Baseball results and notable obliques from August era
Major League results show Texas 8 Toronto 4 and Seattle 10 New York 2 among AL games, NL results Milwaukee 6 Cincinnati 4 and Houston 12 Pittsburgh 2, plus scattered All-Star era notes. The clip includes historical dates, a Native driver Sterling Marlin quote, and prep for Pocahontas Virginia basketball classic with four area teams.
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Chicago Cubs
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San Francisco
Mariners sweep Yanks as Cameron drives 10-2 rout
Mike Cameron homered twice and drove in eight as Seattle pounded New York 10-2 to complete a two game swing in which the Mariners routed the Yankees after an earlier shutout. Cameron added a grand slam in the seventh, going 4-for-4 to tie the season RBI high. Bret Boone and Jamie Moyer contributed in a victory aimed at carrying momentum into October.
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NEW York
Mike Cameron
Seattle
Mariners
New York Yankees
Cameron
Andy Pettitte
Bret Boone
RBI
Jamie Moyer
Bluefield Orioles Rally Past Danville Braves 9 7 in AP League
Mike Russell delivered a three run homer in the eighth as Bluefield rallied to beat Danville 9 7 at Bowen Field. Ryan Keefer earned his league leading 14th save while Woody Cliffords added a homer and three RBIs. Danville drops to 26 33 while Bluefield improves to 28 27 with 11th come from behind win.
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Luefield
Mike Russell
Bluefield Orioles
Danville Braves
Bowen Field
Ryan Keefer
Woody Cliffords
Orioles
Danville
Bluefield
Tripper Johnson
Ruben Francisco
Earl Guilliams
Bryan Digby
Nathan Copeland
Omar Rogers
Felipe Perez
Brayan Pena
Jose Castellanos
Braves
Copeland
Pulaski Rangers Rout Rays In Eight-Run Baseball Win
Pulaski outscored Princeton 18-8 as the Rangers built a big lead with two in the first and four in the third. Brad Stockton belted a three run homer and Luis Made added two runs in the fifth to stretch the cushion while Pierre Blount hit his eighth homer of the season.
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Jeff Conine
David Segui
Chris Richard
Cal Ripken
Tony Batista
Orioles
John Wasdin
Hipolito Pichardo
Hideo Nomo
Astros
Pirates
Houston
Jeff Bagwell
Richard Hidalgo
Bagwell
Roy Oswalt
Todd Ritchie
Pittsburgh
Princeton
Tigers
Cougars
Princeton Devil Rays
Pulaski Rangers
Rangers
Pulaski
Juan Sanchez
Pierre Blount
Pedro Victorino
Brad Stockton
Luis
Rays
Randy Truselo
Jeremy Maddox
John-Paul Davis
Dave Dorner
Mike Krga
Toms wins 83rd PGA with record 265 total
David Toms clinched the PGA Championship in Duluth by a one stroke over Phil Mickelson. He played conservatively on the final hole, laying up to the water and saving par after Mickelson missed a 30 foot birdie. Toms had led with a hole-in-one on Saturday and set a 72 hole major record with 265.
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Duluth
David Toms
Phil Mickelson
Toms
Mickelson
Royal St. George
Greg Norman
Louisiana
Pinehurst
Payne Stewart
Stewart
Winston Cup Wet Marlin Bags First Dodge Victory of 01
Sterling Marlin led Dodge to its first Winston Cup win in 24 years at Michigan International Speedway as rain halted the Pepsi 400 after 156 laps. Ricky Craven finished second, Bill Elliott third, with Kenseth and Benson in the top five. The event ended under a excessive rain delay and caution, marking Dodge’s return to Winston Cup racing after a 16-year absence.
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Brooklyn
Mich
Sterling Marlin
Dodge
Bill Elliott
Michigan International Speedway
Marlin
Daytona
Neil Bennett
Ontario
Calif
Ricky Craven
Nascar
Craven
Elliott
Matt Kenseth
Johnny Benson
Ricky
Marlin clinches seventh career win in Ganassi sweep
NASCAR star Mark Martin gains in a rain shortened race as Chip Ganassi's team sweeps with Marlin securing his seventh career victory. Bruno Junqueira wins the CART race in Elkhart Lake Wisconsin earlier, while Ricky Rudd suffers engine trouble triggering a late caution that reshapes the field.
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Ting Slick
Marlin
Chip Ganassi
Ganassi
Bruno Junqueira
Elkhart Lake
Wis
Ricky Rudd
Jeremy Mayfield
Elliott
Mayfield
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