Elusive No. 23 for Blue comes on shaky 6-hitter
Oakland left-hander Vida Blue, despite two near flawless starts, won his 23rd as the A’s swept a doubleheader from Washington. He and Jim Hunter led Oakland to a 4-3 win in game one and 9-0 in game two, topping the Orioles and Red Sox in a busy AL day. Blue struck out 10 batters to push season strikeouts, while New York and Chicago also posted decisive wins.
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New York
Gary Peters
Red Sox
Mel Stottlemyre
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del Unser
Tim Gullen
Jim “Catfish” Hunter
Denny McLain
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Detroit
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Baltimore
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California
Senators
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Pete Broberg
Reggie Jackson
Dave Duncan
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Angel Mangual
Baseball scores and night games from a busy slate
Results include Pittsburgh 5 Houston 2 and Chicago 4 St Louis 4 innings, plus rainouts and night games. Teams like Philadelphia, Montreal, San Diego, Cincinnati, New York and Los Angeles posted wins or tied results with multiple matchups and upcoming games listed.
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Cincinnati
San Francisco
Philadelphia
Houston
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Montreal
Atlanta
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New York
Los Angeles
San Diego
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Koosman
Carlton
Acosta
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McGlothlin
Grimsley
Cloninger
Downing
Forsch
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Washington
Cleveland
Oakland
Sprague a winner af fair for Muscatine Boxing Club
The Muscatine Boxing Club returned from the Ohio State Fair in Columbus with one champion and five runners up among 200 entrants. Jimmy Sprague won the 120 pound Senior title by defeating Randy Paxon after earlier beating Mike Draper to reach the final. Other finalists included Craig Sprague, Jack Ineichen, Jerry Ineichen, James Pickens, Lonnie Chambers, and semi finalists John Smith and Terry Tague. The club is set for Des Moines matches and a possible head to head with Louisville in September.
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Muscatine Boxing Club
Columbus
Ohio
Jimmy Sprague
Randy Paxon
Jackson
Sprague
Mike Draper
Toledo
Craig Sprague
Greg Dyer
Lonnie Chambers
Melvin Cooglan
John Smith
Greg Staples
Terry Tague
Milt Hall
Davenport
Hall
Aaron Marks Keep Rolling With 39th Homer
Hank Aaron, at age 37, hit his 39th homer of the season and 631st of his career, driving in his 100th RBI as the Braves beat the Cubs 5-4. He moved to sixth on the all time hits list with 3,243, closing in on Babe Ruth’s 714 home run record and ranking among the NL leaders in RBI and hits.
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Tom Salading
Associated Press
Hank Aaron
Aaron
Atlanta Braves
Chicago Cubs
Juan Pizarro
RBI
Stan Musial
Willie Mays
Babe Ruth
Jimmy Foxx
Lou Gehrig
Atlanta
Nap Lajoie
Pittsburgh
Houston
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Willie
Stargell
Pirates
Stag Tickets Final Call Amid Tennis Victory News
Park Commission tennis tourney results announce 18 and under girls doubles winners Laura Anderson confirms Hally Coulter and Claudia Oveson 6 2 6 3 over Marty Goddard and Holly Oppelk. Also notes other divisions concluded. Final stag dinner tickets go on sale at Izaak Walton clubhouse near Fairport 6 30 pm Tuesday priced 2.50 with door sales and outlets listed.
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Fairport
State Farm Insurance
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Ina Mae
Luellen’s
Muscatine Electric Service
Muscatine Journal
Major League Stars sweep doubleheader in shutout victory
Jim Hunter pitched a seven hit six strikeout shutout as the A’s defeated Washington 9-0 to sweep the doubleheader after winning the opener 4-3. Dave May starred for Milwaukee with six hits including a home run, triple and double as the Brewers split the twin bill with Baltimore, 4-1 in the nightcap after a 3-2 opener.
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Associated Press
Jim
Catfish
Hunter
A’s
Oakland
Washington
Senators
Dave May
Brewers
Milwaukee
Baltimore
Orioles
Hemsted wins drifted feature at West Liberty race
Lone Tree driver Ron Hemsted survives a nine car battle to win the feature on a Mississippi Valley Speed Way program at West Liberty. Ron Prymek led early but retired with mechanical trouble. complete Saturday results list fastest time Pokey West and multiple heat and main event placements.
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Ron Hemsted
Lone Tree
Mississippi Valley Speedway Club
Ron Prymek
Iowa City
Columbus Junction
Pokey West
West Chester
Perry Beckler
West
Jim Gerber
Long Grove
Beckler
Tom Spitznogle
Muscatine
Bill Hopp
Shorty Bennett
Milan
Town City
Bill Newman
Burlington
Johnny Moss
Ken Boyse
Wellman
Larry Jen
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