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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1987
Page
16
Linn-Mar and Jefferson meet at Prairie High School in a 7:30 p.m. Metro final for the inaugural George M. Thomson Trophy. Linn-Mar leads the MVC at 11-2 with a 17-5 record while Jefferson stands 16-10 overall and 9-4 in the league.
Cedar Rapids Legion Red rolled to 16-6 over Rock Island with a nine run seventh and 18-9 over Iowa City with a 12 run first. Denny Schrecken gast went 4-for-9 with a three run homer and a two run shot. Chad Van Scoyoc drove in three in Iowa City win while Aaron Schrecken gast and Mike Mims had four hits each against Rock Island. Jay Melichar and Doug Stulken earned the respective mound wins.
Bruce Crampton captured the Greenbrier Seniors title by six strokes over Orville Moody finishing at 200 and 16 under par. Bernhard Langer dominated the Irish Open with a 68 final round for a 10-stroke win. Jane Geddes won the Jamie Farr Toledo Classic at 280, with Nancy Taylor and Jill Briles two strokes back. Emerson Fittipaldi won the Cleveland Grand Prix with a race record time, ahead of Bobby Rahal. Nigel Mansell triumphed in the French Grand Prix as Alain Prost faltered.
Eastern Iowa Jym Bag lost 78-75 to Kansas in Clovis New Mexico in the National AAU girls under 19 tournament hurt by injuries illness and 34 fouls. Brenda Frese sidelined by ankle injury for remainder of tourney. Kristi Kincaid led Iowa with 19 points.
Beloit's Tim Barker went 3 for 4 with two RBIs including a solo homer in the eighth as the Reds loaded the bullpen for a late run. Cal Cain made a key sliding catch to deny extra bases in the second inning. Scott Scudder will start tonight as County Little League Night hosts the Brewers at 7.
Oakland fell in with Mark McGwire after he hit his 30th homer as beanballs hit him twice. McGwire stayed calm, received free bases, and backed by teammates, while Red Sox pitchers were blamed by manager John McNamara for inside pitches. Canseco added back to back homers in the fourth.
In a late night intra division deal the Giants send Chris Brown Mark Davis Keith Comstock and Mark Grant to San Diego in exchange for Dave Dravecky Craig Lefferts and Kevin Mitchell. Giants praise the haul while Padres GM Larry Bowa says Dravecky was the key target despite his 3 7 ERA this season.
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