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Barrie Examiner, 13 Aug 1977, p. 11

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Dump Blue Jays 9él Royals lucky to win By ROSS HOPKINS TORONTO CP Whitey Herzog didnt hesitate to admit his baseball club was fortunate to win Friday night We were lucky to win that onelucky lucky lucky the Kansas City manager said after the Royals had aken free swinging 98 decision from Toronto Blue Jays in American League game which featured 11 hits by both teams That was real game real adventure Herzl og said with sigh of relief as the fourthpalce Royals stayed in the thick of the West Division title chase Errors proved costly for the Blue Jays as the Roy tlS collected three unearned runs on three errorstwo in the ourth when Kansas City scored twice to tie the score 44 before 1143 fans The visitors also made the most of their 11 hits oft loser Dave Lemanczyk 1010 who went the distance for the lue Jays tworun homer by Hal McRae keyed threei un Royals uprising in the seventh breaking up 66 dc idiock and providing Kansas City with the winning margin Marty Pattin 52 the second of four Kansas Cityp itchers got credit for the win despite giving up four runs on fiv hits over four innings 161 FOR THE YEAR Even in McRaes home run his 16th of the seas Herzog could see cause for feeling fortunate Mac McRae hits tworun shot on hitandi un Thats nice McRae agreed On hitandrun youve got to swing and just tr to hit the ball said the Royals designated hitter who was nip ped by less than percentage point in the final game of the seasc last year by teammate George Brett for the league batting titl 13 The Royals scored twice in the second one of them unearned on throwing error by centre fielder Bob Bailor Bu the Jays got one back in the bottom of the inning as Doug Rader doubled and came home on Alan Ashbys single Toronto took 42 lead in the third on double two singles walk sacrifice fly and wild pitch by starting pitcher Andy Hassler But disaster struck the Blue Jays the following inning Darryl Porter who went for singled and moved to third as Jays second baseman Steve Staggs couldnt handle the throw on potential doubleplay ball off the bat of Amos Otis ASHBY DROPS THROW Cookie Rojass groundout scored Porter and Otis was safe on collision at the plate as Ashby dropped Raders throw off grounder to third by Fred Patek The two teams each scored twice in the fifth with Doug Aults 10th homer of the season providing one of the Toronto runs was disappointed in our defence tonight which put Leman czyk into some difficult situations said Toronto manager Roy Hartsfield When we score eight runs weve got to win We dont have the kind of ball club to slug it out with the likes of the Royals Dave McKay who had not had hit since midMay until singling in Thursdays game with Minnesota went for again st the Royals and lined vicious liner off Pattin the only time he was retired His sixthinning single came with two out and the bases loaded and delivered both Toronto runs in the inning McKay was inserted into the lineup Thursday when regular shortstop Hector Torres left the team because of death in the family However McKays impressive play both in the field and the plate has earned him the starting assignment for the time being at least The second game of the threegame set goes tonight with Jays rookie Jim Clancy 12 scheduled to face Paul Splittorff 96 Eckersley losses onehitter By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Dennis Eckersley just missed nohitter and it didnt bother him bit wasnt frustrated at all by the hit the Cleveland right hander said Friday know cant pitch any better than that The only hit in the first game of the twinight American League baseball doubleheader was firstinning triple by Mil waukee first baseman ecil Cooper He just reached out and hit low and away slider down the right field line Eckersley said The Indians defeated the Brewers twice 20 and 54 The firstgame heroics by Ecker sley were planned that way by Cleveland manager Jeff Tor borg The onehitter was com bination of good stuff and shad ows Torborg said Its very difficult to see out there at that time of day In the early in nings even Freddie catcher Fred Kendall had trouble cat ching his pitches Thats why we chose to use hard thrower like Dennis in the first game In the nightcap Rico Cartys pinchhit ninthinning double drove in the winning run Rotary peewees celebrate success in other games Baltimore Orioles downed Oakl and As New York Yankee swept doubleheader from California Angels 101 and 93 lVlinnesota Twins shaded Detroit Tigers 12 11 Boston Red Sox defeated Seattle Mariners 72 Kansas City Royals nippeo Toronto Blue Jays 98 and Texas Rangers downed Chic Eth White Sox 107 The only other Milwaukee baserunner against Eckersley 119 was Jim Wynn who reached base on an error to american league lead off the second inning But Eckerslcy retired the final 24 batters he faced The Brewers tied the night cap 44 with two unearned runs in the ninth setting the stage for Cartys heroics Orioles As Jim Palmer hurled twohit ter and rookie Kiko Garcias tworun single capped Balti mores fourrun sixthinning rally as the Orioles defeated Oakland It was the As 14th consecutive loss Grantd slam stuns Dodgers By THE ASSOCIATIOP PRESS Don Suttons problr ms con tinue and theyre bec oming cause for concern in lie camp of Los Angeles Dodgers Sutton ace of the clubs pit ching staff has made ive star ts for Los Angeles sin being named the most aluable player in the allstar baseball game last month es lost three and was knocked out and not involved in the dec isions in the other two The latest setback was 52 stunner against Atlantu on Fri day night in which Suttt in took 21 lead into the ninth inning only to be beaten by od Gil breaths grand slam hoi ne run lational Elsewhere in the League Pittsburgh Pirates struggling alongwith the worst swept doubleheader from New York Mets 32 and 65 the second game going 12 innings Philadelphia lhillies routed national league hicago Cubs 103 St Louis Tardinals edged Montreal Ex pos 21 