Indians open four game weekend series with Senators
Sam McDowell or Sonny Siebert will start for Cleveland in the opener as the Indians seek to rebound from a bad Baltimore trip. The Orioles swept Cleveland 3-2 Thursday, boosting Luis Tiant and Jack Kralick onto Birdie Tebbetts list of pitchers used frequently for now.
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Washington
UPI
Sam McDowell
Sonny Siebert
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Indians
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Orioles
Luis Tiant
Jack Kralick
Ger Birdie Tebbetts
Tiant
Kralick
Paul Blair
Luis Aparicio
Dave Johnson
Bob Johnson
Aparicio
Vic Davalillo
Larry Brown
Joe Azcue
Floyd Weaver
Birds
Dick Donovan
Powell
Don McMahon
Milt Pappas
Stu Miller
Tebbets
Wally Bock
Tebbetts
Sox 4 Run Fourth Inning Beats A's
The Chicago White Sox beat the Kansas City Athletics 4 to 3 aided by a four run fourth inning. Lefty Gary Peters, last year’s 20 game winner, failed to finish but Eddie Fisher preserved the win after Peters allowed early baserunners. Eddie Mathews and J.C. Martin contributed for the A’s with a fifth inning single and error, while Lachemann homered for the Sox.
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Gary Peters
Chicago White Sox
Kansas City Athletics
Eddie Fisher
Peters
Nelson Mathews
Sox
Diego Segui
Yanks Fall to Red Sox as Matilla Delivers Key Triple
In Boston, Felix Matilla hit a bases loaded triple off Whitey Ford to spark a four run third inning, lifting the Red Sox to a 4-1 win over the slumping Yankees. Dave Morehead earned the decision as Ford struggled after two efficient innings.
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Felix Matilla
New York
Whitey Ford
Boston
New York Yankees
Red Sox
Dave Morehead
Ford
Bob Tillman
Carl Yastrzemski
Morehead
Yankees
Tom Tresh
Bobby Richardson
Standings and results in the American League
The American League standings show Chicago leading at 178 wins, Minnesota 168, Los Angeles 161, Baltimore 151, Detroit 141, Cleveland 111, Boston 111, and New York 101. Recent games include Chicago 6 KC 3, Boston 4 NY 1, Detroit 13 Washington 3, Baltimore 3 Cleveland 2, Minnesota 4 LA 3 in 10 innings.
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Los Ange
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Washington
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Lefty Grove League to Hold Nine-Year-Old Tryouts
The Lefty Grove Baseball League will hold tryouts at 1 p.m. Saturday May 15 at the VFW field on Milan Ave for Norwalk School district boys who are nine before August. Junior circuit vice president Dave Warner leads the session. Players need only bring a glove. returning players may be reassigned by league directors.
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Milan Ave
Junior Circuit
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Warner
Norwalk
National League WL Night Schedule and Scores
Night games feature Cincinnati at New York with Jay and Jackson noted, Chicago at Los Angeles with Buhl and PurDIN listed, and Milwaukee at Philadelphia with Sadowski and Mahaffey mentioned. Houston faces San Francisco with Johnson and Perry in a Fox pair, while St. Louis visits Pittsburgh with Sadecki and Gibbons as the pitchers.
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Philadelphia
Sadowski
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Mahaffey
Johnson
Perry
St Louis
Sadecki
Gibbon
Center Dan Obravac Chooses Dayton Basketball Scholarship
University of Dayton announced Dan Obravac a 6-foot-10 center from Canton Central Catholic and an All-Ohio first team selection will attend on a basketball scholarship.
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Dayton
UPI
University of Dayton
Dan Obravac
Canton Central Catholic
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