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Show Page 10—THE HERALD, Provo, Utah, Sunday, May 1, 1977 American League Roundup Phils Beat Yanks Over Slump,Rip Seattle American League Roundup By United Press International There's no longer any question the New York Yankeesare overtheir early season slump. Homeruns by Thurman Munson and Reggie Jackson paced the Yankees to their ninth victory in the last 10 games Saturday, a 7-2 decision over the Seat- tle Mariners that moved the defending and Witiie Randolph tripled in two AL champions with 1’ gamesof first Jackson's third homerignited a four- run third, routing starter and loser Gary Wheelock. Chris Chambliss was Nebo Track Crown wayfor the Red Devil's as he won the High Hurdles with a timeof 15.7, the intermediate hurdles being clocked at 42.3 16"and the Pole Vault with a jump of dash(10.0), the 220 yard dash (23.3) and contributed an excellent performance in running a leg on Springville’s winning Mile Relay team. The Red Devil's also havea talented runner in Jeff Allison as he beat the packin both the 880 and Mile runs. Another double winner was Payson’s Rich as he threw the discus 136°11" and heaved the Shot Put 486" The only first place winner for Spanish Fork was Mike Hales as he won the 2 Mile run with a clocking of 11.01 Fork Miie Relay~t. Springville (3.43) 2. Spanish Fork Pole Vault—11.6 1. Huff |S) 2 Munk (SF) Blake Jensen kept the Bulldogs even goal and netted the eventual winning Totals—Springville 76, Payson 63, Spanish Fork Herald Correspondent The Provo Bulldogs continued the awesome offensive display they unveiled earlier in the week against Kearns, scattering 10 hits all over the field, and hurler Matt Midgely threw a nifty four - hit shutout to lead the Bulldogs toan 8-0 vic- 2. The righthander scattered seven hits, one of them Bob Stinson’s first hornerof the year leading off the third for the Mariners’first run. Detroit 7-3. Rick Burleson drove in three runs and Dwight Evans smacked a two-run homer to pace the Red Sox over the A’s. Luis Tiant, 2-1, scattered nine hits and struck out sevenin eightinnings. Claudell Washington, Sandy Alomar and Willie Horton drove in three runs apiece to pace the Rangers to a rout of the White Sox. Horton hit a three-run homeroff Wilbur Wood, who was making his first appearance since May 9 Jim Wardlater put the icing on the last season, when he had his left cake for Orem asheslid a low shot past kneecap shattered by a ball hit by Wright in the final stages of the game. Detroit's Ron LeFlore Orem coach Garlan Fitzgerald was LarryHisle drove in four runs with a pleased with his club's passing effectiveness against the “big, strong, and homer and single to lead the Twins fast’ Provo team. Tigers netminder over the Tigers. Players from both Brent Jones picked up the shutout as dugouts rushed to the field in the seOrem ran its record to 8-0. The cond inning when Twins superstar Rod whitewash was only in danger when Carewthrew a punchat Detroit pitcher Provo’s Roger Spence, whom Dave Roberts after Carew washit by a Fitzgerald regards as “one of the best pitch. The punch did not land solidly, forwardsin the state,’ booted one just but Carewwas ejected. inches over the crossbar. Carew said he got mad because he Pleased with his teain’s performance thought Roberts hit him deliberately. against the defending state champs, He's a control pitcher and he sure Bulldog mentor Carlos Ammorrin threw al me," said Carew, a five-time noted that it was a “tough” game, as the 2-0 score would indicate. Provo's AL batting champion. record nowstands at 5-3-1 In night action, California was at Baltimore and Toronto was at Kansas City. Bulidogs Blank Lancers By ROB WAKEFIELD the Yankees, improvinghis recordto 2- Reserve catcher Larry Haney’s throwing error and Fred Kendall's sacrifice fly in the 12th gave Dennis Eckersley and the Indians a victory over the Brewers in a nationallytelevised game. Dave LaRoche, helping