San Francisco Giants edged incinnati Reds 43 and San Diego Padres topped lious ton Astros 54 Sutton went into the ninth riding slim lead provided by Dusty Bakers 20th home run of the season But the Braves Barrie Rotary Peewees crowd around the trophy they wt as being Iluroiiia Minor Lacrosse Association Group champions They beat Barrie Over head Door Oro lravcnhurst and East iwillimbury in roundrobin playoff series to capture the title The club held ban quet at the Ponderosa Steak llousr this week to celebrate their success Examiner Photo Eostview Arena Sept l90ct 977 Codified Instruction For applications Phone 7266630 7289966 HAYS TRAVEL SERVICE 7234700 45 Donlop St Next to the Theatre record in the major leagues suddenly derailed him Jeff Burroughs singled Garry Matthews doubled and an intentional walkto Joe Nolan loaded the bases for Gilbreath who had driven in Atlantas fir st run with an infield out in the fifth The slender second baseman then unloaded his six th homer of the season Pirates 36 ets 25 Pitcher Jim Rooker collected three hits driving in two runs and scoring the third as Pitts burgh beat New York iii the opener Then Duffy Dyers 12th in ning single scored Rennie Sten nett with the winner in the nightcap The sweep moved the Pirates into second place in the JEast three games behind Philadelphia Dyer came into the game when starter Ed Ott was thrown out for sixthinning fight with second baseman Felix Millan After on bad rammed into second base trying to break up double play Millan punched the run ner in the face Ott retaliated by bodyslamming Millan to the ground breaking the infielders collarbone lhillies 10 Cubs Tim McCarver hit pair of home runs and Steve arlton won his 17th game of the sea son tops in the majors as red bot Philadelphia won its ninth in row McCarver who is Carltons personal catcher said it was only the second time in his ca reer that he has had two homers in game Patrick Fogarty St llilaire Que wins the gold medal in the mens long jump competition at the Canada Summer Games in St Johns Friday Fogarty won with jump of 714 metres CP Photo Three in track and field Williams sprints to gold at Canada Summer Games By MELSUFRIN Sports Editor ST JOHNS Nfld CPi Track and field was only second choice for Desai Williams 18 yearold loronto student but youd never guess from the way he has performed at the Canada Summer Games Williams who gave up his fir st love soccer because his high school in the Toronto suburb of Scarborough abandoned its program in that sport com pleted the sprint double with victory in the 200 metres Fri day Then within hours he came back to anchor the Ontario team to gold medal in the 4x100metre relay making Wil liams the first athlete to win three golds at the 1977 Games Williams also became the in st sprinter to win both the 100 and 200 metres since the Games were inaugurated in Halifax in 1969 although Tony Powell of Dundas Ont pulled off dif ferent doublcruwinning both the 200 and 400 in 1969 Despite the 200 metre and 4x100 wins and two other golds in the womens 4x400metre re lay and the mens shot put tario lost little ground to Brit ish Columbia in its bid to retain the track and field title it won in Burnaby BC in 1971 With 12 events to wind up the track and field program today Ontario has 3305 points BC which finished second to tario in this sport four years ago has 301 followed by Quebec with 2455 Alberta 21825 Sasv katchewan 12375 Manitoba 10525 Nova Scotia 5625 New foundland 405 New Brunswick For the largest selection of top quality VAN TRUCK CONVERSION WINDOWS Present this ad at our Barrie location and save $1000 off the price of any AirVue Sunroof or Vista Bay Window 2077 Installation our specialty SPEEDY AU T0 GLASS All work guurontood against Iooliogo Buyfield St North Barrie Plum 215 Prince Edward island 105 Northwest Territories and the Yukon 15 IIAS 16iOIIS Ontario won six gold medals Fridaytwo in water skiing and four in track and fieldto increase its Gainesleading total to 10 Quebec which won two golds in water skiing and one in track and field now has seven British olumbia has six Alberta added pair in track and field to bring its total to four and New Brunswick and Saskatchewan have one each Ontario won the bronze medal in baseball with 54 win over Nova Scotia The gold and silver medals will be decided today when British Columbia the defending Games chanr pion mccts Manitoba Thc anadian junior title will be decided at the same time Nova Scotia defeated Quebec in womens field hockey and qualified for todays final against Ontario which edged Newfoundland in it game that had to be dccidcd on pen alty shots after overtime Que bec and Newfoundland play for the bronze Quebec and Ontario remained tied for first place in the water polo roundrobin with five wins and one tic The tie game was an 878 affair bctwccn the same two teams cariicr in the week The first two places in the mens 200 metres were replay of the 100 Andre Barricre of St Guillaume Que placed second in both races Zvonko Stankovic of Vancouvcr was third Wil liamss winning time was 2193 VISTABAY Offer good till Aug momm mun5230 pun Sat Inl2i0 pun 72879ll while Barriere was clocked in 2198 and Stankovic in 22 flat Joining Williams on the win ning Ontario rela team were Bill Siegman Sault Ste Marie Mike Forgrave of Barrie and Doug Hinds of Mississauga Their time was 4212 Quebec was second in 4217 and BC third in 4218 BROKE RECORD The Manitobal relay team broke the Canadian junior record with 4208 in the semi final but had nothing left in the final and placed fourth in 4252 Patrick Fogarty of St Hi laire Que won the mens long jump with leap of 714 metres Decathlon winner Dave Steen of Burnaby BC was second with 706 and Osmond Sargeant of Toronto third with 689 Alberta swept the first two places in the discus Betty An derson of Edmonton winning the gold with throw of 4340 metres and Ann Grainger of Calgary taking the silver with 11994 Janc Toporowski of Rich iiiond llill nt was third with 3972 Martino Catalano of Toronto won the 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