Pirates Beat Cardinals 10-4 as Homers Lead Rally
Bruce Kison watched teammates Stargell Stennett and Oliver launch homers in a 10-4 Pirates win over the Cardinals. Stennett drove in four as Pittsburgh stretched its lead to two games in the NL East. Cubs, Padres, Reds, Dodgers also won as the league standings tightened.
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al Oliver
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Houston
Kison
Mets
Stennett
Pittsburgh Stampede
Ron Bryant
Bob Gibson
Cubs
Phillies
Andy Thornton
Manny Trills
Jerry Morales
Tim Hossey
Bill Madlock
Fingers Sizzles Turned To Loss At Twins Stadium
Rollie Fingers struggled against the Minnesota Twins at Metropolitan Stadium, losing 7-6 after giving up a decisive homer to Steve Braun in the ninth. Reggie Jackson and Gene Tenace had sparked Oakland’s lead with back-to-back eighth-inning homers, but the Twins pulled ahead with Larry Hisle's go-ahead RBI single.
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Larry Hisle
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Baltimore
Cleveland
Boston
Detroit
New York
Milwaukee
California
Kansas City
Reggie Jackson
Tenace
Lakers back Abdul-Jabbar with big money deal
Los Angeles owner Jack Kent Cooke commits at least 2.5 million to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar after a five year Lakers contract. Abdul-Jabbar, 28, will earn no less than 500000 annually and was exchanged from Milwaukee with Walt Wesley for Elmore Smith, Brian Winters, and two first round picks, David Meyers and Junior Bridgeman.
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Jack Kent Cooke
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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American Basketball Association
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Lew Alcindor
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Bucks
New York Knicks
New York
Power Memorial High School
Mike Burke
Knicks
Eddie Donovan
Milwaukee
Bill Alverson
Wayne Embry
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Clowns to Play Red Sox Tonight at Tom Bruner Field
Indianapolis Clowns meet Muscatine Red Sox at Tom Bruner Field this evening at 7 30. George Long, Red Sox manager and Clowns owner, promises solid baseball and on field comedy. Admission 150 for adults 1 for students. Advance tickets at HyVee Muscatine and Jake's Wilton.
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Jake's
Wilton
Carew Leads AL All Star Ballot As Six A’s Leaders
Rod Carew remains the overwhelming AL All Star favorite with 475,010 votes, ahead of Sandy Alomar 65,942 in the first returns released by the baseball commissioner's office. Oakland players lead or contend in six positions as ballots remain open through July 6 for the July 15 game in Milwaukee.
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Minnesota Twins
Carew
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Cookie Rojas
Sandy Alomar
Baseball Commissioner's Office
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San Bando
Buddy Bell
Cleveland
Bell
Lee May
Baltimore
Bert Campaneris
Frank Duffy
Bobby Bonds
Joe Rudi
Jeff Burroughs
Texas
Reggie Jackson
Carlos May
Chicago
Milwaukee
Baseball standings tease with scattered results and schedules
National League East totals show WoL Po and Pittsburgh leading with New York and Philadelphia nearby. Monday results include Chicago 9 Philadelphia 7 and Cincinnati over Atlanta. schedules list many Tuesday and Wednesday matchups across both leagues with pitchers named Lonborg Reuschel Matlock and more.
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Chicago
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Houston
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Goltz
Albury
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Calhorn
Gura
Dobson
Cuellar
Raid
Pole
Wise
LaGrow
Figueroa
Briles
Dal Canton
Attendance Gains Mark Early 1975 American League
Attendance at American League ballparks rose as the 1975 season passed the one third mark. After 335 dates through Sunday the league drew 527,556 more fans than last year, a 12 percent increase over the same number of games in 1974.
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Nuggets Try To Sign Webster Thompson And Willoughby
Denver seeks to outbid Atlanta for Marvin Webster and David Thompson with possible add on Bill Willoughby. If successful, Nuggets would upstage Hawks who drafted both players. Webster denies immediate signing as Atlanta delays due to Hawks stock sale and NBA penalties.
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American Basketball Association
Marvin Webster
Virginia Squires
David Thompson
Webster
Morgan State
Associated Press
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North Carolina State
Nuggets
Atlanta Hawks
National Basketball Association
Hawks
NBA
Carl Scheer
Atlanta
Norm Blass
John Wilcox
Cotton Fitzsimmons
Larry Fleisher
Denver
Wilcox
Fort Dodge and Norway lead Iowa prep poll in baseball
Fort Dodge remains atop Class AA after a 7-0 summer run with a Big Nine sweep of Ames, while Council Bluffs Jefferson climbs to runnerup as Dubuque Two drops. New entrants Cedar Rapids Jefferson LeMars Central Marshalltown join AA top ten, with Davenport West rising to third and other changes across rankings. In Class A the top five stay led by Norway and firm positions for Granville Spalding Albert City Truesdale Breda St Bernard and Bancroft St John, with small schools Mason City Newman Corning Durant Eddyville Columbus Community following.
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Dodgers
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Jefferson
Dubuque
Bancroft St. John
Mason City
Newman
Corning
Durant
Eddyville
Columbus
Astros Sign Four Draft Picks in Latest Round
The Houston Astros signed four more 1970 draft selections, Edward Anderson from Greenbrae California John Cloherty from Watertown Massachusetts Donald John Pisker from Trenton New Jersey and Robert Wayne Wood from Birmingham Southern College Alabama. The club has now signed 15 of 26 picks, including five of the first six. Erik van Dillen of Aptos California defeated Stephen Warboys of Britain 6 4 6 2 in a John Player tennis first round match in Nottingham England.
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John Cloherty
Watertown
Mass
Donald John Pisker
Trenton
N.J
Robert Wayne Wood
Birmingham Southern College
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Nottingham
England
Erik van Dillen
Aptos
Stephen Warboys
Britain
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