Yankees Twins Dominate AL All Star Starters
The Minnesota Twins and New York Yankees supply the AL starting lineup for the July 7 All-Star Game at Shea Stadium. Mickey Mantle is the sole holdover from 1963, with three Yankees, three Twins, and one each from Baltimore and Los Angeles making the cut.
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Minnesota Twins
New York Yankees
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Mickey Mantle
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al Lopez
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Lopez
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Baltimore
Los Angeles
Ford Frick
National League
Bob Allison
Harmon Killebrew
Tony Oliva
Elston Howard
Bobby Richardson
Mantle
Jim Fregosi
Brooks Robinson
Orioles Clinch First Place With 14 5 Win Over Tigers
The LL Minors Orioles defeated the Tigers 14 to 5 to seize first in the AL standings with four games left. Mark McClanahan earned his sixth win with five innings pitched allowing four hits and five runs. Harvey Page took the loss.
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Kenny Springer
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Pat Looney
Don Holmes
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Mets Rally Past Phillies 7-3 to End Eight-Game Slide
New York's Bob Taylor drives in four runs with two homers and two singles as the Mets top Philadelphia 7-3. Joe Christopher adds two homers as New York trails early before rallying behind Fisher’s win and Jackson’s seventh-inning relief. Ed Kranepool singles home the deciding run in the sixth.
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Whitey Ford Stars as Yankees Top White Sox 1-0 in 11
Whitey Ford dodges Chicago with a 1-0 victory in 11 innings as Elston Howard drives in Pedro Gonzalez with a single. Ford improves to 10 straight decisions, 6 hits allowed and 10 strikeouts, while Gary Peters goes the distance for the White Sox in a tense duel. Maris and Mantle reach base late, but Howard delivers the decisive run in the 11th.
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Whitey Ford
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Elston Howard
Pedro Gonzalez
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Gary Peters
Detroit Edges Twins 8-7 On Errant Pickoff Play
Detroit beats Minnesota 8-7 as Garland Shifflett's wild pickoff attempt allows the winning run to score. George Thomas doubled in the seventh, drove in Dick McAuliffe, then scored on Shifflett's error to erase a one run Twins lead after Harmon Killebrew hit his 22nd homer and Don Mincher added a three run shot.
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Kansas City rockets to 8-2 win over Washington
Nelson Mathews hit a grand slam fueling Kansas City's six run first inning as the Athletics rode Diego Segui's three hit outing to an 8-2 victory over the Washington Senators. Kansas City improved to eight wins in nine, drawing 25,182 fans at Farmers Night. Chuck Hinton and Bill Skowron produced early offense off Segui who evened his record at 6-6.
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Washington
Jimmie Hall
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Dick Green
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Jim Gentile
Giants Rout Cardinals Behind Cepeda and Kuenn on 20-Hit Day
Orlando Cepeda hit two homers and Harvey Kuenn five hits including a homer as the Giants crushed St. Louis 14-3 in a 20 hit attack. Willie Mays homered, nine Giants runs were unearned, and Dick Groat’s error helped fuel a five-run sixth inning.
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Harvey Kuenn
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Willie Mays
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Jose Pagan
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Mays
Colts Edge Braves 3-2 in Milwaukee thriller
Houston eked out a 3-2 win over Milwaukee as four Colts hits and sloppy defense spurred the victory. Nottebart earned the win while Cloninger took the loss as Houston moved to seven wins in 11 against the Braves this season.
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Pinson two homers power Reds past Dodgers in Cincinnati win
Vada Pinson hit two home runs and John Edwards added one as Cincinnati edged Los Angeles 6 4. Pete Rose delivered a squeeze bunt in the seventh to bring home the deciding run after Leo Cardenas doubled and moved to third on a sacrifice. Frank Howard drove in two for the Dodgers, while Don Drysdale took the loss.
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San Francisco tops St Louis with homers by Kuenn Mays Cepeda
San Francisco 100315 031-14 200 St Louis 000 010, Hendley wins 6-4 over Hobbie. Home runs by Kuenn, Mays, Cepeda. Bakenhaster and Uecker noted. Final line score shows 20-37 record.
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California Golden Bears Win IRA Rowing Final at Onondaga Lake
California led early and surged to a two-length win in the varsity final at the Intercollegiate Rowing Championships on Onondaga Lake. Washington placed second, Cornell third, with Princeton MIT and Navy behind. Steve Johnson steered California to 6:31.1 as coach Jim Lemmon claimed his third IRA title. The victory positions California among Olympic trial favorites in New York July 8-11.
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Kurrewa Triumphs in Britain Cup Trials
Kurrewa beat Sovereign by 3 minutes 45 seconds on a 24 mile course in a breezy northwest wind. The win gives Kurrewa 10 victories in 19 starts against Sovereign, with the overall Britain selection still unresolved for the September Americas Cup defense.
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Softball Week Schedule and Results for Decatur City League
The Decatur City Church Softball League posts games this week with Thursday night matchups at 7 and 8 30 p m and Friday evening games at 7 and 8 20 p m. Last Thursday Central Baptist defeated Oak Ridge 16 to 6 and First Baptist beat Flint 11 to 3. Friday scores include Ninth Street Methodist over First Baptist 10 to 9 and Oak Ridge over Brookhaven 12 to 8. In minor league B action the Cubs defeated the Giants 23 to 12 with Ted Bostwick earning the win and Johnny Hambrick the loss. Home runs went to Ted Bostwick David Martin Sharkett and Rickey Head for the Cubs and Steve Cook and Taylor Coleman for the Giants.
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Red Sox Top Tigers 13 7 In Little League Majors
The Red Sox beat the Tigers 13 to 7 in the Little League Majors Friday. Ted Whittington earned the win, Keith West took the loss after one and one third innings. West hit a homer and a double for the Tigers while Atkins and Wayne Brown led the Red Sox with multiple extra base hits.
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Orioles Rally Past Red Sox 11-5 in Six-Run First
Brooks Robinson and Bob Johnson drove in three runs each as the Baltimore Orioles topped Boston 11-5. Robinson doubled in two during a six-run first and Johnson collected three singles driving in a run each time. Milt Pappas limited Boston to six hits through eight innings before two ninth inning homers by Bob Tillman and Dalton Jones.
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Milt Pappas
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Gibbon Leads Pirates To 2-0 Shutout Of Cubs
Joe Gibbon pitched strongly and drove in the deciding run as Pittsburgh blanked Chicago 2-0. He held the Cubs to two hits through seven innings, then Al McBean closed it with two outs in the ninth after Ernie Banks reached on an error. Mazeroski's triple sparked the first run, followed by Dick Schofield’s triple.
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St Louis Grays Edge New York in 11 Inning Tie
In St Louis, the Grays beat the New York lineup 1 to 0 in 11 innings as Ford and Howard pitched. Peters took the loss, moving to 7-3 while Ford improved to 1-1. Carreon contributed late to keep the game scoreless through ten frames.
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