Reds overwhelm Astros 10-3 on McRae grand slam
Hal McRae hit his first career grand slam to spark Cincinnati to a 10-3 win at Houston, completing a four-game Reds sweep as Cesar Cedeno and Doug Rader homered for the Astros. Cincinnati piled up 39 runs and 44 hits in the series while Houston slipped from first place. Cedeno charged the mound after a pitch by Pedro Borbon in the ninth, with teammates preventing a brawl.
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Pecos Eagles Baseball 19-12 in 1972 and tri champion bid
Pecos High School's baseball team finished 19-12 in 1972, tying for first in District 2-34 with Monahans and Kermit as tri-champions. Players Rene Galindo led hitting with .409, Nolan Bates hit .333 with four homers, and Rudy Mendoza went 9-1 with strong relief. The Eagles rallied into regional contention after a rough midseason, showing strong pitching and defense under coach James Thomas.
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Brooks Robinson
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Mark Jackson
Ernie Calanca
Red Sox rout Orioles 7-1 in Baltimore
Sonny Siebert limited Baltimore to seven hits as the Boston Red Sox defeated the Orioles 7-1. Rico Petrocello and Carlton Fisk drove in two runs apiece while Fisk homered, and Sebert earned the win over McNally in a steady Boston performance.
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Giants edge Dodgers 5-2 in pitched battle
San Francisco righty Steve Stone allowed five hits to beat Los Angeles 5-2. Rookie Garry Maddox delivered a two run single during a pivotal four inning rally. Tito Fuentes and Ed Goodson sparked the fourth inning with back to back singles as Goodson extended a seven game hitting streak to eight. Dodgers scored two unearned runs.
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Ed Goodson
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Chicago Cubs defeat Cardinals 7 3 in first inning burst
Ron Santo Jim Hickman and J C Martin led a six run rally in the first inning as Chicago beat St. Louis 7 3 Bill Hands improved to 4 1 while Rick Wise took the loss Santo doubled and Cardenal Martin drove in two runs Williams hit his 5th homer in the second inning Alou scored on Torre error and Si mons added an RBI single
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Joe Torre
Torre
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Leading Batters In The American and National Leagues
Batting leaders for 90 at bats show P Kelly Chi .327 and Rudi Oak .324 top the AL. Harper and To var each 29 runs. Piniella KC 48 hits. Allen Chi 32 RBIs. Oak players J Jackson and Rudi 47 and 46 hits respectively. Home runs show Duncan Oak 10 and R Jackson Oak 10. Stolen bases lead Nelson Tex 15. Pitching leaders include Ka at Min 6 1 and Lee Bsn 4 1 with 1.26 and 2.66 ERAs. In the NL Sangullien Pgh .353 and Torre StL .353 pace batting with 42 runs by Morgan Cin and Bonds SF 35 RBIs.ensho
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Perry earns ninth win as Indians top Tigers 1-0
Cleveland ends seven-game skid with a 1-0 victory over Detroit behind Gaylord Perry who threw his third shutout of the season and allowed seven hits. Eddie Leon walked, advanced on a sacrifice, and Tom McCraw delivered the go ahead RBI in the third as Detroit stranded threats in the first and fifth.
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Royals edge Twins 5 3 on Scheinblum late homer
Kansas City Royals defeated Minnesota 5-3 as Richie Scheinblum hit a pinch hit two run homer in the eighth off Dave LaRoche to lift the Royals. The game featured earlier Royals back to back homers by Lou Piniella and Ed Kirkpatrick after Steve Horley’s single to tie 3-3.
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Royals
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Dick Woodson
Eric Soderholm
Tom Murphy
Twins
Bob Darwin
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Minnesota
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Woodson
LaRoche
Mitterwald
Mets crush Phillies 6 1 as Staub belts three run homer
Mets ride Rusty Staub's three run homer in the first and steady pitching to defeat the Phillies 6 to 1. Staub drove in seven homers on the year with Milner adding power and Grote contributing a late sacrifice fly while McAndrew earned the win. Philadelphia's lone score came on Greg Luzinski's fourth inning homer.
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Jim Fregosi
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Mets
John Milner
Cleon Jones
Ken Boswell
Jerry Grote
Jim McAndrew
Greg Luzinski
Philadelphia
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Lersch
Short
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Ryan
McAndrew
Grote
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Milner
Friday and Sunday Major League Baseball Schedule
Box scores and today’s matchups list. Oakland at Baltimore and California at Cleveland headline Friday games with Texas at Milwaukee and Boston at Kansas City among pairings. Saturday features Oakland at Baltimore and New York at Chicago, while Sunday shows Oakland at Baltimore with a full slate across leagues.
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Baseball Scoreboard Versus Dated Matchups and Results
Cincinnati Grimsley 2-1 at Philadelphia Fryman 2-3, Houston Griffin 1-1 at Montreal Torrez 42, N Atlanta Niekro 6-4 at New York Gentry 3-2, N Chicago Houston 4 at San Diego Kirby 3-5, N St Louis Cleveland 43 at Los Angeles John 3-3, N Pittsburgh Johnson-2 at San Francisco Marichal 1-8 or Carrithers 1-3, N Cincinnati at Philadelphia Houston at Montreal, Atlanta at New York.
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