Cleveland win only for the second time in its last 10 games, had to work Javelin 163.7—1. Muhlstein (P) 2. Peterson (SF) out of a bases-loaded, none-out jam in 3. White (S) 4. Cope pope (S) the bottom of the 12th counter. Provo was unable to mountany offensive threats, however, and Christensen finally broke the ice as he alertly scooped up a loose ball in front of the Ed Figueroa went the distance for 3 Tiger Kickers Edge Bulldogs, 2-0 Herald Correspondent Junior Scott Christensen’s goal midway through the first half sparked Orem to a hard - fought 2-0 victory over the Proyo Bulldogs in high school soccer action here Friday. Provo was forced to play defensive minded soccerasthe Tigers featured a relentless offensive attack on Provo goalie Bret Wright The powerful Orem club dominated most of the game, and only several sprawling saves by Wright and the defensive work of Ed Bowers and sacrifice fly and Laxton’s wild pitch wound up the NewYork scoring. Wick (P) 4. Perkins (S) High Jump—6'0" 1 Kowalski (P ‘SF) 3. Phillips (S) 4. Holley (S Long Jump196-1. Elder (S) 2. Wilson (S) 3 Jewett (P) 3. Ames sen (S Discuss 136.11—1. Rich (P) 2. Carlson (SF) 3. Hansen (SF) 4. Jewett (P 49 By KURT KRAGTHROPE bring in reliever Bill Laxton, who yielded singles to Roy White and Paul Blair for another run. Bucky Dent's In other games, Cleveland nipped Milwaukee 1-0 in 12 innings, Boston clubbed Oakland 84, Texas clobbered yson 2 ‘ork Medley relay—1. Springville (357) 2 Spanish Chicago 14-4 and Minnesota outslugged Along with Huff's three first places Springville’s Scott Phillips ran away from everybody as he won the 100 yard hit by a pitchand Carlos May singled to 100-100 1. Phillips (S) 2. Johnson (P) 3 Jasperson (P) 4. Parry (P 220-233 1. Phillips ($) 2. Johnson (P) 3, Parry P) 4. Jasperson (P 440—53.1 1. Strong (S) 2. Likke (S) 3. Carlyle (P 4 m2 Graff (S.F 1 Allison (S) 2 Harding (S) 3. Kimball on iP, 9 1 2 Stewart SF 3 nm Pp 4 2 MILE io SF) 2, Albee (P) 3 White (P) 4. Day (S. High Hurdles—15,7 1 Huff (S) 2. Carlson SF 3 Van (SF) 4. Hil (P. 390 Hurdles—42 3.1 Huff (S) 2. Hill (P) 2. Baxter seven Lancer batters. He also didn't yield any walks, and the Lancers couldn't push a runner past second base in seven innings of play Todd Balser started single The Bulldogs padded the leadin thefifth frame when Jamie Morgan doubled to left field to begin a four- run scoring outburst. Balser once Provoscoring in the first again reached first on a 6-4 Batile By United Press International Rookie left-hander Randy Lerch was in no mood to depend solely on his After surrendering a tallyin the bot- tomof the seventh, Lerch tooka 6-2 advantageintothe eighth inning when he ran into trouble. Two runs scored as Mare Hill and Foli singled and Bill Madlock crashed a long double down the right field line. Reliever Ron Reed wascalled in fromthe bullpen and stopped the Giants cold over the last 1 1-3 innings. for July 26 If necessary, a twoout of three playoff between winners of each half will be held to determine the champion. The annual Provo City tournament will be held June 13-18 Pitch Softball League will begin play Tuesday night at Harmon Park The first night's schedule will have Watts Lumbervs. Levin Insurance at 6:30 p.m., DHI vs. PDM at 7:45, and two new entries, Morris Motors and Canyon Road Foods at 9 m The teams will play each Tuesday and Thursday nights with play divided into two halves. Thefirst half will end June 2 with make-up or playoff gamesset for June 7-9. The run fourth inning that pushed the Phil delphia Phillies past the San Francisco Giants 6-4 Terry Harmon got Lerch and the Phillies rolling in the third inning as he parked an Ed Halicki fast ball out of andlestick Park. lt was Harmon's third career homerandthefirst for the Philadelphia shortstop since 1972 The Giants tied the gamewith a run in the bottom of the third but then Lerch, Garry Maddox, Richie Hebner and Greg Luzinskiall stroked RBIhits in the fifth, giving the