Konstantin U. Chernenko was quoted as saying that an agreement with the United States on banning weapons in outer space would facilitate discussions on other disarmament issues. Responding to questions from Pravda, the Communist Party newspaper, the Soviet leader repeated the Soviet position that the United States was scuttling the possibility of space- weapons talks with its insistence on raising questions about stalled nuclear-weapons negotiations.
Two former leaders of Poland’s outlawed Solidarity trade union who had been freed under a government amnesty have been arrested and sentenced to two months in jail for “disrupting public order.” Wladyslaw Frasyniuk and Jozef Pinior publicly demanded the restoration of Solidarity during observances in Wroclaw marking the fourth anniversary of the accords leading to founding of the labor movement. Solidarity leader Lech Walesa called the arrests “an act of harassment” but said the two men had made a “tactical error” by speaking in public.
Greek and Turkish Cypriots both have approved the new United Nations proposals for peace talks the divided Eastern Mediterranean island. Rauf Denktash, the Turkish Cypriot leader, said the Turkish Cypriots had informed the United Nations Secretary General, Javier Perez de Cuellar, that they were ready to start talks “at any time, anywhere” on the basis of “working points” that the Secretary General submitted to both sides in August. An announcement from the Greek Cypriot side said, “Our reply to the questions posed by the U.N. Secretary General is positive.” Informed sources who spoke on condition they not be identified said the U.N. effort sought to lay the groundwork for a resumption of peace talks that have been conducted intermittently since Turkey occupied the northern part of Cyprus in 1974. Turkey said the invasion was intended to protect the island’s Turkish minority after a Greek-led coup.
Greece’s conservative opposition group, the New Democracy Party, elected a new leader today, who declared that his main task would be to unseat the Socialist Government and mend Greece’s strained relations with the West. The new leader, Constantine Mitsotakis, a former Foreign Minister, succeeds Evangelos Averoff, who resigned this week. Mr. Averoff became leader after the party was defeated by the Socialists in the 1981 elections. Mr. Averoff has had health problems, and he also lost ground when he failed to defeat the governing party in the June elections for the European Parliament.
High winds and a heavy swell today delayed the recovery of highly toxic nuclear cargo from a sunken French freighter. An official Belgian spokesman said three- to four-foot waves were preventing divers from reaching the lightly radioactive cargo of the 4,210-ton Mont Louis, which sank last Saturday after a collision with a passenger ferry. A correspondent who flew over the partly submerged French vessel today reported that the only sign of activity was a man on a nearby salvage ship pouring detergent into the sea to disperse oil that leaked from the ship, leaving a thin zigzag trail about half a mile long.
The British Foreign Office announced the accreditation of the first Libyan diplomat since the April siege of the Libyan Embassy in London. The action came a day after Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi released two of six Britons detained in Libya. Salah Eddin Mahdi Mslam, currently in the Libyan Embassy in Copenhagen, will work out of the Saudi Arabian Embassy, the Foreign Office said. The moves by the two nations marked the first thaw in frozen relations since the siege in St. James Square led to the death of a London policewoman and the wounding of 11 Libyan dissidents.
Lloyd’s List, the shipping insurance group’s daily newspaper, said some experts in Cairo believe that the mine menace in the Red Sea, one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes, may be over. With no explosions reported in the last two weeks, some experts say “it is possible all the mines planted may now have exploded, some harmlessly,” the newspaper reported. At least 18 ships have been damaged by the mines laid by still-unknown sources. Anti-mine units from five nations, including the United States and the Soviet Union, have joined in a minesweeping effort in the area.
At least 30 people were killed and 100 wounded in a bomb blast at Afghanistan’s Kabul airport, Western diplomats said. They said casualties were believed to include passengers of the Afghan state-owned airline, Ariana, on their way to Tashkent, capital of the Soviet republic of Uzbekistan, and members of a reception committee waiting for two flights bringing children back from the Soviet Union. The heavily guarded airport doubles as an air base for Soviet and Afghan military aircraft. Kabul radio blamed the attack on Muslim guerrillas.
