Baseball tempers flare in hot Texas and Baltimore night
A chaotic Friday shows tempers flare across the majors as Jeff Burroughs and a Ranger clash with a teammate before a 2-0 and 5-8 split with the Twins. In Baltimore, Ralph Houk allegedly cuffed a reporter after the Orioles beat the Tigers 3-2, while the Red Sox upend the Yankees 9-1, the A’s roll Angels 12-4, and KC loses 4-3 to Chicago. Orioles squeeze bunt to win. Tigers lead on solo shots. Wise shines for the Red Sox. Rudi drives in four for Oakland. White Sox rally past Royals. Bell homers for Cleveland as Bibby earns his first win for the Indians.
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Texas
Baltimore
Jeff Burroughs
Billy Martin
Rangers
Minnesota Twins
Detroit
Ralph Houk
Orioles
Tigers
Boston Red Sox
New York Yankees
Oakland A’s
California Angels
Kansas City Royals
Chicago White Sox
Cleveland Indians
Milwaukee Brewers
Red Sox
Yankees
Boston
Rick Wise
Doug Griffin
Rico Petrocelli
RBI
Cecil Cooper
Wise
Bobby Bonds
A's
Angels
Joe Rudi
Claudell Washington
Phil Garner
Bob Coluccio
Steve Mingeri
Indians
Brewers
Buddy Bell
Cleveland
Milwaukee
Don Money
Jim Bibby
Texas Rangers
Padres misfire on intentional walk in Cincinnati loss
Bruce Lowitt reports Sparky Anderson embraced a swing away approach after John McNamara passed Johnny Bench to face Dan Driessen in the 11th. Driessen homered off Danny Frisella to lift the Reds to a 5-2 win, widening their NL West lead to five and a half games over the Dodgers.
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Sparky Anderson
John McNamara
McNamara
San Diego
Johnny Bench
Reds
Dan Driessen
Cincinnati
Anderson
Driessen
Danny Frisella
Padres
Los Angeles
Open softball highlights keep high scoring action alive
Jody's moves to first place in Open league at Kent Stein Park as Safley's rebounds with 12 1 victory in a makeup Friday double. Monday schedule includes Carver Pump vs Mapco at 7 and Pit Stop vs Bosch Pest Control at 8:30 with Safley's and Jody's dominating play across multiple games.
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Kent Stein Park
Carver Pump
Mapco
Bosch
Breeze
Fred Howe
Muskies
Clinton
Clear Creek
Mid-Prairie
Durant
Wilton
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Mt. Vernon
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YMCA
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Britches Insulation
Kent Feeds
Assumption of Muskies
Danielson Construction
Burke's Metal
Burlington
MHS Sophs
LLM
Wapella
Solon
Safley’s
CR Kennedy
Norway
Dollie’s Tap
Griff's Lounge
Jody's
Columbus Junction
Late Models
Portsman
Western Open Delayed After Thunderstorm and Lightning
Overnight rains halted Butler National play in Oak Brook Illinois as the $200,000 Western Open paused for a second day. Lee Trevino and Jerry Heard were hospitalized after being struck by lightning while sheltering under an umbrella. others suffered minor injuries. Final two rounds moved to Sunday and Monday with half the field already completed.
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Butler National Golf Club
Lee Trevino
Trevino
Jerry Heard
Butler National
Bobby Nichols
Tony Jacklin
Jim Ahern
Nichols
Jacklin
Ahern
Heard
Arnold Palmer
Dave Graham
Palmer
Graham
Mike Fetchick
Fetchick
Oak Brook
Baseball scoreboard for today’s games in schedule
Baseball scoreboard lists today’s matchups including Chicago Bonham 7-5 versus Pittsburgh Kison 7-3 and Philadelphia Carlton 6-5 at New York Tate 2-6 among other planned games across Los Angeles San Francisco Montreal Houston Cincinnati and Atlanta with several pitchers and records noted.
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Bonham
Pittsburgh
Kison
Philadelphia
Carlton
New York
Tate
Los Angeles
Row
San Francisco
Montefusco
San Diego
Méintosh
Cincinatti
Nolan
St. Louis
Denney
Montreal
Sherman
N. Atlanta
Easterly
Houston
Roberts
Boston
Milwaukey
Baltimore
Cleveland
AIS
Detrait Me
Cincinnati
Oakland
Kansas City
Texas
Minnesota
Atlanta
California
Detroit
Cincinntti
Milwaukee
Los
Angeles
Medich
Lee
Bosman
Singer
Albury
Perry
Leonard
Micago
Osteen
Reich
M Ilwaukee
Slaton
Walker
Laltimore
Grimsley
Morning Sun routed in 9-7 win at Louisa-Muscatine
Morning Sun built a four-run third inning to beat Louisa-Muscatine 9-7 as Jeff Hartman went 4-for-4 with a solo homer in the fourth. Heater added a homer and three hits, while Ron Collins and Mitch Hamilton led LM with two hits and two RBIs. LM drops to league 2-7. Morning Sun improves chances heading to Winfield Tuesday.
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Dodgers
Gary Thomasson
Bobby Murcer
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Murcer
Chris Speier
Mets
Phillies
New York
Dave Kingman
Jon Matlack
Phils
Greg Luzinski
Matlack
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Braves
Astros
Dusty Baker
Atlanta
Jamie Easterly
Pirates
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Richie Hebner
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Richie Zisk
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Ted Sizemore
RBI
Bob Gibson
St. Louis
Reggie Smith
Mike Jorgensen
Pepe Mangual
Morning Sun
Louisa-Muscatine
Jeff Hartman
Heater
Ron Collins
Mitch Hamilton
Winfield
Lia
Pat Pare
Pitther
Hartman
Tom O'Toole
Mediapolis
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Tim Heindel
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Krieger
Wildcats
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Wilton
Steve Wicks
Tom Bjork
Howie Hilton
Mike Bown
Larry Lenz
Liberty
Wicks
Kurt Kirchner
Ray Solemink
Tickets remain for YMCA bus trip to St Louis game
About 14 tickets remain for the YMCA sponsored trip to the Cardinal Dodgers game in St Louis on Sunday July 13. The price is 14 dollars per person and interested people should contact the YMCA.
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St. Louis
YMCA
River league makes up games with Sun over Lewis twice
Morning Sun dumped Lewis Brothers 20 to 14 and 13 to 8 in make-up River slow pitch games Friday. Jim Thomas earned the win and Dan Garmon took the loss. The league tournament is scheduled for today and Sunday.
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Lewis Brothers
Jim Thomas
Dan Garmon
Rager captures feature at Columbus Junction sprint race
Roger Rager of Mound Minnesota won the sprint car feature at Columbus Junction race track on Friday night, edging Lenard McCarl of Des Moines. Rager had earlier finished second in his heat behind Ralph Blackett, with McCarl taking the other heat. Jim Campbell won the Colchester modified feature, while Ken Fenn and Larry Rummelhart led Sportsman heats and feature. Action includes a pending 4th of July race next Friday.
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Mound
Minn
Columbus Junction
Rager
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Des Moines
Ralph Blackett
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Carman
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Colchester
Ken Fenn
Washington
Larry Rummelhart
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Muscatine
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Glenwood
Gary Johnson
Newton
Steve Hainline
Bonaparte
Eddie Levitt
Kearney
J. Blundy
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Mackie Heimbough
Ras Moines
Smyser
Harvey Grooms
Ottumwa
Clift Blundy
Alpha, WI
Gaten Marlin
Fairfield
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