Schmidt, Schmidt, Schmidt. Cards, Phillies show power in day of records
Joe Torre hit for the cycle as the Cardinals crushed the Pirates 15-4 behind 22 hits. Mike Schmidt repeated his earlier grand slam feat for the Phillies in a 7-1 win over the Mets, while the Cubs beat the Expos 6-1. Jerry Reuss and the Astros beat the Reds 10-2. Texas unveiled 18-year-old David Clyde in a 4-3 win over Minnesota at Arlington.
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Associated Press
Joe Torre
Mike Schmidt
Torre
St. Louis Cardinals
Pittsburgh
Pirates
Philadelphia
Schmidt
Tommy Hutton
New York
Phillies
Mets
Mike Wallace
Chicago Cubs
Montreal Expos
Ron Santo
Cubs
Montreal
Santo
Bob Bailey
Ken Singleton
Expos
Pat Bourque
Doug Rader
Skip Jutze
Astros
Reds
Jerry Reuss
Texas
David Clyde
Minnesota Twins
Rangers
Giants Rally Past Braves 6 5 To End Slump
Dave Rader drove in three with two homers and a double as San Francisco beat Atlanta 6-5. Garry Maddox triple and Ed Goodson Gary Matthews singles helped chase Adrian Devine in the sixth. Rader’s RBI double and Chris Speier’s single capped the rally. Ralph Garr Mike Lum homered for Atlanta.
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Fred Norman
Dave Rader
Giants
Braves
Garry Maddox
Ed Goodson
Gary Matthews
Adrian Devine
Chris Speier
Rader
RBI
Danny Frisella
Ralph Garr
Mike Lum
Atlanta
Designated Hitter Debate Hits College Baseball
The article critiques the upcoming designated hitter rule in college baseball, arguing it could sap strategy and alter pitcher hitting. It quotes Jim Bierman and John Novak voicing concern, notes high scoring in Bobcat games, and mentions possible future reforms like two platoons and unlimited substitutions.
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Baseball Bobcats
Ohio
Jim Bierman
Bowling Green
John Novak
Novak
Bobcat
Bierman
Jerry France
Unio
Jim
Major League Baseball scores and standings snapshot
Thursday games feature Cleveland at Boston and New York at Baltimore as Milwaukee visits Detroit and Minnesota travels to Texas. National League East standings show Chicago leading with a .595 mark, followed by St Louis and New York, with Montreal trailing. results from Wednesday include San Francisco beating Atlanta 6-5 and Philadelphia 6-7 in separate road stops.
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Paul Blair
Baltimore
New York
Orioles
Yankees
Blair
Oriole
Detroit
Milwaukee
Brewers
Dick McAuliffe
Aurelio Rodriguez
Tigers
Bill Singer
California
Chicago White Sox
Angels
Mike Epstein
Sox
Oakland
Kansas City
Fred Patek
Catfish Hunter
Gene Tenace
A’s
John Mayberry
Cleveland
Bosman
Boston
Pattin
McDowell
Jefferson
Chicago
St. Louis
The
Montreal
Pittsburgh
Houston
San Francisco
San Diego
Sil
Atlanta
Philadelphia
Lonborg
Pizarro
Pappas
Los Angeles
Messersmith
John
Niekro
Reed
Kirby
Cincinnati
Gullett
West
McAndrew
Scott
Renko
Wise
Ellis
Barr
Roberts
Minnesota
Texas
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Frank White
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Tenace
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Patek
Royals
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Bill Goglewski
Twins
Paul Kagen
Short
Lolich
Woodson
Broberg
Stone
Wright
Sears
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