An Afghan tribal chieftain who had supported the Soviet-backed Afghan Government has defected and crossed into Pakistan with at least several hundred armed followers, according to rebel leaders in Pakistan. He was identified by rebel leaders in Peshawar, Pakistan, as Ghulam Hassan Khan Karo Khel.
Asylum for Vietnamese prisoners is being considered by the Reagan Administration and a decision was reported near, Administration officials said. From 6,000 to 15,000 prisoners are believed to be held by Vietnam in “re-education” camps. The contemplated American action would be in reponse to earlier Vietnamese offers to release the prisoners if the United would agree to resettle them.
More than 130,000 Indochinese refugees are in Thailand awaiting resettlement abroad, nearly 10 years after the Communist takeover of Saigon and five years after the Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia. The Thai Government is beginning to fear that a substantial number of these people will never find new homes, but will instead become permanently displaced persons, according to Thailand’s national security chief.
There were new signs today that Prime Minister John N. Turner may be headed for a landslide defeat Tuesday by his Progressive Conservative Party challenger, Brian Mulroney. The final Gallup Poll of the campaign, published today, found Mr. Mulroney’s Tories with 50 percent of the decided vote to 28 percent for Mr. Turner’s Liberals and 19 percent for the New Democrats, a socialist party. A poll sponsored by the CTV television network found 51 percent of the decided voters supported the Conservatives, 26 percent favored the Liberals and 21 percent backed the New Democrats. Some commentators foresee a Conservative victory rivaling the sweep of 1958, when the Tories won 208 of the 265 seats. There are now 282 seats.
President Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado today firmly rejected any plan that would result in Mexico’s failing to repay its international debts, saying this would cause “grave damage to the country.” The statement, delivered in the President’s annual report to Congress and the country, was his strongest to date against international talk of joint action by Latin American debtor countries and domestic pressure for Mexico to suspend payment of its foreign debts in order to provide more money for internal needs. “An irresponsible attitude in matters of international credit,” Mr. de la Madrid declared, “would bring about grave damage to the country by altering our economic relations with foreign countries and would affect for many years the prestige of Mexico. We will not accept adventures of destabilization of the international economy that would damage the weak countries with greater virulence than the rich ones.”
Libya has sent troops to Nicaragua to help the Sandinista Government to fight the United States “on its own ground” Colonel Muammar el Qaddafi, the Libyan leader, said. Diplomats in Tripoli said they believed that Colonel Qaddafi’s had acknowledged for the first time that he had sent military personnel to Nicaragua.
Nicaraguan junta leader Daniel Ortega said that three small planes and a helicopter from Honduras attacked a Nicaraguan military base but that the helicopter was shot down. He said the planes fired between 25 and 30 rockets at the installation near Santa Clara, about six miles from the Honduran border. He said Sandinista anti-aircraft gunners shot down the helicopter, killing the two men aboard, one of whom he described as “tall and blond.” Two Nicaraguan children near the base were killed and three adults were wounded in the attack, Ortega added.
A Vatican document has rejected the controversial “theology of liberation,” saying that its use of Marxist analysis is “incompatible with the Christian vision of man,” according to a text published by two newspapers in Brazil. Vatican officials confirmed the authenticity of the text and said that it will be officially made public Monday. Liberation theology has a following among priests in Latin America concerned about helping the poor and has resulted in some priests allying themselves with Marxist-oriented political causes. The document has the approval of Pope John Paul II, the Brazilian newspapers said.
The leader of Bourkina Fasso, formerly Upper Volta, has named a new Cabinet that reduces the influence of the Marxist Patriotic Development League, officials said today. Four influential members of the league who formed part of the Government that was dissolved last month are not included in the new Cabinet. They were identified as Toure Adama, Philippe Ouedraogo, Emmanuel Dadjouari and Arba Diallo. In the new Cabinet, the former Environment and Tourism Minister, Guissou Basile Laetare, was promoted to Foreign Minister and Major Jean-Baptiste Lingani Boukari remains Defense Minister. Captain Blaise Compaore remains Minister of State at the Presidency and deputy to the leader of Bourkina Fasso, Captain Thomas Sankara.
