Royals clinch at least a tie behind Gura’s four hitter
Kansas City Royals pitcher Larry Gura delivered a four hit shutout to beat the Oakland A's 4-0, lifting KC into at least a tie for the AL West lead. Cookie Rojas, Amos Otis, and George Brett supplied the decisive run support as Otis homered for the 18th time. The Royals need one more win in three home games vs Minnesota to clinch their first title since 1969.
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Sal Bando
Cookie Rojas
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George Brett
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San Diego
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Houston
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Red Sox
Graig Nettles
Luis Tiant
Nettles
Jim
Catfish” Hunter
Montefusco No-Hits Braves In 90 Pitch Win
San Francisco pitcher John Montefusco no-hit the Atlanta Braves in a 1 0 game, facing 28 batters with only one baserunner. The win marked the fourth no-hitter of the season and included strong support from Johnny LeMaster who drove in three on a double, a triple and a sac fly.
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Atlanta
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John Montefusco
San Francisco Giants
Atlanta Braves
Montefusco
Cubs and Dodgers Win Low-Scoring Showdowns
Cubs beat Pirates 1-0 as Rick Monday hits his 31st homer and Steve Renko allows five hits to improve to 8-12 while Larry Demery falls to 7-10. Dodgers edge Astros 1-0 with Steve Garvey driving in the lone run and Stan Wall earning the win as Joe Sambito takes the loss. Tom LaSorda led the Dodgers with Walt Alston retired in the stands.
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Pirates
Rick Monday
Steve Renko
Larry Demery
Dodgers
Astros
Steve Garvey
Stan Wall
Joe Sambito
Tom LaSorda
Walt Alston
The Running Doctor Delano Meriwether
Washington health official and top sprinter Dr. W Delano Meriwether combines a Hematology career with national swine flu immunization duties. He trains at night, competes against Olympic sprinters, and rides a bicycle 14 miles to work while balancing a busy White House fellowship and cancer research roles. The indoor season opens as vaccination coverage increases.
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Capitol Hill
White House
Delano Meriwether
U.S
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Harvey Glance
Donald Quarrie
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Washington Mall
Silver Spring
Myrtle
Mitzi
Margo
China
Baltimore Cancer Research Hospital
Harvard Medical Unit
Boston City Hospital
Theodore Cooper
Manchester Country Club Winners in Pickerel Pond Event
The seventh annual Pickerel Pond member member guest tournament was won by Andy Fedor and Jim McNaughton with 124. Ed Schmaler and Marty Cummings tied for second at 125, followed by three teams tied at 128 for third and several others in the final tallies. First round leaders were Waters, Waters with 61 and several pairs posting 62 to 65.
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Pickerel Pond
Leo A. Reynolds Jr
Andy Fedor
Jim McNaughton
Ed Schmaler
Marty Cummings
David Blake
Gordon McClure
Harold Waters Sr
Harold Waters Jr
John Esterbrook
Fred Kullman
Peter Albertsson
Stewart M. Ledbetter Jr
Waters
Kent
Landman
Ward
Guenther
Fedor
McNaughton
Esterbrook
Kullman
Rogers
Baccigaluppi
Blake
National League and American League Batting and RBI Leaders
The data lists top National League hitters Carty Ci and Staub Det with prèsed lines, then Phil Schmidt 38 and Kingman 37 leading NL runs. In the American League Nettles 32 and Bando 27 lead in runs with several others close. RBI leaders show Foster 121 and L May 109 leading AL with Munson 105 and Yastrzemski 99 near the top.
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Holl
Luzinski
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Yastrzemski
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Mayberry
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American League
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McRae
Brett
Carew
Min
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LeFlore
Lynn
Rivers
Berkshire tops Mt Anthony JV in 3-2 thriller
Berkshire Boys School junior varsity edged Mt Anthony freshman 3-2 in Lebanon New York. Berkshire opened with a kickoff goal, Waldrop tied it at 1-1, Berkshire led 2-1 at half then added a third. Waldrop's late goal with Pinnsoneault and Harrington cited for MAU.
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N.Y
Mt. Anthony
Berkshire
Jeff Waldrop
Waldrop
John Pinnsoneault
Pinsoneault
Mike Harrington
MAU
Rick Berger
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