Open extends into gusty wind as Watson parries 72 lead
Notorious weather risk at the U S Open keeps leaders tight as Payne Watson shoots 72 amid gusty conditions. Norman sits second at 71 while a large pack trails, including Trevino Kite Wadkins and Langer. Tway pats himself with patient play and several clutch saves as Nicklaus posts 74 and eyes three solid rounds. Calcavecchia leads a fading group at three over with two holes left in the first round.
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David Frost
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Florida
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Lee Trevino
Tom Kite
Lanny Wadkins
Bernhard Langer
Hubert Green
Fuzzy Zoeller
Hal Sutton
Seve Ballesteros
Spain
Tway
Nicklaus
Augusta
Mark Calcavecchia
Brazil defeats Ireland 3 0 at World Cup to boost hopes
Brazil, once under fire for listless play, routs Northern Ireland 3-0 in Guadalajara as Careca nets twice and Josimar adds a third. Ireland's Pat Jennings bids farewell on his 41st birthday. Spain also wins 3-0 over Algeria with Calderon scoring twice.
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Northern Ireland
Brazil
Careca
Josimar
Poland
Guadalajara
Santana
Billy Bingham
Pat Jennings
Jennings
Spain
Algeria
Ramon Caldero
Eloy Olaya
Queretaro
Denmark
West Germany
Miguel Munoz
Julio Salinas
Miguel Gonzalez
Emilio Butragueno
Ireland
Alan McDonald
Glenwood One clinches unbeaten Mercer youths title
Glenwood One defeated Bluefield's Lightning 2-1 to win the Mercer County Youth Soccer League 10-and-under championship. Goals by Jason Belcher and Kevin Six gave Glenwood the lead after a scoreless first period, with defense grounding the comeback. Assistant coach Mike Webster credited defense for the 11-0 season and noted most players have played together since kindergarten.
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Mercer County
Bluefield
Lightning
Jason Belcher
Kevin Six
Mike Webster
Belcher
Six
Jeremy Thomas
Webster
Jerry Hall
Murril Hylton
Murrill
Tom Pochick
Pochick
South Charleston
Twins rely on home runs despite manager's shift to defense
AP report on the Minnesota Twins under Ray Miller shows the team still relies on power hitting with 88 homers in 59 games, while pitching suffers with a 5.00 ERA the worst in baseball. Defensive play is solid but overall record lags in the AL West, as Miller notes many expected contributors have underperformed.
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Ray Miller
Minnesota Twins
Twins
Minnesota
New York Yankees
Mickey Mantle
Roger Maris
Harmon Killebrew & Co
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Texas Rangers
Toronto Blue Jays Blanks Tigers Behind Fog Lifter Gruber
Toronto defeats Detroit 9 0 as Kelly Gruber hits a three run inside the park homer lost in fog. Cliff Johnson and Jesse Barfield also homer as game ends in seventh due to rain. Jimmy Key earns win and Gruber snaps 0 for 26 slump.
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Kelly Gruber
Cliff Johnson
Jesse Barfield
Toronto Blue Jays
Detroit Tigers
Blue Jays
Gruber
Pat Sheridan
Kirk Gibson
Dave Phillips
Jimmy Key
Detroit
Key
Rain Halts Tigers at Blue Jays in Bottom of Seventh
Detroit and Toronto battled under threatening skies with play halted after two outs in the seventh inning. Barfield earned the game winning RBI, Gruber scored, and Barfield, Johnson, and Gruber homered while several league leaders and stats are listed for batting, runs, RBIs, and pitching leaders.
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Dave LaPoint
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Buck Martinez
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California
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Chicago
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Seattle
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Haas
Sare
Hurst
Higuera
Rijo
Morris
Rase
Righetti
Harris
Hernandez
Stanley
West Division games and NL leaders from Wednesday to Thursday
West Division results included Atlanta 2 San Francisco 1 in ten innings and San Diego 11 Houston 7. Thursday’s schedule with multiple doubleheaders and night games. NL batting leaders include Knight New York .339 Gwynn San Diego .335 and Brooks Montreal .333. key runs and RBI tallies highlighted. Pitching and saves leaders list with Gooden Darling and Knepper among top win totals and Orosco Gossage among saves.
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San Francisco
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Houston
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Tudor
Mathews
Sutcliffe
Trout
Reuschel
Gooden
Youmans
Rawley
Denny
Mahler
LaCoss
Scott
Valenzuela
Hoyt
Knight
Gwynn
Brooks
Ray
Sax
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Raines
Reynolds
RBI
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Parker
Moreno
Milner
Dawson
Gravis
Garvey
Coleman
Duncan
Welch
Palmer
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Reardon
Orosco
Franco
Gossage
Worrell
Frey replaced by Vuckovich as Cubs interim manager
Cubs name John Vuckovich to replace fired manager Lee Frey. Frey said he learned of termination in Green office, praised for 1984 NL East pennant. Don Zimmer released as third base coach. Green calls Frey a key figure in Chicago history.
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