,aPBfeLJp B H S Page6A COLUMBIA MISSOURIAN, Wednesday, April 25, 1979 Simmons Hawks pull blasts Cards within one past Braves of Bullets LANDOVER, Md. (UPI) Terry Furlow United Press International scored 21 points Tuesday night as the Atlanta Hawks pulled away early in the fourth quarter ATLANTA Ted Simmons belted a solo to post a 107-10- 3 victory over Washington, which homer with two out in the 10th inning Tuesday left the Bullets a 3-- 2 lead in their Eastern Con- night, lifting the St Louis Cardinals to a 6--5 ference semifinal playoff series. victory over the Atlanta Braves before only The sixth game of the best-of-sev- en senes will 1.643 fans be played at Atlanta Thursday night. The Hawks Simmons' blast, his fourth, came off loser have won 17 of their last 19 home games. The Gene Garber. 1-- 2. and enabled Mark Littell to two losses came in games No. 3 and 4 in this notch his third victory in as man decisions. senes. Budd Schultz earned his first save b hurling The Hawks took command in the opening five the final inning. minutes of the last period when they outscored 5-- three-ru- Atlanta tied the score 5 with a n the Bullets 13-- 4 Washington was unable to rall off Bob Forsch m the eighth Gary Mat- recover from that burst. thew s led off with his fourth homer. Mike Lum The Hawks, who outrebounded the Bullets 45-3- 8, led 99-9- 0 with 5:46 left. Atlanta was still on top 105-9- 8 with 3:04 to play. But three free National League throws by Bob Dandndge and a 15-foo- ter by Charlie Johnson pulled the Bullets to within two, singled. Barn Bonnell doubled and Pepe Fnas 105-10- 3, with 28 seconds to play. Furlow then greeted rehev er Silvio Martinez with a two-ru- n sealed the victory with two foul shots with eight single seconds remaining. Mike Tson drove in three runs for St. Louis For Atlanta, Eddie Johnson and Tom Mc-Mill- en with a solo homer in the second and a two-ru- n scored 19 points, Dan Roundfield 18 and triple in the fourth and Tony Scott also tripled Steve Hawes 10. Dandndge and Elvm Hayes had home tw o runs for the Cardinals in the seventh 26 points each for the Bullets Dandndge scored Atlanta got a solo homer from Mike Lum m the 19 points in the second half. second inning and a run-scori- ng smgle from Washington jumped to a 24-1- 4 lead as Hayes Dale Murphv in the fifth scored 12 points en route to a 34-2- 7 first-quart- er 5, 1 advantage. Atlanta came back to take the lead Expos 51-4- Padres midway in the second quarter and was on top 6 MONTREAL Ellis Valentine drove in two with 2 58 showing before leading 56-5- 5 at runs with his first home run and a single and halftime. The lead changed hands 16 times Ross Gnmsley scattered six hits when Montreal before Atlanta took over in the fourth quarter. upim defeated San Diego. The Phillies' Pete Rose slides safely past the tag of Dodger Steve Yeager 3-- catcher Valentine's home run off loser Randy Jones. 2, gave the Expos a 1-- 0 lead ignited four-ru- n and a Reed, who took over in the ninth, evened his first major-leagu-e start when New York had been dropped The umpires ruled Clark had 1-- 1-- King decides second inning. Singles by Gary Carter, record at 1 while Jerrv Reuss, 2. was tagged defeated San Francisco in a game protested by caught the ball but returned Hebner to first m a Larn Parnsh and Chris Speier made the score for the loss Reed doubled down the left-fiel- d line both teams compromise solution since Hebner saw one 2-- 0 Parnsh was out when Gnmslev hit mto a and Bow a followed with a sharp single to nght, Youngblood capped New York's controversial umpire signal the ball had been dropped. Both fielder's choice but Andre Dawson singled home where Joe Ferguson's throw barely missed a four-ru- n first inning with his second homer of managers protested the game. not to return Gnmsley 4-- 0 Speier and made it when he came sliding Reed at the plate the year, a three-ru- n shot to left that helped send on Rodney 6-- home Scott's double The Dodgers tied the score at 6 in the eighth Vida Blue down to his first loss in fiv e decisions. Pirates 9, Reds 2 In the seventh Valentine singled home three-ru-n inning. inning with a rally that featured The game was delaved 28 minutes