New Sox Ride New Guys To Seven-Game AL East Lead
Denny Doyle, Fred Lynn, and Jim Rice spark a 6 2 Boston win over California. Lynn belts a 328 season clip with 20 homers as Rice adds a monster center drive. Doyle, the veteran infielder dubbed Muggsy, provides key defense and clutch hitting while Moret struggles but seals the victory. Boston preserves a seven-game lead as they head into a rare off day.
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Baseball Standings and Friday Schedule in Major Leagues
Standings show Baltimore 2 Chicago 2 New York 3 Oakland 2. Friday games list Chicago at Baltimore Kant 18-10 vs Grimsley 9-12 Oakland at Boston Bahnsen 9-11 vs Wise 16-8 Minnesota at Cleveland Hughes 12-11 vs Waits 3-0 California at Detroit Tanana 12-6 vs Lolich 11-14 Kansas City at New York Fitzmorris 13-10 vs May 11-10 Milwaukee at Texas Colborn 8-9 vs Horgan 8-7 Philadelphia 8 San Francisco Montreal 10 San Diego 8 Cincinnati 4 St Louis 0 New York 4 Los Angeles 1 Atlanta at Chicago Burris 10-10 Louis at Cincinnati McGlothen 13-9 Nolan 11-8 Houston at Pittsburgh Dierker 12-13 Reuss 14-9 Montreal at San Diego Carrithers 1-1 Mcintosh 8-12 New York at Los Angeles Matlack 15-8 Sutton 16-10
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Mustangs Open Grid Season At Home In Exhibition
Massabesh High School Mustangs host Mt Ararat of Topsham in the season opener at Waterhouse Field Biddeford. Coach Jackie Chenard?s squad, 7-2 last year, features nine seniors six lettermen departing and a multi offense with a 4-4 defense led by quarterbacks Dan Ghidoni and capable playmakers Dan Harrison Rene Thibeault and Gary Houston.
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Pistons swap Bing Porter for Porter with Bullets
Detroit trades veteran guard Dave Bing and their No 1 pick in the 1977 NBA draft to the Washington Bullets in exchange for guard Kevin Porter. Also notes Curtis Strange in US Amateur Golf, Lu Liang-Huan leads Hiroshima Open after first round, and a roundup of NFL exhibition games plus drag racing incidents in Indianapolis.
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Red Sox A's clash in playoff preview at Fenway
Boston hosts Oakland in a three game set as Darrell Johnson sticks with Rick Wise to chase his 17th win while Stan Bahnsen opposes Wise. The A's will be without Joe Rudi and Campy Campaneris, and Arlton Fisk may miss tonight or Saturday with a finger injury as Boston promotes Kreuger Barr and Merchant plus Hobson from farm clubs.
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Bonds and Holtzman duel ends in Yankees win 3-2
In a late night MLB recap the Yankees rally behind a Bonds homer off Ken Holtzman after a altercation with Orioles manager Al Dark. The 25th homer by Bonds, a two-run shot, powered New York past Oakland 3-2 while Baltimore edged Chicago 2-1. Reds blank St Louis 4-0 and Phillies top Giants 8-5.
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Pro Football Card: Interleague Matches Listed
Pro football listing shows Philadelphia at Southern California Charlotte at Jacksonville Shreveport at Birmingham Chicago at Memphis Portland at San Antonio, outlining a regional schedule with six paired games.
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Lions, Redskins clash as Ed Williams presses schedule change
In Las Vegas at RFK Stadium Detroit visits Washington amid talk of shortening the exhibition season and adding more counted games. Ed Bennett Williams campaigns for the change while Randy Johnson and Billy Kilmer share QB duties for the Redskins as Detroit faces morale and line gaps.
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