Monday, May 16, 1977 Section 3 THE HERALD gets crack at title Cub firemen douse Montreal twice MONTREAL Herman Franks went to his bullpen one last time in Sunday's second game of the Cubs doubleheader sweep over the Montreal Expos and, surprise, it a wake- up oall for the tireless (but tiring) Bruce Sutter. No, manager Franks found another relief to his mountainous Paul Reuschel, older brother to Rick Reuschel. the Cubs winningest pitcher in 1977. And Paul, bespectacled 6-foot-4, 210-pound farm lad. recorded a save for rookie Mike Krukow who went just five innings the 4-2 nightcap victory but got his third win anyway.
It was the first non-Sutter save on the staff. Sutetr, who was supposed to have the uay off, was called on in the ninth inning of game one to save a 4-3 decision for Ray Burris. THE TWIN VICTORY gave the homebound Cubs a satisfying four- games sweep of the series in Canada, plus six wins on the seven-game road trip and 12 of their last 14, home and road included It also pushed eight percentage points ahead of St. Louis in the National League Last, into second place two games behind Pittsburgh. Reuschel came on in the sixth after Krukow yielded a leadoff double to Del Unser With the score 3-2 in favor of the Cubs, Franks about to fool around.
Krukow, the 25-year-old experiment that worked, and wiggled out of two immense pickles already, and the Cub manager want to stretch the luck. So in came Reuschel, who immediately walked Gary Carter to put the go-ahead run cm base. But he got Wayne Garrett on a fly to center for the first out. Then he fanned dangerous pinch-hitter Mike Jorgensen and got Dave Cash on a grounder to Ivan DeJesus. With Loose-as-arGoose Sutter standing by in the bullpen, Reuschel proceeded to mow down Expos in the seventh, eighth and ninth, allowing a walk in the eighth while striking out the side and giving up a one-out single to Cash in the ninth.
But a DeJesus-to- Manny Trillo-to-Larry double play ended the game, sending Montreal to its sixth loss in a row. SUTTER HAD ended the first game with a double play, this one going to DeJesus to cm a John Mertins spun a five-hitlee and provided the offensive fireworks with a two-run homer as the Cardinals crushed Gordon Tech, 5-0, in the opener of the Elk Grove Regional Saturday. The victory avenged a loss to Gordon in the sectional finals of the state basketball tournament in March and earned a spot opposite highly-regarded Maine West in the regional championships today at 4 p.m. The Warriors won, 4-3. Meanwhile two other area regional entries fell by the wayside Saturday, Prospect dropping a 1-0 heartbreaker to Maine East ground ball off the bat of Jorgensen.
Cass had led off the inning with a check-swing single just inside the right field line when he was fooled by a Sutter fork ball. Franks had gotten innings of effective, if not overpowering, work from starter Burris, who surrendered llhits but got credit for his fifth win against four losses. Then, lefty Willie Hernandez came on for a nifty one- third of an inning in relief, getting Tony Perez to ground out to end the eighth after Barry two-run homer off Burris cut the Cub lead to 4-3. But with two outs in the Cub eighth Franks resist pinch-hitting for Hernandez when George Mitter- and Fremd absorbing an 11-1 setback to St. Charles.
"I GUESS just following through a little Mertins said of his tournament success that includes back-to-back shutouts of Buffalo Grove and Gordon. bending my back more which help6 me keep the bail down. My velocity was pretty good, So was his bat. Arlington edged in front in the top of the fifth inning when Bill Grabkz lashed a single to left and advanced to second on an error by the first baseman. Two outs later, Doug Harth slammed an oppo- wald walked with two away.
After all, he still had Sutter in the bullpen. Bruoe saved three of the four games here, as it turned out. The Cubs had 10 hits in the first game and 11 in the second, but the biggest blows came off the bat of cen- terfielder Jerry Morales. The Puerto Rican slugger, finally getting used to the idea of hitting fifth, ripped a two- run double to the wall in the first inning of the opener, then smashed a bases-loaded single in the third frame of the nightcap. STEVE ONTIVEROS, who had three hits and continued his 10-game hitting streak, followed Morales an out later with an RBI single.
