Baseball standings and tonight’s games across leagues
Eastern Division leaders New York and Cleveland pull ahead as Boston and Detroit clash. West shows Kansas City and Oakland atop. Tonight’s slate includes Palmer at Cleveland and Tiant at Detroit with several late starts across the circuit.
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Reds Topple Dodgers as Patience Drives NL West Lead
Cincinnati beats Los Angeles 4-2 to cut the Dodgers' lead and move within four wins of clinching the NL West. Gullett allowed seven hits through five innings, then slammed the door, helping Pete Rose lift his season total to 199 with five hits. Cesar Geronimo drove in two to cap a third-inning rally.
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Cards Tourney Game Postponed to Today
In Allentown Pa heavy rains paused last night’s Raybestos Cardinals versus Lancaster game in the National USA Men’s Fast Pitch Tournament. The makeup is today at 1 pm with Salt Lake City v Aurora at 10 am and Reading v Detroit at 11:30 am.
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Braves Edge Astros Behind May Two-Run Eighth
Dave May sparked a four-run eighth inning with a two run triple to rally the Atlanta Braves past the Houston Astros 5-3. Wynn tied the game with a ninth inning homer but May's timely hit sealed the win.
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Central hosts Wilbur Cross in grid opener at Kennedy Stadium
The scholastic football season opens with Central versus Wilbur Cross at 3 p.m. today at Kennedy Stadium. Also on tap, Ridgefield vs Norwalk in Ridgefield, Foran hosting Notre Dame of West Haven at Quigley Stadium, and Bethel at New Milford in a WCC clash.
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Weekend gridiron opens with 17 games across several leagues
The schedule lists multiple Saturday high school football games at 1:30 p m or 1 p m including Wilbur Cross at Central Norwalk at Ridgefield Notre Dame at Foran Bethel at New Milford Notre Dame at St Joseph Bullard Haven at Fairfield Prep Bunnell at Stratford Hartford Public at Harding Warde at Danbury Darien at Greenwich Ludinewe at McMahon Stamford Catholic at New Canaan Rippowam at Staples Wilton at Stamford Westhill at Trumbull New Fairfield at Barlow Masuk at Brookfield Newtown at Central Catholic Weston at Immaculate Law at Milford Shelton at Seymour with notes on MBIAC FCIAC and WCC openers and veteran returnees for Central.
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Koosman Wins 20th as Mets Top Cardinals 4-1
Mets lefty Jerry Koosman earned his first 20-game season with a four-hit 13-strikeout effort, beating the St Louis Cardinals 4-1 to move to 20-8. Keith Hernandez hit his seventh homer for St Louis, and Bruce Boisclair contributed a pinch hit homer as New York scored unearned runs in the third and fifth. Koosman lowered his ERA to 2.76 and joined Randy Jones as NL 20-game winners.
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