Baseball Scores and Schedule Notes from Holiday Week
National League results include Oakland 2 Baltimore 0 and Cleveland 6 California 4 as Boston wins 5 4 and Chicago beats Minnesota 6 5. Monday features late games with Minnesota at Baltimore and Oakland at Cleveland in night contests.
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Fergie Jenkins Shines In Cubs 3 1 Win Over Padres
Fergie Jenkins improved to 6 5 with a five hit effort to lift the Chicago Cubs past the San Diego Padres 3 1 in San Diego. Randy Hundley belted his first homer of the season to break a 1 1 tie in the fifth inning. Hundley also grounded into a ninth inning triple play as Chicago extended its lead.
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Mets and Braves win Gardner II league games
In Gardner Little League action the Mets beat the Dodgers 2 1 on Dave Oiler's two run homer the Mets only hit. The Braves outslugged the Giants 17 13 as Carly Clover fueled the attack with four RBIs and doubles from Dave Bexson and Bill Clover.
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Allen's pinch homer caps Sox sweep of Yankees
Dick Allen delivered a ninth inning three run homer off Sparky Lyle to lift the Chicago White Sox to a 6-1 win and complete a doubleheader sweep of the New York Yankees 5-4. Allen leads the league with 37 RBIs and the crowd of 51,904 marked a large turnout.
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Grundy County Speedway feature wins go to Snyder and Nelson
In Grundy County Speedway racing Dick Nelson of Chicago edged Ed Hoffman of Niles in a photo finish for the late model feature while Morris driver John Snyder captured the 20 lap super six feature. Nelson also clocked the fastest lap in late models with Hoffman close behind.
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George Hill
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Gardner stifles Elwood for 8-0 Tri-County win
Tjelle blanks Elwood with 10 strikeouts through seven innings in an 8-0 Gardner victory. Gardner erupts for six runs in the fourth, aided by Dave Wollgast and Matt Finn triples. Dale Lardi leads Gardner with three hits in an 11-hit attack while Ray Norris takes the loss.
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