Weatherly Open sees Watson lead in brutal conditions
In a stormy U S Open round Watson carded 72 as Norman tied for second at 71 amid heavy winds. Nicklaus, Trevino and Langer struggled with 74s and 75s while Tway praised patience. Calcavecchia led the returning 18 with three over par with two holes left.
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Greg Norman
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Denis Watson
David Frost
Tommy Nakajima
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Rick Fehr
Kenny Knox
Florida
Gary Koch
Jodie Mudd
Lee Trevino
Tom Kite
Lanny Wadkins
Bernhard Langer
Hubert Green
Fuzzy Zoeller
Hal Sutton
Seve Ballesteros
Spain
Tway
Nicklaus
Berry
Augusta
Mark Calcavecchia
Brazil thumps Northern Ireland 3 0 in World Cup clash
Brazil broke through with a 3 0 win over Northern Ireland at the World Cup as Careca netted twice and Josimar added the third. The victory lifts Brazil to 2 0 1 in Group D and sets up a Round 2 meeting with Poland in Guadalajara. Spain also beat Algeria 3 0 to advance, Caldero scoring twice and Olaya adding a late goal as injuries hit Spain.
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Brazil
Careca
Josimar
Poland
Guadalajara
Spain
Algeria
Ramon Caldero
Eloy Olaya
Queretaro
Denmark
West Germany
Miguel Munoz
Julio Salinas
Miguel Gonzalez
Emilio Butragueno
Ireland
Alan McDonald
Glenwood One caps undefeated Mercer youth title win
Glenwood One beat Bluefield's Lightning 2 1 to capture the Mercer County Youth Soccer League 10 and under championship. Jason Belcher and Kevin Six scored for Glenwood, with defense lauded as the key to an 11 0 season.
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Mercer County
Bluefield
Lightning
Jason Belcher
Kevin Six
Mike Webster
Belcher
Six
Jeremy Thomas
Webster
Jerry Hall
Murril Hylton
Twins Keep Power Hiding Behind Pitching and Defense
Minnesota reaches 88 homers in 59 games but carries a 5.00 ERA the worst in the league. Ray Miller says emphasis remains on speed and defense while acknowledging pitching failures. The Twins sit six in AL West, 10 games behind Texas.
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Gruber's fog ball seals Jays win over Tigers 9-0
Toronto blanked Detroit 9-0 as Kelly Gruber hit a three run in the park homer lost in fog. Cliff Johnson and Jesse Barfield also went deep while Jimmy Key earned his second shutout of the season. The game ended in the seventh due to rain and fog.
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Kelly Gruber
Cliff Johnson
Jesse Barfield
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Gruber
Pat Sheridan
Kirk Gibson
Dave Phillips
Jimmy Key
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Tewksbury
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Moore
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Young
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Bmartnz
Sherida
Lorg
Garcia
Mulinks
Bmartinez
Brookens
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Baseball scores and MLB standings snapshot in midweek
Summary of Wednesday and Thursday National League games with multiple team matchups and key player stats. Includes scores from San Francisco at Atlanta, San Diego at Houston, New York at Philadelphia, Pittsburgh at New York, Montreal at St. Louis, Cincinnati at Atlanta, and Los Angeles at San Diego. National League batting, runs, RBIs, hits, doubles, triples, home runs, steals, pitching decisions, strikeouts and saves leaders listed with players such as Knight Gwynn Brooks Carter Raines and Gooden.
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Boston
Yount
Milwaukee
Puckett
Minnesota
Oglivie
Bell
Toronto
Renderson
New York
Phillips
Oakland
Barfield
McDowell
Texas
Rbi
Canseco
Mattingly
Joyner
California
Baylor
Kingman
Hnts—Puckett
Rice
White
Kansas City
DwEvans
Law
Render
Wiggins
Baltimore
Mosebey
Reynolds
Seattle
Wilson
Clemens
Boddicker
Williams
Haas
Hurst
Higuera
Rijo
Morris
Detroit
Aase
Righetti
Harris
Hernandez
Stanley
Atlanta
San Francisco
San Diego
Houston
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Montreal
St. Louis
Los Angeles
Cincinnati
Tudor
Mathews
Sutcliffe
Trout
Reuschel
Gooden
Youmans
Rawley
Denny
Mahler
LaCoss
Scott
Valenzuela
Choyt
Knight
Gwynn
Brooks
Ray
Sax
Carter
Raines
Marshall
Parker
Moreno
Milner
Dawson
Gravis
Garvey
Coleman
Duncan
Welch
Palmer
Z.smith
D.smith
Reardon
Orosco
Franco
Gossage
Worrell
Frey fired as Cubs manager. John Vuckovich to take over
Cubs announce Frey’s dismissal after a 23-33 season. John Vuckovich steps in as manager with Don Zimmer released. Frey had led Chicago to the 1984 NL East title and was 1984 AP Manager of the Year. Green cited team performance as the reason, noting Frey was unaware of the firing until summoned.
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Vukovich
Green
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Don Zimmer
Frey
Chicago
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