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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1979
Page
12
Rapid-fire scores from the NBA playoffs show San Antonio defeating Philadelphia in a tight series and multiple conference finals results. Baseball standings mix with early season results across the American and National Leagues. Hockey and college football and horse racing wrap the dense, action-packed summary.
At Alabama International Motor Speedway Darrell Waltrip led qualifiers for Sundays 280000 Winston 500 Grand National race with an Oldsmobile posting 195.644 mph. Also fast were Buddy Baker Neil Bennett Buddy Arrington Tighe Scott Benny Parsons Richard Petty Cale Yarborough Joe Millikan Dave Marcis Connie Saylor Bobby Allison Frank Warren Dale Earnhardt Lennie Pond Terry Labonte Rich Childress and others.
Joe Niekro tossing 89 pitches earned his 97th career win with a 4 1 victory over St Louis aided by late relief. Enos Cabell homered solo and Alan Ashby drove in two as Houston improved to 16 8 atop the NL West. Giants rally past Mets 7 5 with Johnnie LeMaster two run shot. Padres slug Expos 10 2 behind Randy Jones. Dodgers beat Phillies 5 2 as Sutcliffe earns first complete game.
Mike Marshall earned the win in relief with nine saves and three victories this season, helping the Twins surge atop the AL West. Roy Smalley capped the win with a tie breaking eighth inning homer as Minnesota defeated Detroit 7-6. Smalley leads the club with a .386 average and five homers while Marshall pitched 21 2/3 innings of shutout relief. Brewers top Jays 5 4 on two bases loaded walks by Tom Underwood, who allowed five hits before two late hits broke the tie. Velez homered for Toronto in a losing effort.
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