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Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 19, 1979

Page

11

Red Sox top White Sox in rain shortened AL mix

Jim Rice and Bob Watson homer twice and Ted Sizemore delivered three key hits in his Red Sox debut as Boston beat Chicago 8 2 after 5 inning rain delay. Steve Renko earned the win as Boston ran to 30 games over .500 and Yaz nears 3 000 hits.

Boston Jim Rice Bob Watson Ted Sizemore Boston Red Sox Chicago White Sox Steve Renko Oakland Renko Mike Squires Red Sox Rice Fenway Park Watson Chicago Randy Scarberg Carl Yastrzemski Sizemore Fred Lynn Lynn RBI

Baseball standings Sundays Games Across Major Leagues

Sunday matchups list several games with pitchers and records: Chicago Wortham 12-11 at Boston Eckersley 165, Minnesota Goltz 11-8 at New York Guldry 11-7, Kansas City Leonard 8-9 at Baltimore Stone 9-7, Texas Medic 5-6 at Milwaukee Caldwell 12-5, Feranto B Moore 3 at California Knapp 3-2, Cleveland Waits 12-10 at Oakland Norris 3-5, Detroit Broit Robbins 2-1 at Seattle Bannister 6-12.

Chicago Wortham Boston Eckersley Minnesota Goltz New York Guldry Kansas Leonard Baltimore Stone Texas Medic Milwaukee Caldwell Feranto B Moore California Knapp Cleveland Waits Oakland Norris Detroit Broit Robbins Seattle Bannister All Times Associated Press Pittsbur St Louis Philadelphia West Houston Cincinnati Los Angeles San Francisco San Atlanta Diego Tal San Diego Montreal Atlanta Pittsburgh St. Louis Houston Hooton Candelaria Brizzolara Lee Bonham San Die Jones Reuschel Curtis Denny Elton Andujar Epteteeh San Diego Toronto Kansas City Texas

Muhammad Defeats Conteh to Retain Light Heavy Title

Matthew Saad Muhammad survived a brutal cut over his left eye to win a unanimous decision over John Conteh in Atlantic City. Despite bleeding from a butt in round five, Muhammad dominated late, with judges Spina Gibbs and Padilla scoring for Muhammad. Muhammad earns $150,000. Conteh $50,000. gate $90,000 in a 1,700 seat Resorts International show.

Atlantic City N.J Matthew Saad Muhammad John Conteh World Boxing Council Muhammad Carlos Pabilla Phillipines Marvin Johnson Matthew Frankin Charles Spina New Jersey Harry Gibbs London Padilla Conteh Gibbs Spina Resorts International Hotel Miguel Cuello Mate Partov Tony Giardello Dick Tiger

Strong field set for golf tourney Hall of Fame Classic

Pinehurst North Carolina AP Tom Watson champion of 19 PGA Tour events leads a deep field as defending champion in the Hall of Fame Classic with Hale Irwin Tom Kite and Johnny Miller also among entrants. Other stars include Hubert Green Lanny Wadkins J C Snead Craig Stadler Curtis Strange and Chi Chi Rodriguez. Watson seeks 72 hole victory on No 2 course as 156 players enter and the field is cut after the second round.

Pinehurst N.C Tom Watson Watson Hale Irwin Tom Kite

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