Leonard Flirts With Shutout As Royals Edge A's
Dennis Leonard pitched a three hitter with 11 strikeouts to lead the Kansas City Royals past the Oakland A's 3-0 Friday night. George Brett and Johnnie Mayberry delivered the only homers in the sixth, backing Leonard's strong curve and fastball. Oakland, mired in a slump, has lost eight of nine with seldom scoring support, despite efforts to shuffle the lineup and mount threats.
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Kansas City and Oakland Tie After Scoring Rally
A late duel between Kansas City and Oakland ends tied as Porter hits a 2B and McRae adds a 3B. GBratt belts a homer, Mayberry adds another hit in a game marked by LOB and defensive plays. Sb ICHae tallies a steal.
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Watson tops Western Open lead in tough Butler round
Watson and North co lead Western Open after two rounds at Butler National as North fights nightly muscle spasms and traction therapy while shooting a two under 70. Watson carded a 69 to keep pace, Gary McCord sits one behind at 140 and Phil Hancock 141.
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Sunday scoreboard reads multiple MLB games across leagues
Cleveland faces Detroit, Toronto hosts Baltimore, Boston visits New York, Chicago plays Minnesota, Seattle meets Milwaukee. This slate stacks rivalries and prime matchups across the league with key divisional implications.
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Chris Evert Faces Rising Star Tracy Austin At Wimbledon
At Wimbledon center court 14-year-old Tracy Austin pushes defending champion Chris Evert in a 6-1 6-1 third round match. Evert, describing the clash as the toughest mentally, guides the crowd through a tense display as Austin garners attention with braces and schoolgirl charm.
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Deaf World Games Drive U S Deaf Athletes Training
U S deaf athletes prep at the North Carolina School for the Deaf Morganton aiming for the World Games for the Deaf in Bucharest Romania. Coach Paul Lynner notes the goal is achievement within the deaf community while swimmers and divers gain experience and exposure.
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Baseball leaders and stats from the American League
The AP list covers batting averages led by Carew and Fisk with high marks for Bonds and Bostock, runs, runs batted in, hits, and doubles. Stolen bases feature Remy and Patek while pitching leaders include Johnson and Tanana with strikeout totals noted.
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Baseball leaders and stats from the National League
The list names NL batting leaders with Trillo and Parker among top averages, runs and runs batted in leaders like Winfield and Garvey, hits leaders Parker and Griffey, double and triple leaders Cromartie and Almon, home run leaders Foster and Burroughs, stolen bases led by Taveras, and pitching leaders including Reuschel and Carlton with ERA and strikeout tallies for prominent clubs.
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Hisle Drives Twins Back To Lead With Five RBIs
Larry Hisle, top MLB RBI leader, delivered a five RBI night including a double and a three run homer with a broken bat to lift the Minnesota Twins over the Chicago White Sox 7 4 and move one half game ahead in the American League West. Ralph Garr homered for Chicago but a baserunning out negated a score as Craig Kusick homered for Minnesota. Other AL scores included Texas over California 1 0 New York over Boston 6 5 in 11 innings and Milwaukee over Seattle 7 1.
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Halyard latch failures plague America's Cup practice
Newport reports a broken halyard latch sidelining Ted Hood’s Independence during a Newport Sound race as Courageous and Enterprise suffer gear issues. Officials will press on with today’s races between Enterprise and Courageous, with possible Independence repair and inclusion. Turner’s Courageous wins two practice starts, while the committee plans continued trials for the three US yachts.
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