dave Cash with the tying run. Gene
Clines scampered home with the winner when
the ball glanced off Hendersons glove.
Johnson (1-1) went the distance to win his
first game since being acquired by the Pirates
in an offseason trade.
Braves 6, Padres 4
ATLANTA Hank Aaron swatted his
598th career home run as the Braves downed
the Padres.
Aarons blast gave the Braves a 2-0 lead in
the first inning. Ralph Garr had a career-high
five hits for Atlanta, and Sonny Jackson extended his hit streak to 11 games.

Winner Pat Jarvis (2-0) allowed three runs in

eight innings. The Friars Tom Phoebus surrendered five runs in four innings and fell to 0-4.
Cardinals 8, Phillies 6
ST. LOUIS Jerry McNertney hit two homers and had five RBI as the Cardinals outscored
the Phillies.
Jerry Reuss (1-3) earned the win despite allowing five runs in seven innings. Frank Linzy
earned his third save for the Redbirds
Larry Bowa had four hits for the Phils.
Cubs 4, Mets 2
CHICAGO Billy Williams broke a 2-2 tie
with an RBI fielders choice in the bottom of the
eighth inning as the Cubs trimmed the Mets.
Milt Pappas (3-1) won for Chicago, holding
New York to two runs in eight innings.
Mets reliever Ron Taylor (0-1) allowed two
unearned runs in one inning of work and was
saddled with the loss.
Reds 4, Dodgers 1
CINCINNATI Wayne Simpson, in his first
start of the season, allowed one run in eight innings as the Reds eased past the Dodgers.
One of Woody Woodwards three doubles
broke a 1-1 tie in the seventh, igniting a three-run
rally.
Dodgers starter Don Sutton fanned nine in six
innings and left with the game tied. Reliever Pete
Mikkelsen (0-1) gave up three runs and took the
loss.

CLEVELAND (AP) The Indians sold veteran shortstop Larry Brown to Oakland on Saturday for an undisclosed amount of money.
Brown, 31, spent parts of nine seasons with
the Tribe, compiling a .238 average with 45
home runs.
As shortstop Ron Clark was sold to Oaklands Iowa farm club to make room on the 25man roster for Brown. First baseman Ramon
Webster, playing with Iowa, was sold to the San
Diego Padres in another move.
ANAHEIM I would have terminated his
contract on the spot, California Angel general
manager Dick Walsh said angrily Saturday.
Walsh was reacting to Baltimore Oriole
coach Billy Hunters foray into the Angels clubhouse Thursday night before a CaliforniaOakland game. The veteran coach was backhanded by Angel pitcher Andy Messersmith for
allegedly bothering him and other players.
Hunter, whose team had arrived in Anaheim
to meet the Angels on Friday, said he just wanted to talk to Messersmith and other Angels.
He said he was contrite over the affair.
Everyone knows, he said, Im always trying
to act like a fool.

TEN CENTS

Major League Standings

A.L. EAST
New York
Baltimore
Cleveland
Boston
Washington
Detroit

W
12
9
9
9
5
4

L
3
5
5
6
11
11

PCT.
.800
.643
.643
.600
.313
.267

GB
--2
2
3
7
8

N.L. EAST
New York
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Philadelphia
Montreal
St. Louis

W
8
10
10
8
3
6

L
5
7
7
6
8
12

PCT.
.615
.588
.588
.571
.273
.333

GB
------
4
4

A.L. WEST
Oakland
Milwaukee
Minnesota
California
Chicago
Kansas City

W
16
7
7
7
5
5

L
3
8
9
10
12
12

PCT.
.842
.467
.438
.412
.294
.294

GB
--7
7
8
10
10

N.L. WEST
Houston
Cincinnati
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Atlanta
San Diego

W
11
8
10
9
7
4

L
7
6
8
9
8
11

PCT.
.611
.571
.556
.500
.467
.267

GB
--1
1
2
2
5

Saturdays American League Results

Saturdays National League Results

Boston 3, Chicago 2
New York 8, Minnesota 1
Washington 5, Milwaukee 4 (10 innings)
Oakland 4, Detroit 3
Cleveland 6, Kansas City 1
Baltimore 7, California 4

Pittsburgh 3, San Francisco 2

St. Louis 8, Philadelphia 6
Chicago 4, New York 2
Atlanta 6, San Diego 4
Houston 6, Montreal 2
Cincinnati 4, Los Angeles 1

Todays Probable Starting Pitchers

Todays Probable Starting Pitchers

All times local

All times local

Chicago (Wood 1-0) at Boston (Peters 1-2), 2 p.m.

