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Newspaper
Lompoc Record
Location
Lompoc, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1970
Page
9
An American Conference overview profiles the Boston Patriots under Clive Rush, highlighting passing by Mike Taliaferro and Ron Sellers, strong line play led by Jon Morris, budding rookies like Eddie Ray, and a solid secondary under Bill Elias. Expected to improve toward .500 with a rebuilt defense and special teams led by Gino Cappelletti.
Standings show Baltimore and New York leading the American League East with Minnesota California and Oakland atop the West. Scheduled Friday games include Cinci at Montreal Atlanta at Phila New York at Houston St Louis at Los Angeles Pittsburgh at San Francisco Chicago at San Diego. Pitchers listed with matchups and times in EDT.
A compact rundown of top players by league in batting, home runs, runs batted in and pitching. Notable names include F. Perez, N. Bench, B. Williams, M. McNally, and C. Gibson across National and American Leagues with key totals and records.
Joe Leonard of San Jose California set the fastest lap at 175.2 mph during the fifth day of practice for the California 500 at Ontario Motor Speedway. He logged eight laps in a turbocharged Ford, with his best effort on his third circuit of the 2.5 mile oval. Mark Donohue and Lloyd Ruby followed with 172.7 and 172.5 mph respectively.
In Williamsport Pa two teams Highland Indiana and Wayne New Jersey reached the LLWS semifinals after no hit wins. Highland replaced pitcher Rick Domsic with Brian Paluga who delivered a no hitter against Wiesbaden Germany in a 2-0 victory.
Buena Park California seeks the Pony League World Series championship in a double elimination final against Cayce South Carolina. Cayce won 3-0 to reach the final after previously losing to Oak Park Illinois 8-4. Allen Stalnaker pitched a shutout with six strikeouts and two walks.
Darien Conn. pitcher Mike Tracy came on in relief and earned two hits as Darien beat Centralia Wash 8-4 in the Babe Ruth World Series opener. Tracy helped his cause while teammates Lacount and Nadriczny also contributed. Earlier, other Darien hurlers allowed four runs with bases loaded before Tracy's appearance.
Jim Lefebvre sparked Los Angeles with three hits including a three run homer to lift the Dodgers 8 5 over the Chicago Cubs. Torborg added a decisive two run double in the sixth as Walter Alston praised the team’s resilience following a rough stretch.
The California Angels defeated Detroit 6-3 at Tiger Stadium to complete a three game sweep and move within 3 1 2 games of Minnesota in the American League West. Clyde Wright earned his 18th win as Denny McLain took the loss.
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