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Gaels Defeat Tigers for Title By Myron Williams two in the third to lead the play dead in the fourth inning brought the hometown crowd Timet Herald, Carroll, la. slated for the pitching chores,. Tigers 5-1 going into their big as Jim Molitor slugged a J" St. Edmond of Fort Dodge Monday, June 20, 1977 O to its feet. Shortstop Edwards St. Edmond. one of the outslugged Carroll 13-5 for the fourth inning. two-run homer over the left scooped up a grounder, threw top-ranked teams in the state, Carroll Invitational baseball Mark Steffes scored field fence. Third baseman run. The Carroll Hurler went out the batter in first, then ran their string of wins to 15-0 championship at Carroll Carroll's first run in the Jim Petersen then slapped a the distance, walked only one, first baseman Eric Siemer on the season. Stadium Sunday night. second frame when Todd Buck triple and Carroll pitcher but struck out just two and quickly delivered the ball to Being chosen Both teams earned their was walked with the bases Todd Pettitt was walked. allowed eight earned runs. third baseman Petersen who all-tournament players were way into the championship loaded. Leadoff batter Todd Buck The Tiger batters were less tagged out an oncoming base Tom Reiman and Steffes of game with two previous wins. A seven-run fourth inning brought Petersen home with a fortunate against the runner. Carroll, Paul Baldus of Carroll blasted Lake romp by the Gaels dashed any hard shot and Pettitt scored on freshman Gael pitcher, Tad "We played a good game Kuemper, Dale Steinkamp View-Auburn 11-3 Saturday Tiger hopes of rallying. The Brad Edwards' base rap to Lindner, as they managed against Breda and we hit well and Kevin Nieland of Breda night and surprised St. Fort Dodge team slammed • bring the score to 12-5. St. eight hits and stranded nine against St. Edmond. But we and Denny Baker, Dan Bernard of Breda 8-4, Sunday. four hits and took advantage Edmond's Rick Scherff closed men on base. Belting extra had a few mental lapses in the Flattery. Dave Flattery and St. Edmond topped Audubon of three Carroll errors to send out the scoring with a solo base hits were Mark Steffes second game," commented Scherff of St. Edmond. The 11-2 Saturday and squeezed by seven men across home to home run in the sixth inning. with a double, Petersen's Tiger Coach Ted Edwards. Flattery twins were selected Kuemper 1-0, Sunday. lead 12-1. Gael batters hit Pettitt 11 triple and Molitor's homer. The Tigers, now 8-3 on the as the co-most valuable, The Gaels scored one run in The Tigers showed that they times which included two Carroll executed a double season, will travel to Audubon players of the Carroll Invita the first, two in the second and weren't going to roll over and doubles, a triple and the home play in the fifth inning which Monday night with Siemer tional Tournament. Box Score: St. Edmond— National Anthem Helps Chicago to Win ABRHBI Baker, SS 5 2 2 0 Ostrander.SS 0 0 0 0 By The Associated Press double, gave Wilbur Wood his single by Johnson, a double by Sox a sweep of their three- Kansas City its victory over Clemens, 3B 5 1 2 2 Singing the National first victory in more than a Chet Lemon, a two-run single game series with New York. Minnesota and a sweep of the Dorau,3B 0 0 0 0 Anthem was only the start of year. The veteran left-hander by Kevin Bell and a Denny Doyle slammed his three-game series. Dan Flattery, C ... 4 1 0 1 the day for Chicago White Sox hadn't won since May 9,1976, run-scoring double by Brian first homer since 1975 and Ber- The Royals had led 6-1 Burke, C 0 0 0 0 first baseman Lamar when his left knee was Downing. nie Carbo, Jim Rice, Carl before Minnesota scored four Scherff, RF 3 3 2 0 Johnson. shattered by a line drive off Blue Jays 7, Orioles 1 Yastrzemski arid George Scott runs in the seventh with the Dryzycimski, RF ''Bart Johnson (Chicago the bat of Detroit's Ron Dave Lemanczyk scattered also homered as the Red Sox help of three straight' walks 0 0 0 0 pitcher) talked to (White Sox LeFlore. five hits as Toronto pounded set major league records by issued by Royals reliever Dave Flattery, LF owner) Bill Veeck's secretary Wood scattered seven hits