Phils a 5-1 lead A Tim Foli errorin the seventh upped the lead to 6-1 end July 21 with make-up games set The ProvoCity Recreational Fast pitchingabilities Saturdayafternoon so he decided to help himself with the bat too, stroking an RBI single in a four- more runs in the second. place in the East Springville Cops The Springville Red Devils literally ran” away fromtheir neighborhood rivals, Spanish Fork and Payson, in the annualNebo Invitation! track meet Friday afternoon on the Spanish Fork field. Senior Paul Huff once again led the Munson whacked his third homerin thefirst inning for NewYork's first run Provo Softball League Ready Giants in The Utah County Jeep Patrol will donate the trophy to the championship team for the season. The ProvoCity League is a major softball league and haslong be one of the major summer programs ip the area second half will begin June 21 and sports &: Rams Nip Pokes In Tilts uas SPORT CENTERS at Why 1 Lerchpicked up his third y MIE, Wyo four decisions while Halicki, who (UPI) — The Colorado lasted only4 1-3 innings for the Giants, State Rams, not letting slipped to 2-2. The save was the third fatigue get them downat for Reed. the end of an unusual baseball tripleheader, In the other National League day ac- took twoof three Western tion, Pittsburgh trounced Houston10-0. Athletic Conference games Saturday over the Al Oliver, Phil Garner and Frank University of Wyoming. Taveras drovein two runsapiece while Jim Rooker and Kent Tekulve com- The first two sevenbined on a six-hit shutout to lead the inning games were to Pirates over the Astros. Willie Stargell makeup for a scheduled gave Pirate fans some memories as he doubleheader rained out hit his longawaited first homer of the season in the seventh with none on. Friday. Wyoming won the Houston starter Doug Konieczy got first, 5-2, but CSU back with a 41 bombed for six earned runs over 2 2-3 bounced win in the second. Ree es) TUESDAY, MAY 3 6:00PM TO 11:00PM innings as his record dropped to 1-1 The scheduled nineNight action saw Chicagoat Cincinnati, Atlanta at St. Louis, Montreal at inning game was played Los Angeles and New York at San last, with the Rams com- aS e357) he 3s; Ut)dd ey eA ing up with five big runs Diego. in the eighth inning for a come-from-behind 10-5 win. Italian Skier CopsVictory CSU’s winningpitchers Ci datseS Se aiwee a were Gary Brown, who evened his record at w-2, ISOLA, France (UPI) — Bruno and Tim Spear, who now Nockler of Italy won Tuesday's giant holds a 1-i record. The slalom in the Isola Three Days World losing Ram pitcherin the Alpine Ski Cup Trials. first game was Rick Nockler timed one minute,39.20 se- Thompson, who saw his conds over the 69-gate first leg and record drop to 2-4. 1:46.61 over the 65-gate second half for atotal timeof 1. Both legs dropFor Wyoming, the lone ped 450 mete ver 1,676 meters. winningpitcher wasScott Second was Frenchman Patrick Rispin, who nowcarries a Ciprelli_ in 3:26.38, followed by Fran- 3-3 record. Losers were cisco Fernandez-Ochao of Spain in Ron Trowbridge (2-6) and 3:27.12. Felix Oroz (2-3) SPORT. CENTERS - Springtime is lear service time| at Firestone SPECIAL frame when he sneaked passed third strike, then homefrom third base on Jeff Dyer singled to load a successful pick off the bases. playat first base Whittingham scored The Bulldogs produced Morgan and Balser and tory over the Granger three tallies in the third Lancers Friday moved Dyerto third on a Bulldog mentor Gary inning. Balser’s triple double, then a single to Ashton bemoaned the scored Craig Garrick and left field by John Sagers lack of batting strength Vaughn Law. who had put two more runson the shown by the Bulldogs reached base on a double scoreboard earlier in the season, but and single. respectively The Bulldogs are now 4they seem to be breaking Then Balser crossed the out of the slump, scoring plate on a Whittingham 3 in Region Four play. 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