Cards' Forseh Wins 100Th
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Cards' Forseh wins 100th (2-6- ) out United Press International SAN FRANCISCO 4, CHICAGO 3 Seaver struck six and one seven innings to win at Chicago Chili Davis hit a two-ru-n walked in ST. LOUIS George Hendrick National homer in the first inning and his first, game since May 4. Tom drove in three runs with a homer and Milt May and Tom O'Malley each Hume pitched thefinalteojnnings. to Bob a single Friday night help League drove in a run in the third to give the A spectacular diving catch by left Forseh gain his 100th career victory San Francisco Giants a victory over Mike Vail in sixth inning, Cardinals to fielder the and lead St. Louis a 3, the the Chicago Cubs. when Cincinnati led 4-- cut off two 5-- 2 triumph over the Los Angeles Los Angeles bunched a single by The loss was Chicago's fifth in a Reds then Garvey, possible runs. The erupted Dodgers. Steve a double by Dusty row, its longest losing streak of the for four runs with two out in the The victory was the Cardinals' Baker and a single by Pedro Guerre- season. sixth. 10 games. two eighth in the last ro for its runs in the fourth. The Fred Breining (3--1) relieved start- Dodgers 2--0 Dodgers' only was The took a lead in the other hit a double er Mike Chris in the first inning and SAN DIEGO 5, PITTSBURGH 4 at fourth but St. Louis tied it in the fifth by Garvey in the sixth. pitched 4 innings to earn the victo- Pittsburgh Terry Kennedy drove when Hendrick slammed his 10th The Cardinals added another run ry. in three runs with a homer and a homer after a Keith Hernandez in the seventh when Glenn Brummer double to lead the San Diego Padres triple. doubled, stole third and scored on a Joe Morgan led off the game and past the Pittsburgh Pirates. St. Louis took the lead in the sixth squeeze bunt by Forseh. reached base when he was hit by a The triumph was the fourth when Ozzie Smith led off with a pitch from Cubs' starter and loser straight for San Diego and snapped a off Dave (1-- 3) and HOUSTON 8, PHILADELPHIA 3 Ferguson Jenkins (3-7-). After triple Stewart Jim three-gam-e winning streak for the scored on a sacrifice fly by Lonnie at Houston Ray Knight knocked in Wohlford fhed out, Davis hit a 3--2 Pirates. singled, stole four runs, including an RBI single pitch into the right-fiel- d bleachers Smith. Hernandez then Kennedy smacked a two-ru-n hom- on sin- capped five-ru-n eighth inning, for his fifth home run of season. second and scored Hendrick's that a the er after Sixto Lezcano beat out an in- gle to left. to lead the Houston Astros over the field single with one out in the fourth 7--1 CINCINNATI 8, YORK 3 Forseh raised his record to by Philadelphia Phillies. NEW at (2--6) only off Rick Rhoden to give the scattering four hits, all but one com- Joe Niekro allowed one hit Cincinnati Tom Seaver won his 2-- Padres a 1 lead. ing in the fourth inning. He struck through four innings and Steve Carl- second game of the season, Ron Oes-t- er out four and walked one in pitching ton surrendered two hits through six drove in three runs with three The victory went to John Curtis (4-3-), his second complete game of the innings. Niekro was forced to leave hits and Dan Driessen had four hits who gave up six hits, two walks year while handing the Dodgers the game in the sixth with a pulled to spark the Cincinnati Reds over the and four runs, three of them earned, their third straight loss. hamstring muscle. New York Mets. in five innings..