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Aiken Standard

Location

Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America

Date

Sep 04, 1979

Page

9

Baseball scoreboard shows tight races across league standings

The standings list California leading with a .543 mark and Kansas City close behind. Weekend results include Seattle 3 Toronto 2 in 10 innings and Oakland 6 Detroit 3 in 10. Monday and Tuesday results feature varied wins and rain delays across divisions.

California Kansas City Minnesota Texas Chicago Seattle Oakland Toronto New York Boston Detroit Baltimore Cleveland Milwaukee Perry Barker Torrez Tiant Gura Koosman Dotson Tanana Comer Parrott lUnce St.Louis New York Giants Washington Dallas San Francisco New York Jets New England San Diego Miami Atlanta Philadelphia

Major League Leaders National League and American League

The Associated Press lists NL batting leaders Hernandez St Louis .346 Templeton .324 and Horner .318 with runs Lopes Dodgers 99 Hernandez 97. NL hits Tahaan St Louis 182 Garvey 174. NL home runs Kingman 42 Schmidt 42. NL pitching Tidrow 10 3 and LaCoss 14 6. AL batting Lynn Boston .342 Brett 331. AL runs Baylor 105 and Brett 104. AL RBIs Baylor 123 and Lynn 107. AL hits Brett 185 Rice 172. AL home runs Thomas 38 Lynn 36. Pitching leaders John 18-6 and Flanagan 20-7. strikeouts Ryan 187 Eckersley 131.

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Pearson Breaks Through At Darlington In Southern 500

David Pearson nicknamed The Silver Fox waited patiently as Darlington heated up and then seized the lead from Darrell Waltrip after a late wall scrape. Pearson drove Osterlund Chevrolet to a 2 lap victory worth 29 925 dollars ahead of Bill Elliott with Terry Labonte third and Waltrip fading to 11th.

Darlington David Pearson Chevrolet Bill Elliott Mercury Terry Labonte Buddy Baker Benny Parsons Dave Marcis Dick Brooks Ricky Rudd Richard Petty Bobby Allison Ford Darrell Waltrip Harry Gant D.K. Ulrich Buick Buddy Arrington Dodge Joe Millikan Oldsmobile Jimmy Means Chuck Bown J.D. MccDuffie Cale Yarborough Ed Negre Chrysler Tommy Gale Frank Warren Baxter Price Ronnie Thomas Lennie Pond Cecil Gordon H.B. Bailery Pontiac Jim Vandiver Richard Childress Jack Ingram Donnie Allison Nell Bennett the Silver Fox Pearson Darlington International Raceway Ace Spartanburg S.C Osterlund Wood Brothers Darlington Oval Waltrip Dawsonville Elliott Bobby Neil Bennett Ing Petty Allison Hueytown Ala Donnie

Steelers Edge Patriots In Overtime Thriller

In Foxboro the Pittsburgh Steelers defeated the New England Patriots 16-13 in overtime after a fourth quarter rally and a late Matt Bahr field goal. Bradshaw passed for 221 yards and connected with Thornton for the tying score, while Bahr redeemed a rough night with a game winning 41-yard kick. Darryl Stingley received a long ovation in his stadium return.

Pittsburgh Matt Bahr Craig Colquitt Bahr Steelers New England Patriots Foxboro Mass Pittsburgh Steelers Terry Bradshaw Franco Harris Sidney Thornton Bradshaw Thornton Penn State Roy Gerela Patriots Darryl Stingley Schaefer Stadium Eddie Hare Tulsa New England

Legend Hanover Wins Tight Hambletonian Prep

Illinois trotting star Legend Hanover owned by Messenger Stables and trained by Raymond Tripp won two straight photo finishes against Chiola Hanover in the premier stakes for 3 year old trotters at Du Quoin. Gov. James R. Thompson presented the trophy to Dr. Raymond Galt and driver George Sholty as the silver cup returned to Illinois for the first time in 29 years.

James R. Thompson Galt George Sholty

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