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From Cleveland this June, he flimflammed red-bearded, righthanded Pitcher Rick Sutcliffe, 4-5 with the Indians to that point, 16-1 with the Cubs since then. "They've scored a lot of runs for me, and they were in first when I got here," Sutcliffe said humbly after clinching the half-pennant with his 14th straight victory. The new Cubs all seem appealing. Matthews, their topkick, acted unaware that his third game-winning hit in two days had moved him to the front of the league. Sandberg appeared surprised with himself and his most valuable season...
...Twins, were undone by a quirk. Former Royal Jamie Quirk, who began the season as a bullpen coach in St. Louis, was vacationing in the Ozarks the week before last when Cleveland called for an emergency catcher. On the way there, he paused in Kansas City to roast retired Pitcher Paul Splittorff and informed Third Baseman George Brett, "You may have to give me a part of your playoff share because I'm going to beat Minnesota." A few nights later, with two outs in the ninth inning of a tie game, Quirk came to bat for the first...
Besides Matthews, the Cubs got home runs from Bob Dernier, Ron Cey and pitcher Rick Sutcliffe...
...Some kid pitcher from Evansville notched the victory, O'Neal I think. Tommy Brookens hit a solo shot, and Lance Parrish drove in two runs. Final: tigers 3-0 over the Brewers...
...Palmer, 38, former Baltimore Orioles pitcher and current ABC commentator and Jockey underwear model, on the recent Miss America controversy: "That's why I always posed in my underwear instead of in the nude. I was afraid they'd take away my Cy Young awards...