out 14 hits to rout Baltimore. hitting 16 home runs in three Steve Mingori. The Twins tied .....4 3 2 0 Staff Plwlu about my singing the and was touched for an Lemancyzk, 5-6, walked one games, 18 in four games and the score in the top of the ninth Imming.LF 0 0 0 0 Anthem," said Lamar, who unearned run when the White and struck out three, 21 in five games. on Rod Carew's single and a Leehey.DH 4 2 11 Wins Grudge Race — once had a part in his high Sox committed two errors in struggling only in the fourth Indians 4-4, Tigers 2-0 sacrifice fly by Larry Hisle. Lindner, P 0 0 0 0 school's production of "Guys the fifth inning. when the Orioles bunched Jim Bibby hurled a four-hit Duane Quinn. 32, of Carroll, crosses over the popcorn Mariners 2, Rangers 1 Huebsch, IB 4 0 1 2 and Dolls." "1 feel like my old self," three hits for their only run. ter to give Cleveland a 4-0 vic N string to win his mile long "grudge race" against Jim A two-out solo home run by Faiferlick, IB 0 0. 0 0 "I said okay," Johnson said. said Wood. "I was confident. I John Scott led the Blue Jays' tory in the second game and Millehacker of Carroll. Quinn, a Carroll High School Ruppert Jones in the top of the Stein, CF 3 0 0 0 "Hey, if singing means I hit never doubted I couldn't come attack with three hits, scoring complete a doubleheader graduate, won the race in 5:03 minutes against his former ninth inning lifted Seattle past like that, I'll sing anytime back." three time. Sam Ewing had sweep of Detroit in the Shanks, CF 0 0 0 0 rival, a Kuemper High School grad. They chose Saturday Texas after two veteran pitch they want." In other AL games Sunday, two hits in two trips to the managing debut of Jeff Dudycha, 2B 4 1 1 0 for the rematch because their mutual friend, Doug ers battled each other. The The White Sox were able to Cleveland swept a double- plate, knocking in two runs. Torborg, who replaced Frank McCusker, 2B 0 0 0 0 Duncan of Carroll, was getting married on that day and blast was Jones' 14th home muster only three hits, and header from Detroit 4-2 and Angels 7, Brewers 0 Robinson earlier in the day. Totals 36 13 11 6 many of their friends were in town to cheer them on. Johnson had them all. But his 4-0, Toronto defeated A three-run double by Bobby The Indians won the opener 4-2 run of the year and the third Carroll— two home runs gave Chicago a Baltimore 7-1, Boston routed Bonds capped California's behind the pitching of Wayne time he had homered for the ABRHBI 2-1 victory over the Oakland New York 11-8, Kansas City seven-run first inning and Garland and home runs by winning run. Buck, CF 2 0 0 2 A's in the opener. nipped Minnesota 8-7, Frank Tanana tamed Andre Thornton and Larvell Texas' Gaylord Perry, 6-6, Siemer, IB 3 0 2 0 And when the White Sox won California blanked Milwaukee Milwaukee on just six hits. Blanks. had allowed only four hits be Edwards, SS 4 0 1 1 Sports Glances the second game 5-1, Chicago 7-0 and Seattle edged Texas Tanana struck out eight and Cleveland broke open the fore Jones connected, handing Wittrock.C 4 0 0 0 moved two percentage points 2-1. walked three in boosting his second game with a four-run Texas its sixth loss in the last Reiman, 2B 4 0 1 0 Steffes, RF 3 2 2 0 ahead of the Minnesota Twins Jorge Orta opened the record to 11-3. ' fifth inning. nine games. Father-Son Tournament Baseball Molitor, LF 2 1 1 2 for the lead in the American fourth inning of the nightcap Red Sox 11, Yankees 1 Royals 8, Twins 7 Diego Segui started for The Father-Son Country The Cleveland Indians fired Petersen, 3B 4 1 1 0 League West. with his seventh homer of the Boston clobbered five home John Mayberry's double Seattle and gave up only three Club Golf Tournament was Manager Frank Robinson, Pettitt, P 0 1 0 0 Johnson's hitting season, and the White Sox runs to back Fergie Jenkins' scored George Brett from first hits, but left in the sixth as the held Sunday with competition naming Coach Jeff Torborg to Collison, PH 10 0 0 binge, which included a added three more runs on a three-hitter and give the Red base in the ninth inning, giving Rangers tied the game at 1-1. in five divisions. replace him through the end of Totals ..27 5 8 5 Ray and Chris Beck won the the 1978 season.