The deputy head of state in the southern African kingdom of Swaziland, Prince Sozisa Dlamini, has been suspended for an attempt to lead the armed forces in a coup, according to a statement issued today by the nation’s ruling supreme council. The council said the Prince had tried without success in June to overthrow “constituted authority.” There was no word on the Prince’s whereabouts, or if he was to be punished. Swaziland’s half-million people have been governed by the council, called the Liqoqo, since the death in 1982 of King Sobhuza II and the King’s primary wife, the Queen Regent, better known as the Great She Elephant.
President Reagan is viewed by voters as better able than his challenger to keep the country prosperous, while Walter F. Mondale, the Democratic Presidential nominee, leads in perceived ability to keep the country out of war, according to a Gallup Poll. The poll found Mr. Reagan outscored Mr. Mondale, 53 percent to 33 percent, on maintaining prosperity while Mr. Mondale led, 47 percent to 35 percent, on avoiding war. The remainder of those polled said they had no opinion. The results also indicated the President had an advantage on 7 of 17 issues on which the voters were questioned. The former Vice President led on 5 of the issues, while the two candidates were close on the 5 others.
Mr. Reagan was given a substantial lead on economic issues and foreign affairs. For instance, he was seen as better able to improve the economy, 52 percent to 36 percent, and to keep inflation down, 53 percent to 32 percent. He also led in making people proud to be Americans, 51 percent to 28 percent, and handling foreign relations, 50 percent to 33 percent. On dealing with the Soviet Union and on increasing respect for the United States overseas, he led 48 percent to 34 percent. Mr. Mondale came out in front on the war issue, human rights and environmental questions. Forty-seven percent said Mr. Mondale was better able to improve the environment while 31 percent said Mr. Reagan was. On who could best help the needy, Mr. Mondale led, 60 to 25, and on “improving things for minorities” he led 54 to 25. On improving women’s rights, 63 percent said Mr. Mondale would do best and 20 percent said Mr. Reagan would. The President had an edge over Mr. Mondale in the perceived ability to reduce unemployment, 45 to 41; the Federal budget deficit, 39 to 35; build trust in the Government, 41 to 36; spend taxpayers’ money wisely, 38 to 37, and deal with Central America, 41 to 35.
President Reagan makes a radio address to the Nation on the observance of Labor Day, 1984. President Reagan said today that the continuing resurgence of the economy meant “a hopeful thumbs-up” for American workers. “The outlook on Labor Day weekend 1984 is for a continuation of strong, steady growth, more jobs and low inflation,” the President said in his weekly radio address, which was paid for by the Reagan-Bush ’84 campaign. “In the last 19 months, the jobless rate has fallen farther and faster than any recovery in the last 30 years,” Mr. Reagan contended. “We’ve seen the creation of six and a half million new jobs.”
A solar-power experiment in space was carried out by the crew of the space shuttle Discovery in the first test of electricity generating systems that are to be erected on future space stations. The crew also successfully released the third and last communications satellite from Discovery’s cargo bay, took the kinks out of a balky drug-processing machine and had a telephone conversation with President Reagan. With Judith A. Resnik at the controls, an epoxy-fiberglass mast rose slowly out of the Discovery’s cargo bay and brought with it the unfolding sections of the solar panel. These are thin sheets of the plastic material Kapton that had been folded accordionlike. Attached to most of the 84 panels are dummy solar cells, though the outermost panels hold three working cells for converting sunlight to energy. In the operation this afternoon, Dr. Resnik, an electrical engineer, twice extended the 13-foot-wide array out 73 feet, about 70 percent of its full 102-foot reach. Later in the mission the array will be extended to the fullest and retracted several times.
President Reagan places a phone call to the astronauts on Discovery, who have successfully launched 3 satellites. On the Discovery’s 35th orbit, at 12:15 PM today, the crew received a telephone call from President Reagan at the White House. In his phone conversation today, Mr. Reagan praised the “great job” of the Discovery crew, and Mr. Hartsfield, the commander, responded, “We think we’ve got a good bird here.” The $1.2 billion Discovery is the third in the fleet of reusable spaceships. The others are Columbia and Challenger. Discussing life on board the Discovery, Mr. Hartsfield told the President, “You ought to try it some time.” Mr. Reagan paused a moment, then said, “You don’t mind if I think that over.”
