Aaron's two milestones meet Montreal loss in 8-7 defeat
Hank Aaron reached his 2,900th career hit and 586th homer tying him for third on the alltime list, but the Braves fell 8-7 to the Expos. New York beat Cincinnati 4-3. Los Angeles topped Chicago 4-2. Philadelphia defeated Houston 7-3. San Diego edged Pittsburgh 3-2. St. Louis beat San Francisco 2-1 in 13 innings.
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Hal Bock
Associated Press
Hank Aaron
Atlanta Braves
Aaron
Braves
Montreal
Mickey Mantle
Babe Ruth
Willie Mays
Atlanta
Mel Ott
Eddie Mathews
Ted Williams
Jimmy Foxx
New York
Cincinnati
Los Angeles
Chicago
Philadelphia
Houston
San Diego
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
San Francisco
Expos
Phil Niekro
Bob Bailey
Coco Laboy
Bailey
Adolfo Phillips
Mack Jones
Laboy
Rusty Staub
J.C. Martin
Mets
Reds
Clay Carroll
Cleon Jones
Art Shamsky
Fol
McLain Wins as Tigers Stop Royals for 15th Victory
Detroit ace Denny McLain pitched a six hit shutout to lift the Tigers over Kansas City 3-0, becoming the AL's first 15 game winner. He improved to 15-5 with eight strikeouts and one walk, while Al Kaline provided the decisive run with a fifth inning sacrifice fly.
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Lolich
McLain
al Kaline
Roger Nelson
Mickey Stanley
Tigers
McNally
White Sox
Frank Robinson
Boog Powell
Baltimore
Jackson
Darold Knowles
Oakland
Chuck Dobson
Washington
Messersmith
Jerry Kenny
Jake Gibbs
Fritz Peterson
Angels
Lindy McDaniel
Rod Carew
Mike Paul
Minnesota
Duke Sims
Cleveland
Ron Perranoski
Indians
Russ Gibson
Boston
Greg Goossen
Seattle
Baseball Scoreboard National League East and West standings
Baseball standings and results from the National League East and West divisions. Teams listed include Chicago New York St Louis Pittsburgh Philadelphia Montreal Atlanta Los Angeles San Francisco Cincinnati Houston San Diego and Montreal with daily results, current records, and upcoming games. Key matchups include New York Cincinnati 4 3 and St Louis San Francisco 18 innings.
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Associated Press
W. L. Pet. G.B. Chicago
New York
St. Louis B
Pittsburgh
Philaphia
Montreal
Atlanta
Los Angeles
San Fran
Cincinnati
Houston
San Diego
St. Louis
San Francisco
Chicago
Philadelphia
Cloninger
Seaver
Singer
Selma
Kelley
Walker
Robertson
Jarvis
Palmer
Griffin
McCormic
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Boston
Wash
Cleveland
Minnesota
Oakland
Seattle
Kansas City
California
Baltimore
Washington
Shellenback
Odom
Stottlemyre
McGlothlin
League Leaders in American League Batting and Pitching Highlights
Summary of top performers across American and National Leagues including Carew Oliva and Blair leading batting averages, Killebrew and Santo driving runs batted in, Jackson and McCovey key sluggers, Lolich and McNally top pitchers, with notes on doubles, triples, and stolen bases.
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Carew
Minnesota
R. Smith
Boston
Oliva
R. Jackson
Oakland
F. Robinson
Baltimore
Blair
Killebrew
Powell
C—Arew
F. Howard
Washington
M. Alou
Pittsburgh
Stargell
Bonds
San Francisco
Kessinger
Chicago
Santo
Banks
McCovey
B. Williams
Tolan
Cincinnati
L. May
Peters and South win Ottawa Country Club Scotch foursome
The Ottawa Country Club hosts a women’s golf Scotch foursome won by Mrs. Dick Peters and Mrs. J. C. South last week. A three-club tournament is set for Tuesday with pairings listed and reservations via CH 2-3961 or CH 2-4546 before Monday.
