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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1961
Page
9
The Minnesota Twins hit home runs from start to finish to sweep a prolonged doubleheader against the Baltimore Orioles in Baltimore.
Ray Sadecki, a left handed pitcher nearing age 21, scattered seven hits and struck out seven to give the St. Louis Cardinals a 5-3 win over the Cincinnati Reds in the rubber game of the three game series. Shortstop Zorro Versalles delivered an 11th inning homer for Minnesota in the nightcap, while Bob Allison drove in seven runs across the doubleheader, aiding Minnesota's 6-4 and 10-5 wins as they split with the Orioles and moved to 4-1 in their first AL series after transferring from Washington.
San Francisco tops Philadelphia 5-2 with Sad Sam Jones pitching nine strikeouts over seven innings at Candlestick Park. Jones improves to 1-0 in 1962 as Giants seize first place in the National League, with Billy O'Dell finishing as closer.
Griggs, a junior from Beach City College, reaches the Public Links Championship final after a 4 and 2 victory over Kramer in an even match at Montebello. Larry Griggs, Don Kramer, and Pete Clover navigated a day of tough holing as Winge, Clover, and others eyed semifinal wins at the Los Serranos course.
Cleveland overcame an eight inning scoreless stretch as Tito Francona hit a two run homer in the ninth. Johnny Temple and Francona opened with singles, Piersall and Held followed with RBI hits to give the Indians a 3-2 lead. Dick Donovan started strong for Cleveland but was relieved after Vernon’s single, with Rudy Hernandez earning the win.
Homer Reed Whisenant Walt Blair and Al Smith won the Virginia Country Club Rancho Los Cerritos tournament with a 36 hole total of 257 after a second round 126. They edged five teams tied for second by two strokes.
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