Dodgers edge Pirates 1 0 for sixth straight win
Don Sutton fired a six hitter and Willie Crawford hit a second inning homer to lift the Dodgers to a 1-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Crawford praised Sutton while Sutton credited catcher Joe Ferguson as the key to the win. The result widened Los Angeles’ NL West lead to 7½ games over the Reds. Reds beat Phillies 1-0 in a shutout. Cardinals over Giants 3-2. Braves beat Mets 8-6. Astros toppled Expos 6-5 in 10 innings. Other AL scores included 10-2 KC over Detroit and 9-8 Cleveland over California in 11 innings.
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Bruce Lowitt
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Don Sutton
Willie Crawford
Nelson Briles
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St. Louis Cardinals
San Francisco Giants
Atlanta Braves
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Houston Astros
Montreal Expos
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Bill Plummer
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Mike Schmidt
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Fred Norman
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Joe Torre
Jim Barr
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Bubba Smith Traded to Raiders by Colts Heralded Overhaul
Baltimore trades defensive end Bubba Smith to the Oakland Raiders for tight end Raymond Chester as part of Joe Thomas rebuild after the 1972 season. The move follows a house cleaning that began when Robert Irsay became owner, with other stars like John Mackey and Johnny Unitas previously exiting amid disputes and benching.
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Associated Press
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Baltimore Colts
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Oakland Raiders
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Robert Irsay
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John Williams
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NL All Stars Benches Reds Trio for Starting NL Ballot
Cincinnati Reds stars Johnny Bench Pete Rose and Joe Morgan head NL starters for the 44th All Star Game to be held July 24 in Kansas City. Bench led the league in RBIs with 1 738 557 votes, Morgan topped stolen bases, Rose earned top outfield votes, joined by Billy Williams and Cesar Cedeno. Hank Aaron leads the overall votes, Santo edges Torre for third base, Speier wins the shortstop starting job in his first start.
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Rose
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Cesar Cedeno
Houston Astros
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San Francisco
Bobby Bonds
Hank Aaron
Atlanta
Babe Ruth
Aaron
Chicago
Ron Santo
Joe Torre
St. Louis
Chris Speier
Giants
Dave Concepcion
Olympic ticket demand soars for 1976 Montreal Games
AP Montreal report says three years before opening 1976 Games about 40 000 people have applied for tickets. Organizing officials estimate a deficit of about 160 000 tickets and expect sales worldwide in late 1974 or early 1973. Majority requests target multiple events with a 70 000 seat main stadium in a city expecting 700 000 spectators.
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Canadian Olympic Association
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Watermelon Man warms up for major league hitters
New York AP report details Vito Valentinetti, a 44-year-old batting practice pitcher for the Yankees, who says he throws fastballs most days to sharpen star hitters. He recalls Bobby Murcer's homer to right field and Rusty Staub’s shot that cleared the fence, noting his role is to loosen hitters and that he sometimes tosses a watermelon pitch to prepare for knuckleballers.
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New York Yankees
Bobby Murcer
New York Mets
Rusty Staub
Vito Valentinetti
Valentinetti
Hope Legion Sweeps Twinbill At Little Rock
Hope Legion traveled to Little Rock for a district doubleheader and defeated Rose City 5-4 in the opener and 9-3 in the nightcap. John Yates earned the win in relief in game one, with Jim Rhodes and Paul Young delivering key hits, and Perry Henley and Wade Harris powering the second game with Henley driving in five runs on two doubles. The Legion’s next game is Tuesday at 6:00 against Texarkana, Texas, with Mike Downs slated to start.
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Huddeston
Gary Rhodes
James Staggers
Jim Rhodes
Mike Downs
Yates
RBI
Perry Henley
Wade Harris
Harris
Henley
Ingram
Texarkana
Texas
Smith powers Red Sox win in 11th inning
Reggie Smith drilled a two run homer in the first and a two out solo shot in the 11th lifting the Boston Red Sox to a 9-8 win over the Chicago White Sox. Paul Schaal added a two run homer for Kansas City in their 10-2 rout of Detroit as Amos Otis hit his 17th. In the National League Cincinnati beat New York 3-1 and San Francisco routed Pittsburgh 12-0 in a rain shortened finale.
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Associated Press
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Lilly Absence Shocks Cowboys Camp Start
Cowboys open preseason practice with Craig Morton and Dave Manders arriving late amid talks of contract and trades. All-Pro Bob Lilly’s absence surprises as Tex Schramm denies internal trouble while Duane Thomas faces suspension with the Chargers after arriving late to camp.
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Harland Svare
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Captains sweep double in Texas League twin bill
Shreveport Captains won the first game 2-1 and the second 8-4 over the Midland Cubs, coming from behind in both. Jim Tyrone homered to tie the first game, while Kent Jacobsen scored the winning run on a squeeze bunt by Juan Lopez in the second. Hector Cruz hit his 22nd to spark Arkansas Travelers in a 6-6 tie, with Manny Perez driving in the decisive run in the eighth.
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Kevin Kobel
Midland Cubs
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Juan Lopez
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Hope x Star into a Baseball Standings Snapshot
National League East standings show Chicago leading with 50 wins, St. Louis 48, Montreal 42, Pittsburgh 41, Philadelphia 41, New York 38. WestLA 69, Cincinnati 52, San Francisco 52, Houston 51, Atlanta 45, San Diego 31. Monday results include Los Angeles 1 Pittsburgh 0 and St. Louis 3 San Francisco 2.
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Nastase wins Swiss crown in straight sets
Top seed Ilie Nastase of Romania captures the men's title at the Swiss International Tennis Championships by defeating Roy Emerson 6-4 6-3 6-? The women's champion is Julia Anthony who defeats Rachel Giscafre 6-4 6-5 in Gstaad, with results from several other U S tennis and sports notes.
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Romania
Roy Emerson
Julia Anthony
Los Angeles
Rachel Giscafre
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John Alexander
U.S
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Baltimore
Baltimore Colts
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