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7-6. : iIn Instant ReplayBy JERRY RATCLIFFE limes Sports EditorPhillies Leading fritter.Pulaski’s Rick Knepper a second and third baseman for the Phillies (No. 8) was the team’s leading hitter through June 26, .according to statistics released by Howe News Bureau of Chicago. Knepper was batting a .462 clip after the first few games, However, the statistics are only through last Monday and do not include this past week’s action..(Times photo by Jerry Ratdiffq.)Some players could have sworn that Pulaski’s game with the Wytheville Braves at Withers Fiel,d in Wytheville Friday night was an instant replay of the night before.On Thursday, after dropping the first game, the Pulaski Phillies had rebounded in the second contest to beat Wytheville 7-6, via a big error by a Braves’ outfielder.Well Friday night, an eighth inning error by a Pulaski outfielder, allowed one run to score I that kept Wytheville in the i game, and afforded them the , opportunity to nip Pulaski in the bottom of the ninth, 7-6. *Leading 5-4, going into the bottom of the eighth, Pulaski relief hurler Dave Steuber walked Albert of the.BraVes to lead off. Gary Hammond singled and then Jay Miaclik reached first on a fielder’s choice to load the bases.Wytheville catcher, Dave Workman hit into a double play, but Albert scpred to knot the game at 5-5 with one ,two outs.Nekt man up, Jeff Dinzey, popped up W centerfield, butSpartanburg, S.C.). also drew a Valk, to }oad the bases. Rocky Skalisky struck out,, but a wild pitch brought Knepper home to tie the game again 6-6.But Wytheville reliever Harrison Travis came in after the next out to squelch the Pulaski rally.In the Wytheville ninth, Coggins walked and Hammond doubled him home off reliever Sal Laura to win the game.Ken Kurtz started for Pulaski and was relieved after seven innings plus. He faced three batters in the eighth. He gave up seven hits and six runs, only four earned. Steuber worked orie inning and Laura, who went just two-thirds of an inning was given the 165s.Wytheville’s Travis worked only the last out of the game, but was given the win, his. second Victory in two nights.Pulaski was behind 4-3 going into the fifth inning, when Skalisky, who seems to haVe broken out of an early season hitting slump, homered with the bases empty. And-took the lead off Kurtz’ second home-run blast of the season, that shot, also with the bases empty. ■ •Higgins, who was the Mostbeginning at 6 p.m. at Calfee Park. Tuesday will be a Boosters Night and season passes will not be honored. This is the second of three such nights this season.boxscoresPHILLIES:Rivera, ss Knepper, 2bHiggins, 3b Skalisky, rf Passerelli, lb Carey, c .Allison, If Kurtz, p Steuber, Germano, Laura, pAlthough the statistics are a week behind, the Phillies weren’t doing too bad in a recent Appalachian League survey of, statistics, compiled by the Howe News Bureau of dhicago?'The stats, incomplete through June 26 (the season began June 21), show that atthat time, Pulaski was third in club batting with an average of .254. The Phils were second in club fielding with a .951.Pulaski’s Rich Knepper, a seqond and third baseman (mostly third), was tied for second in the league with Wytheville’s . Davis Michalic in batting averagewith' a .462. Pressley of Wytheville, led the league at that time with an even .500. y Other Phillies in the top 20 were centerfielder Willie Quintana, seventh on the list, and shortstop Chris Germano, 12th on the roster.These statistics are only through Jurte 26.Appalachian League averages incomplete thru games on June 26 Compiled by Howe News Bureau, Chicago, Illinois.CLUB BATTINGG AB R OR H TB 2B 3B HR SH SF SB BB SO LOB RBI PCTunfamiliar with- thad“'^oritEtti dropped the ball for an error, that Hammond scored on. That made it 6-5, Braves.You can’t really blame Guarnaccia, a nifty outfielder, with a tremendous aim. He is normally a leftfielder, but was stepping in for Willie Quintana, who left for Venezuela due to a death in the family.That really didn’t matter that much, thqugh. Pulaski, came back in the ninth with Rick Knepper rapping out a siqgle, Guarnhccia walked and Tom Higgins (who returned here frm''wholitushed'; in ' tie top three of the league in batting, was reputedly, not coming to Pulaski, but he is here and is playing third base. He Went one. for three, walking twice and committed one error in Friday’s game,Pulaski hurler ’ Larry Christenson started Saturday’s game in Covington, but no report was available at press time.The . Phillies -return home Monday for a. single game with the Marion Mets, and will also take on the Mets in a July 4th doubleheader Tuesday,BRAVES: Coggins, cf Albert ss Hammond, rf Mach'lek, 3b Workman, c Dinzey^ If Leazer, lb Smith, 2b Bahnik.p Bing.p Travis, p vTbtals:ABRHRBI4105121, Cf-40003;1005231i 300030124000-311i000- 01000000035665ABRHRBI511o 2-41O'05142400042.11401h2100 .... 