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...Pittsburgh Pirates, behind the three hit pitching of Steve Blass, moved back into World Series contention with a 5-1 victory over the powerful Baltimore Orioles...
...Blass, a 29 year old right hander, kept the Orioles tethered with no-hit pitching through the fifth inning while the Bucs nabbed losing pitcher Mike Cuellar, one of Baltimore's four 20-game winners, for seven hits capped by Bob Robertson's three run homer in the bottom of the seventh. Robertson had been given the bunt sign on a 1-1 count and two on but missed the signal and hit a blast over the 385 mark in right field...
...comfortable and smart. Says Stan Herman, designer for Mr. Mort: "Business was so rotten last year that we began to look around for the answer -and the answer was to give the lady out in Middle America what she wants. It's a salable look." Manhattan Designer Bill Blass is even more emphatic. "I have just returned from Minneapolis," he reports, "a city I consider a good barometer of the mood of the country, and I found women hungry for clothes...
They just haven't been buying, but now they're tempted." Blass, whose forte is the tailored look, says that "we learned last year the best we can do is make suggestions." Elaine Honest, vice president and merchandise manager for designer fashions at Manhattan's Bonwit Teller, agrees: "We're ready for some sensible clothes. We've had every ethnic look possible over the past year...
...also true that the Pirates are coming into their own as a team. Their pitching is clicking-particularly Righthanders Dock Ellis and Steve Blass, who have accounted for 25 wins against only seven losses this season. Pirate hitting is positively awesome; no fewer than five starters-Stargell, Roberto Clemente, Manny Sanguillen, Dave Cash and Richie Hebner-are batting over .300. As a result, the Pirates are leading the league in games won (64), runs scored (502), hits (981), home runs (104), runs batted in (473) and hitting (.282). For all their joint heroics, though, the Bucs ascribe their strong showing...