Show Ogden Tigers tie record for road wins y ( i Sports I Writer According the home team Lance Parrish cracked a two-ru- n homer in the seventh inning left-hand- Wednesday night to help the Tigers tie an American League record with their 16th straight road triumph a victory over the California Angels Dan Petry and Willie Hernanto dez combined on a allow the Tigers to equal the AL mark set in 1912 by the Wash4-- 2 Phillies’ winning streak with a victory Valenzuela who is listed at and 200 pounds put his elusive screwball to superb use in breaking a personal three-gam- e losing streak He improved his record to 5 in outdueling the Phillies’ Steve Carlton The 15 strikeouts were the most by a visiting pitcher in the history of Veterans Stadium — 1- -0 er al- low Detroit to equal the major-leagu- e record of 17 straight road victories established in 1916 by the New York Giants 4-- Tigers will send pitcher Jack Morris no-h- it 8-- Ferguson Jenkins and the late Don Wilson each had 14 — and 1 against California United Press International “That record won’t mean much if we’re not representing the East (in the playoffs) on Oc- er 10-ga- ington Senators A triumph against the Western Division- 34-- 5 e major-leagu- nando Valenzuela hesitates to discuss his physical parameters Yet when it comes to pitching the Los Angeles more than measures up The burly Valenzuela struck 1 5 out a career-hig- h batters and drove in the game’s only run Wednesday night to help the Dodgers snap the Philadelphia meant nothing but bad news for The to rules a baseball must not weigh less than 5 nor more than 5‘A ounces Also it must not be less than 9 nor more than 9 'A inches in circumference The rules say nothing about a player’s weight or girth and Fer- American League leading Angels tonight would 4 had a three-gam- e streak snapped winning By ROBERTO DIAS UPl Sports Writer five-hitt- Dodgers’ pitcher Fernando Valenzuela breaks his bat as he hit a grounder in the 5th inning to score Mike Scioscia the most strikeouts by a Dodger since Sandy Koufax fanned 16 Phillies in 1 1 innings on July 27 dujar National League 7-- Cubs 3 Braves 1 At Chicago Gary Matthews broke up a scoreless tie with a solo homer in the sixth and Bob Dernier added an RBI single in the seventh to give the Cubs their fourth straight triumph Matthews’ homer his third was the first hit off starter Craig McMurtry 5 Steve Trout improved to 2 and Lee Smith got his eighth save Bob Homer 1966 “I had good stuff especially the screwball” said Valenzuela through an interpreter “It had good rotation and good location “The most important thing is to win the ballgame it doesn’t matter how many you strike out I’m very pleased” The Valenzuela whose previous strikeout best was 12 fanned every batter in the lineup except Garry Maddox The southpaw struck out the side in the third and fifth and walked six “I don’t know if he’s pitched any better than that” said Phillies manager Paul Owens “He was awesome It was evident we weren’t going to do much with 3-- 5-- 23-year-- ho-mer- ed for the Braves Pirates 7 Reds 2 At Pittsburgh Bill Madlock n fifth with a two-ru- n keyed a single and John Candelaria 4 struck out 12 to help the Pirates snap a three-gam- e losing streak Jeff Russell 5 took the loss Lee Mazzilli homered for the Pirates six-ru- 4-- 2-- him I’ve seen him pitch several times but never like that” Padres 2 Expos 1 At Montreal Kevin McRey-nold- s hit a two-ohomer in the 1 1 top of the th off Andy McGaf-figa- n 3 to lift the Padres in a game delayed 41 minutes by Astros 4 Cardinals 0 ut At St Louis Harry Spilman’s first homer of the season a three-ru- n shot capped a four-ru- n Astros first inning Hous- 3-- rain Dave Dravecky improved to 3 with two innings of relief ton’s Bob Knepper allowed only one runner past second base in improving to 5 Joaquin An- - 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