Red Sox Face Rough Season As Injuries Mount
Boston manager Billy Herman pins hopes on a .500 second half and a future rebuild. injuries crippled the lineup with Yaz out long, bench depth thin, and pitchers Radatz Bennett Stephenson struggling while Herman fights to develop a young core and keep faith with Yawkey and Higgins.
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Local Little League teams open district tourney with mixed results
In first round action five Scottsdale leagues competed with Kiva Kaibab edging Ingleside 5 3. Desert Little League defeated South Scottsdale 7 5, Mesa Western blanked East Scottsdale 6 0, and Chandler beat Salt River 13 1. Hohokam Chandler Gilbert Scottsdale drew byes for tonight’s four area championship games with action set at 8 p.m. including Area 2 consolation.
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Scottsdale stars lead Arizona age-group swimming meet
The Arizona State age-group championships start Friday at Scottsdale Community Pool with 1,200+ entries and 300+ divers expected. Diving is at the Phoenix YWCA Saturday at 5 pm, preliminaries at 9 am both days, 32 events daily, four age groups, AAU sanctioned with Desert Rats and Scottsdale Parks sponsoring.
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Morris Legion victory tightens race in district play
Morris Legion, led by Denis DuNann pitching five innings of no hit ball and Don Burger with a triple and three stolen bases, beat Chandler 3-1 to move within two games of first place in the East Central American Legion district. Rusty York struck out nine in the win. Chandler’s Ron Bishop suffered an injury to be X-rayed.
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Baseball Today and Friday Pitchers Across MLB Standings
Baseball scores show Chicago routing Philadelphia 8 1 and New York trouncing Pittsburgh 10 0 in night games. Standings list Minnesota 58 34 and Baltimore 54 37 in the AL while Chicago 51 38 leads the NL East with Cleveland 52 39 close behind. Friday schedule includes Pittsburgh at Chicago and Houston at St. Louis among eight games with notable pitchers Herbert Buhl Maloney Spahn Purkey Dierker Cloninger Willhite.
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Merchants Claim Marathon City Softball Win
Dick Eitel scored on L B Spacewater fielder's choice to end a nine inning marathon as the Scottsdale Merchants beat Third Ward 4 to 3. Benny Cadena earned the win. Bob Spradling had two hits for the Merchants while Eitel, Gooch, Curtis Martin and Spacewater contributed the remaining hits. Garth Wilson led Third Ward with a double and a single.
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Browns Fullback Jimmy Brown Denies Assault Charge
Testimony closed in the assault and battery trial of Cleveland Browns full back Jim Brown as he faced cross examination. He denied hitting Brenda Ayres during an all night motel date on June 20 and described the encounter as a long talk after she entered his room. Brown, 29, said he used a motel retreat and that Ayres refused to leave despite his warnings and offer to drive her home.
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