Pirates rally to sweep Cardinals in doubleheader comeback wins
The Pittsburgh Pirates pulled off two dramatic late rallies to defeat the St Louis Cardinals 4-3 and 5-3. Manny Sanguillen tied the opener with a sacrifice fly before Bob Robertson’s 10th inning homer gave the Pirates the win. In the nightcap Milt May and Gene Alley homered in the fifth to turn a 2-1 deficit into a 5-3 victory. Lou Brock praised the Pirates’ knack for clutch hitting.
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Bob Robertson
Pirates
Milt May
Gene Alley
Cardinals
Kansas City
Hal McRae
Lou Piniella
Amos Otis
Bruce Dal Canton
California
Cookie Rojas
Dal Canton
Bob Oliver
Pirates tumble as Cards and majors forge early week standings
In three NL games on opening weekend at Three Rivers Stadium a five-run eighth inning powered a 7-5 Pirates loss? Actually result shows Dodgers 4 Padres 0 Reds 3 Giants 1 Expos 5 Cubs 2 Astros 10 Braves 3 then 4-3 in 10. Manager Red Schoendienst commented Clemente’s absence remains mitigated by replacements. Stargell and Cedeno provided offense for Pirates bullpen held.
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Los Angeles Dodgers
San Diego Padres
Cincinnati Reds
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Montreal Expos
Chicago Cubs
Houston Astros
Atlanta Braves
Philadelphia
New York
St Louis
Red Schoendienst
Pittsburgh
Clemente
Pepe Mangual
Montreal
Chicago
Mangual
Cesar Cedeno
Houston
Astros
Mike Lum
Atlanta
Eddie Mathews
Oscar Brown
Lum
ITA Showmanship Sparks Mixed Reactions In Oklahoma City
In Oklahoma City 6655 fans watched the International Track Association meet featuring Kip Keino Jim Ryan and Bob Seagren. Ralph Tate of Oklahoma State University cautioned against excess showmanship while ITA officials lit a cautious future with plans for growth and a European tour.
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Kip Keino
Jim Ryan
Bob Seagram
Ralph Tate
Oklahoma State University
Tate
Oklahoma City
Jim Terrell
Kansas State
Jerome Howe
Keine
Leon Coleman
Nevill Tops Greene at Magnolia Classic Satellite
Dwight Nevil shot 66 at Hattiesburg Country Club to win the Magnolia Classic satellite event. Bert Greene finished runner up at 271 with a final round 69, while Tom Watson posted 273 for third as Nevil swept Mississippi satellite tournaments and earned 7000 dollars.
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Tom Watson
Baseball Standings Update in Major League East and West
Major League standings show New York and Pittsburgh leading the East and Houston and San Francisco atop the West with several teams close behind. A scattered schedule lists games across cities including Philadelphia Montreal Chicago Cincinnati and Los Angeles with results from Saturday Sunday and Monday notes.
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Evert Defeats Goolagong For Sarasota Open Title
Chris Evert controlled the final, beating Evonne Goolagong 6-3 6-2 to win the $5,000 purse at the First Federal Sarasota USLTA Open. Evert extended her tour earnings to $31,000 as she earned her fourth win on the United States Lawn Tennis Association circuit. Goolagong, the 1971 Wimbledon champion, took home $2,000. The doubles title went to Patti Hogan and Sharon Walsh who defeated Maria Neumannova and Martina Navratilova 7-6 5-4.
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Fla
Chris Evert
Evonne Goolagong
Fort Lauderdale
Miami
St. Petersburg
Court Wins Eighth Virginia Slims Title This Year
Margaret Court defeated Kerry Harris 6 1 6 0 in the Max Pax Coffee Tennis Classic final in Philadelphia. The Australian grabbed a 3 1 lead, then ran nine straight games to seal a 38 minute victory and $12 000 first prize, lifting 1973 earnings beyond $60 000.
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Margaret Court
Kerry Harris
Mrs Court
Stolle and Rosewall Will Meet in Final
Unseeded Fred Stolle, once a ball boy for Ken Rosewall, beat Tom Okker 6 4 6 1 to reach the River Oaks American General Termis tournament final. Defending champion Rosewall defeated Jan Kodes 6 2 6 2 to join him in the championship Monday.
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Fred Stolle
Ken Rosewall
Tom Okker
Rosewall
Jan Kodes
Oakland and New York Open 1973 Winless Start
The 1973 baseball season opened with the Oakland Athletics and New York Yankees both 0 3 after losses to Minnesota and Boston respectively. Detroit beat Cleveland 4 0 while Kansas City topped California 6 5 as rain halted Milwaukee Baltimore and Chicago Texas.
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Sanday
A’s
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New York Yankees
Orlando Cepeda
Boston
Sparky Lyle
Red Sox
Yanks
Detroit
Cleveland
Kansas City
California
Chicago
Smith Defeats Richey for Munich World Championship Title
Stan Smith of Pasadena California defeated Cliff Richey of San Angelo Texas 6 4 7 5 in the finals at the Olympic Hall in Munich to win the Munich Group A World Championship Tennis title. Smith earned 10000 dollars and moved ahead of Rod Laver in the WCT ratings as 5500 spectators watched the final.
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Stan Smith
Pasadena
Calif
Cliff Richey
San Angelo
Tex
Smith
Rod Laver
Australia
Richey
Olympic Basketball Hall
Unser and Johncock win Texas Twin 200s at Texas World Speedway
Al Unser of Albuquerque wins the Indy type car 200 and Gordon Johncock of Mount Pleasant takes the stock car 200 at College Station Texas. Johncock battles with A J Foyt until Foyt loses engine with 16 laps left. Roger McCluskey finishes second in stock 200 with McCluskey driving a Plymouth.
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al Unser
Gordon Johncock
Texas World Speedway
Unser
Albuquerque
N.M
Johncock
Mike Mosley
Gary Bettenhausen
Auto Club
Mount Pleasant
Mich
A. J. Foyt
Houston
Foyt
Roger McCluskey
Tucson
Ariz
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