Wood Tops Ryan In Classic Pitchers Duel
Chicago White Sox ace Wilbur Wood edged Nolan Ryan 4-1 as Bert Blyleven struck a one hitter to lead the Minnesota Twins past the Kansas City Royals 2-0. Lolich shut out the New York Yankees as Detroit won 4-0, boosting Detroit's hold in the AL East.
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UPI
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Chicago White Sox
Frank Quilici
Minnesota Twins
Wilbur Wood
Bert Blyleven
Mickey Lolich
Nolan Ryan
Wood
Ryan
Blyleven
Kansas City Royals
Ed Kirkpatrick
Lolich
New York Yankees
Detroit Tigers
White Sox
Tanner
Cy Acosta
California
Acosta
Bob Oliver
Boston
Slow Pitchers Have Off Night in City League Action
In a quiet Thursday league night Plastic Molders defeated Collins Merchants 11 to 3 and Norwalk Furniture No 2 beat Bennett Electric 10 to 3. Monroeville Merchants edged Reineck's Case 9 to 6 while individual hitters included Jim Burdge 4 hits for the winners and Jack Clark Tank Rogers with key doubles. In Berkeley Jackie Jensen was hired as California baseball coach, former UC football star and MLB veteran.
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Collins Merchants
Norwalk Furniture No
Bennett Electric
Monroeville Merchants
Reineck
Molders
Jack Clark
Tank Rogers
Jim Burdue
Jerry Bement
Jim Tucker
Collins Club
Larry Geisek
Jim Burdge
Steve Burdge
Jim Ward
Juris Kangars
Electriians
Mike Finch
Dave Welfle
Ward
Denny Frey
Penguins Sign Jean-Guy Lagace In Multi Year Deal
Jean-Guy Lagace signed a multi year contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday leaving three players unsigned for the 1973 season.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Jean-Guy Lagace
Pittsburgh Penguins
Evert Skips Crown Rivalries At Roland Garros
Chris Evert, 18, seeded second, watched her partner Jim Connors lose in the opening men’s match while she routs Marilyn Tesch 6-1 6-0. Evonne Goolagong also advances, Stan Smith opens against Georges Goven.
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Paris
UPI
Chris Evert
Ft. Lauderdale
Fla
Jim Connors
Belleville
Ill
Miss Evert
Connors
Marilyn Tesch
Australia
Roland Garros
Raul Ramirez
Chris
Ramirez
University of Southern California
Evonne Goolagong
Marijke Schaar
Holland
Stan Smith
Sea Pines
S.C
Georges Goven
Willard Nips Tiffin 2-1 on Willoughby's Double
In the eighth inning with one out the Willard Flashes trailed 1-0 to Tiffin Columbian. Rick Willoughby doubled driving in Steve Stoller and Herb Garcia for a 2-1 extra inning win and a shift in the Northern Ohio League standings.
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Tiffin Columbian
Rick Willoughby
Willoughby
Steve Stoller
Herb Garcia
Flashes
Tiffin
Tornadoes
Galion
Seitz
Bob Florence
Jim Frederick
Stoller
Garcia
Lowell Luna
Mike Pugh
Frederick
Thursday's Results and Pro Baseball Schedule Summary
Scores include Boston 10 Milwaukee 1 and Chicago 4 California 1. Detroit 4 New York 0, Minnesota 2 Kansas City 0. The American League slate lists Cleveland at Baltimore postponed by rain with pitching notes, and further nightly matchups including Oakland at Detroit and California at Milwaukee. In the National League New York topped Los Angeles in 19 innings 4-0 with late scoring. Morton earned the win.
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Cleveland
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Atlanta
San Francisco
New York
Los Angeles
Blyleven
Royals
Dick Drago
Bobby Darwin
Twins
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Dick McAuliffe
Lolich
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Lee
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Montreal
Torrez
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St. Louis
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Houston
Reuss
Pittsburgh
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Sadek
Rader
Morton
Oates
Cleveland West
Montreal Pittsburgh
Blair Delivers Winning Single In Norwalk Victory
Norwalk Truckers beat Bellevue 6 to 5 in eight innings to finish the season 9-8 and secure an 8-6 mark in the Northern Ohio League. Blair small single in the eighth drives in Doug Reitzel for the winning run as Scott Hunter fans 12 in a complete game.
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Bob Blair
Norwalk
Truckers
Blair
Doug Reitzel
Willard
Tiffin Columbian
Flashes
Galion
Tiffin
McGuan Park
John Derver
Scott Hunter
Steve Hester
Dave Singer
Hester
Paul Schwartz
Dan Kerkhoff
Kerkhoff
Pat Mitre
Hunter
Larry Emery
Denny Andrews
Redmen
Rodgers to join Montreal Alouettes for Canadian football
Nebraska Heisman winner Johnny Rodgers, 21, announced he will sign with the Montreal Alouettes of the CFL seeking higher pay after being a No. 1 draft pick of the San Diego Chargers. While terms were not disclosed, reports estimate around $100,000 per season plus fringe benefits.
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UPI
Johnny Rodgers
Nebraska
Canada
Rodgers
San Diego Chargers
Montreal Alouettes
Pirates trade prospect Craig Goggin to Braves
The Pittsburgh Pirates sold prospect Craig Goggin to the Atlanta Braves on Thursday for an undisclosed sum.
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UPI
Craig Goggin
Pittsburgh Pirates
Atlanta Braves
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