Springfield, Bennington tied in South playoff race
Springfield and Bennington split a doubleheader, forcing a playoff for second in the South division of the Legion league. Bennington won game one 6-1 as Dan Matulonis belted a grand slam later. Springfield pulled out game two 9-6 to set today’s 4:30 playoff at Stoke Field to determine who advances to the state tournament alongside Bennington.
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Springfield
Post
Bennington
Spinelli Field
Dan Matulonis
Saturday Post
Rutland
Brattleboro
Stoke Field
Walt Parmenter
Legion
Parmenter
Scott Buchanan
Dan McCoy
Bill DeForge
Bill Martin
Mike Maguire
Martin
Russ Pembroke
Buck
Lausville
Buchanan
Sausville
Matulonis
Whittenmore
Pembroke
Paul Cioffi
Hadley
Rushton
Cioffi
DeForge
Post 13
Gary Green
Bob Ryan
Ryan
Ternoon
Green
McCoy
Greg Birksy
Terry Williams
Newport
Joe Pattison
Kevin Ryan
Maguire
Tiant Tops Yanks For 17th Win In Sox 7 3 Victory
Luis Tiant improved to 17-7 with a 7-3 win over New York, boosting the Red Sox to a two game AL East lead. Petrocelli and Carbo drove in two apiece as Boston pulled ahead while other MLB results echoed in tight pennant race action.
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Yanks
Luis Tiant
Boston
Havana
Cuba
New York
Generals Split Weekend Doubleheader with Roma's Side
In Albany at Bleeker Stadium on Sunday afternoon the Generals lost 4-2 to Roma's in the first game, then won 7-2 behind Bucky Long in the second. Key plays featured Cece, Bartlett, Niles, Lannon, and strong pitching from Perry Spain and Mike Diodati. Roma's sits third in the Western Division with a 3-19 record. notable players include Jack Pulver who also plays for the Halfmoon Tigers.
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Generals
Roma
Bleeker Stadium
Roma’s
Halfmoon Tigers
Jack Pulver
Dave Hoyt
Mike Diodati
Perry Spain
Cece
Bill Bartlett
Gary Niles
Mike Lannon
Bennington
al Cece
Bartlett
Dodgers hold 64 game lead as Reds chase title
Dodgers look to extend their 64 game lead in a three game set with the Reds led by Don Gullett in Cincinnati. Dodgers won 2-1 over the Astros to stretch a seven game streak while the Reds lost 1-0 in 14 innings to San Diego. Dave Lopes stole four bases and Maury Wills era echoes in a tense pennant chase across the NL with Chicago Philadelphia Atlanta and others posting varied results.
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Chicago
St. Louis
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Atlanta
Los Angeles
Houston
Cincinnati
San Diego
Rico Petrocelli
Bernie Carbo
Red Sox
Doc Medich
Mel Stottlemyre
Yankees
Indians
Brewers
Dick Bosman
Tom Buskey
Luis Alvarado
Ken Berry
Don Money
Gaylord Perry
Los Angeles Dodgers
Dodgers
Reds
Don Gullett
Doug Ray
Houston Astros
Padres
Dave Lopes
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Lopes
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Wynn
Geoff Zahn
Mike Marshall
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Boston
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Andy Thornton
Bill Bonham
Bruce Kison
Ramon Hernandez
Phils
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Mike Schmidt
Lou Brock
Braves
Giants
Dusty Baker
Mike Caldwell
Elias Sosa
Caldwell
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Kevin Hadley
Keith Buck
Mike Rushton
Pete Sausville
Birksy
Williams
Greg Birsky
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ALL We Wie Rutland
Woodstock
Windsor
Fair Haven
Hartford
South Brattleboro
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Bellows Falls
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Burlington
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Chester
Essex
Mel Parnell
Royals
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Fran Healy
Steve Busby
al Fitzmorris
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Orta
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al Kaline
Joe Coleman
Brooks Robinson
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Jim Hunter
Bill Butler
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Adrs Clothes Shop
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Main Street
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