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Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jul 15, 1978

Page

5

Bonds Powers Rangers Past Red Sox 4 3 In Friday Night Clash

Bobby Bonds delivered a two run single in the sixth to spark the Texas Rangers past the Boston Red Sox 4 3. Ferguson Jenkins earned the win as Boston tied the game with Fred Lynn homers but Texas pulled ahead with Wills RBI in the eighth.

Boston Bobby Bonds Texas Rangers Ferguson Jenkins Boston Red Sox Dwight Fevans Jenkins Fred Lynn Reggie Cleveland Rangers Bert Campaneris

Yankees shuffle roster as Randolph returns

The New York Yankees recalled Jim Beattie from Tacoma, optioned Dave Rajsich to the PCL farm team, and restored Willie Randolph to the active roster after his 21 day injury stint. Randolph takes the spot of Bucky Dent on the 15 day list with a pulled hamstring.

NEW York New York Yankees Dave Rajsich Tacoma Jim Beattie Willie Randolph Randolph Bucky Dent

Giants Edged as Robinson Stars in Texas Teen-Age Final

In Friday night action Howell-Windham clinched the city title by defeating Compressor Components as Robinson drove in runs and Milner homered. Trout, Milner, and Rooker featured in late innings with Tekulve closing out to give the Pirates the win. The Cincinnati Reds rallied from 3-0 down, Rose extended his hitting streak to 27, and Dan Driessen delivered a go-ahead two-run triple in the seventh against the Mets. Bench and Driessen combined for two key runs as Cincinnati capitalized on timely hits and errors, while managers were ejected in the fifth after on-field disputes.

Milwaukee Pete LaCock Rich Gale Sixtit Kansas City Royals Milwaukee Brewers Fred Patek Andy Replogle Frank White Hal McRae White LaCock Patek Bob McClure Royals ST. Louis George Hendrick Garry Templeton Pete Vuckovich St. Louis Cardinals Los Angeles Dodgers Los Angeles Don Sutton Tom Lasorda Cardinals Dodgers Joe Ferguson Sutton Templeton Ferguson Hendrick Reggie Smith Vuckovich NEW York Graig Nettles Reggie Jackson New York Yankees Chicago White Sox Rich Gossage White Sox Rich Hinton Eric Soderholm Chicago Pittsburgh Bill Robinson Pittsburgh Pirates San Francisco Giants Robinson John Montefusco Jim Rooker Kent Tekulve Giants RBI Johnnie LeMaster Marc Hill Pirate John Milner Milner John Curtis Rooker Tekulve Cincinnati Pete Rose Dan Driessen Cincinnati Reds New York Mets Rose Reds Vada Pinson Edd Roush Driessen Ken Griffey George Foster Johnny Bench Mets Elliott Maddox Joel Youngblood John Stearns Cesar Geronimo Geronimo Bench Stearns Youngblood Pat Zachry Sparky Anderson Dutch Bennett Doug Collins Anderson Joe Torre Torre

Texas League and Big State reach finals in teen league

In Bel Aire Park semi finals of the Texas Teen-Age Freshman League All-Star playoff Texas League beat Southern League 11 6 and Big State defeated East Texas 6 2 to set finals for 8 30 p m East Texas meets Southern League for third place at 6 30 p m Tony Rodriguez Leroy Rodriguez each had a single and a double while John Narbate hit a three run homer for Texas League Albert Cruz Sammy Lopez and Jesse Lopez doubled for Southern League Cedric Thorton doubled Craig Steen had two singles for Big State Chuck Mitchell doubled and homered for East Texas Orlando Ontiverree and Steen pitched for Big State Mitchell and Ronnie Wenger for East Texas

Big State Texas Bel Aire Park Texas League Southern League East Texas Tony Leroy Rodriguez John Narbate Albert Cruz Sammy Lopez Jesse Lopez Robert Sanchez Boyd Cowan Jesse Perez Lopez Albert Johnson Cruz Cedric Thorton Craig Steen Chuck Mitchell Orlando Ontiverree Steen Mitchell Ronnie Wenger

Howell Windham Clinches 17-0 Farm League Title

Howell & Windham beat Compressor Components 5-1 at Sherwood Park to finish an undefeated season. Baker earned the win with a two-hitter and four strikeouts, as Earls and Baker led at the plate with two hits each while Earls added a double.

Louis Salico Howell & Windham Earls

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