Murphy's homers lift Braves past Padres 4 1 on four hits
Dale Murphy of Atlanta homered twice and drove in three as the Braves beat San Diego 4 1. Jim Acker pitched eight scoreless innings after being acquired from Toronto. Murphy’s four-hit night included a leadoff homer in the sixth and a two-run shot in a three-run seventh.
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Dodgers extend skid, beat Astros 7 3 to stretch win streak
Dodgers push their unbeaten run to eight behind Fernando Valenzuela as Houston misplays in a pivotal seventh inning. Valenzuela, now 15-4, struck out 11 and pitched a complete game, aiding Los Angeles to within 12 games of San Francisco in the NL West. Stubbs hit his 20th homer in the eighth as Houston falls to 7-2 on the season’s hottest stretch.
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Angels Rally Past Dodgers 9 8 In Texas League Tilt
Tracy Woodson drives in four with a homer and a single as Midland’s Woodson lifts Angels to a 9-8 win over the Dodgers after San Antonio blows a five run lead in Texas League action. Ramsey scores on Devereaux sacrifice in the first and again on Faedo’s long two in the third. Devereaux adds a single as Woodson belts his 14th homer of the season.
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Texas League late action produces tight scores and late rallies
Tulsa edges Jackson 6-5, El Paso tops Beaumont 7-4, and Arkansas defeats Shreveport 6-4. Woodson drives in Ramsey after a sequence to make it 6-1 in the fifth. Midland answers with two in the fifth and two in the sixth, then four in the seventh to seal it. San Antonio reliever Hector Heredia falls to 2-5 as Liddle and King reach to start the inning and Montanari doubles to knot the game at 7-7, followed by RBI hits from Schaefer and Coachman.
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First Major League Baseball Broadcast By Radio
On August 5 1921 KDKA and Harold Arlin aired the Pirates versus Phillies in Philadelphia Pirates won 85. A decade later Tommy Bridges failed at a perfect game when a bloop single by Dave Harris ended the bid as Detroit defeated Washington 13 to 0.
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Clemens Birthday Sinks Red Sox as Sox Rally Wins
On his 24th birthday Roger Clemens gave up a late error that allowed Chicago to score the decisive run in a 1-0 White Sox win. Jose DeLeon fired seven strong innings, earning the victory as Boston’s lead in the AL East shrank to three games over Baltimore.
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Tartabull drives Seattle past Oakland with late rally
Danny Tartabull went 4-for-5 with four RBIs, homering twice and capping an eighth inning rally with a bases loaded single to lift Seattle over Oakland. Larry Sheets sparked Baltimore’s five homer attack in a 16-hit barrage against Toronto. Gary Gaetti provided a ninth inning RBI for Minnesota over California. Jim Gantner sparked Milwaukee with a tying homer in the eighth to beat New York as Ted Higuera won his fourth straight decision.
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