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Newspaper
Lompoc Record
Location
Lompoc, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1974
Page
7
Lompoc Senior Babe Ruth All-Stars defeated Santa Maria 7-0 in a warm-up for Saturday's sectional playoff opener in Mountain View. Rick Fridrich had two singles and a double driving in two runs, Bruce Duncan added two RBIs, and five Lompoc pitchers held the Saints to four hits.
The Lompoc-Vandenberg Mets beat the Santa Maria Pirates 5-2 in Central Conference action. Don Landry scored in the first, Monty Wise homered in the third, Ken Murphy had a squeeze bunt in the fifth, and Dennis Hall struck out 11 as the Mets improve to 6-4. They close first-round league play Friday at Elks Field in Santa Maria against the San Luis Blues at 7:30 p.m.
Players starred across leagues as Shanty 17 defeated NPI 2 with Bradley and Eastman delivering power and Schnell and Walton contributing multi hits. Fuctpackers 3 Pallbearers 0 featured Rivera and Cobos with pitching wins. Martin 5 Scoreboard 1 saw Glover and Ostler spark offense. National League home run pace echoed by Wynn and Cedeno while Bur roughs and D Allen pace RBI totals.
The West standings list Los Angeles leading with 61 wins, Cincinnati 56, Houston 49, Atlanta 50, San Francisco 42, San Diego 42, and St. Louis 44. In the East Philadelphia 46 Montreal 46, New York 38, Chicago 39, Pittsburgh 41, and others follow, with Wednesday results and upcoming schedule detailed.
Dodgers pitcher Tommy John complained after not being named to the All Star squad despite a 13-3 NL best record and 2.50 ERA. Manager Yogi Berra picked Messersmith and Marshall, saying John would pitch Sunday, while noting other selections from Carlton to Rogers.
Coaches Jck Williams and Frank Quilici credit mental outlook for recent feats as the Angels rally from a 5-0 deficit to beat Cleveland 7-5 and the Twins throttle Milwaukee 10-5. Lee Stanton, Bobby Darwin, and Steve Braun led offense while Bert Blyleven earned win with late relief.
Los Angeles led Montreal 4 0 in the third when starter Tommy John left with a left elbow muscle pull. Cincinnati Reds loom as the Dodgers chase the NL West after a rough stretch, with Montreal's Don Carruthers throwing seven shutout innings to seal a 5 4 win.
Dr. Frank Jobe examined John after the game and iced the arm. Trainer Bill Buhler said the pain was above and below the elbow but not in the elbow itself. John was left off the National League All-Star squad and will be re examined today for swelling.
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