Sprint Nationals at Missouri State Fairgrounds
More than 55 cars and drivers from nine states enter the Missouri Sprint Nationals open cockpit race at the Missouri state fairgrounds. Top entrant Rick Ferkel of Tiffin Ohio has 15 wins this season and titles including Western U.S. Sprint and Pacific Coast Sprint championships. Qualifying runs Thursday and Friday with heats and a main event. finals Saturday night. Warmups at 7 p.m., racing starts 6 p.m. each day.
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Sedalia
Missouri
State Fairgrounds
Rick Ferkel
Tifflin
Ohio
Ferkel
U.S
Pacific Coast
Crawford Keeps Giant Hurts With Five Hits In 13-7 Win
St Louis Cardinals outfielder Willie Crawford powered past the Giants with a home run and four extra-base hits in a 13-7 victory. Crawford batted .346 after the game as Ted Simmons, Lou Brock, and Don Ksingser drove in runs. The club had rallied after a 45-minute team meeting with GM Bing Devine aimed at jolting the offense.
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San Francisco Giants
Willie Crawford
Crawford
St. Louis Cardinals
Giants
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San Francisco
Jerry Merete
Ed Halicki
Ted Simmons
Lou Brock
Don Keasinger
Bing Devine
Simmonds
Devine
Borbon Gullett Swap Roles As Reds Outscore Montreal
Reds win 10 4 over Montreal Expos as Borbon starts for first time in four years and Gullett returns to bullpen. Griffey drives in two in a seven run seventh, Morgan and Foster add runs on errors while Driessen adds a sac fly. Other NL scores include Dodgers over Phillies 5 1 and Cardinals over Giants 13 7.
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Gullett
Reds
Montreal
Sy Ken Rappoport
Pedro Borbon
Don Gullett
Cincinnati Reds
Sparky Anderson
Montreal Expos
Anderson
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Philadelphia Phillies
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Pittsburgh Pirates
St. Louis Cardinals
San Francisco Giants
Houston Astros
New York Mets
Chicago Cubs
San Diego Padres
Ken Griffey
Cincinnati
Don Carthers
Griffey
Joe Morgan
All Stars 76 NL Pitching Staff Led by Jones and Matlack
Southpaws Randy Jones of the Padres and Jon Matlack of the Mets headline the National League eight man pitching staff for the midseason All Star game. Also named are Seaver Messer Smith Fryman Rhoden Forsch Montefusco with Rhoden Forsch and Montefusco making first appearances. The AL staff was set by Darrell Johnson including Fidrych Hunter Lyle Tanana Travers LaRoche Tiant Fingers and Gossage.
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Mets
Jerry DaVanon
Wilbur Howard
Houston
New York
J. R. Richard
Jon Matlack
Richard
SAN Francisco
Randy Jones
San Diego Padres
New York Mets
Cincinnati
Sparky Anderson
Tom Seaver
Andy Messersmith
Atlanta
Woodie Fryman
Montreal
Ken Forsch
John Montefusco
Matlock
Messersmith
Boston Red Sox
Darrell Johnson
Mark Fidrych
Detroit
Catfish Hunter
Sparky Lyle
New Yor Yankees
Frank Tanana
California Angels
Bill Travers
Milwaukee
Dave LaRoche
Cleveland
Luis Tiant
Boston
Rollie Fingers
Oakland
Rich Gossage
Chicago White Sox
Yankee
Hunter
California
New York Yankees
Johnson
Palmer
Detroit Rookie Fidrych makes All Star pitching staff
Detroit Tiger rookie Mark Fidrych known as The Bird wowed fans with his on mound antics and a 4 0 shutout against Baltimore. He leads AL with a 1 85 ERA and earns the league minimum of 16500 despite fan calls for a higher salary. Tiger owner John Fetzer praised his potential and vowed to watch his welfare.
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Detroit Tiger
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Fidrych
Detroit
Tiger
John Fetzer
Fetzer
Northboro
Mass
Tigers
Baltimore
Michigan
Palmer blasts All Star picks as ridiculous selections
Orioles ace Jim Palmer criticizes Red Sox manager Darrell Johnson for appointing three relievers to the American League All Star pitching staff. Palmer questions why he was overlooked despite competing with Hunter and claiming he has superior past years. Johnson defends the picks and notes rule requirements for representation.
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Boston Red Sox
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Palmer
Johnson
Lee MacPhail
Cleveland
Frank Robinson
Minnesota
Gene Mauch
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