Minnesota (Kaat 2-1) at New York (Peterson 2-0), 2
p.m.
Milwaukee (Lockwood 2-0) at Washington
(Bosman 0-3), 2 p.m.
Cleveland (Hargan 2-1) at Kansas City (Bunker 20), 1:30 p.m.
Detroit (Lolich 2-1) at Oakland (Fingers 4-1), 1:30
p.m.
Baltimore (Palmer 2-0) at California (Maloney 0-0
or May 1-2), 2 p.m.

Los Angeles (Singer 3-2 and Downing 1-1) at Cincinnati (Gullett 0-0 and Wilcox 1-1), 2, 1:15 p.m.
San Francisco (Marichal 2-2) at Pittsburgh (Briles 00), 1:35 p.m.
San Diego (Kirby 1-1 and Roberts 0-2 or Santorini 0
-0) at Atlanta (Stone 0-0 and Niekro 1-2), 2, 1:35 p.m.
Philadelphia (Short 1-2) at St. Louis (Cleveland 12), 1:15 p.m.
New York (McAndrew 1-0) at Chicago (Jenkins 40), 1:15 p.m.
Montreal (Stoneman 1-0) at Houston (Billingham 21), 2 p.m.

Bahnsen, Yanks Trip Twins, Wake Up The Echoes

NEW YORK Stan Bahnsen and the Yankees have something in common. The 26-yearold right-hander is trying to recapture the glory
of his Rookie of the Year season of 1968. The
team is trying to recapture the glory of the 44
years from 1921 to 1964, during which it won 29
American League pennants.
So far, so good on both counts. Bahnsen scattered nine hits Saturday in hurling the Yankees to
an 8-1 win over the Twins. And the Yankees
improved to 12-3, their best 15-game start since
1949.
New York tore into Minnesota starter Tom
Hall, with Roy White and Danny Cater producing back-to-back RBI hits in both the first and
third innings. White, who finished with five hits,
ripped a two-run homer in the fourth. Cater extended his hit streak to 15 games, longest in the
majors this year.
Bahnsen, 17-12 with a 2.05 ERA as a rookie,
improved to 1-1. Only Rich Reeses solo home

run stood between him and a shutout.

Hall (1-3) allowed six runs in 3 1/3 innings.
Red Sox 3, White Sox 2
BOSTON Rico Petrocelli belted a two-run
home run and six Boston hurlers combined on
an eight-hitter as the Red Sox edged the White
Sox.
Winner Ken Brett (1-0) earned the win with
1 1/3 shutout innings in relief of Mike Nagy,
who was forced to leave after 2 2/3 frames
when his arm stiffened during a rain delay.
Sparky Lyle earned his second save for Boston.
Chicago leadoff hitter Jay Johnstone went 2for-5 and leads the league with a .391 average.
White Sox starter Bart Johnson (0-4) went the
distance, allowing 12 hits.
Senators 5, Brewers 4
WASHINGTON D.C. Bernie Allen drew
a bases-loaded walk in the bottom of the 10th
inning as the Senators nipped the Brewers.
The walk forced in Frank Howard, who had

Major League Leaders

Around Baseball

As Buy Brown, Sell

Webster, Farm Clark

Including final
results of all ball
games

AMERICAN

AB

AVG.

NATIONAL

AB

AVG.

Johnstone, Chi.

17

64

25

.391

Beckert, Chi.

17

75

13

31

.413

Cater, N.Y.

15

59

23

.390

Woodward, Cin.

14

52

20

.385

Murcer, N.Y.

15

55

13

21

.382

Pepitone, Chi.

17

75

11

28

.373

Munson, N.Y.

12

42

10

16

.381

Day, Mon.

11

38

14

.368

Howard, Was.

16

66

25

.379

Williams, Chi.

17

72

15

26

.361

Mincher, Oak.

