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Aiken Standard in Aiken, South Carolina

24 Aug 1979

Page 12

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Aiken Standard

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Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America

Date

Aug 24, 1979

Page

12

Baseball Standings and Schedule Highlights Across Leagues

The AP scoreboard shows the American League East lead held by Baltimore at 8-43 with a .653 slugging pace, Boston at 76-486, and New York, Detroit, Cleveland, and Toronto trailing. The National League table lists Pittsburgh, Montreal, Chicago, St. Louis, Philadelphia, and New York near the top. Thursday results include Baltimore 6 Texas 5 and Oakland 8 Cleveland 6, with Friday and Saturday matchups across AL and NL teams and notable pitching and batting leaders highlighted throughout.

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Baltimore Boston Milwaukee New York Detroit Cleveland Toronto West California Minnesota Kansas City Texas Chicago Seattle Oakland California Knapp T.underwood Morris Waits Bannister Stone Pittsburgh Montreal St Louis Philadelphia West Power Innati Angeles Francisco Diego Ata San Francisco Houston Los Angeles Atlanta Cincinnati St.Louis San Diego Lee Piekro Bonham Burris Andujar Carlton Candelaria Jones St. Louis Vuckovich Reuss Reuschel Blue Hernandez Templeton Horner Knight Winfield Lopes Moreno Schmidt Parker Rbi Kingman McBride T.scott Dawson Clark Matthews North Taveras Tidrow Rome Bibby LaCoss Blyleven J.niekro Seaver Schatzeder Richard P.niekro Attlanta Perry National Football League Associated Press Washington Miami New Orleans New England Denver Tampa Bay New York Jets New York Giants Green Bay
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Standout Baseball Leaders Include Lynn and Brett in 1980s Era

Record list highlights batting leaders Lynn of Boston at 347 at bats and 99 runs, Brett of Kansas City with 171 hits, Rice of Boston at 164 hits, Baylor of California with 110 RBIs, and other top performers Cooper Milwaukee with 37 doubles and Lansford California with 148 doubles.

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Associated Press Lynn Boston Rice Brett Kansas City Lezcano Milwaukee Bochte Seattle Baylor California R.jones Seattie Singleton Baltimore Thomas Bell Texas Lansford Cooper
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Legion Teams Stay Alive in Southeastern Regional Playoffs

Orlando defeated Villa Carolina 7-3 to stay alive in the Southeastern regional baseball playoffs, while Gainesville beat Orangeburg 11-7 to avoid elimination. Greer and Hamlet had a rain-suspended game with Hamlet leading 12-1 after four innings, delaying decisive action.

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Orlando Fla Gainesville American Legion Villa Carolina Puerto Rico Orangeburg S.C Greer Hamlet N.C Florida Champs
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Langford Survives Six-Run First In A’s Win Over Indians

Oakland pitcher Rick Langford overcame a six-run first inning including Andre Thornton’s grand slam to secure an 8-6 win over Cleveland. Langford allowed only one more hit until a ninth-inning single, earning team victory as teammates rallied behind him.

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Rick Langford Oakland A Andre Thornton Cleveland Indians Langford Duane Kuiper Baltimore Texas Indians Thornton Ron Hassey Hassey Cleveland Toby Harrah Kuiper Orioles Rangers Kiko Garcia
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Golfer Quigley Links Accident to Life-Best Round at Hall of Fame Classic

Dana Quigley tied a Rhode Island boating accident to his 8-under-par 63 in the first round at Pinehurst Hall of Fame Golf Classic. He swam through rough seas after a squall capsized his 30-foot boat and still limps with a damaged left knee. He used a cross-handed putting stroke to qualify for the Westchester Classic and built a four-stroke lead on No. 2 at Pinehurst Country Club.

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Pinehurst N.C Dana Quigley Quigley Narragansett Sound Rhode Island Barrington R.I Pinehurst Country Club Carolina Sandhill Hale Irwin
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Daniel Leads Patty Berg Classic After 69 In Rainy Round

Minnesota weather cooled Keller Golf Course as 114 entrants faced soggy greens and mid 60s. Rookie Beth Daniel shot 5 under par 69 with 10 straight one putts to lead Hollis Stacy and Mary Mills by one stroke.

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Maplewood Minn Keller Golf Course Beth Daniel Daniel Hollis Stacy Mary Mills LPGA
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