Royals Rally Ends in Heartbreak at Yankees Stadium
Kansas City beat New York 8-3 in the final 1976 AL playoff game at Yankee Stadium, with George Brett delivering a key homer and Darrell Porter driving in three runs. The Royals reflected on last year’s loss and spoke of renewed focus as Whitey Herzog pressed for fundamentals and team confidence ahead of October.
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Heartbreak Hotel
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Chris Chambliss
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Homer
Whitey Herzog
Whiley
Roy White
Bill Campbell
Boston
Chicago
Rangers
Indians
Burt Blyleven
Juan Beniquez
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Texas
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John Lowenstein
Blyleven
Beniquez
Dennis Eckersley
Campantris
Kansas City
Paul Splittorff
Doug Bird
Steve Mingeri
Mike Torrez
Mets
Braves
Jerry Koosman
Atlanta
Koosman
Fisk's Single Lifts Red Sox Over White Sox in 10th
Carlton Fisk delivered a bases loaded single in the bottom of the 10th, scoring Rick Burleson to give Boston a 5-4 win over Chicago. The victory moved the Red Sox into first in the AL East, half a game ahead of the Yankees.
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Associated Press
Carlton Fisk
Boston
Rick Burleson
Red Sox
Chicago White Sox
New York Yankees
Fisk
Larry Anderson
Houston
Bullets Finish Second in Colorado Springs Tourney
The Garden City Bullets 12- to 15-year-old slow pitch team finished second in a 17-team Pike’s Peak Invitational in Colorado Springs, the youngest squad among mostly 20-year-olds. They beat Yukon Tavern and Howard’s Bar-B-Q, then fell to The Crackers in the final. Four players earned all-tourney honors and the team received a sportsmanship plaque. They head next to Duncan, Oklahoma, for nine more games.
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Garden City Bullets
Colorado Springs
Bullets
Garden City Recreation Commission
Pike’s Peak
Grover Craig
Yukon ‘Tavern
Howard's
Bar
Patty van Vleet
Shaun Mehringer
Tina Payne
Keeli Coulter
Duncan
Okla
Cruz signs with Fort Hays State cross country team
Tim Cruz of Garden City and son of Mr and Mrs Raymond Cruz has signed a letter of intent to run for Fort Hays State University. The Garden City High School graduate plans to study sociology and join the team.
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Raymond Cruz
Garden City
Fort Hays State University
Garden City High School
Fork Ball Revives Career With Cubs Pitcher Bruce Sutter
Bruce Sutter revived his career after elbow surgery by developing a fork ball. The 25 year old reliever leads Chicago Cubs with 30 appearances, a 2-1 record, a 0.81 ERA and 17 saves, while posting 63 strikeouts to 7 walks in 55 innings. He credits the fork ball for his comeback and says he always pitches the same, regardless of the bases loaded or a fresh inning. Cubs manager Herman Franks calls him the greatest reliever he has seen in 45 years.
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Bruce Sutter
Lancaster
Chicago Cubs
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Suller
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Falcons sign two players from college teams in deal
Atlanta Falcons announce the signings of Edgar Fields defensive end from Texas A&M and Dave Farmer fullback from USC. Fields spent three seasons with the Aggies at defensive end and tackle as the Falcons' third round pick. Farmer averaged 8.5 yards per carry as a senior and was the Falcons' 11th round selection.
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Scoreboard shows mixed results across leagues and days
The page lists standings for the American and National Leagues with team records and percentages, plus a dense schedule of Monday Tuesday and Wednesday games. It includes results like New York 7 Atlanta 7 and Cincinnati 4 Philadelphia 4, with many matchups and pitcher notes scattered throughout.
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Louis
Phila
Montreal
Los Ang
Houston
Ung Angeles
Sutton
California
Hartzell
Gamnes
Minnesota
Redfern
New York
Atlanta
Oakland
Medich
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Swartla
Tanae
Baseball Leaders American League Batting and Pitching Races
American League batting leaders show Carew Min .388 and Fisk Bosn .349 with Buck Min .330 and Singleton Bal . Advocates include runs by Fisk and Carew, hits by Carew and Yount, and home runs led by Zisk Chi 16. Pitching leaders feature Tanana Cal 10-2 and Castro Mil 7-2 with strikeout chiefs Ryan Cal 153 and Rogers Mil 92.
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Singleton
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Hisle
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Castro
To- Johnson
Gullett
Tidrow
Knapp
Littell
Burgmeier
Ryan
Blyleven
Tex
Palmer
Eckersley
Softball schedules span men's and women's league play this week
The listing details tonight through Friday softball games across AA, A and B divisions with teams like Chappell Homes, Rancho Chucks, Farmland Foods, Bob's 83, Mountain Dew, GC Carland WS, and others. It also notes tennis final cancellation in Nottingham England and college sports moves including UCLA resignations and a coach taking Alabama Birmingham roles.
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Chappell Homes
Rancho Chucks
Farmland Foods
Bob's
Carland
Mountain Dew
Ehresman Packing
the Goodlimes
Quint Automotive
Molar Electric
Bell Creek
Garst and
Thomas
Datsun
Wentlign Construction
Ehreshman Packing
Wentling Construction
American Implement
Deerfield
Johnson Septic
HWH Cattle Co
St. Catherine
Brookover Feed Yard
GC Spirits
GC Medical Specialists
Western State Bank
Golden’ ‘Plains
Tech Zodiac
L&r Repair
Hopes Truckline
Foreman Trucking
Golden Plains
GC Medical
Nottingham
England
Jaime Fillol
Chile
Tim Gullikson
Onalaska
Wis
Baseball
NEW York
Detroit Tigers
Mark
Fidrych
College Los Angeles
UCLA
J.C. Morgan
Gene Bartow
University of Alabama-Birmingham
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