President Reagan came under attack Friday by Lane Kirkland, president of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. He called Mr. Reagan one of the most antilabor presidents in American history and said the Administration had opposed a national industrial and poliicy that would protect jobs.
District of Columbia Mayor Marion Barry Jr., linked in published reports to a federal grand jury’s probe of cocaine use, has asked the Justice Department to name a special prosecutor to investigate whether U.S. Attorney Joseph diGenova was involved in news leaks about the investigation. The New York Times quoted anonymous law enforcement officials as saying that a federal grand jury was investigating whether Barry committed perjury when he denied under oath that he used cocaine or got the drug from a convicted dealer. Barry attacked the report, saying it was part of a political vendetta by diGenova.
Two men wanted in a spree of kidnappings, shootings and thefts across northwestern Pennsylvania were captured as scores of officers, bloodhounds and helicopters closed in around them, authorities said. Donald F. Biauce, 27, who allegedly took two families hostage, shot three persons and stole vehicles and guns since beginning his four-day flight from police, was captured at Lewis Run, Pennsylvania, by a resident who had watched for the fugitives out of fear for the safety of his family, authorities said. Biauce’s companion, Donald Kinney, 19, was arrested in woods south of Lewis Run.
Michigan’s largest state workers’ union filed a federal sex discrimination lawsuit after a study showed that its women members were paid 21% less than men for comparable jobs. The 27,500-member Michigan State Employees Assn. filed suit in U.S. District Court in Detroit against the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the state Department of Civil Rights. A state task force is reviewing the problem, but the suit says it is dragging its feet. The union filed sex bias complaints in 1981 and 1983 with no results. A spokesman said that if the union wins the case, its 15,000 female members could get at least $150 million in back pay and increases of $2,500 a year each.
A federal indictment charged a Swiss native with masterminding a plot to obtain 400,000 chemical warfare protective suits through a Connecticut company and sell them to Iran. Rene Schuler, 52, was arrested last Sunday in Las Vegas and was indicted on one count of conspiracy, two counts of exporting items on the U.S. munitions list without a State Department license and one count of wire fraud. Also arrested were three Americans: William Cherry, 48, of Hempstead, New York, Harold Buck, 71, of Las Vegas, and John Reed, 48, also of Las Vegas. The four allegedly were involved in a complex scheme to purchase the protective suits for Iran.
More than 100 New Jersey public schools may not open on schedule this week because they have not received final approval of work done this summer to remove cancer-causing asbestos. Removal work is still in progress at 96 schools, and physical inspections and air sampling — required before the Education Department issues a certificate of occupancy — have not yet been requested by the districts. In 73 other schools, air sampling and inspections have been conducted and results are expected soon.
The Environmental Protection Agency has ordered that genetically altered organisms such as pesticides cannot be released into the environment unless the agency is notified first. The EPA announced the regulations in a letter to Jeremy Rifkin, president of the Foundation on Economic Trends, who had petitioned the EPA to require experimental-use permits for the release of all genetically altered pesticides. After notification of a proposed release, the EPA will determine if an experimental-use permit is required.
Two small planes collided in flight today near The Dalles, Oregon, scattering wreckage over a wide area near a mobile home park and killing all six people aboard the planes, officials said. The Federal Aviation Administration said four of the victims were aboard one plane and two in the other when the collision occurred shortly after 10 AM about two to three miles west of The Dalles, a city on the southern bank of the Columbia River, about 70 miles east of Portland. Identities of the victims were not immediately available. The authorities said visibility was good and skies were generally clear. The collision came a week after two in-flight collisions that killed a total of 21 people. A small commuter airliner collided with a private plane August 24 near San Luis Obispo, California, killing the 17 occupants of both planes, and two single-engine planes collided last Saturday near Valdosta, Georgia, killing four people.
