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''The Hall of Fame is for baseball people, Heaven is for good people.'' --- Jim Dwyer

PITTSBURGH 4 SAN DIEGO 2

The National League has a tie at the top of the standings again after Pittsburgh defeated San Diego 4-2, in Pittsburgh, on a glorious night at Pirates Stadium, before 34,757 very excited fans.

Pirartes ace Raul Metzger stayed unbeaten in severn decisions and lowered his earned run average to 1.44 by going nine innings, scattering ten hits and giving up two runs. Metzger did not walk a batter while striking out six batters.

San Diego's starting pitcher, Mike Holdsworth, did a good job of matching pitches for his eight innings. Holdsworth allowed two runs on four hits walked two and struck out nine.

Pittsburgh's first two runs came in the second inning when Keith Clark singled and came around to score on a double by Johnny Brosnan. Brosnan scored with two outs on a single by Dave Moeller, the Pirates catcher.

San Diego scored one run in the 3rd inning on an infield single and a ground ball single that just got by diving shortstop Johnny Gilbreath and a sacrifice fly by john Wright.

San Diego tied the game in the fourth inning on a triple by Mike Sierra and a sacrifice fly by Dave Moeller.

The Pirates won it off relief pitcher Eddie Gonzalez in the bottom of the ninth inning when Gonzalez committed an error allowing Pete Maskrey to reach and a two run game winning walk off homerun by Keith Clark.

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FLORIDA 7 MILWAUKEE 3

Pittsburgh caught Milwaukee in the standings again because the Land Sharks defeated the Braves 7-3.

Bill Reed (4-4) was the winning pitcher.

Reed went six innings allowed eight hits, three runs, five walks and struck out two.

The Land Sharks knocked out the Braves starting pitcher Spud Chandler (LP 5-3) in the second inning with two outs scoring four runs on four hits off the righthander.

Mike Underhill hit a three run homerun (9th) in the first off Chandler and Owen Schneider finished him off in the second with a two out RBI single.

Milwaukee scored three times in the third inning. Hank Aaron drove in the first run with a RBI double, Duke Sims chipped with in a run scoring single and Sid Gordon added a sacrifice fly.

Florida added on a run in the sixth on Dutch Elarton's run scoring single.

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PHILADELPHIA 3 LOS ANGELES 1

Left hander George Adams is 2-0 now in two starts with Philadelphia after being acquired along with catcher Camilo Clarkson for closer Mark Chalmers for Milwaukee.

Adams threw a complete game giving up just three hits and one run walking one and striking out an impressive twelve batters in the game.

In two games, Adams has given up two runs on six hits in seventeen innings, for the A's. He has walked two and struck out twenty- one batters with a 1.06 ERA.

Adams struck out five of the first nine batters before giving up a lead off homerun to Babe Godby in the fourth inning.

Philadelphia went to work on Dodger starting pitcher Mel Short in the bottom of the fourth inning.

Center fielder Danny Vernon beat out an infoield single to start the inning. Wally Bullinger grounded into a force out. Tony Tomkins picked up his second straight double that scoring the hustling Bullington from first base tying the game.

1-1 after four innings.

Second baseman Wally Bullinger made a web gem play in the fifth inning to rob John Hudson of a hit to quell any hopes of a Dodger rally in that inning.

Philadelphia flittered away a scoring chance in the sixth inning. Short walked the lead off batter Angel Bryden. Vernon grounded into a double play started and finished by first baseman Tommy Browning (3-6-3). Bullinger reached on a two out error by second baseman John Allen, but Tomkins struck out.

The Dodgers threatened in the seventh. Oscar Harley singled and then still second with one out. He was left out at second when Browning popped out to Bullington and pinch hitter Ellis Kuczek struck out.

Mel Short faced two batters in the eighth inning, He walked 3B Dave Ponder and Adams sacrifice-bunted him to second base (3-4 on the put out),.

Mike Buford came in and did a good job of keeping the score tied. Bryden grounded to second and pinch hitter T.J. Steinbach (for Vernon) flied out to leftfield.

LoscAngeles went down in order in the top of the ninth inning. Adams fanned John Allen for the third time in the game to reach a season high twoelve strikeouts. Adams struck out Godby and Ron Edwards twice and got five others once each.

Buford came out to pitch a second relief inning and faced three batters before disaster struck.

Bullington flied out to left field.

Tompkins reached on a fielding error on Buford, the pitcher.

Rupe Lewis hit his 6th homerun of the season, and his second walk off game winner, off Buford (4th in 21 innings off Buford).

Philadelphia is back at the .500 mark (23-23).
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