Gibson Wins as Cardinals Beat Astros Behind Four-Hit Gem
St Louis pitcher Bob Gibson earned his eighth straight victory with a four hitter, lifting the Cardinals to a 3-1 win over Houston. The Cards rallied in the fifth on five singles, Donn Clendenon and Luis Melendez setting the table before Ted Sizemore and Matty Alou drove in two more. Jimmy Wynn homered for the Astros, but Cincinnati’s loss kept Houston 14½ games back in the NL West.
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Kirby Stops Phillies Gets Split For Padres
In Philadelphia Clay Kirby scattered eight hits and 11 strikeouts to lift the San Diego Padres to a 6-1 win in the nightcap, completing a split of the twin bill after the Phillies won the opener 4-2 behind Steve Carlton. Kendall homered twice, Lee and Blefary contributed, and Corkins earned the win with solid support as Philadelphia dropped to 0-2 in the doubleheader. Carlton took his 11th loss, despite eight Ks, as Luzinski added an insurance homer for the Phillies.
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Major Leagues Brief results and schedule summary
Baseball scores from majors include Cleveland 4 6 Texas 3 5 in 12 innings Detroit 7 Kansas City Baltimore 2 Chicago New York 6 Oakland 2 Milwaukee 4 California 9 San Francisco 6 Philadelphia 4 1 San Diego 2 6 Pittsburgh 7 3 17 innings Chicago 2 Cincinnati Montreal 7 San Francisco ? Los Angeles 6 New York 1 Philadelphia 4 1 San Diego 2 6 Pittsburgh 10 2 Atlanta 2 St Louis 4 Houston 1 AL Detroit 6 Chicago 4 Texas 5 Baltimore 4 Kansas City 6 Cleveland 3 Minnesota 5 New York 2 Boston at California Milwaukee at Oakland Saturday games listed with times Kansas City and other matchups plus city teams and venues on Easter Daylight schedule.
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Baseball doubleheader slate across leagues turns on late day games
Eastern daylight hours feature Texas at Baltimore and Kansas City at Cleveland in 5:30 and 1:30 p.m. starts respectively, while New York visits Minnesota at 2:15 p.m. and Detroit travels to Chicago at 2:15 p.m. Milwaukee heads to Oakland at 4:30 p.m. with Boston at California at 1 p.m.
Harmon Killebrew lifts Twins past Yankees in Quilici debut
Harm on Killebrew hit a two run homer with two out in the seventh to give the Twins a 5 2 win over the Yankees in Frank Quilici s managerial debut. Rod Carew added a two run single in the eighth while Dick Woodson allowed one earned run as Minnesota rallied from a 2 1 deficit and multiplied scoring with timely infield outs and singles.
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Dodgers Cruise Past Mets 6-1 in NL Victory
Don Sutton limited New York to three singles as the Dodgers defeated the Mets 6-1. Sutton improved to 10-4 after an unearned run in the first inning, while Los Angeles pulled away with two unearned runs in the fifth and two more in the sixth. The slumping Mets were held to two hits and dropped their third straight game.
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Carl Smith Wins At Sun Valley Speedway
Carl Smith from Columbus Ohio raced to the 30 lap late model stock feature at Sun Valley Speedway on Friday night He also won the five lap trophy dash Dennis Miles of Muncie finished second in the feature with Mike Eddy Daw kawlin Mich third Vern Shrock Middlebury was fourth Shorty Hin shaw Moreland fifth Don Kevin Anderson won the 10 lap heats Hinshaw won the 15 lap consolation Jim Guy Anderson won the 20 lap feature Steve Little Anderson won the special 10 lap Volkswagen race
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Major Leaders Baseball's Top Ten By The Associated Press
A compact list of baseball leaders shows top ten in various categories based on 165 at bats. Key figures include Sanguillen, Clemente, Brock, and Oliver with high batting percentages, home run counts, and runs batted in. Pitching leaders cite Nolan, Blass, Grimsley, and Saever with strong win records. The piece also references leading run producers and fielding players, reflecting the season's standout performers across clubs like Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, St. Louis, and Oakland.
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Broncos Claim Sam Silas From 49ers
Denver Broncos acquire veteran defensive lineman Sam Silas from the San Francisco 49ers. Silas, 6 feet 263 pounds, has 10 pro seasons with St. Louis, the New York Giants, and San Francisco, and is SIU alumni. Also sign free agent Wendell Wershing, 5 foot 10 205 pounds, from California, native of Mondsee Austria.
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Pole winner set for Volunteer 500 at Bristol Speedway
Bob Allison of Hueytown Alabama won the pole for Sunday’s Volunteer 500 Grand National race at Bristol International Speedway with a 106.097 mph lap in a 1972 Chevrolet. NASCAR great Richard Petty earned the outside pole at 105.151 mph. Ten drivers qualified Friday for the 500 lap feature. twenty more starters will run time trials Saturday.
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