A Philadelphia police officer has been charged with playing a leading role in a multistate crime ring whose activities included break-ins by men posing as police officers. The police said Officer Grover C. Dinwiddie of North Philadelphia, a 33-year-old, nine-year veteran of the city’s police force, used his uniform, handcuffs, pistol and police walkie-talkie in some of the crimes. Officer Dinwiddie was arraigned late Friday and committed to the Philadelphia Detention Center in lieu of $400,000 bail. Nine other suspects, all civilians, were arrested. Seven of them were already in jail on unrelated charges, officials said. The police said they were seeking three more suspects. The crimes were committed by at least 13 people in an area from New York City to Washington, the police said. The ring was suspected in at least 37 robberies in Philadelphia and at least eight robberies outside the city.
Twin nuclear reactors at the St. Lucie power station on Florida’s Atlantic coast have been put out of action by a huge crowd of jellyfish, the Florida Power and Light Company said today. Thousands of jellyfish clogged screens filtering ocean water used in the reactor cooling systems. “We had to shut down because we couldn’t keep up the flow of water that we need to run the plant,” said Stacy Shaw, a spokesman for the utility. One of the reactors was stopped Thursday, she said, and the second Friday. The ocean water is used to condense steam and is not part of the plant’s nuclear system, Miss Shaw said, adding, “There never was any danger to the public.”
More than 10,000 troops are participating in six days of simulated combat maneuvers by the Rapid Deployment Force in the California desert. Called “Gallant Eagle 84,” the exercise by the Central Command, as the Rapid Deployment Force is known formally, is being held “to provide a simulated combat environment to exercise, train and evaluate the U.S. Central Command headquarters and portions of its multi-service forces in tactical employment operations in a desert environment,” a Pentagon statement said. A similar exercise was held two years ago. The Central Command can call on more than 250,000 members of the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps in the event of a crisis in the Persian Gulf, for which its operations are being tailored.
More regulation of day-care centers along with higher standards of the care they provide for children are being called for by some social workers and state officials. Their concern has increased amid the explosive growth in the demand for day-care centers and widely publicized reports of sexual abuse of children at some centers. The social workers and officials believe that the federal government should intervene, setting nationwide uniform standards.
The mixing of politics and religion, a historic controversy that had lain dormant for many years, has become a prime issue in the Presidential campaign. Since priests, nuns, ministers and rabbis marched in Selma, Alabama, in 1965 supporting a national voting rights act, the change in both religious and political institutions has been profound.
The “What’s Love Got to Do With It” single tops the charts, giving Tina Turner her first #1 as a solo artist.
Willie Totten for Mississippi Valley State passes for a Division I-AA record 536 yards & 9 TDs in an 86–0 win vs. Kentucky State; his prime receiver Jerry Rice catches 17 passes for 294 yards & 5 TDs; breaking his own Division I-AA record for total yardage in pass receptions.
Lloyd Moseby’s three-run homer capped a seven-run fourth inning as the Toronto Blue Jays crushed Minnesota, 12–4, today, dealing handing the slumping Twins their fourth straight loss. Dennis Lamp, making his second start of the season, went five and two- thirds innings in evening his record at 7–7. Lamp struck out seven and walked one. Roy Lee Jackson finished up for his ninth save. Trailing, 1–0, in the fourth inning, the Blue Jays pounded Mike Smithson (13–11) for 7 runs on 5 hits. Rance Mulliniks’s single tied the game, and two outs later Damaso Garcia’s two-run single put the Blue Jays ahead for good. Dave Collins followed with a run-scoring single, and Moseby hit his 18th homer. The Twins chased Lamp with three runs in the sixth. Lamp walked Tim Teufel with the bases loaded for one run and Darrell Brown followed with a two-run pinch-single to drive out Lamp and make the score 7–4. The Blue Jays added five runs in the seventh on Jesse Barfield’s single, Cliff Johnson’s three-run pinch-double and Ernie Whitt’s run-scoring single.
The New York Yankees, on a hot streak and aiming for a second place finish in the American League East, were set back by the California Angels, 11–6, tonight. The Angels knocked Phil Niekro around for more than six innings, then finished up on Dave Righetti as they climbed to within a game and a half of the first-place Twins in the American League West. Although New York had lost the opener on Friday, this defeat was especially sobering. It served as a reminder to the organization of how badly it needs relief pitching. California broke the game open in the eighth inning with an five-run burst against the losing pitcher Righetti (4–5). Doug Corbett (5–1) was the winner for California.
