Orioles Win Seventh Straight Behind Wood's Exit
The Baltimore Orioles defeated Wilbur Wood and the Chicago White Sox 8-2 to stretch their winning streak to seven. Other AL results include Cleveland over Minnesota in two, Boston over Kansas City, Oakland over Milwaukee, New York over Texas, and Detroit over California in 11 innings. Bobby Murcer homered for the Yankees who won 6-2.
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Pirates Stay In Race With 5-0 Win Over Giants
Pirates pitcher Ken Rooker and reliever Bartirome combined on a five hitter as Pittsburgh defeated the San Francisco Giants 5-0. Manny Sanguillen and Richie Hebner drove in two runs each, backing the pitching and keeping the Pirates two games behind the Cardinals in the NL East race.
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Annihilate Em Wins Travers Ahead of Secretariat Crowd
Annihilate Em led from midrace to win the 113000 Travers Stakes at Saratoga with 1 3/4 lengths to Secretariats substitute Finish Stop The Music third as Secretariat watched from the stands sidelined by fever. Turcotte rode the winner as Our Native and Knightly Dawn were scratched. The upset paid 7.40 3.60 2.80 with Stop The Music at 3.60 3.20 as the favorite.
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Randy Glover Captures Fifth South Carolina Open Title
Randy Glover of Summerville won $2,000 and his fifth straight SC Open in a sudden death playoff. He birdied the second playoff hole after piping a wedge within two feet. Glover and Robin All, of Kingstree, both shot 218 two over par over 54 holes at Shadowmoss Golf Club.
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Baseball Standings and Schedule From Weekend Games
Baseball standings and results show Cleveland and New York leading divisions. Sunday scores include Cleveland 54 3 3 Minnesota 3 3 and others. Monday plans list Corbin and Stottlemyre with road matchups. NL East standings feature St Louis and Pittsburgh in pursuit. weekend results highlight Mets, Cubs, Dodgers, and Astros in tight races with multiple series.
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Osbon's The Co Wins South Carolina Class A Title
Osbon's The Co won the state Class A softball championship with a 10 to 7 victory over Gaffney Sunday in Spartanburg. The win earns Osbon's a trip to the national tournament in York Pennsylvania over Labor Day weekend.
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Dunham and Hawkins Take State Junior Vet Doubles Title
Glenda Dunham and Jane Hawkins won the State Women's Doubles Junior Vet title in Columbia by beating Gillispe Butler 6-2 6-1. They then lost in the semi finals to the top seeded McCall Sibler 6-1 6-1 while Mary Honeck and Jean Stewart won their first round 6-3 6-2 before falling 6-4 6-1 to Pope and Jones in the second round.
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Kodes Withdraws from Canadian Open Amid Neck Injury
Jan Kodes of Czechoslovakia pulls out of the $100,000 Canadian Open tennis championship starting today due to a neck injury that prevents competition.
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Racing Roundup from Liberty Bell and Narrragansett Notes
Windrex rallies to win the Hobson Handicap at Liberty Bell over Rasta farian in Philadelphia. Fast Quest takes the Central Falls Handicap at Narragansett by a length and a half. Dahela's Queen race details unavailable.
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