Sox pound Blue beat A's 6-4 in Chicago
White Sox stop Oakland four-game win streak 6-4 as Vida Blue yields four runs in five innings. Dick Allen and Walt Williams homer off Blue. Tom Egan adds a curve ball shot and two runs. May later drives in two with a seventh inning single. May and Egan pace Sox offense. Hunter and Odom to duel Wood and Bradley in the twin bill.
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Brock fuels Cardinals past Cubs with 8-4 win
Lou Brock sparked the Cardinals to an 8-4 victory over the Chicago Cubs. Brock extended his hitting streak to 14 games and stole his 28th base of June as Cardinal pitching led by Reggie Cleveland improved to 8-4. Ted Simmons hit a two run homer and Jose Cruz, Brock, Matty Alou and Ed Crosby added extra base hits in a 15 hit attack. The win leaves St. Louis atop a strong June showing after a rough May, with Brock praising the turnaround since the June 15 trade deadline and noting his goal of contending for the division title.
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Cubs sell Art Shamsky to Oakland
The Oakland Athletics announced they acquired outfielder first baseman Art Shamsky from the Chicago Cubs for an undisclosed cash amount. Shamsky, 30, has played for several National League clubs and carried a .255 lifetime batting average.
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Lockport Sweeps Coal City in Doubleheader Victory
Lockport defeated Coal City American Legion 3-2 in game one with Pesavento’s three run first inning homer and 6-4 in game two as Lockport took a three run second inning lead. Winning pitchers were Badnick in game one and Carlson in game two with strong pitching and key hits from Marino Etchison Byrne and Loukas.
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Verden's Tap dominates Morris 14 Inch Softball League clash
Verden's Tap pounded 25 hits to crush Northern Petro 28 0 as Tom Olson Ken Enger and Tom Karlin led with multiple hits. Enger hit for the cycle and drove in four, Stangland slugged two homers, Enger allowed four Petro hits for the win. Sanitary blanked YMCA 4 0 Leroy Darling pitched well. Jaycees defeated B H 6 5 while Mick Peterson led B H with a homer and double.
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