Cepeda Goes Deep as DH for Red Sox in 6-2 Win
Cepeda, now Boston’s DH, hit his sixth homer of the year a grand slam to cap a five-run third inning in a 6-2 win over the Texas Rangers. In other AL games Royals over Yankees 4-3. Angels 5-3 over Tigers. A’s 7-3 in 10 over Brewers. Indians 8-4 in 10 over Twins. White Sox 4-0 over Orioles. NL scores listed per report.
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Baseball Scoreboard and Late Inning Bats Heat Up Winners
Cha Cha for his love of bouncy music hits at .347 with 25 hits including four doubles. Cepeda drives in 17, scores 12. Ed Kirkpatrick plates two in KC’s win over NY while splittorff garber shine. Kusnyer tie breaking two in 12th then Alomar sac fly as California tops Detroit. Tenace four-run 10th homer powers Oakland over Milwaukee. Cardena two-run single keys Cleveland 4-0-10th inning burst over Minnesota. Wilbur Wood throws third straight shutout, Chicago beats Baltimore. Tigers drop seventh of nine.
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Gibson and Seaver Duel as Giants, Reds Win Big
On August 31 1973 Bob Gibson tied a major league start streak with his 241st in a 5 4 Cardinal win over the Padres Seaver took the loss while Cincinnati backs Bench and Rose crushed the Mets 6 1 Seaver struck out 13 but suffered the setback The Reds scoring burst came in the fourth and sixth while Gibson left early with a lower back strain Lou Brock and Jose Cruz homered for the Cards Segui closed it out For the Pirates Willie Stargell none but Piirro ?
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League Leaders Across American and National Leagues
The Associated Press reports top hitters and pitchers: American League batting leaders include P Kelly Chi 487 and Valentine Cal 397 with runs led by Patek KC at 20. Mayberry KC 18, RBIs led by Mayberry KC 20, hits by Valentine Cal 31, Munson NY 29 and Rojas KC 29. National League highlights feature Maddox SF batting .392, Wynn Hin leading runs at 22, Bonds SF 21 RBI, Fuentes SF 34 hits, Cedeno Hin 11 doubles, and Morgan Cin 11 stolen bases.
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