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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1978
Page
11
A dense ledger lists games and player stats across MLB and NFL contexts. Notable mentions include Abbott and McLaughlin for Minnesota Seattle Milwaukee Toronto Boston Baltimore and other teams with partial box scores, plus NFL standings and recent signings like Payton and Banaszak.
In a tight NL race, Philadelphia dropped a doubleheader to San Francisco while Los Angeles fell to New York. Pittsburgh surged with a 6-3 win over Atlanta as Willie Stargell notched his 2,000th hit and Phil Garner followed with a three run homer. The Giants pulled within one game of the Dodgers in the West.
In a windy season opener, Ridge-Spring-Monetta edged Gilbert 14-7 after Lott directed a late drive. A 29 yard pass from Harvey Lott to John Odom set up the winning score with 58 seconds remaining, followed by a successful two point try.
Ivan Mesa drove in four runs and Orlando Fernandez three as Hialeah Florida crushed Corvallis Oregon 15 to 4 in a World Series semifinal. Mesa doubled and singled twice to reach the RBIs while Fernandez added three singles. The win keeps Hialeah unbeaten in the tournament.
Chris Knapp, after an early retirement and reinstatement, won his sixth complete game of the year as California beat Toronto 3-1. His 14-7 record kept the Angels one game behind Kansas City in the AL West. Also recap: Chambliss three-run triple and Gossage ninth-inning save for Yankees, Red Sox hammer A's, Royals top Tigers, and Nordhagen's ninth-inning homer for White Sox over Orioles.
The Aiken Recreation Department will hold an organizational meeting for team tennis on September 12 at 7 p.m. at the H O Weeks Activities Center. League teams of six to eight players will include equal genders and compete in singles doubles and mixed doubles at each match. Call Allen Riddick for more information.
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