Parker Preaches Defense as ISU Coach Imparts Lessons
ISU coach John Parker champions defensive play after replacing Benched Jockey at a Bob Pinkstaff camp. He cites Doug Collins and ISU's 16 10 1971 72 season, praising sophomores de Vries Stepney Bacon and Weaver, while noting ISU’s independent status and NCAA NIT bid hopes.
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Ciota Stars in Two-Hit Pitchers Duel for Ciota
In minor league action Steve Ciota pitched a two hit game guiding Ciota to a 10 4 win over Cockream with doubles from Tibbett Poundstone and Ciota Jeff Cockream took the loss In another league game Wardlow defeated Pitch 14 6 Don Woodcock led Wardlow with a double and two singles Darrel Neuswander and John O Hag en contributed multiple hits Bob Howen and Al Pilch added extra base hits including a double
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Cockream
Jeff Tibbett
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Don Woodcock
Darrel Neuswander
John O’hagen
Bob Howen
al Pilch
Lions
Tigers
Tim Peterson
Mark Lambros
Kevin Nolte
Les Enger
Jay Pilch
Steve Taylor
Randy Gordon
Gardner SL Routs Elwood in Tri-County Senior League
Gardner SL beat Elwood 94 in a Thursday night game as Neal Tjelle earned his fifth win with nine strikeouts and four hits allowed. He contributed two doubles a triple and three RBIs. David Wollgast added a run scoring double. Elwood started Wayne Countryman took the loss. Gardner improves to 8-1 and travels to Coal City to face the Sox.
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Coal City
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Bahnsen wins 10th as Egan fuels Sox past Brewers
Stan Bahnsen earned his 10th victory with late relief from Cy Acosta as the Chicago White Sox beat Milwaukee 5-2. Tom Egan drove in two runs with key singles, Carlos May and Bill Melton provided runs, and Pat Kelly stole bases and scored on May’s sacrifice fly. The Sox improved on the road but still lag in road success while praising their overall late-inning execution.
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Bill Melton
Egan
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Frank Linzy
Rick Reichardt
Brewers
George Scott
Kelly
Chicago
May
Acosta
Bahnsen
John Briggs
Chuck Tanner
Thursday Baseball Results and Weekend Schedule
Chicago beat Milwaukee 5 2 on Thursday while New York played in Cleveland with rain delaying games. Friday features nine scheduled matchups including Detroit at Baltimore and New York at Cleveland, plus several interstate clashes and a full weekend slate.
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Werden's Tap Edges Sanitary Barbers In Narrow Comeback
Werden's Tap won 4-3 in the bottom of the seventh after tying 3-3 on Jeff Boss's three hits. Jerry Enger earned the win while Leroy Darling took the loss as Werden's improved to 7-0 in the league and Gene Montanus pitched Petro to a shutout with four hits.
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Verden
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Cubs and Pirates clash as Durocher leads Cubs in NL race
Chicago manager Leo Durocher brings his improved Cubs to face the Pittsburgh Pirates at Wrigley Field in a pivotal three game set. Fergie Jenkins vs Steve Blass opens the series with MLB contenders aiming for early advantage in the NL battle.
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Dock Ellis
Morris and Coal City Square Sunday Downtime Doubleheaders
The Morris American Legion team travels to Dwight for a 1 p.m. doubleheader Sunday. Coal City hosts Joliet Comets at 1 p.m. in a twin bill. Other Sunday games include Joliet Harwood at Plainfield and Minooka at Wilmington. Lockport visits Bradley for a single game.
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