Two weeks after being given a vote of confidence by club owner George Argyros, Seattle Mariners manager Del Crandall is fired and replaced by third base coach Chuck Cottier.
Ken Singleton hits a pinch grand slam for the Baltimore Orioles and Cal Ripken homers, but the O’s come up short, losing 10–9 to the Seattle Mariners. Jim Presley has a pair of homers for the M’s. Ripken booted a potential inning-ending ground ball by Al Cowens in the eighth inning, allowing Spike Owen to score the winning run and give Chuck Cottier a victory in his managerial debut at Seattle. With Baltimore leading, 9–7, in the bottom of the eighth, Jim Presley ignited the winning rally with his second homer, a two-out solo shot off Sammy Stewart. Jack Perconte walked, bringing on Tippy Martinez. Martinez gave up a single to Owen and walked Al Davis to load the bases. Pinch-hitter Barry Bonnell walked to force in Perconte with the tying run, and Owen scored the winning run on Ripken’s error.
Mike Easler sparked a four-run sixth inning with a three-run homer and the Boston Red Sox downed the Cleveland Indians, 4–1. Easler’s clout snapped a 1–1 tie as Boston gained its fourth straight victory and seventh in eight games. Bob Ojeda (10–10), who was removed from the 15-day disabled list earlier in the day, pitched a six-hitter. The left-hander had been sidelined with a sore left elbow, but he bounced back to hurl his seventh complete game, striking out eight and walking four. Bert Blyleven (15–6) suffered his first loss after five consecutive victories. Blyleven surrendered nine hits while pitching his eighth complete game.
Mike Davis clouted a three-run homer to cap a six-run first inning that carried the Oakland A’s to a 7–5 victory over Detroit. The Tigers, who lost their fourth straight game, cut Oakland’s lead to 6–5 by scoring three runs in the second and two in the sixth off Curt Young. Dwayne Murphy hit his 28th homer in the bottom of the sixth off Bill Scherrer for the game’s final run. The Tigers’ starter, Juan Berenguer (7–9), failed to finish the first, leaving after Davis’s seventh homer of the season. Berenguer walked two batters and struck out one before Dave Kingman doubled for the game’s first run, which raised Kingman’s total of runs batted in to 109.
Buddy Bell hit a two-run homer and a two- run triple to lead Texas to a 8–4 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers. The Rangers snapped Dave Stewart’s personal four-game losing streak. Stewart (5–12) had last won on June 19. He pitched six innings, walking three and striking out five. Dave Schmidt pitched the final one and one- third innings to earn his 12th save. Mike Caldwell (6–13) took the loss. Bell’s homer gave Texas a 3–2 lead in the third. Billy Sample doubled and scored on Gary Ward’s single. Bell then hit his eighth homer of the year. Bell’s triple keyed a three-run fifth- inning rally. Curtis Wilkerson led off with a single and advanced to third on Ward’s double. Bell then tripled, giving him eight runs batted in in his last two games.
The Chicago White Sox beat the Kansas City Royals 6–1. Roy Smalley’s two-run homer capped a four-run third inning to lead La Marr Hoyt and Chicago to victory. Hoyt (11–15), the 1983 Cy Young winner, snapped a personal four-game losing streak. He had a three-hit shutout working before the Royals scored in the eighth inning. The loss kept the Royals from going over the .500 mark and pulling within a game of American League West leader Minnesota, which lost to Toronto 12–4.
Gary Matthews doubled home Ryne Sandberg to lead a three-run ninth inning today that gave the first-place Chicago Cubs a 4–1 victory over the Atlanta Braves. The Cubs entered the day leading the Mets by five and a half games in the National League East. Rich Bordi (5–1) worked one inning in relief of Dennis Eckersley for the victory. Lee Smith pitched the ninth for his 27th save. Craig McMurtry (8–14) relieved Rick Camp in the ninth and took the loss. Camp allowed just three hits over eight innings. Sandberg opened the ninth by beating out an infield single and took second when Jerry Royster, the second baseman, overthrew first on the play. Matthews, a former Brave, the drove the ball deep into left-center field, scoring Sandberg with the winning run. Henry Cotto ran for Matthews. McMurtry walked Leon Durham intentionally, then walked Keith Moreland to load the bases. After Ron Cey struck out, Jody Davis lofted a sacrifice fly to right field, scoring Cotto. Tom Veryzer followed with a single to left, scoring Durham for a 4–1 lead.