That was all of the scoring the Cubs would do for site-field double to left to score pinch- running Chuck Gilman and a scoreless duel. Mertins followed with a towering 340-foot drive that Tech leftfielder Kevin Kearns never gave up on and flipped over the top of the fence. was a high fastball that I probably should have laid Mertins said. The Cards added two more in the sixth on Frank 355-foot homer to right, a walk and two Gordon errors. Medina walked only one and struck out six.
Krukow, although they got an insurance run in the ninth for Reuschel on a double by DeJesus and a run-scoring single by pinch-hitter Gene Clines. Krukow, 3-2, was bailing out of jams almost the whole time he was in the game. Cash led off the first with a triple but he budge. Krukow then permitted a solo run in the second after the first two Expos reached on hits. Pinch-hitter Pete Mackanin led off the fifth with a double off Krukow and he eventually scored on the wild pitch.
The Cub righty got out of the mess with no further trouble, just in time fo the victory. The Cubs, eight over .500, host San Diego today. A TWO-RUN rally in the bottom of the seventh gave Maine West a 4-3 victory over East Leyden, keeping alive the Warriors hopes at the Elk Grove Regional baseball tournament Saturday. Bob single with two men on base proved to be the climactic blow, allowing both runners to score with the help of an error on a throw from the outfield. Dean Carpenter led off the seventh inning with an infield tot.
With one out, Wayne Wishnew singled Carpenter to third base. Zucca(Continued on Page 2) The unearned rims helped explain why Barrios lasted eight innings, despite yielding 13 hits and all four runs. was close to getting the hook in the third White Sox manager Bob Lemon explained afterward. (Duane) Kuiper led off with a single, I thought about pulling Barrios because three lefthanders were coming up. Barrios had better stuff than the 13-hitter he threw would he added.
lot of those hits were real BARRIOS GOT tagged with the loss, his second in five decisions, getting ninth-inning relief from Dave Hamilton. Cleveland starter Dermis Eckersiey lasted five innings to earn a win, his third against two losses. Eckersiey threw just two pitches in the sixth inning before Indian manager Frank Robinson pulled him. bufloen did a super job Robinson said. threw weH for two or three innings, but that was it.
I could have taken him out Eckersiey was touched for one run in the fourth and fifth innings. In the fourth, Bannister led off with a single and scored on Richie one-out triple. Zisk was stranded at third base. IN THE FIFTH, Jack Brohammer walked to lead off the inning, advanced to second on a walk to Bannister, and scored on Jorge single. Zisk walked to fill the bases, but Jim Spencer, hitting hero, popped out to center field to end the inning.
Both the Sox and Cleveland left eight men on base. The Sox have Tuesday off before beginning a four- game road trip in Kansas City Mid Detroit Tonight the Sox will play their Triple-A farm dub in Des Moines before heading to Kansas City. Cardinals Warriors play showdown counting on Grubb to hit like Cleveland manager Frank Robinson said afterward. would be in the top 10 now if he hurt himself in the spring. missed three weeks of the regular season, but he hitting badly now at the manager added.
GRUBB INJURED his knee while fielding balls in the outfield during spring training, missing the remainder of the preseason and only returning to action at the start of May. White Sox pinch-hitter Lamar Johnson stroked a two-out solo home run into the left field seats in the bottom of the eighth, but the Sox could not push the tying run around against Cleveland relievers Don Hood and Jim Kern. Kern threw the final inning to collect his third save of the season. Hood threw the sixth through eighth innings, yielding just two hits, one of them home run. Despite the reduced offense from the Sox, who lead the American League in hitting, it was an error by shortstop Alan Bannister in the second inning that was responsible for allowing Cleveland its three unearned runs.
