Legion AA Showdown Set By Terry Ostmeyer
The District 2 AA American Legion tournament at Orlis Cox Field opens Thursday with 11 teams, the largest field yet. Lawrence leads seedings at 35-10 but falters, KC 188 is 34-10 and high in the standings, Ottawa and Paola eye upsets, and several clubs boast 20+ win seasons as the double elimination event shapes a path to McPherson next month. Ottawa hosts KC 199 in Friday action as pitchers and batters, including Deron Kramer and Evan Shaffer, chase deep runs in Kansas summer league play.
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American Legion
Orlis Cox Field
Area Legion
McPherson
Kansas
Lawrence
Kansas City Post
Olathe
Hawks
Ottawa
KC 188
Topeka Post 400
KCK
Paola
Overland Park
Legion
Kansas City 199
KC 199
Iola
Fort Scott
Garnett
Shawnee
Cox
Deron Kramer
Evan Shaffer
Scott Thompson
Dick Hamilton
Troy Grace
Rick Roth
Irony Heavier On Busby At Royals Stadium
In Kansas City the Royals lost 6-1 to the Chicago White Sox as Kevin Bell doubled in two runs off Steve Busby, the longtime ace returning from shoulder surgery. Bell, who previously homered off Busby in 1976, capped an ironic night with the go ahead hit while Busby sought to prove he still belongs in the majors.
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Kansas City
Royals Stadium
Kevin Bell
Steve Busby
Bell
Chicago White Sox
Busby
White Sox
Royals
Steve Trout
Mike
Wayne Nordhagen
Thad Bosley
Greg Pryor
Jim Frey
Tony LaRussa
Frey
Trout
New York
Yankees
Baseball Scoreboard Wednesday and Thursday Games
Baseball scoreboard lists Wednesday games with matchups including San Francisco at Chicago and Montreal at Atlanta. Also notes Philadelphia at Cincinnati New York at Houston Los Angeles at St Louis Pittsburgh at San Diego with pitchers records. Thursday’s game Pittsburgh at San Diego is the only other scheduled contest.
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San Francisco
Hargesheimer
Chicago
Capilla
Montreal
Lea
Atlanta
Alexander
Philadelphia
Espinosa
Cincinnati
Pastore
New York
Falcone
Houston
Ruhle
Los Angeles
Welch
St.Louis
Martinez
Pittsburgh
Rhodes
San Diego
Wise
Associated Press
St. Louis
West Houston
Milwaukee
Detroit
Baltimore
Boston
Cleveland
Toronto
Texas
Minnesota
Kansas City
California
Oakland
Seattle
Kucek
McCarty
Medich
Tudor
Haas
Guidry
Baumgarten
Gura
McGregor
Arroyo
Perry
Laroche
Owchinko
Beattie
Softball AAA League box score shows multiple teams and totals
In the men's AAA league games, teams including BEST TELCOM, L&Z, GREAT PLAINS, VASSAR, BUDGES, BEETS, and TAYLOR OIL posted varied batting lines. Individual players such as Sigmund, Hendrix, Drake, Purcell, Beets, and Peimann contributed multi hit totals across teams, with final tallies displaying combined totals per squad.
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PEPSI
Rader
Thompson
Smith
Baggs
Hay
Dengel
Alley
Brill
Burke
Guist
Mendel
Best Telcom
Sigmund
Williams
Cearfoss
Chaney
Hughes
Reed
Porter
Durfee
Totals
L&z
Finneran
Lawrent
Purvis
Polk
Zuzzio
Ewing
Greer
Madi
Hadley
Parker
Great Plains
Hendrix
Schiappa
Sherman
Moore
Johnson
Bulmer
Pellitiere
Prunty
Fernandez
Schmeer
Whitacre
Vassar
Drake
Kirkwood
Anstaert
Schultz
Oest
Peimann
Rissen
Warner
Shied
Faulkner
Beets
Moats
Pelton
Firestone
Baldwin
Jamison
Waymire
Bien
Clough
Taylor Oil
City Scores Defending 3-1-1 and player totals
In a league tally, Moss O'Connor Shiles Wright Shaffer Taylor Milter Charice Farris lead a 21-2-5 total for City. Mitchell Heckmain S. Hull Silvey Horne Sands Martinez Owan Spencer J. Hult Phillips Totals 20-0-1. Lazy L Zamora Radford Fritts Green Johnson Coughenour Knight Clark Melvain Aguirre Totals 38-16- Ww. Green Acres totals 27-10-10. Rantoul totals 20-6-6. Sacred Heart 21-8-7. Pamida 27-5-6. Bude's totals 33-13-14.
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Defending
Moss
O'Connor
Shiles
Wright
Shaffer
Taylor
Milter
Charice
Farris
Totals
Kansasland
Mitchell
Heckmain
S. Hull
Silvey
Horne
Sands
Martinez
Owan
Spencer
J. Hult
Phillips
Lazy L
Zamora
Radford
Fritts
Green
Johnson
Coughenour
Knight
Clark
Melvain
Aguirre
Chitwood
Nicholson
Koch
Wilson
Wise
Yockey
Savage
McCord
Criqui
Vogeler
Stewart
Warner
Lazy L—le
Mcivain
Out
BBI
Heck
Rose
T. Burkdoll
Turner
Moore
Krisch
Glaziers
Schmoe
Miller
Suffron
Ball
Smith
Larkin
Mcintosh
Robertson
Bishop
Mages
Rantoul
O Wylie
Nancy
Weatherbie
Massangale
Evans
Doles
Jensen
Norris
Hencke
Sacred Heart
Coatney
Steichen
Salmans
T. Kates
C. Renee
Fisher
Bromert
Hornung
K. Cates
Green Acres
K. Thornbrugh
Unruh
Roberts
Driver
Gragg
N. Ferguson
T. Ferguson
C. Ferguson
Devin
C. Thornbrugh
Pamida
Barber
Elliot
Moody
Millbern
Ferris
Laver
Stankard
Simms
Ainsworth
Sechnoke
Asplund
Budge
Sheffield
Higbie
Pollock
McKinney
J. Burgoon
Nickelson
Giger
Broderick
Beets
Biecha
Trevino Aims for Hartford Open after British Open run
Lee Trevino, after finishing second at the British Open, returns to the United States to compete in the Sammy Davis Jr Greater Hartford Open. He teams with Bob Hope in the ProAm, joined by Julius Erving, Gordie Howe, and Sammy Davis Jr. Trevino predicts a 17 to 18 under par winning score and stresses birdies plus avoiding bogeys. The $54,000 first prize is part of a $300,000 purse. the event is sponsored by the Greater Hartford Jaycees supporting Hartford civic projects.
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Wethersfield, Conn
Lee Trevino
Trevino
Bob Hope
Julius Erving
Gordie Howe
Sammy Davis Jr
The
Greater Hartford
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