If anyone wants to believe again, the signs were all over Shea Stadium last night as the New York Mets swept a doubleheader from the San Diego Padres, 7–4 and 10–6. Dwight Gooden pitched another good game in winning the opener; the Mets came from behind with an electrifying two-out, five-run rally in the fourth inning of the second game; Hubie Brooks kept swatting the ball and climaxed that rally with a three-run double, and Darryl Strawberry, who played the entire month of August without hitting a home run, hit one in each game and drove in a total of six runs. Gooden allowed six hits and struck out 10 in eight innings as he gained his fifth straight victory and 14th over all against eight defeats.
Mike Marshall blooped an eighth-inning single that scored Rafael Landestoy from second base with the go-ahead run for Los Angeles as the Dodgers edged the Montreal Expos, 4–3. Mike Scioscia opened the eighth with a walk against Charlie Lea (15–9) and Landestoy ran for him. Landestoy moved to second on a sacrifice bunt and Marshall, batting for Dave Anderson, stroked his single over the head of Doug Flynn, the second baseman. Fernando Valenzuela (11–15) scattered 10 hits while pitching into the ninth.
Pinch-hitter Kevin Bass rapped a triple to cap a three-run rally in the sixth inning to lead the Houston Astros to a 8–4 triumph over the St. Louis Cardinals. The victory overshadowed Tom Nieto’s inside-the-park home run for St. Louis with two teammates on base. Mark Ross (1–0) gained his first major league victory with relief from Dave Smith as Kurt Kepshire (4–4) took the loss. Trailing 4–2 after five innings, Houston erupted against Kepshire after Jose Cruz singled to start the sixth and was forced at second base on Jerry Mumphrey’s grounder. Mumphrey reached third on Enos Cabell’s single. One out later, Craig Reynolds stroked an RBI single and a wild pitch by Kepshire gave the Astros a 4–4 tie before Bass’ triple.
Pinch-hitter Tony Perez slammed a 410-foot two-run walk-off home run in the 11th inning to give Cincinnati a 7–5 triumph against the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates. The Pirates went ahead in the top of the 11th when Marvell Wynne tripled with two out and scored on a single by Lee Lacy. In the bottom of the inning, loser Don Robinson walked Brad Gulden, the lead-off hitter. He took second on a passed ball, went to third on a grounder and scored on a sacrifice fly. Ron Oester then singled and Perez lined a 1–0 pitch over the center field fence for his second home run.
Scot Thompson and Fran Mullins each drove in two runs, one each during a five-run third inning, as the San Francisco Giants defeated the Philadelphia Phillies, 7–2. Atlee Hammaker, taken off the disabled list earlier in the day, worked five innings to gain his second triumph without a loss. Hammaker allowed four hits, struck out two and walked two. The Giants scored five times in the third inning, chasing the Philadelphia starter Charles Hudson (8–10). Hammaker walked and scored on Dan Gladden’s double. Gladden moved to third on an infield out and scored on Chili Davis’ single. Jeff Leonard walked and, after Ivan De Jesus’ error on Bob Brenly’s grounder loaded the bases, Thompson’s sacrifice fly drove in the third run. Mullins then doubled in Leonard, and Tug McGraw relieved Hudson. Hammaker’s infield single scored the fifth run of the inning.
Born:
Craig Stevens, NFL tight end (Tennessee Titans), in San Pedro, California.
Rod Pelley, Canadian NHL centre (New Jersey Devils, Anaheim Ducks), in Kitimat, British Columbia, Canada.
Joseph Trohman, American guitarist (Fall Out Boy – “This Ain’t a Scene, It’s an Arms Race”), in Hollywood, Florida.
Ludwig Göransson, Swedish Emmy, Grammy, and Academy Award-winning composer and record producer (“The Mandalorian”; “Childish Gambino”; “Black Panther”), in Linköping, Sweden.
Died:
Howland Chamberlin, 73, American actor (Force of Evil, Pickup).
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