Indians Trio Dominates AL Piching. Rally Cuts Lead
Sammy McDowell Sonny Siebert and Luis Tiant form a hot pitching trio for Cleveland as they win five straight, racing from seventh to fourth. Siebert blanks Washington 5 0 on three hitters, 11 strikeouts. Tiant and McDowell also strong. Orioles beat Yankees in 16 innings. Dodgers blank Giants. other AL NL results noted.
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Standings and Schedule Highlights From Today's Baseball Card
The standings show Chicago 6, Houston 5 in 11 innings, and Los Angeles 3, San Francisco 0. Tonight Philadelphia’s Herbert 3 3 meets Los Angeles Padres 3 2, New York Cisco 1 3 at San Francisco Sanford 3 1, Chicago Koonce 5 4 at Cincinnati Jay 5 2, St Louis Simmons 4 6 at Milwaukee Blasingame 7 5, Pittsburgh Veale 7 3 or Cardwell 4 2 at Houston Bruce 4 8.
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Columbus Keeps Dominant Lead In Southern League Standings
The Columbus Yankees stretched their lead to 34 games atop the Southern League after a 5-3 comeback win over Chattanooga. Montgomery edged Birmingham 1-0, Charlotte beat Asheville 7-5, and Lynchburg defeated Knoxville 5-0. Frank Fernandez drove in two runs for Columbus, and Hank Izquierdo delivered a two run triple for Charlotte.
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Alston Offers Shirt After Osteen Tries for Uniform
Dodgers pitcher Walt Alston jokes about giving up his shirt after Claude Osteen, wearing No. 23, asks for No. 24. Osteen combines with Koufax Drysdale Podres to form a potent Dodgers staff as he posts a 2.49 ERA in six wins and six losses. Vern Law adds his sixth straight win as the NL leads on a night of strong pitching.
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Braves top Cubs 1 0 in Major Little League play
The Braves beat the Cubs 1 to 0 as David Oliver earned the win in relief of Dwight Crow. Braves had four hits to Cubs two with Oliver pitching well in Thursday afternoon action. Next, Braves meet Cardinals in a makeup game at Wingfoot Field No. 2 Saturday at 9 am.
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Pirates Beat St Louis 4-1 as Gibson Loses Sixth Straight
Pittsburgh defeated St Louis 4-1 signaling Bob Gibson's sixth straight loss. Milwaukee stayed 3 games back after a 4-2 win over Philadelphia. Chicago Cubs outlasted Houston 3-2 in 11 innings with Cincinnati and New York not on the schedule.
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Longest Texas League game ends in 25 innings
Austin beat Dallas Fort Worth 2-1 in 25 innings to claim a five hour 10 minute marathon. Butler Powell delivered the winning run with a single, topping the previous 24 inning record set by Harlingen and San Antonio in 1960.
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Major League Leaders in American League Batting and Pitching
The season highlights include batting leaders Davillo of Cleveland .364 Horton of Detroit .354. runs leaders Green of Boston 45, Wagner of Cleveland and Killebrew of Minnesota 41. RBIs Mantilla of Boston 50, Thomas and Horton 46. hits Cavilillo of Cleveland 75, Cardenal of Los Angeles 69. doubles Ward of Chicago and Versalles of Minnesota 16. Campaneris leads stolen bases with 21. Pitching Pascual of Minnesota 81 wins .889, Koufax Los Angeles 103 strikeouts and 0.769 era. McDowell Cleveland 116 strikeouts.
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