HEAVYWEIGHT challenger Alfredo Evangelista mey be predicting his own fete tonight when he enters the ring egeinst Muhammad AH et the Cepitel Centre in Lendover, Md. The fight will be nationally televised by ABC-TV. In a cloud of dust. Cleveland Indian Duane Kuiper is caught stealing by the Alan Bannister Photo by Mike Seeling WITH ONE out and men on first and second bases, Bannister threw a double-play toss into right field. One run scored on the play, and two more followed on a choice by Fred Kendall and a single by Jim Norris.
by STEVE WILSTEIN LANDOVER, Md. Muhammad A1 promising unknown Alfredo Avengelista a longer television appearance tonight in their world heavy-weight championship fight than the 58 seconds Ken Norton gave Duane Bobick last week, weighed in Sunday at a relatively trim pounds. weight may not be an accurate barometer of his ability, but he is eight and three-quarters pounds lighter than the 230 he weighed when he nearly lost a decision to Jimmy Young here at the Capital Center a year ago. He is also about 20 pounds lighter than when he started training six weeks ago after a five-month to make a movie of his life, though the 35-year-old champion retains a band of middle-aged fat above his hips. Evangelista weighed in at 209)6 at the Capital Center Sunday, pounds lighter than Ali.
ALI OBVIOUSLY was quite pleased with his general condition. I fat, he asked those gathered around the scale which had been set up in the center of the ring. I washed up? I was a fat man a few weeks ago. I weighed 239 pounds, but look at me The champion then held forth for 20 minutes in the center of the ring and revealed that he had bought $200,000 worth of tickets for Monday fight to distribute among the people in this area. people afford $150 for a ticket or $100 or even $20, so gonna make sure they get these tickets free.
talking about the people I went down and saw in the soup kitchens the ohter day. They have any money; they even have nothing to become a father for the first time. But can he fight? Nobody seems to know. EVANGELISTA IS as close to a as promoter Don King could get, without incurring the wrath of the World Boxing Assn. and Work! Boxing Council.
The dark-haired, slope-shouldered baby bull who left his native Uruguay for the opportunities of Spain, is no A perhaps? Who knows and who cares? ABC-TV care; guaranteed Ali a purse and Evangelista $75,000 and are hoping for 50 -million viewers. Ali care; he likes to sprinkle a few easy matches aifiong the tough ones. Evangelista care; got the shot of a lifetime. The WBA and WBC care; somehow ranked Evangelista eighth and 10th in the work! after only 17 fights. And the fans really care; free on home television and maybe will win this time.
Then, referring to Evangelista, Ali said, guarantee last longer than mindful that television thrives on commercials and television is paying the $2.75 million toll for the fight. Ali promise to carry the challenger the full 15 rounds, however. YOU GOING to carry someone asked Ali, meaning Evangelista. Cleveland stifles White Sox bats snorted Ali. course not.
too There are lots of reasons to cheer for Evangelista, especially if among the silent majority who have been waiting 13 years to see the Louisville Lip finally flattened, but few reasons to bet on him. Alfredo Evangelista is 22-years-oid, quiet, nice, hardworking and about to by JEFF NORDLUND Those noisy White Sox bats suddenly turned quiet Sunday afternoon, allowing the Cleveland Indians to depart Chicago with a 4-3 victory. While usually a quiet before the storm, the White Sox turned that around over the weekend. They stormed to the plate for 18 runs on 17 hits Saturday before quietly collecting only six tots off a trio of Cleveland huriers Sunday. After scoring three unearned runs off storting and losing pitcher Francisco Barrios in the second inning, Cleveland maintained a 3-2 lead going into the eighth inning.
WHEN Johnny Grubb banged a leadoff triple for the In- diaaB, and pinch-nmner Paul Dade scored two onto later on Buddy single to provide what became the winning run. hit was one of three for him in the game, one to his singles coming in three-run second inning..
