Sam McDowell Dazzles White Sox To Lift Indians Over .500
Cleveland lefty Sam McDowell struck out 11 in a 5-3 win over Chicago, raising his record to 6-5 as he credited teammate Gomer Hodge for pregame meals that apparently fueled his performance. Roy Foster hit a three run homer for the Indians, who capitalized on two costly Sox errors and a strong start by Culp.
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Mike Epstein
Dave Duncan
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Bert Blyleven
Mark Belanger
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Pat Dobson
Mickey Stanley
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Dalton Jones
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Ron Theobald
Tom McCraw
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League Leaders From The Associated Press
American League batting leader Oliva of Minnesota tops the list at .384 with 100 at bats. Murcer of New York has .063, and Killbrew of Minnesota leads RBIs with 48. Oliva also leads with 71 hits and 12 home runs, while Burlingame and Conigliaro shine in doubles and triples.
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Batting Leaders and Pitching Ranks From the Season
Statistics show Garr and Brock tied for 83 hits each with stellar .360 and .358 averages. Stargell leads with 19 home runs and 52 RBIs, Bonds 47 runs, Aaron 18 homers, and Brock 20 stolen bases. Dierker tops wins at 10-1 with a 1.80 ERA. Carlton records 102,833 innings pitched and a 2.79 ERA. Stoneman leads strikeouts with 104.
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Cubs blank Pirates as Holtzman fans 12 in 12 shutout innings
Ken Holtzman of the Cubs pitched 12 shutout innings allowing nine hits while striking out 12 as Chicago defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 10 in a standout pitching performance.
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Danny Cater Helps Yankees Shutout Angels 3-0
Danny Cater paced the Yankees with two singles a double and a home run as New York defeated the California Angels 3-0. Cater powered the offense while the pitching held Angels hitters to none.
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Reds Draft Pickup: Ogle Chosen 29th by Cincinnati
Cincinnati Reds selected Robert Ogle grandson of Dodgers manager Walter Alston with the 29th pick in a 31 player draft. Ogle is a 6-foot right handed first baseman from Tala Wanda High School in Oxford Ohio. Alston resides in Carrtown south of Oxford.
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Ganger Named Referee for Wightman Cup Matches in Cleveland
Monte Ganger of Cleveland was named referee for the Wightman Cup matches between England and the United States, set for August 21 to 23 at the Harold T. Clark courts in Cleveland. The event will feature the top women golfers from both nations.
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Rookie Williams Triggers Braves Rally in 8-7 Win
Atlanta pitcher Earl Williams, booed after a throwing error that sparked St Louis three-run swing, started the Braves’ 10th inning rally with a double. Darrell Evans delivered a pinch sac fly for the decisive run as Atlanta beat the Cardinals 8-7. Williams later homered and Hank Aaron joined the home-run parade with his 18th of the season.
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Red Wings and Canucks complete two for two trade
Detroit and Vancouver completed a two for two NHL trade Tuesday night. Detroit sent forwards John Cunniff and Gary Bredin to Vancouver in exchange for Irv Spencer and Bob Dellabough.
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NHL Draft reshuffles players as Fleming trips through rounds
Montreal AP report notes 23 players changing hands in the NHL draft. Tim Horton moves to Pittsburgh, Wayne Carleton to California, and Al Smith to Detroit. The Rangers lose Larry Brown, while Buffalo's Sabres shuffle seven more selections including veteran Reggie Fleming. The total cost reaches 920000 dollars for 23 picks. Fleming remains with Buffalo after multiple protections and trades.
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Toronto
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Rocket Lanes Summer Scratch League Sets New Highs
Twin Cities Rocket Lanes reports Ted DeLan cey Steve Scammahorn and Al Randall anchored a 692 game and 1788 series to reclaim first in the team standings. Other top scores include Tom Hay 222 598 Howard Dimond 22 560 Al Hunsberger 203 553 Bruno Wolfe 553 and Bob Houck 214 552.
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al Randall
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Howard Dimond
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Shirley Wohlstadter
Dolly St. Clair
Caroline Gardner
Roberta Erickson
Wanda Hunsberger
Irene Wolfe
Altice Heinze
Sally Meisel
Lana Olsen
Lorraine Olsen
Jana Hart
Donna Harrison
Lorrie Leppard
Baseball Scores and Night Schedule for NL East Tuesday
National League results include Chicago 1 Pittsburgh 0 in 12 innings and Los Angeles 4 Philadelphia 2. Houston 2 Cincinnati 0 with other late games San Francisco 10 Montreal 3 and New York 6 San Diego 4. Night matchups feature Pittsburgh at Chicago, Los Angeles at Philadelphia, San Francisco at Montreal, San Diego at New York, St Louis at Atlanta, Cincinnati at Houston, plus Pittsburgh at St Louis and other night contests.
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Baseball Standings and Schedule From Tuesday and Wednesday Results
The standings show Baltimore 32 19 .627 in the East with Boston 22 BS 1% and Detroit 29 2 .537. West leads Oakland 37 19 .661 with Kansas City 27 23 407 and Minnesota 27 28 .491. Tuesday results include Cleveland 5 Chicago 3 and Baltimore 8 Minnesota 2. Wednesday games list Chicago at Cleveland and Minnesota at Baltimore among others with several night matchups.
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Merritt Stops McMillian In Miami Beach Heavyweight Bout
Jeff Can dy Slim Merritt of Miami defeats Willie McMillian of Toledo by stoppage in a heavyweight fight in Miami Beach.
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Funny cars return to Cordova Dragway Saturday night
The Cordova track hosts a three match series featuring Memphis drivers Larry Coleman's 1971 Ford Mustang and Larry Reyes' Super-Cuda Plymouth. Claireanders will drive the Coleman Mustang, an earlier Winternationals champion. Reyes is a Cordova favorite, a former World Series of Drag Racing champion in the mid-1960s Super Stock era.
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Spectacular Drag Night With Two Supercharged Racers
Reyes, the 1970 Winternationals champion, and another driver headline a Saturday drag event. Both cars hit the quarter in the 6.9s at over 200 mph and will stage a first match race at 8:30 p.m. Time trials start 3:30 p.m., eliminations at 8 p.m., plus NADS street eliminator rounds paying 1740 dollars through five rounds. Previous street eliminator winners include Merrill Frost and Dan Norton. The program covers all car classes with money stock, unit stock, and motorcycle eliminations.
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Palmer Tops Kemper Open Field After Long Layoff
Arnold Palmer, back from a three week absence, leads a 147 player field for the Kemper Open in Charlotte. He has won $106,000 this season and aims for the $30,000 first prize, with Gary Player and Lee Trevino as his main challengers. Trevino and Player each have two wins this year and recent near-misses keep them hot contenders.
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U S Open Field Set After Tuesday Golf Qualifying
The 150 man field for the U S Open is nearly complete after Tuesdays second round. Den ny Lyons and Jim Masserio lead in Pittsburgh while Pete Davidson and Mike Felker post 141s at different venues. One spot remains to be decided in a Wednesday playoff at Pinehurst after darkness halted play.
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