Lolich Keeps Rolling Amid American League Pitching Surge
Detroit lefty Mickey Lolich fanned 226 in 270 innings with a 2.93 ERA and an 18-8 record, overcoming ninth inning losses as he beat Boston 8-2. Vida Blue dominates Chicago and Oakland while Baltimore slips, and Kansas City, Cleveland, Minnesota, and Chicago win in a busy AL slate.
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Mickey Lolich
Detroit
Boston Red Sox
Lolich
Oakland
Chicago White Sox
Boston
Red Sox
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Orioles
New York Yankees
Kansas City Royals
Milwaukee Brewers
Cleveland Indians
Washington Senators
Minnesota Twins
California Angels
Chicago
A's
Braves sweep TRF with 11 3 win and 14 3 victory
Bemidji Braves extend win streak to six with doubleheader sweep over Thief River Falls Brewers 11 2 and Twins 14 3. Johnson and Fearing lead on offense and mound as Braves push team batting above .300 with 77 hits in six games.
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Bemidji Braves
Thief River
Brewers
Twins
Braves
Jim Fearing
Jeff Langlie
Duane Dicken
Fearing
Bob Johnson
Jim Conway
Stan Drew
Dave Berg
Randy Beck
Langlie
Jim Elleson
Beck
Robin Weberg
Buckanaga
Conway
Drew
Johnson
Sabol
Dalmann
Bemidji
Backus
Solway
TRF Twins
Barnes
Shumway
Dallman
Melander
Maui
Hawley
Rothsay
Detroit Lakes Lakers
Crookston
Red Lake Falls
Bemidji Kaycees Pound Brainerd In Twin Bill Sweep
Bemidji Kaycees sweep Brainerd Yankees 19-2 and 21-0 in a Saturday doubleheader as Mike Schmitt and Lance Chambers spark a 12 hit attack in game one. Don Miller and Mike Sande combine on a no hitter in the nightcap as Bemidji runs to 25-2.
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Bemidji Kaycees
Redley
Brainerd
Yankees
Bronco
Harry Hunt
Gary Walker
Mike Schmitt
Bemidji
Mark Larson
Mark Manney
John Fairbanks
Schmitt
Rick Nelson
Lance Chambers
Chambers
Nelson
Dan Olson
Hunt
Nystrom
Cragan
Kaycees
Larson
Mike Manney
Tony Montebello
Don Miller
Mike Sande
Walker
Dodson Miller
Sande
Fairbanks
Thief River Falls
Area Forecast for the Pioneer region
Fair to partly cloudy through Tuesday with a chance of a thunderstorm this afternoon or evening. Highs 86 to 94 today, lows 54 to 62 tonight. Tuesday highs 76 to 85. August 9, 1971.
Canadians Dominate U S Women Swimmers At Pan Ams
Canadian teen Leslie Cliff led a sweep of women's events with three golds and a silver as the United States saw limited success in Cali. Deana Deardruff earned a second U S gold in 100-meter butterfly while Brazil upset the U S men in basketball and other Pan Am events kept the host nation trailing in the medal race.
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Jerry Liska
Associated Press
Cali
Colombia
United States
Uncle Sam
USA
Canada
Leslie Cliff
Vancouver
U.S
Winnipeg
Brazil
Miss Cliff
Nada
Deana Deardruff
Cincinnati
Sam
Ecuador
Jorge Delgado
Indiana
Baseball Scoreboard Highlights from National League and American League
Philadelphia and Pittsburgh split a doubleheader with late-inning drama and homers. Montanez hit his 24th for Philadelphia as Fryman earns win. Alley homers for Pittsburgh. San Francisco and Chicago split a long affair with Perry homer powering the 11th inning win. Montreal beat Cincinnati as Bateman and Hunt homered. In the American League Dunning and Blyleven shard wins for Cleveland and Minnesota respectively, while Oakland and Chicago also homer-heavy nights.
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Mets
Niekro
Tommie Agee
Duffy Dyer
Ken Boswell
Braves
Charlie Williams
Felix Millan
Ralph Garr
Millan
Hank Aaron
Aaron
Chicago
Billy Williams
Glenn Beckett
Cubs
Giants
Chris Speier
Gaylord Perry
Williams
Beckert
Milt Pappas
Pappas
St. Louis
Joe Torre
Torre
Los Angeles
Don Sutton
Jim Brewer
Dodgers
Jim Lefebvre
Jerry Reuss
Willie Montanez
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Woodie Fryman
Pirates
Joe Hoerner
Vic Cavaiillo
Bob Johnson
Gene Alley
Cincinnati
Lee May
Montreal
John Strohmayer
Pete Rose
Jimmy Stewart
May
Rose
John Bateman
Ron Hunt
Nate Colbert
San Diego
Bob Miller
Houston
Cesar Cedeno
Bucks sweep Thief River with last inning rally
Bemidji Bucks improve to 16-11 after an 8-1 win over Thief River Falls in the opener. They stay unbeaten in the nightcap by rallying for an 8-7 victory, with key hits from Beck Webb and Johnson as Bemidji builds a late lead before a dramatic seventh.
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Bucks
Thief River
Bemidji Bucks
Thief River Falls
Twins
Brewers
Bemidji
Rod Beck
Dave Nelson
Rex Johnson
Johnson
Ed Webb
Joe Weltzin
Perry Dreyer
Randy Dallman
Cliff Shumway
Shumway
Murray Melander
Melander
The
Beck
Weltzin
Webb
John Peterson
Scott Englestad
Dan Degerman
Tunberg
Kjell Melvie
Jim Elleson
Brad Nelson
Degerman
Billy Sande
Niekro Adds Goo Goo Pitch in 5-0 Braves Win
National League notes highlight Phil Niekro using his goo goo delivery alongside the knuckleball to blank the New York Mets 5-0. The piece recalls Cephus and Jolly Floater as earlier famous pitches and summarizes other NL results from the day.
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Bert Rosenthal
Associated Press
Rip Sewell
Pittsburgh Pirates
Steve Hamilton
San Francisco Giants
Phil Niekro
Atlanta Braves
Niekro
Braves
New York Mets
Atlanta
San Francisco
Chicago
Giants
Cubs
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Phils
Cincinnati
Montreal
Los Angeles
St. Louis
San Diego
Houston
Sewell
Pirates
Hamilton
New York Yankes
National League
Chub Feeney
North Star Softball Playoffs Hit Tonight
The North Star Softball League resumes with Solway Liquor vs Laporte at 7 p.m. in the losers bracket at the arena diamonds. The winner faces Highway Host tomorrow, with the loser out. If OK Tire wins Thursday, they claim the playoff title and a state bid.
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North Star
Solway Liquor
Laporte
Arena Diamonds
Highway Host
O.K. Tire
O.K
Sam Lyseng
Lee Patten
Patten
Lyseng
Mike Mohler
Steve Donahue
Jim Yost
John Bahr
Dwight Degerman
Donahue
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Phil Gagliano
Felipe Alou
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Ed Kirkpatrick
Royal
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Washington
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Cy Young
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Enstein
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TRF
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Casanova
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Slaton
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Morris
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Freehan
Tiant
Lee
Koonce
Brett
Lyle
Josephson
Horton
Minnesota
California
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Roof
Mitterwald
Murphy
Stephenson
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Kealey
Forster
Romo
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Dobson
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Tenace
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Segui
Locker
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Jim Lawrence
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