411.0200010 .00-10,036'7-\8E-Albertr •Higgins, Guar^naccis; DP-Pulaskift); LOB- P (9), W . (6); 2B-Carey, Hammond; 3B-Knepper; HR-Skalisky, Kurtz, Workman.; SB-Skalisky, Knepper. _ Phillies-021 Oil 001-6 Braves-031 000 021-7PITCHING SUMMARYIP H (R ER BB SO-Kurtz Steuber 1-Laura (L) 2-3BanlcK ABinj 22-3Travis (W) 1-3WP-Travis; PB-Carey.-faced three batters In 8th.-two outs when winning run scored,,WythevilleKingsportPulaskiJohnson CityBluefieldCovingtonMarionMarionBristol122 23 29 34 47 6229 50 36 .63 101 10114 25 20 29 46 2210 38 39 50 76 855 U 8 13 17 452 5 7 .12 15 30 02V3 00 0 0 1 0 116 35 . 2544 30 6617 35 .2927 70 448 12 121 20 7204521291052792752542382316 170 21 36 ,54 , 4 4 2. .2 , 0 7 -.,25 43 . .U ;L i05Bo bby Issa c CapturesF irecracker 400Pole6 164 25 22 32-40 6 1 0 4 3, 10 25 44 35 16TCLUB FIELDINGW L T DP PB PO A E PCT3 3 o 3 0 1 141 56 8 9610 0 90 27 6 951.162 66 15 938Bristol Pulaski Kingsport[ohnsohCity \ _Bluefield tJarionVytheville .CovingtonINDIVIDUAL BATTING: Included Phillies in two or more games with at least one hit, except’pit-:hers. ’3 1 0 05 2 o I 0 24 3 o 2 0 02 0 o 21 5 0 30 2 0 504 o 2 0 0 84 25 13 8931 1 0 0 0 2 39 8 8 855168 66 17 932 42 12 4 9311© 53 15 924POS G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR SH SF SB BB BI SO PCTKnepperQuintanaGermanoWilsonCareyGuarnacciaSkaliskyPassarielli2b 4 13 4 -.6 9 0 0 1 0of 4 16 4 6 10 1 0 1 0ss 4 16 4 6 9 0 0 1 °.3b 3:8 2 2 3 ,10 0 0 x 2 I 5 0 1' 1 0 0 0 0of 3 i 6 3 - . 0 0 , 0 04 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 00 0 11 0 2 1 50 1 0 02 5 1 1lb tI .18 i 1 10 -0. oo0 4 2 40 0 12 2003 0-10 0 10 20 0 1 1 6462400375250167154077•Christenson Jimenez -Steuber ■ Kurtzpitchers With a decision -G GS CG W L PCT IP H R ER BB HB SO WPi 1 1 1 1 0 1000 7 4 2 2 0 « 12 0. I . l,. 100017, ,9 ,5 4 3 0 7 i .1 0 ® 1 0 1000 4 6 2 2 1 0 31 1 0 o 1 000 7 8 3 2 1 0 a iDAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (UPI) — Defending champion Bobby Isaac, who won the Firecracker 400 last year with the hood on his Dodge flapping in the breeze, took no chances Saturday as he won the pole position for the big July 4 NASCAR race. i*Isaac easily captured the No. 1 starting, position for the $104,135 race with a sizzling lap of 186.277 miles per hour over the sticky 2.5-mile high-banked Daytona International Tri-oval.This year, Isaac and his crew chief, Harry Hyde, have four, hood pins on the flame-red Dodge to securely hold it in place at the 2Q0 mile per hour speeds, which the cars reach on the speedway’s bjackstretch.“We do not intend to lose that hood again,” quipped Hyde, Who said he was really sweating at the* finish of last year’s race because of the uncertainty’ whether the hood would, fly ah dm wqy opens a ™ The 37-year-bld Isaac was the next-to-last driver to attempt to-izv-uni.•ixifi': -.rr:ua:m Isaac hit 185.689 mi* before Petty and Baker a-S his toughestbnlposting his fastest speed on the second of his two qualifying laps to bump Pearson to the outside front row spot.Buddy Baker edged his STP teammate Richard Petty for the No. 3 starting slot with a speed of 183.733 mph in his Dodge. Petty, who has abandoned his famed Plymouth for a Dodge on the superspeedways, hit 1831729 mph.Bobby Allison qualified fifth in a Chevrolet at 181.389, while Pete Hamilton was sixth in a Plymouth at 180.646. ,Other qualifiers Saturday included Coo Coo Marlin, Chevrolet, 180.501; Joe Frasson, Dodge, 178.511; Benny Parsons, Mercury, 177.693; Ron Keslow-ski, ' Dodge, 177.172; James Hylton, Ford, 176.664;. Donnie Allison, Ford, 176.273; Frank Warren, Plymouth, 175.380;; competition in the 400-milechase.“We had run about the same in practice,”, he said. “Everybody picked up a little in qualifying, and I just picked up a little more.”Despite the fact the Firecracker is 100 miles shorter than many of the big races, Isaac said it wouldn’t affect ’strategy very much.“Everybody runs pretty much flat out everywhere you go — whether it’s big or small,” he said.Isaac’s speed was well off the Firecracker qualifying record of 191.640 mph which was set by Cale Yarborough in 1970 before NASCAR began slowing speeds with carbqretor restric-to? devices. It was over three miles per hour faster, however,-•/Johny Halford, Dodge,174.842, than Donnie Allison’s pole-and Jackie Oliver, Ford, 17^770. winning speed of 183.226 mphThe next 15 starting places last year. . ■will be decided in qualifying Isaac, who-earned $1,000 for rdns Sunday with the final 10 . grabbing the pole position, said
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