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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1971
Page
10
Tim Foltrips in four runs with a triple and a single as the Mets beat St. Louis 8-2 led by Jerry Koosman who earned his second win. Montreal Expos, Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, Padres, and Braves each won in NL action.
In a diplomatic score line South Korea failed to win a set as Davis Cup action continued. The brief summary notes mixed results with unclear figures and names, reflecting a terse sports wire snapshot from the page.
Cleveland pitcher threw a seven hitter to beat the Angels 4-1. Ken Berry homered for Los Angeles, the only Angel run, as Tom Murphy suffered his fourth loss after a spring best. Lefty Phillips noted injuries and lineup trouble as Cleveland plated two in the second and added singleton runs in the fifth and sixth.
Pancho Gonzales, 44, defeated Jimmy Connors 6 4 4 6 in the finals at the Los Angeles Tennis Club to win the Southern California Sectional title. Janet Newberry, 17, of La Jolla captured her third straight women’s crown by a tiebreak over Marita Redondo, 14, of National City. Gonzales praised his late surge, spoke of possible trips to Sweden and Wimbledon, and noted Connors’ strong late rally as well.
Don Sarno spun a one hit save and a one hitter in back to back games for the Long Beach Nitehawks to defeat Sub Flot No 1 1-0 and then beat the Navy squad 1-0 in a 16 inning Sunday doubleheader. Siefrid led the offense with a first game homer and scored the winning run in the second. he was named tournament MVP while Ted Brown of Santee earned MVP pitcher honors.
Blue drove in two first game runs as Reggie Jackson advanced on a misplayed return by Orioles catcher Andy Etchie barren and a wild Palmer pitch. Rudi scored on the wild pitch and Jackson took advantage after a throwing error, with Bevington? mistiming a throw, keeping Jackson on base.
In MLB action the Milwaukee Brewers beat Boston 6-1 with rookie Bill Parsons limiting the Red Sox to three hits after a 6-0 first inning lead. Danny Walton drove in five runs with a five run single as Milwaukee halted Boston’s six game streak. Meanwhile Minnesota edged Washington 6-5 in 10 innings with George Mitterwald delivering a bases loaded single in the 10th and Yeng Oliva collecting three hits before leaving with a hamstring strain. Kansas City topped Detroit 6-2. New York routed Chicago 6-1. Langer collided with Brooks Robinson on a home attempt.
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