Astros edge Phillies 1-0 in tense late inning win
Houston finally won a close game 1-0 over Philadelphia as Larry Dierker pitched six strong innings and Denis Menke sparked the offense with a leadoff eighth inning single, a steal, and scoring on Doug Rader’s sacrifice fly. Jim Bunning allowed four Houston hits in a hard luck loss.
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Baseball results and playoff standings from Tuesday to Friday
Tuesday results include Washington 2 Minnesota 0 Milwaukee 4 Boston 2 New York 6 Chicago 5 in 12 innings Kansas City 8 Detroit 1 California 2 Cleveland 1 Baltimore 6 Oakland 2 Wednesday games show Baltimore Cuellar 1-0 at Oakland Hunter 2-2 night Cleveland Foster 1-1 at California Wright 2-3 night Detroit Lolich 3-2 at Kansas City Drago 3-1 night Minnesota Hall 0-2 at Washington Cox 0-2 night Chicago Johnson 2-2 at New York Kline 2-1 night Milwaukee Parsons 1-1 at Boston Siebert 3-0 Thursday schedule includes Baltimore at Oakland Cleveland at California night Chicago at Washington night Minnesota at Boston night. Montreal Morton 2-2 at Chicago Hands 1-3 Los Angeles Sutton 0-2 at Pittsburgh Blass 1-0 night San Francisco Stone 1-0 at Atlanta Nash 1-1 night San Diego Coombs 1-2 at Cincinnati McGlothlin 1-1 night Philadelphia Lersch 1-2 at Houston Wilson 1-2 night New York Gentry 1-3 at St. Louis Torrez 1-1 night Montreal at Chicago Los Angeles at Pittsburgh night San Francisco at Atlanta San Diego at Cincinnati New York at St. Louis Friday games include Philadelphia at Chicago San Diego at Pittsburgh Los Angeles at Atlanta night San Francisco at Cincinnati New York at Houston night Pro Basketball Playoffs by the Associated Press NBA Championship no games scheduled Baltimore at Milwaukee Milwaukee leads best-of-7 2-0 ABA West Divisional Final Utah at Indiana best-of-7 tied 3-3
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Bucks Aim To Clinch Third Straight In Third Game
Milwaukee Bucks host the Baltimore Bullets in the third game of the NBA finals with Lucius Allen benched. ABC televises the 9 p.m. EDT start as Milwaukee holds a 2-0 lead.
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Field of 19 Derby Entrants Shaping Up For Louisville
The Kentucky Derby field may reach 19 horses for the 97th running as top contenders include Unconscious Jim French and Eastern Fleet. Post time is 5 30 p m EDT with CBS coverage and radio from 5 15 to 5 45 p m Local interest centers on missing Jim French and possible bute use in prior races.
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Alpert advances to third round in North-South amateur
Jeff Alpert former professional turned NJ trucking owner and Mapleshade resident joined Larry Wadkins in the North and South third round at Pinehurst. After a shaky start in qualifiers he missed a playoff due to daylight saving time error, then pulled through to reach match play and face Wadkins.
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Big Stars Skipping New Orleans Golf Tournament
Officials of the Greater New Orleans Golf Tournament protested as several former champions declined to play in the $125,600 event starting Thursday. Doug Sanders George Archer Mason Rudolph Larry Minson Jack Weis note absence, Archer fishing, Minson says second at Westchester his greatest thrill, Minson in Japan on promotion trip and ineligible to compete.
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Shreveport Leads Dixie With Strong Relief Pitching
Shreveport beat Memphis 5-4 Tuesday night as relief pitchers Mike Spellman and David Sells shut down the opposing offense. The win kept the Captains two and a half games up in the Central Division of the Dixie Association. In other sports news, the Miami Floridians signed Jim Haderlein, a 6 foot 8 Loyola of Los Angeles standout, to their ABA roster.
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Curt Flood Quits Baseball Again
Curt Flood leaves the Washington Senators en route to Europe amid personal problems and a lingering legal fight over baseball’s reserve clause. Flood, 33, cited serious personal issues after a difficult spring and plans to pursue his affairs abroad, leaving a team he had rejoined after a 1969 retirement bid.
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Derby Hopeful Battles the Odds
David Sandeman, a British wine and spirits merchant, seeks to become the first foreign owner to win the Kentucky Derby with Gaillard, an Irish bred 3 year old, as May 1 at Churchill Downs nears. Current Derby odds show 50 to 1 on Gaillard and 4 to 1 on favorite Er Exe cutioner, while many nominated horses never reach the starting gate.
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