19

64

15

24

.375

Millan, Atl.

15

61

22

.361

Harper, Mil.

15

70

13

25

.357

Jones, N.Y.

13

50

18

.360

Carew, Min.

15

52

18

.346

Aaron, Atl.

15

53

11

19

.358

Fosse, Cle.

14

55

19

.345

Stargell, Pit.

17

56

16

20

.357

Jackson, Oak.

19

74

19

25

.338

Garr, Atl.

15

62

10

22

.355

HR: Monday (Oak.) 7; Powell (Bal.) 6; Jackson, (Oak.) 5; four tied with 4.

HR: Stargell (Pit.) 9; Mays (S.F.) 6; Aaron

(Atl.) 6; Torre (St.L) 5; three tied with 4.

RBI: Bando (Oak.) 20; Monday (Oak.) 20;

Jackson (Oak.) 15; Kosco (Mil.) 14; Powell
(Bal.) 14.

RBI: Stargell (Pit.) 19; Williams (Chi.) 15;

Menke (Hou.) 15; four tied with 14.

Wins: Fingers (Oak.) 4-1; Blue (Oak.) 3-0;

Stottlemyre (N.Y.) 3-0; Segui (Oak.) 3-0;
McDowell (Cle.) 3-1.
Strikeouts: Blue (Oak.) 45; Fingers (Oak.) 31;
Hunter (Oak.) 31; Lolich (Det.) 31; 2 tied with
30.
ERA: Sanders (Mil) 0.00; Messersmith (Cal.)
0.84; Fingers (Oak.) 0.96; Stottlemyre (N.Y.)
1.08; McDowell (Cle.) 1.13.

Wins: Jenkins (Chi.) 4-0; Blasingame (Hou.)

4-0; Arlin (S.D.) 3-0; Blass (Pit.) 3-0; Wilson
(Hou.) 3-0.
Strikeouts: Seaver (N.Y.) 39; Holtzman (Chi.)
30; Sutton (L.A.) 30; Jenkins (Chi.) 29; Gibson
(St.L) 27.
ERA: Sadecki (N.Y.) 0.00; McAnally (Mon.)
0.00; Wilson (Hou.) 1.06; Sutton (L.A.) 1.16;
Merritt (Cin) 1.20.

three hits. Tommy McCraw had four hits for

Washington. Bill Gogolewski (1-1), the last of
five Senators pitchers in the contest, earned the
win with one scoreless inning of work.
Bill Voss lined a go-ahead two-run double
in the seventh for the Brewers, and tagged a
solo homer in the ninth to force extra innings.
John Briggs homered for the second time in
two games since joining Milwaukee in a trade
from Philadelphia.
As 4, Tigers 3
OAKLAND Rick Monday launched his
league-leading seventh home run and Catfish
Hunter (2-1) tossed an eight-hitter as the As
handed the Tigers their ninth straight road loss.
Detroit starter Joe Coleman, in his first appearance since being hit in the head by a line
drive in spring training, allowed four runs in
seven innings and took the loss.
At 16-3, the As are off to the best 19-game
A.L., Page 2

Mays, Soon to be 40,

Isnt Acting His Age
By Roy McHugh
Pittsburgh Press Sports Editor
PITTSBURGH Next week Willie Mays
will be 40. That is what the calendar says. Forty. Four times 10. On May 6. But Willie Mays
refuses to act his age.
He is having a giddy spring, batting in the
three-hundreds, rocketing home runs out of the
park. He is playing doubleheaders, playing day
games after night games. When Willie
McCovey was a temporary invalid, the Giants
needed help. They got it from Willie Mays,
who handled first base while McCovey recuperated.
The guys a tiger at first base, a reporter
with the Giants was saying Friday night at
Three Rivers Stadium.
Smiling, the tiger intimated that first base
was sort of a vacation. He had found it restful
at first base. You dont have to run as far
when the inning is over, he said.
Man and boy for 21 seasons in the uniform
of the Giants, Willie Mays has been running
all the way in from center field when innings
are over, his gait a subdued gallop. But center
field itself is where Mays does his serious runMAYS, Page 2

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Seldom Used Twins Catcher Tischinski

