Red Sox Rout Yankees to Seize AL East Lead
Tommy Harper Rico Petrocelli and Sonny Siebert powered Boston past New York 10-4 as the Red Sox moved one-half game ahead of Detroit who lost to Baltimore. Ben Oglivie added a two run double and Yastrzemski and Griffin contributed key hits in the decisive fifth inning.
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Brewers Defeat Indians 7-1 Behind Scott’s Late homer
Milwaukee Brewers beat the Cleveland Indians 7-1 as George Scott hit a two run homer in the eighth after Nettles tied the game in the seventh. Bill Parsons earned his 11th win while Dick Tidrow took the loss to drop to 13-13.
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Bengals Cut Fletcher Smith
Cincinnati Bengals waive six year veteran safety Fletcher Smith reducing roster to two from the 1968 AFL draft pool. Smith, obtained from Kansas City, started at strong safety the last two seasons after earlier years as a cornerback.
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Twins blank Rangers as trio scatters four hits
Jim Perry, Dave LaRoche and Wayne Granger limited Texas to four hits in Arlington as the Twins won 4-0. Minnesota broke a scoreless tie when Joe Lovitto misplayed a Rod Carew drive, allowing Dan Monzon and Cesar Tovar to score on the error.
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Royals blank Angels as Montgomery shutsout in KC
Rookie Monty Montgomery pitched a four hitter for Kansas City as the Royals defeated the California Angels 6-0. John Mayberry fueled the offense with two leadoff doubles, driving in runs and scoring, while Ed Kirkpatrick added key singles and a sacrifice fly. Lou Piniella and Paul Schaal contributed RBI hits in a three-run third inning.
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Cubs Stop Pirate Win Streak
Car men Fanzone drove in two runs with two sacrifices and Burt Hooton scattered 12 hits as the Chicago Cubs beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4 2. The Cubs trimmed the Pirate lead to 1 1⁄2 games in the NL East. Willie Stargell doubled for Pittsburgh and Rick Monday tripled in a Cubs rally. Hooton earned his ninth win.
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Major Leagues 1 Results and Friday Schedule
World series style box scores show MLB results for Wednesday with AL and NL games across leagues. Notable actions include Oakland 9 Chicago 4 and Milwaukee 3 Boston 2, plus Philadelphia 3 at Lage 2 and Montreal 4 New York 0 in NL play. Friday’s slate lists Chicago at Philadelphia, Pittsburgh at Montreal, St Louis at New York, Atlanta at Los Angeles, and Houston at San Francisco with game times in EDT.
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Baseball scores from yesterday report
Yesterday's results list multiple games with final scores. Boston defeated New York 10 to 4, Baltimore beat Detroit 9 to 7, Milwaukee won over Cleveland, Kansas City edged California, Minnesota defeated Texas 6 to 0.
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Curt Day Wins 15th Straight Indiana Horseshoe Title
Curt Day of Frankfort captured his 15th consecutive Indiana State Class AAA horseshoe crown at Fairview Park hosted by the Anderson Horseshoe Club. He posted an 85.7 average to win over Mark Seibold, with Curt Day's son Paul Day taking third. Class AA winner A Hoch, second R Sheppard, third W Wilhoite. Class A winner A Ingle, runner up B Rambo, third C Estelle.
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Baseball schedule rundown with multiple matchups
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Expos Top Mets 4-0 Behind Moore Five-Hitter
Balor Moore pitched a five-hitter and Ron Woods hit a homer as the Montreal Expos defeated the New York Mets 4-0. Woods added a ninth homer in the sixth inning, part of a 10-hit attack. Moore improved to 7-7, beating Mets starter Jerry Koosman who fell to 8-11.
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Lee homers as Padres top Reds in opener
San Diego batter Leron Lee hit a first inning homer and rookie Mike Caldwell pitched seven strong innings to beat Cincinnati 2-0 in the first game of a doubleheader. Nolan left after one inning with apparent arm or back trouble, the Reds bench declining comment.
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