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THE WEEK (June 5-11)
Herman Weiskopf
June 20, 1977
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June 20, 1977

The Week (june 5-11)

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Fortified by a pregame wad of snuff and chewing tobacco and by cups of ginseng tea, Mark Fidrych of Detroit (4-3) earned his first wins, 8-0 over California and 5-1 over Oakland. Dave Rozema (6-2) beat Seattle 5-2 with the support of Jason Thompson's third homer of the week and 10th of the season.

After 10 games without a home run, the Blue Jays (4-1) went on a spree, hitting 10. Ron Fairly got two of them, batted .438 and raised his average to .322, seventh best in the league. The league's No. 2 hitter was Bob Bailor, who moved up to .346 with a .364 week.

Bucky Dent of New York (6-1) matched his previous high of five homers for an entire season by hitting four in four days, as did Reggie Jackson, who increased his total to 12. Both Dent (.370) and Jackson (.414) drove in eight runs, and Willie Randolph hit .381. Better yet for the Yanks, Catfish Hunter won for the first time since Opening Day. oft-injured Don Gullett beat Milwaukee 10-1 and Sparky Lyle registered his 11th, 12th and 13th saves.

Despite a 4.34 ERA for the season, Reliever Bill Castro of Milwaukee (2-5) has a fine record. In 2? innings last week he earned his seventh win and seventh save.

Also coming through in relief was Bill Campbell of Boston (4-1). Campbell was touched up for only one run in 10 innings as he saved three games. One of them was a 1-0 win in Kansas City for Luis Tiant. The Red Sox bombed the Orioles 14-5 with an 11-run second inning and 7-3 as Jim Rice slugged his 13th and 14th home runs.

After staggering home from a 4-8 road trip, the Orioles (3-4) got hot. Rudy May (8-5) downed Chicago 4-1, and Mike Flanagan further paled the White Sox 6-1 on five hits.

Cleveland (2-3) Manager Frank Robinson accused DH Rico Carty of second-guessing his moves and splitting the team along racial lines. He also fined Carty an estimated $1,000 and sent him back to Cleveland while the team was on the West Coast. Reliever Jim Kern saved both Indian wins.

NY 34-24 BOS 30-24 BALT 31-25 MIL 28-31 CLEV 24-27 DET 24-30 TOR 23-31

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