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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1981
Page
9
Chapin Aiken High hosts Laurens at Citizens Field in the Class AAAA state openers after a 4-1 13 inning playoff win over Irmo to claim Region 3-AAAA. Neal Richardson will start for Aiken as Laurens enters with an 11-5-1 record.
Alan Odom and Wayne Hankinson starred for Aiken as they held Irmo to few runs. Odom robbed a homer, then teamed with Hankinson to stop Irmo from scoring the winning run. Kenny Danforth worked 10 innings with two hits allowed as he drove in the decisive run in the 13th.
Houston coach Del Harris shuffled six players as Mike Dunleavy scored a playoff high 28 and Moses Malone added 24 points and 22 rebounds to beat Boston 91 86. Robert Reid limited Larry Bird to eight points as the Rockets even the best of seven at 2 2 and set up Game 5 in Boston.
The Aiken Tennis Association Spring Closed features seed Lewis Landon Jr defending the boys 13 to 15 title with a 6 2 6 0 win over Duncan Parham in the opening round. Competition continues with 13 adult divisions and 13 15 doubles starting this afternoon at Virginia Acres behind the H Odell Weeks Center on Whiskey Road.
Montreal’s Charlie Lea pitched the first major league no hitter of the year in a 4 0 win over the San Francisco Giants. The Expos broke it open with a seventh inning rally, aided by Wallach’s homer Scott’s double and Dawson’s RBI double while Cruz drove in three.
In MLB action the Rangers beat the Orioles 7-3 as Mario Mendoza reached first on a strikeout miscue and Dwight Evans sparked a 10th inning rally in Boston's 9-5 win over the Blue Jays. Other results include the Yankees topping the Mariners 5-2 and the Brewers defeating the A's 13-5.
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