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Ottawa Country Club
Dick Peters
J. C. South
M. K. Johnson
M. Sheldon
J. Spear
A. Fredeen
D. Elder
J. Foulks
V. Barkdoll
V. Gilroy
D. Peters
D. South
R. Lyman
B. Walker
College Stars Ready to Battle Namath and Jets at Soldier Field
Chicago AP report notes OJ Simpson and six holdouts missing for the 1968 College All-Star game. Otto Graham leads 17 first round picks including Kunz and Cook with Hanratty and Douglass at quarterback. Namath and Jets face a high powered collegiate squad in a televised Friday night clash.
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Joe Namath
New York Jets
Soldier Field
Southern California
Simpson
Buffalo Bills
Purdue
Leroy Keyes
Otto Graham
George Strickler
The
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American Broadcasting Company
Graham
Northwestern University
Evanston
Simpsons
Keyes
Ron Johnson
Michigan
Joe Greene
North Texas State
Ron Sellers
Florida State
Ted Kwalick
Penn State
George Buehler
Stanford
George Kunz
Notre Dame
Greg Cook
Cincinnati
Terry Hanratty
Bobby Douglass
Kansas
Washington Redskins
Green Bay Packers
Detroit Lions
Collegians
Namath
Seymour
Broadway Joe Still Has Touch
Namath returns from retirement for a Jets camp scrimmage at Hofstra drawing 10,000 fans. He goes 4 of 10 for 73 yards with a 22-yard TD to Don Maynard, while Parilli and Woodall mix in as Jets build toward the College All-Stars game.
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Don Maynard
Weeb Ewbank
Jets
Babe Parilli
al Woodall
College All- Stars
Chicago
Parilli
John Dockery
Wayne Stewart
Woodall
Lee White
George Nock
Piniella’s streak boosts Royals player into AL top 10
Kansas City star Lou Piniella has climbed into the American League top 10 batting leaders as his hitting streak continues. He notes an uptick in fan mail, joking that most comes from bill collectors who assume he’s rich.
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Piniella
Kansas City Royals
Junior League Roundup Brings Six-Game NL Weekend Schedule
In the National League Friday the Braves beat the Cardinals 12-7 with Sellers the winning pitcher and Finch the top Cardinal hitter with three hits. Ambler also had three hits for the Braves as both Sellers and Ambler hit homers. Dodgers beat Cubs 15-8 to claim first place behind Dixon who pitched a complete game and three Dodgers hitters with three hits. Pirates defeated Giants 5-1 as Mark Smith allowed one hit in six innings and struck out 11. Friday’s results capped the NL schedule with Dodgers 14-1 Cubs 12-3 Braves 8-7 Cardinals 6-9 Pirates 4-11 Giants 1-14, plus then numerous local league notices and tournament schedules.
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Dodgers
Chicago
Ferguson Jenkins
Maury Wills
Willie Crawford
Jenkins
Hank Aguirre
Willie Davis
Crawford
Kosco
Len Gabrielson
Grant Jackson
Philadelphia
Houston
Phillies
San Diego
Joe Niekro
Pittsburgh
Richie Hebner
Pirates
van Kelly
Padres
Bob Gibson
St. Louis
Cardinals
Giants
Gibson
Phil Gagliano
Curt Flood
Cards
Craig Davis
Braves
Jamie Sellers
Ricky Geist
Cardinal
Pat Finch
George Ambler
Sellers
Wesley Hay
Ambler
Cubs
Larry Dixon
Jeff Schoonover
Steve Higbie
Miles Hart
Raymond Shaffer
Kenny Miller
Mark Smith
Bruce Peterson
Smith
Roger Anderson
Big Jack In Lead At Firestone
Akron Ohio AP Nicklaus the burly golden bear holds a one stroke lead after a 66-66 to 132? 133? course record at Firestone South. Mitchell blazes 68 to set 36 hole course record 133 and moves within one of the lead as Nicklaus fights back from a six month slump.
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Firestone
Akron, Ohio
Jack Nicklaus
Golden Bear
Ohio
Firestone Country Club
Bobby Mitchell
Mitchell
Danville
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