before CINCINNATI John Milner, the National University Scott, who had singled, increasing Montreal's singles bv Dustv Baker, Steve Garvey and Ron Youngblood's blast on a disputed catch by Jack to 5-- League's leading hitter, and Dave Parker hit to 0. margin Cev . fly bv Ferguson bv 17-h- a sacrifice and singles Clark. With runners on first and third and none home runs to spark a it attack that earned Linda King, the only member of the Missoun Phillies 7, Dodgers 6 pinch hitters Reggie Smith and Mannv Mota out for the Mets, Lee Mazzilh lined a shot to deep Pittsburgh to a rout of Cincinnati women's basketball team to start in each of the nght-eent- er that Clark caught as Frank Ta-ver- as Don Robinson went Tigers' 30 games this past season, has signed PHILADELPfflA Pitcher Ron Reed Mets 10, Giants 3 the distance for the tagged and scored from third for the Mets. Pirates, scattering 10 hits, to pick up his second away her scholarship and decided not to return stroked a two-o- ut double in the 10th inning and YORK Youngblood NEW Joel knocked in Clark, however, then dropped the ball and his victory in three decisions. Joe Morgan ac- to the University next year. scored the run on Larry Bowa's smgle three-ru-n 6-f- oot winning five runs with a homer and a single throw to second caught Richie Hebner who counted for one of The junior center led the team in re- to lift Philadelphia over Los Angeles the Reds' runs with a solo and rookie Mike Scott notched a victory in his had not tagged up from first thinking the ball homer in the first inning. bounding with a 7.1 average, in shooting ac- curacy with 46 percent, and was third behind Sharon Farrah and Jennie Skimbo in scoring with an 11.6 average. She scored in double figures in 17 games, with a high of 24 against Bulldogs outrun Bruins despite 6help' Drake, and paced the team in rebounding in nine games. Six times, 11 or more rebounds Bj Greg Henrj she had So, Brooks ran the first leg and gave Rock ' It seems like we could have done better," he thunderstorm stnking King's derision to forego her final vear of Missourian sportswnter Bndge a slim lead, although his quarter-mil- e said "I know it was a tough meet, but we didn't "We needed this meet," he said. "We didn't eligibility leaves the Tigers with onlv eight 61 5 I split of seconds wasn't close to am world improve as much as thought we should have anv thing between now and the Moberly players returning from the 1978-7- 9 team Last Mexico's Roger Brooks decided to give the record "I was pleased with the wav we ran against Relavs this Saturday." month, Janet Flora, Patty Flock, Jody McCar- Rock Bndge track team a little help Tuesday run (the 440)." threa-tening- "That's the first time I've it Hickman, even though we got beat badly. Hamilton also was glad to beat the iv thy and Johnna Lowry decided to leave the Un- The Bruins needed all the help thev could get, Brooks said 'It was an all nght race I was just Today, we just didn't seem to have the effort we cloudy skies that turned sunny at the iversity with eligibility remaining but thev lost, 100-4- 1. to the Bulldogs " in the dual trying to do mv best had against Hickman end of the meet. Those four cited major differences with Coach meet at the Rock Bndge track Rock Bridge could have used much more of ' I don't know Mav be thev "re losing some of ' I didn't think we could get it in," he Brooks " said. Joann Rutherford as their reasons for quitting didn't disguise himself m the Brums' Mexico's "best Once again, the Bruins were their motivation to run because we're losing "When I called their coach this morning, he said the team. colors green and gold. Instead, he ran in overpowered bv their opposition Last week Maj be they've lost that drive to run." he wanted to run It turned out to be pretty Missoun also has lost the services of the Mexico's red and But it didn't matter what 117-2- 4 grej Hickman beat Rock Bndge, Perhaps the Bruins need someone like Roger good " all-ti- me leading scorer, colors or what team he was school's Sharon Farrah, running for. He just Although he wasn't pleased with the meet Brooks to volunteer more often The Bruins won only five events, three of because of graduation.