Crawford provides edge, as Cards down Chicago

From our wire services runs in the first , then went on to -scori-ng singles by Alan Ashby pick up his seventh victory without a and Frank Duffy were all the support drove in three runs loss with the relief help from Ron Pat Dobson needed as the Cleveland with three hits including his third Reed Dave Kingman's 16th Indians trimmed the Baltimore Onoles home run to pace the St Louis highlighted the Met's first 3-- 1 Cardinals to a 5--2 win over the host The Phillies scored two runs in both Dobson (4-5- ) completed his fourth Tuesday afternoon the second and third to take the game in a row, while (5-- 5) Crawford's home run came in the lead and then Johnstone lead off the was unsuccessful in his third try for a sixth uining with two out and Bake fifth with a home run to put the Phillies sixth win Dobson lost his shutout in the McBnde on first base after being by ahead for good third on a single by BobGnch Cubs' Ray Burns ( 1-- 6 ) St Louis added two more runs m the Larry Pamsh doubled home two runs George Scott's sacrifice fly scored eighth on a run-scon- ng by m the 11th inning to highlight a four-ru- n Darrell Porter from third base and Crawford and a single by rally as the defeated enabled the to edge 6-- The Cardinals' Lynn McGlothen (5--3) the 3 All four runs the 1-- 0 picked up the win, allowing seven hits came off Bob Moose, who had not given Bill Travers (4--2) struck out eight while going the distance up any runs m his previous 13 while just walking two in registering his 1-- 0 Although Chicago took a first appearances this season second straight four-hi- t, complete inning lead, St Louis tied it in the game victory singles by Ted Simmons, fourth on In the Amencan League the Texas In games on the West Coast, Chicago Simmons was will to day to try to Crawford and Fairly hit Rangers have wait a was at California and Minnesota was m the 1,000 of his major league career catch the Western Division-leadin- g Oakland McBnde, who had just been as rain postponed reactivated from the 15-d- ay disabled their scheduled game The Royals lead slammed three hits, list, had to leave the game after being the Rangers by Wz games including his sixth and seventh home hit in the left calf in the seventh He was spun a seven-h-it shutout runs of the season, to lead the taken to the hospital for precautionary and Carl Yastrzemski cracked a two-ru-n to a 10-- 4 victory over x-ra- ys homer as the Boston Redsox edged the 2-- the Tigers 0 The Red's rookie right-hand- er Santo Jay Johnstone banged out four hits, Tiger centerfielder Ron LeFlore Alcala notched his fourth straight win including his second home run to lead extended his to 27 games with relief help from Pedro Borbon the to an 8--4 with a double to nght off Tiant in the victory over and the New fifth inning With the hit, LeFlore has In West Coast action, YorkMets now tied Dom Dimaggio for the longest was in San Diego and Houston visited Jim Lonborg spotted the Mets three hitting streak in baseball since 1951 San Francisco