Orioles Rally Past Tigers Behind Williams Three-Run Shot
Orioles beat the Tigers 6-2 as Earl Williams hit a three-run homer in the sixth off Mickey Lolich. Rookie Jesse Jefferson went the distance on an eight-hit game, ending Baltimore's six-game skid against Detroit and tightening the margin for the AL East title. Williams 22nd homer followed a string of key hits, with Grich and Rettenmund contributing earlier and Stanley homering for Detroit later.
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Major League Standings and Evening Game Slate
A snapshot of current standings and tonight's schedule features St Louis at Philadelphia, Pittsburgh at Los Angeles, Cleveland at San Francisco, New York at Boston, Baltimore at Chicago, Kansas City at Oakland with listed pitchers and win totals for each matchup.
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Rally In Ninth Sends Mets To 6 5 Win Over Pirates
Mets rally for five in the ninth to beat Pittsburgh 6 5. Don Hahn’s bases loaded single capped the rally after pinch hitters Jim Beauchamp and Ron Hodges set up the scoring, while Wayne Garrett and Felix Millan contributed key hits. Pirates drop pace in NL East standings as Montreal and St Louis win elsewhere.
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Mets
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Wayne Garrett
Felix Millan
Rusty Staub
Ramon Hernandez
Dave Giusti
Ron Hodges
Cleon Jones
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Bill Lee Hurls Red Sox To 4-2 Win Over Yankees
In Boston the Red Sox defeated the Yankees 4-2 as Reggie Smith and Cecil Cooper hit homers while Bill Lee scattered seven hits over a solid pitching performance to snap the visitors’ win streak.
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Boston
Reggie Smith
Cecil Cooper
Royals Edge Twins 4 To 3 in tight Kansas City win
Kurt Baracqua drove in two runs and scored another as the Kansas City Royals beat the Minnesota Twins 4-3. Bevacqua drove in a run with a bases loaded sacrifice in the second inning, with KC taking the lead and holding on despite a late fight from Minnesota.
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Hunter Wins 20th Game At Oakland
Jim Hunter became a 20 game winner for the third straight year as the Oakland A's beat the California Angels 5 4. He moved to 20 4 with 16 wins in his last 17 decisions and was relieved in the eighth by Darold Knowles before Rollie Fingers closed out the ninth to help pull the A's closer to a third straight AL West title.
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Darold Knowles
Rollie Fingers
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Cubs Split Twin Bill With Phils
In Chicago, Bill Bonham allowed Philadelphia only three hits as the Cubs won 3-2 in the second game of a Tuesday doubleheader before 2,757 at Wrigley Field, the smallest crowd of the season. Greg Luzinski hit his 28th homer to spark a three-run eighth in the Phillies 5-2 opener. Bonham, 64, yielded two harmless singles until two out in the ninth, then walked Del Unser and watched Schmidt’s 17th homer soar into the left bleachers before Bonham retired Rogodzinski for the final out. The Cubs tallied their first run off Ken Brett on Carmen Fanzone’s single, an infield out, and Paul Popovich’s single.
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Mike Rogodzinski
Ken Brett
Carmen Fanzone
Paul Popovich
Rangers Beat White Sox 7-2 in Arlington
Jeff Burroughs doubled home a run in the first and slugged his 27th homer in the third as the Texas Rangers downed the Chicago White Sox 7-2 behind rookie Jim Bibby’s five-hit pitching. Burroughs drove in Toby Harrah with the first-inning double, Madlock followed with a double, and a misplay by Bill Sharp on Alex Johnson’s fly ball brought in Burroughs.
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Texas Rangers
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Bill Madlock
Bill Sharp
Alex Johnson
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Padres Top Braves Behind Arlin Five Hurling Hits
Steve Arlin allowed five hits to Atlanta as the Padres beat the Braves 9-4 in Atlanta. Derrel Thomas scored on Gene Locklear's sixth inning double, and Clarence Gaston, Fred Kendall, and Ivan Murrell contributed key hits. Hank Aaron had a lone single as Aaron stayed three shy of Babe Ruth's 714. Arlin struck out six and walked one.
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Hank Aaron
San Diego Padres
Braves
Gene Locklear
Derrel Thomas
Arlin
Roric Harrison
Padres
Clarence Gaston
Fred Kendall
Ivan Murrell
Pop Fly Single In Eighth Gives Reds 1-0 Decision
Reds win 1-0 as Andy Kosco hits a go ahead pop fly single in the eighth with two out driving in pinch runner Ken Griffin. Don Gullett pitches a four hitter for his ninth straight victory over the Astros Jerry Reuss loses a tight duel. Reuss allows five hits.
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Don Guietl
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Bowling Results From Riverside Meet Details Shaky
Readable items show team scores and player names such as McGuire, Parrish, Herndon, McDaniel and Meeks. Multiple clubs and individuals are listed with scores like 213 and 205, reflecting a local bowling meet with several teams and participants.
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Tb Parson
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GW Girl Cagers Open Season With Loss to Glass
The GWHS girls basketball team lost 49 to 35 at Lynchburg in their season opener against Glass. Andra DeShazer led GW as Glass held the lead most of the game, with GW narrowing the gap to eight in the third quarter before the final score. GW hosts Martinsville Thursday at 7 p.m.
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Lynchburg
Andra DeShazer
Martinsville
Smith Ashe And Rosewall Win Matches
Top seed Stan Smith opened defense of the Pacific Southwest Open with a 6-4 6-4 win over Mike Machette, a player he has helped develop. Arthur Ashe, seeded No 3, defeated Birger Andersson 6-1 6-2 in under 30 minutes in Los Angeles.
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Mike Machette
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Arthur Ashe
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Cardinals ground Expos on Melendez's three run homer
Luis Melendez drove in three with a third inning homer and doubled twice as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Montreal Expos 7 to 4. Melendez scored twice more as he contributed to a multi RBI night, lifting the Cardinals two games behind the first place Pirates in the NL East while dropping Montreal further behind. The Expos rallied with three in the third on singles by Singleton Jorgensen and Bailey to cut the lead briefly.
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Ted Sizemore
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Ellis lifts Indians with ninth inning homer to beat Brewers
Johnny Ellis delivered a pinch hit two run homer in the bottom of the ninth, rallying the Cleveland Indians to a 6 5 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers. Chris Chambliss homered in the ninth to cut the lead, then Ellis followed with a game winning shot off Chris Short as Milwaukee faltered in the final frame.
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Jim Colborn
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Charlie Spikes
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Weiskopf Set To Lead In Ryder Cup Showdown
Weiskopf, 30, headlines the American Ryder Cup team facing Britain at Muirfield. Burke picks the eight players for a six-match limit per man across foursomes, fourball, and singles in a competition US leads 15-3. Also on the roster are Nicklaus, Trevino, Palmer, Casper, Brewer, Snead, Aaron, and Hill.
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Lou Graham
Jack Nicklaus
Lee Trevino
Arnold Palmer
Billy Casper
Gay Brewer
J.C. Snead
Tommy Aaron
Dave Hill
Ryder Cup practice: Americans and Britons burn up course
American and British players showed sharp form in the first Ryder Cup practice at Muirfield near the Firth of Forth. Christy O Connors 61 led impressive scores. Nicklaus Palmer Trevino and Casper posted strong rounds as tension with Nicklaus over travel faded.
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Tony Jacklin
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