Just Happy to Call Big Leagues Home
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP)
The Minnesota Twins were
being introduced at a preseason luncheon, and the master
of ceremonies came to
Thomas Arthur Tischinski.
Meet Tom Tischinski,
the leading spring hitter with
a .500 average, said the announcer. Dont get shook,
folks, Tischinski snapped.
I was only one for two.
His only hit won an exhibition game for the Twins,
but Tischinski mostly makes
his living warming up pitchers in the bullpen.
.194 Career Hitter
The 26-year-old Kansas
City native appeared in only
61 games his first two seasons with the Twins. He
went to bat 93 times and has
posted a meager .194 career
average.
If you have a choice of
playing every day in the mi-

nors, or sitting on the bench

up here, said Tischinski,
you sit. I cant complain.
There are guys who start
griping and demanding to
play every day. Sure enough,
they start playing every day
in the minors. You have to
be patient.
Tischinski started his first
two games last week. He
went 1-for-4 on Monday as
the Twins won their second
straight.
He responded in his second
game with a single in a 4-3
victory. On his 100th career
major league at-bat Tish, as
he is called by his teammates,
flied out to center field and
was lifted for pinch hitter his
next time up.
They say I cant hit, said
Tish. But I really havent
had a chance. I have to hit
when I get into the lineup to
stay there.

ning.
On a night in Forbes Field
in the late 1950s, center field
seemed to evaporate under his
feet until none of it was left.
Going after a monster fly ball,
Mays had arrived at the distant end in which the
groundskeepers had tucked
the batting cage. The ball and
Willies glove reached the
batting cage at the exactly the
same time and in some incredible way formed a union.
This was to be one of the
many catches by Mays described as his greatest. Another such catch, followed a
whirling pivot and bulls eye
to the plate, moved disbelieving manager Charley Dressen
of the Brooklyn Dodgers to
utter the immortal sentence:
Id like to see him do it
again.
And probably Mays did,
although not recently. In 1967
it began to be noticed that
Mays had become almost
human, unable, as one critic
put it, to perform miracles
every day.
Mays was 36, and forced to
start rationing his miracles.
But for one more April, at any
rate, he is young again.
So far this season, Mays
has six home runs, giving him
634 all told. Henry Aaron,
whose 598th left the premises
in Atlanta on Saturday night,

A.L.
From Page 1

start since the 1955 Brooklyn

Dodgers.
Orioles 7, Angels 4
ANAHEIM Frank Robinson hit two of his teams
four home runs as the Orioles
pounded the Angels.
Robinson had four RBI.
Boog Powell and Brooks
Robinson also slammed round
-trippers.
Winner Mike Cuellar (2-2)

believes it is more than conceivable that both he and

Mays will keep on hitting
home runs until Babe Ruth,
with 714, is No. 3. Mays just
says, I hope so. Long way to
go. I dont even think about
it.
His time, presumably, is
shorter than Aarons, for Aaron will not be 40 until February of 1974. At first glance
they are unlikely home run
hitters, lacking Ruths great
bulk, Ted Williams height or
the heavy framework of
Mickey Mantle and Jimmie
Foxx. But their appearance
belies their strength.
Among the leading home
run hitters, only Mel Ott was
a smaller man. Ott, as it happens, managed Charlie Fox,
who manages Willie Mays. In
the Giants dugout Friday
night, Fox demonstrating how
Ott, a left-handed batter,
cocked his right leg before he
swung. He used his whole
body, said Fox.
So does Mays, in contrast
to the wrist-flicking Aaron.
Planting his feet and flexing
his knees, Mays will wait for
the pitch with a coiled intensity and then tear into it.
Unchanged and untamed,
the swing looks the same as
ever even when it doesnt
make contact, as in Saturday
afternoons game, in which
he struck out three times. But
next week Willie Mays will
be 40.
allowed four runs in eight
innings. The Halos Tom
Murphy (1-3) allowed six
runs in 5 2/3 innings.
Indians 6, Royals 1
KANSAS CITY Alan
Foster (2-1) fired a threehitter and scored the tiebreaking run in the fifth inning as the Indians tamed the
Royals.
K.C. starter Mike Hedlund,
who threw a shutout in his
first start, fell to 1-3.