Grand Slam Powers Bees Past Giants in 9-7 win
Burlington Bees beat the Cedar Rapids Giants 9-7 as Steve Splitt hit a grand slam in the third and added a two run single in the seventh. Rich Murray collected three hits for C R and drove in two runs. The Giants outhit the Bees 14-12 but trailed after the third. Next games include Saturday at home, and a playoff rematch next Friday at Memorial Stadium.
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Burlington
Steve Splitt
Bees
Cedar Rapids Giants
Giants
Bob Brenly
Ken Barton
Jeff Shourds
C.R
Rich Murray
Barton
Jim Pryor
Mark Kuecker
Murray
Brenly
Shourds
Joe Ward
The
Quad Cities
Angels
Waterloo
Memorial Stadium
Seaver Wins Seventh Straight as Reds Top Phillies
Tom Seaver fired a five hitter for his seventh consecutive victory, stopping Steve Carlton at 18 or 19 wins for the season. Cincinnati built a 4-2 lead with Dave Concepcion delivering a go ahead seventh inning single and Johnny Bench scoring on an error. Seaver improved to 15-5 with seven strikeouts and seven walks, remaining hot since a June 15 trade from the Mets.
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Cincinnati
Tom Seaver
Steve Carlton
Cincinnati Reds
Philadelphia Phillies
Dave Concepcion
Reds
George Foster
Johnny Bench
Mike Schmidt
Concepcion
Foster
Dan Driessen
Bench
Seaver
Philadelphia
New York Mets
Greg Luzinski
Navratilova Tops Austin in Charlotte Tennis Duel
Martina Navratilova defeated 14 year old Tracy Austin 6 1 6 2 in 55 minutes to reach the Women's Tennis Classic semifinals. Navratilova will face JoAnne Russell after Russell beat Bridgitte Cuypers 6 0 6 1. Jansovec beat Ebbinghaus 6 1 6 0 and Marsikova edged Latham 4 6 6 1 6 3 in other quarterfinals.
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Charlotte
N.C
Martina Navratilova
Tracy Austin
Miss Navratilova
Miss Austin
JoAnne Russell
Bridgitte Cuypers
Mima Jansovec
Katja Ebbinghaus
Regina Marsikova
Kate Latham
White Sox Edge Brewers 4-2 Behind Gamble Three-Run Shot
Oscar Gamble hit a three-run homer in the first and the Chicago White Sox held on for a 4-2 win over the Milwaukee Brewers. Steve Renko earned his second Sox victory since being acquired from the Cubs as Gamble added a double and a single.
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Chicago
Oscar Gamble
Chicago White Sox
Milwaukee Brewers
Steve Renko
Chicago Cubs
Sox
Brewers
Gamble
Ralph Garr
Richie Zisk
Moose Haas
White Sox
Renko
Jim Wohlford
Cecil Cooper
Charlie Moore
Jaime Quirk
Dave Hamilton
Silvio Martinez
Don Money
Ed Kirkpatrick
Robin Yount
Zisk
Money
Kirkpatrick
Sal Bando
16th Homer For Parker Pushes Pirates Past Padres
Bruce Kison and Rich Gossage combined for a six hitter as Dave Parker delivered his 18th homer of the season to power the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 3 1 victory over the San Diego Padres. Parker and Kison each had three hits with an RBI, Frank Taveras added four hits, while Bob Owchinko took the loss for San Diego. Kingman hit his 20th homer for the Padres in the seventh.
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SAN Diego
Bruce Kison
Rich Gossage
Dave Parker
Pittsburgh Pirates
San Diego Padres
Kison
Gossage
Bob Owchinko
Frank Taveras
Pittsburgh
Parker
Padres
Pirates
Dave Kingman
18th Victory By Reuschel Closes Giants Series
Rick Reuschel earned his 18th win to share the major league lead with Steve Carlton as the Cubs beat the San Francisco Giants 5-2. Reuschel allowed seven hits in seven innings and drove in the Cubs first two runs with a clubbing single after Bobby Murcer led off the second with a double. Willie Hernandez and Bruce Sutter finished, Sutter notching his 25th save.
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SAN Francisco
Rick Reuschel
Philadelphia
Steve Carlton
Chicago
Cubs
San Francisco Giants
Reuschel
Willie Hernandez
Bruce Sutter
Bobby Murcer
Jim Barr
Murcer
Manny Trillo
Steve Swisher
Irwin Fires 62 to Lead Hall of Fame Golf Classic
Hale Irwin shot a nine under par 62 at Pinehurst No. 2 to surge to a two round 127, near the all time 36 hole record, with Len Hinkle second at 132 as Irwin chases a must win to reach the World Series of Golf.
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Hale Irwin
Pinehurst
N.C
N. C
Irwin
Johnny Palmer
Pinehurst Country Club
Carolina Sandhill
America
Gibby Gilbert
Len Hinkle
Leonard Thompson
Gustafson Named SID at West Texas State
Des Moines report states James M. Gustafson, Drake University assistant sports information director for 15 months, has been appointed sports information director at West Texas State.
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DES Moines
UPI
James M. Gustafson
Drake University
West Texas State
Vikings Dominate Dolphins In 33 7 Preseason Win
Rookie Tommy Kramer threw his first pro quarterback TD as Duck White and Sammy White scored for Minnesota. The Vikings’ defense intercepted four passes and held Miami scoreless after the opening 14 points, snapping Miami’s 11 straight preseason wins.
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Bloomington
Dolphins
Duck White
Vikings
Sammy White
Hansen Wins Point Title At Hawkeye Downs
Curt Hansen of Dike clinched the Late Model point title at Hawkeye Downs with a 25-lap victory and held off Ken Walton in a tight finish. Steve Becker of Atkins won the Sportsman season title and prize money, while Hansen earned $500 for the win as crowds of about 2,000 watched the rough track race amid heavy rains.
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Curt Hansen
Hawkeye Downs
Hansen
Ken Walton
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Oskaloosa
Waterloo
Tunis
Walton
the Downs
Steve Becker
Atkins
Becker
Kenny
al Miller
Cedar Rapids Red Legion Rained Out in Regional Tournament
Jamestown North Carolina Cedar Rapids American Legion Red was rained out of its regional baseball game against Omaha Friday afternoon. All games were postponed and rescheduled for today with C R meeting Omaha Roberts at 5 30 p m.
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Jamestown
N.C
Cedar Rapids American Legion
Omaha
C.R
Omaha Roberts
Burlington nurse to swim English Channel for charity
Ann Cowles of Burlington and five English nursing students will swim the English Channel on September 7 to raise money for the Mentally Handicapped Children's Toy Library in England. They will seek sponsors on both sides of the Atlantic for the 38 mile, 13 hour swim with all funds going to the hospital.
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Burlington, Iowa
Ann Cowles
Burlington
England
Miss Cowles
Atlantic
Yankees Rally Past Rangers 6-5 on Rivers' Late Run
Mickey Rivers tied the game with a two out eighth inning single and scored the eventual winner on Graig Nettles' triple as the New York Yankees erased a deficit to beat the Texas Rangers 6-5. Toby Harrah drove in four runs with a homer and a triple, and Mike Hargrove hit another homer.
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Boston
Rod Carew
Lyman Bostock
Minnesota Twins
Boston Red Sox
Carew
New York
Rich Chiles
Minnesota
Mickey Rivers
Graig Nettles
New York Yankees
Texas Rangers
Toby Harrah
Mike Hargrove
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